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The tables rank cities by city population but also provide data on the size of metro areas. The column ‘mayor’ names the men and women who are carry out political and executive functions. They include elected and appointed mayors, city governors and executive city council leaders. Capital letters denote national capital cities. |
|
World rank
|
City
|
Country
|
City
population |
Metro
population |
Mayor
|
|
301
|
Goiania
|
Brazil |
1,282,000
|
2,064,000
|
Íris Rezende Machado |
|
302
|
Dallas
|
USA |
1,280,000
|
6,300,000
|
Tom Leppert |
|
303
|
Heze
|
China |
1,280,000
|
Du Changwen | |
|
304
|
Nizhniy Novgorod
|
Russia |
1,280,000
|
1,900,000
|
Vadim Bulavinov |
|
305
|
San Diego
|
USA |
1,280,000
|
3,001,000
|
Jerry Sanders |
|
306
|
Meerut
|
India |
1,277,000
|
n/k | |
|
307
|
La Matanza
|
Argentina |
1,255,000
|
n/k | |
|
308
|
Datong
|
China |
1,253,000
|
1,377,000
|
n/k |
|
309
|
BEIRUT
|
Lebanon |
1,250,000
|
2,600,000
|
Abdel Mounim Ariss |
|
310
|
Fengcheng
|
China |
1,250,000
|
n/k | |
|
311
|
Ruian
|
China |
1,250,000
|
n/k | |
|
312
|
Laiwu
|
China |
1,249,000
|
Ma Pingchang | |
|
313
|
MAPUTO
|
Mozambique |
1,244,000
|
1,640,000
|
David Simango |
|
314
|
PHNOM PENH
|
Cambodia |
1,242,000
|
2,001,000
|
Keb Chutema |
|
315
|
PRAGUE
|
Czech Republic |
1,242,000
|
1,900,000
|
Zdenek Tuma |
|
316
|
Pingdingshan
|
China |
1,230,000
|
5,200,000
|
Deng Yongjian |
|
317
|
Yuzhou
|
China |
1,230,000
|
n/k | |
|
318
|
Shiraz
|
Iran |
1,228,000
|
1,300,000
|
Mehran E'temad |
|
319
|
Cixi
|
China |
1,220,000
|
n/k | |
|
320
|
Allahabad
|
India |
1,215,000
|
1,250,000
|
Jitendr Nath Singh |
|
321
|
Huainan
|
China |
1,201,000
|
Cao Yong | |
|
322
|
Anqiu
|
China |
1,200,000
|
n/k | |
|
323
|
Fuqing
|
China |
1,200,000
|
n/k | |
|
324
|
Maiduguri
|
Nigeria |
1,200,000
|
1,200,000
|
n/k |
|
325
|
Pikine-Guediawaye
|
Senegal |
1,200,000
|
n/k | |
|
326
|
Tegucigalpa
|
Honduras |
1,200,000
|
1,324,000
|
Ricardo Alvarez |
|
327
|
TUNIS
|
Tunisia |
1,200,000
|
3,980,000
|
Abbès Mohsen |
|
328
|
Valencia
|
Venezuela |
1,200,000
|
1,750,000
|
Edgardo Parra |
|
329
|
Amritsar
|
India |
1,195,000
|
1,300,000
|
Shawet Malik |
|
330
|
Qianjiang
|
China |
1,190,000
|
n/k | |
|
331
|
Bazhong
|
China |
1,186,000
|
n/k | |
|
332
|
MANAGUA
|
Nicaragua |
1,185,000
|
1,342,000
|
Daisy Torres |
|
333
|
Leqing
|
