kazaure — UN urban centre
kazaure: 161,232 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,755 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 8429; 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: 12.6484, 8.4121. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 66,283 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 73,105 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 77,494 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 86,528 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 94,453 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 104,582 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 116,654 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 132,879 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 146,997 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 149,434 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 161,232 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 181,277 | Projection |
| 2035 | 198,690 | Projection |
| 2040 | 213,770 | Projection |
| 2045 | 227,392 | Projection |
| 2050 | 238,609 | Projection |
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