Populations Of 150 Largest Cities In The World
What is the largest city in the world?
Tokyo, with 37.8 million residents, continues to be the largest city in the world in terms of population. It has remained the largest city for over half a century when it displaced New York in 1955. In recent years Jakarta is experiencing a faster population growth than it and may eventually take the number one spot. Tokyo-Yokohama is not only the world’s most populous metropolitan area but it is the world’s largest urban agglomeration economy.
Largest Cities in the World
NOTE: Numbers shown include population within the recognized metro areaof the city, and they also include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city, (the immediate suburbs)
NOTE: Some population numbers shown are accumulated at-best estimates, as consistent to latest census. Information was last updated on March 7th, 2016.
| Rank | City / Urban Area | Country | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo–Yokohama | Japan | 37843000 |
| 2 | Jakarta (Jabodetabek) | Indonesia | 30539000 |
| 3 | Delhi | India | 24998000 |
| 4 | Manila (Metro Manila) | Philippines | 24123000 |
| 5 | Seoul–Gyeonggi–Incheon (Sudogwon) | South Korea | 23480000 |
| 6 | Shanghai | China | 23416000 |
| 7 | Karachi | Pakistan | 22123000 |
| 8 | Beijing | China | 21009000 |
| 9 | New York City | United States of America | 20630000 |
| 10 | Guangzhou–Foshan (Guangfo) | China | 20597000 |
| 11 | São Paulo | Brazil | 20365000 |
| 12 | Mexico City (Valley of Mexico) | Mexico | 20063000 |
| 13 | Mumbai | India | 17712000 |
| 14 | Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto (Keihanshin) | Japan | 17444000 |
| 15 | Moscow | Russia | 16170000 |
| 16 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 15669000 |
| 17 | Greater Cairo | Egypt | 15600000 |
| 18 | Los Angeles | United States of America | 15058000 |
| 19 | Bangkok | Thailand | 14998000 |
| 20 | Kolkata | India | 14667000 |
| 21 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 14122000 |
| 23 | Tehran | Iran | 13532000 |
| 23 | Istanbul | Turkey | 13287000 |
| 24 | Lagos | Nigeria | 13123000 |
| 25 | Shenzhen | China | 12084000 |
| 26 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 11727000 |
| 27 | Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11587000 |
| 28 | Tianjin | China | 10920000 |
| 29 | Paris | France | 10858000 |
| 30 | Lima | Peru | 10750000 |
| 31 | Chengdu | China | 10376000 |
| 32 | London | United Kingdom | 10236000 |
| 33 | Nagoya | Japan | 10177000 |
| 34 | Lahore | Pakistan | 10052000 |
| 35 | Chennai | India | 9714000 |
| 36 | Chicago | United States of America | 9156000 |
| 37 | Bogotá | Colombia | 8991000 |
| 38 | Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) | Vietnam | 8957000 |
| 39 | Hyderabad | India | 8754000 |
| 41 | Bengaluru | India | 8728906 |
| 41 | Dongguan | China | 8442000 |
| 42 | Johannesburg–East Rand | South Africa | 8432000 |
| 43 | Wuhan | China | 7509000 |
| 44 | Taipei | Taiwan | 7438000 |
| 45 | Hangzhou | China | 7275000 |
| 46 | Hong Kong | China | 7246000 |
| 47 | Chongqing | China | 7217000 |
| 48 | Ahmedabad | India | 7186000 |
| 49 | Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley) | Malaysia | 7088000 |
| 50 | Quanzhou | China | 6710000 |
| 51 | Essen–Düsseldorf (Ruhr Area) | Germany | 6679000 |
| 52 | Baghdad | Iraq | 6625000 |
| 53 | Toronto | Canada | 6456000 |
| 54 | Santiago | Chile | 6225000 |
| 55 | Dallas–Fort Worth | United States of America | 6174000 |
| 56 | Madrid | Spain | 6171000 |
| 57 | Nanjing | China | 6155000 |
| 58 | Shenyang | China | 6078000 |
| 59 | Xi’an–Xianyang | China | 5977000 |
| 60 | San Francisco–San Jose | United States of America | 5929000 |
| 61 | Luanda | Angola | 5899000 |
| 62 | Qingdao–Jimo | China | 5816000 |
| 63 | Houston | United States of America | 5764000 |
