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Ambon, 
Indonesia
555,651 people lived in Ambon in 2025. It is the 987th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 35th largest in Indonesia.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Ambon governs, so it may be far from the number the city publishes about itself. How the UN measures a city.
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries
People · every five years · 1975 to 2050
How Ambon grew
Count 10 people in Ambon in 1975 and the same count gives 63.4 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 866,883 people in 2050. It passed 250,000 people between 2005 and 2010.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: each column is one of the UN's five-yearly estimates, 1975 through 2050, and taller means more people. Where a column is hatched the year has not happened yet. The strip under the columns is the UN's own confidence in each figure, palest where it is least sure; where it is blank the city was not on the list at all.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Ambon through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Ambon in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
Indonesia · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Ambon is the dot in colour with a ring around it. The grey dots are the other cities of Indonesia in 2025, 389 in all, led by Jakarta, each drawn with an area that matches its people. Countries next door are outlines only.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Ambon covered 82 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 10 km² of it. That is 19 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 4 by 4 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown to 2.6 times its size, and its people are 6.3 times as many.
How to read this: each pale square is the city's whole area, the strong square inside it the part that is built on; one scale for all three, so a bigger square is more land. Hatched is the UN's projection.
Of every 100 people in Indonesia
Its share of Indonesia
Of every 1,000 people in Indonesia in 2025, 2 lived in Ambon, which is 555,651 people.
How to read this: 1,000 squares stand for everyone in Indonesia, one square for every 1,000th person. Count the coloured ones and you have Ambon's share; the grey remainder live somewhere else in the country.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 983 Yuncheng China558,182
- 984 Kalyanpur India557,803
- 985 Shangrao China556,394
- 986 Malacca City Malaysia555,703
- 987 Ambon555,651
- 988 Yitang China555,576
- 989 Dresden Germany554,612
- 990 Tabuk Saudi Arabia553,389
- 991 Rampur India553,229
In Indonesia, 2025
- 844 Magelang640,707
- 850 Kuningan636,447
- 888 Cipanas610,177
- 963 Selong568,139
- 987 Ambon555,651
- 1002 Purwakarta549,480
- 1010 Cilacap544,657
- 1021 Kendal541,030
- 1026 Kupang538,998
How to read this: the number before each name is its place among all 12,138 cities in the world in 2025; bars are people, on one scale per list. Only cities that reach 300,000 people have a page here, so a gap in the numbers is a smaller city.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Ambon are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1975 to 2025, then projection to 2050. Projected years are drawn hatched, and the UN publishes no range of uncertainty for a city. What a city means here, how the UN measures one, and why that number can differ from the one Ambon publishes about itself: how the figures here are put together.
Sources: UN WUP 2025 · Natural Earth · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries