Mwanza — UN urban centre
Mwanza: 954,104 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #544 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1868; territory: Tanzania (TZA). 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: -2.5261, 32.9267. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 118,394 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 142,033 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 173,940 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 232,381 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 354,757 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 448,169 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 558,916 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 695,631 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 835,976 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 954,104 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,117,856 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,248,388 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,388,036 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,507,065 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,631,294 | Projection |
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