What is the population of Lubumbashi?
Lubumbashi has a city population of 2,221,925. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · DR Congo · Africa
Lubumbashi
City population
2,221,925
#2
in DR Congo
#1
in Haut-Katanga
#177
worldwide
-11.661, 27.479 · 1,567 km from Kinshasa
About Lubumbashi
Located 1,567 km from Kinshasa, Lubumbashi holds 2,221,925 people and ranks as the second-largest city in DR Congo. The city sits at 1,260 m elevation and accounts for 2% of the national population. Likasi lies 110 km away with a population of 635,768, and Chingola stands 106 km distant at 256,560 people.
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
1,260 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Lubumbashi
Coordinates
-11.661, 27.479
Record updated
2026-04-13
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 114 in DR CongoClosest 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 |
| Lubumbashi | 2.22M |
Lubumbashi Population FAQ
Where is Lubumbashi?
Lubumbashi is in Haut-Katanga, DR Congo, 1,567 km from the capital, Kinshasa. Its coordinates are -11.661, 27.479.
How big is Lubumbashi compared with other cities in DR Congo?
It is the 2nd largest of the 114 cities of 15,000 or more listed in DR Congo, holding 2.0% of the national population.