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City profile · Angola · Africa

Cabinda

Cabinda · Angola
City population
550,000
#13
in Angola
#1
in Cabinda
#1,014
worldwide
LuandaCabinda
-5.562, 12.195 · 382 km from Luanda
City population
550,000
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Angola
#13
of 132 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#1,014
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Angola
1.4%
of the national population

About Cabinda

Ranked 1014th by city population worldwide, Cabinda holds 550,000 residents and accounts for 1.4% of Angola's population. It sits 382 km from the capital Luanda and lies at 1 m elevation. Moanda is 45 km away with 128,804 people; Soyo stands 67 km distant with 221,555 residents.

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

Position in Angola
#13of 132
LargestSmallest
Position in Cabinda
#1of 3
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Angola
Region
Cabinda
Rank in region
#1of 3
Distance to capital
382 km
to Luanda
Elevation
1 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Luanda
Coordinates
-5.562, 12.195
Record updated
2026-04-13
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 132 in Angola

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

45KMMoanda129K people · DR Congo67KMSoyo222K people95KMPointe-Noire1.03M people · Congo97KMBuco Zau41K people97KMLoandjili23K people · Congo

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. Cabinda550K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Cabinda 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
Cabinda550K

Cabinda Population FAQ

What is the population of Cabinda?

Cabinda has a city population of 550,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Cabinda?

Cabinda is in Cabinda, Angola, 382 km from the capital, Luanda. Its coordinates are -5.562, 12.195.

How big is Cabinda compared with other cities in Angola?

It is the 13th largest of the 132 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Angola, holding 1.4% of the national population.

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