What is the population of Yangon?
Yangon has a city population of 4,477,638. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Myanmar · Asia
Yangon
City population
4,477,638
#1
in Myanmar
#1
in Yangon
#70
worldwide
16.805, 96.156 · 327 km from Nay Pyi Taw
About Yangon
With a metropolitan population of 5,565,000 and a city-proper population of 4,477,638, Yangon is among Asia's major urban centers. The city sits at 30 m elevation and experiences dense settlement at 9,306 people per km². Annual growth of 1.5% suggests a gradually expanding population base. Yangon International Airport (RGN) serves the city's air transport needs. The city was founded in 1035, giving it over a millennium of history within Myanmar.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Metro population
5,565,000
0.067% of world population
Archive estimateAnnual growth
+1.45%
Archive estimateDensity
9,306/km²
598 km² metro area
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 33
Founded
1035
Coordinates
16.805, 96.156
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 160 in MyanmarClosest 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 |
| Yangon | 4.48M |
Airports
Scheduled-service airports within 100 km, nearest first.
- Yangon International AirportRGN
12 km from the city centre
Source: OurAirports, matched by distance.
Population Trend in Myanmar
No free source publishes city population back to 1950, so the parent country's series is shown instead.
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 17,737,117 |
| 1960 | 21,730,250 |
| 1970 | 27,193,016 |
| 1980 | 33,227,204 |
| 1990 | 39,817,251 |
| 2000 | 45,290,841 |
| 2010 | 49,024,382 |
| 2020 | 53,016,522 |
| 2030 | 56,351,031 |
| 2040 | 58,169,858 |
| 2050 | 58,623,232 |
| 2060 | 57,935,312 |
| 2070 | 56,437,247 |
| 2080 | 54,433,608 |
| 2090 | 52,136,425 |
| 2100 | 49,658,882 |
Yangon Population FAQ
Where is Yangon?
Yangon is in Yangon, Myanmar, 327 km from the capital, Nay Pyi Taw. Its coordinates are 16.805, 96.156.
How big is Yangon compared with other cities in Myanmar?
It is the 1st largest of the 160 cities listed in Myanmar, holding 8.2% of the national population.