Lahore — UN urban centre
Lahore: 15,156,430 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #17 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 8021; 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: 31.5419, 74.2894. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 4,402,766 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 5,082,999 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 5,632,845 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 6,218,992 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 7,095,321 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 7,978,805 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 9,122,097 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 10,518,158 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 11,828,766 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 14,024,855 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 15,156,430 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 16,286,222 | Projection |
| 2035 | 17,350,159 | Projection |
| 2040 | 18,484,796 | Projection |
| 2045 | 19,473,015 | Projection |
| 2050 | 20,388,443 | Projection |
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