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|
World rank
|
City
|
Country
|
City
population |
Metro
population |
Mayor
|
|
151
|
Haiphong | Vietnam |
1,885,000
|
1,885,000
|
Trinh Quang Su |
|
152
|
Macheng | China |
1,880,000
|
n/k | |
|
153
|
Curitiba | Brazil |
1,851,000
|
3,261,000
|
Carlos Richa |
|
154
|
Nanchang | China |
1,844,000
|
3.790,000
|
Hu Xian |
|
155
|
MINSK | Belarus |
1,831,000
|
Nikolai Ladutko | |
|
156
|
Xuzhou | China |
1,830,000
|
9,410,000
|
Cao Xinping |
|
157
|
KUALA LUMPUR | Malaysia |
1,810,000
|
5,470,000
|
Dato Ahmed Fuad Ismail |
|
158
|
BAMAKO | Mali |
1,809,000
|
Adama B. Sangaré | |
|
159
|
Huzhou | China |
1,800,000
|
2,700,000
|
Ma Yi |
|
160
|
Patna | India |
1,800,000
|
2,500,000
|
GhanShyam Kumar |
|
161
|
Suzhou Anhui | China |
1,800,000
|
5,600,000
|
Tang Chengpei |
|
162
|
Urumqi | China |
1,800,000
|
2,680,000
|
Jerla Isamudin |
|
163
|
Yantai | China |
1,800,000
|
6,500,000
|
Zhang Jiangting |
|
164
|
Maracaibo | Venezuela |
1,799,000
|
1,868,000
|
Eveling Trejo |
|
165
|
Tianmen | China |
1,790,000
|
n/k | |
|
166
|
Hamburg | Germany |
1,775,000
|
3,260,000
|
Olaf Scholz |
|
167
|
Shantou | China |
1,770,000
|
4,972,000
|
Cai Zong Ze |
|
168
|
Basrah | Iraq |
1,760,000
|
3,800,000
|
Jabbar Jaber Al-Latif |
|
169
|
Hefei | China |
1,750,000
|
4,867,000
|
Wu Cunrong |
|
170
|
Tengzhou | China |
1,750,000
|
Du Yongguang | |
|
171
|
Wuxi | China |
1,750,000
|
2,230,000
|
Mao Xiaoping |
|
172
|
SANAA | Yemen |
1,747,000
|
2,168,000
|
Abdulrahman al-Akwaa |
|
173
|
Manaus | Brazil |
1,739,000
|
1,924,000
|
Amazonino Mendes |
|
174
|
Fuyang | China |
1,720,000
|
Sun Yunfei | |
|
175
|
BUDAPEST | Hungary |
1,712,000
|
2,503,000
|
István Tarlós |
|
176
|
WARSAW | Poland |
1,712,000
|
3,350,000
|
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz |
|
177
|
Mecca | Saudi Arabia |
1,700,000
|
2,500,000
|
Osama Al-Bar |
|
178
|
Ecatepec | Mexico |
1,688,000
|
1,690,000
|
Eruviel Ávila Villegas |
|
179
|
TRIPOLI | Libya |
1,683,000
|
2,270,000
|
Abdullatif Abdulrahman Aldaali |
|
180
|
VIENNA | Austria |
1,681,000
|
2,269,000
|
Michael Häupl |
|
181
|
Suizhou | China |
1,680,000
|
Li Hongyun | |
|
182
|
Barcelona | Spain |
1,673,000
|
3,890,000
|
Jordi Hereu |
|
183
|
DAMASCUS | Syria |
1,670,000
|
4,350,000
|
Bishr Al Sabban |
|
184
|
Agra | India |
1,650,000
|
1,800,000
|
Anjula Singh Mahaur |
|
185
|
Gaozhou | China |
1,650,000
|
n/k | |
|
186
|
Taian | China |
1,650,000
|
5,500,000
|
