Dar es Salaam — UN urban centre population
Dar es Salaam has a recorded base population of 7,795,114 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
Dar es Salaam UN urban centre: 7,795,114 people (2025), equal to the displayed UN urban centre figure of 7,795,114. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 5,383,728; 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.
Administrative units of Dar es Salaam
1 administrative records listed; completeness not established. 1 of 1 population values available; population values and dates not independently verified.
Available-value subtotal: 19,086; not a reconciled total. Shares use the displayed UN urban centre denominator 7,795,114; mixed/unknown dates are not comparable. An em dash means missing, not zero.
| Unit | Population | Share | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magomeni | 19,086 | 0.24% | Not independently verified |
Comparable database records
Same definition label: UN urban centre. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 7,795,114 as denominator.
| Place | Population | vs Dar es Salaam |
|---|---|---|
| Suzhou | 7,731,101 | −0.8% |
| Ahmedabad | 7,632,408 | −2.1% |
| Hangzhou | 7,500,208 | −3.8% |
| Wuhan | 7,363,548 | −5.5% |
| Tianjin | 7,285,342 | −6.5% |
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 (+2.75% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 7,795,114, 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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