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Homyel'

Homyel' Voblasc' · Belarus
City population
501,193
#2
in Belarus
#1
in Homyel' Voblasc'
#1,141
worldwide
MinskHomyel'
52.434, 30.975 · 280 km from Minsk
Share of Belarus
5.5%
Of the national population
Elevation
138 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Distance to capital
280 km
To Minsk
Time zone
Europe/Minsk
IANA zone identifier

About Homyel'

Homyel' has a cluster of significant cities nearby: Dobrush lies 23 km away with a population of 17,901, while Rechytsa (40 km) and Zhlobin (82 km) have populations of 64,733 and 76,304 respectively. The city itself holds 501,193 residents, making it the second-largest of 56 listed cities in Belarus and accounting for 5.5% of the national population, situated 280 km from Minsk.

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

Position in Belarus
#2of 56
LargestSmallest
Position in Homyel' Voblasc'
#1of 9
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Belarus
Region
Homyel' Voblasc'
Rank in region
#1of 9
Coordinates
52.434, 30.975
Record updated
9 July 2026
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 56 in Belarus

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

23KMDobrush18K people40KMRechytsa65K people66KMNovozybkov43K people · Russia82KMZhlobin76K people86KMSvetlogorsk62K 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. Homyel'501K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Homyel' 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
Homyel'501K

Homyel' Population FAQ

What is the population of Homyel'?

Homyel' has a city population of 501,193. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Homyel'?

Homyel' is in Homyel' Voblasc', Belarus, 280 km from the capital, Minsk. Its coordinates are 52.434, 30.975.

How big is Homyel' compared with other cities in Belarus?

It is the 2nd largest of the 56 cities listed in Belarus, holding 5.5% of the national population.

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