Population stuck at 200K. Is there a limit I need to change?

[Trackstar]

Same as title. I don't know how many extra suburbs I've built, but my population seems to get stuck b/w 197K-199K. I'll add a district of 6-10K, but somehow the population never seems to increase above 200K. Is there a limit in settings or a file that I need to change? Or a mod that disables pop limit? Or am I getting hit by death waves everytime I expand?

[Stryderunknown]

Considering the Island Hopping Disasters DLC scenario has a goal of 250k population, it can be suggested that you shouldn't be limited to under 200k.

At high populations it's mostly about efficiency.

[snowflitzer]

You can get higher than 200k but it is up to you to put the condition on, otherwise, it will not grow bigger

[Lotte💖]

Few things to check:

Are there parks/entertainment?
Is your land value decent?
Is there education access?
Is there a proper way to reach it?

[Spector]

You need jobs. More open jobs then filed jobs. Also, you won't get more Cims if you have unemployment due to low education.

[Absinthe Eyes]

Did you ever win the scenario OP?

I have been having this exact same problem. I've been playing the same save file of this scenario for over two years. Every so often I need to take a break for my sanity, but for months I've been hitting that 199k cap hard. I have most of the monuments in play now. Education is a non-issue, land value is maxed under the Eden project, and my transport infrastructure is overhauled to the best of my ability to keep traffic jams down.

For what it's worth, I don't have campus or the latest dlc. I don't know what difference it makes. In the last couple of weeks I did have to go all around my city and plop childcare centres everywhere. I haven't even had a death spiral from insufficient crematoriums in forever. I don't know if it's a glitch, my PC specs, or what. I shouldn't think so, because I beat the other high pop disaster scenario (the one with the tornadoes) back in late 2017.

This is my hell. I have honestly walked away from ever attempting to finish it about 4 times. It bugs me that I have to leave it unfinished, and it gnaws at me, if only because I am done if I have to go through that early tsunami survival phase all over again on a fresh start.