What is the population of Surabaya?
Surabaya has a city population of 3,018,022. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Surabaya
With a metropolitan population of 3,457,000, Surabaya is Indonesia's second-largest urban area. The city-proper has 3,018,022 residents packed into a densely developed area of 9,877 people per km², situated just 8 meters above sea level on Java's northeastern coast. Founded in 1293, the city has grown at an annual rate of 0.7% in recent years.
Surabaya is served by Juanda International Airport, with Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport also nearby. The city is administered by mayor Eri Cahyadi.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Metro population
3,457,000
0.042% of world population
Archive estimateAnnual growth
+0.65%
Archive estimateDensity
9,877/km²
350 km² metro area
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 73
Founded
1293
Leadership
Eri Cahyadi
Coordinates
-7.249, 112.751
Record updated
10 June 2026
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 |
| Surabaya | 3.02M |
Airports
Scheduled-service airports within 100 km, nearest first.
- Juanda International AirportSUB
15 km from the city centre
- Abdul Rachman Saleh AirportMLG
76 km from the city centre
Source: OurAirports, matched by distance.
Population Trend in Indonesia
No free source publishes city population back to 1950, so the parent country's series is shown instead.
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 68,799,025 |
| 1960 | 88,296,070 |
| 1970 | 115,657,495 |
| 1980 | 148,950,540 |
| 1990 | 183,501,098 |
| 2000 | 216,077,790 |
| 2010 | 246,305,322 |
| 2020 | 274,814,866 |
| 2030 | 295,876,648 |
| 2040 | 311,797,395 |
| 2050 | 320,712,949 |
| 2060 | 322,529,333 |
| 2070 | 320,049,797 |
| 2080 | 314,542,594 |
| 2090 | 306,110,861 |
| 2100 | 295,511,061 |
Surabaya Population FAQ
Where is Surabaya?
Surabaya is in East Java, Indonesia, 662 km from the capital, Jakarta. Its coordinates are -7.249, 112.751.
How big is Surabaya compared with other cities in Indonesia?
It is the 2nd largest of the 446 cities listed in Indonesia, holding 1.1% of the national population.