Kismayo — UN urban centre
Kismayo: 461,302 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,207 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 860; 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: -0.355, 42.5435. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 52,712 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 78,466 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 113,936 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 137,156 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 161,778 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 189,602 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 223,894 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 255,788 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 282,724 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 417,181 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 461,302 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 510,359 | Projection |
| 2035 | 553,069 | Projection |
| 2040 | 599,033 | Projection |
| 2045 | 637,874 | Projection |
| 2050 | 678,284 | Projection |
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