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Duisburg — GeoNames settlement population

Modelled live estimate · World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth
504,358
Recorded base: 504,358 · Population reference date not supplied in local record

Duisburg has a recorded base population of 504,358 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 population504,358
Country share0.60% of 83,491,249 (World Bank 2025)
World share0.006% of 8,215,424,893 (World Bank 2025)
Country database rank#4 of 2,648 GeoNames settlement records
World database rank#293 of 55,804 GeoNames settlement records

UN association

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

Administrative units of Duisburg

2 administrative records listed; completeness not established. 2 of 2 population values available; population values and dates not independently verified.

Available-value subtotal: 61,589; not a reconciled total. Shares use the displayed GeoNames settlement denominator 504,358; mixed/unknown dates are not comparable. An em dash means missing, not zero.

UnitPopulationShareMembership
Meiderich45,2978.98%Not independently verified
Hochfeld16,2923.23%Not independently verified

Comparable database records

Same definition label: GeoNames settlement. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 504,358 as denominator.

PlacePopulationvs Duisburg
Maipú503,635−0.1%
Mukim Pulai505,661+0.3%
Homyel'501,193−0.6%
Banan508,703+0.9%
Talatona500,000−0.9%

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 (−0.03% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 504,358, 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.