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City profile · Australia · Oceania

Gold Coast

Queensland · Australia
City population
640,778
#6
in Australia
#2
in Queensland
#869
worldwide
CanberraGold Coast
-28.000, 153.431 · 906 km from Canberra
City population
640,778
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Australia
#6
of 88 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#869
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Australia
2.3%
of the national population

About Gold Coast

Ranked #869 globally, this city holds 640,778 residents and accounts for 2.3% of Australia's population. It is the second-largest city in Queensland, 71 km from Brisbane, which has 2,780,063 residents. Logan City (345,098 people) sits 51 km away.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Australia
#6of 88
LargestSmallest
Position in Queensland
#2of 19
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Australia
Region
Queensland
Rank in region
#2of 19
Distance to capital
906 km
to Canberra
Elevation
12 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Australia/Brisbane
Coordinates
-28.000, 153.431
Record updated
2022-07-15
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 88 in Australia

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

51KMLogan City345K people56KMCapalaba18K people71KMBrisbane2.78M people100KMNarangba21K people137KMCaloundra96K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Gold Coast641K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Gold Coast compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Gold Coast641K

Gold Coast Population FAQ

What is the population of Gold Coast?

Gold Coast has a city population of 640,778. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Gold Coast?

Gold Coast is in Queensland, Australia, 906 km from the capital, Canberra. Its coordinates are -28.000, 153.431.

How big is Gold Coast compared with other cities in Australia?

It is the 6th largest of the 88 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Australia, holding 2.3% of the national population.

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