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March 2018: The below table ranks the largest cities in the world in alphabetical order.

The research was carried out during 2017 and early 2018. For the population data, the researchers consulted numerous national and international sources and in cases of large statistical inconsistencies elected to publish cautious averages. The figures for city populations comprise the number of residents within the unified administrative areas of cities, while the data for metro populations include residents of urban areas that are socially, culturally and economically dependent on the core city.

Please note, there is no internationally agreed definition of metro areas. Readers and scholars are invited to inform of any discrepancies and/or provide missing facts and figures.


A to Z to largest cities in the world
World rank
City
(caps denote capital cities)
Country
City population
Metro population
63
 Abidjan Ivory Coast
4,396,000
4,707,000
143
 ACCRA Ghana
2,227,000
4,000,000
178
 Adana Turkey
1,730,000
1,730,000
84
 ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia
3,385,000
4,567,000
232
 Adelaide Australia
1,326,000
1,326,000
200
 Agra India
1,585,000
1,760,000
48
 Ahmadabad India
5,577,000
6,357,000
169
 Aleppo(Halab) Syria
1,800,000
1,800,000
69
 Alexandria Egypt
4,028,000
4,984,000
85
 ALGIERS Algeria
3,336,000
5,000,000
266
 Allahabad India
1,110,000
1,210,000
184
 ALMATY Kazakhstan
1,704,000
1,948,000
70
 AMMAN Jordan
4,008,000
4,008,000
260
 Amritsar India
1,132,000
1,183,000
52
 ANKARA Turkey
5,271,000
6,280,000
209
 Anshan China
1,529,000
3,645,000
25
 BAGHDAD Iraq
8,765,000
147
 Baku Azerbaijan
2,122,000
2,724,000
122
 Bandung Indonesia
2,575,000
8,465,000
30
 Bangalore India
8,444,000
8,729,000
32
 BANGKOK Thailand
8,281,000
14,566,000
154
 Baotou China
2,071,000
2,650,000
197
 Barcelona Spain
1,605,000
4,740,000
158
 Barquisimeto Venezuela
1,996,000
1,996,000
257
 Barranquilla Columbia
1,148,000
2,371,000
111
 Basrah Iraq
2,750,000
2,750,000
2
 BEIJING China
18,590,000
24,900,000
300
 BEIRUT Lebanon
361,000
2,200,000
223
 Belem Brazil
1,440,000
2,249,000
251
 BELGRADE Serbia
1,166,000
1,659,000
127
 Belo Horizonte Brazil
2,502,000
5,156,000
296
 Benghazi Libya
632,000
1,110,000
214
 Benin Nigeria
1,496,000
1,496,000
76
 BERLIN Germany
3,671,000
6,004,000
176
 Bhopal India
1,745,000
1,864,000
268
 Birmingham UK
1,102,000
2,441,000
34
 BOGOTA Colombia
8,081,000
9,800,000
101
 BRASILIA Brazil
2,978,000
2,978,000
185
 BRAZZAVILLE Congo B R
1,700,000
1,840,000
135
 Brisbane Australia
2,350,000
3,500,000
150
 BUCHAREST Romania
2,106,000
2,281,000
174
 BUDAPEST Hungary
1,760,000
2,928,000
105
 BUENOS AIRES Argentina
2,900,000
12,740,000
136
 Bursa Turkey
2,340,000
2,842,000
80
 Busan South Korea
3,526,000
8,202,000
22
 CAIRO Egypt
9,500,000
20,440,000
132
 Cali Colombia
2,401,000
3,400,000
252
 Campinas Brazil
1,164,000
2,633,000
299
 Capetown South Africa
433,000
3,740,000
162
 CARACAS Venezuela
1,944,000
2,924,000
55
 Casablanca Morocco
5,118,000
6,861,000
73
 Changchun China
3,815,000
7,674,000
59
 Changsha China
4,597,000
7,432,000
89
 Changzhou China
3,290,000
4,592,000
255
 Chelyabinsk Russia
1,156,000
1,156,000
18
 Chengdu China
10,152,000
14,427,000
38
 Chennai India
7,088,000
8,653,000
114
 Chicago USA
2,720,000
9.513.000
120
 Chittagong Bangladesh
2,581,000
