Lafia — UN urban centre
Lafia: 267,580 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,178 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 8513; 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: 8.5039, 8.5205. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 88,365 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 93,579 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 104,003 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 115,071 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 134,573 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 154,831 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 177,830 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 199,558 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 231,492 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 253,338 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 267,580 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 297,467 | Projection |
| 2035 | 315,202 | Projection |
| 2040 | 334,426 | Projection |
| 2045 | 350,540 | Projection |
| 2050 | 362,494 | Projection |
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