Largest Cities by Population 2024

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Rank
City
Country
2024 Population
2023 Population
Growth Rate
1TokyoJapan37,115,03537,194,105-0.21%
2DelhiIndia33,807,40332,941,3092.63%
3ShanghaiChina29,867,91829,210,8082.25%
4DhakaBangladesh23,935,65223,209,6163.13%
5Sao PauloBrazil22,806,70422,619,7360.83%
6CairoEgypt22,623,87422,183,2011.99%
7Mexico CityMexico22,505,31522,281,4421%
8BeijingChina22,189,08221,766,2141.94%
9MumbaiIndia21,673,14921,296,5171.77%
10OsakaJapan18,967,45919,013,434-0.24%
11ChongqingChina17,773,92317,340,7042.5%
12KarachiPakistan17,648,55517,236,2302.39%
13KinshasaDR Congo17,032,32216,315,5344.39%
14LagosNigeria16,536,01815,945,9123.7%
15IstanbulTurkey16,047,35015,847,7681.26%
16Buenos AiresArgentina15,618,28815,490,4150.83%
17KolkataIndia15,570,78615,332,7931.55%
18ManilaPhilippines14,941,95314,667,0891.87%
19GuangzhouChina14,590,09614,284,3532.14%
20TianjinChina14,470,87314,238,6431.63%
21LahorePakistan14,407,07413,979,3903.06%
22BangaloreIndia14,008,26213,607,8002.94%
23Rio De JaneiroBrazil13,824,34713,727,7200.7%
24ShenzhenChina13,311,85513,072,6331.83%
25MoscowRussia12,712,30512,680,3890.25%
26ChennaiIndia12,053,69711,776,1472.36%
27BogotaColombia11,658,21111,507,9601.31%
28JakartaIndonesia11,436,00411,248,8391.66%
29LimaPeru11,361,93811,204,3821.41%
30ParisFrance11,276,70111,208,4400.61%
31BangkokThailand11,233,86911,069,9821.48%
32HyderabadIndia11,068,87710,801,1632.48%
33SeoulSouth Korea10,004,8409,988,0490.17%
34NanjingChina9,947,5489,698,4642.57%
35ChengduChina9,828,1109,653,7721.81%
36LondonUnited Kingdom9,748,0339,648,1101.04%
37LuandaAngola9,651,0329,292,3363.86%
38TehranIran9,616,0079,499,7811.22%
39Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam9,567,6569,320,8662.65%
40NagoyaJapan9,556,8799,569,328-0.13%
41Xi AnChina9,013,8378,785,1742.6%
42AhmedabadIndia8,854,4448,650,6052.36%
43WuhanChina8,850,8508,718,2501.52%
44Kuala LumpurMalaysia8,815,6308,621,7242.25%
45HangzhouChina8,419,8428,237,2062.22%
46SuzhouChina8,350,6258,074,0313.43%
47SuratIndia8,330,5288,064,9493.29%
48Dar Es SalaamTanzania8,161,2317,775,8654.96%
49BaghdadIraq7,921,1347,711,3052.72%
50ShenyangChina7,830,3777,680,9671.95%
51RiyadhSaudi Arabia7,820,5517,682,4301.8%
52Hong KongHong Kong7,725,8597,684,8010.53%
53FoshanChina7,704,9357,597,3861.42%
54DongguanChina7,675,1467,587,0491.16%
55PuneIndia7,345,8487,166,3742.5%
56SantiagoChile6,950,9526,903,3920.69%
57HaerbinChina6,938,0086,803,8111.97%
58MadridSpain6,783,2416,751,3740.47%
59KhartoumSudan6,542,0706,344,3483.12%
60TorontoCanada6,431,4306,371,9580.93%
61JohannesburgSouth Africa6,324,3516,198,0162.04%
62Belo HorizonteBrazil6,300,4096,247,8890.84%
63DalianChina6,217,4876,077,9952.3%
64SingaporeSingapore6,119,2036,080,8590.63%
65QingdaoChina6,104,5975,986,5251.97%
66ZhengzhouChina6,014,8875,859,2722.66%
67Ji Nan ShandongChina5,940,6985,806,0312.32%
68AbidjanIvory Coast5,866,7045,686,3503.17%
69BarcelonaSpain5,711,9175,687,3560.43%
70YangonMyanmar5,709,6785,610,2411.77%
71Addis AbabaEthiopia5,703,6285,460,5914.45%
72AlexandriaEgypt5,696,1315,588,4771.93%
73Saint PetersburgRussia5,581,7075,561,2940.37%
74NairobiKenya5,541,1725,325,1604.06%
75ChittagongBangladesh5,513,6095,379,6602.49%
76GuadalajaraMexico5,499,6785,419,8801.47%
77FukuokaJapan5,478,0765,490,271-0.22%
78AnkaraTurkey5,477,0875,397,0981.48%
79HanoiVietnam5,431,8015,253,3853.4%
80MelbourneAustralia5,315,6005,235,4071.53%
81MonterreyMexico5,195,3555,116,6471.54%
82SydneyAustralia5,184,8965,120,8941.25%
83ChangshaChina5,027,9754,921,4872.16%
84UrumqiChina5,005,9644,865,0382.9%
85Cape TownSouth Africa4,977,8334,890,2801.79%
86JiddahSaudi Arabia4,943,2104,862,9411.65%
87BrasiliaBrazil4,935,2744,873,0481.28%
88KunmingChina4,861,0794,761,2842.1%
89ChangchunChina4,802,4474,710,3821.95%
90KabulAfghanistan4,728,3844,588,6663.04%
91HefeiChina4,727,2904,615,7582.42%
92YaoundeCameroon4,681,7684,509,2873.83%
93NingboChina4,659,8304,537,9012.69%
94ShantouChina4,656,5254,573,7131.81%
95New TaipeiTaiwan4,534,8774,504,1470.68%
96Tel AvivIsrael4,495,7274,420,8551.69%
97KanoNigeria4,490,7344,348,4813.27%
98ShijiazhuangChina4,454,1324,370,4731.91%
99MontrealCanada4,341,6384,307,9580.78%
100RomeItaly4,331,9744,315,6710.38%
