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The tables list cities in alphabetical order. They provide city and metro population date. 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. |
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World rank
|
City
|
Country
|
City
population |
Metro
population |
Mayor
|
| n/r | MacAllen | USA |
110,000
|
1,058,000
|
n/k |
| 437 | Maceio | Brazil |
922,000
|
1,100,000
|
José Cícero Soares de Almeida |
| 152 | Macheng | China |
1,880,000
|
|
n/k |
| 73 | MADRID | Spain |
3,213,000
|
5,300,000
|
Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón |
| 355 | Madurai | India |
1,130,000
|
|
Thenmozhi Gopinathan |
| n/r | Magdeburg | Germany |
230,000
|
|
Lutz Trümper |
| 324 | Maiduguri | Nigeria |
1,200,000
|
1,200,000
|
n/k |
| 360 | Makasar | Indonesia |
1,113,000
|
|
Ilham Arief Sirajuddin |
| 523 | Malang | Indonesia |
742,000
|
921,000
|
n/k |
| n/r | Malmo | Sweden |
244,000
|
1,340,000
|
Ilmar Reepalu |
| 332 | MANAGUA | Nicaragua |
1,185,000
|
1,342,000
|
Daisy Torres |
| 173 | Manaus | Brazil |
1,739,000
|
1,924,000
|
Amazonino Mendes |
| n/r | Manchester | UK |
464,000
|
2,240,230
|
Mavis Smitheman |
| 425 | Mandalay | Myanmar (Burma) |
961,000
|
1,300,000
|
Phone Zaw Han |
| 7 | MANILA METRO | Philippines |
11,550,000
|
13,503,000
|
Alfredo S Lim |
| n/r | Mannheim | Germany |
311,000
|
1,456,000
|
Peter Kurz |
| 313 | MAPUTO | Mozambique |
1,244,000
|
1,640,000
|
David Simango |
| 164 | Maracaibo | Venezuela |
1,799,000
|
1,868,000
|
Eveling Trejo |
| n/r | Maracay | Venezuela |
479,000
|
1,125,000
|
Humberto Prieto |
| 380 | Marrakech | Morocco |
1,071,000
|
|
n/k |
| 464 | Marseille | France |
852,000
|
1,605,000
|
Jean-Claude Gaudin |
| 81 | Mashhad | Iran |
2,910,000
|
3,000,000
|
Mohammad Pejman |
| 511 | Masqat-Matrah | Oman |
776,000
|
776,000
|
n/k |
| n/r | Matamoros | Mexico |
370,000
|
780,000
|
n/k |
| n/r | Mataram | Indonesia |
330,000
|
1,081,000
|
n/k |
| 444 | Mbuji-Mayi | Congo D.R. |
905,000
|
1,054,000
|
n/k |
| 177 | Mecca | Saudi Arabia |
1,700,000
|
2,500,000
|
Osama Al-Bar |
| 141 | Medan | Indonesia |
1,990,000
|
2,390,000
|
Rahudman Harahap |
| 128 | Medellin | Colombia |
2,223,000
|
3,312,000
|
Alonso Salazar Jaramillo |
| 291 | Medina | Saudi Arabia |
1,300,000
|
1,300,000
|
Abdulaziz Bin Majid |
| 306 | Meerut | India |
1,277,000
|
|
n/k |
| 61 | Melbourne | Australia |
3,635,000
|
3,3635,000
|
Robert Doyle |
| 555 | Memphis | USA |
670,000
|
1,281,000
|
AC Wharton |
| n/r | Mendoza | Argentina |
113,000
|
849,000
|
Víctor Fayad |
| 525 | Merida | Mexico |
734,000
|
890,000
|
César Bojórquez Zapata |
| 411 | Mexicali | Mexico |
1,000,000
|
1,000,000
|
n/k |
| 14 | MEXICO CITY | Mexico |
8,841,000
|
