What is the population of Pontianak?
Pontianak has a city population of 686,019. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Indonesia · Asia
Pontianak
City population
686,019
#23
in Indonesia
#1
in West Kalimantan
#809
worldwide
-0.032, 109.325 · 741 km from Jakarta
About Pontianak
Located 741 km from Jakarta, Pontianak is the largest city in West Kalimantan with a population of 686,019. At 2 m elevation, it ranks 23rd among Indonesia's listed cities and holds 0.2% of the national population. Singkawang, the second-largest centre in the region, lies 111 km away.
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
2 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Pontianak
Coordinates
-0.032, 109.325
Record updated
2026-06-11
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 |
| Pontianak | 686K |
Pontianak Population FAQ
Where is Pontianak?
Pontianak is in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, 741 km from the capital, Jakarta. Its coordinates are -0.032, 109.325.
How big is Pontianak compared with other cities in Indonesia?
It is the 23rd largest of the 446 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Indonesia, holding 0.2% of the national population.