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Yekaterinburg

Sverdlovsk Oblast · Russia
City population
1,495,066
#4
in Russia
#1
in Sverdlovsk Oblast
#318
worldwide
MoscowYekaterinburg
56.857, 60.615 · 1,417 km from Moscow
City population
1,495,066
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Russia
#4
of 980 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#318
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Russia
1.0%
of the national population

About Yekaterinburg

The largest city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg has a population of 1,495,066, making it the fourth-largest in Russia. Located 1,417 km from Moscow, it is surrounded by smaller urban centres: Verkhnyaya Pyshma (59,061 people, 13 km away) and Beryozovsky (47,000 people, 13 km away) are its nearest neighbours. The city accounts for 1% of Russia's national population.

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
#4of 980
LargestSmallest
Position in Sverdlovsk Oblast
#1of 42
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Russia
Region
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Rank in region
#1of 42
Distance to capital
1,417 km
to Moscow
Elevation
278 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Yekaterinburg
Coordinates
56.857, 60.615
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.

13KMVerkhnyaya Pyshma59K people17KMSredneuralsk20K people22KMAramil15K people36KMDegtyarsk15K people41KMPervouralsk134K 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. Yekaterinburg1.5M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Yekaterinburg 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
Yekaterinburg1.5M

Yekaterinburg Population FAQ

What is the population of Yekaterinburg?

Yekaterinburg has a city population of 1,495,066. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Yekaterinburg?

Yekaterinburg is in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, 1,417 km from the capital, Moscow. Its coordinates are 56.857, 60.615.

How big is Yekaterinburg compared with other cities in Russia?

It is the 4th largest of the 980 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Russia, holding 1.0% of the national population.

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