Kafr Al-Zaiyat — UN urban centre
Kafr Al-Zaiyat: 354,037 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,615 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2182; territory: Egypt (EGY). 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: 30.8175, 30.8089. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 78,191 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 88,859 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 99,098 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 149,759 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 165,813 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 183,672 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 227,186 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 258,490 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 284,461 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 291,212 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 354,037 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 397,672 | Projection |
| 2035 | 435,413 | Projection |
| 2040 | 464,215 | Projection |
| 2045 | 566,559 | Projection |
| 2050 | 622,909 | Projection |
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