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Botshabelo-N, 
South Africa
218,046 people lived in Botshabelo-N in 2025. It is the 2715th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 24th largest in South Africa.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Botshabelo-N governs, so it may be far from the number the city publishes about itself. How the UN measures a city.
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries
People · every five years · 1975 to 2050
How Botshabelo-N grew
For every 10 people in Botshabelo-N in 1985, there were 34.3 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 323,582 people in 2050. On the UN's projection it passes 250,000 people between 2030 and 2035. The UN first counts it as a city in 1985, when it passed 50,000 people.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: each column is one of the UN's five-yearly estimates, 1975 through 2050, and taller means more people. Where a column is hatched the year has not happened yet. The strip under the columns is the UN's own confidence in each figure, palest where it is least sure; where it is blank the city was not on the list at all.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Botshabelo-N through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Botshabelo-N in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
South Africa · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: every dot is one of the 95 cities in South Africa in 2025, and a dot's area is how many people live there, the biggest being Johannesburg. The ringed dot in colour is Botshabelo-N; the grey dots are the rest. The outlines around them are neighbouring countries.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Botshabelo-N covered 62 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 13 km² of it. That is 59 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 8 by 8 metres. Since 1985, its built-up land has grown to 4.8 times its size, and its people are 3.4 times as many.
How to read this: each pale square is the city's whole area, the strong square inside it the part that is built on; one scale for all three, so a bigger square is more land. Hatched is the UN's projection.
Of every 100 people in South Africa
Its share of South Africa
Of every 1,000 people in South Africa in 2025, 3 lived in Botshabelo-N, which is 218,046 people.
How to read this: 1,000 squares stand for everyone in South Africa, one square for every 1,000th person. Count the coloured ones and you have Botshabelo-N's share; the grey remainder live somewhere else in the country.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 2694 Dhampur India219,479
- 2706 Omuo-Obadore Nigeria218,751
- 2710 Tembilahan Indonesia218,371
- 2713 Okitipupa Nigeria218,097
- 2715 Botshabelo-N218,046
- 2717 Dinjway Egypt217,913
- 2728 Bumba Democratic Republic of the Congo216,429
- 2730 Vientiane Laos216,305
- 2734 Kahemba Democratic Republic of the Congo215,825
In South Africa, 2025
- 2275 Vanderbijlpark257,093
- 2281 Centurion255,900
- 2445 Somerset West239,943
- 2675 Rustenburg220,723
- 2715 Botshabelo-N218,046
- 2827 Ennerdale210,428
- 5137 Paardekraal Ext 2119,589
How to read this: names are in order of size, the leading number being each city's rank among all 12,138 in 2025; the bars share a scale within a list. A jump in the ranks means a city under 300,000 people, which is not given a page here.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Botshabelo-N are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1985 to 2025, then projection to 2050. Projected years are drawn hatched, and the UN publishes no range of uncertainty for a city. What a city means here, how the UN measures one, and why that number can differ from the one Botshabelo-N publishes about itself: how the figures here are put together.
Sources: UN WUP 2025 · Natural Earth · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries