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Capital city · Armenia · Asia

Yerevan

Yerevan · Armenia
City population
1,144,700
#1
in Armenia
#473
worldwide
Yerevan
40.178, 44.513
City population
1,144,700
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Armenia
#1
of 19 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#473
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Armenia
37.1%
of the national population

About Yerevan

The national capital of Armenia, Yerevan has a population of 1,144,700, accounting for 37.1% of the country's total. The city sits at approximately 1,002 m elevation. Within 25 km are five cities ranging from 17,600 to 50,556 residents: Abovyan at 15 km is the largest of these neighbours, followed by Vagharshapat at 19 km with 47,989 people.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Armenia
#1of 19
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Armenia
Region
Yerevan
Capital
National capital
Elevation
1,002 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Yerevan
Coordinates
40.178, 44.513
Record updated
2026-04-04
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 19 in Armenia

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

15KMAbovyan51K people19KMAshtarak18K people19KMVagharshapat48K people25KMArtashat23K people27KMCharentsavan22K 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. Yerevan1.14M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Yerevan 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
Yerevan1.14M

Yerevan Population FAQ

What is the population of Yerevan?

Yerevan has a city population of 1,144,700. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Yerevan?

Yerevan is in Yerevan, Armenia. Its coordinates are 40.178, 44.513.

How big is Yerevan compared with other cities in Armenia?

It is the 1st largest of the 19 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Armenia, holding 37.1% of the national population.

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