What is the population of Huambo?
Huambo has a city population of 595,304. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Huambo
Located 516 km from the national capital, Huambo holds 595,304 residents and ranks eleventh among Angola's listed cities. The city sits at 1,716 m elevation and accounts for 1.5% of the national population. Four cities of 82,000 to 130,000 people lie within 65 km, with Caála the nearest at 21 km.
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 9
Elevation
1,716 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Luanda
Coordinates
-12.776, 15.739
Record updated
2026-05-02
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 132 in AngolaClosest 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 |
| Huambo | 595K |
Huambo Population FAQ
Where is Huambo?
Huambo is in Huambo, Angola, 516 km from the capital, Luanda. Its coordinates are -12.776, 15.739.
How big is Huambo compared with other cities in Angola?
It is the 11th largest of the 132 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Angola, holding 1.5% of the national population.