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Benghazi

Banghazi · Libya
City population
757,490
#2
in Libya
#1
in Banghazi
#728
worldwide
TripoliBenghazi
32.115, 20.069 · 651 km from Tripoli
City population
757,490
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Libya
#2
of 59 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#728
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Libya
10.2%
of the national population

About Benghazi

Sitting at 3 m above sea level, Benghazi holds a population of 757,490 and accounts for 10.2% of Libya's national population. The city ranks second among Libya's listed cities and stands 651 km from the capital, Tripoli. Al Marj, the nearest city of comparable size, lies 83 km away.

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

Position in Libya
#2of 59
LargestSmallest
Position in Banghazi
#1of 2
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Libya
Region
Banghazi
Rank in region
#1of 2
Distance to capital
651 km
to Tripoli
Elevation
3 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Tripoli
Coordinates
32.115, 20.069
Record updated
2026-07-08
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 59 in Libya

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

50KMAl Abyār33K people53KMQaryat Sulūq20K people83KMAl Marj85K people129KMAz Zuwaytīnah21K people152KMAjdabiya132K 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. Benghazi757K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Benghazi 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
Benghazi757K

Benghazi Population FAQ

What is the population of Benghazi?

Benghazi has a city population of 757,490. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Benghazi?

Benghazi is in Banghazi, Libya, 651 km from the capital, Tripoli. Its coordinates are 32.115, 20.069.

How big is Benghazi compared with other cities in Libya?

It is the 2nd largest of the 59 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Libya, holding 10.2% of the national population.

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