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Niš — UN urban centre population

Modelled live estimate · UN 2025–2026 annual growth
199,431
Recorded base: 199,431 · 2025 annual estimate

Niš has a recorded base population of 199,431 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 population199,431
Country share3.05% of 6,549,143 (World Bank 2025)
World share0.002% of 8,215,424,893 (World Bank 2025)
Country database rank#3 of 12 UN urban centre records
World database rank#2151 of 5,233 UN urban centre records

Separate UN urban-centre definition

Niš UN urban centre: 199,431 people (2025), equal to the displayed UN urban centre figure of 199,431. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 250,000; 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 199,431 as denominator.

PlacePopulationvs Niš
Jiuquan199,602+0.1%
Tarlac City198,673−0.4%
Tabora198,557−0.4%
Gitega198,363−0.5%
Situbondo200,837+0.7%

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 (−0.34% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 199,431, 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.