About Idlib
Idlib is a city in Idlib, Syria with a population of 128,840. It is the 12th largest of the 88 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Syria, and the 4,443rd largest worldwide. It lies 271 km from Damascus.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 10
Elevation
442 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Damascus
Coordinates
35.931, 36.634
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.