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City profile · Yemen · Asia

Mukalla

Muhafazat Hadramaout · Yemen
City population
594,951
#6
in Yemen
#1
in Muhafazat Hadramaout
#943
worldwide
SanaaMukalla
14.542, 49.124 · 536 km from Sanaa
City population
594,951
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Yemen
#6
of 25 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#943
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Yemen
1.4%
of the national population

About Mukalla

The sixth-largest city in Yemen, Mukalla holds 594,951 people and accounts for 1.4% of the national population. It stands 536 km from Sanaa and is the largest settlement in Muhafazat Hadramaout. Ghayl Bā Wazīr lies 37 km away with a population of 21,259; the nearest city of comparable scale is El Dibir at 383 km.

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

Position in Yemen
#6of 25
LargestSmallest
Position in Muhafazat Hadramaout
#1of 2
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Yemen
Region
Muhafazat Hadramaout
Rank in region
#1of 2
Distance to capital
536 km
to Sanaa
Elevation
39 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Aden
Coordinates
14.542, 49.124
Record updated
2026-04-14
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 25 in Yemen

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

37KMGhayl Bā Wazīr21K people247KMAtaq37K people351KMQandala19K people · Somalia362KMBosaso74K people · Somalia383KMEl Dibir200K people · Somalia

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. Mukalla595K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Mukalla 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
Mukalla595K

Mukalla Population FAQ

What is the population of Mukalla?

Mukalla has a city population of 594,951. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Mukalla?

Mukalla is in Muhafazat Hadramaout, Yemen, 536 km from the capital, Sanaa. Its coordinates are 14.542, 49.124.

How big is Mukalla compared with other cities in Yemen?

It is the 6th largest of the 25 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Yemen, holding 1.4% of the national population.

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