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 An ShaanxiChina9,013,8378,785,1742.6%
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%
49New YorkUnited States7,931,1478,133,522-2.49%
50BaghdadIraq7,921,1347,711,3052.72%
51ShenyangChina7,830,3777,680,9671.95%
52RiyadhSaudi Arabia7,820,5517,682,4301.8%
53Hong KongHong Kong7,725,8597,684,8010.53%
54FoshanChina7,704,9357,597,3861.42%
55DongguanChina7,675,1467,587,0491.16%
56PuneIndia7,345,8487,166,3742.5%
57SantiagoChile6,950,9526,903,3920.69%
58HaerbinChina6,938,0086,803,8111.97%
59MadridSpain6,783,2416,751,3740.47%
60KhartoumSudan6,542,0706,344,3483.12%
61TorontoCanada6,431,4306,371,9580.93%
62JohannesburgSouth Africa6,324,3516,198,0162.04%
63Belo HorizonteBrazil6,300,4096,247,8890.84%
64DalianChina6,217,4876,077,9952.3%
65SingaporeSingapore6,119,2036,080,8590.63%
66QingdaoChina6,104,5975,986,5251.97%
67ZhengzhouChina6,014,8875,859,2722.66%
68Ji Nan ShandongChina5,940,6985,806,0312.32%
69AbidjanIvory Coast5,866,7045,686,3503.17%
70BarcelonaSpain5,711,9175,687,3560.43%
71YangonMyanmar5,709,6785,610,2411.77%
72Addis AbabaEthiopia5,703,6285,460,5914.45%
73AlexandriaEgypt5,696,1315,588,4771.93%
74Saint PetersburgRussia5,581,7075,561,2940.37%
75NairobiKenya5,541,1725,325,1604.06%
76ChittagongBangladesh5,513,6095,379,6602.49%
77GuadalajaraMexico5,499,6785,419,8801.47%
78FukuokaJapan5,478,0765,490,271-0.22%
79AnkaraTurkey5,477,0875,397,0981.48%
80HanoiVietnam5,431,8015,253,3853.4%
81MelbourneAustralia5,315,6005,235,4071.53%
82MonterreyMexico5,195,3555,116,6471.54%
83SydneyAustralia5,184,8965,120,8941.25%
84ChangshaChina5,027,9754,921,4872.16%
85UrumqiChina5,005,9644,865,0382.9%
86Cape TownSouth Africa4,977,8334,890,2801.79%
87JiddahSaudi Arabia4,943,2104,862,9411.65%
88BrasiliaBrazil4,935,2744,873,0481.28%
89KunmingChina4,861,0794,761,2842.1%
90ChangchunChina4,802,4474,710,3821.95%
91KabulAfghanistan4,728,3844,588,6663.04%
92HefeiChina4,727,2904,615,7582.42%
93YaoundeCameroon4,681,7684,509,2873.83%
94NingboChina4,659,8304,537,9012.69%
95ShantouChina4,656,5254,573,7131.81%
96New TaipeiTaiwan4,534,8774,504,1470.68%
97Tel AvivIsrael4,495,7274,420,8551.69%
98KanoNigeria4,490,7344,348,4813.27%
99ShijiazhuangChina4,454,1324,370,4731.91%
100MontrealCanada4,341,6384,307,9580.78%
101RomeItaly4,331,9744,315,6710.38%
102JaipurIndia4,308,5104,207,0842.41%
103RecifeBrazil4,305,1274,263,9400.97%
104NanningChina4,291,4634,191,8902.38%
105FortalezaBrazil4,246,3994,206,2400.95%
106KozhikodeIndia4,243,9624,088,5553.8%
107Porto AlegreBrazil4,239,8674,211,9330.66%
108Taiyuan ShanxiChina4,226,7824,145,0101.97%
109DoualaCameroon4,203,1084,063,2003.44%
110EkurhuleniSouth Africa4,190,8324,118,3271.76%
111MalappuramIndia4,184,9214,009,0874.39%
112MedellinColombia4,137,3864,102,3080.86%
113ChangzhouChina4,085,5023,981,6582.61%
114KampalaUganda4,050,8263,846,1025.32%
115AntananarivoMadagascar4,048,6663,872,2644.56%
116LucknowIndia4,038,2143,945,4092.35%
117AbujaNigeria4,025,7353,839,6464.85%
118NanchangChina4,016,0373,920,3792.44%
119WenzhouChina4,009,5313,919,7242.29%
120XiamenChina4,007,4683,935,4841.83%
121IbadanNigeria4,004,3163,874,9083.34%
122Fuzhou FujianChina3,998,7543,922,2021.95%
123SalvadorBrazil3,994,9823,958,3840.92%
124CasablancaMorocco3,950,4083,892,8371.48%
125Tangshan HebeiChina3,925,2063,814,7022.9%
126KumasiGhana3,903,4813,768,2393.59%
127CuritibaBrazil3,852,4593,813,0821.03%
128BekasiIndonesia3,830,6783,729,3512.72%
129FaisalabadPakistan3,800,1933,710,8452.41%
130Los AngelesUnited States3,748,6403,785,439-0.97%
131GuiyangChina3,661,4463,580,9042.25%
132Port HarcourtNigeria3,636,5473,480,1014.5%
133ThrissurIndia3,605,2383,482,4563.53%
134Santo DomingoDominican Republic3,587,4023,523,8901.8%
135BerlinGermany3,576,8733,573,9380.08%
136AsuncionParaguay3,568,8303,510,5111.66%
137DakarSenegal3,540,4623,429,5363.23%
138KochiIndia3,507,0533,406,0552.97%
