What is the population of Palembang?
Palembang has a city population of 1,801,367. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Indonesia · Asia
Palembang
City population
1,801,367
#8
in Indonesia
#1
in South Sumatra
#241
worldwide
-2.917, 104.746 · 434 km from Jakarta
About Palembang
At 5 m above sea level, Palembang is Indonesia's eighth-largest city by population, with 1,801,367 residents. It is the largest city in South Sumatra and accounts for 0.6% of the national population, situated 434 km from Jakarta. Indralaya lies 38 km away with 42,498 residents; the next-nearest substantial city, Baturaja, is 149 km distant with 134,759 people.
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 8
Elevation
5 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Jakarta
Coordinates
-2.917, 104.746
Record updated
2026-06-10
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 446 in IndonesiaClosest 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 |
| Palembang | 1.8M |
Palembang Population FAQ
Where is Palembang?
Palembang is in South Sumatra, Indonesia, 434 km from the capital, Jakarta. Its coordinates are -2.917, 104.746.
How big is Palembang compared with other cities in Indonesia?
It is the 8th largest of the 446 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Indonesia, holding 0.6% of the national population.