101JaipurIndia4,308,5104,207,0842.41%
102RecifeBrazil4,305,1274,263,9400.97%
103NanningChina4,291,4634,191,8902.38%
104FortalezaBrazil4,246,3994,206,2400.95%
105KozhikodeIndia4,243,9624,088,5553.8%
106Porto AlegreBrazil4,239,8674,211,9330.66%
107Taiyuan ShanxiChina4,226,7824,145,0101.97%
108DoualaCameroon4,203,1084,063,2003.44%
109EkurhuleniSouth Africa4,190,8324,118,3271.76%
110MalappuramIndia4,184,9214,009,0874.39%
111MedellinColombia4,137,3864,102,3080.86%
112ChangzhouChina4,085,5023,981,6582.61%
113KampalaUganda4,050,8263,846,1025.32%
114AntananarivoMadagascar4,048,6663,872,2644.56%
115LucknowIndia4,038,2143,945,4092.35%
116AbujaNigeria4,025,7353,839,6464.85%
117NanchangChina4,016,0373,920,3792.44%
118WenzhouChina4,009,5313,919,7242.29%
119XiamenChina4,007,4683,935,4841.83%
120IbadanNigeria4,004,3163,874,9083.34%
121Fuzhou FujianChina3,998,7543,922,2021.95%
122SalvadorBrazil3,994,9823,958,3840.92%
123CasablancaMorocco3,950,4083,892,8371.48%
124Tangshan HebeiChina3,925,2063,814,7022.9%
125KumasiGhana3,903,4813,768,2393.59%
126CuritibaBrazil3,852,4593,813,0821.03%
127BekasiIndonesia3,830,6783,729,3512.72%
128FaisalabadPakistan3,800,1933,710,8452.41%
129GuiyangChina3,661,4463,580,9042.25%
130Port HarcourtNigeria3,636,5473,480,1014.5%
131ThrissurIndia3,605,2383,482,4563.53%
132Santo DomingoDominican Republic3,587,4023,523,8901.8%
133BerlinGermany3,576,8733,573,9380.08%
134AsuncionParaguay3,568,8303,510,5111.66%
135DakarSenegal3,540,4623,429,5363.23%
136KochiIndia3,507,0533,406,0552.97%
137WuxiChina3,498,7403,437,3461.79%
138BusanSouth Korea3,477,4193,471,9490.16%
139CampinasBrazil3,458,4413,422,7961.04%
140MashhadIran3,415,5323,367,8521.42%
141SanaaYemen3,407,8143,292,4973.5%
142PueblaMexico3,394,3423,344,7611.48%
143IndoreIndia3,393,3803,302,0772.77%
144LanzhouChina3,365,9103,297,5282.07%
145OuagadougouBurkina Faso3,358,9343,203,9234.84%
146Kuwait CityKuwait3,353,6023,297,7591.69%
147LusakaZambia3,324,2193,181,2504.49%
148KanpurIndia3,286,1423,234,1601.61%
149DurbanSouth Africa3,262,1283,228,0031.06%
150GuayaquilEcuador3,193,2673,142,4661.62%
151PyongyangNorth Korea3,183,1353,157,5380.81%
152MilanItaly3,160,6313,154,5700.19%
153Guatemala CityGuatemala3,159,6313,095,0992.08%
154AthensGreece3,154,5913,154,4630%
155DepokIndonesia3,133,2983,041,2293.03%
156IzmirTurkey3,120,3403,088,4141.03%
157NagpurIndia3,106,3403,046,6871.96%
158SurabayaIndonesia3,088,7483,044,4131.46%
159HandanChina3,085,9983,005,4092.68%
160CoimbatoreIndia3,083,7213,009,0472.48%
161HuaianChina3,071,0482,979,8933.06%
162Port Au PrinceHaiti3,060,1692,987,4552.43%
163ZhongshanChina3,051,0653,010,6851.34%
164DubaiUnited Arab Emirates3,051,0163,007,5831.44%
165BamakoMali3,050,5702,929,3734.14%
166Mbuji MayiDR Congo3,022,8552,891,7464.53%
167KievUkraine3,020,2283,016,7890.11%
168LisbonPortugal3,014,6073,000,5360.47%
169WeifangChina2,994,5372,917,8192.63%
170CaracasVenezuela2,991,7272,972,1450.66%
171ThiruvananthapuramIndia2,984,1542,891,1193.22%
172AlgiersAlgeria2,952,1152,901,8101.73%
173ShizuokaJapan2,935,5272,937,359-0.06%
174LubumbashiDR Congo2,933,9622,811,9594.34%
175CaliColombia2,890,4332,863,7300.93%
176GoianiaBrazil2,890,4182,848,4731.47%
177PretoriaSouth Africa2,889,8992,818,1002.55%
178ShaoxingChina2,882,1712,805,6542.73%
179IncheonSouth Korea2,861,6862,848,5570.46%
180YantaiChina2,834,5082,764,5842.53%
181ZiboChina2,828,4352,780,1421.74%
182HuizhouChina2,827,6102,758,5932.5%
183ManchesterUnited Kingdom2,811,7562,791,0050.74%
184TaipeiTaiwan2,766,3342,754,1960.44%
185MogadishuSomalia2,726,8152,610,4834.46%
186BrazzavilleRepublic of the Congo2,724,5662,637,7333.29%
187AccraGhana2,721,1652,660,0722.3%
188BandungIndonesia2,714,2152,674,0001.5%
189DamascusSyria2,685,3612,584,7713.89%
190BirminghamUnited Kingdom2,684,8072,665,1000.74%
191VancouverCanada2,682,5092,657,0880.96%
192Toluca De LerdoMexico2,674,3362,626,3681.83%
193LuoyangChina2,666,7442,602,7932.46%
194SapporoJapan2,660,9472,666,112-0.19%
195TashkentUzbekistan2,633,6612,603,2431.17%
196PatnaIndia2,633,2432,579,7622.07%
197BhopalIndia2,624,8652,564,5022.35%
198TangerangIndonesia2,570,9802,514,0772.26%
199NantongChina2,555,7222,492,2302.55%
200BrisbaneAustralia2,536,4492,504,5051.28%
201TunisTunisia2,510,6732,475,4461.42%
202PeshawarPakistan2,480,5462,411,7852.85%
