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Naples

City population
909,048
#3
in Italy
#1
in Campania
#609
worldwide
RomeNaples
40.852, 14.268 · 187 km from Rome
Share of Italy
1.5%
Of the national population
Elevation
17 m
Surveyed
Distance to capital
To Rome
Time zone
Europe/Rome
IANA zone identifier

About Naples

At 187 km from Rome, Naples holds 909,048 residents and ranks as Italy's third-largest listed city by population. The city accounts for 1.5% of the national population and stands as the largest in Campania. Several municipalities surround it closely: Barra at 4 km with 36,642 people, Ponticelli at 5 km with 52,284, and three others within 4 km with populations between 23,654 and 23,896.

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

Position in Italy
#3of 596
LargestSmallest
Position in Campania
#1of 87
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 87
Coordinates
40.852, 14.268
Record updated
17 April 2026
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.

Nearby Cities

All 596 in Italy

Closest 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.

City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Naples 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
Naples909K

Naples Population FAQ

What is the population of Naples?

Naples has a city population of 909,048. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Naples?

Naples is in Campania, Italy, 187 km from the capital, Rome. Its coordinates are 40.852, 14.268.

How big is Naples compared with other cities in Italy?

It is the 3rd largest of the 596 cities listed in Italy, holding 1.5% of the national population.

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