Stellenbosch — UN urban centre
Stellenbosch: 101,507 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #6,084 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1173; territory: South Africa (ZAF). 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: -33.9221, 18.8577. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 53,888 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 75,462 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 83,384 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 101,507 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 117,601 | Projection |
| 2035 | 132,403 | Projection |
| 2040 | 147,666 | Projection |
| 2045 | 166,220 | Projection |
| 2050 | 179,325 | Projection |
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