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Subang, 
Indonesia
244,383 people lived in Subang in 2025. It is the 2388th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 81st largest in Indonesia.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Subang 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 Subang grew
For every 10 people in Subang in 1975, there were 25.5 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 364,336 people in 2050. On the UN's projection it passes 250,000 people between 2025 and 2030.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: read it left to right, 1975 to 2050, one column every five years, the height being people. Hatching marks the projected years. Below, a strip of the UN's confidence: strong colour where the census maps are recent and detailed, pale where they are not, blank where the place was not counted as a city.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Subang through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Subang in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
Indonesia · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Subang 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, Subang covered 45 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 7.3 km² of it. That is 30 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 5 by 5 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown to 4.3 times its size, and its people are 2.6 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 Subang, which is 244,383 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 Subang; 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
- 2378 Termez Uzbekistan245,080
- 2380 Chernihiv Ukraine244,882
- 2381 Khairpur Pakistan244,838
- 2384 Cinco Ranch United States244,538
- 2388 Subang244,383
- 2389 Kousseri Cameroon244,247
- 2393 Ash Sharai Saudi Arabia244,064
- 2394 Panabo Philippines244,050
- 2397 Qena Egypt243,801
In Indonesia, 2025
- 2056 Pemalang282,807
- 2059 Kemangkon282,463
- 2139 Gunung Lingkas271,868
- 2174 Ternate267,842
- 2388 Subang244,383
- 2401 Merauke243,395
- 2710 Tembilahan218,371
- 2743 Elelim215,216
- 2746 Manokwari214,949
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 Subang 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 Subang 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