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Brightwood
City population
17,624
#2,699
in United States
#17
in District of Columbia
#27,980
worldwide
38.961, -77.027 · 7 km from Washington
About Brightwood
Brightwood is a city in District of Columbia, United States with a population of 17,624. It is the 2,699th largest of the 3,112 cities of 15,000 or more listed in United States, and the 27,980th largest worldwide. It lies 7 km from Washington.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#17of 20
Coordinates
38.961, -77.027
Record updated
27 September 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.
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