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
Coordinates
-0.032, 109.325
Record updated
11 June 2026
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 listed in Indonesia, holding 0.2% of the national population.