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Laval — GeoNames settlement population

Modelled live estimate · World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth
438,366
Recorded base: 438,366 · Population reference date not supplied in local record

Laval has a recorded base population of 438,366 for the GeoNames settlement definition (Population reference date not supplied in local record). GeoNames settlement record; the moving counter uses World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth, not new population observations.

At a glance

Population definitionGeoNames settlement
Recorded population438,366
Country share1.05% of 41,651,653 (World Bank 2025)
World share0.005% of 8,215,424,893 (World Bank 2025)
Country database rank#3 of 596 GeoNames settlement records
World database rank#360 of 55,804 GeoNames settlement records

UN association

Geographic association unverified; no urban-centre population or rank attributed to this place.

Administrative units of Laval

1 administrative records listed; completeness not established. 1 of 1 population values available; population values and dates not independently verified.

Available-value subtotal: 135,336; not a reconciled total. Shares use the displayed GeoNames settlement denominator 438,366; mixed/unknown dates are not comparable. An em dash means missing, not zero.

UnitPopulationShareMembership
Ahuntsic-Cartierville135,33630.87%Not independently verified

Recorded localities

Gazetteer associations; boundary membership not independently verified.

Laval-des-Rapides (36,933)

Comparable database records

Same definition label: GeoNames settlement. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 438,366 as denominator.

PlacePopulationvs Laval
Palma438,234−0.0%
Fujisawa439,728+0.3%
Davangere435,128−0.7%
Dasmariñas441,876+0.8%
Shyamnagar441,956+0.8%

About these numbers

Source: GeoNames settlement record. Reference: Population reference date not supplied in local record. Live method: exponential projection from modelling anchor 2025-07-01 using World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth (+0.94% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 438,366, 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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Interpretation reviewed 12 October 2026. Underlying reference years are stated on the page; this is not a fresh census or dataset refresh.