Shibin Al-Kom — UN urban centre
Shibin Al-Kom: 605,913 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #897 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3405; 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: 30.5734, 31.0063. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 82,729 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 120,600 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 144,442 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 195,337 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 281,335 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 321,717 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 362,650 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 398,101 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 442,432 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 516,961 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 605,913 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 697,969 | Projection |
| 2035 | 937,810 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,044,633 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,154,662 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,227,409 | Projection |
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