203MedanIndonesia2,479,0702,439,0541.64%
204GujranwalaPakistan2,479,0582,415,4162.63%
205BakuAzerbaijan2,464,1622,432,3041.31%
206HohhotChina2,443,6862,380,6362.65%
207San JuanPuerto Rico2,436,6202,439,564-0.12%
208BelemBrazil2,432,1772,409,4090.94%
209RawalpindiPakistan2,430,3882,377,3252.23%
210AgraIndia2,422,3422,367,5542.31%
211ManausBrazil2,406,8542,375,6361.31%
212KannurIndia2,405,6642,346,1372.54%
213BeirutLebanon2,402,4852,421,354-0.78%
214MaracaiboVenezuela2,400,8262,367,6261.4%
215LiuzhouChina2,397,4102,343,4522.3%
216VisakhapatnamIndia2,385,1102,330,9282.32%
217BaotouChina2,381,2422,334,8781.99%
218VadodaraIndia2,373,3652,324,0842.12%
219BarranquillaColombia2,373,3022,349,4001.02%
220Phnom PenhCambodia2,352,6802,281,1983.13%
221SendaiJapan2,341,4332,342,302-0.04%
222TaoyuanTaiwan2,338,7242,318,8500.86%
223XuzhouChina2,332,5312,287,1661.98%
224AleppoSyria2,317,6502,203,0255.2%
225TijuanaMexico2,297,2162,259,7871.66%
226EsfahanIran2,294,5892,258,3961.6%
227NashikIndia2,294,2992,237,3692.54%
228VijayawadaIndia2,290,7852,229,7652.74%
229AmmanJordan2,252,6882,232,2400.92%
230PutianChina2,250,1042,176,0223.4%
231MultanPakistan2,205,4072,154,6002.36%
232Grande VitoriaBrazil2,196,8182,170,5131.21%
233Wuhu AnhuiChina2,195,2622,124,7973.32%
234MeccaSaudi Arabia2,184,5602,149,9281.61%
235KollamIndia2,181,9402,106,6063.58%
236NaplesItaly2,180,0272,179,3840.03%
237DaeguSouth Korea2,179,9292,180,997-0.05%
238ConakryGuinea2,178,5962,110,9373.21%
239YangzhouChina2,175,1022,131,2912.06%
240HavanaCuba2,152,5182,148,9300.17%
241Taizhou ZhejiangChina2,152,2262,102,1432.38%
242BaodingChina2,149,7032,107,5392%
243PerthAustralia2,143,4912,117,9971.2%
244BrusselsBelgium2,132,1782,121,9920.48%
245Linyi ShandongChina2,120,0492,076,3642.1%
246BursaTurkey2,115,5132,086,3241.4%
247RajkotIndia2,096,9812,043,1072.64%
248MinskBelarus2,064,7332,057,2570.36%
249HiroshimaJapan2,062,8842,067,591-0.23%
250HaikouChina2,056,6462,016,0922.01%
251DaqingChina2,044,3712,000,6562.19%
252LomeTogo2,042,7341,981,6153.08%
253LianyungangChina2,035,6311,986,4392.48%
254Yancheng JiangsuChina2,034,3261,993,4632.05%
255Panama CityPanama2,015,7351,976,8661.97%
256AlmatyKazakhstan2,015,2091,987,3011.4%
257SemarangIndonesia2,013,5711,975,3061.94%
258HyderabadPakistan2,011,9641,967,6842.25%
259ValenciaVenezuela2,007,2651,983,4451.2%
260Davao CityPhilippines1,991,4571,949,4002.16%
261ViennaAustria1,990,4871,975,2710.77%
262RabatMorocco1,989,1971,959,3881.52%
263LudhianaIndia1,988,4381,951,0851.91%
264QuitoEcuador1,986,6671,956,9951.52%
265Benin CityNigeria1,972,5581,904,6313.57%
266La PazBolivia1,965,5701,935,6191.55%
267Baixada SantistaBrazil1,965,1101,947,7850.89%
268West YorkshireUnited Kingdom1,942,4701,928,6610.72%
269Can ThoVietnam1,938,9151,865,1723.95%
270ZhuhaiChina1,930,3731,889,8292.15%
271Leon De Los AldamasMexico1,924,4351,898,7491.35%
272QuanzhouChina1,920,7331,869,9942.71%
273MatolaMozambique1,915,0351,852,4053.38%
274DatongChina1,913,6741,873,6932.13%
275SharjahUnited Arab Emirates1,872,1991,830,8582.26%
276MaduraiIndia1,871,9121,834,2792.05%
277RaipurIndia1,871,1071,816,8132.99%
278AdanaTurkey1,856,6381,835,8951.13%
279Santa CruzBolivia1,855,7321,820,1141.96%
280PalembangIndonesia1,852,6731,818,4211.88%
281MosulIraq1,847,6911,792,0203.11%
282CixiChina1,840,0391,788,8712.86%
283MeerutIndia1,835,4031,797,8052.09%
284GaziantepTurkey1,833,0061,804,7041.57%
285La LagunaMexico1,826,1351,780,5922.56%
286BatamIndonesia1,806,1471,748,1423.32%
287TurinItaly1,805,7271,801,9440.21%
288WarsawPoland1,799,4511,797,5160.11%
289JiangmenChina1,797,4691,768,5111.64%
290VaranasiIndia1,789,0471,754,4251.97%
291HamburgGermany1,787,2801,787,520-0.01%
292MontevideoUruguay1,781,3631,774,3960.39%
293BudapestHungary1,780,3911,778,0520.13%
294LyonFrance1,774,3951,761,1880.75%
295XiangyangChina1,772,3181,742,7061.7%
296BucharestRomania1,767,5201,776,385-0.5%
297YichangChina1,758,1001,711,2442.74%
298YinchuanChina1,757,6991,716,5912.39%
299ShirazIran1,742,7501,720,9541.27%
300KanangaDR Congo1,738,7161,664,4424.46%
301SrinagarIndia1,737,5021,698,2772.31%
302MonroviaLiberia1,735,3651,678,0203.42%
303TiruppurIndia1,731,8621,677,1733.26%
304JamshedpurIndia1,730,5211,695,0602.09%
305SuqianChina1,726,3271,664,9683.69%
