Bi'r Rubak — UN urban centre
Bi'r Rubak: 712,438 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #754 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5454; 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: 12.8726, 44.9851. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 137,169 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 144,617 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 153,874 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 175,276 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 219,473 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 270,742 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 331,829 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 396,283 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 472,581 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 656,952 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 712,438 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 778,362 | Projection |
| 2035 | 841,689 | Projection |
| 2040 | 903,569 | Projection |
| 2045 | 964,596 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,031,606 | Projection |
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