Mufulira — UN urban centre
Mufulira: 173,181 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,501 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1862; 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: -12.5589, 28.2463. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 104,595 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 116,981 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 115,365 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 111,980 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 111,793 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 112,708 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 119,772 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 132,226 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 142,846 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 157,233 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 173,181 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 193,312 | Projection |
| 2035 | 208,373 | Projection |
| 2040 | 225,218 | Projection |
| 2045 | 235,723 | Projection |
| 2050 | 249,358 | Projection |
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