What is the population of Ghāziābād?
Ghāziābād has a city population of 1,199,191. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · India · Asia
Ghāziābād
City population
1,199,191
#40
in India
#5
in Uttar Pradesh
#447
worldwide
28.665, 77.439 · 22 km from New Delhi
About Ghāziābād
India's 1.2 billion people are spread across thousands of cities, with Ghāziābād holding 0.1% of the national population. The city ranks 40th among India's 3,732 listed cities and fifth in Uttar Pradesh with 1.2 million residents. Situated 22 km from New Delhi, it anchors a dense cluster of urban settlements; four cities of 38,000 to 155,000 people lie within 13 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
#5of 331
Elevation
214 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
28.665, 77.439
Record updated
2026-04-29
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 3,732 in IndiaClosest 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 |
| Ghāziābād | 1.2M |
Ghāziābād Population FAQ
Where is Ghāziābād?
Ghāziābād is in Uttar Pradesh, India, 22 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 28.665, 77.439.
How big is Ghāziābād compared with other cities in India?
It is the 40th largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.1% of the national population.