What is the population of Niigata?
Niigata has a city population of 797,591. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Niigata
At 0.6% of Japan's national population, Niigata holds the sixteenth rank among the country's cities. The city sits 255 km from Tokyo and at an elevation of 1 m. Several smaller cities lie within 20 km: Niitsu-honchō at 15 km with 65,910 people, Shirone at 18 km with 41,406, and Agano at 19 km with 40,696.
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 32
Elevation
1 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
37.923, 139.041
Record updated
2024-01-18
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 |
| Niigata | 798K |
Niigata Population FAQ
Where is Niigata?
Niigata is in Niigata, Japan, 255 km from the capital, Tokyo. Its coordinates are 37.923, 139.041.
How big is Niigata compared with other cities in Japan?
It is the 16th largest of the 1,216 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Japan, holding 0.6% of the national population.