Bor — UN urban centre
Bor: 51,103 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #11,978 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4732; territory: Russia (RUS). 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: 56.3526, 44.0883. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 75,683 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 74,217 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 74,151 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 75,644 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 73,123 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 68,554 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 62,723 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 58,538 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 55,495 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 53,780 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 51,103 | Estimate |
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