What is the population of Lipetsk?
Lipetsk has a city population of 509,735. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Russia · Europe
Lipetsk
City population
509,735
#36
in Russia
#1
in Lipetsk Oblast
#1,123
worldwide
52.588, 39.552 · 374 km from Moscow
About Lipetsk
The largest city in Lipetsk Oblast, Lipetsk has a population of 509,735 and ranks 36th among Russia's 980 listed cities. Situated 374 km from Moscow, it sits at low elevation in the European part of Russia. Yelets, with 115,688 people, lies 70 km away; Michurinsk, with 93,499, is 72 km distant.
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 6
Elevation
156 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Moscow
Coordinates
52.588, 39.552
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 RussiaClosest 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 |
| Lipetsk | 510K |
Lipetsk Population FAQ
Where is Lipetsk?
Lipetsk is in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, 374 km from the capital, Moscow. Its coordinates are 52.588, 39.552.
How big is Lipetsk compared with other cities in Russia?
It is the 36th largest of the 980 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Russia, holding 0.4% of the national population.