What is the population of Agadir?
Agadir has a city population of 698,310. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Morocco · Africa
Agadir
City population
698,310
#7
in Morocco
#1
in Souss-Massa
#788
worldwide
30.420, -9.598 · 477 km from Rabat
About Agadir
Located 477 km from Rabat, Agadir has a population of 698,310, making it the seventh-largest listed city in Morocco and accounting for 1.8% of the national population. The city is the largest in Souss-Massa and sits at low elevation near several nearby urban centres; Inezgane (142,320) lies 9 km away, and Ait Melloul (187,652) is 13 km distant.
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 17
Coordinates
30.420, -9.598
Record updated
14 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 176 in MoroccoClosest 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 |
| Agadir | 698K |
Agadir Population FAQ
Where is Agadir?
Agadir is in Souss-Massa, Morocco, 477 km from the capital, Rabat. Its coordinates are 30.420, -9.598.
How big is Agadir compared with other cities in Morocco?
It is the 7th largest of the 176 cities listed in Morocco, holding 1.8% of the national population.