What is the population of Matsuyama?
Matsuyama has a city population of 511,192. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Matsuyama
Ringed by smaller cities within 15 km—Masaki-chō at 8 km with 30,548 people, Iyo at 11 km with 35,133, and Tōon at 13 km with 33,903—this prefecture's largest city holds 511,192. The city accounts for 0.4% of Japan's national population and ranks 30th among the nation's listed cities, 665 km from Tokyo.
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 18
Elevation
28 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
33.839, 132.766
Record updated
2024-12-02
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 1,216 in JapanClosest 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 |
| Matsuyama | 511K |
Matsuyama Population FAQ
Where is Matsuyama?
Matsuyama is in Ehime, Japan, 665 km from the capital, Tokyo. Its coordinates are 33.839, 132.766.
How big is Matsuyama compared with other cities in Japan?
It is the 30th largest of the 1,216 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Japan, holding 0.4% of the national population.