Mymensingh — UN urban centre
Mymensingh: 677,433 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #802 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6082; 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: 24.7517, 90.4035. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 356,574 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 384,463 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 409,521 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 421,341 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 481,490 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 530,081 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 565,111 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 582,179 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 599,456 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 644,911 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 677,433 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 708,275 | Projection |
| 2035 | 740,291 | Projection |
| 2040 | 755,485 | Projection |
| 2045 | 765,726 | Projection |
| 2050 | 785,703 | Projection |
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