What is the population of Assiut?
Assiut has a city population of 528,669. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Assiut
At 0.4% of Egypt's population, Assiut holds the tenth-largest city population among 235 listed Egyptian cities but accounts for a modest share of the national total. Located 320 km from Cairo, the city proper has 528,669 residents and anchors a cluster of settlements; Abnūb lies 10 km away with 111,785 people, Abū Tīj is 20 km distant with 105,418, and Manfalūţ sits 26 km off with 117,925.
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 11
Elevation
56 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Cairo
Coordinates
27.181, 31.184
Record updated
2024-07-08
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 235 in EgyptClosest 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 |
| Assiut | 529K |
Assiut Population FAQ
Where is Assiut?
Assiut is in Asyut, Egypt, 320 km from the capital, Cairo. Its coordinates are 27.181, 31.184.
How big is Assiut compared with other cities in Egypt?
It is the 10th largest of the 235 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Egypt, holding 0.4% of the national population.