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Zhytomyr
City population
261,624
#20
in Ukraine
#1
in Zhytomyr Oblast
#2,188
worldwide
50.262, 28.679 · 133 km from Kyiv
About Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr is a city in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine with a population of 261,624. It is the 20th largest of the 272 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Ukraine, and the 2,188th largest worldwide. It lies 133 km from Kyiv.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 9
Elevation
236 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Kyiv
Coordinates
50.262, 28.679
Record updated
2026-07-02
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 272 in UkraineClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.