Sfax — UN urban centre
Sfax: 608,293 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #891 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2170; territory: Tunisia (TUN). 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: 34.761, 10.7454. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 203,353 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 244,848 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 273,507 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 312,410 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 361,895 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 433,230 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 482,917 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 516,958 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 552,063 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 591,477 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 608,293 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 616,285 | Projection |
| 2035 | 619,511 | Projection |
| 2040 | 621,021 | Projection |
| 2045 | 625,047 | Projection |
| 2050 | 624,735 | Projection |
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