China |
1,183,000
|
n/k | |
|
334
|
Saitama
|
Japan |
1,183,000
|
Hayato Shimizu | |
|
335
|
BELGRADE
|
Serbia |
1,182,000
|
1,630,000
|
Dragan Dillas |
|
336
|
Hiroshima
|
Japan |
1,174,000
|
1,700,000
|
Kazumi Matsui |
|
337
|
Dongtai
|
China |
1,170,000
|
n/k | |
|
338
|
Ujung Pandang
|
Indonesia |
1,170,000
|
1,254,000
|
n/k |
|
339
|
Aurangabad
|
India |
1,168,000
|
Vijaya Rahatkar | |
|
340
|
Adana
|
Turkey |
1,162,000
|
1,556,000
|
Aytaç Durak |
|
341
|
Guangyuan
|
China |
1,160,000
|
3,037,000
|
n/k |
|
342
|
Qidong
|
China |
1,160,000
|
n/k | |
|
343
|
Rosario
|
Argentina |
1,160,000
|
1,358,000
|
Miguel Lifschitz |
|
344
|
Samara
|
Russia |
1,160,000
|
1,500,000
|
Viktor Tarkhov |
|
345
|
Zapopan
|
Mexico |
1,155,000
|
1,200,000
|
Hector Vielma Ordoñez |
|
346
|
Nezahualcoyotl
|
Mexico |
1,141,000
|
1,150,000
|
Edgar Cesáreo Navarro Sánchez |
|
347
|
Lubumbashi
|
Congo D.R. |
1,140,000
|
1,250,000
|
Moise Katumbi |
|
348
|
Mosul
|
Iraq |
1,139,000
|
1,139,000
|
n/k |
|
349
|
Leon
|
Mexico |
1,138,000
|
1,635,000
|
Ricardo Sheffield |
|
350
|
Omsk
|
Russia |
1,137,000
|
1,145,000
|
Viktor Shreyder |
|
351
|
Solapur
|
India |
1,134,000
|
Aruna Vakase | |
|
352
|
BRAZZAVILLE
|
Congo Br |
1,133,000
|
1,134,000
|
n/k |
|
353
|
Bijie
|
China |
1,130,000
|
7,188,000
|
n/k |
|
354
|
Haicheng
|
China |
1,130,000
|
n/k | |
|
355
|
Madurai
|
India |
1,130,000
|
Thenmozhi Gopinathan | |
|
356
|
Ulsan
|
South Korea |
1,127,000
|
Bak Maeng-woo | |
|
357
|
Leshan
|
China |
1,120,000
|
n/k | |
|
358
|
Jabalpur
|
India |
1,117,000
|
1,150,000
|
Prabhat Sahu |
|
359
|
Kazan
|
Russia |
1,115,000
|
1,300,000
|
lsur Metshin |
|
360
|
Makasar
|
Indonesia |
1,113,000
|
Ilham Arief Sirajuddin | |
|
361
|
Jimo
|
China |
1,112,000
|
n/k | |
|
362
|
Jining
|
China |
1,110,000
|
Zhang Zhen Chuan | |
|
363
|
LUSAKA
|
Zambia |
1,110,000
|
3,120,000
|
Robert Chikwelete |
|
364
|
ULAANBAATAR
|
Mongolia |
1,108,000
|
n/k | |
|
365
|
YEREVAN
|
Armenia |
1,108,000
|
1,246,000
|
Gagik Beglaryan |
|
366
|
Donetsk
|
Ukraine |
1,100,000
|
1,570,000
|
Oleksandr Lukianchenko |
|
367
|
Peshawar
|
Pakistan |
1,100,000
|
3,100,000
|
Muhammad Umar Khan |
|
368
|
Wafangdian
|
China |
1,100,000
|
n/k | |
|
369
|
COPENHAGEN
|
Denmark |
1,096,000
|
1,096,000
|
Frank Jensen |
|
370
|
Mirat
|
India |
1,095,000
|
1,095,000
|
n/k |
|
371
|
Chelyabinsk
|
Russia |
1,092,000
|
1,200,000
|
