What is the population of Nilüfer?
Nilüfer has a city population of 536,365. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
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Nilüfer
City population
536,365
#21
in Turkey
#2
in Bursa Province
#1,048
worldwide
40.214, 28.916 · 337 km from Ankara
About Nilüfer
The second-largest city in Bursa Province, Nilüfer holds a population of 536,365. It sits 12 km from Bursa, the provincial capital and Turkey's fourth-most-populous city with 3,101,833 residents. Nilüfer lies 337 km from Ankara and at an elevation of 69 m above sea level.
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
#2of 14
Elevation
69 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
40.214, 28.916
Record updated
2026-04-29
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 TurkeyClosest 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 |
| Nilüfer | 536K |
Nilüfer Population FAQ
Where is Nilüfer?
Nilüfer is in Bursa Province, Turkey, 337 km from the capital, Ankara. Its coordinates are 40.214, 28.916.
How big is Nilüfer compared with other cities in Turkey?
It is the 21st largest of the 416 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Turkey, holding 0.6% of the national population.