139WuxiChina3,498,7403,437,3461.79%
140BusanSouth Korea3,477,4193,471,9490.16%
141CampinasBrazil3,458,4413,422,7961.04%
142MashhadIran3,415,5323,367,8521.42%
143SanaaYemen3,407,8143,292,4973.5%
144PueblaMexico3,394,3423,344,7611.48%
145IndoreIndia3,393,3803,302,0772.77%
146LanzhouChina3,365,9103,297,5282.07%
147OuagadougouBurkina Faso3,358,9343,203,9234.84%
148Kuwait CityKuwait3,353,6023,297,7591.69%
149LusakaZambia3,324,2193,181,2504.49%
150KanpurIndia3,286,1423,234,1601.61%
151DurbanSouth Africa3,262,1283,228,0031.06%
152GuayaquilEcuador3,193,2673,142,4661.62%
153PyongyangNorth Korea3,183,1353,157,5380.81%
154MilanItaly3,160,6313,154,5700.19%
155Guatemala CityGuatemala3,159,6313,095,0992.08%
156AthensGreece3,154,5913,154,4630%
157DepokIndonesia3,133,2983,041,2293.03%
158IzmirTurkey3,120,3403,088,4141.03%
159NagpurIndia3,106,3403,046,6871.96%
160SurabayaIndonesia3,088,7483,044,4131.46%
161HandanChina3,085,9983,005,4092.68%
162CoimbatoreIndia3,083,7213,009,0472.48%
163HuaianChina3,071,0482,979,8933.06%
164Port Au PrinceHaiti3,060,1692,987,4552.43%
165ZhongshanChina3,051,0653,010,6851.34%
166DubaiUnited Arab Emirates3,051,0163,007,5831.44%
167BamakoMali3,050,5702,929,3734.14%
168Mbuji MayiDR Congo3,022,8552,891,7464.53%
169KievUkraine3,020,2283,016,7890.11%
170LisbonPortugal3,014,6073,000,5360.47%
171WeifangChina2,994,5372,917,8192.63%
172CaracasVenezuela2,991,7272,972,1450.66%
173ThiruvananthapuramIndia2,984,1542,891,1193.22%
174AlgiersAlgeria2,952,1152,901,8101.73%
175ShizuokaJapan2,935,5272,937,359-0.06%
176LubumbashiDR Congo2,933,9622,811,9594.34%
177CaliColombia2,890,4332,863,7300.93%
178GoianiaBrazil2,890,4182,848,4731.47%
179PretoriaSouth Africa2,889,8992,818,1002.55%
180ShaoxingChina2,882,1712,805,6542.73%
181IncheonSouth Korea2,861,6862,848,5570.46%
182YantaiChina2,834,5082,764,5842.53%
183ZiboChina2,828,4352,780,1421.74%
184HuizhouChina2,827,6102,758,5932.5%
185ManchesterUnited Kingdom2,811,7562,791,0050.74%
186TaipeiTaiwan2,766,3342,754,1960.44%
187MogadishuSomalia2,726,8152,610,4834.46%
188BrazzavilleRepublic of the Congo2,724,5662,637,7333.29%
189AccraGhana2,721,1652,660,0722.3%
190BandungIndonesia2,714,2152,674,0001.5%
191DamascusSyria2,685,3612,584,7713.89%
192BirminghamUnited Kingdom2,684,8072,665,1000.74%
193VancouverCanada2,682,5092,657,0880.96%
194Toluca De LerdoMexico2,674,3362,626,3681.83%
195LuoyangChina2,666,7442,602,7932.46%
196SapporoJapan2,660,9472,666,112-0.19%
197TashkentUzbekistan2,633,6612,603,2431.17%
198PatnaIndia2,633,2432,579,7622.07%
199BhopalIndia2,624,8652,564,5022.35%
200ChicagoUnited States2,590,0022,627,520-1.43%
201TangerangIndonesia2,570,9802,514,0772.26%
202NantongChina2,555,7222,492,2302.55%
203BrisbaneAustralia2,536,4492,504,5051.28%
204TunisTunisia2,510,6732,475,4461.42%
205PeshawarPakistan2,480,5462,411,7852.85%
206MedanIndonesia2,479,0702,439,0541.64%
207GujranwalaPakistan2,479,0582,415,4162.63%
208BakuAzerbaijan2,464,1622,432,3041.31%
209HohhotChina2,443,6862,380,6362.65%
210San JuanPuerto Rico2,436,6202,439,564-0.12%
211BelemBrazil2,432,1772,409,4090.94%
212RawalpindiPakistan2,430,3882,377,3252.23%
213AgraIndia2,422,3422,367,5542.31%
214ManausBrazil2,406,8542,375,6361.31%
215KannurIndia2,405,6642,346,1372.54%
216BeirutLebanon2,402,4852,421,354-0.78%
217MaracaiboVenezuela2,400,8262,367,6261.4%
218LiuzhouChina2,397,4102,343,4522.3%
219VisakhapatnamIndia2,385,1102,330,9282.32%
220BaotouChina2,381,2422,334,8781.99%
221VadodaraIndia2,373,3652,324,0842.12%
222BarranquillaColombia2,373,3022,349,4001.02%
223Phnom PenhCambodia2,352,6802,281,1983.13%
224SendaiJapan2,341,4332,342,302-0.04%
225TaoyuanTaiwan2,338,7242,318,8500.86%
226XuzhouChina2,332,5312,287,1661.98%
227AleppoSyria2,317,6502,203,0255.2%
228HoustonUnited States2,305,8892,304,3830.07%
229TijuanaMexico2,297,2162,259,7871.66%
230EsfahanIran2,294,5892,258,3961.6%
231NashikIndia2,294,2992,237,3692.54%
