Skardu — UN urban centre
Skardu: 104,899 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #5,888 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7972; 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: 35.2897, 75.6331. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 62,734 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 75,462 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 86,149 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 94,124 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 93,410 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 104,899 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 116,981 | Projection |
| 2035 | 130,161 | Projection |
| 2040 | 143,820 | Projection |
| 2045 | 156,539 | Projection |
| 2050 | 169,376 | Projection |
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