The Global Municipal Database (GMD) was created by UN-Habitat with support from New York University and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. It contains population and budget data for a sample of cities around the world.
The initial sample of cities in the GMD was taken from the Atlas of Urban Expansion with budget data gathered for about half of these cities. The data was gathered by the city-based researchers listed below and compiled by UN-Habitat.
This budget data pertains to municipalities. In metropolitan regions with multiple municipalities, the data in the GDM has data for the municipality with the largest population.
Cities and researchers are encouraged to submit data for additional municipalities and additional years. To submit data or corrections, please contact UN-Habitat’s Urban Economy & Finance Branch.
For more detailed information about the GMD and its link to the Atlas of Urban Expansion, two papers are available for download:
- GMD Metadata, and Methods and Initial Results
- Linking the GMD with the Atlas of Urban Expansion
List of Cities and City-Based Researchers
City | Country | Researcher(s) | Data Year |
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Algiers | Algeria | Mohammed Srir | 2014 |
Luanda | Angola | Allan Cain | 2014 |
Cordoba | Argentina | Mario Andrés Piumetto | 2014 |
Buenos Aires | Argentina | Luis Baer | 2017 |
Baku | Azerbaijan | Anar Valiyev | 2014 |
Saidpur | Bangladesh | Mohammad Nure Alam | 2016-17 |
Gomel | Belarus | Tatiana Shatiuk | 2013 |
Sao Paulo | Brazil | Frederico Ramos | 2016 |
Ribeira Preito / Ribeirao Preto | Brazil | Everaldo Melazzo | 2014 |
Palmas | Brazil | João A Bazolli | 2016 |
Florianopolis | Brazil | Rejane Benvenuto Andrade | 2014 |
Belo Horizonte | Brazil | Renan Pereira Almeida; Pedro Araújo Patrício | 2013 |
Victoria | Canada | Todd Litman | 2017 |
Montréal | Canada | Raphaël Fischler | 2013 |
Zhijin/Chengguan | China | Li Sun; Shenmin Liu | 2015 |
Zhengzhou | China | Qian Jingjing | 2015 |
Wuhan | China | Li Sun; Shenmin Liu | 2015 |
Tianjin [Tientsin] | China | Zhiji Huang | 2015 |
Tangshan | China | Li Sun; Shenmin Liu | 2015 |
Shenzhen | China | De Tong | 2013 |
Shanghai | China | Hu Yingjie | 2015 |
Hangzhou [Hangchou] | China | Jin Shi | 2013 |
Guangzhou [Canton] | China | Zhiji Huang | 2015 |
Beijing | China | Zhiji Huang | 2015 |
Kinshasa | DRC | Lelo Nzuzi | 2015 |
Quito | Ecuador | Paola Andrea Bajzelj Cirbián | 2015 |
Suva | Fiji | Abdul Hassan | 2014 |
Le Mans | France | Denis Frelat; Pierre Lambert | 2014 |
Halle | Germany | Lena Simet | 2013 |
Berlin | Germany | Lena Simet | 2015 |
Accra | Ghana | Divine Kwaku Ahadzie | 2014 |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Parul Rewal | 2013 |
Budapest | Hungary | Afoldi Gyorgy | 2012 |
Pune | India | Vanishree Herlekar | 2011 |
Kozhikode | India | Karthika Sathyanathan | 2017 |
Kolkata | India | Sayandeep Basak | 2015 |
Ahmedabad | India | Vanishree Herlekar | 2013 |
Pematang Siantar | Indonesia | Chrisna Permana | 2015 |
Parepare | Indonesia | Chrisna Permana | 2015 |
Palembang | Indonesia | Chrisna Permana | 2015 |
Medan | Indonesia | Chrisna Permana | 2015 |
Cirebon | Indonesia | Chrisna Permana | 2015 |
Tehran | Iran | Mohammed Amin Saeidi | 2011 |
Qom | Iran | Mohammad Amin Saeidi | 2010 |
Ahvaz | Iran | Ali Farnam | 2016 |
Baghdad | Iraq | Maha Jameel AlMalaika | 2015 |
Yamaguchi | Japan | Junhwan Song | 2014 |
Fukuoka | Japan | Chrisna Permana | 2015 |
Nakuru | Kenya | Emmanuel Mwenje | 2014 |
Antwerpen | Kingdom of Belgium | Wouter Van Dooren; Jolijn De Roover | 2015 |
Kaunas | Lithuania | Dalia Čiupailaitė | 2014 |
Manchester | Malcolm Tait | Malcolm Tait | 2017 |
Bamako | Mali | Mamadou Keita | 2016 |
Reynosa | Mexico | Alberto Orozco | 2014 |
Culiacan | Mexico | Alberto Orozco | 2014 |
Auckland | New Zealand | Craig Fredrickson | 2013 |
León | Nicaragua | Aura Cecilia Salinas Centeno | 2010 |
Oyo | Nigeria | Johnson Bade Falade | 2014 |
Lagos | Nigeria | Taibat Lawanson | 2013 |
Ibadan | Nigeria | Johnson Bade Falade | 2013 |
Gombe | Nigeria | Adamu Ahmed | 2013 |
Karachi | Pakistan | Farida Abdul Ghaffar | 2017 |
Dzerzhinsk | Russia | Alexander Ivanov | 2010 |
Astrakhan | Russia | Olga Egorova | 2014 |
Kigali | Rwanda | Justine Kayiraba | 2014 |
Belgrade | Serbia | Zaklina Gligorijevic | 2015 |
Singapore | Singapore | Rahul Mittal | 2013 |
Port Elizabeth | South Africa | Lené Le Roux; Blanca Calvo | 2013 |
Johannesburg | South Africa | Lené Le Roux; Blanca Calvo | 2013 |
Madrid | Spain | Rafael Córdoba Hernández; Adrián Tabladillo López | 2010 |
Taipei | Taiwan | Chia-Ming Tsai | 2014 |
Arusha | Tanzania | Aloysius Clemence Mosha | 2012 |
Bangkok | Thailand | Sopon Pornchokchai | 2017 |
Manila | The Philippines | Madeleine Cinco | 2014 |
Cebu | The Philippines | Madeleine Cinco | 2014 |
Bacolod | The Philippines | Madeleine Cinco | 2015 |
Malatya | Turkey | Ali Tuna Kuyucu | 2014 |
Kayseri | Turkey | Ali Tuna Kuyucu | 2013 |
Istanbul | Turkey | Ali Tuna Kuyucu | 2013 |
Kampala | Uganda | Peter Kasaija | 2014 |
Sheffield | United Kingdom | Malcolm Tait | 2017 |
London | United Kingdom | Reyhane Sadat | 2013 |
Toledo | United States | Michael Iversen | 2014 |
Raleigh | United States | Nikhil Kaza | 2013 |
New York | United States | Lena Simet | 2012 |
Minneapolis | United States | Mike Greco | 2014 |
Los Angeles | United States | Yiwen Kuai | 2013-14 |
Gainesville | United States | Kate Norris | 2013 |
Cleveland | United States | Tatyana S Guzman | 2013 |
Chicago | United States | Michael Iversen | 2014 |
Caracas | Venezuela | Roger Eduardo Martinez Rivas | 2011 |
Vinh Long | Vietnam | Phạm Tran Hai; Nguyen Duong Minh Hoang; Vu Ngoc Khanh | 2014 |
Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | Phạm Tran Hai; Nguyen Duong Minh Hoang; Vu Ngoc Khanh | 2015 |
Ndola | Zambia | Joseph Zulu | 2014 |