4,009,000
33
 Chongquin China
8,165,500
18,380,000
234
 Ciudad Juarez Mexico
1,321,000
2,539,000
191
 CONAKRY Guinea
1,661,000
2,000,000
239
 COPENHAGEN Denmark
1,296,000
2,037,000
199
 Cordoba Argentina
1,587,000
3,645,000
165
 Curitiba Brazil
1,880,000
3,434,000
125
 Daegu South Korea
2,522,000
5,020,000
211
 Daejon South Korea
1,507,000
1,548,000
258
 DAKAR Senegal
1,147,000
2,452,000
46
 Dalian China
5,900,000
6,700,000
237
 Dallas USA
1,300,000
7,246,000
180
 DAMASCUS Syria
1,711,000
5,000,000
64
 DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania
4,364,000
4,364,000
171
 Datong China
1,787,000
3,318,000
14
 DELHI India
11,035,000
26,454,000
5
 DHAKA Bangladesh
14,543,000
18,898,000
284
 Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine
979,000
1,460,000
291
 Donetsk Ukraine
929,000
2,010,000
129
 Douala Cameroon
2,447,000
3,000,000
297
 Durban South Africa
595,000
3,842,000
187
 Ecatepec Mexico
1,687,000
1,689,000
227
 Ekaterinburg Russia
1,428,000
1,428,000
67
 Faisalabad Pakistan
4,075,000
4,075,000
119
 Fortaleza Brazil
2,610,000
4,019,000
228
 Foshan China
1,410,000
2,190,000
276
 FREETOWN Sierra Leone
1,050,000
1,050,000
206
 Fukuoka Japan
1,551,000
5,590,000
61
 Fuzhou China
4,468,000
7,200,000
77
 Giza Egypt
3,628,000
3,628,000
222
 Goiania Brazil
1,449,000
2,459,000
215
 Guadalajara Mexico
1,495,000
4,424,000
13
 Guangzhou China
11,548,000
14,044,000
233
 Guarulhos Brazil
1,325,000
1,325,000
148
 GUATAMALA CITY Guatemala
2,110,000
4,500,000
81
 Guayaquil Ecuador
3,500,000
5,000,000
99
 Guiyang China
3,037,000
4,024,000
113
 Gujranwala Pakistan
2,723,000
2,723,000
216
 Gwangju South Korea
1,494,000
1,494,000
152
 Haiphong Vietnam
2,103,000
2,103,000
170
 Hamburg Germany
1,787,000
5,046,000
289
 Handan China
941,000
2,846,000
39
 Hangzhou China
7,082,000
9,188,000
82
 HANOI Vietnam
3,435,000
7.588,000
273
 Haora India
1,072,000
1,072,000
194
 HARARE Zimbabwe
1,619,000
2,800,000
51
 Harbin China
5,282,000
6,704,000
151
 HAVANA Cuba
2,106,000
2,125,000
88
 Hefei China
3,310,000
5,484,000
247
 Hiroshima Japan
1,196,000
2,040,000
31
 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
8,426,000
10,050,000
37
 Hong Kong China
7,234,800
138
 Houston USA
2,296,000
6,313,000
40
 Hyderabad India
6,809,000
7,749,000
83
 Hyderabad Pakistan
3,429,000
3,429,000
97
 Ibadan Nigeria
3,050,000
3,520,000
100
 Incheon South Korea
3,002,000
3,002,000
248
 Indore India
1,194,000
2,170,000
196
 Irbil Iraq
1,610,000
1,750,000
141
 Isfahen Iran
2,243,000
3,793,000
4
 Istanbul Turkey
14,657,000
14,804,000
109
 Izmir Turkey
2,848,000
4,113,000
98
 Jaipur India
3,046,000
3,046,000
21
 JAKARTA Indonesia
9,608,000
30,214,000
66
 Jeddah Saudi Arabia
4,276,000
4,276,000
160
 Jilin China
1,975,000
4,414,000
57
 Jinan China
4,694,000
7,068,000
259
 Jodphur India
1,138,000
1,138,000
288
 Johannesburg South Africa
957,000
4,435,000
75
 KABUL Afghanistan
3,678,000
3,678,000
238
 Kaduna Nigeria
1,300,000
1,300,000
86
 Kano Nigeria
3,333,000
3,333,000
103
 Kanpur India
2,920,000
4,152,000
123
 Kaohsiung Taiwan
2,540,000
2,779,000
3
 Karachi Pakistan
18,000,000
27,506,000
225
 Kawasaki Japan
1,437,000
1,437,000
245
 Kazan Russia
1,217,000
1,217,000
226
 Kharkiv Ukraine
1,431,000
1,732,000
53
 KHARTOUM Sudan
5,185,000
5,185,000
295
 Khulna Bangladesh
653,000
1,500,000
106
 KIEV Ukraine
2,900,000
3,375,000
19
 KINSHASA Congo D.R.
