Kasulu — UN urban centre
Kasulu: 167,833 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,599 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 282; 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: -4.5721, 30.1097. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 51,920 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 66,488 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 80,474 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 102,898 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 143,723 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 167,833 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 192,318 | Projection |
| 2035 | 218,135 | Projection |
| 2040 | 246,865 | Projection |
| 2045 | 272,366 | Projection |
| 2050 | 299,109 | Projection |
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