Aswan — UN urban centre
Aswan: 493,753 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,127 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7520; 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: 24.0788, 32.9014. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 158,412 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 183,463 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 213,552 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 234,883 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 252,459 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 277,544 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 310,131 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 344,970 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 381,953 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 441,468 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 493,753 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 546,940 | Projection |
| 2035 | 607,416 | Projection |
| 2040 | 668,596 | Projection |
| 2045 | 772,388 | Projection |
| 2050 | 832,642 | Projection |
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