Fergana — UN urban centre
Fergana: 791,877 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #671 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4554; 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: 40.4464, 71.7458. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 159,252 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 190,769 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 270,673 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 317,139 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 397,951 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 495,290 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 523,467 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 562,397 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 626,799 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 694,334 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 791,877 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 888,190 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,080,445 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,162,214 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,250,542 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,345,499 | Projection |
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