What is the population of Adana?
Adana has a city population of 1,816,750. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Adana
Ranked 238th globally, Adana holds 1,816,750 people and accounts for 2.1% of Turkey's population. The city sits 391 km from Ankara. Within 50 km lie four other cities: Tarsus (350,732 people, 39 km away), Ceyhan (96,303, 44 km), Kireçocağı (45,476, 11 km), and Yumurtalık (17,654, 48 km).
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 7
Elevation
30 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
36.986, 35.325
Record updated
2026-04-14
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 416 in TurkeyClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Adana | 1.82M |
Adana Population FAQ
Where is Adana?
Adana is in Adana, Turkey, 391 km from the capital, Ankara. Its coordinates are 36.986, 35.325.
How big is Adana compared with other cities in Turkey?
It is the 7th largest of the 416 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Turkey, holding 2.1% of the national population.