Norton — UN urban centre
Norton: 90,287 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #6,870 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1292; territory: Zimbabwe (ZWE). 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: -17.8844, 30.6715. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 57,250 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 65,141 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 79,413 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 90,287 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 99,685 | Projection |
| 2035 | 118,047 | Projection |
| 2040 | 129,501 | Projection |
| 2045 | 143,041 | Projection |
| 2050 | 155,680 | Projection |
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