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Matola — GeoNames settlement population

Modelled live estimate · World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth
1,198,988
Recorded base: 1,198,988 · Population reference date not supplied in local record

Matola has a recorded base population of 1,198,988 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 population1,198,988
Country share3.36% of 35,631,653 (World Bank 2025)
World share0.015% of 8,215,424,893 (World Bank 2025)
Country database rank#1 of 66 GeoNames settlement records
World database rank#95 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 1,198,988 as denominator.

PlacePopulationvs Matola
Ghāziābād1,199,191+0.0%
Fes1,191,905−0.6%
Yangpu1,210,800+1.0%
Sadr City1,211,849+1.1%
Gustavo Adolfo Madero1,185,772−1.1%

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 (+2.85% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 1,198,988, 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.