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Malatya

Malatya · Turkey
City population
750,491
#16
in Turkey
#1
in Malatya
#732
worldwide
AnkaraMalatya
38.350, 38.317 · 502 km from Ankara
City population
750,491
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Turkey
#16
of 416 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#732
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Turkey
0.9%
of the national population

About Malatya

At 502 km from Ankara, Malatya holds a population of 750,491, making it the 16th-largest city in Turkey and accounting for 0.9% of the national population. Situated at 963 m elevation, the city is the largest in its province, with Adıyaman 65 km away as the nearest comparable urban centre.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Turkey
#16of 416
LargestSmallest
Position in Malatya
#1of 3
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Turkey
Region
Malatya
Rank in region
#1of 3
Distance to capital
502 km
to Ankara
Elevation
963 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
38.350, 38.317
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 416 in Turkey

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

50KMBaskil16K people65KMAdıyaman291K people68KMAltınşehir26K people68KMKâhta98K people74KMDarende20K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Malatya750K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Malatya compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Malatya750K

Malatya Population FAQ

What is the population of Malatya?

Malatya has a city population of 750,491. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Malatya?

Malatya is in Malatya, Turkey, 502 km from the capital, Ankara. Its coordinates are 38.350, 38.317.

How big is Malatya compared with other cities in Turkey?

It is the 16th largest of the 416 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Turkey, holding 0.9% of the national population.

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