Samarqand — UN urban centre
Samarqand: 932,219 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #556 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2427; territory: Uzbekistan (UZB). 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: 39.6487, 66.9588. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 352,284 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 409,424 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 453,031 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 488,672 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 579,560 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 632,508 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 692,107 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 735,584 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 787,535 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 838,678 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 932,219 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,045,787 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,118,473 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,186,587 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,248,507 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,321,874 | Projection |
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