Alexandria — UN urban centre
Alexandria: 7,266,957 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #48 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 275; 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: 31.1934, 29.9518. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 2,647,675 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 3,069,954 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 3,518,630 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 3,843,104 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 4,090,540 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 4,477,718 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 4,933,017 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 5,441,285 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 5,938,458 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 6,870,513 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 7,266,957 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 7,672,767 | Projection |
| 2035 | 8,054,319 | Projection |
| 2040 | 8,427,555 | Projection |
| 2045 | 8,722,595 | Projection |
| 2050 | 9,022,625 | Projection |
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