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Shah Alam — GeoNames settlement population

Modelled live estimate · World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth
740,750
Recorded base: 740,750 · Population reference date not supplied in local record

Shah Alam has a recorded base population of 740,750 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 population740,750
Country share2.06% of 35,977,838 (World Bank 2025)
World share0.009% of 8,215,424,893 (World Bank 2025)
Country database rank#3 of 478 GeoNames settlement records
World database rank#163 of 55,804 GeoNames settlement records

UN association

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

Comparable database records

Same definition label: GeoNames settlement. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 740,750 as denominator.

PlacePopulationvs Shah Alam
Shizuishan739,400−0.2%
Zhuanghe742,496+0.2%
Serang735,651−0.7%
Al Ḩudaydah734,699−0.8%
Ōta748,081+1.0%

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 (+1.17% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 740,750, 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.