10,125,000
21,265,000
287
 Kitakyushu Japan
963,000
963,000
208
 Kobe Japan
1,537,000
1,537,000
60
 Kolkata India
4,497,000
14,618,000
145
 Kowloon China
2,204,000
2,204,000
173
 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia
1,768,000
7,200,000
72
 Kunming China
3,891,000
6,626,000
219
 Kyoto Japan
1,475,000
1,475,000
292
 LA PAZ Bolivia
790,000
2,630,000
35
 Lagos Nigeria
8,048,000
16,060,000
16
 Lahore Pakistan
10,355,000
146
 Lanzhou China
2,177,000
3,616,000
201
 Leon Mexico
1,578,000
1,630,000
20
 LIMA Peru
9,752,000
10,852,000
27
 LONDON UK
8,674,000
13,880,000
71
 Los Angeles USA
3,976,000
13,131,000
149
 LUANDA Angola
2,108,000
2,825,000
213
 Lubumbashi Congo D R
1,500,000
1,794,000
110
 Lucknow India
2,817,000
2,902,000
195
 Ludhiana India
1,619,000
1,619,000
168
 Luoyang China
1,857,000
1,926,000
177
 LUSAKA Zambia
1,743,000
2,467,000
93
 MADRID Spain
3,141,000
6,240,000
164
 Maiduguri Nigeria
1,900,000
1,900,000
198
 Makassar Indonesia
1,600,000
1,980,000
144
 MANAGUA Nicaragua
2,206,000
2,561,000
153
 Manaus Brazil
2,094,000
2,569,000
8
 MANILA Philippines
12,877,000
22,710,000
243
 MAPUTO Mozambique
1,258,000
1,782,000
157
 Maracaibo Venezuela
2,002,000
2,451,000
87
 Mashhad Iran
3,312,000
3,372,000
189
 Mecca Saudi Arabia
1,675,000
1,675,000
156
 Medan Indonesia
2,047,000
4,103,000
130
 Medellin Colombia
2,441,000
3,731,000
293
 Medina Saudi Arabia
785,000
1,183,000
236
 Meerut India
1,309,000
1,425,000
58
 Melbourne Australia
4,641,000
4,641,000
280
 Mexicali Mexico
996,000
1,102,000
23
 MEXICO CITY Mexico
8,919,000
20,400,000
231
 Milan Italy
1,369,000
3,206,000
163
 MINSK Belarus
1,922,000
2,101,000
140
 MOGADISHU Somalia
2,265,000
2,265,000
261
 Monterrey Mexico
1,131,000
4,560,000
235
 MONTEVIDEO Uruguay
1,319,000
1,947,000
183
 Montreal Canada
1,704,000
4,099,000
7
 MOSCOW Russia
13,197,596
17,900,000
294
 Mosul Iraq
670,000
1,350,000
155
 Multan Pakistan
2,050,000
3,117,000
10
 Mumbai (Bombay) India
12,400,000
27,750,000
221
 Munich Germany
1,450,000
2,606,000
139
 Nagoya Japan
2,283,000
9,107,000
131
 Nagpur India
2,405,000
2,498,000
94
 NAIROBI Kenya
3,138,000
6,547,000
134
 Nanchang China
2,357,000
5,043,000
29
 Nanjing China
8,460,000
8,460,000
68
 Nanning China
4,037,000
6,914,000
285
 Napoli Italy
974,000
4,400,000
217
 Nashik India
1,487,000
1,863,000
28
 New York City USA
8,550,000
23,724,000
267
 Nezahualcoyotl Mexico
1,110,000
1,110,000
244
 Nizhny Novgorod Russia
1,251,000
3,310,000
203
 Novosibirsk Russia
1,567,000
1,567,000
279
 Odessa Ukraine
1,016,000
1,016,000
133
 Omdurman Sudan
2,396,000
2,396,000
256
 Omsk Russia
1,154,000
1,154,000
117
 Osaka Japan
2,668,000
19,342,000
181
 Palembang Indonesia
1,708,000
1,708,000
142
 PARIS France
2,230,000
12,405,000
188
 Patna India
1,683,000
2,046,000
277
 Perm Russia
1,041,000
1,041,000
159
 Perth Australia
1,980,000
1,980,000
283
 Peshawar Pakistan
982,000
1,755,000
202
 Philadelphia USA
1,567,000
6,069,000
212
 PHNOM PENH Cambodia
1,502,000
1,502,000
204
 Phoenix USA
1,563,000
4,574,000
179
 Pimpri Chinchwad India
1,729,000
1,729,000
167
 Port Harcourt Nigeria
1,865,000
1,865,000
282
 PORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti
988,000
2,619,000
210
 Porto Alegre Brazil
1,510,000
4,405,000
240
 PRAGUE Czech Republic
1,280,000
2,156,000
128
 Puebla Mexico
2,500,000
2,929,000
96
