Xai-Xai — UN urban centre
Xai-Xai: 208,703 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,857 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 585; 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: -25.0579, 33.6908. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 57,188 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 114,558 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 120,950 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 118,017 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 136,155 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 147,849 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 157,861 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 164,646 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 176,410 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 190,014 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 208,703 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 236,218 | Projection |
| 2035 | 257,076 | Projection |
| 2040 | 282,193 | Projection |
| 2045 | 305,960 | Projection |
| 2050 | 324,946 | Projection |
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