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.

Population more than doubles or halves between two epochs

567 centres flagged population jump· showing 501–567

Urban centre Country Exists Population Rules (epochs)
GhaziPakistanfrom 202048.2K
  • Population jump 2035
Faki MustafaSudanfrom 204548.2K
  • Population jump 2055
Al RodaEgyptfrom 203548.2K
  • Population jump 2040
TugayaPhilippinesuntil 200048.1K
  • Low confidence 1975–1995
  • Population jump 1995
  • Built share under 1% 1975–1995
AntsahondraMadagascarfrom 207047.9K
  • Population jump 2085
ChandranigahapurNepalfrom 205547.9K
  • Population jump 2060
BaxtiyorchiUzbekistanfrom 208547.8K
  • Population jump 2100
AqtashUzbekistanfrom 207047.8K
  • Low confidence 2070
  • Population jump 2085
RebukenPhilippinesuntil 199047.6K
  • Low confidence 1975–1990
  • Population jump 1990
  • Built share under 1% 1975–1990
KigomaTanzaniafrom 206547.5K
  • Population jump 2070
ChokochoNigeriafrom 205547.4K
  • Population jump 2065
BhargamaIndiafrom 203047.2K
  • Population jump 2035
Nagongera BUgandafrom 206047.2K
  • Population jump 2070
PopUzbekistanfrom 204047.1K
  • Population jump 2045
RaghopurIndiafrom 202546.6K
  • Population jump 2040
JinotepeNicaraguafrom 203046.3K
  • Population jump 2040
BedesaEthiopiafrom 204046.2K
  • Population jump 2045
Unnamed centre near JānpurIndiafrom 203046.2K
  • Population jump 2040
  • Unnamed 2030–2100
MangassanjaMozambiquefrom 207046.1K
  • Low confidence 2085–2100
  • Population jump 2080
BakhshaliPakistanfrom 203046.0K
  • Population jump 2050
Al Minshat al SughraEgyptfrom 204046.0K
  • Population jump 2060
AdenzaiPakistanfrom 202545.9K
  • Population jump 2035
Bani `AmrYemenfrom 202045.9K
  • Low confidence 2020–2100
  • Population jump 2030
  • Built share under 1% 2020–2065
  • Area under 5 km² 2020–2025
BenipurIndiafrom 204045.4K
  • Population jump 2070
  • Unnamed 2040–2100
Haji ShahPakistanfrom 204045.4K
  • Population jump 2045
Garhi ManikpurIndiafrom 204045.3K
  • Population jump 2045
Sweswe Dam IIUgandafrom 206545.3K
  • Population jump 2070
DowaMalawifrom 207544.9K
  • Population jump 2080
  • Unnamed 2075–2100
RohanpurBangladeshfrom 200544.9K
  • Population jump 2030
BukokwaTanzaniafrom 208044.3K
  • Population jump 2090
Afgoye-YareySomaliafrom 207044.0K
  • Low confidence 2070–2100
  • Population jump 2080
  • Area under 5 km² 2070–2075
RugaziBurundifrom 204043.7K
  • Population jump 2045
MukinaRwandafrom 203043.6K
  • Population jump 2035
BalansurahEgyptfrom 203043.5K
  • Population jump 2040
BhongaonIndia1975–210043.4K
  • Low confidence 1975–2010
  • Population jump 2020
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1995
PolanguiPhilippinesfrom 203043.3K
  • Population jump 2035
SikandraIndiafrom 203543.3K
  • Population jump 2040
Deir AllaJordanfrom 204543.2K
  • Population jump 2050
PanjTajikistanfrom 206542.6K
  • Population jump 2070
TsiafahyMadagascarfrom 204042.5K
  • Population jump 2045
HajabYemenfrom 203542.3K
  • Low confidence 2035–2100
  • Population jump 2045
  • Built share under 1% 2035–2045
  • Area under 5 km² 2035
PadomGhanafrom 205042.1K
  • Population jump 2055
BananiSomaliafrom 207541.9K
  • Low confidence 2075–2100
  • Population jump 2085
TokarSudanfrom 200541.9K
  • Low confidence 2005–2100
  • Population jump 2030
  • Built share under 1% 2005–2065
  • Area under 5 km² 2005–2025
TukuiNigeriafrom 205041.6K
  • Population jump 2055
Qotanmast;QutanmastAfghanistanfrom 204040.8K
  • Low confidence 2040–2100
  • Population jump 2050
GirawaEthiopiafrom 203040.3K
  • Population jump 2040
BomayAfghanistanfrom 201540.3K
  • Low confidence 2015–2100
  • Population jump 2040
  • Built share under 1% 2015–2045
  • Area under 5 km² 2015–2025
QoturEgyptfrom 201540.1K
  • Population jump 2045
Kukaadi 2Somaliafrom 208039.9K
  • Low confidence 2080–2100
  • Population jump 2085
Unnamed centre near KipambaDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 204539.8K
  • Low confidence 2050–2100
  • Population jump 2100
  • Unnamed 2045–2100
Al RodaEgyptfrom 204039.7K
  • Population jump 2045
Qal‘ah-ye FārsīAfghanistanfrom 202539.6K
  • Low confidence 2025–2100
  • Population jump 2030
  • Built share under 1% 2025–2060
  • Area under 5 km² 2025
  • Unnamed 2025–2100
DingeAngolafrom 208538.7K
  • Low confidence 2085–2100
  • Population jump 2095
آلاردIranuntil 200038.5K
  • Low confidence 1975–1995
  • Population jump 2000
  • Area under 5 km² 2000
Al MakaribYemenfrom 204537.3K
  • Low confidence 2045–2100
  • Population jump 2050
GololeySomaliafrom 207036.5K
  • Low confidence 2070–2100
  • Population jump 2075
  • Area under 5 km² 2070
KioweDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 206035.7K
  • Low confidence 2060–2100
  • Population jump 2065
  • Area under 5 km² 2060
HebianChinauntil 200035.0K
  • Low confidence 1975–2000
  • Population jump 1990
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–2000
  • Tiny footprint 1975–2000
ShamwanaDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 209534.6K
  • Low confidence 2095–2100
  • Population jump 2100
  • Area under 5 km² 2095
Ar RamYemenfrom 201033.9K
  • Low confidence 2010–2100
  • Population jump 2030
  • Built share under 1% 2010–2055
  • Area under 5 km² 2010–2025
  • Small and dense in 2025 2025
QuiculungoAngolafrom 209033.8K
  • Low confidence 2100
  • Population jump 2100
  • Area under 5 km² 2090–2095
Datu Odin SinsuatPhilippinesuntil 199032.8K
  • Low confidence 1975–1990
  • Population jump 1980
  • Area under 5 km² 1980–1990
  • Tiny footprint 1975–1990
ShahrakAfghanistanfrom 202031.8K
  • Low confidence 2020–2100
  • Population jump 2030
  • Built share under 1% 2020–2045
  • Area under 5 km² 2020–2025
Unnamed centre in AfghanistanAfghanistanfrom 201528.9K
  • Low confidence 2015–2100
  • Population jump 2030
  • Built share under 1% 2015–2090
  • Area under 5 km² 2015–2025
  • Small and dense in 2025 2025
  • Unnamed 2015–2100
DhayoSomaliafrom 206528.5K
  • Low confidence 2065–2100
  • Population jump 2070
  • Area under 5 km² 2065
Unnamed centre near Malemba-NkuluDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 206526.0K
  • Low confidence 2065–2100
  • Population jump 2085, 2100
  • Area under 5 km² 2065–2080
  • Tiny footprint 2065–2100
  • Unnamed 2065–2100