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Izhevsk

Udmurtiya Republic · Russia
City population
648,213
#20
in Russia
#1
in Udmurtiya Republic
#858
worldwide
MoscowIzhevsk
56.852, 53.199 · 967 km from Moscow
City population
648,213
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Russia
#20
of 980 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#858
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Russia
0.5%
of the national population

About Izhevsk

The largest city in Udmurtiya Republic, Izhevsk has a population of 648,213 and ranks 20th among Russia's listed cities. It sits 967 km from Moscow. Four cities with populations between 86,700 and 98,800 lie within 63 km.

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

Position in Russia
#20of 980
LargestSmallest
Position in Udmurtiya Republic
#1of 8
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Russia
Region
Udmurtiya Republic
Rank in region
#1of 8
Distance to capital
967 km
to Moscow
Elevation
155 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Samara
Coordinates
56.852, 53.199
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 980 in Russia

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

39KMAgryz19K people53KMVotkinsk99K people56KMSarapul99K people57KMChaykovskiy87K people63KMUva19K 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. Izhevsk648K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Izhevsk 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
Izhevsk648K

Izhevsk Population FAQ

What is the population of Izhevsk?

Izhevsk has a city population of 648,213. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Izhevsk?

Izhevsk is in Udmurtiya Republic, Russia, 967 km from the capital, Moscow. Its coordinates are 56.852, 53.199.

How big is Izhevsk compared with other cities in Russia?

It is the 20th largest of the 980 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Russia, holding 0.5% of the national population.

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