Population stuck at 0

Basic requirements

Make sure you have:

• Zoned residential areas

• Water supply to the houses, and sewage outlet too

• Electricity

• Ideally some services like police, ambulance and fire

Outside connections

You need at least one of the following types of outside connection:

• Highway

• Train

• Passenger ship

• Airport (note: not sure if residents can arrive this way)

To diagnose issues with outside connections, see: Outside Connections not Working

TM:PE Users

• Check your Vehicle Restrictions:

  • In Policies Settings, set Vehicle Restriction Aggression to Low

  • If that works, you've blocked some routes with vehicle restrictions

• Check your Junction Restrictions:

  • Did you block pedestrian crossings near a station?

• Check your Lane Arrows and Lane Connectors:

  • Did you block off access to a lane on a road by mistake?

  • Upgrading roads sometimes resets some or all of the lane settings - so always check!!

• Turn off Parking AI:

  • If that fixes it, please let us know: Report a Bug

Mods

• If you have any of the following mods, disable them, exit to desktop, and then try starting a new map:

  • Adjustable Demand

  • Adjustable Demand v2

  • Configure Outside Connections' Limits

  • Demand Master

  • Infinite Demand

  • Local Only Transport Stations

  • More Demands Configurable

  • More Outside Interaction

  • Super Demand

Other

There are some other issues to check if none of the above has worked:

• No vehicles? See: Vehicles not spawning

• Houses must be fully constructed before people will move in:

  • Once constructed, it can take some minutes for people to start moving in - be patient

  • Click a house and then click the routes icon in its info panel - you'll see if anyone is en route to the house

• Make sure the game isn't paused (yes, this literally happened)

• Try different maps:

  • Some maps from the workshop are broken, and there's not much you can do to fix them

• Check your tax rates on the budget panel - don't have them too high otherwise nobody will want to live in your city