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Ogbomosho — UN urban centre

445,090

Ogbomosho: 445,090 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,248 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3848; territory: Nigeria (NGA). 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: 8.1267, 4.2362. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.

UN population series

YearPeopleMethod
1975214,069Estimate
1980197,563Estimate
1985182,355Estimate
1990165,253Estimate
1995193,091Estimate
2000230,342Estimate
2005261,235Estimate
2010327,040Estimate
2015365,357Estimate
2020405,589Estimate
2025445,090Estimate
2030491,263Projection
2035537,488Projection
2040578,140Projection
2045614,487Projection
2050704,826Projection

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