Lalibela — UN urban centre
Lalibela: 85,353 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #7,297 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6565; 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: 12.0305, 39.0468. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 52,957 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 58,180 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 62,912 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 61,576 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 66,504 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 71,623 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 78,748 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 85,353 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 94,159 | Projection |
| 2035 | 102,657 | Projection |
| 2040 | 113,274 | Projection |
| 2045 | 120,187 | Projection |
| 2050 | 128,854 | Projection |
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