Tétouan — UN urban centre
Tétouan: 469,642 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,185 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4148; 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: 35.5744, -5.3658. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 172,224 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 201,449 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 236,030 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 267,855 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 298,685 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 323,575 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 350,347 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 378,945 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 410,127 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 443,101 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 469,642 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 491,643 | Projection |
| 2035 | 511,588 | Projection |
| 2040 | 530,771 | Projection |
| 2045 | 548,970 | Projection |
| 2050 | 560,016 | Projection |
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