What is the population of Lviv?
Lviv has a city population of 717,273. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Lviv
The nearest listed cities sit between 9 km and 63 km away, with Vynnyky at 9 km holding a population of 19,037. Lviv has 717,273 residents, making it the sixth-largest city among Ukraine's 272 listed cities and accounting for 1.8% of the national population. It lies 468 km from Kyiv.
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 16
Elevation
284 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Kyiv
Coordinates
49.838, 24.023
Record updated
2026-07-02
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 272 in UkraineClosest 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 |
| Lviv | 717K |
Lviv Population FAQ
Where is Lviv?
Lviv is in Lviv, Ukraine, 468 km from the capital, Kyiv. Its coordinates are 49.838, 24.023.
How big is Lviv compared with other cities in Ukraine?
It is the 6th largest of the 272 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Ukraine, holding 1.8% of the national population.