Relizane — UN urban centre
Relizane: 150,602 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,024 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2084; 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: 35.7382, 0.5556. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 59,478 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 72,698 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 84,268 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 94,842 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 101,599 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 104,334 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 110,850 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 117,613 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 128,663 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 150,602 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 158,353 | Projection |
| 2035 | 201,929 | Projection |
| 2040 | 213,387 | Projection |
| 2045 | 225,740 | Projection |
| 2050 | 238,126 | Projection |
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