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Zarechny — UN urban centre

55,998

Zarechny: 55,998 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #10,998 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5580; 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: 53.1974, 45.1732. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.

UN population series

YearPeopleMethod
197561,026Estimate
198061,744Estimate
198563,068Estimate
199065,685Estimate
199565,798Estimate
200062,614Estimate
200558,566Estimate
201057,317Estimate
201556,861Estimate
202056,936Estimate
202555,998Estimate
203055,164Projection
203552,850Projection
204052,168Projection
204551,568Projection
205051,010Projection

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