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The tables list cities in alphabetical order of their countries. The tables 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. |
|
World rank
|
City
|
Country
|
City
population |
Metro
population |
Mayor
|
|
447
|
ANTANANARIVO | Madagascar |
903,000
|
1,403,000
|
n/k |
|
461
|
LILONGWE | Malawi |
866,000
|
|
n/k |
|
157
|
KUALA LUMPUR | Malaysia |
1,810,000
|
5,470,000
|
Dato Ahmed Fuad Ismail |
|
158
|
BAMAKO | Mali |
1,809,000
|
|
Adama B. Sangaré |
|
14
|
MEXICO CITY | Mexico |
8,841,000
|
21,163,000
|
Miguel Angel Mancera |
|
137
|
Monterrey | Mexico |
2,057,000
|
3,650,000
|
Fernando Larrazabal |
|
150
|
Puebla | Mexico |
1,888,000
|
2,500,000
|
Blanca Alcala Ruiz |
|
178
|
Ecatepec | Mexico |
1,688,000
|
1,690,000
|
Eruviel Ávila Villegas |
|
198
|
Guadalajara | Mexico |
1,580,000
|
3,600,000
|
Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval |
|
222
|
Tijuana | Mexico |
1,484,000
|
1,500,000
|
Carlos Bustamante |
|
255
|
Ciudad Juarez | Mexico |
1,400,000
|
2,010,000
|
José Reyes Ferriz |
|
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 |
|
349
|
Leon | Mexico |
1,138,000
|
1,635,000
|
Ricardo Sheffield |
|
410
|
Torreon | Mexico |
1,001,000
|
|
Eduardo Olmos Castro |
|
411
|
Mexicali | Mexico |
1,000,000
|
1,000,000
|
n/k |
|
478
|
Naucalpan | Mexico |
822,000
|
835,000
|
Azucena Olivares Villagómez |
|
494
|
Santiago de Queretaro | Mexico |
805,000
|
1,085,000
|
Francisco Domínguez Servien |
|
505
|
Toluca | Mexico |
785,000
|
1,650,000
|
Maria Elena Barrera Tapia |
|
525
|
Merida | Mexico |
734,000
|
890,000
|
César Bojórquez Zapata |
|
529
|
Acapulco | Mexico |
718,000
|
880,000
|
Manuel Añorve Bolaños |
|
540
|
Chihuahua | Mexico |
694,000
|
825,000
|
n/k |
|
544
|
San Luis Potosi | Mexico |
685,000
|
957,000
|
Jorge Lozano Armengol |
|
545
|
Tlalnepantla de Baz | Mexico |
685,000
|
800,000
|
Arturo Ugalde Meneses |
|
558
|
Aguascalientes | Mexico |
664,000
|
701,000
|
Gabriel Arellano Espinoza |
|
582
|
Culiacan | Mexico |
567,000
|
766,000
|
n/k |
|
n/r
|
Matamoros | Mexico |
370,000
|
780,000
|
n/k |
|
n/r
|
Tampico | Mexico |
319,000
|
775,000
|
n/k |
|
504
|
CHISINAU | Moldova |
785,000
|
911,000
|
Dorin Chirtoaca |
|
364
|
ULAANBAATAR | Mongolia |
1,108,000
|
|
n/k |
|
58
|
Casablanca | Morocco |
3,673,000
|
3,850,000
|
Mohammed Sajid |
|
380
|
Marrakech | Morocco |
1,071,000
|
|
n/k |
|
405
|
Fes | Morocco |
1,009,000
|
|
n/k |
|
432
|
Safi | Morocco |
933,000
|
|
n/k |
|
438
|
Fez | Morocco |
921,000
|
921,000
|
