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 601–700

Urban centre Country Exists Population Rules (epochs)
BairgachhiIndiafrom 2020134.2K
  • Population jump 2025
RajoirBangladesh1975–2100134.2K
  • Low confidence 1975–2000
  • Area under 5 km² 1975
ChilmariBangladeshfrom 2005134.1K
  • Area under 5 km² 2005
BaranIndia1975–2100133.8K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1990
KhatauliIndia1975–2100133.8K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975
TuniIndia1975–2100133.2K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975
TaungupMyanmarfrom 2010133.0K
  • Small and dense in 2025 2025
Al `UrayshYemenfrom 2075132.6K
  • Low confidence 2075–2100
Xishui CountyChina1975–2100132.5K
  • Low confidence 1975
CalacaPhilippinesfrom 2015132.2K
  • Population jump 2020
TshimbuluDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 1995132.0K
  • Low confidence 2055–2100
QuChina1975–2100132.0K
  • Low confidence 1975–1995
BasodaIndiafrom 1980131.8K
  • Area under 5 km² 1980–1985
Manazil BaradanYemenfrom 2015131.6K
  • Low confidence 2015–2100
  • Population jump 2020
El Abiodh Sidi CheikhAlgeriafrom 1995131.5K
  • Low confidence 2095–2100
João TevesCabo Verde1975–2100131.1K
  • Low confidence 1975–2090
  • Built share under 1% 1975–2025
KairanaIndia1975–2100131.0K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1995
AmalapuramIndia1975–2100130.7K
  • Built share under 1% 1975
Um DukhanSudanfrom 1995130.6K
  • Low confidence 1995–2015, 2030–2100
  • Area under 5 km² 1995
HuichonNorth Korea1975–2100130.6K
  • Low confidence 1975–1980
Hong'anChina1975–2100130.4K
  • Low confidence 1975–1980
WuweiChinafrom 1995130.4K
  • Population jump 2000
BaishaChinafrom 1990130.0K
  • Low confidence 1995–2000
Serui KotaIndonesiafrom 2010129.9K
  • Low confidence 2050–2100
BendaravadiIndia1975–2100129.6K
  • Low confidence 1975–2100
  • Built share under 1% 1975–1995
  • Area under 5 km² 1985–1990
  • Small and dense in 2025 2025
YuechiChina1975–2100129.6K
  • Low confidence 1975–1995
RaghunathpurIndiafrom 2010129.3K
  • Population jump 2020
Unnamed centre near Chuhar JamaliPakistanfrom 2090128.7K
  • Low confidence 2090–2100
  • Unnamed 2090–2100
GafargaonBangladesh1975–2100128.4K
  • Low confidence 1975–1980
AnkoroDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 2010128.2K
  • Low confidence 2040–2100
HemetUnited Statesfrom 2010128.0K
  • Population jump 2015
SolweziZambiafrom 1995128.0K
  • Low confidence 2020
NarmadapuramIndia1975–2100127.9K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1980
KeskinTurkey1975–2100127.9K
  • Low confidence 1975–2005, 2050–2100
FaridpurIndia1975–2100127.7K
  • Low confidence 1975
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1990
Sha`b Bani Mani`Yemenfrom 2030127.4K
  • Low confidence 2030–2100
  • Built share under 1% 2030–2075
BarderaSomalia1975–2100127.1K
  • Low confidence 1980–1985, 2010
LekuEthiopia1975–2100127.1K
  • Low confidence 1975–1990
新桥China1975–2100127.1K
  • Low confidence 1975
Unnamed centre near BholaBangladesh1990–2095126.9K
  • Built share under 1% 1990–2010
  • Unnamed 1990–2095
LweboDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 2005126.7K
  • Low confidence 2060–2100
DajindianChina2015–2070126.1K
  • Population jump 2020
Taojiang CountyChina1975–2100126.1K
  • Low confidence 1975
KotputliIndia1975–2100125.7K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1980
SukchonNorth Korea1975–2100125.7K
  • Low confidence 1975–2015
SintangIndonesia1975–2100125.6K
  • Low confidence 1975
Mehar TalukaPakistanfrom 1990125.6K
  • Area under 5 km² 1990–2005
Al HaiIraqfrom 2000125.4K
  • Low confidence 2095–2100
LucapaAngolafrom 2005125.4K
  • Low confidence 2095–2100
JagtialIndia1975–2100125.2K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1980
DadaabKenyafrom 2010125.2K
  • Low confidence 2065–2100
  • Small and dense 2010–2100
BagelenIndonesiafrom 1990125.1K
  • Population jump 1995
SinchonNorth Korea1975–2100124.9K
