What is the population of Kumamoto?
Kumamoto has a city population of 738,907. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Kumamoto
Ranked 747th globally among cities, this settlement holds 738,907 people and accounts for 0.6% of Japan's national population. Located 887 km from Tokyo, it sits at 9 m elevation and anchors its prefecture with Kotō 6 km away at 543,730 residents—the two cities form a substantial urban pair in the region.
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 25
Elevation
9 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
32.806, 130.692
Record updated
2022-08-15
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 1,216 in JapanClosest 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 |
| Kumamoto | 739K |
Kumamoto Population FAQ
Where is Kumamoto?
Kumamoto is in Kumamoto, Japan, 887 km from the capital, Tokyo. Its coordinates are 32.806, 130.692.
How big is Kumamoto compared with other cities in Japan?
It is the 19th largest of the 1,216 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Japan, holding 0.6% of the national population.