Meshginshahr — UN urban centre
Meshginshahr: 76,480 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #8,151 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2422; territory: Iran (IRN). 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: 38.3953, 47.6748. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 50,511 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 58,423 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 65,063 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 68,678 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 70,243 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 72,445 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 76,480 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 79,170 | Projection |
| 2035 | 82,747 | Projection |
| 2040 | 84,587 | Projection |
| 2045 | 86,059 | Projection |
| 2050 | 88,595 | Projection |
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