Tangail — UN urban centre
Tangail: 444,219 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,251 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5758; 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: 24.2516, 89.9188. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 236,551 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 257,268 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 275,511 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 291,493 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 327,706 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 352,720 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 360,175 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 359,909 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 372,359 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 384,083 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 444,219 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 579,272 | Projection |
| 2035 | 688,132 | Projection |
| 2040 | 760,757 | Projection |
| 2045 | 813,808 | Projection |
| 2050 | 870,095 | Projection |
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