306AurangabadIndia1,725,2831,683,3892.49%
307QinhuangdaoChina1,723,7281,680,9622.54%
308StockholmSweden1,719,6041,700,0661.15%
309AnshanChina1,713,4521,689,4991.42%
310GlasgowUnited Kingdom1,708,1471,698,0880.59%
311XiningChina1,705,0781,666,6052.31%
312MakassarIndonesia1,704,9301,673,0941.9%
313HengyangChina1,702,0121,661,8542.42%
314NovosibirskRussia1,701,5101,694,7650.4%
315UlaanbaatarMongolia1,699,3631,672,6271.6%
316OnitshaNigeria1,694,9131,623,3824.41%
317JilinChina1,693,7011,668,7851.49%
318AnyangChina1,693,3751,642,3473.11%
319AucklandNew Zealand1,692,7701,673,2201.17%
320TabrizIran1,678,0281,660,7371.04%
321MuscatOman1,676,1671,650,3191.57%
322CalgaryCanada1,665,0231,639,6131.55%
323PhoenixUnited States1,662,6071,650,0700.76%
324QiqihaerChina1,662,4071,635,4581.65%
325N DjamenaChad1,655,6181,592,3243.97%
326MarseilleFrance1,635,7071,627,5490.5%
327CordobaArgentina1,625,9371,611,6510.89%
328JodhpurIndia1,625,3251,586,5472.44%
329KathmanduNepal1,621,6421,571,0103.22%
330RosarioArgentina1,613,0411,594,0961.19%
331TegucigalpaHonduras1,609,2611,568,0252.63%
332Ciudad JuarezMexico1,604,0851,582,3131.38%
333HarareZimbabwe1,603,2011,578,1281.59%
334KarajIran1,603,0111,593,6080.59%
335MedinaSaudi Arabia1,598,9761,572,5711.68%
336Jining ShandongChina1,595,9631,569,5601.68%
337Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates1,593,2841,566,9991.68%
338MunichGermany1,584,5071,576,4160.51%
339RanchiIndia1,584,2371,547,2582.39%
340DaejonSouth Korea1,581,7051,577,4360.27%
341ZhangjiakouChina1,568,1221,536,1712.08%
342EdmontonCanada1,567,6151,544,4481.5%
343MandalayMyanmar1,563,0211,531,8602.03%
344GaoxiongTaiwan1,559,0851,552,8990.4%
345KotaIndia1,558,4681,516,7952.75%
346NatalBrazil1,556,4131,535,3161.37%
347NouakchottMauritania1,552,1461,491,9584.03%
348JabalpurIndia1,551,0041,522,1211.9%
349HuainanChina1,538,6031,512,6681.71%
350Grande Sao LuisBrazil1,536,0171,523,6290.81%
351AsansolIndia1,534,0811,505,0331.93%
352YekaterinburgRussia1,532,9701,527,7280.34%
353GwangjuSouth Korea1,532,9021,529,4720.22%
354YiwuChina1,525,7491,483,3202.86%
355ChaozhouChina1,520,6281,496,2981.63%
356GwaliorIndia1,508,8461,475,0162.29%
357GanzhouChina1,508,0371,459,6783.31%
358HomsSyria1,499,6031,443,4293.89%
359NiameyNiger1,496,2581,437,2334.11%
360MombasaKenya1,495,2231,440,3963.81%
361AllahabadIndia1,493,3461,465,1521.92%
362BasraIraq1,485,1561,448,1242.56%
363KisanganiDR Congo1,483,5131,423,3954.22%
364San JoseCosta Rica1,482,4601,461,9891.4%
365AmritsarIndia1,480,4701,451,7481.98%
366Taizhou JiangsuChina1,477,6001,446,8102.13%
367Chon BuriThailand1,472,7091,454,2221.27%
368JiaxingChina1,470,9171,424,9823.22%
369WeihaiChina1,465,9261,429,3152.56%
370Hai PhongVietnam1,463,6501,422,9742.86%
371OttawaCanada1,451,5711,437,1881%
372ZurichSwitzerland1,443,3491,431,5380.83%
373Taian ShandongChina1,441,9111,416,0641.83%
374QueretaroMexico1,436,8181,413,4741.65%
375Joao PessoaBrazil1,435,1251,421,8270.94%
376KaifengChina1,434,4631,398,2622.59%
377CochabambaBolivia1,430,6881,400,2502.17%
378KonyaTurkey1,429,9351,407,6321.58%
379LiuyangChina1,428,8021,373,5234.02%
380LiuanChina1,427,8941,378,0773.61%
381RizhaoChina1,426,5831,391,2582.54%
382KharkivUkraine1,418,9781,421,052-0.15%
383DhanbadIndia1,414,5321,389,7761.78%
384NanchongChina1,412,7141,377,5722.55%
385DongyingChina1,410,7911,379,3772.28%
386BelgradeSerbia1,410,6971,408,1440.18%
387ZunyiChina1,406,0911,376,4532.15%
388ZhanjiangChina1,399,3101,371,9981.99%
389BucaramangaColombia1,396,6321,381,4981.1%
390UyoNigeria1,393,4531,329,2844.83%
391CopenhagenDenmark1,391,2051,381,0050.74%
392ShiyanChina1,387,3771,354,0252.46%
393TaizhongTaiwan1,381,8551,369,0660.93%
394BareillyIndia1,380,7151,348,6642.38%
395Pointe NoireRepublic of the Congo1,379,3681,336,3873.22%
396AdelaideAustralia1,379,2801,366,7830.91%
397SuweonSouth Korea1,378,2291,365,3520.94%
398MwanzaTanzania1,378,0141,310,7545.13%
399Mianyang SichuanChina1,376,4491,351,3831.85%
400Samut PrakanThailand1,376,1461,358,8711.27%
401MaceioBrazil1,375,9841,363,5100.91%
402QomIran1,373,8001,354,1741.45%
403AntalyaTurkey1,372,4001,347,2401.87%
404JoinvilleBrazil1,361,9921,348,5211%
405TengzhouChina1,360,7791,322,9162.86%
406YingkouChina1,355,5641,323,1742.45%
407Ad DammamSaudi Arabia1,352,9121,329,2911.78%
