Attock — UN urban centre
Attock: 241,714 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,427 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6455; 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: 33.7725, 72.3615. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 54,122 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 60,454 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 89,866 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 109,973 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 113,052 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 118,117 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 152,230 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 186,382 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 209,845 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 219,718 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 241,714 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 262,547 | Projection |
| 2035 | 282,009 | Projection |
| 2040 | 301,972 | Projection |
| 2045 | 330,521 | Projection |
| 2050 | 349,667 | Projection |
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