East Jerusalem — UN urban centre
East Jerusalem: 1,105,567 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #467 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1402; 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: 31.9227, 35.1743. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 135,548 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 159,804 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 283,079 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 381,905 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 502,188 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 638,532 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 707,731 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 788,450 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 883,218 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 996,561 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,105,567 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,202,168 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,349,143 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,453,171 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,555,782 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,635,603 | Projection |
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