Mansehra — UN urban centre
Mansehra: 503,920 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,097 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6959; 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: 34.336, 73.2055. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 83,243 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 95,612 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 122,830 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 156,655 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 202,906 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 251,553 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 297,253 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 343,392 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 372,025 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 424,648 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 503,920 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 552,619 | Projection |
| 2035 | 609,802 | Projection |
| 2040 | 749,131 | Projection |
| 2045 | 816,028 | Projection |
| 2050 | 914,325 | Projection |
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