Ben Guerir — UN urban centre
Ben Guerir: 97,842 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #6,325 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1831; territory: Morocco (MAR). 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: 32.2392, -7.9496. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 55,047 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 61,526 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 67,946 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 71,939 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 77,568 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 81,732 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 85,657 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 89,354 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 92,613 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 97,842 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 100,773 | Projection |
| 2035 | 103,278 | Projection |
| 2040 | 105,174 | Projection |
| 2045 | 112,165 | Projection |
| 2050 | 113,338 | Projection |
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