What is the population of Bulawayo?
Bulawayo has a city population of 665,952. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
-20.150, 28.583 · 366 km from Harare
About Bulawayo
Located 366 km from Harare, Bulawayo has a population of 665,952, making it Zimbabwe's second-largest listed city and accounting for 3.9% of the national population. The nearest substantial city is Gweru at 151 km away, with a population of 158,200.
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
Bulawayo
Coordinates
-20.150, 28.583
Record updated
14 April 2026
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 29 in ZimbabweClosest 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 |
| Bulawayo | 666K |
Bulawayo Population FAQ
Where is Bulawayo?
Bulawayo is in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 366 km from the capital, Harare. Its coordinates are -20.150, 28.583.
How big is Bulawayo compared with other cities in Zimbabwe?
It is the 2nd largest of the 29 cities listed in Zimbabwe, holding 3.9% of the national population.