What is the population of Korla?
Korla has a city population of 549,324. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Korla
At 549,324 people, this city holds 0.04% of China's national population. The third-largest city in Xinjiang, it sits 2,540 km from Beijing. Ürümqi, the region's dominant centre with 3,029,372 people, lies 256 km away; Shihezi (572,772) is 283 km distant. The city stands at 945 m elevation.
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
#3of 110
Elevation
945 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Urumqi
Coordinates
41.761, 86.152
Record updated
2022-02-01
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 2,091 in ChinaClosest 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 |
| Korla | 549K |
Korla Population FAQ
Where is Korla?
Korla is in Xinjiang, China, 2,540 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 41.761, 86.152.
How big is Korla compared with other cities in China?
It is the 269th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.0% of the national population.