Land Use/Cover Change Detection and Urban Sprawl Analysis in Bandar Abbas City, Iran

Table 3

The percentage of population and area growth in Bandar Abbas city during 60 years interval.

Year	Population	Percentage increase in population (%)	Built-up area (ha)	Percentage increase in built-up area (%)	Built-up land per capita (m^2/person)
1956	17710	—	403.77	—	22.79
1965	28434	60.55	753.78	86.69	26.50
1975	87981	209.42	1292.81	71.51	14.69
1987	174650	98.51	2914.64	125.45	16.68
2001	276578	58.36	4182.88	43.51	15.12
2012	518345	87.41	4959.59	18.57	18.93