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Agra

Uttar Pradesh · India
City population
1,430,055
#27
in India
#3
in Uttar Pradesh
#348
worldwide
New DelhiAgra
27.183, 78.017 · 178 km from New Delhi
City population
1,430,055
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in India
#27
of 3,732 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#348
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of India
0.1%
of the national population

About Agra

At 166 m elevation, this city of 1,430,055 stands as the third-largest in Uttar Pradesh and the 27th most populous in India. Located 178 km from New Delhi, it accounts for 0.1% of the national population. Tūndla, 22 km distant, is the nearest listed city of significant size at 50,939 people; smaller settlements cluster within 26 km.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in India
#27of 3,732
LargestSmallest
Position in Uttar Pradesh
#3of 331
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
India
Region
Uttar Pradesh
Rank in region
#3of 331
Distance to capital
178 km
to New Delhi
Elevation
166 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
27.183, 78.017
Record updated
2025-10-31
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 3,732 in India

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

19KMEtmadpur23K people21KMShamsābād31K people22KMTūndla51K people23KMKiraoli21K people26KMAchhnera21K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Agra1.43M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Agra compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Agra1.43M

Agra Population FAQ

What is the population of Agra?

Agra has a city population of 1,430,055. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Agra?

Agra is in Uttar Pradesh, India, 178 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 27.183, 78.017.

How big is Agra compared with other cities in India?

It is the 27th largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.1% of the national population.

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