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Manokwari, 
Indonesia
214,949 people lived in Manokwari in 2025. It is the 2746th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 91st largest in Indonesia.
The UN measures every city in the world the same way, by where the buildings are rather than where the boundary runs, so this figure and Manokwari's own can differ widely. What counts as a city here.
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries
People · every five years · 1975 to 2050
How Manokwari grew
For every 10 people in Manokwari in 2005, there were 33.1 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 413,608 people in 2050. On the UN's projection it passes 250,000 people between 2025 and 2030. The UN first counts it as a city in 2005, when it passed 50,000 people.
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
Manokwari through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Manokwari in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
Indonesia · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Manokwari 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, Manokwari covered 45 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 4.6 km² of it. That is 21 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 5 by 5 metres. Since 2005, its built-up land has grown by 92%, and its people are 3.3 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, 1 lived in Manokwari, which is 214,949 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 Manokwari's share; the grey remainder live somewhere else in the country.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 2734 Kahemba Democratic Republic of the Congo215,825
- 2736 Kabongo Democratic Republic of the Congo215,612
- 2737 Asella Ethiopia215,594
- 2743 Elelim215,216
- 2746 Manokwari214,949
- 2752 Baraut India214,706
- 2762 Arifwala Pakistan214,409
- 2765 Rutshuru Democratic Republic of the Congo214,158
- 2767 Beersheba Israel214,104
In Indonesia, 2025
- 2388 Subang244,383
- 2401 Merauke243,395
- 2710 Tembilahan218,371
- 2743 Elelim215,216
- 2746 Manokwari214,949
- 2774 Mulia213,704
- 3161 Nabire190,211
- 3232 Jayapura186,856
- 3238 Bangkinang186,431
How to read this: names are in order of size, the leading number being each city's rank among all 12,138 in 2025; the bars share a scale within a list. A jump in the ranks means a city under 300,000 people, which is not given a page here.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Manokwari are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 2005 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 Manokwari 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