What is the population of Himeji?
Himeji has a city population of 530,495. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Himeji
At 8 m elevation, Himeji is among Japan's lowest-lying cities. The second-largest city in Hyogo prefecture with a population of 530,495, it sits 463 km from Tokyo. Nearby cities include Kakogawachō-honmachi at 13 km (271,634 residents) and Takasago at 10 km (87,722 residents).
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
#2of 45
Elevation
8 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
34.817, 134.700
Record updated
2025-06-21
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 JapanClosest 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 |
| Himeji | 530K |
Himeji Population FAQ
Where is Himeji?
Himeji is in Hyogo, Japan, 463 km from the capital, Tokyo. Its coordinates are 34.817, 134.700.
How big is Himeji compared with other cities in Japan?
It is the 28th largest of the 1,216 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Japan, holding 0.4% of the national population.