What is the population of Visakhapatnam?
Visakhapatnam has a city population of 1,063,178. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · India · Asia
Visakhapatnam
City population
1,063,178
#49
in India
#3
in Andhra Pradesh
#506
worldwide
17.680, 83.202 · 1,361 km from New Delhi
About Visakhapatnam
At 24 m above sea level, Visakhapatnam is India's 49th-largest city by population, with 1,063,178 residents. It ranks third within Andhra Pradesh and accounts for 0.1% of the national population. Rasapūdipalem, 13 km away, holds 1,728,128 people; Gajuwaka lies 3 km distant with 258,944 residents.
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
#3of 178
Elevation
24 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
17.680, 83.202
Record updated
2026-04-29
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 3,732 in IndiaClosest 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 |
| Visakhapatnam | 1.06M |
Visakhapatnam Population FAQ
Where is Visakhapatnam?
Visakhapatnam is in Andhra Pradesh, India, 1,361 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 17.680, 83.202.
How big is Visakhapatnam compared with other cities in India?
It is the 49th largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.1% of the national population.