Melbourne — UN urban centre population
Modelled live estimate · UN 2025–2026 annual growth
3,639,893
Recorded base: 3,639,893 · 2025 annual estimate
Melbourne has a recorded base population of 3,639,893 for the UN urban centre definition (2025 annual estimate). UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; the moving counter uses UN 2025–2026 annual growth, not new population observations.
At a glance
Population definitionUN urban centre
Recorded population3,639,893
Country share13.18% of 27,614,411 (World Bank 2025)
World share0.044% of 8,215,424,893 (World Bank 2025)
Country database rank#2 of 12 UN urban centre records
World database rank#106 of 5,233 UN urban centre records
Separate UN urban-centre definition
Melbourne UN urban centre: 3,639,893 people (2025), equal to the displayed UN urban centre figure of 3,639,893. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 5,435,590; the UN value is smaller (different boundaries; GeoNames population date unavailable). UN WUP 2025 Degree of Urbanisation; not a municipal/province boundary. Association: name/country/coordinates matched; boundary relationship unverified. No containment claim is made.
Administrative units of Melbourne
244 administrative records listed; completeness not established. 244 of 244 population values available; population values and dates not independently verified.
Available-value subtotal: 3,912,706; not a reconciled total. Shares use the displayed UN urban centre denominator 3,639,893; mixed/unknown dates are not comparable. An em dash means missing, not zero.
| Unit | Population | Share | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Port Phillip | 112,669 | 3.10% | Not independently verified |
| Point Cook | 66,781 | 1.83% | Not independently verified |
| Craigieburn | 65,178 | 1.79% | Not independently verified |
| Melbourne City Centre | 60,057 | 1.65% | Not independently verified |
| Tarneit | 56,370 | 1.55% | Not independently verified |
| Reservoir | 51,096 | 1.40% | Not independently verified |
| Berwick | 50,298 | 1.38% | Not independently verified |
| Werribee | 50,027 | 1.37% | Not independently verified |
| Glen Waverley | 42,642 | 1.17% | Not independently verified |
| Hoppers Crossing | 37,216 | 1.02% | Not independently verified |
| Truganina | 36,305 | 1.00% | Not independently verified |
| Mount Waverley | 35,340 | 0.97% | Not independently verified |
| Preston | 33,790 | 0.93% | Not independently verified |
| Rowville | 33,571 | 0.92% | Not independently verified |
| Epping | 33,489 | 0.92% | Not independently verified |
| Doncaster East | 30,926 | 0.85% | Not independently verified |
| Noble Park | 30,921 | 0.85% | Not independently verified |
| Narre Warren South | 30,909 | 0.85% | Not independently verified |
| Bentleigh East | 30,159 | 0.83% | Not independently verified |
| Dandenong | 30,127 | 0.83% | Not independently verified |
| Keysborough | 30,018 | 0.82% | Not independently verified |
| Mill Park | 28,712 | 0.79% | Not independently verified |
| Richmond | 28,587 | 0.79% | Not independently verified |
| Bundoora | 28,068 | 0.77% | Not independently verified |
| Narre Warren | 27,689 | 0.76% | Not independently verified |
| Ferntree Gully | 27,398 | 0.75% | Not independently verified |
| Coburg | 26,574 | 0.73% | Not independently verified |
| Croydon | 26,502 | 0.73% | Not independently verified |
| Hampton Park | 26,082 | 0.72% | Not independently verified |
| Mornington | 25,759 | 0.71% | Not independently verified |
| Northcote | 25,276 | 0.69% | Not independently verified |
| South Yarra | 25,237 | 0.69% | Not independently verified |
| Doncaster | 25,020 | 0.69% | Not independently verified |
| South Morang | 24,989 | 0.69% | Not independently verified |
| Brunswick | 24,896 | 0.68% | Not independently verified |
| Cranbourne North | 24,683 | 0.68% | Not independently verified |
| Kew | 24,499 | 0.67% | Not independently verified |
| Caroline Springs | 24,488 | 0.67% | Not independently verified |
| Endeavour Hills | 24,455 | 0.67% | Not independently verified |
| Roxburgh Park | 24,129 | 0.66% | Not independently verified |
| Cheltenham | 23,992 | 0.66% | Not independently verified |
| Glenroy | 23,792 | 0.65% | Not independently verified |
| Boronia | 23,607 | 0.65% | Not independently verified |
| Brighton | 23,252 | 0.64% | Not independently verified |
