Waled — UN urban centre
Waled: 190,709 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,149 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6555; territory: Indonesia (IDN). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: -6.8913, 108.7232. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 119,201 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 139,017 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 152,578 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 163,613 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 175,819 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 180,791 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 182,901 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 183,099 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 186,753 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 193,689 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 190,709 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 187,228 | Projection |
| 2035 | 183,327 | Projection |
| 2040 | 178,547 | Projection |
| 2045 | 173,730 | Projection |
| 2050 | 167,822 | Projection |
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