Afyonkarahisar — UN urban centre
Afyonkarahisar: 164,416 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,684 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4243; territory: Türkiye (TUR). 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: 38.7542, 30.5514. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 89,762 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 91,409 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 93,474 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 96,251 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 102,675 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 120,241 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 133,045 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 147,620 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 163,321 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 159,286 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 164,416 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 169,075 | Projection |
| 2035 | 173,072 | Projection |
| 2040 | 180,165 | Projection |
| 2045 | 188,675 | Projection |
| 2050 | 190,406 | Projection |
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