What is the population of Kharkiv?
Kharkiv has a city population of 1,421,125. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Kharkiv
Three cities of 20,000–36,500 people lie within 35 km: Chuhuyiv, Pisochyn, Merefa, Liubotyn, and Derhachi form a cluster around this city of 1.42 million. The second-largest city in Ukraine by population, it accounts for 3.6% of the national total and sits 411 km from Kyiv. Elevation reaches 94 m above sea level.
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 16
Elevation
94 m
Time zone
Europe/Kyiv
Coordinates
49.982, 36.255
Record updated
2026-07-02
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.
Nearby Cities
All 272 in UkraineClosest 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 |
| Kharkiv | 1.42M |
Kharkiv Population FAQ
Where is Kharkiv?
Kharkiv is in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 411 km from the capital, Kyiv. Its coordinates are 49.982, 36.255.
How big is Kharkiv compared with other cities in Ukraine?
It is the 2nd largest of the 272 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Ukraine, holding 3.6% of the national population.