Oran — UN urban centre
Oran: 1,192,410 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #434 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 922; 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: 35.6914, -0.6183. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 453,342 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 521,403 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 587,900 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 638,253 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 683,569 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 834,906 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 904,091 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 969,201 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,041,281 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,136,654 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,192,410 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,279,627 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,313,836 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,386,779 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,420,504 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,452,448 | Projection |
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