Pala — UN urban centre
Pala: 154,504 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,927 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 252; territory: Chad (TCD). 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: 9.364, 14.9097. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 61,770 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 65,610 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 74,739 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 87,873 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 103,491 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 121,639 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 135,246 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 146,858 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 148,293 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 135,284 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 154,504 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 173,684 | Projection |
| 2035 | 190,739 | Projection |
| 2040 | 207,645 | Projection |
| 2045 | 228,770 | Projection |
| 2050 | 244,676 | Projection |
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