Khagrachhari — UN urban centre
Khagrachhari: 77,175 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #8,082 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7559; 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: 23.11, 91.9856. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 55,585 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 61,142 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 68,938 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 74,646 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 79,662 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 84,749 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 84,045 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 80,785 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 72,568 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 77,175 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 83,364 | Projection |
| 2035 | 88,028 | Projection |
| 2040 | 90,583 | Projection |
| 2045 | 92,514 | Projection |
| 2050 | 95,642 | Projection |
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