Kato — UN urban centre
Kato: 140,506 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,343 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 221; territory: Ghana (GHA). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 7.449, -2.5823. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 55,425 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 67,978 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 82,943 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 98,451 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 114,606 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 119,185 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 140,506 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 153,844 | Projection |
| 2035 | 169,806 | Projection |
| 2040 | 184,373 | Projection |
| 2045 | 194,701 | Projection |
| 2050 | 209,412 | Projection |
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