What is the population of Ibagué?
Ibagué has a city population of 529,635. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Colombia · South America
Ibagué
City population
529,635
#9
in Colombia
#1
in Tolima Department
#1,066
worldwide
4.436, -75.203 · 126 km from Bogotá
About Ibagué
Ranked 1,066th in the world, this city of 529,635 people is the largest in Tolima Department and the ninth most populous in Colombia. It sits 126 km from Bogotá at an elevation of 1,047 m. The nearest substantial neighbouring city is Girardot City, with 107,324 people, 46 km away; Payandé and Rovira lie closer at 19 km and 22 km respectively, though with populations of 37,496 and 20,452.
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 19
Elevation
1,047 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Bogota
Coordinates
4.436, -75.203
Record updated
2026-04-13
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 317 in ColombiaClosest 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 |
| Ibagué | 530K |
Ibagué Population FAQ
Where is Ibagué?
Ibagué is in Tolima Department, Colombia, 126 km from the capital, Bogotá. Its coordinates are 4.436, -75.203.
How big is Ibagué compared with other cities in Colombia?
It is the 9th largest of the 317 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Colombia, holding 1.0% of the national population.