Agadez — UN urban centre
Agadez: 335,322 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,712 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2546; territory: Niger (NER). 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: 16.9722, 7.9873. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 66,683 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 78,204 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 93,402 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 108,800 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 126,467 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 148,440 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 178,479 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 212,958 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 250,879 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 294,351 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 335,322 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 381,111 | Projection |
| 2035 | 436,532 | Projection |
| 2040 | 481,815 | Projection |
| 2045 | 525,440 | Projection |
| 2050 | 568,590 | Projection |
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