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Capital city · Haiti · North America

Port-au-Prince

Ouest · Haiti
City population
1,234,742
#1
in Haiti
#1
in Ouest
#423
worldwide
Port-au-Prince
18.543, -72.339
City population
1,234,742
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Haiti
#1
of 31 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#423
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Haiti
10.4%
of the national population

About Port-au-Prince

At 27 m above sea level, Port-au-Prince holds 1,234,742 people and accounts for 10.4% of Haiti's population. The national capital ranks first among Haiti's 31 listed cities and first within its region of Ouest. Delmas, Carrefour, and Pétionville each lie within 7 km, with populations of 395,260, 511,345, and 376,834 respectively.

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

Position in Haiti
#1of 31
LargestSmallest
Position in Ouest
#1of 13
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Haiti
Region
Ouest
Rank in region
#1of 13
Capital
National capital
Elevation
27 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Port-au-Prince
Coordinates
18.543, -72.339
Record updated
2019-09-05
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 31 in Haiti

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

4KMDelmas395K people7KMCarrefour511K people7KMPétionville377K people12KMCroix-des-Bouquets229K people20KMGressier26K 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. Port-au-Prince1.23M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Port-au-Prince 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
Port-au-Prince1.23M

Port-au-Prince Population FAQ

What is the population of Port-au-Prince?

Port-au-Prince has a city population of 1,234,742. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Port-au-Prince?

Port-au-Prince is in Ouest, Haiti. Its coordinates are 18.543, -72.339.

How big is Port-au-Prince compared with other cities in Haiti?

It is the 1st largest of the 31 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Haiti, holding 10.4% of the national population.

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