Li Hongfeng |
|
187
|
QUITO | Ecuador |
1,648,000
|
1,842,000
|
Augusto Barrera |
|
188
|
Tianshui | China |
1,630,000
|
3,450,000
|
Li Wenqing |
|
189
|
Montreal | Canada |
1,621,000
|
3,636,000
|
Gérald Tremblay |
|
190
|
Nashik | India |
1,620,000
|
Nayana Gholap | |
|
191
|
Shangqiu | China |
1,610,000
|
8,220,000
|
Tao Minglun |
|
192
|
ACCRA | Ghana |
1,605,000
|
2,756,000
|
Alfred Vanderpuije |
|
193
|
Perth | Australia |
1,603,000
|
Lisa Scaffidi | |
|
194
|
HARARE | Zimbabwe |
1,600,000
|
2,800,000
|
Muchadeyi Masunda |
|
195
|
Palembang | Indonesia |
1,600,000
|
Eddy Santana Putra | |
|
196
|
Santa Cruz | Bolivia |
1,595,000
|
1,863,000
|
Percy Fernandez |
|
197
|
Esfahan | Iran |
1,584,000
|
2,600,000
|
Morteza Saqaeian Nejad |
|
198
|
Guadalajara | Mexico |
1,580,000
|
3,600,000
|
Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval |
|
199
|
Phoenix | USA |
1,568,000
|
4,282,000
|
Phil Gordon |
|
200
|
Recife | Brazil |
1,561,000
|
3,769,000
|
João da Costa Bezerra Filho |
|
201
|
Neijiang | China |
1,560,000
|
n/k | |
|
202
|
Rawalpindi | Pakistan |
1,558,000
|
2,548,000
|
Raja Hamid Nawaz |
|
203
|
Tangerang | Indonesia |
1,545,000
|
Wahidin Halim | |
|
204
|
Brisbane | Australia |
1,544,000
|
1,544,000
|
Campbell Newman |
|
205
|
Philadelphia | USA |
1,540,000
|
5,345,000
|
Michael Nutter |
|
206
|
Kobe | Japan |
1,534,000
|
1,560,000
|
Tatsuo Yada |
|
207
|
Hechuan | China |
1,530,000
|
n/k | |
|
208
|
Kaohsiung | Taiwan |
1,530,000
|
2,960,000
|
Chen Chu |
|
209
|
TSHWANE (PRETORIA) | South Africa |
1,530,000
|
2,346,000
|
Gwen Ramokgopa |
|
210
|
Taizhou | China |
1,528,000
|
5,741,000
|
Wu Weirong |
|
211
|
ALGIERS | Algeria |
1,520,000
|
3,354,000
|
Tayeb Zitouni |
|
212
|
LA PAZ | Bolivia |
1,517,000
|
1,551,000
|
Luis Antonio Revilla Herrero |
|
213
|
Pimpri Chinchwad | India |
1,515,000
|
Yogesh Behl | |
|
214
|
Barquisimeto | Venezuela |
1,500,000
|
1,500,000
|
Amalia Saez |
|
215
|
Guigang | China |
1,500,000
|
4,400,000
|
n/k |
|
216
|
Kumasi | Ghana |
1,500,000
|
2,500,000
|
Samuel Sarpong |
|
217
|
Luoyang | China |
1,500,000
|
1,499,000
|
Guo Hongchang |
|
218
|
MOGADISHU | Somalia |
1,500,000
|
2,500,000
|
Mohamud Ahmed Tarzan |
|
219
|
Vadodara | India |
1,500,000
|
3,642,000
|
Balakrishna Shukla |
|
220
|
Quanzhou | China |
1,490,000
|
7,790,000
|
Zhu Ming |
|
221
|
TBILISI | Georgia |
1,490,000
|
1,550,000
|
Giorgi Ugulava |
|
222
|
Tijuana | Mexico |
1,484,000
|
1,500,000
|
Carlos Bustamante |
|
223
|