Mikhail Yurevich |
|
372
|
GUATEMALA CITY
|
Guatemala |
1,090,000
|
2,564,000
|
Alvaro Arzú |
|
373
|
Shouguang
|
China |
1,090,000
|
n/k | |
|
374
|
Dubai
|
UAE |
1,089,000
|
2,100,000
|
n/k |
|
375
|
Suwon
|
South Korea |
1,087,000
|
n/k | |
|
376
|
PORT-AU-PRINCE
|
Haiti |
1,083,000
|
1,728,000
|
Jean Yves Jason |
|
377
|
Odessa
|
Ukraine |
1,080,000
|
1,200,000
|
Eduard Gurwits |
|
378
|
Goyang
|
South Korea |
1,073,000
|
n/k | |
|
379
|
Seongnam
|
South Korea |
1,073,000
|
n/k | |
|
380
|
Marrakech
|
Morocco |
1,071,000
|
n/k | |
|
381
|
Taishan
|
China |
1,070,000
|
n/k | |
|
382
|
Rostov on Don
|
Russia |
1,068,000
|
1,250,000
|
Mikhail Chernyshyov |
|
383
|
Dhanbad
|
India |
1,065,000
|
1,200,000
|
n/k |
|
384
|
Taichung
|
Taiwan |
1,065,000
|
2,700,000
|
Jason Hu |
|
385
|
Ezhou
|
China |
1,064,000
|
n/k | |
|
386
|
Campinas
|
Brazil |
1,059,000
|
3,200,000
|
Hélio de Oliveira Santos |
|
387
|
Faridabad
|
India |
1,055,000
|
2,193,000
|
n/k |
|
388
|
Jiangdu
|
China |
1,053,000
|
n/k | |
|
389
|
Benin
|
Nigeria |
1,051,000
|
1,052,000
|
n/k |
|
390
|
Beiliu
|
China |
1,050,000
|
n/k | |
|
391
|
Gongzhuling
|
China |
1,050,000
|
n/k | |
|
392
|
Changshu
|
China |
1,048,000
|
Wang Xiang | |
|
393
|
Qom
|
Iran |
1,042,000
|
n/k | |
|
394
|
Dnipropetrovsk
|
Ukraine |
1,040,000
|
1,480,000
|
Ivan Ivanovych Kulichenko |
|
395
|
FREETOWN
|
Sierra Leone |
1,032,000
|
1,032,000
|
Herbert-George Williams |
|
396
|
Sendai
|
Japan |
1,032,000
|
1,300,000
|
Emiko Okuyama |
|
397
|
DAKAR
|
Senegal |
1,031,000
|
2,253,000
|
Khalifa Sall |
|
398
|
Ufa
|
Russia |
1,023,000
|
1,050,000
|
Pavel Kachkayev |
|
399
|
Fuzhou (Jiangxi)
|
China |
1,020,000
|
3,700,000
|
Xìe Yìs®• |
|
400
|
Yichun
|
China |
1,020,000
|
958,000
|
Gong Jianhua |
|
401
|
Birmingham
|
UK |
1,017,000
|
2,284,000
|
Mike Whitby |
|
402
|
Mudanjiang
|
China |
1,014,000
|
2,707,000
|
n/k |
|
403
|
Volgograd
|
Russia |
1,012,000
|
1,292,000
|
Roman Grebennikov |
|
404
|
Perm
|
Russia |
1,010,000
|
1,200,000
|
Igor Shubin |
|
405
|
Fes
|
Morocco |
1,009,000
|
n/k | |
|
406
|
Haora
|
India |
1,008,000
|
Sri Gopal Mukherjee | |
|
407
|
Haora
|
India |
1,008,000
|
1,020,000
|
Sri Gopal Mukherjee |
|
408
|
Jodhpur
|
India |
1,007,000
|
Om Kumari Gehlot | |
|
409
|
San Jose
|
USA |
1,007,000
|
1,819,000
|
Chuck Reed |
|
410
|
Torreon
|
Mexico |
1,001,000
|
Eduardo Olmos Castro | |
|
411
|
Mexicali
