Zaria — UN urban centre
Zaria: 712,688 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #753 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 8055; 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: 11.0824, 7.7061. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 196,804 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 285,797 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 350,408 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 401,669 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 469,198 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 533,376 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 601,251 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 641,920 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 661,367 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 673,749 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 712,688 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 805,301 | Projection |
| 2035 | 848,858 | Projection |
| 2040 | 892,824 | Projection |
| 2045 | 934,004 | Projection |
| 2050 | 966,000 | Projection |
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