What is the population of Evaton?
Evaton has a city population of 725,468. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · South Africa · Africa
Evaton
City population
725,468
#9
in South Africa
#5
in Gauteng
#762
worldwide
-26.533, 27.850 · 94 km from Pretoria
About Evaton
At 1.1% of South Africa's population, this city of 725,468 accounts for a modest share of the country's total despite ranking ninth among 295 listed South African cities. Located 94 km from Pretoria and at 1,513 m elevation, it sits within a cluster of major urban centres in Gauteng: Vereeniging lies 17 km away with 474,681 residents, Vanderbijlpark is 20 km distant with 246,754, and Soweto stands 30 km off with 1,695,047 inhabitants.
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
#5of 33
Elevation
1,513 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Johannesburg
Coordinates
-26.533, 27.850
Record updated
2024-12-02
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 295 in South AfricaClosest 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 |
| Evaton | 725K |
Evaton Population FAQ
Where is Evaton?
Evaton is in Gauteng, South Africa, 94 km from the capital, Pretoria. Its coordinates are -26.533, 27.850.
How big is Evaton compared with other cities in South Africa?
It is the 9th largest of the 295 cities of 15,000 or more listed in South Africa, holding 1.1% of the national population.