| Lalor | 23,219 | 0.64% | Not independently verified |
| Mooroolbark | 23,059 | 0.63% | Not independently verified |
| Southbank | 22,631 | 0.62% | Not independently verified |
| Dandenong North | 22,550 | 0.62% | Not independently verified |
| Hawthorn | 22,322 | 0.61% | Not independently verified |
| Malvern East | 22,296 | 0.61% | Not independently verified |
| Springvale | 22,174 | 0.61% | Not independently verified |
| Langwarrin | 22,146 | 0.61% | Not independently verified |
| Carrum Downs | 21,976 | 0.60% | Not independently verified |
| Camberwell | 21,965 | 0.60% | Not independently verified |
| Cranbourne | 21,281 | 0.58% | Not independently verified |
| Greenvale | 21,274 | 0.58% | Not independently verified |
| Essendon | 21,240 | 0.58% | Not independently verified |
| Hawthorn South | 21,177 | 0.58% | Not independently verified |
| Glenferrie | 21,177 | 0.58% | Not independently verified |
| Greensborough | 21,070 | 0.58% | Not independently verified |
| Wantirna South | 20,754 | 0.57% | Not independently verified |
| Wheelers Hill | 20,652 | 0.57% | Not independently verified |
| Wyndham Vale | 20,518 | 0.56% | Not independently verified |
| Thomastown | 20,234 | 0.56% | Not independently verified |
| Cranbourne West | 19,969 | 0.55% | Not independently verified |
| Mulgrave | 19,889 | 0.55% | Not independently verified |
| Mount Martha | 19,846 | 0.55% | Not independently verified |
| Saint Kilda | 19,490 | 0.54% | Not independently verified |
| Ringwood | 19,144 | 0.53% | Not independently verified |
| Thornbury | 19,005 | 0.52% | Not independently verified |
| Clayton | 18,988 | 0.52% | Not independently verified |
| Eltham | 18,847 | 0.52% | Not independently verified |
| Frankston South | 18,801 | 0.52% | Not independently verified |
| Mount Eliza | 18,734 | 0.51% | Not independently verified |
| Sunshine West | 18,552 | 0.51% | Not independently verified |
| Altona Meadows | 18,479 | 0.51% | Not independently verified |
| Pascoe Vale | 18,171 | 0.50% | Not independently verified |
| Deer Park | 18,145 | 0.50% | Not independently verified |
| Bentleigh | 17,921 | 0.49% | Not independently verified |
| Carnegie | 17,909 | 0.49% | Not independently verified |
| Port Melbourne | 17,633 | 0.48% | Not independently verified |
| Lilydale | 17,348 | 0.48% | Not independently verified |
| Hillside | 17,331 | 0.48% | Not independently verified |
| Seaford | 17,215 | 0.47% | Not independently verified |
| Footscray | 17,131 | 0.47% | Not independently verified |
| Templestowe | 16,966 | 0.47% | Not independently verified |
| Caulfield North | 16,903 | 0.46% | Not independently verified |
| Mitcham | 16,795 | 0.46% | Not independently verified |
| Brighton East | 16,757 | 0.46% | Not independently verified |
| Moonee Ponds | 16,224 | 0.45% | Not independently verified |
| Carlton | 16,055 | 0.44% | Not independently verified |
| Yarraville | 15,636 | 0.43% | Not independently verified |
| Docklands | 15,495 | 0.43% | Not independently verified |
| Taylors Hill | 15,419 | 0.42% | Not independently verified |
| North Melbourne | 15,395 | 0.42% | Not independently verified |
| Ascot Vale | 15,197 | 0.42% | Not independently verified |
| Taylors Lakes | 15,174 | 0.42% | Not independently verified |
| Elwood | 15,153 | 0.42% | Not independently verified |
| Keilor East | 15,078 | 0.41% | Not independently verified |
| Meadow Heights | 14,890 | 0.41% | Not independently verified |
| Hawthorn East | 14,834 | 0.41% | Not independently verified |
| Brunswick West | 14,746 | 0.41% | Not independently verified |
| Blackburn | 14,478 | 0.40% | Not independently verified |
| Williamstown | 14,407 | 0.40% | Not independently verified |
| Box Hill | 14,353 | 0.39% | Not independently verified |
| Wantirna | 14,237 | 0.39% | Not independently verified |
| Templestowe Lower | 14,098 | 0.39% | Not independently verified |
| Beaumaris | 13,947 | 0.38% | Not independently verified |
| Newport | 13,658 | 0.38% | Not independently verified |
| Surrey Hills | 13,655 | 0.38% | Not independently verified |
| Hampton | 13,518 | 0.37% | Not independently verified |
| Balwyn | 13,495 | 0.37% | Not independently verified |
| Clayton South | 13,381 | 0.37% | Not independently verified |
| Brunswick East | 13,279 | 0.36% | Not independently verified |
| Mentone | 13,197 | 0.36% | Not independently verified |
