Data & methods

Data review

Nothing is filtered out of The Urban World. Every urban centre in GHS-WUP R2025A appears in the rankings, search, the directory and on the map, with the figures JRC published and their confidence beside them.

This page lists the centres that trip at least one diagnostic rule: low confidence, population jumps, tiny or barely built footprints, missing names. It is the working surface for deciding whether a curation rule is ever needed. How each rule is defined.

5,563 of 21,777 urban centres trip at least one rule.

5,563 centres· showing 1,301–1,400

Urban centre Country Exists Population Rules (epochs)
SassalembaAngolafrom 202573.4K
  • Low confidence 2075–2100
NanbaChinauntil 207073.4K
  • Low confidence 1975–2005
  • Area under 5 km² 1975
UthalPakistanfrom 204573.4K
  • Low confidence 2070–2100
LukonzolwaDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 201573.4K
  • Low confidence 2045–2100
  • Area under 5 km² 2015–2020
Unnamed centre near Jalalpur PirwalaPakistanfrom 207573.4K
  • Population jump 2080
  • Unnamed 2075–2100
KitsombiroDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 201073.4K
  • Low confidence 2075–2100
Awlād ŞaqrEgyptfrom 208073.4K
  • Unnamed 2080–2100
ShajapurIndiafrom 200073.4K
  • Area under 5 km² 2000
AwudoEthiopiafrom 209073.3K
  • Low confidence 2090–2100
Mojiang Hani Autonomous CountyChina1975–210073.3K
  • Low confidence 1975–1980
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1990
کوهخیارهIranfrom 200573.3K
  • Low confidence 2005–2100
  • Area under 5 km² 2005–2100
BokoroChadfrom 200573.1K
  • Area under 5 km² 2005
BatiEthiopiafrom 199573.1K
  • Area under 5 km² 1995–2025
AradIranfrom 200073.1K
  • Low confidence 2000–2100
  • Area under 5 km² 2000–2030
CacondaAngolafrom 201573.1K
  • Low confidence 2100
Unnamed centre near AngocheMozambiquefrom 209073.1K
  • Low confidence 2090–2100
  • Unnamed 2090–2100
HosseinAbad AlamkhanIranfrom 204573.0K
  • Low confidence 2045–2100
Unnamed centre near Dera Ghazi KhanPakistanfrom 205573.0K
  • Unnamed 2055–2100
Chak JhumraPakistanfrom 201073.0K
  • Area under 5 km² 2010–2015
MukalizaTanzaniafrom 208572.9K
  • Low confidence 2085–2100
Unnamed centre near MwanzaMozambiquefrom 208572.8K
  • Low confidence 2090–2100
  • Unnamed 2085–2100
GaurNepalfrom 203072.8K
  • Unnamed 2030–2100
Unnamed centre near BānsiIndia2045–209572.6K
  • Unnamed 2045–2095
KairouanTunisiafrom 199572.6K
  • Low confidence 2070–2100
Ad DarumahYemenfrom 201072.6K
  • Low confidence 2010–2100
  • Built share under 1% 2010–2100
  • Area under 5 km² 2010–2020
WanzhiChinauntil 207072.5K
  • Low confidence 1975
MinyaEgyptfrom 202572.5K
  • Unnamed 2025–2100
ShibganjBangladesh2030–209072.5K
  • Unnamed 2030–2090
Unnamed centre near KhangarhPakistanfrom 208572.4K
  • Unnamed 2085–2100
YizhangChinauntil 209072.3K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975
MangandaDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 207572.3K
  • Low confidence 2075–2100
TingjiangChina1990–207072.3K
  • Area under 5 km² 1990–2000
JaswantnagarIndia1975–210072.3K
  • Low confidence 1975
DhanauraIndiafrom 199572.2K
  • Area under 5 km² 1995–2000
ZóbueMozambiquefrom 201572.2K
  • Low confidence 2060–2100
MathraPakistanfrom 203072.2K
  • Population jump 2035
KipangaDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 201571.9K
  • Low confidence 2030–2100
Al GhawlYemenfrom 201571.9K
  • Low confidence 2015–2100
  • Population jump 2025
  • Built share under 1% 2015–2065
  • Area under 5 km² 2015–2020
KakumbaDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 201571.8K
  • Low confidence 2035–2100
  • Small and dense 2015–2100
HoechangNorth Korea1975–210071.7K
  • Low confidence 1975–1985
  • Area under 5 km² 1975
Luotian CountyChinauntil 206071.7K
  • Low confidence 1975–1980
PratapgarhIndiafrom 199571.6K
  • Area under 5 km² 1995
Mungra BadshahpurIndia1975–210071.6K
  • Low confidence 1975
  • Population jump 2020
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1985
