What is the population of Salé?
Salé has a city population of 972,299. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Morocco · Africa
Salé
City population
972,299
#6
in Morocco
#2
in Rabat-Sale-Kenitra
#573
worldwide
34.053, -6.798 · 5 km from Rabat
About Salé
Morocco's sixth-largest listed city by population, Salé holds 972,299 residents and accounts for 2.5% of the national total. It lies 5 km from Rabat, the capital, and ranks second within the Rabat-Sale-Kenitra region. Salé Al Jadida (200,000) and Temara (342,345) are among several cities within 17 km of the city proper.
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
#2of 26
Coordinates
34.053, -6.798
Record updated
18 January 2024
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 176 in MoroccoClosest 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 |
| Salé | 972K |
Salé Population FAQ
Where is Salé?
Salé is in Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Morocco, 5 km from the capital, Rabat. Its coordinates are 34.053, -6.798.
How big is Salé compared with other cities in Morocco?
It is the 6th largest of the 176 cities listed in Morocco, holding 2.5% of the national population.