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Penza

Penza Oblast · Russia
City population
523,553
#34
in Russia
#1
in Penza Oblast
#1,081
worldwide
MoscowPenza
53.196, 45.011 · 555 km from Moscow
City population
523,553
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Russia
#34
of 980 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#1,081
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Russia
0.4%
of the national population

About Penza

Located 555 km from Moscow, this city of 523,553 is the largest in Penza Oblast and accounts for 0.4% of Russia's population. Zarechnyy lies 12 km away with a population of 63,579, while Kamenka, Ruzayevka, Nikol'sk, and Nizhniy Lomov range from 23,835 to 49,311 residents within 64 to 96 km.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Russia
#34of 980
LargestSmallest
Position in Penza Oblast
#1of 8
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Russia
Region
Penza Oblast
Rank in region
#1of 8
Distance to capital
555 km
to Moscow
Elevation
156 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Moscow
Coordinates
53.196, 45.011
Record updated
2026-04-14
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 980 in Russia

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

12KMZarechnyy64K people64KMKamenka33K people91KMNikol’sk24K people96KMNizhniy Lomov24K people96KMRuzayevka49K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Penza524K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Penza compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Penza524K

Penza Population FAQ

What is the population of Penza?

Penza has a city population of 523,553. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Penza?

Penza is in Penza Oblast, Russia, 555 km from the capital, Moscow. Its coordinates are 53.196, 45.011.

How big is Penza compared with other cities in Russia?

It is the 34th largest of the 980 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Russia, holding 0.4% of the national population.

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