Xintai | China |
1,480,000
|
Liu Daqun | |
|
224
|
Nanan | China |
1,480,000
|
Chen Law | |
|
225
|
OUAGADOUGOU | Burkina Faso |
1,475,000
|
1,727,000
|
Simon Compaoré |
|
226
|
Benghazi | Libya |
1,471,000
|
1,500,000
|
n/k |
|
227
|
Kyoto | Japan |
1,466,000
|
1,500,000
|
Daisaku Kadokawa |
|
228
|
Kharkiv | Ukraine |
1,461,000
|
1,674,000
|
Mykhailo Dobkin |
|
229
|
Kaduna | Nigeria |
1,460,000
|
1,500,000
|
Mohammed Namadi Sambo |
|
230
|
Xinyang | China |
1,460,000
|
Guo Ruimin | |
|
231
|
Bhopal | India |
1,458,000
|
1,600,000
|
Krishna Gaur |
|
232
|
Rugao | China |
1,453,000
|
Ding Dawei | |
|
233
|
Anyang | China |
1,450,000
|
3,000,000
|
Zhang Xiaodong |
|
234
|
Fukuoka | Japan |
1,450,000
|
2,230,000
|
Hiroshi Yoshida |
|
235
|
Weifang | China |
1,450,000
|
8,500,000
|
Xu Liquan |
|
236
|
Zhanjiang | China |
1,450,000
|
6,900,000
|
Ruan Risheng |
|
237
|
Hyderabad | Pakistan |
1,447,000
|
1,500,000
|
Kanwar Naveed Jamil |
|
238
|
Fushun | China |
1,445,000
|
2,300,000
|
Wang Yang |
|
239
|
Daejeon | South Korea |
1,443,000
|
Yum Hong-chul | |
|
240
|
Qiqihaer | China |
1,439,000
|
6,011,000
|
Liu Gang |
|
241
|
Jianyang | China |
1,430,000
|
n/k | |
|
242
|
YAOUNDÉ | Cameroon |
1,430,000
|
1,550,000
|
n/k |
|
243
|
Multan | Pakistan |
1,424,000
|
1,500,000
|
Mian Faisal Mukhtar |
|
244
|
ALMATY | Kazakhstan |
1,420,000
|
1,500,000
|
Akhmetzhan Yesimov |
|
245
|
Guiping | China |
1,420,000
|
n/k | |
|
246
|
Huazhou | China |
1,420,000
|
n/k | |
|
247
|
KAMPALA | Uganda |
1,420,000
|
1,600,000
|
Nasser Sebaggala |
|
248
|
Tabriz | Iran |
1,420,000
|
Alireza Novin | |
|
249
|
Gujranwala | Pakistan |
1,416,000
|
1,900,000
|
Fayyaz Ahmad Chattha |
|
250
|
Gwangju | South Korea |
1,415,000
|
1,500,000
|
Kang Un-tae |
|
251
|
Belem | Brazil |
1,409,000
|
1,913,000
|
Duciomar Costa |
|
252
|
SOFIA | Bulgaria |
1,403,000
|
1,455,000
|
Yordanka Fandukova |
|
253
|
Bursa | Turkey |
1,400,000
|
3,190,000
|
Recep Altepe |
|
254
|
Changde | China |
1,400,000
|
6,000,000
|
Chen Wenhao |
|
255
|
Ciudad Juarez | Mexico |
1,400,000
|
2,010,000
|
José Reyes Ferriz |
|
256
|
Ludhiana | India |
1,400,000
|
4,400,000
|
n/k |
|
257
|
Tongzhou | China |
1,400,000
|
Ding Dawei | |
|
258
|
Novosibirsk | Russia |
1,396,000
|
1,429,000
|
Vladimir Gorodetsky |
|
259
|
Semarang | Indonesia |
1,393,000
|
1,400,000
|
Soemarmo HS |
|
260
|
Handan | China |
1,390,000
|
8,500,000
|
Guo Dajian |
|
261
|
Kawasaki | Japan |
1,390,000
|
1,450,000
|
Takao Abe |
|
262
|