408SuzhouChina1,349,9941,310,4333.02%
409TangerMorocco1,348,8481,314,1782.64%
410FreetownSierra Leone1,347,5591,309,1682.93%
411HelsinkiFinland1,346,8101,337,7860.67%
412AligarhIndia1,346,0181,312,3692.56%
413MoradabadIndia1,335,9661,301,7402.63%
414Pekan BaruIndonesia1,334,5321,303,3552.39%
415MaomingChina1,333,9301,303,9002.3%
416LilongweMalawi1,333,0961,276,3164.45%
417PortoPortugal1,329,3011,324,6520.35%
418PragueCzech Republic1,327,9471,323,3390.35%
419AstanaKazakhstan1,324,1111,291,2802.54%
420JieyangChina1,320,7791,282,4792.99%
421Fushun LiaoningChina1,317,2761,304,5650.97%
422MysoreIndia1,316,4611,288,2452.19%
423Abomey CalaviBenin1,314,9161,252,8904.95%
424RuianChina1,314,7841,281,7902.57%
425FesMorocco1,313,3111,290,0391.8%
426Port ElizabethSouth Africa1,312,6311,295,9281.29%
427FlorianopolisBrazil1,309,8951,294,4861.19%
428AhvazIran1,309,3721,293,6191.22%
429BukavuDR Congo1,308,4691,248,7834.78%
430NnewiNigeria1,300,9931,239,1864.99%
431KazanRussia1,296,2321,291,8840.34%
432JinhuaChina1,296,0651,257,9413.03%
433San Luis PotosiMexico1,292,1331,273,3251.48%
434BaojiChina1,290,2311,261,0772.31%
435Durg BhilainagarIndia1,289,6731,266,0341.87%
436BhubaneswarIndia1,289,2541,257,6422.51%
437KigaliRwanda1,287,9521,247,5513.24%
438SofiaBulgaria1,287,5401,288,114-0.04%
439Pingdingshan HenanChina1,285,7501,256,5812.32%
440DublinIreland1,284,5511,270,1721.13%
441PuningChina1,282,7561,254,1602.28%
442ChifengChina1,279,5441,252,4142.17%
443ZhuzhouChina1,277,2381,254,5191.81%
444BujumburaBurundi1,277,0501,206,7675.82%
445Zhenjiang JiangsuChina1,275,3951,250,6681.98%
446LiupanshuiChina1,272,8721,230,6443.43%
447BarquisimetoVenezuela1,267,8721,254,1921.09%
448IslamabadPakistan1,266,7921,232,4472.79%
449HuaibeiChina1,264,8561,236,2712.31%
450TasikmalayaIndonesia1,258,1241,213,7783.65%
451MaracayVenezuela1,256,5531,242,9451.09%
452BogorIndonesia1,256,1551,231,4452.01%
453Da NangVietnam1,253,2281,220,6342.67%
454Nizhniy NovgorodRussia1,250,3021,251,332-0.08%
455Nanyang HenanChina1,250,3001,224,6292.1%
456Xiangtan HunanChina1,249,3801,223,9122.08%
457PizhouChina1,247,1771,207,2753.31%
458TiruchirappalliIndia1,244,9781,221,9601.88%
459ChelyabinskRussia1,243,8831,240,9260.24%
460MendozaArgentina1,242,3191,226,4271.3%
461LuoheChina1,241,1521,197,9353.61%
462XionganChina1,240,1581,183,0424.83%
463ChandigarhIndia1,239,6991,214,7752.05%
464MeridaMexico1,239,6541,220,6031.56%
465JinzhouChina1,238,3771,215,3761.89%
466BenxiChina1,237,5501,216,8521.7%
467BinzhouChina1,233,5841,200,2222.78%
468AbaNigeria1,230,4071,188,8033.5%
469Chiang MaiThailand1,228,7731,213,3481.27%
470BazhongChina1,225,5911,175,9894.22%
471QuettaPakistan1,221,4951,190,3482.62%
472KadunaNigeria1,221,4511,187,3982.87%
473GuilinChina1,218,0671,196,8411.77%
474SaharanpurIndia1,207,8561,171,6893.09%
475Hubli DharwadIndia1,205,4281,181,1942.05%
476YueqingChina1,201,4001,169,8642.7%
477GuwahatiIndia1,199,4551,176,3301.97%
478MexicaliMexico1,196,9821,178,4771.57%
479SalemIndia1,194,7571,169,9532.12%
480MaputoMozambique1,193,2531,162,7932.62%
481TripoliLibya1,192,4361,183,2920.77%
482HaifaIsrael1,186,4751,174,4291.03%
483Bandar LampungIndonesia1,186,2331,162,2422.06%
484Bobo DioulassoBurkina Faso1,185,0531,128,6465%
485AmsterdamNetherlands1,181,8171,174,0250.66%
486ShimkentKazakhstan1,181,0201,155,0732.25%
487OmskRussia1,180,6771,180,745-0.01%
488AguascalientesMexico1,179,3011,161,4481.54%
489HargeysaSomalia1,176,6171,127,1984.38%
490KrasnoyarskRussia1,173,0951,166,7920.54%
491XinxiangChina1,160,8401,140,5991.77%
492SiliguriIndia1,159,3711,126,2492.94%
493WenlingChina1,159,2591,131,3612.47%
494SamaraRussia1,154,4511,155,732-0.11%
495ZaozhuangChina1,150,8591,133,6291.52%
496CologneGermany1,149,0141,143,7150.46%
497YonginSouth Korea1,147,9671,135,6711.08%
498UfaRussia1,146,7861,144,7990.17%
499FuyangChina1,146,3431,120,6942.29%
500IkoroduNigeria1,145,2241,093,3084.75%
501Bien HoaVietnam1,142,9971,110,8242.9%
502JalandharIndia1,142,6821,118,8262.13%
503PanjinChina1,142,5421,120,6751.95%
504Ma'anshanChina1,140,2641,112,6802.48%
505CuernavacaMexico1,140,1691,123,8431.45%
506Rostov on DonRussia1,139,6411,138,8540.07%
507ChihuahuaMexico1,135,3421,116,2951.71%
508Fuzhou JiangxiChina1,131,7181,100,2712.86%
509TshikapaDR Congo1,131,2261,077,1085.02%
