Cebu City — UN urban centre population
Cebu City has a recorded base population of 3,044,564 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
Cebu City UN urban centre: 3,044,564 people (2025), equal to the displayed UN urban centre figure of 3,044,564. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 965,332; 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.
Comparable database records
Same definition label: UN urban centre. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 3,044,564 as denominator.
| Place | Population | vs Cebu City |
|---|---|---|
| Ningbo | 3,094,833 | +1.7% |
| Shijiazhuang | 2,990,397 | −1.8% |
| Athens | 3,101,979 | +1.9% |
| Gujranwala | 3,121,271 | +2.5% |
| Multan | 2,956,642 | −2.9% |
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 (+0.97% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 3,044,564, 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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