El Eulma — UN urban centre
El Eulma: 198,828 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,007 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4866; 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: 36.154, 5.688. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 54,619 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 67,372 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 80,498 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 97,159 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 113,639 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 133,929 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 154,437 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 174,105 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 189,420 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 198,828 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 209,369 | Projection |
| 2035 | 215,211 | Projection |
| 2040 | 224,911 | Projection |
| 2045 | 232,948 | Projection |
| 2050 | 247,742 | Projection |
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