What is the population of Taiz?
Taiz has a city population of 940,600. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Yemen · Asia
Taiz
Ta'izz · Yemen
City population
940,600
#3
in Yemen
#1
in Ta'izz
#591
worldwide
13.580, 44.021 · 198 km from Sanaa
About Taiz
Taiz is a city in Ta'izz, Yemen with a population of 940,600. It is the 3rd largest of the 25 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Yemen, and the 591st largest worldwide. It lies 198 km from Sanaa.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Ta'izz
Rank in region
#1of 2
Coordinates
13.580, 44.021
Record updated
14 April 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.
Nearby Cities
All 25 in YemenClosest 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 |
| Taiz | 941K |
Taiz Population FAQ
Where is Taiz?
Taiz is in Ta'izz, Yemen, 198 km from the capital, Sanaa. Its coordinates are 13.580, 44.021.
How big is Taiz compared with other cities in Yemen?
It is the 3rd largest of the 25 cities listed in Yemen, holding 2.3% of the national population.