Bogura — UN urban centre
Bogura: 661,378 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #823 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4090; territory: Bangladesh (BGD). 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: 24.8477, 89.3698. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 409,535 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 428,290 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 455,397 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 469,459 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 507,030 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 554,401 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 586,105 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 598,367 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 606,979 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 631,603 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 661,378 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 692,899 | Projection |
| 2035 | 712,694 | Projection |
| 2040 | 730,665 | Projection |
| 2045 | 738,059 | Projection |
| 2050 | 746,628 | Projection |
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