What is the population of Toulouse?
Toulouse has a city population of 511,684. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in Occitanie, France with a population of 511,684. It is the 4th largest of the 640 cities of 15,000 or more listed in France, and the 1,111th largest worldwide. It lies 588 km from Paris.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 33
Coordinates
43.604, 1.444
Record updated
9 December 2025
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 640 in FranceClosest 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 |
| Toulouse | 512K |
Toulouse Population FAQ
Where is Toulouse?
Toulouse is in Occitanie, France, 588 km from the capital, Paris. Its coordinates are 43.604, 1.444.
How big is Toulouse compared with other cities in France?
It is the 4th largest of the 640 cities listed in France, holding 0.7% of the national population.