What is the population of Okayama?
Okayama has a city population of 724,691. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Okayama
Okayama sits at 5 m above sea level and holds the largest city population in its prefecture, with 724,691 residents. Located 536 km from Tokyo, it ranks 21st among Japan's listed cities. Kurashiki, a city of 483,576 people, lies 17 km away; Tamano and Sōja, both under 70,000, are 15 km and 17 km distant respectively.
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 16
Elevation
5 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
34.650, 133.933
Record updated
2024-12-29
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 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 |
| Okayama | 725K |
Okayama Population FAQ
Where is Okayama?
Okayama is in Okayama, Japan, 536 km from the capital, Tokyo. Its coordinates are 34.650, 133.933.
How big is Okayama compared with other cities in Japan?
It is the 21st largest of the 1,216 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Japan, holding 0.6% of the national population.