Suining | China |
1,385,000
|
3,500,000
|
n/k |
|
263
|
Douala | Cameroon |
1,382,000
|
2,000,000
|
n/k |
|
264
|
Karaj | Iran |
1,380,000
|
n/k | |
|
265
|
Liuyang | China |
1,380,000
|
Liang Zhong | |
|
266
|
Luzhou | China |
1,380,000
|
4,800,000
|
Liu Guoqiang |
|
267
|
Caloocan | Philippines |
1,379,000
|
Enrico Echiverri | |
|
268
|
Thane | India |
1,375,000
|
Ashjok Vaity | |
|
269
|
Varanasi | India |
1,375,000
|
3,150,000
|
Kaushalendra Singh |
|
270
|
HANOI | Vietnam |
1,372,000
|
6,500,000
|
Nguyen The Thao |
|
271
|
Munich | Germany |
1,367,000
|
2,600,000
|
Christian Ude |
|
272
|
Davao City | Philippines |
1,363,000
|
Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio | |
|
273
|
Porto Alegre | Brazil |
1,355,000
|
3,646,000
|
José Fortunati |
|
274
|
Taixing | China |
1,355,000
|
Gao Yazi | |
|
275
|
Bozhou | China |
1,352,000
|
Liu Jian | |
|
276
|
San Antonio | USA |
1,351,000
|
2,031,000
|
Julian Castro |
|
277
|
Jinjiang | China |
1,350,000
|
Kenneth Li | |
|
278
|
Lufeng | China |
1,350,000
|
n/k | |
|
279
|
Yongcheng | China |
1,347,000
|
n/k | |
|
280
|
Guilin | China |
1,340,000
|
Li Zhigang | |
|
281
|
Pingdu | China |
1,340,000
|
n/k | |
|
282
|
Ahwaz | Iran |
1,338,000
|
1,500,000
|
Saeed Mombeini |
|
283
|
Rajkot | India |
1,336,000
|
Sandhya Vyas | |
|
284
|
Santiago de los Caballeros | Dominican Republic |
1,329,000
|
1,937.000
|
Gilberto Serulle |
|
285
|
MONTEVIDEO | Uruguay |
1,326,000
|
1,723,000
|
Ana Olivera |
|
286
|
Ekaterinburg | Russia |
1,323,000
|
1,389,000
|
Eugene Porunov |
|
287
|
Baotou | China |
1,318,000
|
1,750,000
|
Hu Ercha |
|
288
|
Cordoba | Argentina |
1,310,000
|
1,528,000
|
Daniel Giacomino |
|
289
|
Milan | Italy |
1,302,000
|
4,051,000
|
Giuliano Pisapia |
|
290
|
Lianjiang | China |
1,300,000
|
Xing Taian | |
|
291
|
Medina | Saudi Arabia |
1,300,000
|
1,300,000
|
Abdulaziz Bin Majid |
|
292
|
Mianyang | China |
1,300,000
|
5,200,000
|
Liu Dong |
|
293
|
Yiyang | China |
1,300,000
|
4,500,000
|
n/k |
|
294
|
Barranquilla | Colombia |
1,298,000
|
1,871,000
|
Alejandro Char Chaljub |
|
295
|
Irbil | Iraq |
1,294,000
|
1,500,000
|
n/k |
|
296
|
Adelaide | Australia |
1,290,000
|
Stephen Yarwood | |
|
297
|
Anshan | China |
1,290,000
|
2,404,000
|
n/k |
|
298
|
Ranchi | India |
1,290,000
|
Rama Khalkho | |
|
299
|
Rizhao | China |
1,290,000
|
Zhao Xiaowei | |
|
300
|
Guarulhos | Brazil |
1,283,000
|
1,500,000
|
Sebastião Moreira |
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