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Tyumen

Tyumen Oblast · Russia
City population
768,358
#18
in Russia
#1
in Tyumen Oblast
#718
worldwide
MoscowTyumen
57.152, 65.527 · 1,710 km from Moscow
City population
768,358
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Russia
#18
of 980 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#718
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Russia
0.5%
of the national population

About Tyumen

Russia's 18th-largest city, Tyumen has a population of 768,358 and accounts for 0.5% of the national population. The city lies 1,710 km from Moscow and is the largest urban centre in Tyumen Oblast, with the next-nearest listed city, Borovskiy, at 17 km away.

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
#18of 980
LargestSmallest
Position in Tyumen Oblast
#1of 6
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Russia
Region
Tyumen Oblast
Rank in region
#1of 6
Distance to capital
1,710 km
to Moscow
Elevation
81 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Yekaterinburg
Coordinates
57.152, 65.527
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.

17KMBorovskiy15K people73KMYalutorovsk36K people95KMZavodoukovsk26K people100KMTavda39K people110KMTalitsa19K 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. Tyumen768K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Tyumen 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
Tyumen768K

Tyumen Population FAQ

What is the population of Tyumen?

Tyumen has a city population of 768,358. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Tyumen?

Tyumen is in Tyumen Oblast, Russia, 1,710 km from the capital, Moscow. Its coordinates are 57.152, 65.527.

How big is Tyumen compared with other cities in Russia?

It is the 18th largest of the 980 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Russia, holding 0.5% of the national population.

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