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 101–200

Urban centre Country Exists Population Rules (epochs)
KitweZambia1975–2100633.0K
  • Population jump 1980
JalpaiguriIndia1975–2100624.4K
  • Low confidence 1975–1990
QujingChina1975–2100619.4K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975
CancúnMexicofrom 1985617.0K
  • Population jump 1990–1995
SeebOmanfrom 1995607.8K
  • Population jump 2015
SfaxTunisia1975–2100599.7K
  • Low confidence 2065–2100
YuxiChinafrom 1990599.1K
  • Population jump 1995
UberlândiaBrazil1975–2100598.4K
  • Population jump 1980
LipaPhilippinesfrom 1985589.9K
  • Population jump 1990
RajmahalIndia1975–2100579.9K
  • Low confidence 1975–1985
  • Built share under 1% 1975
DarjeelingIndia1975–2100572.6K
  • Low confidence 1975–2080
JangalparaIndia1975–2100569.6K
  • Population jump 1985
  • Built share under 1% 1975
BinzhouChinafrom 1990566.9K
  • Population jump 1995
OgaleNigeriafrom 1980562.1K
  • Population jump 1985
Valparaíso de GoiásBrazilfrom 1985550.3K
  • Population jump 1990
Jafar Muhammad AliIraq1975–2100549.9K
  • Low confidence 2065–2100
ShengzeChina1975–2100548.2K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975
NimuleSouth Sudanfrom 2005548.0K
  • Low confidence 2010–2100
  • Population jump 2010
  • Small and dense 2005–2100
  • Small and dense in 2025 2025
NakuruKenyafrom 1980547.8K
  • Population jump 1990
YulinChina1975–2100546.9K
  • Population jump 1995–2000
YitangChinafrom 1995546.2K
  • Population jump 2000
ShangraoChinafrom 1985542.6K
  • Population jump 1995
KalyanpurIndiafrom 2000539.5K
  • Population jump 2005
TampaUnited Statesfrom 2000538.9K
  • Population jump 2010
BoumerdesAlgeriafrom 1985537.3K
  • Population jump 1995
TabukSaudi Arabiafrom 1990537.0K
  • Population jump 1995
MeishanChinafrom 1990524.7K
  • Population jump 1995
HuazhouChinafrom 1995522.5K
  • Population jump 2000
NdolaZambia1975–2100521.9K
  • Population jump 1980
Salt Lake CityUnited Statesfrom 1980519.8K
  • Population jump 1985
AdenYemenfrom 1980517.6K
  • Population jump 1995
BuramSudan1975–2100515.3K
  • Low confidence 1975–2100
  • Small and dense 1975–2100
  • Small and dense in 2025 2025
ChengtouguChina1975–2100511.9K
  • Low confidence 1975, 1995–2000
WanzhouChina1975–2100506.5K
  • Low confidence 1975
BhoreIndiafrom 1990505.1K
  • Population jump 2005
ZhujiChinafrom 1990503.7K
  • Population jump 1995
Caleta SanitariaPeru1975–2100500.1K
  • Low confidence 1975–2100
  • Built share under 1% 1975–2100
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–2020
  • Small and dense 1975–2100
Port SudanSudanfrom 1980498.5K
  • Population jump 1995
JingjiangChinafrom 1990491.6K
  • Population jump 1995–2000
ManonoDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 1995489.4K
  • Low confidence 2050–2100
  • Small and dense 1995–2100
Naberezhnye ChelnyRussia1975–2100481.5K
  • Population jump 1980
HardoiIndia1975–2100479.8K
  • Low confidence 1975
JinheChina1975–2100475.2K
  • Population jump 1985
Unnamed centre in SudanSudan1975–2100473.5K
  • Low confidence 1975–2100
  • Population jump 1985, 2025
  • Built share under 1% 1975–2080
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–2020
  • Small and dense in 2025 2025
  • Unnamed 1975–2100
RizhaoChinafrom 1980473.3K
  • Population jump 1990
BazaratiIndiafrom 1980470.2K
  • Built share under 1% 1980
General SantosPhilippines1975–2100469.3K
  • Population jump 1980
OrlandoUnited Statesfrom 2000467.5K
