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Edendale, 
South Africa
342,930 people lived in Edendale in 2025. It is the 1668th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 13th largest in South Africa.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Edendale 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 Edendale grew
Where Edendale had 10 people in 1975, it had 45.7 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 347,770 people in 2050. It passed 250,000 people between 2000 and 2005.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: one column every five years, 1975 to 2050; its height is the number of people. Hatched columns are the UN's projection. The thin strip beneath says how sure the UN is of each figure: the stronger the colour, the surer. A blank means the place was not on the UN's list of cities that year.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Edendale through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Edendale in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
South Africa · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: South Africa and its 95 cities in 2025, each a dot whose area is its number of people (the largest is Johannesburg). Edendale is ringed, in colour; the other cities are grey. Neighbouring countries are outlines.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Edendale covered 108 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 24 km² of it. That is 69 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 8 by 8 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown to 5.9 times its size, and its people are 4.6 times as many.
How to read this: the outer pale square stands for all the land the city covers, and the solid square inside it for the part with buildings, roads and the like on it. All three squares share a scale, so you can compare them by eye. A hatched one is a year the UN has projected.
Of every 100 people in South Africa
Its share of South Africa
Of every 1,000 people in South Africa in 2025, 5 lived in Edendale, which is 342,930 people.
How to read this: 1,000 squares stand for everyone in South Africa, one square for every 1,000th person. Count the coloured ones and you have Edendale's share; the grey remainder live somewhere else in the country.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 1664 Etah India344,002
- 1665 Banda Aceh Indonesia343,382
- 1666 Dongying China343,003
- 1667 Kaili China342,989
- 1668 Edendale342,930
- 1669 Tiruvannamalai India342,795
- 1670 Yanshi District China342,565
- 1671 Dujiangyan China342,467
- 1672 Tahoua Niger342,253
In South Africa, 2025
- 1056 Masetjhaba View522,402
- 1115 Bloemfontein496,295
- 1233 Polokwane451,786
- 1264 Chief Albert Luthuli Park441,204
- 1668 Edendale342,930
- 1986 Kanyamazane292,211
- 2148 Kimberley271,078
- 2249 Paarl259,665
- 2275 Vanderbijlpark257,093
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 Edendale 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 Edendale 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