Rabak — UN urban centre
Rabak: 253,166 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,300 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4697; 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: 13.1864, 32.7436. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 68,533 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 89,806 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 111,295 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 121,385 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 132,436 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 153,920 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 172,766 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 195,708 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 218,905 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 246,648 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 253,166 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 271,316 | Projection |
| 2035 | 284,135 | Projection |
| 2040 | 303,085 | Projection |
| 2045 | 315,067 | Projection |
| 2050 | 326,159 | Projection |
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