Al Abbasa al Sharqiya — UN urban centre
Al Abbasa al Sharqiya: 457,678 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,214 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6894; 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: 30.5702, 31.6869. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 52,745 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 56,504 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 60,819 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 75,889 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 145,430 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 240,592 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 268,391 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 299,131 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 353,284 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 383,031 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 457,678 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 505,835 | Projection |
| 2035 | 577,836 | Projection |
| 2040 | 635,855 | Projection |
| 2045 | 737,959 | Projection |
| 2050 | 791,764 | Projection |
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