510ShangraoChina1,130,8871,106,7362.18%
511SamarindaIndonesia1,128,1761,100,3242.53%
512BishkekKyrgyzstan1,127,7211,104,7422.08%
513ZhaoqingChina1,127,6011,103,2022.21%
514San SalvadorEl Salvador1,123,3761,116,0520.66%
515Yichun JiangxiChina1,122,0411,078,6304.02%
516ChenzhouChina1,119,7911,084,9693.21%
517Sekondi TakoradiGhana1,119,5341,077,9293.86%
518LeshanChina1,116,4971,087,4092.67%
519AdenYemen1,116,1931,079,6703.38%
520GoyangSouth Korea1,114,0791,105,2830.8%
521DiyarbakirTurkey1,113,3331,096,9371.49%
522AsmaraEritrea1,111,7481,072,6663.64%
523DezhouChina1,108,3561,080,6802.56%
524Jingzhou HubeiChina1,108,0671,089,8861.67%
525ManaguaNicaragua1,107,1181,094,5101.15%
526Johor BahruMalaysia1,107,0011,086,2141.91%
527KermanshahIran1,101,6111,084,6231.57%
528NyalaSudan1,101,3141,056,9524.2%
529OsloNorway1,100,8681,085,9921.37%
530KirkukIraq1,100,3901,074,8842.37%
531YerevanArmenia1,097,5421,094,8130.25%
532CartagenaColombia1,096,4631,087,5990.82%
533ChangshuChina1,093,6871,059,9023.19%
534HuzhouChina1,091,8111,067,6512.26%
535XuchangChina1,091,7441,063,8762.62%
536SolapurIndia1,088,1311,070,3221.66%
537LilleFrance1,085,1991,079,1200.56%
538MersinTurkey1,084,8171,069,4021.44%
539TbilisiGeorgia1,084,4711,082,2450.21%
540PermRussia1,084,1201,081,7680.22%
541VoronezhRussia1,083,7241,080,8080.27%
542DenpasarIndonesia1,075,2441,053,0412.11%
543ToulouseFrance1,070,7461,060,4600.97%
544Blantyre LimbeMalawi1,070,6251,030,9743.85%
545AracajuBrazil1,070,1221,056,9861.24%
546MarrakechMorocco1,067,1721,049,6901.67%
547QujingChina1,066,8971,038,9642.69%
548YueyangChina1,064,1661,048,8891.46%
549IlorinNigeria1,063,7131,030,4983.22%
550TampicoMexico1,062,5671,047,2511.46%
551AntwerpBelgium1,061,0891,057,2150.37%
552TeresinaBrazil1,059,6571,050,4590.88%
553GuipingChina1,055,9211,020,3993.48%
554WarangalIndia1,055,6041,031,0902.38%
555ChangwonSouth Korea1,055,3731,054,4420.09%
556PadangIndonesia1,052,8491,033,6451.86%
557SaltilloMexico1,050,3201,034,1261.57%
558XintaiChina1,049,4861,023,7562.51%
559CancunMexico1,045,0051,022,6042.19%
560Cebu CityPhilippines1,042,6131,024,9451.72%
561San Miguel De TucumanArgentina1,039,2261,026,7671.21%
562HamahSyria1,034,498995,7473.89%
563Acapulco De JuarezMexico1,032,7721,018,9761.35%
564WarriNigeria1,031,425986,9214.51%
565KayseriTurkey1,025,5071,013,2401.21%
566ChengdeChina1,024,521993,0973.16%
567OwerriNigeria1,022,922983,3524.02%
568RotterdamNetherlands1,021,9191,018,0120.38%
569Pingxiang JiangxiChina1,021,575999,7212.19%
570ZhuchengChina1,019,600991,2082.86%
571SongkhlaThailand1,017,7841,005,0071.27%
572ValparaisoChile1,016,5851,008,5990.79%
573DehradunIndia1,016,402991,8762.47%
574NonthaburiThailand1,013,6721,000,9471.27%
575LeiyangChina1,013,191978,3273.56%
576DushanbeTajikistan1,012,794986,8992.62%
577NampulaMozambique1,012,582969,3224.46%
578MisratahLibya1,011,119984,1932.74%
579KrasnodarRussia1,010,5521,001,1550.94%
580LaiwuChina1,009,727986,2482.38%
581BordeauxFrance1,009,5941,000,4750.91%
582Jixi HeilongjiangChina1,008,989993,1751.59%
583San Pedro SulaHonduras1,008,220982,0212.67%
584OdesaUkraine1,007,5961,007,716-0.01%
585JiujiangChina1,004,247982,7772.18%
586LubangoAngola1,003,016958,5484.64%
587MoreliaMexico1,002,461988,7441.39%
588JosNigeria1,001,155970,1293.2%
589SylhetBangladesh999,374964,2913.64%
590AgadirMorocco998,146979,2481.93%
591VolgogradRussia993,352995,078-0.17%
592MudanjiangChina992,414975,3481.75%
593GuigangChina990,310967,4282.37%
594NajafIraq987,814958,4873.06%
595BanguiCentral African Republic985,965958,3352.88%
596RajshahiBangladesh983,707961,9912.26%
597HengshuiChina983,694955,6632.93%
598JerusalemIsrael983,097969,8041.37%
599ZhangzhouChina980,054955,5192.57%
600XinyuChina979,303952,2782.84%
601LinfenChina978,614951,8222.81%
602TianmenChina978,317953,7682.57%
603Ciudad GuayanaVenezuela978,202964,2661.45%
604Zamboanga CityPhilippines977,081960,3491.74%
605YangjiangChina976,606956,0792.15%
606TaizYemen974,518940,6003.61%
607CucutaColombia972,485963,0450.98%
608ArequipaPeru971,296958,9981.28%
609LilingChina970,907936,9973.62%
610AntipoloPhilippines968,288946,6532.29%
611VeracruzMexico968,070955,2261.34%
612ReynosaMexico967,627951,4171.7%
613KhulnaBangladesh965,483955,1041.09%
614DeyangChina963,160939,1662.55%
