Santiago — UN urban centre
Santiago: 106,482 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #5,800 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3097; territory: Philippines (PHL). 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: 16.6875, 121.5533. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 55,031 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 68,752 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 78,609 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 87,416 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 101,565 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 106,482 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 111,322 | Projection |
| 2035 | 116,035 | Projection |
| 2040 | 120,262 | Projection |
| 2045 | 126,530 | Projection |
| 2050 | 129,293 | Projection |
Largest UN urban centres · Fastest-growing urban centres
What changed during your lifetime?
Turn these figures into a private, five-scene personal world story.
Use this source record with the right definition
This page is a structured reference entry. Its sources, geographic definition and reference dates determine what the figures mean; it is not independent reporting about the causes of change. Read the accompanying explanation before comparing different places or vintages.