Mahera — UN urban centre
Mahera: 99,588 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #6,199 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 212; territory: Sierra Leone (SLE). 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: 8.6129, -13.195. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 78,270 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 84,614 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 99,588 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 113,252 | Projection |
| 2035 | 129,226 | Projection |
| 2040 | 142,404 | Projection |
| 2045 | 160,147 | Projection |
| 2050 | 172,493 | Projection |
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