Dashoguz — UN urban centre
Dashoguz: 211,569 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,807 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 863; territory: Turkmenistan (TKM). 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: 41.839, 59.964. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 80,086 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 88,390 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 100,791 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 120,688 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 132,144 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 143,412 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 154,405 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 163,342 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 175,907 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 197,148 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 211,569 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 254,958 | Projection |
| 2035 | 261,887 | Projection |
| 2040 | 270,063 | Projection |
| 2045 | 278,910 | Projection |
| 2050 | 301,258 | Projection |
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