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Tomsk

Tomsk Oblast · Russia
City population
574,002
#28
in Russia
#1
in Tomsk Oblast
#974
worldwide
MoscowTomsk
56.500, 84.982 · 2,878 km from Moscow
City population
574,002
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Russia
#28
of 980 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#974
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Russia
0.4%
of the national population

About Tomsk

The 28th largest city in Russia, Tomsk holds 574,002 people and accounts for 0.4% of the nation's population. It sits 2,878 km from Moscow. Seversk, a city of 109,844, lies 13 km away; four other cities with populations between 15,000 and 82,500 are scattered within 90 km.

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

Position in Russia
#28of 980
LargestSmallest
Position in Tomsk Oblast
#1of 5
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Russia
Region
Tomsk Oblast
Rank in region
#1of 5
Distance to capital
2,878 km
to Moscow
Elevation
122 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tomsk
Coordinates
56.500, 84.982
Record updated
2026-04-14
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 980 in Russia

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

13KMSeversk110K people62KMTayga24K people75KMYashkino15K people80KMAnzhero-Sudzhensk83K people90KMAsino27K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Tomsk574K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Tomsk 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
Tomsk574K

Tomsk Population FAQ

What is the population of Tomsk?

Tomsk has a city population of 574,002. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Tomsk?

Tomsk is in Tomsk Oblast, Russia, 2,878 km from the capital, Moscow. Its coordinates are 56.500, 84.982.

How big is Tomsk compared with other cities in Russia?

It is the 28th largest of the 980 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Russia, holding 0.4% of the national population.

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