What is the population of Sofia?

1,152,556 people, per GeoNames.

SOFIA

Sofia-Capital · BULGARIA (BG) · 42.70°N / 23.32°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 727,011

Sofia is a city in Bulgaria with a population of 1,152,556. It sits at 42.70/23.32, runs on Europe/Sofia, is 8 km from Kubratovo.

Population 1,152,556

Place Type National Capital

Elevation n/a

Timezone Europe/Sofia

All facts

fields

Country: Bulgaria
Subdivision: Sofia-Capital
Coords: 42.70°N / 23.32°E
UTC offset: +2
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 10 · within 50 km

N Kubratovo Sofia-Capital 684 8.8 km

NE Negovan Sofia-Capital 1,737 10.4 km

NE Chepintsi Sofia-Capital 2,532 10.7 km

NE Svetovrachane Sofia-Capital 2,172 10.8 km

NW Bozhurishte Sofia 4,360 12.7 km

NE Podgumer Sofia-Capital 941 13.3 km

NE Voynegovtsi Sofia-Capital 795 14.0 km

NE Lokorsko Sofia-Capital 753 14.7 km

NW Kostinbrod Sofia 12,175 15.9 km

SE Lozen Sofia-Capital 6,312 16.3 km

Air access

nearby

SOF

Sofia Airport

Large airport

0.0 km

LBLS

Lesnovo Airfield

Small airport

27.7 km

LBBR

Breznik Airfield

Small airport

35.0 km

LBBB

Belchinski Bani Airstrip

Small airport

36.3 km

LBSW

Sofia West Airfield

Small airport

39.7 km

Universities

linked

Medical University of Sofia

mu-sofia.bg

National Sports Academy Sofia

nsa.bg

Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

uni-sofia.bg

Technical University of Sofia

tu-sofia.bg

University of Forestry Sofia

ltu.bg

FAQ

3 questions

What is the population of Sofia?: 1,152,556 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Sofia in?: Europe/Sofia.
Which country is Sofia in?: Bulgaria (BG).

Get this page as JSON

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$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/727011

{
  "data": {
    "id": 727011,
    "name": "Sofia",
    "ascii_name": "Sofia",
    "country_code": "BG",
    "population": 1152556,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Europe/Sofia",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPLC",
    "latitude": 42.69751,
    "longitude": 23.32415
  }
}