Raha — UN urban centre
Raha: 116,898 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #5,255 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 8504; 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: -4.8322, 122.7223. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 64,161 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 66,432 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 68,507 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 65,859 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 77,705 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 85,121 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 89,436 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 92,826 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 99,750 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 107,642 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 116,898 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 123,516 | Projection |
| 2035 | 128,040 | Projection |
| 2040 | 134,928 | Projection |
| 2045 | 138,227 | Projection |
| 2050 | 140,659 | Projection |
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