What is the population of Glasgow?
Glasgow has a city population of 626,410. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · United Kingdom · Europe
Glasgow
City population
626,410
#3
in United Kingdom
#1
in Scotland
#893
worldwide
55.865, -4.258 · 555 km from London
About Glasgow
At 555 km from London, Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland with a population of 626,410 and accounts for 0.9% of the United Kingdom's population. Rutherglen and Cambuslang, each with roughly 31,000 residents, lie 5 km and 9 km away respectively, part of a cluster of smaller cities and towns within 9 km of the city proper.
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 58
Elevation
40 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/London
Coordinates
55.865, -4.258
Record updated
2023-02-25
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 794 in United KingdomClosest 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 |
| Glasgow | 626K |
Glasgow Population FAQ
Where is Glasgow?
Glasgow is in Scotland, United Kingdom, 555 km from the capital, London. Its coordinates are 55.865, -4.258.
How big is Glasgow compared with other cities in United Kingdom?
It is the 3rd largest of the 794 cities of 15,000 or more listed in United Kingdom, holding 0.9% of the national population.