What is the population of Jambi City?
Jambi City has a city population of 635,101. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Jambi City
The 27th-largest city in Indonesia, Jambi City holds 635,101 residents and accounts for 0.2% of the national population. It stands 626 km from Jakarta. The nearest cities are Mendaha and Simpang, each 65 km away with populations of 56,268 and 36,652 respectively.
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 6
Elevation
21 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Jakarta
Coordinates
-1.600, 103.617
Record updated
2026-06-11
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 446 in IndonesiaClosest 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 |
| Jambi City | 635K |
Jambi City Population FAQ
Where is Jambi City?
Jambi City is in Jambi, Indonesia, 626 km from the capital, Jakarta. Its coordinates are -1.600, 103.617.
How big is Jambi City compared with other cities in Indonesia?
It is the 27th largest of the 446 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Indonesia, holding 0.2% of the national population.