Taik Kyi — UN urban centre
Taik Kyi: 147,263 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,132 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5241; territory: Myanmar (MMR). 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: 17.3143, 95.9641. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 64,288 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 71,999 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 78,482 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 87,762 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 98,097 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 108,594 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 118,676 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 127,107 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 135,642 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 141,531 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 147,263 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 155,391 | Projection |
| 2035 | 159,581 | Projection |
| 2040 | 162,749 | Projection |
| 2045 | 164,825 | Projection |
| 2050 | 167,530 | Projection |
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