Elenga — UN urban centre
Elenga: 459,645 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,211 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5734; 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: 24.3528, 89.9991. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 125,123 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 122,007 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 194,625 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 209,257 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 223,017 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 231,748 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 247,316 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 278,712 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 299,287 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 340,965 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 459,645 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 551,659 | Projection |
| 2035 | 662,117 | Projection |
| 2040 | 769,654 | Projection |
| 2045 | 874,437 | Projection |
| 2050 | 951,242 | Projection |
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