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Sandwīp — UN urban centre population

Modelled live estimate · UN 2025–2026 annual growth
309,439
Recorded base: 309,439 · 2025 annual estimate

Sandwīp has a recorded base population of 309,439 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 population309,439
Country share0.18% of 175,686,899 (World Bank 2025)
World share0.004% of 8,215,424,893 (World Bank 2025)
Country database rank#21 of 40 UN urban centre records
World database rank#1394 of 5,233 UN urban centre records

Separate UN urban-centre definition

Sandwip UN urban centre: 309,439 people (2025), equal to the displayed UN urban centre figure of 309,439. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 52,152; the UN value is larger (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.

Comparable database records

Same definition label: UN urban centre. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 309,439 as denominator.

PlacePopulationvs Sandwīp
Moshi309,202−0.1%
Xichang309,170−0.1%
Kindu309,727+0.1%
Madhepura309,065−0.1%
Nagasaki308,986−0.1%

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 (+1.10% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 309,439, 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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