n/k |
|
446
|
Salé | Morocco |
904,000
|
|
n/k |
|
536
|
Tangier | Morocco |
710,000
|
|
n/k |
|
564
|
RABAT | Morocco |
627,000
|
1,790,000
|
Omar El Bahraoui |
|
313
|
MAPUTO | Mozambique |
1,244,000
|
1,640,000
|
David Simango |
|
47
|
Yangon | Myanmar (Burma) |
4,468,000
|
5.500,000
|
Aung Thein Lynn |
|
425
|
Mandalay | Myanmar (Burma) |
961,000
|
1,300,000
|
Phone Zaw Han |
|
430
|
KATHMANDU | Nepal |
949,000
|
1,700,000
|
n/k |
|
515
|
AMSTERDAM | Netherlands |
762,000
|
1,536,000
|
Eberhard van der Laan |
|
572
|
Rotterdam | Netherlands |
590,000
|
1,187,000
|
Ahmed Aboutaleb |
|
n/r
|
The Hague | Netherlands |
486,000
|
1,011,000
|
Van Aartsen |
|
n/r
|
Einhoven | Netherlands |
212,000
|
440,000
|
R van Gijzel |
|
n/r
|
Auckland | New Zealand |
428,000
|
1,333,000
|
Len Brown |
|
332
|
MANAGUA | Nicaragua |
1,185,000
|
1,342,000
|
Daisy Torres |
|
20
|
Lagos | Nigeria |
7,938,000
|
9,123,000
|
Babatunde Raji Fashola |
|
62
|
Kano | Nigeria |
3,626,000
|
3,900,000
|
Ibrahim Shekarau |
|
94
|
Port Harcourt | Nigeria |
2,667,000
|
3,761,000
|
Azubuike Nmerukini |
|
102
|
Ibadan | Nigeria |
2,550,000
|
3,000,000
|
Adebayo Alao-Akala |
|
229
|
Kaduna | Nigeria |
1,460,000
|
1,500,000
|
Mohammed Namadi Sambo |
|
324
|
Maiduguri | Nigeria |
1,200,000
|
1,200,000
|
n/k |
|
389
|
Benin | Nigeria |
1,051,000
|
1,052,000
|
n/k |
|
450
|
Zaria | Nigeria |
898,000
|
|
n/k |
|
509
|
ABUJA | Nigeria |
779,000
|
900,000
|
Muhammad Adamu Aliero |
|
527
|
Ogbomosho | Nigeria |
726,000
|
985,000
|
n/k |
|
n/r
|
Onitsha | Nigeria |
509,000
|
1,001,000
|
n/k |
|
n/r
|
Oshogbo | Nigeria |
421,000
|
1,309,000
|
n/k |
|
72
|
PYONGYANG | North Korea |
3,255,000
|
3,400,000
|
n/k |
|
479
|
Hamhung | North Korea |
821,000
|
821,000
|
n/k |
|
575
|
OSLO | Norway |
584,000
|
876,000
|
Fabian Stang |
|
511
|
Masqat-Matrah | Oman |
776,000
|
776,000
|
n/k |
|
1
|
Karachi | Pakistan |
15,500,000
|
18,000,000
|
Fazlur Rehman |
|
30
|
Lahore | Pakistan |
6,100,000
|
8,600,000
|
Mian Amir Mahmood |
|
107
|
Faisalabad | Pakistan |
2,510,000
|
5,081,000
|
Rana Zahid Tauseef |
|
202
|
Rawalpindi | Pakistan |
1,558,000
|
2,548,000
|
Raja Hamid Nawaz |
|
237
|
Hyderabad | Pakistan |
1,447,000
|
1,500,000
|
Kanwar Naveed Jamil |
|
243
|
Multan | Pakistan |
1,424,000
|
1,500,000
|
Mian Faisal Mukhtar |
|
249
|
Gujranwala | Pakistan |
1,416,000
|
1,900,000
|
Fayyaz Ahmad Chattha |
|
367
|
Peshawar | Pakistan |
1,100,000
|
3,100,000
|
Muhammad Umar Khan |
|
n/r
|
Gaza | Palestine |
410,000
|
1,000,000
|
n/k |
|
467
|
PANAMA CITY | Panama |
