Masetjhaba View — UN urban centre
Masetjhaba View: 522,402 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,056 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4507; 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: -26.3445, 28.3897. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 86,094 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 137,997 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 158,547 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 173,344 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 240,403 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 299,140 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 339,098 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 375,793 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 417,544 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 480,970 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 522,402 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 588,192 | Projection |
| 2035 | 633,664 | Projection |
| 2040 | 682,994 | Projection |
| 2045 | 723,981 | Projection |
| 2050 | 775,790 | Projection |
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