What is the population of Oran?
Oran has a city population of 803,329. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Oran
Surrounded by smaller cities within 11 km, Oran has a population of 803,329, making it Algeria's second-largest city and accounting for 1.7% of the national population. It sits 353 km from Algiers. The nearest neighbours are Es Senia at 6 km with 39,064 people, Mers el Kebir at 7 km with 20,178, En Nedjma at 8 km with 51,665, Bir el Djir at 9 km with 68,032, and Sidi ech Chahmi at 11 km with 35,512.
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
118 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Algiers
Coordinates
35.699, -0.636
Record updated
2026-04-13
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 294 in AlgeriaClosest 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 |
| Oran | 803K |
Oran Population FAQ
Where is Oran?
Oran is in Oran, Algeria, 353 km from the capital, Algiers. Its coordinates are 35.699, -0.636.
How big is Oran compared with other cities in Algeria?
It is the 2nd largest of the 294 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Algeria, holding 1.7% of the national population.