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Tasikmalaya

City population
770,839
#20
in Indonesia
#5
in West Java
#714
worldwide
JakartaTasikmalaya
-7.327, 108.221 · 196 km from Jakarta
Share of Indonesia
0.3%
Of the national population
Elevation
354 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Distance to capital
To Jakarta
Time zone
Asia/Jakarta
IANA zone identifier

About Tasikmalaya

Sited 196 km from Jakarta, Tasikmalaya holds a population of 770,839, placing it fifth in West Java and twentieth among Indonesia's listed cities. Four cities with populations between 26,000 and 110,000 lie within 31 km, the nearest being Kawalu at 6 km with 50,541 residents.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Indonesia
#20of 446
LargestSmallest
Position in West Java
#5of 65
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Rank in region
#5of 65
Coordinates
-7.327, 108.221
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 Indonesia

Closest 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.

City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Tasikmalaya compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Tasikmalaya771K

Tasikmalaya Population FAQ

What is the population of Tasikmalaya?

Tasikmalaya has a city population of 770,839. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Tasikmalaya?

Tasikmalaya is in West Java, Indonesia, 196 km from the capital, Jakarta. Its coordinates are -7.327, 108.221.

How big is Tasikmalaya compared with other cities in Indonesia?

It is the 20th largest of the 446 cities listed in Indonesia, holding 0.3% of the national population.

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