Wels has a population of 16,857, making it the 21st largest place we list in Austria. It is in Upper Austria.
Wels holds 0.19% of Austria's 9,107,266 people. Vienna, the largest place we list there, is 100 times its size.
16,857
population
#21
in Austria
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Sankt Pölten | Lower Austria | 21,911 |
| Mödling | Lower Austria | 20,555 |
| Ansfelden | Upper Austria | 18,251 |
| Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer | State of Salzburg | 16,790 |
| Hohenems | Vorarlberg | 16,317 |
| Stockerau | Lower Austria | 16,292 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.