What is the population of Semarang?
Semarang has a city population of 1,694,740. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Indonesia · Asia
Semarang
City population
1,694,740
#9
in Indonesia
#1
in Central Java
#261
worldwide
-6.993, 110.421 · 404 km from Jakarta
About Semarang
Ranked 261st by city population worldwide, this city of 1.69 million is the largest in Central Java and accounts for 0.6% of Indonesia's national population. It sits 404 km from Jakarta. Nearby cities include Ungaran at 16 km with 171,378 residents and Salatiga at 39 km with 198,971 residents.
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 80
Elevation
18 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Jakarta
Coordinates
-6.993, 110.421
Record updated
2026-06-10
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 |
| Semarang | 1.69M |
Semarang Population FAQ
Where is Semarang?
Semarang is in Central Java, Indonesia, 404 km from the capital, Jakarta. Its coordinates are -6.993, 110.421.
How big is Semarang compared with other cities in Indonesia?
It is the 9th largest of the 446 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Indonesia, holding 0.6% of the national population.