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Kota Damansara

Selangor · Malaysia
City population
500,000
#20
in Malaysia
#6
in Selangor
#1,147
worldwide
Kuala LumpurKota Damansara
3.155, 101.580 · 12 km from Kuala Lumpur
City population
500,000
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Malaysia
#20
of 350 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#1,147
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Malaysia
1.4%
of the national population

About Kota Damansara

Malaysia's Selangor has 63 listed cities, of which this is the sixth largest with 500,000 people. It sits 12 km from Kuala Lumpur and is ringed by smaller urban centres: Bandar Utama (200,000) lies 4 km away, and Tropicana Indah (20,000), Ara Damansara (60,000), Damansara Damai (85,000), and Taman Tun Dr Ismail (37,500) cluster within 5 km.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Malaysia
#20of 350
LargestSmallest
Position in Selangor
#6of 63
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Malaysia
Region
Selangor
Rank in region
#6of 63
Distance to capital
12 km
to Kuala Lumpur
Elevation
70 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
Coordinates
3.155, 101.580
Record updated
2024-04-21
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 350 in Malaysia

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

4KMBandar Utama200K people4KMAra Damansara60K people5KMDamansara Damai85K people5KMKampung Baru Subang834K people6KMPetaling Jaya808K 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. Kota Damansara500K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Kota Damansara 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
Kota Damansara500K

Kota Damansara Population FAQ

What is the population of Kota Damansara?

Kota Damansara has a city population of 500,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Kota Damansara?

Kota Damansara is in Selangor, Malaysia, 12 km from the capital, Kuala Lumpur. Its coordinates are 3.155, 101.580.

How big is Kota Damansara compared with other cities in Malaysia?

It is the 20th largest of the 350 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Malaysia, holding 1.4% of the national population.

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