| 63 | Miami | United States of America | 5764000 |
| 65 | Bandung | Indonesia | 5695000 |
| 66 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 5666000 |
| 67 | Pune | India | 5631000 |
| 68 | Singapore | Singapore | 5624000 |
| 69 | Philadelphia | United States of America | 5570000 |
| 70 | Surat | India | 5447000 |
| 71 | Milan | Italy | 5257000 |
| 72 | Suzhou | China | 5246000 |
| 73 | Saint Petersburg | Russia | 5126000 |
| 74 | Khartoum | Sudan | 5125000 |
| 75 | Atlanta | United States of America | 5015000 |
| 76 | Zhengzhou–Xingyang | China | 4942000 |
| 77 | Washington, D.C. | United States of America | 4889000 |
| 78 | Surabaya | Indonesia | 4881000 |
| 79 | Harbin | China | 4815000 |
| 80 | Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 4800000 |
| 80 | Yangon (Rangoon) | Myanmar | 4800000 |
| 82 | Nairobi | Kenya | 4738000 |
| 83 | Barcelona | Spain | 4693000 |
| 84 | Alexandria | Egypt | 4689000 |
| 85 | Kabul | Afghanistan | 4635000 |
| 86 | Guadalajara | Mexico | 4603000 |
| 87 | Ankara | Turkey | 4538000 |
| 88 | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 4517000 |
| 89 | Boston | United States of America | 4478000 |
| 90 | Xiamen | China | 4420000 |
| 91 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 4283000 |
| 92 | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 4219000 |
| 93 | Phoenix | United States of America | 4194000 |
| 94 | Dalian | China | 4183000 |
| 95 | Accra | Ghana | 4145000 |
| 96 | Monterrey | Mexico | 4083000 |
| 97 | Berlin | Germany | 4069000 |
| 98 | Sydney | Australia | 4036000 |
| 99 | Fuzhou | China | 3962000 |
| 100 | Medan | Indonesia | 3942000 |
| 101 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 3933000 |
| 102 | Melbourne | Australia | 3906000 |
| 102 | Rome | Italy | 3906000 |
| 102 | Busan | South Korea | 3906000 |
| 105 | Cape Town | South Africa | 3812000 |
| 106 | Jinan | China | 3789000 |
| 107 | Ningbo | China | 3753000 |
| 108 | Hanoi | Vietnam | 3715000 |
| 109 | Naples | Italy | 3706000 |
| 110 | Taiyuan—Yuci | China | 3702000 |
| 111 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 3677000 |
| 112 | Detroit | United States of America | 3672000 |
| 113 | Hefei | China | 3665000 |
| 114 | Changsha | China | 3657000 |
| 115 | Kunming–Anning | China | 3649000 |
| 116 | Wuxi | China | 3597000 |
| 117 | Medellín | Colombia | 3568000 |
| 118 | Faisalabad | Pakistan | 3560000 |
| 118 | Aleppo | Syria | 3560000 |
| 120 | Kano | Nigeria | 3550000 |
| 121 | Montreal | Canada | 3407963 |
| 122 | Dakar | Senegal | 3520000 |
| 123 | Athens | Greece | 3484000 |
| 124 | Changzhou | China | 3425000 |
| 125 | Durban | South Africa | 3421000 |
| 126 | Porto Alegre | Brazil | 3413000 |
| 127 | Jaipur | India | 3409000 |
| 128 | Fortaleza | Brazil | 3401000 |
| 129 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 3376000 |
| 130 | Changchun | China | 3368000 |
| 131 | Shijiazhuang | China | 3367000 |
| 132 | Recife | Brazil | 3347000 |
| 133 | Mashhad | Iran | 3294000 |
| 134 | Seattle | United States of America | 3218000 |
| 135 | Casablanca | Morocco | 3211000 |
| 136 | Salvador | Brazil | 3190000 |
| 137 | Ürümqi | China | 3184000 |
| 137 | Lucknow | India | 3184000 |
| 139 | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 3176000 |
| 140 | Wenzhou | China | 3169000 |
| 141 | Ibadan | Nigeria | 3160000 |
| 142 | İzmir | Turkey | 3112000 |
| 143 | Curitiba | Brazil | 3102000 |
| 144 | San Diego | United States of America | 3086000 |
| 145 | Yaoundé | Cameroon | 3060000 |
| 146 | Zhangjiagang–Jiangyin–Jingjiang | China | 3056000 |
| 147 | Kanpur | India | 3037000 |
| 148 | Zhongshan | China | 3031000 |
| 149 | Sana’a | Yemen | 2980000 |
| 150 | Tel Aviv | Israel | 2979000 |
All countries of the world – by population
Capital cities of the world – with population