21,163,000
|
Miguel Angel Mancera |
| n/r | Miami | USA |
386,000
|
5,413,000
|
Tomás Regalado |
| 292 | Mianyang | China |
1,300,000
|
5,200,000
|
Liu Dong |
| 289 | Milan | Italy |
1,302,000
|
4,051,000
|
Giuliano Pisapia |
| 569 | Milwaukee | USA |
604,000
|
1,740,000
|
Tom Barrett |
| n/r | Minneapolis | USA |
392,000
|
3,503,000
|
R T Rybak |
| 155 | MINSK | Belarus |
1,831,000
|
|
Nikolai Ladutko |
| 370 | Mirat | India |
1,095,000
|
1,095,000
|
n/k |
| 218 | MOGADISHU | Somalia |
1,500,000
|
2,500,000
|
Mohamud Ahmed Tarzan |
| 458 | Mombasa | Kenia |
880,000
|
|
Ahmed Abubakar Mohdhar |
| 594 | MONROVIA | Liberia |
543,000
|
1,010,000
|
Ophelia Hoff Saytumah |
| 137 | Monterrey | Mexico |
2,057,000
|
3,650,000
|
Fernando Larrazabal |
| 285 | MONTEVIDEO | Uruguay |
1,326,000
|
1,723,000
|
Ana Olivera |
| n/r | Montpellier | France |
252,000
|
|
Hélène Mandroux-Colas |
| 189 | Montreal | Canada |
1,621,000
|
3,636,000
|
Gérald Tremblay |
| 10 | MOSCOW | Russia |
10,524,000
|
14,800,000
|
Sergei Sobyanin |
| 348 | Mosul | Iraq |
1,139,000
|
1,139,000
|
n/k |
| 402 | Mudanjiang | China |
1,014,000
|
2,707,000
|
n/k |
| 243 | Multan | Pakistan |
1,424,000
|
1,500,000
|
Mian Faisal Mukhtar |
| 3 | Mumbai (Bombay) | India |
13,900,000
|
21,200,000
|
Shraddha Jadhav |
| 271 | Munich | Germany |
1,367,000
|
2,600,000
|
Christian Ude |
| n/r | Münster | Germany |
274,000
|
|
Markus Lewe |
| 501 | Mysore | India |
799,000
|
|
Purushotham |
| 125 | Nagoya | Japan |
2,260,000
|
9,250,000
|
Takashi Kawamura |
| 117 | Nagpur | India |
2,420,000
|
|
Archana Dehankar |
| 74 | NAIROBI | Kenya |
3,130,000
|
3,300,000
|
Geoffrey Majiwa |
| 224 | Nanan | China |
1,480,000
|
|
Chen Law |
| 154 | Nanchang | China |
1,844,000
|
3.790,000
|
Hu Xian |
| 144 | Nanchong | China |
1,950,000
|
7,300,000
|
Liu Hongjian |
| 51 | Nanjing | China |
4,150,000
|
7,600,000
|
Ji Jianye |
| 115 | Nanning | China |
2,450,000
|
6,480,000
|
Huang Fangfang |
| n/r | Nantes | France |
283,000
|
804,000
|
Jean-Marc Ayrault |
| 500 | Nanyang | China |
800,000
|
10,700,000
|
Huang Xingwei |
| 423 | Naples | Italy |
963,000
|
3,000,000
|
Luigi di Magistris |
| 190 | Nashik | India |
1,620,000
|
|
Nayana Gholap |
| 565 | Nashville | USA |
626,000
|
1,633,000
|
Karl Dean |
| 503 | Natal | Brazil |
790,000
|
1,100,000
|
n/k |
| 478 | Naucalpan | Mexico |
822,000
|
835,000
|
Azucena Olivares Villagómez |
| 201 | Neijiang | China |
1,560,000
|
|
n/k |
| n/r | New Orleans | USA |
488,000
|
1,350,000
|
Mitch Landrieu |
| 17 | New York City | USA |
8,364,000
|
20,090,000
|
Michael Bloomberg |
| n/r | Newcastle upon Tyne | UK |
234,000
|
800,000
|
n/k |
| 346 | Nezahualcoyotl | Mexico |
1,141,000
|
1,150,000
|
Edgar Cesáreo Navarro Sánchez |
