Mecheria — UN urban centre
Mecheria: 102,034 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #6,055 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1567; territory: Algeria (DZA). 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: 33.546, -0.2762. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 54,013 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 62,154 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 77,031 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 94,183 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 102,034 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 110,348 | Projection |
| 2035 | 118,583 | Projection |
| 2040 | 125,621 | Projection |
| 2045 | 132,684 | Projection |
| 2050 | 144,349 | Projection |
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