Al-Zawamel — UN urban centre
Al-Zawamel: 127,827 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,785 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6514; 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: 30.373, 31.4639. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 61,728 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 68,153 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 73,599 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 75,950 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 115,196 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 127,827 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 152,066 | Projection |
| 2035 | 209,205 | Projection |
| 2040 | 231,825 | Projection |
| 2045 | 253,257 | Projection |
| 2050 | 273,053 | Projection |
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