What is the population of Eskişehir?
Eskişehir has a city population of 921,630. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
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Eskişehir
Eskisehir · Turkey
City population
921,630
#12
in Turkey
#597
worldwide
39.777, 30.521 · 200 km from Ankara
About Eskişehir
Holding 1.1% of Turkey's national population, this city of 921,630 ranks twelfth among the country's listed cities. Located 200 km from Ankara, it sits at 794 m elevation. Kütahya, with a population of 185,008, lies 60 km away; Bozüyük (55,365) is 44 km distant.
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
Eskisehir
Elevation
794 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
39.777, 30.521
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 416 in TurkeyClosest 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 |
| Eskişehir | 922K |
Eskişehir Population FAQ
Where is Eskişehir?
Eskişehir is in Eskisehir, Turkey, 200 km from the capital, Ankara. Its coordinates are 39.777, 30.521.
How big is Eskişehir compared with other cities in Turkey?
It is the 12th largest of the 416 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Turkey, holding 1.1% of the national population.