Editing Sumatra (section)

== Largest cities ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank
! City
! Province
! City Birthday
! Area <br />(in km<sup>2</sup>)
! Population <br /> 2010 census
! Population <br /> 2020 census
|-
| 1
| '''[[Medan]]'''
| [[North Sumatra]]
| 1 July 1590
| align="right"|265.10
| align="right"|2,097,610
| align="right"|2,435,252
|-
| 2
| '''[[Palembang]]'''
| [[South Sumatra]]
| 17 June 683
| align="right"|400.61
| align="right"|1,455,284
| align="right"|1,668,848
|-
| 3
| '''[[Bandar Lampung]]'''
| [[Lampung]]
| 17 June 1682
| align="right"|169.21
| align="right"|881,801
| align="right"|1,166,066
|-
| 4
| '''[[Pekanbaru]]'''
| [[Riau]]
| 23 June 1784
| align="right"|633.01
| align="right"|897,767
| align="right"|983,356
|-
| 5
| '''[[Padang]]'''
| [[West Sumatra]]
| 7 August 1669
| align="right"|694.96
| align="right"|833,562
| align="right"|909,040
|-
| 6
| '''[[Jambi City|Jambi]]'''
| [[Jambi]]
| 17 May 1946
| align="right"|205.00
| align="right"|531,857
| align="right"|606,200
|-
| 7
| '''[[Bengkulu (city)|Bengkulu]]'''
| [[Bengkulu]]
| 18 March 1719
| align="right"|144.52
| align="right"|308,544
| align="right"|373,591
|-
| 8
| '''[[Dumai]]'''
| [[Riau]]
| 20 April 1999
| align="right"|2,039.35
| align="right"|253,803
| align="right"|316,782
|-
| 9
| '''[[Binjai]]'''
| [[North Sumatra]]
|
| align="right"|90.24
| align="right"|246,154
| align="right"|291,842
|-
| 10
| '''[[Pematangsiantar|Pematang Siantar]]'''
| [[North Sumatra]]
| 24 April 1871
| align="right"|60.52
| align="right"|234,698
| align="right"|268,254
|-
| 11
| '''[[Banda Aceh]]'''
| [[Aceh]]
| 22 April 1205
| align="right"|61.36
| align="right"|223,446
| align="right"|252,899
|-
| 12
| '''[[Lubuklinggau]]'''
| [[South Sumatra]]
| 17 August 2001
| align="right"|419.80
| align="right"|201,308
| align="right"|234,166
|}