What is the population of Kazan?
Kazan has a city population of 1,243,500. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Russia · Europe
Kazan
City population
1,243,500
#6
in Russia
#1
in Tatarstan Republic
#418
worldwide
55.789, 49.122 · 719 km from Moscow
About Kazan
Russia's sixth-largest city by population, Kazan has 1,243,500 residents and accounts for 0.9% of the national total. It sits 719 km from Moscow and is the largest city in Tatarstan Republic. Zelenodolsk, with 99,600 people, is the nearest substantial neighbouring city at 38 km away.
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 20
Elevation
61 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Moscow
Coordinates
55.789, 49.122
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 RussiaClosest 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 |
| Kazan | 1.24M |
Kazan Population FAQ
Where is Kazan?
Kazan is in Tatarstan Republic, Russia, 719 km from the capital, Moscow. Its coordinates are 55.789, 49.122.
How big is Kazan compared with other cities in Russia?
It is the 6th largest of the 980 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Russia, holding 0.9% of the national population.