What is the population of Hiroshima?
Hiroshima has a city population of 1,200,754. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Hiroshima
Located 674 km from Tokyo, Hiroshima has a population of 1,200,754, making it Japan's 11th-largest city. The city sits at the centre of a cluster of smaller urban centres; Gion lies 4 km away with 68,713 residents, and Hatsukaichi, 12 km distant, holds 114,173.
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 24
Elevation
16 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
34.400, 132.450
Record updated
2024-12-02
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 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 |
| Hiroshima | 1.2M |
Hiroshima Population FAQ
Where is Hiroshima?
Hiroshima is in Hiroshima, Japan, 674 km from the capital, Tokyo. Its coordinates are 34.400, 132.450.
How big is Hiroshima compared with other cities in Japan?
It is the 11th largest of the 1,216 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Japan, holding 1.0% of the national population.