What is the population of Sheffield?
Sheffield has a city population of 556,500. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · United Kingdom · Europe
Sheffield
City population
556,500
#5
in United Kingdom
#4
in England
#1,000
worldwide
53.383, -1.466 · 227 km from London
About Sheffield
Located 227 km from London, Sheffield has a population of 556,500, making it the fourth-largest city in England. Rotherham, a city of 117,618, lies 9 km away; several smaller settlements including Burngreave (1 km, 27,481) sit within its immediate vicinity.
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
#4of 679
Elevation
75 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/London
Coordinates
53.383, -1.466
Record updated
2025-06-26
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 794 in United KingdomClosest 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 |
| Sheffield | 557K |
Sheffield Population FAQ
Where is Sheffield?
Sheffield is in England, United Kingdom, 227 km from the capital, London. Its coordinates are 53.383, -1.466.
How big is Sheffield compared with other cities in United Kingdom?
It is the 5th largest of the 794 cities of 15,000 or more listed in United Kingdom, holding 0.8% of the national population.