Unguwar Arewa — UN urban centre
Unguwar Arewa: 166,817 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,628 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 8567; 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: 11.7994, 8.8438. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 59,067 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 65,620 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 69,910 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 82,697 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 87,784 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 92,437 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 107,624 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 125,325 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 141,599 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 149,044 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 166,817 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 184,371 | Projection |
| 2035 | 200,934 | Projection |
| 2040 | 246,379 | Projection |
| 2045 | 263,173 | Projection |
| 2050 | 309,900 | Projection |
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