Al Zaqaziq — UN urban centre
Al Zaqaziq: 1,416,734 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #356 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6037; 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: 30.5917, 31.4968. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 338,458 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 430,918 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 478,658 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 533,198 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 637,488 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 724,905 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 788,594 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 866,203 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 940,056 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,158,312 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,416,734 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,588,927 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,848,845 | Projection |
| 2040 | 2,032,583 | Projection |
| 2045 | 2,170,186 | Projection |
| 2050 | 2,289,657 | Projection |
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