Zhanaozen — UN urban centre
Zhanaozen: 171,827 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,531 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 861; territory: Kazakhstan (KAZ). 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: 43.3336, 52.8723. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 56,161 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 83,420 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 110,135 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 138,779 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 171,827 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 203,927 | Projection |
| 2035 | 249,362 | Projection |
| 2040 | 288,282 | Projection |
| 2045 | 334,277 | Projection |
| 2050 | 380,083 | Projection |
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