Rajoir — UN urban centre
Rajoir: 133,428 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,569 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6357; 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: 23.2257, 90.0266. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 140,364 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 134,350 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 120,119 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 112,640 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 121,925 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 122,020 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 110,461 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 98,436 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 109,991 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 111,621 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 133,428 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 146,781 | Projection |
| 2035 | 196,953 | Projection |
| 2040 | 245,749 | Projection |
| 2045 | 351,521 | Projection |
| 2050 | 472,609 | Projection |
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