Wanlaweyn — UN urban centre
Wanlaweyn: 314,824 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,823 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2962; territory: Somalia (SOM). 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: 2.6188, 44.8926. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 56,207 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 72,356 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 96,475 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 106,838 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 110,170 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 128,508 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 144,122 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 176,374 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 255,299 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 314,824 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 375,815 | Projection |
| 2035 | 445,514 | Projection |
| 2040 | 518,964 | Projection |
| 2045 | 589,104 | Projection |
| 2050 | 659,571 | Projection |
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