ShwegyinMyanmarfrom 198071.6K
  • Low confidence 1980
  • Area under 5 km² 1980
KuraNigeriafrom 200071.5K
  • Area under 5 km² 2000–2010
Unnamed centre near AgaEgyptfrom 202571.5K
  • Unnamed 2025–2100
북청읍North Korea1975–210071.4K
  • Low confidence 1975–1995
Unnamed centre near Malir CantonmentPakistanfrom 203571.4K
  • Unnamed 2035–2100
SajerparIndia1985–199571.4K
  • Built share under 1% 1985
BaharuPakistanfrom 205071.4K
  • Low confidence 2065–2100
MisrikhIndiauntil 201571.4K
  • Low confidence 1975–2015
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–2015
Kanisail Pt IBangladeshfrom 205571.4K
  • Unnamed 2055–2100
KantamboDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 206071.4K
  • Low confidence 2060–2100
MesloEthiopiafrom 201071.3K
  • Low confidence 2055–2100
DayaoChina1975–210071.3K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975
PhulpurBangladesh1975–210071.3K
  • Low confidence 1975–1980
KanaziTanzaniafrom 207071.2K
  • Low confidence 2085–2100
Dawran AlJadeedahYemenfrom 200071.2K
  • Low confidence 2000–2100
SagaraTanzaniafrom 206071.1K
  • Low confidence 2075–2100
MutubisEgyptfrom 201071.1K
  • Population jump 2035
BuurfuuleSomaliafrom 206571.0K
  • Low confidence 2065–2100
TerenuthisEgyptfrom 201071.0K
  • Population jump 2040
KorobaPapua New Guineafrom 209070.9K
  • Low confidence 2090–2100
ItemeBurundifrom 206070.9K
  • Low confidence 2065–2100
Unnamed centre near GahiniRwandafrom 208070.9K
  • Unnamed 2080–2100
AsaramaNigeriafrom 201070.9K
  • Area under 5 km² 2010
ShalaamboodSomaliafrom 202070.8K
  • Low confidence 2030–2100
  • Area under 5 km² 2020–2050
AgatsIndonesiafrom 201570.8K
  • Low confidence 2030–2100
Al QabilYemenfrom 207570.7K
  • Low confidence 2095–2100
ArasikereIndiafrom 199570.7K
  • Area under 5 km² 1995
KaghaznagarIndia1975–210070.6K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975
Unnamed centre near YehiapurIndiafrom 203070.6K
  • Unnamed 2030–2100
BumboUgandafrom 203070.6K
  • Population jump 2035
Unnamed centre near Shahr SultanPakistanfrom 205070.5K
  • Unnamed 2050–2100
PengxiChinauntil 208070.4K
  • Low confidence 1975–1985
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1980
MatamèyeNigerfrom 200070.3K
  • Area under 5 km² 2000–2015
Minh TânVietnamuntil 209570.3K
  • Low confidence 2090–2095
DottNigeriafrom 199570.3K
  • Area under 5 km² 1995–2020
Unnamed centre near MiabiDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 209070.3K
  • Unnamed 2090–2100
Bandar Seri BentanIndonesiafrom 202070.2K
  • Low confidence 2020–2100
  • Built share under 1% 2020–2035
MabyanYemenfrom 203070.2K
  • Low confidence 2030–2100
  • Built share under 1% 2030–2065
QukouChinauntil 201070.2K
  • Low confidence 1975–2010
  • Built share under 1% 1975–2010
MsukaTanzaniafrom 204570.2K
  • Low confidence 2090–2100
KaliganjBangladesh1975–210070.2K
  • Low confidence 1975
Kamwena-SapoDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 210070.2K
  • Low confidence 2100
AdetEthiopia1975–210070.2K
  • Low confidence 1975–1980
  • Area under 5 km² 1975
KyonghungNorth Korea1975–210070.2K
  • Low confidence 1975
GiadeNigeriafrom 199570.1K
  • Area under 5 km² 1995–2000
PengujanIndonesiafrom 203070.0K
  • Low confidence 2030–2100
  • Built share under 1% 2030–2040
Goz BeïdaChadfrom 202070.0K
  • Low confidence 2055–2100
ParvathipuramIndia1975–210069.9K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1985
NarreMozambiquefrom 207569.9K
  • Low confidence 2075–2100
  • Population jump 2085
Unnamed centre near Hosa’inaEthiopiafrom 206569.9K
  • Unnamed 2065–2100
TongyangChinauntil 205569.8K
  • Low confidence 1975
الجبايشIraqfrom 201569.8K
  • Low confidence 2085–2100
Vumbi-BukubaBurundifrom 206069.7K
  • Low confidence 2090–2100
LaïChad1975–210069.7K
  • Low confidence 1975
Gros MorneHaitifrom 201069.6K
  • Area under 5 km² 2010
Anse-à-GaletsHaitifrom 201569.6K
  • Area under 5 km² 2015
KiratpurIndia1975–210069.6K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–2035