Khan Yunis — UN urban centre
Khan Yunis: 601,421 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #905 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 117; territory: Palestine (PSE). 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: 31.3347, 34.2822. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 77,353 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 139,566 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 166,296 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 193,147 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 229,301 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 287,501 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 338,005 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 403,792 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 466,607 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 526,927 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 601,421 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 680,676 | Projection |
| 2035 | 795,677 | Projection |
| 2040 | 887,120 | Projection |
| 2045 | 987,759 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,077,347 | Projection |
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