What is the population of Makassar?
Makassar has a city population of 1,474,393. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Indonesia · Asia
Makassar
City population
1,474,393
#10
in Indonesia
#1
in South Sulawesi
#327
worldwide
-5.149, 119.432 · 1,398 km from Jakarta
About Makassar
Indonesia's tenth-largest city by population, Makassar holds 1,474,393 residents and accounts for 0.5% of the national total. It ranks first within South Sulawesi and sits 1,398 km from Jakarta. Galesong lies 20 km away with 83,050 residents, while Maros and Sinjai are at 22 km and 91 km respectively.
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 10
Elevation
6 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Makassar
Coordinates
-5.149, 119.432
Record updated
2026-06-10
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 446 in IndonesiaClosest 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 |
| Makassar | 1.47M |
Makassar Population FAQ
Where is Makassar?
Makassar is in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, 1,398 km from the capital, Jakarta. Its coordinates are -5.149, 119.432.
How big is Makassar compared with other cities in Indonesia?
It is the 10th largest of the 446 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Indonesia, holding 0.5% of the national population.