Sakhi Sarwar — UN urban centre
Sakhi Sarwar: 67,758 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #9,146 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6175; 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: 29.9805, 70.3055. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 51,682 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 54,358 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 56,049 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 59,005 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 61,120 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 66,744 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 70,290 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 69,381 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 63,875 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 67,758 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 72,025 | Projection |
| 2035 | 76,481 | Projection |
| 2040 | 84,269 | Projection |
| 2045 | 90,572 | Projection |
| 2050 | 95,252 | Projection |
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