Calabar — UN urban centre
Calabar: 673,427 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #807 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 8459; 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: 4.9912, 8.3414. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 201,574 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 217,396 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 235,377 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 251,978 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 277,343 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 340,883 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 417,809 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 501,090 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 576,495 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 624,226 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 673,427 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 725,245 | Projection |
| 2035 | 773,522 | Projection |
| 2040 | 827,603 | Projection |
| 2045 | 867,063 | Projection |
| 2050 | 902,843 | Projection |
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