What is the population of Valencia?
Valencia has a city population of 824,340. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Valencia
The city holds 1.7% of the country's population, the third-largest share among 544 listed cities in the nation. Located 302 km from Madrid, it anchors a cluster of smaller municipalities: Mislata (3 km, 46,131), Xirivella (4 km, 30,002), Burjassot (5 km, 38,433), Quart de Poblet (5 km, 25,499), and Alboraya (4 km, 24,222) lie within its immediate vicinity. The city proper has 824,340 residents and sits at 15 m elevation.
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 78
Elevation
15 m
Time zone
Europe/Madrid
Coordinates
39.474, -0.380
Record updated
2025-10-22
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.
Nearby Cities
All 544 in SpainClosest 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 |
| Valencia | 824K |
Valencia Population FAQ
Where is Valencia?
Valencia is in Valencia, Spain, 302 km from the capital, Madrid. Its coordinates are 39.474, -0.380.
How big is Valencia compared with other cities in Spain?
It is the 3rd largest of the 544 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Spain, holding 1.7% of the national population.