What is the population of Douala?
Douala has a city population of 1,338,082. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Douala
Cameroon's largest city accounts for 4.5% of the national population. Located 202 km from Yaoundé, it has 1,338,082 residents and sits at 19 m elevation in the Littoral region. The nearest cities within its sphere are Tiko (94,836 residents, 38 km away), Mutengene (64,054 residents, 44 km), and Muyuka (43,749 residents, 42 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 11
Elevation
19 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Douala
Coordinates
4.048, 9.704
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 87 in CameroonClosest 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 |
| Douala | 1.34M |
Douala Population FAQ
Where is Douala?
Douala is in Littoral, Cameroon, 202 km from the capital, Yaoundé. Its coordinates are 4.048, 9.704.
How big is Douala compared with other cities in Cameroon?
It is the 1st largest of the 87 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Cameroon, holding 4.5% of the national population.