Machakos — UN urban centre
Machakos: 96,259 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #6,424 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2568; territory: Kenya (KEN). 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: -1.5023, 37.2631. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 51,967 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 56,104 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 66,312 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 78,418 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 84,192 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 96,259 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 113,064 | Projection |
| 2035 | 146,328 | Projection |
| 2040 | 174,976 | Projection |
| 2045 | 191,837 | Projection |
| 2050 | 225,152 | Projection |
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