| Altona North | 12,962 | 0.36% | Not independently verified |
| Toorak | 12,817 | 0.35% | Not independently verified |
| Fitzroy North | 12,781 | 0.35% | Not independently verified |
| Springvale South | 12,766 | 0.35% | Not independently verified |
| Donvale | 12,644 | 0.35% | Not independently verified |
| Maribyrnong | 12,573 | 0.35% | Not independently verified |
| St Kilda East | 12,571 | 0.35% | Not independently verified |
| Broadmeadows | 12,524 | 0.34% | Not independently verified |
| Diamond Creek | 12,503 | 0.34% | Not independently verified |
| Nunawading | 12,413 | 0.34% | Not independently verified |
| Avondale Heights | 12,388 | 0.34% | Not independently verified |
| Box Hill North | 12,337 | 0.34% | Not independently verified |
| Parkdale | 12,308 | 0.34% | Not independently verified |
| Prahran | 12,203 | 0.34% | Not independently verified |
| Ivanhoe | 12,175 | 0.33% | Not independently verified |
| Sunshine North | 12,047 | 0.33% | Not independently verified |
| Highett | 12,016 | 0.33% | Not independently verified |
| Vermont South | 11,954 | 0.33% | Not independently verified |
| Somerville | 11,767 | 0.32% | Not independently verified |
| West Footscray | 11,729 | 0.32% | Not independently verified |
| Kilsyth | 11,699 | 0.32% | Not independently verified |
| Bayswater | 11,599 | 0.32% | Not independently verified |
| South Melbourne | 11,548 | 0.32% | Not independently verified |
| Altona | 11,490 | 0.32% | Not independently verified |
| Hallam | 11,355 | 0.31% | Not independently verified |
| Bulleen | 11,219 | 0.31% | Not independently verified |
| Vermont | 10,993 | 0.30% | Not independently verified |
| Blackburn South | 10,939 | 0.30% | Not independently verified |
| Sandringham | 10,926 | 0.30% | Not independently verified |
| Forest Hill | 10,780 | 0.30% | Not independently verified |
| Ringwood East | 10,764 | 0.30% | Not independently verified |
| Burwood East | 10,675 | 0.29% | Not independently verified |
| Sydenham | 10,578 | 0.29% | Not independently verified |
| Dingley Village | 10,495 | 0.29% | Not independently verified |
| Fitzroy | 10,431 | 0.29% | Not independently verified |
| Pascoe Vale South | 9,934 | 0.27% | Not independently verified |
| Heathmont | 9,933 | 0.27% | Not independently verified |
| Malvern | 9,929 | 0.27% | Not independently verified |
| Macleod | 9,892 | 0.27% | Not independently verified |
| Keilor Downs | 9,880 | 0.27% | Not independently verified |
| Oakleigh South | 9,851 | 0.27% | Not independently verified |
| Murrumbeena | 9,767 | 0.27% | Not independently verified |
| Kensington | 9,719 | 0.27% | Not independently verified |
| Cairnlea | 9,653 | 0.27% | Not independently verified |
| Doveton | 9,603 | 0.26% | Not independently verified |
| Ringwood North | 9,565 | 0.26% | Not independently verified |
| Sunshine | 9,558 | 0.26% | Not independently verified |
| Chadstone | 9,552 | 0.26% | Not independently verified |
| Mount Evelyn | 9,467 | 0.26% | Not independently verified |
| Hastings | 9,449 | 0.26% | Not independently verified |
| Maidstone | 9,389 | 0.26% | Not independently verified |
| Armadale | 9,368 | 0.26% | Not independently verified |
| Braybrook | 9,338 | 0.26% | Not independently verified |
| Montmorency | 9,250 | 0.25% | Not independently verified |
| Collingwood | 9,179 | 0.25% | Not independently verified |
| Bayswater North | 8,654 | 0.24% | Not independently verified |
| Rosanna | 8,616 | 0.24% | Not independently verified |
| Lynbrook | 8,482 | 0.23% | Not independently verified |
| Oakleigh | 8,442 | 0.23% | Not independently verified |
| Chelsea | 8,347 | 0.23% | Not independently verified |
| Box Hill South | 8,300 | 0.23% | Not independently verified |
| Delahey | 8,287 | 0.23% | Not independently verified |
| Gladstone Park | 8,260 | 0.23% | Not independently verified |
| Strathmore | 8,227 | 0.23% | Not independently verified |
| Derrimut | 8,200 | 0.23% | Not independently verified |
| Kings Park | 8,126 | 0.22% | Not independently verified |
| Abbotsford | 8,087 | 0.22% | Not independently verified |
| Mordialloc | 8,027 | 0.22% | Not independently verified |
| Ashburton | 7,952 | 0.22% | Not independently verified |
| Canterbury | 7,926 | 0.22% | Not independently verified |
| Patterson Lakes | 7,793 | 0.21% | Not independently verified |
| Flemington | 7,737 | 0.21% | Not independently verified |
