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Navoiy, 
Uzbekistan
224,363 people lived in Navoiy in 2025. It is the 2632nd largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 15th largest in Uzbekistan.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Navoiy 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 Navoiy grew
For every 10 people in Navoiy in 1975, there were 20 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 319,404 people in 2050. On the UN's projection it passes 250,000 people between 2030 and 2035.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: one column every five years, 1975 to 2050; its height is the number of people. Hatched columns are the UN's projection. The thin strip beneath says how sure the UN is of each figure: the stronger the colour, the surer. A blank means the place was not on the UN's list of cities that year.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Navoiy through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Navoiy in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
Uzbekistan · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Uzbekistan and its 76 cities in 2025, each a dot whose area is its number of people (the largest is Tashkent). Navoiy is ringed, in colour; the other cities are grey. Neighbouring countries are outlines.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Navoiy covered 75 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 21 km² of it. That is 95 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 10 by 10 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown to 2.9 times its size, and its people are 2 times as many.
How to read this: the outer pale square stands for all the land the city covers, and the solid square inside it for the part with buildings, roads and the like on it. All three squares share a scale, so you can compare them by eye. A hatched one is a year the UN has projected.
Of every 100 people in Uzbekistan
Its share of Uzbekistan
Of every 1,000 people in Uzbekistan in 2025, 6 lived in Navoiy, which is 224,363 people.
How to read this: 1,000 squares, one for every 1,000th person in Uzbekistan; the coloured squares live in Navoiy. The grey rest live in other cities, in towns or in the countryside.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 2618 Samundri Pakistan225,170
- 2624 Ile Oluji Nigeria224,781
- 2627 Manfalut Egypt224,667
- 2630 Ramgarh India224,417
- 2632 Navoiy224,363
- 2639 Habiganj Bangladesh223,874
- 2641 Songea Tanzania223,567
- 2647 Mongo Chad223,205
- 2648 Ahmedpur East Pakistan223,056
In Uzbekistan, 2025
- 2124 Asaka273,582
- 2222 Urgench262,377
- 2327 Bukhara250,377
- 2378 Termez245,080
- 2632 Navoiy224,363
- 2769 Juma214,035
- 3031 Oltiariq197,314
- 3164 Ibrat189,898
How to read this: the number before each name is its place among all 12,138 cities in the world in 2025; bars are people, on one scale per list. Only cities that reach 300,000 people have a page here, so a gap in the numbers is a smaller city.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Navoiy are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1975 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 Navoiy 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