232VijayawadaIndia2,290,7852,229,7652.74%
233AmmanJordan2,252,6882,232,2400.92%
234PutianChina2,250,1042,176,0223.4%
235MultanPakistan2,205,4072,154,6002.36%
236Grande VitoriaBrazil2,196,8182,170,5131.21%
237Wuhu AnhuiChina2,195,2622,124,7973.32%
238MeccaSaudi Arabia2,184,5602,149,9281.61%
239KollamIndia2,181,9402,106,6063.58%
240NaplesItaly2,180,0272,179,3840.03%
241DaeguSouth Korea2,179,9292,180,997-0.05%
242ConakryGuinea2,178,5962,110,9373.21%
243YangzhouChina2,175,1022,131,2912.06%
244HavanaCuba2,152,5182,148,9300.17%
245Taizhou ZhejiangChina2,152,2262,102,1432.38%
246BaodingChina2,149,7032,107,5392%
247PerthAustralia2,143,4912,117,9971.2%
248BrusselsBelgium2,132,1782,121,9920.48%
249Linyi ShandongChina2,120,0492,076,3642.1%
250BursaTurkey2,115,5132,086,3241.4%
251RajkotIndia2,096,9812,043,1072.64%
252MinskBelarus2,064,7332,057,2570.36%
253HiroshimaJapan2,062,8842,067,591-0.23%
254HaikouChina2,056,6462,016,0922.01%
255DaqingChina2,044,3712,000,6562.19%
256LomeTogo2,042,7341,981,6153.08%
257LianyungangChina2,035,6311,986,4392.48%
258Yancheng JiangsuChina2,034,3261,993,4632.05%
259Panama CityPanama2,015,7351,976,8661.97%
260AlmatyKazakhstan2,015,2091,987,3011.4%
261SemarangIndonesia2,013,5711,975,3061.94%
262HyderabadPakistan2,011,9641,967,6842.25%
263ValenciaVenezuela2,007,2651,983,4451.2%
264Davao CityPhilippines1,991,4571,949,4002.16%
265ViennaAustria1,990,4871,975,2710.77%
266RabatMorocco1,989,1971,959,3881.52%
267LudhianaIndia1,988,4381,951,0851.91%
268QuitoEcuador1,986,6671,956,9951.52%
269Benin CityNigeria1,972,5581,904,6313.57%
270La PazBolivia1,965,5701,935,6191.55%
271Baixada SantistaBrazil1,965,1101,947,7850.89%
272West YorkshireUnited Kingdom1,942,4701,928,6610.72%
273Can ThoVietnam1,938,9151,865,1723.95%
274ZhuhaiChina1,930,3731,889,8292.15%
275Leon De Los AldamasMexico1,924,4351,898,7491.35%
276QuanzhouChina1,920,7331,869,9942.71%
277MatolaMozambique1,915,0351,852,4053.38%
278DatongChina1,913,6741,873,6932.13%
279SharjahUnited Arab Emirates1,872,1991,830,8582.26%
280MaduraiIndia1,871,9121,834,2792.05%
281RaipurIndia1,871,1071,816,8132.99%
282AdanaTurkey1,856,6381,835,8951.13%
283Santa CruzBolivia1,855,7321,820,1141.96%
284PalembangIndonesia1,852,6731,818,4211.88%
285MosulIraq1,847,6911,792,0203.11%
286CixiChina1,840,0391,788,8712.86%
287MeerutIndia1,835,4031,797,8052.09%
288GaziantepTurkey1,833,0061,804,7041.57%
289La LagunaMexico1,826,1351,780,5922.56%
290BatamIndonesia1,806,1471,748,1423.32%
291TurinItaly1,805,7271,801,9440.21%
292WarsawPoland1,799,4511,797,5160.11%
293JiangmenChina1,797,4691,768,5111.64%
294VaranasiIndia1,789,0471,754,4251.97%
295HamburgGermany1,787,2801,787,520-0.01%
296MontevideoUruguay1,781,3631,774,3960.39%
297BudapestHungary1,780,3911,778,0520.13%
298LyonFrance1,774,3951,761,1880.75%
299XiangyangChina1,772,3181,742,7061.7%
300BucharestRomania1,767,5201,776,385-0.5%
301YichangChina1,758,1001,711,2442.74%
302YinchuanChina1,757,6991,716,5912.39%
303ShirazIran1,742,7501,720,9541.27%
304KanangaDR Congo1,738,7161,664,4424.46%
305SrinagarIndia1,737,5021,698,2772.31%
306MonroviaLiberia1,735,3651,678,0203.42%
307TiruppurIndia1,731,8621,677,1733.26%
308JamshedpurIndia1,730,5211,695,0602.09%
309SuqianChina1,726,3271,664,9683.69%
310AurangabadIndia1,725,2831,683,3892.49%
311QinhuangdaoChina1,723,7281,680,9622.54%
312StockholmSweden1,719,6041,700,0661.15%
313AnshanChina1,713,4521,689,4991.42%
314GlasgowUnited Kingdom1,708,1471,698,0880.59%
315XiningChina1,705,0781,666,6052.31%
316MakassarIndonesia1,704,9301,673,0941.9%
317HengyangChina1,702,0121,661,8542.42%
318NovosibirskRussia1,701,5101,694,7650.4%
319UlaanbaatarMongolia1,699,3631,672,6271.6%
320OnitshaNigeria1,694,9131,623,3824.41%
321JilinChina1,693,7011,668,7851.49%
322AnyangChina1,693,3751,642,3473.11%
323AucklandNew Zealand1,692,7701,673,2201.17%
324TabrizIran1,678,0281,660,7371.04%
325PhoenixUnited States1,676,4811,660,4450.97%