| n/r | Nice | France |
347,000
|
943,000
|
Christian Estrosi |
| 486 | Niigata | Japan |
812,000
|
|
Akira Shinoda |
| 130 | Ningbo | China |
2,201,000
|
5,600,000
|
Mao Guanglie |
| 304 | Nizhniy Novgorod | Russia |
1,280,000
|
1,900,000
|
Vadim Bulavinov |
| 466 | Norfolk | USA |
850,000
|
1,616,000
|
Paul D Fraim |
| 469 | Nova Iguacu | Brazil |
846,000
|
959,000
|
Lindberg Farias |
| 258 | Novosibirsk | Russia |
1,396,000
|
1,429,000
|
Vladimir Gorodetsky |
| n/r | Nuremberg | Germany |
504,000
|
1,008,000
|
Ulrich Maly |
| n/r | Oakland | USA |
446,900
|
|
Jean Quan |
| n/r | Oberhausen | Germany |
216,000
|
|
Klaus Wehling |
| 377 | Odessa | Ukraine |
1,080,000
|
1,200,000
|
Eduard Gurwits |
| 527 | Ogbomosho | Nigeria |
726,000
|
985,000
|
n/k |
| 539 | Okayama | Japan |
700,000
|
1,250,000
|
Shigeo Takaya |
| n/r | Okinawa | Japan |
129,000
|
|
Kita Kurose |
| 588 | Oklahoma City | USA |
551,000
|
1,276,000
|
Mick Cornett |
| 118 | Omdurman | Sudan |
2,400,000
|
|
Al-Fatih Az-ddin |
| 350 | Omsk | Russia |
1,137,000
|
1,145,000
|
Viktor Shreyder |
| n/r | Onitsha | Nigeria |
509,000
|
1,001,000
|
n/k |
| 547 | Oran | Algeria |
683,000
|
772,000
|
Saddek Benkada |
| n/r | Orlando | USA |
231,000
|
2,055,000
|
Buddy Dyer |
| 95 | Osaka | Japan |
2,647,000
|
17,590,000
|
Toru Hashimoto |
| n/r | Osh | Kyrgyztan |
230,000
|
|
Melis Myrzakmatov |
| n/r | Oshogbo | Nigeria |
421,000
|
1,309,000
|
n/k |
| 575 | OSLO | Norway |
584,000
|
876,000
|
Fabian Stang |
| 483 | OTTAWA | Canada |
815,000
|
1,131,000
|
Larry O'Brien |
| 225 | OUAGADOUGOU | Burkina Faso |
1,475,000
|
1,727,000
|
Simon Compaoré |
| 481 | Padang | Indonesia |
820,000
|
900,000
|
Fauzi Bahar |
| 195 | Palembang | Indonesia |
1,600,000
|
|
Eddy Santana Putra |
| 546 | Palermo | Italy |
684,000
|
947,000
|
Leoluca Orlando |
| 467 | PANAMA CITY | Panama |
850,000
|
1,220,000
|
Bosco Vallarino |
| n/r | Panzhihua | China |
478,000
|
771,000
|
n/k |
| 133 | PARIS | France |
2,113,000
|
11,769,000
|
Bertrand Delanoë |
| 160 | Patna | India |
1,800,000
|
2,500,000
|
GhanShyam Kumar |
| 404 | Perm | Russia |
1,010,000
|
1,200,000
|
Igor Shubin |
| 193 | Perth | Australia |
1,603,000
|
|
Lisa Scaffidi |
| 367 | Peshawar | Pakistan |
1,100,000
|
3,100,000
|
Muhammad Umar Khan |
| 205 | Philadelphia | USA |
1,540,000
|
5,345,000
|
Michael Nutter |
| 314 | PHNOM PENH | Cambodia |
1,242,000
|
2,001,000
|
Keb Chutema |
| 199 | Phoenix | USA |
1,568,000
|
4,282,000
|
Phil Gordon |
| 325 | Pikine-Guediawaye | Senegal |
1,200,000
|
|
n/k |
| 213 | Pimpri Chinchwad | India |
1,515,000
|
|
Yogesh Behl |
| 316 | Pingdingshan | China |
1,230,000
|
5,200,000
|
Deng Yongjian |
| 281 | Pingdu | China |
1,340,000
|
|
n/k |
| n/r | Pittsburgh | USA |
335,000
