What is the population of Zamboanga?
Zamboanga has a city population of 1,018,849. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Philippines · Asia
Zamboanga
City population
1,018,849
#8
in Philippines
#1
in Zamboanga Peninsula
#539
worldwide
6.910, 122.074 · 864 km from Manila
About Zamboanga
Lying 864 km from Manila, Zamboanga holds a population of 1,018,849, making it the eighth-largest city in the Philippines and the largest in Zamboanga Peninsula. The city sits at 9 m elevation and is surrounded by smaller urban centres; Recodo lies 13 km away with a population of 42,788, and City of Isabela is 26 km distant with 67,336 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
#1of 10
Elevation
9 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Manila
Coordinates
6.910, 122.074
Record updated
2025-09-24
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 519 in PhilippinesClosest 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 |
| Zamboanga | 1.02M |
Zamboanga Population FAQ
Where is Zamboanga?
Zamboanga is in Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines, 864 km from the capital, Manila. Its coordinates are 6.910, 122.074.
How big is Zamboanga compared with other cities in Philippines?
It is the 8th largest of the 519 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Philippines, holding 0.9% of the national population.