326MuscatOman1,676,1671,650,3191.57%
327CalgaryCanada1,665,0231,639,6131.55%
328QiqihaerChina1,662,4071,635,4581.65%
329N DjamenaChad1,655,6181,592,3243.97%
330MarseilleFrance1,635,7071,627,5490.5%
331CordobaArgentina1,625,9371,611,6510.89%
332JodhpurIndia1,625,3251,586,5472.44%
333KathmanduNepal1,621,6421,571,0103.22%
334RosarioArgentina1,613,0411,594,0961.19%
335TegucigalpaHonduras1,609,2611,568,0252.63%
336Ciudad JuarezMexico1,604,0851,582,3131.38%
337HarareZimbabwe1,603,2011,578,1281.59%
338KarajIran1,603,0111,593,6080.59%
339MedinaSaudi Arabia1,598,9761,572,5711.68%
340Jining ShandongChina1,595,9631,569,5601.68%
341Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates1,593,2841,566,9991.68%
342MunichGermany1,584,5071,576,4160.51%
343RanchiIndia1,584,2371,547,2582.39%
344DaejonSouth Korea1,581,7051,577,4360.27%
345ZhangjiakouChina1,568,1221,536,1712.08%
346EdmontonCanada1,567,6151,544,4481.5%
347MandalayMyanmar1,563,0211,531,8602.03%
348GaoxiongTaiwan1,559,0851,552,8990.4%
349KotaIndia1,558,4681,516,7952.75%
350NatalBrazil1,556,4131,535,3161.37%
351NouakchottMauritania1,552,1461,491,9584.03%
352JabalpurIndia1,551,0041,522,1211.9%
353HuainanChina1,538,6031,512,6681.71%
354Grande Sao LuisBrazil1,536,0171,523,6290.81%
355AsansolIndia1,534,0811,505,0331.93%
356PhiladelphiaUnited States1,533,9161,550,587-1.07%
357YekaterinburgRussia1,532,9701,527,7280.34%
358GwangjuSouth Korea1,532,9021,529,4720.22%
359YiwuChina1,525,7491,483,3202.86%
360ChaozhouChina1,520,6281,496,2981.63%
361GwaliorIndia1,508,8461,475,0162.29%
362GanzhouChina1,508,0371,459,6783.31%
363San AntonioUnited States1,506,5931,489,7511.13%
364HomsSyria1,499,6031,443,4293.89%
365NiameyNiger1,496,2581,437,2334.11%
366MombasaKenya1,495,2231,440,3963.81%
367AllahabadIndia1,493,3461,465,1521.92%
368BasraIraq1,485,1561,448,1242.56%
369KisanganiDR Congo1,483,5131,423,3954.22%
370San JoseCosta Rica1,482,4601,461,9891.4%
371AmritsarIndia1,480,4701,451,7481.98%
372Taizhou JiangsuChina1,477,6001,446,8102.13%
373Chon BuriThailand1,472,7091,454,2221.27%
374JiaxingChina1,470,9171,424,9823.22%
375WeihaiChina1,465,9261,429,3152.56%
376Hai PhongVietnam1,463,6501,422,9742.86%
377OttawaCanada1,451,5711,437,1881%
378ZurichSwitzerland1,443,3491,431,5380.83%
379Taian ShandongChina1,441,9111,416,0641.83%
380QueretaroMexico1,436,8181,413,4741.65%
381Joao PessoaBrazil1,435,1251,421,8270.94%
382KaifengChina1,434,4631,398,2622.59%
383CochabambaBolivia1,430,6881,400,2502.17%
384KonyaTurkey1,429,9351,407,6321.58%
385LiuyangChina1,428,8021,373,5234.02%
386LiuanChina1,427,8941,378,0773.61%
387RizhaoChina1,426,5831,391,2582.54%
388KharkivUkraine1,418,9781,421,052-0.15%
389DhanbadIndia1,414,5321,389,7761.78%
390NanchongChina1,412,7141,377,5722.55%
391DongyingChina1,410,7911,379,3772.28%
392BelgradeSerbia1,410,6971,408,1440.18%
393ZunyiChina1,406,0911,376,4532.15%
394ZhanjiangChina1,399,3101,371,9981.99%
395BucaramangaColombia1,396,6321,381,4981.1%
396UyoNigeria1,393,4531,329,2844.83%
397CopenhagenDenmark1,391,2051,381,0050.74%
398ShiyanChina1,387,3771,354,0252.46%
399TaizhongTaiwan1,381,8551,369,0660.93%
400BareillyIndia1,380,7151,348,6642.38%
401Pointe NoireRepublic of the Congo1,379,3681,336,3873.22%
402AdelaideAustralia1,379,2801,366,7830.91%
403SuweonSouth Korea1,378,2291,365,3520.94%
404MwanzaTanzania1,378,0141,310,7545.13%
405Mianyang SichuanChina1,376,4491,351,3831.85%
406Samut PrakanThailand1,376,1461,358,8711.27%
407MaceioBrazil1,375,9841,363,5100.91%
408San DiegoUnited States1,375,4521,378,307-0.21%
409QomIran1,373,8001,354,1741.45%
410AntalyaTurkey1,372,4001,347,2401.87%
411JoinvilleBrazil1,361,9921,348,5211%
412TengzhouChina1,360,7791,322,9162.86%
413YingkouChina1,355,5641,323,1742.45%
414Ad DammamSaudi Arabia1,352,9121,329,2911.78%
415SuzhouChina1,349,9941,310,4333.02%
416TangerMorocco1,348,8481,314,1782.64%
417FreetownSierra Leone1,347,5591,309,1682.93%
