What is the population of Cape Town?

4,772,846 people, per GeoNames.

CAPE TOWN

Western Cape · SOUTH AFRICA (ZA) · 33.93°S / 18.42°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 3,369,157

Cape Town is a city in South Africa with a population of 4,772,846. It sits at -33.93/18.42, runs on Africa/Johannesburg, is 5 km from Rosebank.

Population 4,772,846

Place Type Regional Capital

Elevation n/a

Timezone Africa/Johannesburg

All facts

fields

Country: South Africa
Subdivision: Western Cape
Coords: 33.93°S / 18.42°E
UTC offset: +2
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 10 · within 50 km

SE Rosebank Western Cape 10,000 5.7 km

S Newlands Western Cape 5,343 6.3 km

SE Rondebosch Western Cape 15,158 6.4 km

SE Claremont Western Cape 14,531 7.2 km

SE Athlone Western Cape 237,414 8.6 km

NE Century City Western Cape 4,239 9.1 km

SE Lansdowne Western Cape 17,399 9.7 km

NE Sunset Beach Western Cape 2,000 10.2 km

S Constantia Western Cape 6,922 11.7 km

S Bergvliet Western Cape 3,902 13.8 km

Air access

nearby

FAYP

Ysterplaat Air Force Base

Medium airport

0.0 km

CPT

Cape Town International Airport

Large airport

17.6 km

FAWN

Cape Winelands Airport

Small airport

34.0 km

FASH

Stellenbosch Airport

Small airport

37.4 km

FAAA

Atlantic Aerodrome

Small airport

41.6 km

Universities

linked

American International School of Cape Town

aisct.org

University of Cape Town

uct.ac.za

FAQ

3 questions

What is the population of Cape Town?: 4,772,846 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Cape Town in?: Africa/Johannesburg.
Which country is Cape Town in?: South Africa (ZA).

Get this page as JSON

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cURL 200 OK

$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/3369157

{
  "data": {
    "id": 3369157,
    "name": "Cape Town",
    "ascii_name": "Cape Town",
    "country_code": "ZA",
    "population": 4772846,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Africa/Johannesburg",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPLA",
    "latitude": -33.92584,
    "longitude": 18.42322
  }
}