Khanewal — UN urban centre
Khanewal: 300,722 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,906 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7451; 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: 30.298, 71.9295. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 81,403 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 93,122 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 113,007 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 137,275 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 177,604 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 216,644 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 248,666 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 279,209 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 289,710 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 278,720 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 300,722 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 324,747 | Projection |
| 2035 | 358,187 | Projection |
| 2040 | 383,365 | Projection |
| 2045 | 417,551 | Projection |
| 2050 | 442,754 | Projection |
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