Polokwane — UN urban centre
Polokwane: 451,786 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,233 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5041; 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: -23.8661, 29.4082. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 72,885 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 99,107 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 123,047 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 312,098 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 441,572 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 451,786 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 455,157 | Projection |
| 2035 | 457,672 | Projection |
| 2040 | 458,436 | Projection |
| 2045 | 459,029 | Projection |
| 2050 | 458,724 | Projection |
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