Doka Ashafa — UN urban centre
Doka Ashafa: 137,905 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,417 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7530; 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: 11.4603, 7.1274. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 52,978 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 56,528 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 58,693 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 61,875 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 68,555 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 77,990 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 90,463 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 102,882 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 117,569 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 129,733 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 137,905 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 150,815 | Projection |
| 2035 | 161,834 | Projection |
| 2040 | 171,280 | Projection |
| 2045 | 179,532 | Projection |
| 2050 | 187,023 | Projection |
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