Charsadda — UN urban centre
Charsadda: 413,686 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,360 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5177; territory: Pakistan (PAK). 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: 34.1612, 71.7537. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 131,452 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 145,648 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 161,727 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 185,285 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 223,962 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 264,777 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 293,051 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 345,726 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 367,194 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 369,105 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 413,686 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 496,556 | Projection |
| 2035 | 544,157 | Projection |
| 2040 | 621,888 | Projection |
| 2045 | 683,264 | Projection |
| 2050 | 742,813 | Projection |
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