  • Population jump 2005
Beilun DistrictChina1975–2100462.5K
  • Population jump 1995
VillahermosaMexicofrom 1985458.1K
  • Population jump 1990
YulinChinafrom 1995457.4K
  • Population jump 2000
TongxiangChinafrom 1990456.2K
  • Population jump 1995
ChanggeChinafrom 1995453.2K
  • Population jump 2000, 2020
La SerenaChile1975–2100451.9K
  • Population jump 1995
Yar HussainPakistanfrom 1995451.4K
  • Population jump 2000–2005
Kota BharuMalaysia1975–2100450.6K
  • Population jump 1980
ElengaBangladesh1975–2100450.1K
  • Low confidence 1975
MeizhouChinafrom 1980449.0K
  • Population jump 1990
AtlantaUnited Statesfrom 1995446.0K
  • Population jump 2000
LüliangChinafrom 1990442.1K
  • Population jump 1995
PolokwaneSouth Africafrom 2000430.2K
  • Population jump 2015
市中区China1975–2100425.8K
  • Population jump 2000
CanningIndia1975–2100424.8K
  • Low confidence 1975
  • Built share under 1% 1980
  • Area under 5 km² 1975
HuiminxiangChina1975–2100422.1K
  • Low confidence 1975–2100
  • Population jump 1995
  • Built share under 1% 1975–2100
MaraghaEgypt1975–2100420.4K
  • Population jump 1990
Guang'anChinafrom 1995420.4K
  • Population jump 2000
ChandpurBangladesh1975–2100418.1K
  • Low confidence 1975–1980
BuraoSomalia1975–2100416.6K
  • Low confidence 1980
SamadonEgyptfrom 1990413.4K
  • Population jump 2010
  • Area under 5 km² 1990
KhansahibIndiafrom 1995411.8K
  • Low confidence 1995, 2050–2100
  • Population jump 2000
HanchuanChinafrom 1990411.7K
  • Population jump 2000
ZiyangChinafrom 1985410.1K
  • Population jump 1990
ToritSouth Sudanfrom 2005409.9K
  • Low confidence 2025–2100
  • Population jump 2010–2015
  • Small and dense 2005–2100
LongquanyiChina1975–2100409.4K
  • Low confidence 1975
TaixingChinafrom 1990408.7K
  • Population jump 1995–2000
BaidoaSomalia1975–2100407.4K
  • Low confidence 1980–1985, 2005
RaiwindPakistanfrom 1980406.9K
  • Population jump 2000
EscondidoUnited Statesfrom 1980402.6K
  • Population jump 1990
Porto VelhoBrazilfrom 1980401.0K
  • Population jump 1985
AlbuquerqueUnited Statesfrom 1990400.9K
  • Population jump 2005
ShaoguanChina1975–2100398.9K
  • Population jump 2000
UígeAngola1975–2100393.9K
  • Low confidence 1975–1980
HezeChinafrom 1985391.7K
  • Population jump 1990
Point CookAustraliafrom 2000389.6K
  • Population jump 2010
North Richland HillsUnited Statesfrom 2000389.3K
  • Population jump 2010
PratapgarhIndia1975–2100388.1K
  • Low confidence 1975
SareynIran1975–2100386.3K
  • Low confidence 1975–2100
  • Small and dense 1975–2100
  • Small and dense in 2025 2025
StocktonUnited Statesfrom 1985382.3K
  • Population jump 1995
Tamkuhi RajIndia1975–2100382.2K
  • Low confidence 1975
  • Population jump 2000
JiyuanChinafrom 1995381.8K
  • Population jump 2000
SariwonNorth Korea1975–2100381.3K
  • Low confidence 1975
EzhouChinafrom 1985378.0K
  • Population jump 1995
Malemba-NkuluDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 1995376.8K
  • Low confidence 2020–2100
  • Small and dense 1995–2100
SoyoAngolafrom 2005376.5K
  • Low confidence 2095–2100
  • Population jump 2010
PhuketThailandfrom 1995369.3K
  • Population jump 2005
XinghuaChinafrom 1990369.2K
  • Population jump 1995
GuarenasVenezuela1975–2100367.4K
  • Population jump 1980
TimikaIndonesiafrom 2010367.3K
  • Low confidence 2060–2100
KasSudan1975–2100366.8K
  • Low confidence 2005–2100
  • Small and dense 1975–2100
HaimenChinafrom 1995366.7K
  • Population jump 2000