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Hamamatsu

Shizuoka · Japan
City population
791,707
#17
in Japan
#1
in Shizuoka
#701
worldwide
TokyoHamamatsu
34.700, 137.733 · 209 km from Tokyo
City population
791,707
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Japan
#17
of 1,216 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#701
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Japan
0.6%
of the national population

About Hamamatsu

The largest city in Shizuoka prefecture, Hamamatsu has a population of 791,707. Located 209 km from Tokyo, it sits at very low elevation near several smaller cities: Iwata (166,672 people, 11 km away), Hamakita (86,502, 12 km), and Fukuroi (88,395, 18 km) form a cluster of urban centres in the region. The city accounts for 0.6% of Japan's national population.

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

Position in Japan
#17of 1,216
LargestSmallest
Position in Shizuoka
#1of 35
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Japan
Region
Shizuoka
Rank in region
#1of 35
Distance to capital
209 km
to Tokyo
Elevation
3 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
34.700, 137.733
Record updated
2022-09-02
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 1,216 in Japan

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

11KMIwata167K people12KMHamakita87K people15KMArai17K people18KMFukuroi88K people19KMKosai60K 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. Hamamatsu792K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Hamamatsu 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
Hamamatsu792K

Hamamatsu Population FAQ

What is the population of Hamamatsu?

Hamamatsu has a city population of 791,707. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Hamamatsu?

Hamamatsu is in Shizuoka, Japan, 209 km from the capital, Tokyo. Its coordinates are 34.700, 137.733.

How big is Hamamatsu compared with other cities in Japan?

It is the 17th largest of the 1,216 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Japan, holding 0.6% of the national population.

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