Surabaya — UN urban centre
Surabaya: 6,843,503 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #54 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7728; 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: -7.3805, 112.6875. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 3,642,543 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 4,102,756 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 4,569,052 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 5,035,107 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 5,393,431 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 5,721,915 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 6,179,337 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 6,548,102 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 6,801,250 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 6,860,695 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 6,843,503 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 6,807,059 | Projection |
| 2035 | 6,739,448 | Projection |
| 2040 | 6,641,780 | Projection |
| 2045 | 6,520,969 | Projection |
| 2050 | 6,342,808 | Projection |
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