Kitwe — UN urban centre
Kitwe: 678,749 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #798 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1774; territory: Zambia (ZMB). 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: -12.8066, 28.2206. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 63,774 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 173,248 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 236,176 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 259,856 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 320,667 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 333,173 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 394,410 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 472,824 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 546,152 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 630,846 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 678,749 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 738,100 | Projection |
| 2035 | 830,167 | Projection |
| 2040 | 905,539 | Projection |
| 2045 | 958,945 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,011,387 | Projection |
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