418HelsinkiFinland1,346,8101,337,7860.67%
419AligarhIndia1,346,0181,312,3692.56%
420MoradabadIndia1,335,9661,301,7402.63%
421Pekan BaruIndonesia1,334,5321,303,3552.39%
422MaomingChina1,333,9301,303,9002.3%
423LilongweMalawi1,333,0961,276,3164.45%
424PortoPortugal1,329,3011,324,6520.35%
425PragueCzech Republic1,327,9471,323,3390.35%
426AstanaKazakhstan1,324,1111,291,2802.54%
427JieyangChina1,320,7791,282,4792.99%
428Fushun LiaoningChina1,317,2761,304,5650.97%
429MysoreIndia1,316,4611,288,2452.19%
430Abomey CalaviBenin1,314,9161,252,8904.95%
431RuianChina1,314,7841,281,7902.57%
432FesMorocco1,313,3111,290,0391.8%
433Port ElizabethSouth Africa1,312,6311,295,9281.29%
434FlorianopolisBrazil1,309,8951,294,4861.19%
435AhvazIran1,309,3721,293,6191.22%
436BukavuDR Congo1,308,4691,248,7834.78%
437NnewiNigeria1,300,9931,239,1864.99%
438KazanRussia1,296,2321,291,8840.34%
439JinhuaChina1,296,0651,257,9413.03%
440DallasUnited States1,295,4471,297,495-0.16%
441San Luis PotosiMexico1,292,1331,273,3251.48%
442BaojiChina1,290,2311,261,0772.31%
443Durg BhilainagarIndia1,289,6731,266,0341.87%
444BhubaneswarIndia1,289,2541,257,6422.51%
445KigaliRwanda1,287,9521,247,5513.24%
446SofiaBulgaria1,287,5401,288,114-0.04%
447Pingdingshan HenanChina1,285,7501,256,5812.32%
448DublinIreland1,284,5511,270,1721.13%
449PuningChina1,282,7561,254,1602.28%
450ChifengChina1,279,5441,252,4142.17%
451ZhuzhouChina1,277,2381,254,5191.81%
452BujumburaBurundi1,277,0501,206,7675.82%
453Zhenjiang JiangsuChina1,275,3951,250,6681.98%
454LiupanshuiChina1,272,8721,230,6443.43%
455BarquisimetoVenezuela1,267,8721,254,1921.09%
456IslamabadPakistan1,266,7921,232,4472.79%
457HuaibeiChina1,264,8561,236,2712.31%
458TasikmalayaIndonesia1,258,1241,213,7783.65%
459MaracayVenezuela1,256,5531,242,9451.09%
460BogorIndonesia1,256,1551,231,4452.01%
461Da NangVietnam1,253,2281,220,6342.67%
462Nizhniy NovgorodRussia1,250,3021,251,332-0.08%
463Nanyang HenanChina1,250,3001,224,6292.1%
464Xiangtan HunanChina1,249,3801,223,9122.08%
465PizhouChina1,247,1771,207,2753.31%
466TiruchirappalliIndia1,244,9781,221,9601.88%
467ChelyabinskRussia1,243,8831,240,9260.24%
468MendozaArgentina1,242,3191,226,4271.3%
469LuoheChina1,241,1521,197,9353.61%
470XionganChina1,240,1581,183,0424.83%
471ChandigarhIndia1,239,6991,214,7752.05%
472MeridaMexico1,239,6541,220,6031.56%
473JinzhouChina1,238,3771,215,3761.89%
474BenxiChina1,237,5501,216,8521.7%
475BinzhouChina1,233,5841,200,2222.78%
476AbaNigeria1,230,4071,188,8033.5%
477Chiang MaiThailand1,228,7731,213,3481.27%
478BazhongChina1,225,5911,175,9894.22%
479QuettaPakistan1,221,4951,190,3482.62%
480KadunaNigeria1,221,4511,187,3982.87%
481GuilinChina1,218,0671,196,8411.77%
482SaharanpurIndia1,207,8561,171,6893.09%
483Hubli DharwadIndia1,205,4281,181,1942.05%
484YueqingChina1,201,4001,169,8642.7%
485GuwahatiIndia1,199,4551,176,3301.97%
486MexicaliMexico1,196,9821,178,4771.57%
487SalemIndia1,194,7571,169,9532.12%
488MaputoMozambique1,193,2531,162,7932.62%
489TripoliLibya1,192,4361,183,2920.77%
490HaifaIsrael1,186,4751,174,4291.03%
491Bandar LampungIndonesia1,186,2331,162,2422.06%
492Bobo DioulassoBurkina Faso1,185,0531,128,6465%
493AmsterdamNetherlands1,181,8171,174,0250.66%
494ShimkentKazakhstan1,181,0201,155,0732.25%
495OmskRussia1,180,6771,180,745-0.01%
496AguascalientesMexico1,179,3011,161,4481.54%
497HargeysaSomalia1,176,6171,127,1984.38%
498KrasnoyarskRussia1,173,0951,166,7920.54%
499XinxiangChina1,160,8401,140,5991.77%
500SiliguriIndia1,159,3711,126,2492.94%
501WenlingChina1,159,2591,131,3612.47%
502SamaraRussia1,154,4511,155,732-0.11%
503ZaozhuangChina1,150,8591,133,6291.52%
504CologneGermany1,149,0141,143,7150.46%
505YonginSouth Korea1,147,9671,135,6711.08%
506UfaRussia1,146,7861,144,7990.17%
507FuyangChina1,146,3431,120,6942.29%
508IkoroduNigeria1,145,2241,093,3084.75%
509Bien HoaVietnam1,142,9971,110,8242.9%
510JalandharIndia1,142,6821,118,8262.13%
