Ash Sharai — UN urban centre
Ash Sharai: 244,064 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,393 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1608; territory: Saudi Arabia (SAU). 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: 21.4712, 39.9413. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 54,255 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 112,100 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 148,479 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 195,589 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 212,748 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 244,064 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 285,724 | Projection |
| 2035 | 316,815 | Projection |
| 2040 | 339,781 | Projection |
| 2045 | 361,838 | Projection |
| 2050 | 389,790 | Projection |
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