Cox's Bazar — UN urban centre
Cox's Bazar: 470,100 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,182 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7651; 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: 21.4388, 91.9979. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 125,880 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 138,164 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 156,210 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 164,548 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 210,320 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 243,633 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 274,436 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 338,214 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 389,978 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 375,341 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 470,100 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 542,583 | Projection |
| 2035 | 621,263 | Projection |
| 2040 | 680,107 | Projection |
| 2045 | 704,515 | Projection |
| 2050 | 735,067 | Projection |
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