Nampula — UN urban centre
Nampula: 885,780 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #584 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3460; 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: -15.1181, 39.2608. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 113,644 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 119,146 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 157,364 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 198,712 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 267,424 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 335,699 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 422,460 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 524,814 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 662,342 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 806,980 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 885,780 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 968,983 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,039,128 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,121,804 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,178,885 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,234,642 | Projection |
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