Nowshera — UN urban centre
Nowshera: 872,172 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #600 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5635; 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: 34.0117, 72.0192. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 101,698 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 117,455 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 136,262 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 156,646 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 273,663 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 516,678 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 603,114 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 684,100 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 755,327 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 794,487 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 872,172 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 987,992 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,086,827 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,210,054 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,299,829 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,396,926 | Projection |
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