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 listed 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
Coordinates
-7.556, 110.832
Record updated
11 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 |
| 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 listed in Indonesia, holding 0.2% of the national population.