Al-Fashir — UN urban centre
Al-Fashir: 633,077 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #855 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2826; territory: Sudan (SDN). 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: 13.6244, 25.3544. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 131,694 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 171,572 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 218,347 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 252,258 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 296,023 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 355,092 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 429,329 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 513,936 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 588,292 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 605,777 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 633,077 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 691,526 | Projection |
| 2035 | 752,948 | Projection |
| 2040 | 802,865 | Projection |
| 2045 | 855,814 | Projection |
| 2050 | 906,071 | Projection |
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