What is the population of Chelyabinsk?
Chelyabinsk has a city population of 1,202,371. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Russia · Europe
Chelyabinsk
City population
1,202,371
#7
in Russia
#1
in Chelyabinsk
#441
worldwide
55.161, 61.429 · 1,495 km from Moscow
About Chelyabinsk
At 232 m elevation, this city holds a population of 1,202,371, making it the seventh-largest in Russia and accounting for 0.8% of the national total. Located 1,495 km from Moscow, it anchors a cluster of industrial cities; Kopeysk lies 13 km away with 70,780 people, and three other cities with populations between 29,000 and 46,000 sit within 80 km.
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
Rank in region
#1of 26
Elevation
232 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Yekaterinburg
Coordinates
55.161, 61.429
Record updated
2026-04-14
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 980 in RussiaClosest 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 |
| Chelyabinsk | 1.2M |
Chelyabinsk Population FAQ
Where is Chelyabinsk?
Chelyabinsk is in Chelyabinsk, Russia, 1,495 km from the capital, Moscow. Its coordinates are 55.161, 61.429.
How big is Chelyabinsk compared with other cities in Russia?
It is the 7th largest of the 980 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Russia, holding 0.8% of the national population.