511PanjinChina1,142,5421,120,6751.95%
512Ma'anshanChina1,140,2641,112,6802.48%
513CuernavacaMexico1,140,1691,123,8431.45%
514Rostov on DonRussia1,139,6411,138,8540.07%
515ChihuahuaMexico1,135,3421,116,2951.71%
516Fuzhou JiangxiChina1,131,7181,100,2712.86%
517TshikapaDR Congo1,131,2261,077,1085.02%
518ShangraoChina1,130,8871,106,7362.18%
519SamarindaIndonesia1,128,1761,100,3242.53%
520BishkekKyrgyzstan1,127,7211,104,7422.08%
521ZhaoqingChina1,127,6011,103,2022.21%
522San SalvadorEl Salvador1,123,3761,116,0520.66%
523Yichun JiangxiChina1,122,0411,078,6304.02%
524ChenzhouChina1,119,7911,084,9693.21%
525Sekondi TakoradiGhana1,119,5341,077,9293.86%
526LeshanChina1,116,4971,087,4092.67%
527AdenYemen1,116,1931,079,6703.38%
528GoyangSouth Korea1,114,0791,105,2830.8%
529DiyarbakirTurkey1,113,3331,096,9371.49%
530AsmaraEritrea1,111,7481,072,6663.64%
531DezhouChina1,108,3561,080,6802.56%
532Jingzhou HubeiChina1,108,0671,089,8861.67%
533ManaguaNicaragua1,107,1181,094,5101.15%
534Johor BahruMalaysia1,107,0011,086,2141.91%
535KermanshahIran1,101,6111,084,6231.57%
536NyalaSudan1,101,3141,056,9524.2%
537OsloNorway1,100,8681,085,9921.37%
538KirkukIraq1,100,3901,074,8842.37%
539YerevanArmenia1,097,5421,094,8130.25%
540CartagenaColombia1,096,4631,087,5990.82%
541ChangshuChina1,093,6871,059,9023.19%
542HuzhouChina1,091,8111,067,6512.26%
543XuchangChina1,091,7441,063,8762.62%
544SolapurIndia1,088,1311,070,3221.66%
545LilleFrance1,085,1991,079,1200.56%
546MersinTurkey1,084,8171,069,4021.44%
547TbilisiGeorgia1,084,4711,082,2450.21%
548PermRussia1,084,1201,081,7680.22%
549VoronezhRussia1,083,7241,080,8080.27%
550DenpasarIndonesia1,075,2441,053,0412.11%
551ToulouseFrance1,070,7461,060,4600.97%
552Blantyre LimbeMalawi1,070,6251,030,9743.85%
553AracajuBrazil1,070,1221,056,9861.24%
554MarrakechMorocco1,067,1721,049,6901.67%
555QujingChina1,066,8971,038,9642.69%
556YueyangChina1,064,1661,048,8891.46%
557IlorinNigeria1,063,7131,030,4983.22%
558TampicoMexico1,062,5671,047,2511.46%
559AntwerpBelgium1,061,0891,057,2150.37%
560TeresinaBrazil1,059,6571,050,4590.88%
561GuipingChina1,055,9211,020,3993.48%
562WarangalIndia1,055,6041,031,0902.38%
563ChangwonSouth Korea1,055,3731,054,4420.09%
564PadangIndonesia1,052,8491,033,6451.86%
565SaltilloMexico1,050,3201,034,1261.57%
566XintaiChina1,049,4861,023,7562.51%
567CancunMexico1,045,0051,022,6042.19%
568Cebu CityPhilippines1,042,6131,024,9451.72%
569San Miguel De TucumanArgentina1,039,2261,026,7671.21%
570HamahSyria1,034,498995,7473.89%
571Acapulco De JuarezMexico1,032,7721,018,9761.35%
572WarriNigeria1,031,425986,9214.51%
573KayseriTurkey1,025,5071,013,2401.21%
574ChengdeChina1,024,521993,0973.16%
575OwerriNigeria1,022,922983,3524.02%
576RotterdamNetherlands1,021,9191,018,0120.38%
577Pingxiang JiangxiChina1,021,575999,7212.19%
578ZhuchengChina1,019,600991,2082.86%
579SongkhlaThailand1,017,7841,005,0071.27%
580ValparaisoChile1,016,5851,008,5990.79%
581DehradunIndia1,016,402991,8762.47%
582NonthaburiThailand1,013,6721,000,9471.27%
583LeiyangChina1,013,191978,3273.56%
584DushanbeTajikistan1,012,794986,8992.62%
585NampulaMozambique1,012,582969,3224.46%
586MisratahLibya1,011,119984,1932.74%
587KrasnodarRussia1,010,5521,001,1550.94%
588LaiwuChina1,009,727986,2482.38%
589BordeauxFrance1,009,5941,000,4750.91%
590Jixi HeilongjiangChina1,008,989993,1751.59%
591San Pedro SulaHonduras1,008,220982,0212.67%
592OdesaUkraine1,007,5961,007,716-0.01%
593JiujiangChina1,004,247982,7772.18%
594LubangoAngola1,003,016958,5484.64%
595MoreliaMexico1,002,461988,7441.39%
596JosNigeria1,001,155970,1293.2%
597SylhetBangladesh999,374964,2913.64%
598AgadirMorocco998,146979,2481.93%
599VolgogradRussia993,352995,078-0.17%
600MudanjiangChina992,414975,3481.75%
601JacksonvilleUnited States990,931981,1251%
602GuigangChina990,310967,4282.37%
603Fort WorthUnited States989,842973,2751.7%
604NajafIraq987,814958,4873.06%
