What is the population of Pointe-Noire?
Pointe-Noire has a city population of 1,032,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Congo · Africa
Pointe-Noire
Pointe-Noire · Congo
City population
1,032,000
#2
in Congo
#1
in Pointe-Noire
#522
worldwide
-4.776, 11.864 · 383 km from Brazzaville
About Pointe-Noire
The sole major urban centre in Pointe-Noire Region, this city of 1,032,000 accounts for 15.9% of Congo's population. It lies 383 km from Brazzaville, the national capital. Loandjili, a city of 23,204, stands 2 km away; Dolisie, with 121,000 people, is 110 km distant.
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
Pointe-Noire
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
12 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Brazzaville
Coordinates
-4.776, 11.864
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 23 in CongoClosest 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 |
| Pointe-Noire | 1.03M |
Pointe-Noire Population FAQ
Where is Pointe-Noire?
Pointe-Noire is in Pointe-Noire, Congo, 383 km from the capital, Brazzaville. Its coordinates are -4.776, 11.864.
How big is Pointe-Noire compared with other cities in Congo?
It is the 2nd largest of the 23 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Congo, holding 15.9% of the national population.