What is the population of Suez?
Suez has a city population of 699,541. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
29.974, 32.526 · 123 km from Cairo
About Suez
At 11 m above sea level, this city of 699,541 sits 123 km from Cairo and ranks sixth among Egypt's 235 listed cities. Ismailia, with a population of 429,465, lies 74 km away; smaller centres including Fāyīd (35,066) at 43 km and Al 'Ayn as Sukhnah (45,552) at 47 km are also in the 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
Suez
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
11 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Cairo
Coordinates
29.974, 32.526
Record updated
2022-04-18
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 235 in EgyptClosest 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 |
| Suez | 700K |
Suez Population FAQ
Where is Suez?
Suez is in Suez, Egypt, 123 km from the capital, Cairo. Its coordinates are 29.974, 32.526.
How big is Suez compared with other cities in Egypt?
It is the 6th largest of the 235 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Egypt, holding 0.6% of the national population.