Quelimane — UN urban centre
Quelimane: 438,554 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,271 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2832; territory: Mozambique (MOZ). 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: -17.8625, 36.8988. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 64,375 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 55,529 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 73,863 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 98,373 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 138,201 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 165,337 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 183,014 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 232,307 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 307,081 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 395,044 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 438,554 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 505,861 | Projection |
| 2035 | 551,411 | Projection |
| 2040 | 601,233 | Projection |
| 2045 | 643,740 | Projection |
| 2050 | 693,964 | Projection |
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