What is the population of Surakarta?
Surakarta has a city population of 526,870. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Indonesia · Asia
Surakarta
City population
526,870
#29
in Indonesia
#3
in Central Java
#1,074
worldwide
-7.556, 110.832 · 465 km from Jakarta
About Surakarta
The third-largest city in Central Java, Surakarta has a population of 526,870. It sits 465 km from Jakarta and is surrounded by smaller settlements: Grogol lies 5 km away with 100,613 residents, while Kartasura (88,927), Baki (58,909), Jaten (32,378), and Colomadu (26,274) are all within 10 km. The city accounts for 0.2% of Indonesia's national population.
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
#3of 80
Elevation
100 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Jakarta
Coordinates
-7.556, 110.832
Record updated
2026-06-11
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 |
| Surakarta | 527K |
Surakarta Population FAQ
Where is Surakarta?
Surakarta is in Central Java, Indonesia, 465 km from the capital, Jakarta. Its coordinates are -7.556, 110.832.
How big is Surakarta compared with other cities in Indonesia?
It is the 29th largest of the 446 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Indonesia, holding 0.2% of the national population.