615Pathum ThaniThailand962,126950,0481.27%
616BengbuChina959,784944,4651.62%
617JiangyinChina959,250933,3952.77%
618SouthamptonUnited Kingdom959,202951,5310.81%
619VillahermosaMexico958,118943,5301.55%
620BaishanChina956,976927,5323.17%
621NiceFrance951,808948,1490.39%
622OranAlgeria950,768935,9471.58%
623West RandSouth Africa947,734934,3411.43%
624CabindaAngola947,634904,6764.75%
625UmuahiaNigeria947,460904,1394.79%
626BograBangladesh944,877905,8144.31%
627BahawalpurPakistan944,812919,6542.74%
628SeongnamSouth Korea942,159941,5080.07%
629GunturIndia940,205918,3242.38%
630DniproUkraine936,766941,586-0.51%
631Campo GrandeBrazil934,936926,0950.95%
632MalangIndonesia933,392919,4431.52%
633LondrinaBrazil932,892922,4251.13%
634DandongChina932,648917,9361.6%
635ChangzhiChina930,620910,7432.18%
636HermosilloMexico929,961915,0601.63%
637BhiwandiIndia924,670906,5812%
638La PlataArgentina923,715914,0361.06%
639LiverpoolUnited Kingdom922,871917,0320.64%
640AshgabatTurkmenistan921,601902,3532.13%
641ConcepcionChile920,916911,8620.99%
642PuducherryIndia919,280897,9832.37%
643ChangdeChina919,026898,3382.3%
644BergamoItaly918,675913,3760.58%
645FirozabadIndia918,218894,3882.66%
646ErbilIraq917,639896,7162.33%
647TyumenRussia916,862903,8151.44%
648TrujilloPeru916,632903,8961.41%
649LiaoyangChina916,238900,6921.73%
650ShangqiuChina915,823895,1112.31%
651UlsanSouth Korea914,300912,7340.17%
652Tuxtla GutierrezMexico913,075897,6941.71%
653KuerleChina906,765875,4963.57%
654SoshanguveSouth Africa905,868892,2541.53%
655XingtaiChina904,070886,3812%
656CuliacanMexico903,910888,6201.72%
657QuzhouChina902,621871,4573.58%
658CherthalaIndia901,820870,4653.6%
659HuangshiChina893,107876,9301.84%
660FuxinChina889,767876,1311.56%
661LokojaNigeria885,882839,0465.58%
662Hufuf MubarrazSaudi Arabia884,753872,4381.41%
663LibrevilleGabon883,920869,7731.63%
664YongzhouChina883,326860,5222.65%
665XinghuaChina882,986861,9782.44%
666DonetskUkraine882,209887,716-0.62%
667YibinChina881,480864,9101.92%
668EnuguNigeria875,552846,5603.42%
669TainanTaiwan875,392869,6250.66%
670XinyangChina873,268855,1912.11%
671IpohMalaysia872,424857,2251.77%
672LuzhouChina870,714857,6831.52%
673BanghaziLibya870,502859,2091.31%
674MaiduguriNigeria870,201844,7473.01%
675YangquanChina869,585851,6302.11%
676HuaihuaChina869,575843,7543.06%
677XiaoganChina869,479849,5802.34%
678TianshuiChina858,672837,4792.53%
679BuniaDR Congo856,339812,0905.45%
680BozhouChina854,946830,1252.99%
681KottayamIndia853,635818,6284.28%
682ZhujiChina852,608834,7822.14%
683KunshanChina851,399826,4143.02%
684Quebec CityCanada851,061844,2490.81%
685PalermoItaly850,233849,6870.06%
686WinnipegCanada849,251841,1080.97%
687OrumiyehIran848,443835,9001.5%
688EskisehirTurkey848,002834,0651.67%
689BenguelaAngola843,207809,4684.17%
690JinchengChina841,928818,0572.92%
691ValenciaSpain839,770838,3010.18%
692HezeChina838,928826,7771.47%
693SaratovRussia837,687838,377-0.08%
694NelloreIndia837,660816,2932.62%
695HuludaoChina836,344821,1321.85%
696ZanzibarTanzania835,850800,0104.48%
697Barcelona Puerto La CruzVenezuela835,805825,5811.24%
698BikanerIndia835,802818,5662.11%
699HaichengChina834,639821,1921.64%
700GebzeTurkey831,360813,3942.21%
701TaixingChina830,623811,4512.36%
702LiaochengChina830,004813,3692.05%
703ZhumadianChina829,361804,5373.09%
704Newcastle Upon TyneUnited Kingdom828,712823,4310.64%
705LangfangChina827,967807,8332.49%
706BucheonSouth Korea826,919826,981-0.01%
707SulaimaniyaIraq823,199800,7932.8%
708XalapaMexico822,863811,0411.46%
709MalanjeAngola822,471783,2435.01%
710AnqiuChina821,765791,9313.77%
711SorocabaBrazil821,435813,3201%
712GaomiChina821,154797,9642.91%
713DasmarinasPhilippines820,886802,6002.28%
714Cagayan De Oro CityPhilippines820,297803,1942.13%
715HanchuanChina818,761795,8352.88%
716MeishanChina818,037796,7562.67%
717BolognaItaly816,848814,3320.31%
718Ar RayyanQatar815,869798,3822.19%
719ThessalonikiGreece814,980814,5240.06%
720MuzaffarnagarIndia814,491791,2142.94%
721KayamkulamIndia813,379786,1923.46%
722NottinghamUnited Kingdom813,078806,7570.78%
723Nakhon RatchasimaThailand811,446801,8531.2%
724DanyangChina810,450789,7552.62%
725IbbYemen810,149771,5145.01%
726AmravatiIndia808,263792,6201.97%
727JiaozuoChina808,079796,5091.45%
