Tahta — UN urban centre
Tahta: 482,194 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,150 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7137; 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: 26.8518, 31.4546. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 62,857 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 77,839 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 91,331 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 171,383 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 218,143 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 277,327 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 324,340 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 358,424 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 404,088 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 433,804 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 482,194 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 523,314 | Projection |
| 2035 | 539,782 | Projection |
| 2040 | 635,525 | Projection |
| 2045 | 673,316 | Projection |
| 2050 | 727,469 | Projection |
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