What is the population of Brazzaville?
Brazzaville has a city population of 1,982,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
-4.266, 15.283
About Brazzaville
At 284 m elevation, Brazzaville is the capital of Congo and accounts for 30.6% of the country's population at 1,982,000. The city sits 8 km from Kinshasa, which has a population of 16,000,000 and is across a border in a neighbouring country.
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
Brazzaville
Coordinates
-4.266, 15.283
Record updated
31 October 2025
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 23 in CongoClosest 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 |
| Brazzaville | 1.98M |
Brazzaville Population FAQ
Where is Brazzaville?
Brazzaville is in Brazzaville, Congo. Its coordinates are -4.266, 15.283.
How big is Brazzaville compared with other cities in Congo?
It is the 1st largest of the 23 cities listed in Congo, holding 30.6% of the national population.