What is the population of Odesa?
Odesa has a city population of 1,010,537. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Odesa
At 50 m above sea level, this city of 1,010,537 is Ukraine's third-largest by population, accounting for 2.6% of the national total. It sits 442 km from Kyiv and anchors a cluster of nearby towns: Cheremushky lies 6 km away with 120,000 residents, while Chornomors'k (22 km, 57,983) and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (44 km, 47,727) are also within the broader area.
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 12
Elevation
50 m
Time zone
Europe/Kyiv
Coordinates
46.486, 30.744
Record updated
2026-07-02
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.
Nearby Cities
All 272 in UkraineClosest 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 |
| Odesa | 1.01M |
Odesa Population FAQ
Where is Odesa?
Odesa is in Odesa, Ukraine, 442 km from the capital, Kyiv. Its coordinates are 46.486, 30.744.
How big is Odesa compared with other cities in Ukraine?
It is the 3rd largest of the 272 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Ukraine, holding 2.6% of the national population.