Population during each mayor's tenure, worldwide

398 cities in 33 countries, ranked against one another by how population changed from each office-holder's first day in office, each on its own country's figures, next to its own state or country over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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#	Office-holder	Place	In office	Total	vs state or country	Per year
1	DPK Lee Chunhee	Sejong Mayor · South Korea	1 Jul 2014 – 1 Jul 2022 from 2014	+187% 2014 → 2022	+187.0 pts South Korea +0.2%	+14.1%/yr
2	N Robert Doyle	Melbourne Lord Mayor · Australia	1 Dec 2008 – 4 Feb 2018	+73.4% 2008 → 2017	+53.5 pts Victoria +19.9%	+6.3%/yr
3	N Maher Maso	Frisco Mayor · United States	1 Jan 2008 – 1 May 2017	+72.9% 2007 → 2016	+55.8 pts Texas +17.1%	+6.3%/yr
4	N Susan Fennell	Brampton Mayor · Canada	1 Dec 2000 – 1 Dec 2014 from 2001	+70.5% 2001 → 2014	+56.0 pts Ontario +14.5%	+4.2%/yr
5	N Clover Moore	Sydney Lord Mayor · Australia	27 Mar 2004 – now	+66.7% 2003 → 2025	+36.9 pts New South Wales +29.8%	+2.3%/yr
6	N Lisa Scaffidi	Perth Lord Mayor · Australia	20 Oct 2007 – 2 Mar 2018	+65.2% 2007 → 2017	+42.5 pts Western Australia +22.8%	+5.2%/yr
7	PS Bertrand Delanoë	Paris Mayor · France	25 Mar 2001 – 5 Apr 2014	+63.8% 2001 → 2014	—	+3.9%/yr
8	N John So	Melbourne Lord Mayor · Australia	22 Jul 2001 – 1 Dec 2008	+62.3% 2001 → 2008	+52.0 pts Victoria +10.3%	+7.2%/yr
9	VVD Jozias van Aartsen	The Hague Mayor · Netherlands	27 Mar 2008 – 17 Mar 2017	+56.5% 2008 → 2016	—	+5.8%/yr
10	PP Luis Barcala	Alicante Mayor · Spain	19 Apr 2018 – now	+51.8% 2018 → 2024	—	+7.2%/yr

Showing 10 of 635 tenures.

Sorted by total, highest first. Rows measure residents, as each statistics office estimates them; each place is read from its own statistics office's series (the row's chart names it), so a change is set against the place's own first day, never against another country's level. Every row is indexed to the last month, quarter or count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); each place's own state or country is measured over the same months. Changes are per cent; "per year" compounds them. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. Data as of Sep 2026.