What is the population of Samarinda?
Samarinda has a city population of 865,306. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Indonesia · Asia
Samarinda
City population
865,306
#19
in Indonesia
#1
in East Kalimantan
#646
worldwide
-0.492, 117.146 · 1,308 km from Jakarta
About Samarinda
Indonesia's 19th-largest city, Samarinda holds a population of 865,306 and ranks as the most populous city in East Kalimantan. It sits 1,308 km from Jakarta. Loa Janan, with 212,816 people, lies 12 km away, while Balikpapan, Indonesia's 11th-largest city at 695,287, is positioned 93 km distant.
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 5
Elevation
24 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Makassar
Coordinates
-0.492, 117.146
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 |
| Samarinda | 865K |
Samarinda Population FAQ
Where is Samarinda?
Samarinda is in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, 1,308 km from the capital, Jakarta. Its coordinates are -0.492, 117.146.
How big is Samarinda compared with other cities in Indonesia?
It is the 19th largest of the 446 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Indonesia, holding 0.3% of the national population.