Shahr-e Kord — UN urban centre
Shahr-e Kord: 104,583 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #5,910 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5658; 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: 32.3287, 50.8591. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 62,675 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 70,737 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 85,001 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 102,444 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 108,163 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 111,974 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 108,548 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 105,816 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 99,690 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 94,244 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 104,583 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 109,051 | Projection |
| 2035 | 115,356 | Projection |
| 2040 | 120,406 | Projection |
| 2045 | 123,311 | Projection |
| 2050 | 125,489 | Projection |
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