Balkh — UN urban centre
Balkh: 67,184 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #9,222 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1965; territory: Tajikistan (TJK). 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: 37.584, 68.656. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 50,506 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 55,923 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 67,184 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 77,703 | Projection |
| 2035 | 100,836 | Projection |
| 2040 | 135,461 | Projection |
| 2045 | 164,881 | Projection |
| 2050 | 198,770 | Projection |
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