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Aalborg
North Denmark · Denmark
City population
142,937
#4
in Denmark
#1
in North Denmark
#3,965
worldwide
57.048, 9.919 · 223 km from Copenhagen
About Aalborg
Aalborg is a city in North Denmark, Denmark with a population of 142,937. It is the 4th largest of the 60 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Denmark, and the 3,965th largest worldwide. It lies 223 km from Copenhagen.
Key Facts
Country
Region
North Denmark
Rank in region
#1of 4
Coordinates
57.048, 9.919
Record updated
13 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 60 in DenmarkClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.