What is the population of Johannesburg?

9,418,183 people, per GeoNames.

JOHANNESBURG

Gauteng · SOUTH AFRICA (ZA) · 26.20°S / 28.04°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 993,800

Johannesburg is a city in South Africa with a population of 9,418,183. It sits at -26.20/28.04, runs on Africa/Johannesburg, is 10 km from Alberton.

Population 9,418,183

Place Type Regional Capital

Elevation n/a

Timezone Africa/Johannesburg

All facts

fields

Country: South Africa
Subdivision: Gauteng
Coords: 26.20°S / 28.04°E
UTC offset: +2
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 10 · within 50 km

SE Alberton Gauteng 121,536 10.7 km

NE Alexandra Gauteng 179,624 12.1 km

N Randburg Gauteng 337,053 12.7 km

NE Edenvale Gauteng 49,292 12.8 km

NE Eastleigh Gauteng 6,988 13.8 km

E Germiston Gauteng 255,863 13.8 km

NE Eden Glen Gauteng 7,345 14.7 km

NE Eden Glen Ext 60 Gauteng 5,494 14.8 km

NE Modderfontein Gauteng 3,000 17.5 km

W Roodepoort Gauteng 326,416 17.7 km

Air access

nearby

QRA

Rand Airport

Medium airport

11.6 km

JNB

O.R. Tambo International Airport

Large airport

21.4 km

GCJ

Grand Central Airport

Medium airport

25.8 km

FABB

Brakpan Airport

Small airport

26.1 km

FASY

Baragwanath Airfield

Small airport

31.0 km

Universities

linked

University of Johannesburg

uj.ac.za

FAQ

3 questions

What is the population of Johannesburg?: 9,418,183 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Johannesburg in?: Africa/Johannesburg.
Which country is Johannesburg in?: South Africa (ZA).

Get this page as JSON

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$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/993800

{
  "data": {
    "id": 993800,
    "name": "Johannesburg",
    "ascii_name": "Johannesburg",
    "country_code": "ZA",
    "population": 9418183,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Africa/Johannesburg",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPLA",
    "latitude": -26.20227,
    "longitude": 28.04363
  }
}