850,000
|
1,220,000
|
Bosco Vallarino |
|
592
|
ASUNCION | Paraguay |
546,000
|
1,433,000
|
Evangelista Troche de Gallegos |
|
22
|
LIMA | Peru |
7,606,000
|
8,473,000
|
Susana Villaran |
|
443
|
Arequipa | Peru |
905,000
|
|
Simón Balbuena Marroquín |
|
7
|
MANILA METRO | Philippines |
11,550,000
|
13,503,000
|
Alfredo S Lim |
|
92
|
Quezon City | Philippines |
2,680,000
|
|
Herbert M Bautis |
|
267
|
Caloocan | Philippines |
1,379,000
|
|
Enrico Echiverri |
|
272
|
Davao City | Philippines |
1,363,000
|
|
Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio |
|
520
|
Cebu City | Philippines |
747,000
|
1,198,000
|
Tomas R Osmena |
|
176
|
WARSAW | Poland |
1,712,000
|
3,350,000
|
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz |
|
506
|
Lodz | Poland |
783,000
|
1,429,000
|
Jerzy Kropiwickni |
|
519
|
Krakow | Poland |
755,000
|
1,250,000
|
Jacek Majchrowski |
|
n/r
|
Gdansk | Poland |
457,000
|
866,000
|
Pawel Adamowicz |
|
n/r
|
Katowice | Poland |
340,000
|
2,746,000
|
Piotr Uszok |
|
587
|
LISBON | Portugal |
558,000
|
2,612,000
|
António Costa |
|
n/r
|
Porto | Portugal |
263,000
|
1,210,000
|
Rui Rio |
|
n/r
|
SAN JUAN | Puerto Rico |
442,000
|
2,500,000
|
Jorge A. Santini Padilla |
|
140
|
BUCHAREST | Romania |
1,994,000
|
2,151,000
|
Sorin Oprescu |
|
10
|
MOSCOW | Russia |
10,524,000
|
14,800,000
|
Sergei Sobyanin |
|
43
|
St Petersburg | Russia |
4,661,000
|
4,900,000
|
Valentina Matviyenko |
|
258
|
Novosibirsk | Russia |
1,396,000
|
1,429,000
|
Vladimir Gorodetsky |
|
286
|
Ekaterinburg | Russia |
1,323,000
|
1,389,000
|
Eugene Porunov |
|
304
|
Nizhniy Novgorod | Russia |
1,280,000
|
1,900,000
|
Vadim Bulavinov |
|
344
|
Samara | Russia |
1,160,000
|
1,500,000
|
Viktor Tarkhov |
|
350
|
Omsk | Russia |
1,137,000
|
1,145,000
|
Viktor Shreyder |
|
359
|
Kazan | Russia |
1,115,000
|
1,300,000
|
lsur Metshin |
|
371
|
Chelyabinsk | Russia |
1,092,000
|
1,200,000
|
Mikhail Yurevich |
|
382
|
Rostov on Don | Russia |
1,068,000
|
1,250,000
|
Mikhail Chernyshyov |
|
398
|
Ufa | Russia |
1,023,000
|
1,050,000
|
Pavel Kachkayev |
|
403
|
Volgograd | Russia |
1,012,000
|
1,292,000
|
Roman Grebennikov |
|
404
|
Perm | Russia |
1,010,000
|
1,200,000
|
Igor Shubin |
|
439
|
Krasnoyarsk | Russia |
920,000
|
950,000
|
Pyotr Pimashkov |
|
468
|
Voronezh | Russia |
849,000
|
950,000
|
Sergey Koliukh |
|
472
|
Saratov | Russia |
831,000
|
1,100,000
|
Vyacheslav Leonovich Somov |
|
534
|
Krasnodar | Russia |
710,000
|
780,000
|
Vladimir Yevlanov |
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