Indonesia: North Sumatra Province

Contents: Regencies and Cities

The population of the regencies and cities of North Sumatra Province according the census results.

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Name	Status	Population Census 2005-06-30	Population Census 2010-05-01	Population Census 2015-05-01	Population Census 2020-09-15
Asahan	Regency	...	668,272	705,734	769,960	→
Batu Bara	Regency	...	375,885	400,406	410,678	→
Dairi	Regency	265,093	270,053	278,912	308,764	→
Deli Serdang	Regency	1,573,987	1,790,431	2,025,533	1,931,441	→
Humbang Hasundutan	Regency	152,991	171,650	182,804	197,751	→
Karo	Regency	331,893	350,960	388,969	404,998	→
Kota Binjai	City	238,209	246,154	264,440	291,842	→
Kota Gunungsitoli	City	...	126,202	135,868	136,017	→
Kota Medan	City	2,029,797	2,097,610	2,209,139	2,435,252	→
Kota Padang Sidempuan	City	178,148	191,531	209,550	225,105	→
Kota Pematangsiantar	City	229,525	234,698	247,219	268,254	→
Kota Sibolga	City	90,489	84,481	86,499	89,584	→
Kota Tanjungbalai	City	152,272	154,445	166,782	176,027	→
Kota Tebing Tinggi	City	134,548	145,248	156,619	172,838	→
Labuhan Batu	Regency	...	415,110	461,513	493,899	→
Labuhan Batu Selatan [South Labuhan Batu]	Regency	...	277,673	313,343	314,094	→
Labuhan Batu Utara [North Labuhan Batu]	Regency	...	330,701	350,783	381,994	→
Langkat	Regency	996,035	967,535	1,012,739	1,030,202	→
Mandailing Natal	Regency	400,322	404,945	430,485	472,886	→
Nias	Regency	...	131,377	136,079	146,672	→
Nias Barat [West Nias]	Regency	...	81,807	84,851	89,994	→
Nias Selatan [South Nias]	Regency	270,243	289,708	307,980	360,531	→
Nias Utara [North Nias]	Regency	...	127,244	133,728	147,274	→
Padang Lawas	Regency	...	225,259	257,473	261,011	→
Padang Lawas Utara [North Padang Lawas]	Regency	...	223,531	252,084	260,720	→
Pakpak Bharat	Regency	34,398	40,505	45,456	52,351	→
Samosir	Regency	...	119,653	123,744	136,441	→
Serdang Bedagai	Regency	594,571	594,383	608,484	657,490	→
Simalungun	Regency	831,775	817,720	848,940	990,246	→
Tapanuli Selatan [South Tapanuli]	Regency	...	263,815	274,922	300,911	→
Tapanuli Tengah [Central Tapanuli]	Regency	289,025	311,232	349,420	365,177	→
Tapanuli Utara [North Tapanuli]	Regency	254,709	279,257	293,164	312,758	→
Toba Samosir	Regency	167,642	173,129	179,600	206,199	→
Sumatera Utara [North Sumatra]	Province	12,450,911	12,982,204	13,923,262	14,799,361

Source: Badan Pusat Statistik, Republik Indonesia (web).

Explanation: 2005 and 2015 figures are result of an intermediate census.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2020)
Males	7,422,046
Females	7,377,315

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-14 years	4,071,059
15-59 years	9,977,718
65+ years	750,584

Age Distribution (C 2020)
90+ years	5,392
80-89 years	72,625
70-79 years	312,467
60-69 years	861,479
50-59 years	1,413,410
40-49 years	1,902,625
30-39 years	2,271,079
20-29 years	2,576,475
10-19 years	2,644,740
0-9 years	2,739,069