What is the population of Sydney?

5,557,233 people, per GeoNames.

SYDNEY

New South Wales · AUSTRALIA (AU) · 33.87°S / 151.21°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 2,147,714

Sydney is a city in Australia with a population of 5,557,233. It sits at -33.87/151.21, runs on Australia/Sydney, is 0 km from Sydney Central Business District.

Population 5,557,233

Place Type Regional Capital

Elevation n/a

Timezone Australia/Sydney

All facts

fields

Country: Australia
Subdivision: New South Wales
Coords: 33.87°S / 151.21°E
UTC offset: +11
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 10 · within 50 km

N Sydney Central Business District New South Wales 25,654 0.3 km

N The Rocks New South Wales 2,054 1.0 km

N Millers Point New South Wales 1,599 1.0 km

E Woolloomooloo New South Wales 4,174 1.2 km

S Haymarket New South Wales 9,587 1.2 km

W Pyrmont New South Wales 13,549 1.3 km

SW Ultimo New South Wales 7,410 1.4 km

SE Darlinghurst New South Wales 12,073 1.7 km

E Potts Point New South Wales 12,168 1.7 km

NW Balmain East New South Wales 1,879 1.8 km

Air access

nearby

SYD

Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport

Large airport

0.0 km

BWU

Sydney Bankstown Airport

Medium airport

21.0 km

WSI

(Duplicate)Western Sydney International Airport

Large airport

45.6 km

XRH

RAAF Base Richmond

Medium airport

49.0 km

Universities

linked

University of Sydney

sydney.edu.au

University of Technology Sydney

uts.edu.au

University of Western Sydney

uws.edu.au

Western Sydney University

westernsydney.edu.au

FAQ

3 questions

What is the population of Sydney?: 5,557,233 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Sydney in?: Australia/Sydney.
Which country is Sydney in?: Australia (AU).

Get this page as JSON

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cURL 200 OK

$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/2147714

{
  "data": {
    "id": 2147714,
    "name": "Sydney",
    "ascii_name": "Sydney",
    "country_code": "AU",
    "population": 5557233,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Australia/Sydney",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPLA",
    "latitude": -33.86785,
    "longitude": 151.20732
  }
}