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.
City profile · Russia · Asia
Tomsk
City population
574,002
#28
in Russia
#1
in Tomsk Oblast
#974
worldwide
56.500, 84.982 · 2,878 km from Moscow
About Tomsk
The 28th largest listed 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.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 5
Coordinates
56.500, 84.982
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. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 980 in RussiaClosest 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 |
| Tomsk | 574K |
Tomsk Population FAQ
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 listed in Russia, holding 0.4% of the national population.