|
Mexico |
1,000,000
|
1,000,000
|
n/k |
|
412
|
Subra al-Haymah
|
Egypt |
998,000
|
n/k | |
|
413
|
Baoding
|
China |
997,000
|
n/k | |
|
414
|
Cologne
|
Germany |
995,000
|
11,297,000
|
Jürgen Roters |
|
415
|
Hezhou
|
China |
990,000
|
2,090,000
|
n/k |
|
416
|
Calgary
|
Canada |
988,000
|
1,080,000
|
Naheed Nenshi |
|
417
|
Sao Luis
|
Brazil |
987,000
|
1,228,000
|
João Castelo |
|
418
|
Kitakyushu
|
Japan |
985,000
|
1,050,000
|
Kenji Kitahashi |
|
419
|
Sao Goncalo
|
Brazil |
973,000
|
1.221,000
|
n/k |
|
420
|
Ghaziabad
|
India |
970,000
|
Damyanti Goel | |
|
421
|
Visakhapatnam
|
India |
970,000
|
1,330,000
|
B N Vishnu |
|
422
|
Wujiang
|
China |
970,000
|
1,500,000
|
n/k |
|
423
|
Naples
|
Italy |
963,000
|
3,000,000
|
Luigi di Magistris |
|
424
|
Chiba
|
Japan |
962,000
|
970,000
|
Toshihito Kumagai |
|
425
|
Mandalay
|
Myanmar (Burma) |
961,000
|
1,300,000
|
Phone Zaw Han |
|
426
|
Feicheng
|
China |
960,000
|
n/k | |
|
427
|
BRUSSELS
|
Belgium |
958,000
|
1,740,000
|
Freddy Thielemans |
|
428
|
Vijayawada
|
India |
957,000
|
1,150,000
|
Ratna Bindu |
|
429
|
Haimen
|
China |
950,000
|
n/k | |
|
430
|
KATHMANDU
|
Nepal |
949,000
|
1,700,000
|
n/k |
|
431
|
Ciudad Guayana
|
Venezuela |
940,000
|
1,000,000
|
José Ramón Lopéz |
|
432
|
Safi
|
Morocco |
933,000
|
n/k | |
|
433
|
Coimbatore
|
India |
931,000
|
1,446,000
|
R.Venkatachalam |
|
434
|
Gaziantep
|
Turkey |
927,000
|
1,912,000
|
n/k |
|
435
|
Weinan
|
China |
925,000
|
n/k | |
|
436
|
Soweto
|
South Africa |
923,000
|
Amos Masondo (Johannesburg) | |
|
437
|
Maceio
|
Brazil |
922,000
|
1,100,000
|
José Cícero Soares de Almeida |
|
438
|
Agadir
|
Morocco |
921,000
|
n/k | |
|
439
|
Krasnoyarsk
|
Russia |
920,000
|
950,000
|
Pyotr Pimashkov |
|
440
|
Srinagar
|
India |
915,000
|
1,050,000
|
Salman Sagar |
|
441
|
Detroit
|
USA |
912,000
|
3,903,000
|
Dave Bing |
|
442
|
Turin
|
Italy |
910,000
|
1,617,000
|
Pietro Franco |
|
443
|
Arequipa
|
Peru |
905,000
|
Simón Balbuena Marroquín | |
|
444
|
Mbuji-Mayi
|
Congo D.R. |
905,000
|
1,054,000
|
n/k |
|
445
|
Songzi
|
China |
905,000
|
n/k | |
|
446
|
Salé
|
Morocco |
904,000
|
n/k | |
|
447
|
ANTANANARIVO
|
Madagascar |
903,000
|
1,403,000
|
n/k |
|
448
|
Laizhou
|
China |
902,000
|
n/k | |
|
449
|
Chandigarh
|
India |
901,000
|
n/k | |
|
450
|
Zaria
|
Nigeria |
898,000
|
n/k |
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