Gaza — UN urban centre
Gaza: 1,038,285 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #494 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 438; 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: 31.5208, 34.4674. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 206,069 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 247,187 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 301,033 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 364,330 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 445,507 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 539,327 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 627,694 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 724,808 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 854,142 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 939,157 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,038,285 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,134,424 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,237,041 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,343,634 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,458,175 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,562,916 | Projection |
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