Haftkel — UN urban centre
Haftkel: 83,284 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #7,471 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5320; 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: 31.4445, 49.5293. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 53,375 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 59,808 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 66,609 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 72,379 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 77,129 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 80,389 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 83,284 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 84,715 | Projection |
| 2035 | 85,843 | Projection |
| 2040 | 89,701 | Projection |
| 2045 | 90,521 | Projection |
| 2050 | 90,807 | Projection |
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