Medan
15,853 companies · City/Regency · code 12.71
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District
Property market in Medan
Houses, apartments and land in Medan
Monthly rentals and co-living, run by the operator itself, in the cities it covers.
Area figures for Medan
Official figures for Medan
Each figure carries the year it was measured; figures published only per province are shown separately below.
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Population
2,510,147
people · 2026
2020–2026: from 2,435,252 to 2,510,147 -
HDI (Human Development Index)
82.76
2024
prov. 74.02
2010–2024: from 77.02 to 82.76 -
Poverty (Population below the poverty line)
7.25%
2025
prov. 7.36%
2010–2025: from 10.05% to 7.25% -
Unemployment (Open unemployment rate)
7.99%
2025
prov. 5.32%
2017–2025: from 9.55% to 7.99% -
GRDP (Gross regional domestic product)
Rp353 trillion
2025
2010–2025: from Rp90.6 trillion to Rp353 trillion
Further components
- Life expectancy
- 74.2 years 2024 · prov. 70.3
- Mean years of schooling
- 11.8 years 2025 · prov. 10.1
- Expected years of schooling
- 14.8 years 2025 · prov. 13.5
- Expenditure per capita
- Rp16.5 million per person per year 2025 · prov. Rp11.9 million
- People below the poverty line
- 171,600 people 2025
- Poverty line
- Rp721,547 per person per month 2025 · prov. Rp666,546
- Population aged 60 and over
- 11.96% 2025 · prov. 10.25%
Province level: Sumatera Utara
These three figures are published only per province.
- GRDP per capita (Gross regional domestic product per capita)
- Rp78.3 million per person per year 2025
- Provincial minimum wage
- Rp2.5 million per month 2020 · the most recent figure available
- Population density
- 205 people/km² 2021 · the most recent figure available
Recorded crime in Sumatera Utara
Recorded across Polda Sumatera Utara during 2024, which covers this place
- Offences reported
- 60,724 cases
- Cases cleared
- 60.71%
- Risk per 100,000 residents
- 423
Break-ins and theft are insurable risks. Insure your home
Recorded disasters in Medan
158 disaster events were recorded in Medan during 2016–2025.
Counted from officially recorded events. An event spanning several districts is apportioned between them, so counts are rounded.
Kinds of disaster 2021–2025
of 102 events
- Flood 54 53%
- Extreme weather 43 42%
- Settlement fire 5 5%
Recorded impact 2021–2025
- 14
- Deaths
- 0
- Missing
- 8
- Injured
- 603,995
- Affected & displaced
- 1,237
- Houses damaged
- 155,537
- Houses flooded
Flood can be insured as an extension of a home policy. Insure your home
- 2016: 8 events
- 2017: 9 events
- 2018: 19 events
- 2019: 6 events
- 2020: 14 events
- 2021: 25 events
- 2022: 26 events
- 2023: 13 events
- 2024: 13 events
- 2025: 25 events
Business formation in Medan
1,812 businesses were recorded as founded in Medan during 2016–2025.
Counted from formations announced officially and held in our records — not every business that opened here.
Most common trades
of 6,627 companies with a classification
- Contractors & Construction 4,078 62%
- Manufacturing 679 10%
- Energy & Mining 224 3%
Legal forms
of 4,002 companies with a recorded legal form
- PT 3,433 86%
- Yayasan 355 9%
- CV 149 4%
- PT Perorangan 55 1%
- 2016: 4 formations
- 2017: 4 formations
- 2018: 21 formations
- 2019: 191 formations
- 2020: 294 formations
- 2021: 282 formations
- 2022: 292 formations
- 2023: 263 formations
- 2024: 232 formations
- 2025: 229 formations