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Selong, 
Indonesia
568,139 people lived in Selong in 2025. It is the 963rd largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 34th largest in Indonesia.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Selong 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 Selong grew
For every 10 people in Selong in 1975, there were 36.8 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 723,582 people in 2050. It passed 250,000 people between 1980 and 1985.
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
Selong through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Selong in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
Indonesia · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Indonesia and its 389 cities in 2025, each a dot whose area is its number of people (the largest is Jakarta). Selong 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, Selong covered 156 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 16 km² of it. That is 29 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 5 by 5 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown to 6.3 times its size, and its people are 3.7 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 Selong, which is 568,139 people.
How to read this: shrink Indonesia to 1,000 people and this is what you get. The coloured squares are the ones who would live in Selong; the grey ones are everybody else, in other cities, in towns and out in the country.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 959 Jhang Pakistan571,359
- 960 Jafar Muhammad Ali Iraq570,883
- 961 Valparaíso de Goiás Brazil570,302
- 962 Krasnoyarsk Russia569,604
- 963 Selong568,139
- 964 Suez Egypt567,866
- 965 Norfolk United States567,473
- 966 Zaporizhzhia Ukraine566,844
- 967 Kenitra Morocco566,802
In Indonesia, 2025
- 810 Kudus671,940
- 844 Magelang640,707
- 850 Kuningan636,447
- 888 Cipanas610,177
- 963 Selong568,139
- 987 Ambon555,651
- 1002 Purwakarta549,480
- 1010 Cilacap544,657
- 1021 Kendal541,030
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 Selong 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 Selong 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