605BanguiCentral African Republic985,965958,3352.88%
606RajshahiBangladesh983,707961,9912.26%
607HengshuiChina983,694955,6632.93%
608AustinUnited States983,126978,7860.44%
609JerusalemIsrael983,097969,8041.37%
610ZhangzhouChina980,054955,5192.57%
611XinyuChina979,303952,2782.84%
612LinfenChina978,614951,8222.81%
613TianmenChina978,317953,7682.57%
614Ciudad GuayanaVenezuela978,202964,2661.45%
615Zamboanga CityPhilippines977,081960,3491.74%
616YangjiangChina976,606956,0792.15%
617TaizYemen974,518940,6003.61%
618CucutaColombia972,485963,0450.98%
619ArequipaPeru971,296958,9981.28%
620LilingChina970,907936,9973.62%
621AntipoloPhilippines968,288946,6532.29%
622VeracruzMexico968,070955,2261.34%
623ReynosaMexico967,627951,4171.7%
624KhulnaBangladesh965,483955,1041.09%
625DeyangChina963,160939,1662.55%
626Pathum ThaniThailand962,126950,0481.27%
627BengbuChina959,784944,4651.62%
628JiangyinChina959,250933,3952.77%
629SouthamptonUnited Kingdom959,202951,5310.81%
630VillahermosaMexico958,118943,5301.55%
631BaishanChina956,976927,5323.17%
632NiceFrance951,808948,1490.39%
633OranAlgeria950,768935,9471.58%
634West RandSouth Africa947,734934,3411.43%
635CabindaAngola947,634904,6764.75%
636UmuahiaNigeria947,460904,1394.79%
637BograBangladesh944,877905,8144.31%
638BahawalpurPakistan944,812919,6542.74%
639SeongnamSouth Korea942,159941,5080.07%
640GunturIndia940,205918,3242.38%
641DniproUkraine936,766941,586-0.51%
642Campo GrandeBrazil934,936926,0950.95%
643MalangIndonesia933,392919,4431.52%
644LondrinaBrazil932,892922,4251.13%
645DandongChina932,648917,9361.6%
646San JoseUnited States932,636951,934-2.03%
647ChangzhiChina930,620910,7432.18%
648HermosilloMexico929,961915,0601.63%
649BhiwandiIndia924,670906,5812%
650La PlataArgentina923,715914,0361.06%
651LiverpoolUnited Kingdom922,871917,0320.64%
652AshgabatTurkmenistan921,601902,3532.13%
653ConcepcionChile920,916911,8620.99%
654CharlotteUnited States920,325909,0221.24%
655PuducherryIndia919,280897,9832.37%
656ChangdeChina919,026898,3382.3%
657BergamoItaly918,675913,3760.58%
658FirozabadIndia918,218894,3882.66%
659ErbilIraq917,639896,7162.33%
660TyumenRussia916,862903,8151.44%
661TrujilloPeru916,632903,8961.41%
662LiaoyangChina916,238900,6921.73%
663ShangqiuChina915,823895,1112.31%
664UlsanSouth Korea914,300912,7340.17%
665Tuxtla GutierrezMexico913,075897,6941.71%
666ColumbusUnited States909,676908,8230.09%
667KuerleChina906,765875,4963.57%
668SoshanguveSouth Africa905,868892,2541.53%
669XingtaiChina904,070886,3812%
670CuliacanMexico903,910888,6201.72%
671QuzhouChina902,621871,4573.58%
672CherthalaIndia901,820870,4653.6%
673HuangshiChina893,107876,9301.84%
674FuxinChina889,767876,1311.56%
675LokojaNigeria885,882839,0465.58%
676Hufuf MubarrazSaudi Arabia884,753872,4381.41%
677LibrevilleGabon883,920869,7731.63%
678YongzhouChina883,326860,5222.65%
679XinghuaChina882,986861,9782.44%
680DonetskUkraine882,209887,716-0.62%
681YibinChina881,480864,9101.92%
682EnuguNigeria875,552846,5603.42%
683TainanTaiwan875,392869,6250.66%
684Indianapolis (balance)United States874,089877,355-0.37%
685XinyangChina873,268855,1912.11%
686IpohMalaysia872,424857,2251.77%
687LuzhouChina870,714857,6831.52%
688BanghaziLibya870,502859,2091.31%
689MaiduguriNigeria870,201844,7473.01%
690YangquanChina869,585851,6302.11%
691HuaihuaChina869,575843,7543.06%
692XiaoganChina869,479849,5802.34%
693TianshuiChina858,672837,4792.53%
694BuniaDR Congo856,339812,0905.45%
695BozhouChina854,946830,1252.99%
696KottayamIndia853,635818,6284.28%
697ZhujiChina852,608834,7822.14%
698KunshanChina851,399826,4143.02%
699Quebec CityCanada851,061844,2490.81%
700PalermoItaly850,233849,6870.06%
701WinnipegCanada849,251841,1080.97%
702OrumiyehIran848,443835,9001.5%
703EskisehirTurkey848,002834,0651.67%
704BenguelaAngola843,207809,4684.17%
705JinchengChina841,928818,0572.92%
706ValenciaSpain839,770838,3010.18%