| Croydon North | 7,653 | 0.21% | Not independently verified |
| Knoxfield | 7,645 | 0.21% | Not independently verified |
| Blackburn North | 7,627 | 0.21% | Not independently verified |
| Narre Warren North | 7,583 | 0.21% | Not independently verified |
| Hughesdale | 7,563 | 0.21% | Not independently verified |
| Coburg North | 7,562 | 0.21% | Not independently verified |
| Airport West | 7,452 | 0.20% | Not independently verified |
| Clarinda | 7,441 | 0.20% | Not independently verified |
| Noble Park North | 7,394 | 0.20% | Not independently verified |
| Heidelberg | 7,360 | 0.20% | Not independently verified |
| Aspendale | 7,285 | 0.20% | Not independently verified |
| Windsor | 7,273 | 0.20% | Not independently verified |
| Beaconsfield | 7,267 | 0.20% | Not independently verified |
| Ashwood | 7,154 | 0.20% | Not independently verified |
| Parkville | 7,074 | 0.19% | Not independently verified |
| McKinnon | 6,878 | 0.19% | Not independently verified |
| Bonbeach | 6,855 | 0.19% | Not independently verified |
| Viewbank | 6,769 | 0.19% | Not independently verified |
| Dallas | 6,762 | 0.19% | Not independently verified |
| Tullamarine | 6,733 | 0.18% | Not independently verified |
| Eltham North | 6,712 | 0.18% | Not independently verified |
| Kew East | 6,620 | 0.18% | Not independently verified |
| Williams Landing | 6,607 | 0.18% | Not independently verified |
| Clifton Hill | 6,606 | 0.18% | Not independently verified |
| Montrose | 6,595 | 0.18% | Not independently verified |
| Upwey | 6,501 | 0.18% | Not independently verified |
| Fairfield | 6,452 | 0.18% | Not independently verified |
| Aspendale Gardens | 6,427 | 0.18% | Not independently verified |
| Oakleigh East | 6,344 | 0.17% | Not independently verified |
| East Melbourne | 6,196 | 0.17% | Not independently verified |
| Carlton North | 6,177 | 0.17% | Not independently verified |
| Oak Park | 6,137 | 0.17% | Not independently verified |
| Scoresby | 6,066 | 0.17% | Not independently verified |
| Albert Park | 6,028 | 0.17% | Not independently verified |
| Heidelberg Heights | 6,010 | 0.17% | Not independently verified |
| Burnside Heights | 5,995 | 0.16% | Not independently verified |
| Black Rock | 5,952 | 0.16% | Not independently verified |
| Niddrie | 5,901 | 0.16% | Not independently verified |
| Moorabbin | 5,824 | 0.16% | Not independently verified |
| Burnside | 5,800 | 0.16% | Not independently verified |
| Westmeadows | 5,780 | 0.16% | Not independently verified |
| Frankston North | 5,756 | 0.16% | Not independently verified |
| Keilor | 5,730 | 0.16% | Not independently verified |
| Alphington | 5,702 | 0.16% | Not independently verified |
| Edithvale | 5,683 | 0.16% | Not independently verified |
| Dromana | 5,651 | 0.16% | Not independently verified |
| Hadfield | 5,589 | 0.15% | Not independently verified |
| West Melbourne | 5,588 | 0.15% | Not independently verified |
| Heidelberg West | 5,495 | 0.15% | Not independently verified |
| Albanvale | 5,457 | 0.15% | Not independently verified |
| Mont Albert North | 5,407 | 0.15% | Not independently verified |
| Chelsea Heights | 5,393 | 0.15% | Not independently verified |
| Balaclava | 5,392 | 0.15% | Not independently verified |
| Warrandyte | 5,368 | 0.15% | Not independently verified |
| Watsonia | 5,352 | 0.15% | Not independently verified |
| Hampton East | 5,069 | 0.14% | Not independently verified |
| Seddon | 5,048 | 0.14% | Not independently verified |
Comparable database records
Same definition label: UN urban centre. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 3,639,893 as denominator.
| Place | Population | vs Melbourne |
|---|---|---|
| Brazzaville | 3,656,322 | +0.5% |
| Qingdao | 3,616,657 | −0.6% |
| Karaj | 3,598,661 | −1.1% |
| Chicago | 3,683,385 | +1.2% |
| Recife | 3,691,196 | +1.4% |
About these numbers
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025. Reference: 2025 annual estimate. Live method: exponential projection from modelling anchor 2025-01-01 using UN 2025–2026 annual growth (+0.61% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 3,639,893, not the ticking estimate. Country/world denominators are World Bank values and can differ in date and method from local/UN values. Ranks cover only records with the same definition label in this database, not all cities in the world.
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