728VereenigingSouth Africa802,900793,9271.13%
729GorakhpurIndia801,634788,2761.69%
730GazaPalestine800,636778,1872.88%
731FrankfurtGermany800,529796,4370.51%
732AnqingChina795,987779,5352.11%
733NiigataJapan795,916797,865-0.24%
734OshogboNigeria795,808771,5153.15%
735LinhaiChina795,777776,0762.54%
736ShaoguanChina794,279784,2301.28%
737Erduosi OrdossChina794,143774,3212.56%
738MercaSomalia793,545760,1294.4%
739Bur Sa'idEgypt792,925778,2801.88%
740KitweZambia792,350762,9813.85%
741Yan'anChina791,839767,1883.21%
742CuttackIndia789,558775,5591.81%
743HamiltonCanada786,843781,0470.74%
744ZariaNigeria786,197766,0072.64%
745BanjarmasinIndonesia785,125770,9591.84%
746DengzhouChina783,041759,1503.15%
747BelgaumIndia783,020767,1612.07%
748MalegaonIndia781,925764,6282.26%
749GomaDR Congo781,875744,2475.06%
750ZigongChina779,684768,0751.51%
751QingyuanChina778,628766,7821.54%
752YunchengChina777,193754,7112.98%
753ShaoyangChina776,404761,1692%
754YanjiChina775,672757,2242.44%
755TirupatiIndia775,455752,7443.02%
756MaturinVenezuela775,097758,1852.23%
757YuxiChina774,356750,1023.23%
758AkureNigeria773,141744,3713.87%
759TongliaoChina772,756756,1582.2%
760SialkotPakistan770,962753,3252.34%
761TonglingChina770,032752,9162.27%
762KrakowPoland769,396769,4170%
763AnsanSouth Korea768,822766,7030.28%
764WuzhouChina768,512751,6792.24%
765DazhouChina767,532748,2572.58%
766Suining SichuanChina765,887750,0972.11%
767MangaloreIndia763,312749,0731.9%
768JiamusiChina761,903749,7631.62%
769Al HudaydahYemen759,157734,6993.33%
770SargodhaPakistan757,915741,8182.17%
771Nay Pyi TawMyanmar757,823722,8364.84%
772TamaleGhana757,506729,7683.8%
773Sao Jose Dos CamposBrazil757,137749,1881.06%
774BacoorPhilippines757,035739,6822.35%
775DongtaiChina756,344738,2002.46%
776ZhangjiagangChina755,752733,8102.99%
777Nanded WaghalaIndia755,577738,5522.31%
778Xianyang ShaanxiChina754,446743,4911.47%
779AmaraIraq753,708729,2763.35%
780ZarqaJordan753,392748,4280.66%
781BhavnagarIndia751,493737,1281.95%
782SheffieldUnited Kingdom751,303745,8760.73%
783HuamboAngola751,297727,6413.25%
784Ribeirao PretoBrazil750,174742,1151.09%
785PanzhihuaChina750,036738,4951.56%
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What are the most populated cities in the world? Here is a list of the top ten most populated cities in the world:

City
Country
Population
TokyoJapan37,115,035
DelhiIndia33,807,403
ShanghaiChina29,867,918
DhakaBangladesh23,935,652
Sao PauloBrazil22,806,704
CairoEgypt22,623,874
Mexico CityMexico22,505,315
BeijingChina22,189,082
MumbaiIndia21,673,149
OsakaJapan18,967,459

It is perhaps unsurprising that the majority of the most populous cities in the world are in the two most populated countries in the world, China and India. Among these are Shanghai and Beijing in China, with populations of 29.9M and 22.2M million respectively, along with Delhi (33.8M), and Mumbai (21.7M) in India.

However, Tokyo is the largest city in the world if the entire Tokyo metro area is included, with a total of 37.1M residents. Another Japanese city, Osaka, also has a very large population of 19M. There are also a number of non-Asian cities with high populations, including Mexico City (22.5M), Cairo (22.6M), and Buenos Aires (15.6M).

Of the European cities, Istanbul is the most populous, with 16M residents. This is followed by Moscow (12.7M) and Paris (11.3M). These cities are of course also culturally significant and between them they welcome millions of tourists each year.

There are quite a number of popular and culturally rich cities that have smaller populations, often making for higher living standards for their residents. Barcelona, Sydney, Berlin and Vancouver all have fewer than five million residents, but are very popular choices for city living. There are also some comparatively very small cities with big cultural, historical or political reputations, such as Sarajevo (314,000), Edinburgh (502,000), and Venice (631,000), demonstrating that small cities can be highly significant regardless of the size of their population.

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  1. World Urbanization Prospects - United Nations population estimates and projections of major Urban Agglomerations

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