What is the population of Jepara?
Jepara has a city population of 1,257,912. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Indonesia · Asia
Jepara
City population
1,257,912
#13
in Indonesia
#2
in Central Java
#409
worldwide
-6.592, 110.671 · 425 km from Jakarta
About Jepara
The second-largest city in Central Java, Jepara holds a population of 1,257,912 and accounts for 0.4% of Indonesia's total. It sits 425 km from Jakarta and lies at 5 m elevation. Batang, the nearest substantial city, is 13 km away; Pecangaan and Mlonggo are 13 km and 7 km distant 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
#2of 80
Elevation
5 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Jakarta
Coordinates
-6.592, 110.671
Record updated
2023-02-09
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 |
| Jepara | 1.26M |
Jepara Population FAQ
Where is Jepara?
Jepara is in Central Java, Indonesia, 425 km from the capital, Jakarta. Its coordinates are -6.592, 110.671.
How big is Jepara compared with other cities in Indonesia?
It is the 13th largest of the 446 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Indonesia, holding 0.4% of the national population.