Zalari is an urban locality situated in the Zalarinsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It serves as a populated center within this administrative region.
According to census data, the population of Zalari has shown slight fluctuations over recent decades. The 1989 Soviet census recorded 10,693 residents, while subsequent counts showed a decrease to 10,041 in 2002 and 9,600 by the 2010 census.