Lodhran — UN urban centre
Lodhran: 167,388 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,608 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7511; 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: 29.5334, 71.6331. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 53,836 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 59,784 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 74,812 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 91,126 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 111,080 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 139,286 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 153,711 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 165,602 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 164,683 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 157,526 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 167,388 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 181,268 | Projection |
| 2035 | 205,411 | Projection |
| 2040 | 218,699 | Projection |
| 2045 | 249,468 | Projection |
| 2050 | 267,732 | Projection |
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