 Pune India
3,124,000
5,057,000
121
 PYONGYANG North Korea
2,581,000
2,581,000
44
 Qingdao China
6,188,000
9,046,000
218
 Qiqihar China
1,482,000
5,367,000
116
 QUITO Ecuador
2,671,000
4,700,000
298
 RABAT Morocco
578,000
2,120,000
230
 Rajkot India
1,390,000
1,443,000
272
 Ranchi India
1,073,000
1,127,000
91
 Rawalpindi Pakistan
3,189,000
3,189,000
193
 Recife Brazil
1,626,000
3,996,000
41
 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
6,454,000
12,281,000
36
 RIYADH Saudi Arabia
7,506,000
7,506,000
107
 ROME Italy
2,877,000
4,353,000
249
 Rosario Argentina
1,194,000
1,276,000
264
 Rostov on Don Russia
1,115,000
1,115,000
104
 Salvador Brazil
2,913,000
3,920,000
250
 Samara Russia
1,172,000
1,172,000
224
 San Antonio USA
1,437,000
2,329,000
229
 San Diego USA
1,395,000
4,923,000
182
 SANAA Yemen
1,708,000
1,708,000
192
 Santa Cruz Bolivia
1,640,000
3,078,000
45
 SANTIAGO Chile
6,158,000
6,582,000
286
 SANTO DOMINGO Dominican Republic
965,000
3,776,000
11
 Sao Paulo Brazil
12,038,000
21,243,000
161
 Sapporo Japan
1,947,000
5,377,435
205
 Semarang Indonesia
1,555,000
3,184,000
274
 Sendai Japan
1,063,000
1,063,000
281
 Seongnam South Korea
994,000
994,000
17
 Seoul South Korea
10,290,000
25,600,000
1
 Shanghai China
24,153,000
34,000,000
43
 Shenyang China
6,255,000
8,106,000
12
 Shenzhen China
11,908,000
11,980,000
220
 Shiraz Iran
1,461,000
2,353,000
65
 Shiziahuang China
4,303,000
10,701,000
269
 Shubra El Kheima Egypt
1,099,000
1,099,000
47
 SINGAPORE Singapore
5,607,000
5,607,000
242
 SOFIA Bulgaria
1,260,000
1,680,000
241
 Soweto South Africa
1,271,000
1,271,000
50
 St Petersburg Russia
5,323,000
7,500,000
290
 STOCKHOLM Sweden
936,000
2,226,000
108
 Surabaya Indonesia
2,865,000
6,485,000
62
 Surat India
4,467,000
4,591,000
49
 Suzhou China
5,468,000
10,578,000
56
 Sydney Australia
5,005,000
5,005,000
172
 Tabriz Iran
1,773,000
1,773,000
126
 Taichung Taiwan
2,520,000
2,752,000
115
 TAIPEI Taiwan
2,705,000
8,500,000
90
 Taiyuan China
3,212,000
4,202,000
92
 Tangshan China
3,187,000
7,577,000
137
 TASHKENT Uzbekistan
2,310,000
2,310,000
263
 TBILISI Georgia
1,118,000
1,485,000
275
 Tegucigalpa Honduras
1,055,000
1,157,000
24
 TEHRAN Iran
8,847,000
15,233,000
9
 Tianjin China
12,784,000
15,469,000
186
 Tijuana Mexico
1,697,000
1,896,000
6
 TOKYO Japan
13,617,000
37,800,000
112
 Toronto Canada
2,731,000
5,928,000
262
 TRIPOLI Libya
1,126,000
1,126,000
102
 TSHWANE (PRETORIA) South Africa
2,922,000
2,922,000
270
 TUNIS Tunisia
1,096,000
2,643,000
265
 Ufa Russia
1,111,000
1,111,000
253
 Ulsan South Korea
1,163,000
1,163,000
78
 Urumqi China
3,550,000
3,550,000
190
 Vadodara India
1,671,000
2,065,000
207
 Valencia Venezuela
1,541,000
1,827,000
246
 Varanasi India
1,201,000
1,435,000
166
 VIENNA Austria
1,868,000
2,600,000
278
 Volgograd Russia
1,021,000
1,021,000
175
 WARSAW Poland
1,749,000
3,101,000
15
 Wuhan China
10,608,000
10,608,000
79
 Wuxi China
3,542,000
6,372,000
26
 Xian China
8,705,000
13,560,000
118
 Xuzhou China
2,623,000
3,054,000
54
 Yangon Myanmar (Burma)
5,160,000
7,360,000
124
 YAOUNDE Cameroon
2,535,000
2,765,000
271
 Yerevan Armenia
1,074,000
1,074,000
74
 Yokohama Japan
3,733,000
3,733,000
254
 Zapopan Mexico
1,156,000
1,280,000
42
 Zhengzhou China
6,406,000
9,468,000
95
 Zibo China
3,129,000
4,131,000
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