|
2,411,000
|
Luke Ravenstahl |
| n/r | Pointe Noire | Congo Br |
527,000
|
789,000
|
n/k |
| 471 | Port Elizabeth | South Africa |
833,000
|
1,245,000
|
Nondumiso Maphasi |
| 94 | Port Harcourt | Nigeria |
2,667,000
|
3,761,000
|
Azubuike Nmerukini |
| 376 | PORT-AU-PRINCE | Haiti |
1,083,000
|
1,728,000
|
Jean Yves Jason |
| 596 | Portland | USA |
542,000
|
2,255,000
|
Sam Adams |
| n/r | Porto | Portugal |
263,000
|
1,210,000
|
Rui Rio |
| 273 | Porto Alegre | Brazil |
1,355,000
|
3,646,000
|
José Fortunati |
| 315 | PRAGUE | Czech Republic |
1,242,000
|
1,900,000
|
Zdenek Tuma |
| 150 | Puebla | Mexico |
1,888,000
|
2,500,000
|
Blanca Alcala Ruiz |
| 71 | Pune | India |
3,337,000
|
4,470,000
|
Mohansingh Rajpal |
| 72 | PYONGYANG | North Korea |
3,255,000
|
3,400,000
|
n/k |
| 330 | Qianjiang | China |
1,190,000
|
|
n/k |
| 342 | Qidong | China |
1,160,000
|
|
n/k |
| 88 | Qingdao | China |
2,755,000
|
7,580,000
|
Xia Geng |
| 240 | Qiqihaer | China |
1,439,000
|
6,011,000
|
Liu Gang |
| 393 | Qom | Iran |
1,042,000
|
|
n/k |
| 220 | Quanzhou | China |
1,490,000
|
7,790,000
|
Zhu Ming |
| n/r | Québec | Canada |
495,000
|
717,000
|
Régis Labeaume |
| 92 | Quezon City | Philippines |
2,680,000
|
|
Herbert M Bautis |
| 187 | QUITO | Ecuador |
1,648,000
|
1,842,000
|
Augusto Barrera |
| 564 | RABAT | Morocco |
627,000
|
1,790,000
|
Omar El Bahraoui |
| 283 | Rajkot | India |
1,336,000
|
|
Sandhya Vyas |
| n/r | Raleigh | USA |
393,000
|
1,691,000
|
Charles Meeker |
| 298 | Ranchi | India |
1,290,000
|
|
Rama Khalkho |
| 202 | Rawalpindi | Pakistan |
1,558,000
|
2,548,000
|
Raja Hamid Nawaz |
| 200 | Recife | Brazil |
1,561,000
|
3,769,000
|
João da Costa Bezerra Filho |
| n/r | Rennes | France |
206,000
|
|
Daniel Delaveau |
| 591 | Ribeirao Preto | Brazil |
547,000
|
789,000
|
Dárcy Vera |
| n/r | Richmond | USA |
200,000
|
1,213,000
|
Dwight Clinton Jones |
| 528 | RIGA | Latvia |
725,000
|
878,000
|
Nils Usakovs |
| 31 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
6,093,000
|
14,387,000
|
Eduardo Paes |
| 40 | RIYADH | Saudi Arabia |
4,950,000
|
5,855,000
|
Abdul Aziz ibn 'Ayyaf Al Migrin |
| 299 | Rizhao | China |
1,290,000
|
|
Zhao Xiaowei |
| n/r | Rochester | USA |
220,000
|
1,100,000
|
n/k |
| 90 | ROME | Italy |
2,732,000
|
3,555,000
|
Gianni Alemanno |
| 343 | Rosario | Argentina |
1,160,000
|
1,358,000
|
Miguel Lifschitz |
| n/r | Rostock | Germany |
201,000
|
|
Roland Methling |
| 382 | Rostov on Don | Russia |
1,068,000
|
1,250,000
|
Mikhail Chernyshyov |
| 572 | Rotterdam | Netherlands |
590,000
|
1,187,000
|
Ahmed Aboutaleb |
| 232 | Rugao | China |
1,453,000
|
|
Ding Dawei |
| 311 | Ruian | China |
1,250,000
|
|
n/k |
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