STATE OF THE WORLD'S CITIES 2012/2013 Prosperity

State of the World’s Cities 2012/2013
Country/City
City Population of
Urban Agglomerations (’000)
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
136
1990-
1995
1995-
2000
City Population Growth Rate of
Urban Agglomerations (%)
Patna 1,087 1,331 1,658 2,030 2,321 2,569 2,839 3,137 4.05 4.40 4.04 2.68 2.03 2.00 1.99
Pune (Poona) 2,430 2,978 3,655 4,412 5,002 5,505 6,050 6,649 4.07 4.09 3.76 2.51 1.92 1.89 1.89
Raipur 453 553 680 824 943 1,050 1,167 1,298 4.00 4.13 3.83 2.69 2.15 2.13 2.12
Rajkot 638 787 974 1,186 1,357 1,508 1,672 1,855 4.21 4.26 3.93 2.69 2.11 2.07 2.07
Ranchi 607 712 844 990 1,119 1,243 1,380 1,533 3.21 3.39 3.19 2.45 2.11 2.10 2.10
Salem 574 647 736 834 932 1,035 1,152 1,281 2.38 2.58 2.51 2.22 2.11 2.13 2.12
Solapur 613 720 853 1,002 1,133 1,258 1,398 1,552 3.20 3.41 3.21 2.45 2.10 2.10 2.10
Srinagar 730 833 954 1,088 1,216 1,349 1,497 1,662 2.62 2.72 2.62 2.23 2.07 2.09 2.09
Surat 1,468 1,984 2,699 3,558 4,168 4,607 5,071 5,579 6.01 6.16 5.53 3.16 2.01 1.92 1.91
Thiruvananthapuram 801 853 885 927 1,006 1,114 1,239 1,377 1.25 0.73 0.93 1.65 2.04 2.12 2.11
Tiruchirappalli 705 768 837 916 1,010 1,120 1,245 1,383 1.71 1.74 1.79 1.95 2.07 2.12 2.11
Tiruppur 299 392 523 678 795 888 989 1,101 5.43 5.73 5.19 3.19 2.22 2.15 2.15
Vadodara 1,096 1,273 1,465 1,676 1,872 2,071 2,292 2,536 2.99 2.81 2.69 2.22 2.02 2.03 2.03
Varanasi (Benares) 1,013 1,106 1,199 1,303 1,432 1,584 1,756 1,947 1.75 1.62 1.67 1.88 2.02 2.07 2.06
Vijayawada 821 914 999 1,095 1,207 1,337 1,484 1,647 2.14 1.79 1.82 1.95 2.05 2.09 2.09
Visakhapatnam 1,018 1,168 1,309 1,465 1,625 1,798 1,992 2,206 2.73 2.29 2.25 2.07 2.02 2.05 2.05
InDOnESIA
Bandar Lampung 454 578 743 790 799 842 903 972 4.84 5.01 1.22 0.23 1.03 1.41 1.47
Bandung 2,035 2,097 2,138 2,280 2,412 2,568 2,739 2,925 0.59 0.39 1.29 1.13 1.25 1.29 1.31
Bogor 596 668 751 880 1,044 1,162 1,251 1,344 2.26 2.36 3.17 3.41 2.14 1.48 1.43
Jakarta 8,175 8,322 8,390 8,795 9,210 9,709 10,256 10,850 0.36 0.16 0.94 0.92 1.05 1.10 1.13
Malang 689 725 757 773 786 830 891 959 1.03 0.88 0.40 0.35 1.08 1.42 1.48
Medan 1,718 1,816 1,912 2,023 2,131 2,266 2,419 2,586 1.11 1.03 1.13 1.04 1.23 1.30 1.33
Palembang 1,130 1,287 1,459 1,331 1,244 1,271 1,356 1,456 2.59 2.51 -1.83 -1.35 0.43 1.30 1.41
Pekan Baru 389 481 588 699 769 834 898 967 4.26 4.02 3.47 1.89 1.63 1.47 1.48
Semarang 1,243 1,333 1,427 1,359 1,296 1,334 1,424 1,528 1.40 1.36 -0.98 -0.94 0.57 1.31 1.41
Surabaya 2,467 2,544 2,611 2,623 2,509 2,576 2,738 2,923 0.62 0.51 0.09 -0.89 0.53 1.22 1.31
Ujung Pandang 816 918 1,031 1,159 1,294 1,409 1,512 1,621 2.35 2.34 2.34 2.21 1.69 1.41 1.40
IRAn (ISLAmIC REPUBLIC OF)
Ahvaz 685 784 868 960 1,060 1,160 1,249 1,317 2.69 2.03 2.01 1.99 1.80 1.48 1.07
Esfahan 1,094 1,230 1,382 1,553 1,742 1,914 2,056 2,161 2.33 2.33 2.34 2.29 1.89 1.43 1.00
Karaj 693 903 1,087 1,317 1,584 1,796 1,937 2,038 5.30 3.70 3.84 3.69 2.52 1.52 1.01
Kermanshah 608 675 729 781 837 905 974 1,029 2.11 1.55 1.36 1.40 1.55 1.48 1.10
Mashhad 1,680 1,854 2,073 2,348 2,652 2,919 3,128 3,277 1.97 2.23 2.50 2.43 1.92 1.38 0.94
Qom 622 744 843 938 1,042 1,143 1,232 1,299 3.56 2.49 2.14 2.11 1.85 1.49 1.07
Shiraz 946 1,030 1,115 1,203 1,299 1,406 1,510 1,590 1.70 1.58 1.52 1.54 1.58 1.42 1.04
Tabriz 1,058 1,165 1,264 1,369 1,483 1,606 1,724 1,814 1.91 1.64 1.59 1.60 1.60 1.41 1.02
Tehran 6,365 6,687 6,880 7,044 7,241 7,614 8,059 8,387 0.99 0.57 0.47 0.55 1.00 1.14 0.80
IRAQ
Table 4
City population and city population growth rate of urban agglomerations with 750,000 Inhabitants or More in 2009,
by Country, 1950-2025 (thousands)
Al-Basrah (Basra) 474 631 759 837 923 1,023 1,139 1,267 5.71 3.68 1.96 1.96 2.05 2.15 2.14
Al-Mawsil (Mosul) 736 889 1,056 1,236 1,447 1,676 1,885 2,092 3.78 3.44 3.15 3.15 2.94 2.35 2.08
Baghdad 4,092 4,598 5,200 5,327 5,891 6,614 7,321 8,043 2.34 2.46 0.48 2.01 2.32 2.03 1.88
Irbil (Erbil) 536 644 757 874 1,009 1,158 1,301 1,447 3.65 3.23 2.88 2.88 2.74 2.33 2.13
Sulaimaniya 402 483 580 696 836 988 1,121 1,249 3.66 3.66 3.66 3.66 3.34 2.52 2.17
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2005
2005-
2010
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2015
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2020
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2025