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Kemerovo

Kuzbass · Russia
City population
558,973
#30
in Russia
#1
in Kuzbass
#997
worldwide
MoscowKemerovo
55.354, 86.104 · 2,987 km from Moscow
City population
558,973
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Russia
#30
of 980 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#997
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Russia
0.4%
of the national population

About Kemerovo

The 30th largest city in Russia, Kemerovo holds 558,973 people and accounts for 0.4% of the national population. It ranks first among 22 cities in Kuzbass and sits 2,987 km from Moscow. Several smaller cities lie within 71 km—Kedrovka at 19 km with 17,752 people, Topki at 32 km with 30,572, and Berëzovskiy at 37 km with 55,000.

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
#30of 980
LargestSmallest
Position in Kuzbass
#1of 22
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Russia
Region
Kuzbass
Rank in region
#1of 22
Distance to capital
2,987 km
to Moscow
Elevation
114 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Novokuznetsk
Coordinates
55.354, 86.104
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.

19KMKedrovka18K people32KMTopki31K people37KMBerëzovskiy55K people57KMPromyshlennaya17K people71KMYashkino15K 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. Kemerovo559K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Kemerovo 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
Kemerovo559K

Kemerovo Population FAQ

What is the population of Kemerovo?

Kemerovo has a city population of 558,973. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Kemerovo?

Kemerovo is in Kuzbass, Russia, 2,987 km from the capital, Moscow. Its coordinates are 55.354, 86.104.

How big is Kemerovo compared with other cities in Russia?

It is the 30th largest of the 980 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Russia, holding 0.4% of the national population.

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