Kanpur — UN urban centre population
Kanpur has a recorded base population of 4,329,973 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
Separate UN urban-centre definition
Kanpur UN urban centre: 4,329,973 people (2025), equal to the displayed UN urban centre figure of 4,329,973. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 2,823,249; 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.
Administrative units of Kanpur
1 administrative records listed; completeness not established. 1 of 1 population values available; population values and dates not independently verified.
Available-value subtotal: 652,831; not a reconciled total. Shares use the displayed UN urban centre denominator 4,329,973; mixed/unknown dates are not comparable. An em dash means missing, not zero.
| Unit | Population | Share | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jājmau | 652,831 | 15.08% | Not independently verified |
Recorded localities
Gazetteer associations; boundary membership not independently verified.
Kanpur Cantonment (108,534)
Comparable database records
Same definition label: UN urban centre. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 4,329,973 as denominator.
| Place | Population | vs Kanpur |
|---|---|---|
| Kumasi | 4,297,984 | −0.7% |
| Damascus | 4,287,746 | −1.0% |
| Harbin | 4,376,259 | +1.1% |
| Jeddah | 4,284,080 | −1.1% |
| Mogadishu | 4,399,430 | +1.6% |
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 (+0.44% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 4,329,973, 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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