Ta'izz — UN urban centre
Ta'izz: 1,586,739 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #311 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4441; 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: 13.5795, 44.0183. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 242,533 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 304,410 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 389,052 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 497,799 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 639,673 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 751,769 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 879,423 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 1,030,046 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,199,767 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,461,226 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,586,739 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,777,742 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,954,798 | Projection |
| 2040 | 2,119,344 | Projection |
| 2045 | 2,267,101 | Projection |
| 2050 | 2,422,896 | Projection |
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