What is the population of Sendai?
Sendai has a city population of 1,096,704. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Sendai
Japan's 12th-largest city by population, Sendai holds 1,096,704 residents and accounts for 0.9% of the national total. It sits 305 km from Tokyo and dominates Miyagi as the region's largest settlement. Five cities of 36,000 to 78,700 residents cluster within 16 km, with Natori-shi the nearest at 11 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 27
Elevation
53 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
38.267, 140.867
Record updated
2022-08-15
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 |
| Sendai | 1.1M |
Sendai Population FAQ
Where is Sendai?
Sendai is in Miyagi, Japan, 305 km from the capital, Tokyo. Its coordinates are 38.267, 140.867.
How big is Sendai compared with other cities in Japan?
It is the 12th largest of the 1,216 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Japan, holding 0.9% of the national population.