What is the population of Saitama?
Saitama has a city population of 1,324,854. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Saitama
The largest city in Saitama prefecture, it holds a population of 1,324,854 and ranks tenth among all listed cities in Japan. Situated 25 km from Tokyo, it sits at low elevation on level terrain. Four cities of over 60,000 people lie within 8 km.
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 63
Elevation
16 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
35.908, 139.657
Record updated
2025-02-18
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 1,216 in JapanClosest 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 |
| Saitama | 1.32M |
Saitama Population FAQ
Where is Saitama?
Saitama is in Saitama, Japan, 25 km from the capital, Tokyo. Its coordinates are 35.908, 139.657.
How big is Saitama compared with other cities in Japan?
It is the 10th largest of the 1,216 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Japan, holding 1.1% of the national population.