What is the population of Kawaguchi?
Kawaguchi has a city population of 607,373. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Kawaguchi
At an elevation of 6 m, Kawaguchi has a population of 607,373 and ranks second in Saitama prefecture. The city lies 13 km from Tokyo and is surrounded by several substantial municipalities: Shimotoda (140,899) and Warabi (75,614) are both within 3 km, while Kita (332,140) is 6 km distant.
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 63
Elevation
6 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
35.805, 139.711
Record updated
2022-09-02
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 1,216 in JapanClosest 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 |
| Kawaguchi | 607K |
Kawaguchi Population FAQ
Where is Kawaguchi?
Kawaguchi is in Saitama, Japan, 13 km from the capital, Tokyo. Its coordinates are 35.805, 139.711.
How big is Kawaguchi compared with other cities in Japan?
It is the 24th largest of the 1,216 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Japan, holding 0.5% of the national population.