Bayt al Faqih — UN urban centre
Bayt al Faqih: 160,131 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,782 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2424; territory: Yemen (YEM). 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: 14.5169, 43.3238. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 59,641 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 64,941 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 70,107 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 75,832 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 87,397 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 98,636 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 112,380 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 129,669 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 144,951 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 149,719 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 160,131 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 171,850 | Projection |
| 2035 | 184,088 | Projection |
| 2040 | 194,852 | Projection |
| 2045 | 207,880 | Projection |
| 2050 | 224,644 | Projection |
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