Sidoarjo — Population
How many people live in Sidoarjo, how young the city is, and how densely it is packed.
People
Total population
2.04M
2025+0.7% vs 2024
Mid-2025 figure from BPS Kabupaten Sidoarjo Dalam Angka 2026 as tabulated by district on Wikipedia (the BPS PDF could not be downloaded). It is close to the registration count; the BPS mid-2025 projection used for GRDP per capita is higher at 2,193,690.
Population growth rate
1.02%
2025
BPS mid-year projection, 2024 to 2025 (2,171,480 to 2,193,690). Registered population grew 1.55% in 2023–2024.
Population density
2,838
2025
Mid-2025 population over 719.34 km². In December 2024 it ranged from 672 (Jabon) to 6,477 (Taman) per km².
Registered families (heads of family)
685,789
2024
Heads of family (kepala keluarga) in registration data, December 2024; this counts family cards, not survey households.
Life expectancy at birth
76.08
2025
Mean years of schooling (age 25+)
10.94
2025
Expected years of schooling for children aged 7: 15.23 years.
Districts (kecamatan)
18
2024
Villages (318 desa and 28 kelurahan)
346
2024
Down from 348 in 2022 after villages were merged or removed (BPS Podes).
Age structure
Share of residents by age group, 2024.
Men and women
4 areas, 18 districts
| Area | Districts (kecamatan) |
|---|---|
| Sidoarjo Tengah (Central) An informal grouping around the regency seat, where the alun-alun, the government offices, Sidoarjo station and the Larangan bus terminal sit among busy shopping streets that fade into fishponds towards the coast. | Sidoarjo, Buduran, Candi |
| Sidoarjo Utara (North) An informal grouping of the dense, built-up districts that run straight into Surabaya. Waru and Taman are the most crowded parts of the regency, Terminal Purabaya sits in Waru and Juanda Airport in Sedati. | Waru, Taman, Gedangan, Sedati |
| Sidoarjo Barat (West) An informal grouping of the quieter western districts, a mix of rice fields and villages around Krian, a market and railway town on the road and rail line to Mojokerto. | Krian, Balongbendo, Tarik, Prambon, Wonoayu, Sukodono |
| Sidoarjo Selatan (South) An informal grouping of the southern districts along Kali Porong, taking in the Tanggulangin leather-craft centre, the Lapindo mudflow embankments in Porong and the coastal fishponds of Jabon. | Porong, Tanggulangin, Jabon, Krembung, Tulangan |