Palu — UN urban centre
Palu: 348,948 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,638 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 8402; 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: -0.9052, 119.8744. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 102,939 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 118,405 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 140,374 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 156,593 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 185,456 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 210,985 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 235,472 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 258,487 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 290,964 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 336,346 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 348,948 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 362,094 | Projection |
| 2035 | 378,223 | Projection |
| 2040 | 387,255 | Projection |
| 2045 | 394,735 | Projection |
| 2050 | 402,377 | Projection |
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