Bule Hora — UN urban centre
Bule Hora: 267,051 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,185 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6002; territory: Ethiopia (ETH). 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: 5.6373, 38.2379. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 79,594 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 89,881 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 99,777 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 116,048 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 139,944 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 160,781 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 155,276 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 179,355 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 207,848 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 237,688 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 267,051 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 298,596 | Projection |
| 2035 | 329,375 | Projection |
| 2040 | 359,201 | Projection |
| 2045 | 385,476 | Projection |
| 2050 | 411,985 | Projection |
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