What is the population of Homs?
Homs has a city population of 775,404. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Homs
Three cities of significant size cluster within 30 km: Tallbīsah at 38,491 people 13 km away, Ar Rastan at 53,152 people 23 km distant, and Al Quşayr at 41,062 people 27 km away. The city proper holds 775,404 people, making it Syria's third-largest, accounting for 3% of the national population and sitting 141 km from Damascus.
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 8
Elevation
508 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Damascus
Coordinates
34.724, 36.726
Record updated
2026-04-14
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 SyriaClosest 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 |
| Homs | 775K |
Homs Population FAQ
Where is Homs?
Homs is in Homs, Syria, 141 km from the capital, Damascus. Its coordinates are 34.724, 36.726.
How big is Homs compared with other cities in Syria?
It is the 3rd largest of the 88 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Syria, holding 3.0% of the national population.