707HezeChina838,928826,7771.47%
708SaratovRussia837,687838,377-0.08%
709NelloreIndia837,660816,2932.62%
710HuludaoChina836,344821,1321.85%
711ZanzibarTanzania835,850800,0104.48%
712Barcelona Puerto La CruzVenezuela835,805825,5811.24%
713BikanerIndia835,802818,5662.11%
714HaichengChina834,639821,1921.64%
715GebzeTurkey831,360813,3942.21%
716TaixingChina830,623811,4512.36%
717LiaochengChina830,004813,3692.05%
718ZhumadianChina829,361804,5373.09%
719Newcastle Upon TyneUnited Kingdom828,712823,4310.64%
720LangfangChina827,967807,8332.49%
721BucheonSouth Korea826,919826,981-0.01%
722SulaimaniyaIraq823,199800,7932.8%
723XalapaMexico822,863811,0411.46%
724MalanjeAngola822,471783,2435.01%
725AnqiuChina821,765791,9313.77%
726SorocabaBrazil821,435813,3201%
727GaomiChina821,154797,9642.91%
728DasmarinasPhilippines820,886802,6002.28%
729Cagayan De Oro CityPhilippines820,297803,1942.13%
730HanchuanChina818,761795,8352.88%
731MeishanChina818,037796,7562.67%
732BolognaItaly816,848814,3320.31%
733Ar RayyanQatar815,869798,3822.19%
734ThessalonikiGreece814,980814,5240.06%
735MuzaffarnagarIndia814,491791,2142.94%
736KayamkulamIndia813,379786,1923.46%
737NottinghamUnited Kingdom813,078806,7570.78%
738Nakhon RatchasimaThailand811,446801,8531.2%
739DanyangChina810,450789,7552.62%
740IbbYemen810,149771,5145.01%
741AmravatiIndia808,263792,6201.97%
742JiaozuoChina808,079796,5091.45%
743VereenigingSouth Africa802,900793,9271.13%
744GorakhpurIndia801,634788,2761.69%
745GazaPalestine800,636778,1872.88%
746FrankfurtGermany800,529796,4370.51%
747AnqingChina795,987779,5352.11%
748NiigataJapan795,916797,865-0.24%
749OshogboNigeria795,808771,5153.15%
750LinhaiChina795,777776,0762.54%
751ShaoguanChina794,279784,2301.28%
752Erduosi OrdossChina794,143774,3212.56%
753MercaSomalia793,545760,1294.4%
754Bur Sa'idEgypt792,925778,2801.88%
755KitweZambia792,350762,9813.85%
756Yan'anChina791,839767,1883.21%
757CuttackIndia789,558775,5591.81%
758HamiltonCanada786,843781,0470.74%
759ZariaNigeria786,197766,0072.64%
760BanjarmasinIndonesia785,125770,9591.84%
761DengzhouChina783,041759,1503.15%
762BelgaumIndia783,020767,1612.07%
763MalegaonIndia781,925764,6282.26%
764GomaDR Congo781,875744,2475.06%
765ZigongChina779,684768,0751.51%
766QingyuanChina778,628766,7821.54%
767YunchengChina777,193754,7112.98%
768ShaoyangChina776,404761,1692%
769YanjiChina775,672757,2242.44%
770TirupatiIndia775,455752,7443.02%
771MaturinVenezuela775,097758,1852.23%
772YuxiChina774,356750,1023.23%
773AkureNigeria773,141744,3713.87%
774TongliaoChina772,756756,1582.2%
775SialkotPakistan770,962753,3252.34%
776TonglingChina770,032752,9162.27%
777KrakowPoland769,396769,4170%
778AnsanSouth Korea768,822766,7030.28%
779WuzhouChina768,512751,6792.24%
780DazhouChina767,532748,2572.58%
781Suining SichuanChina765,887750,0972.11%
782MangaloreIndia763,312749,0731.9%
783JiamusiChina761,903749,7631.62%
784Al HudaydahYemen759,157734,6993.33%
785SeattleUnited States757,992753,6240.58%
786SargodhaPakistan757,915741,8182.17%
787Nay Pyi TawMyanmar757,823722,8364.84%
788TamaleGhana757,506729,7683.8%
789Sao Jose Dos CamposBrazil757,137749,1881.06%
790BacoorPhilippines757,035739,6822.35%
791DongtaiChina756,344738,2002.46%
792ZhangjiagangChina755,752733,8102.99%
793Nanded WaghalaIndia755,577738,5522.31%
794Xianyang ShaanxiChina754,446743,4911.47%
795AmaraIraq753,708729,2763.35%
796ZarqaJordan753,392748,4280.66%
797BhavnagarIndia751,493737,1281.95%
798SheffieldUnited Kingdom751,303745,8760.73%
799HuamboAngola751,297727,6413.25%
800Ribeirao PretoBrazil750,174742,1151.09%
801PanzhihuaChina750,036738,4951.56%
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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.

Largest Cities by Population 2024

World City Listing Articles

World Cities by First Letter

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

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