  • Low confidence 1975–2015
KailashaharIndia1975–2100124.9K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1980
KerakatIndia1975–2100124.7K
  • Low confidence 1975–1985
  • Area under 5 km² 1980
KoboEthiopia1975–2100124.3K
  • Low confidence 1975
MagariaNigerfrom 2000124.3K
  • Area under 5 km² 2000–2005
IslampurIndia1975–2100124.1K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975
BaghpatIndia1975–2100124.1K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1980
BisalpurIndia1975–2100124.0K
  • Low confidence 1975–1980
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1990
KyaiklatMyanmar1975–2100123.9K
  • Low confidence 1975–1995
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1990
BasankusuDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 1985123.9K
  • Area under 5 km² 1985
Kyabasali BUgandafrom 2075123.8K
  • Low confidence 2085–2100
BiltineChadfrom 2010123.7K
  • Low confidence 2035–2100
Mawza`Yemenfrom 1985123.6K
  • Low confidence 1985–2100
  • Area under 5 km² 1985–2010
  • Small and dense in 2025 2025
BugarulaDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom 2040123.0K
  • Low confidence 2075–2100
BagerhatBangladesh1975–2100122.9K
  • Low confidence 1975–2005
길주읍North Korea1975–2100122.8K
  • Low confidence 1975–1980
PaikgachaBangladeshuntil 2015122.5K
  • Low confidence 1975
  • Population jump 1980
  • Built share under 1% 1975–2000
Gundo MeskelEthiopiafrom 2000122.4K
  • Low confidence 2035–2100
RaghopurIndiafrom 2000122.0K
  • Population jump 2015
DomeezIraqfrom 2015122.0K
  • Low confidence 2060–2100
JhalokathiBangladesh1975–2100122.0K
  • Low confidence 1975–2005
  • Area under 5 km² 1975
Tchin-TabaradenNigerfrom 2005121.7K
  • Low confidence 2065–2100
  • Area under 5 km² 2005
AmbovombeMadagascarfrom 2005121.4K
  • Low confidence 2035–2100
NingiNigeria1975–2100121.1K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975
TongnanChina1975–2100120.9K
  • Low confidence 1975–1990
GaoshalingChinafrom 1995120.6K
  • Low confidence 1995–2100
  • Built share under 1% 1995
El AfweynSomaliafrom 2000120.5K
  • Low confidence 2000–2100
  • Area under 5 km² 2000–2060
  • Small and dense 2000–2100
  • Small and dense in 2025 2025
KengeDemocratic Republic of the Congo1975–2100120.5K
  • Low confidence 1975–1980
MuliquelaMozambiquefrom 2070120.4K
  • Low confidence 2080–2100
KagoroNigeria1975–2100120.3K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1980
BiswanIndia1975–2100120.3K
  • Low confidence 1975–1985, 2000–2010
  • Population jump 2020
`Adan BarakahYemenfrom 1990120.3K
  • Low confidence 1990–2100
  • Built share under 1% 1990–2020, 2030–2045
  • Area under 5 km² 1990–2025
  • Small and dense in 2025 2025
SimlaIndiafrom 2020120.1K
  • Low confidence 2020–2045
  • Population jump 2090
BoendeDemocratic Republic of the Congo1975–2100120.0K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1995
Bai GhesiAfghanistanfrom 2005120.0K
  • Low confidence 2005–2100
  • Built share under 1% 2005–2020
UraanurowSomaliafrom 2085119.9K
  • Low confidence 2085–2100
ShrirampurIndia1975–2100119.6K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975
IltifatganjIndiafrom 2005119.6K
  • Population jump 2015
BariIndia1975–2100119.4K
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1990
AdréChadfrom 1990119.4K
  • Low confidence 1995–2010, 2050–2100
YuqiChina2005–2085119.4K
  • Population jump 2010
ShahpuraIndia1975–2100119.3K
  • Low confidence 1975–2100
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1995
SandilaIndia1975–2100119.3K
  • Low confidence 1975–2010
  • Population jump 2020
ArekaEthiopia1975–2100119.3K
  • Low confidence 1975–1985
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1980
YumurtalıkTurkey1975–2100119.2K
  • Low confidence 1975–2100
FalakataIndiafrom 1980119.0K
  • Area under 5 km² 1980
해안2동North Korea1975–2100118.9K
  • Low confidence 1975
Yirga CheffeEthiopia1975–2100118.9K
  • Low confidence 1975–1995, 2060–2100
  • Area under 5 km² 1975–1995