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Dumai — UN urban centre population

Modelled live estimate · UN 2025–2026 annual growth
317,280
Recorded base: 317,280 · 2025 annual estimate

Dumai has a recorded base population of 317,280 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 population317,280
Country share0.11% of 285,721,236 (World Bank 2025)
World share0.004% of 8,215,424,893 (World Bank 2025)
Country database rank#51 of 151 UN urban centre records
World database rank#1359 of 5,233 UN urban centre records

Separate UN urban-centre definition

Dumai UN urban centre: 317,280 people (2025), equal to the displayed UN urban centre figure of 317,280. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 349,389; 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.

Comparable database records

Same definition label: UN urban centre. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 317,280 as denominator.

PlacePopulationvs Dumai
Al Qadarif317,258−0.0%
Magnitogorsk317,107−0.1%
Bhusawal317,085−0.1%
Hazāribāgh316,861−0.1%
Malmö318,242+0.3%

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 (+3.58% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 317,280, 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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