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Saratov

Saratov Oblast · Russia
City population
844,858
#17
in Russia
#1
in Saratov Oblast
#660
worldwide
MoscowSaratov
51.540, 45.990 · 723 km from Moscow
City population
844,858
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Russia
#17
of 980 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#660
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Russia
0.6%
of the national population

About Saratov

The largest city in Saratov Oblast, this city of 844,858 people ranks seventeenth among Russia's listed cities. It sits 723 km from Moscow. Engels, a city of 196,011, lies 10 km away; Privolzhskiy (31,849) is 15 km distant.

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

Position in Russia
#17of 980
LargestSmallest
Position in Saratov Oblast
#1of 15
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Russia
Region
Saratov Oblast
Rank in region
#1of 15
Distance to capital
723 km
to Moscow
Elevation
80 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Saratov
Coordinates
51.540, 45.990
Record updated
2026-04-14
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 980 in Russia

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

10KMEngels196K people15KMPrivolzhskiy32K people55KMMarks33K people61KMKrasnoarmeysk26K people78KMAtkarsk28K 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. Saratov845K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Saratov 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
Saratov845K

Saratov Population FAQ

What is the population of Saratov?

Saratov has a city population of 844,858. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Saratov?

Saratov is in Saratov Oblast, Russia, 723 km from the capital, Moscow. Its coordinates are 51.540, 45.990.

How big is Saratov compared with other cities in Russia?

It is the 17th largest of the 980 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Russia, holding 0.6% of the national population.

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