Fez — UN urban centre
Fez: 1,359,989 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #373 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4424; 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: 34.0311, -5.0001. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 439,279 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 518,071 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 609,265 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 704,720 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 812,504 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 906,743 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 1,001,135 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 1,101,732 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,198,363 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,328,322 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,359,989 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,380,725 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,396,950 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,404,948 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,411,576 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,413,382 | Projection |
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