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Countries listed in alphabetical order S to Z
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.The research was carried out in late 2009 and early 2010. For the population data City Mayors consulted numerous national and international sources and in cases of large statistical inconsistencies elected to publish cautious averages. Readers and scholars are invited to inform of any discrepancies and/or provide missing facts and figures. The data is updated monthly. Please insert ‘Largest cities 2010’ in the subject line of any email.
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TABLES:
By size of cities: 1 to 150 | 151 to 300 | 301 to 450 | 451 to 600 |
City by city: A to D | E to L | M to R | S to Z |
Country by country: A to D | E to L | M to R | S to Z |
Comments
Largest cities and their mayors in 2010 (Countries S to Z)
NB Metro population figures for China are often those of their prefectures; n/r = not ranked
|
World rank
|
City
|
Country
|
City
population |
Metro
population |
Mayor
|
|
40
|
RIYADH | Saudi Arabia |
4,950,000
|
5,855,000
|
Abdul Aziz ibn 'Ayyaf Al Migrin |
|
54
|
Jeddah | Saudi Arabia |
3,856,000
|
4,500,000
|
Adil Faqeeh |
|
177
|
Mecca | Saudi Arabia |
1,700,000
|
2,500,000
|
Osama Al-Bar |
|
291
|
Medina | Saudi Arabia |
1,300,000
|
1,300,000
|
Abdulaziz Bin Majid |
|
484
|
Ad-Dammam | Saudi Arabia |
813,000
|
2,051,000
|
Dhaifallah al-'Utaybi |
|
485
|
Dammam | Saudi Arabia |
812,000
|
2,000,000
|
Dhaifallah al-'Utaybi |
|
n/r
|
Al-Hufuf | Saudi Arabia |
286,000
|
784,000
|
|
|
325
|
Pikine-Guediawaye | Senegal |
1,200,000
|
|
|
|
397
|
DAKAR | Senegal |
1,031,000
|
2,253,000
|
Khalifa Sall |
|
335
|
BELGRADE | Serbia |
1,182,000
|
1,630,000
|
Dragan Dillas |
|
395
|
FREETOWN | Sierra Leone |
1,032,000
|
1,032,000
|
Herbert-George Williams |
|
39
|
SINGAPORE | Singapore |
4,988,000
|
|
Lee Hsien Loong |
|
218
|
MOGADISHU | Somalia |
1,500,000
|
2,500,000
|
Abdullahi Hassan Barise |
|
53
|
Johannesburg | South Africa |
3,888,000
|
10,268,000
|
Amos Masondo |
|
66
|
Cape Town | South Africa |
3,497,000
|
7,280,000
|
Dan Plato |
|
209
|
TSHWANE (PRETORIA) | South Africa |
1,530,000
|
2,346,000
|
Gwen Ramokgopa |
|
436
|
Soweto | South Africa |
923,000
|
|
Amos Masondo (Johannesburg) |
|
471
|
Port Elizabeth | South Africa |
833,000
|
1,245,000
|
Nondumiso Maphasi |
|
554
|
Durban | South Africa |
670,000
|
3,468,000
|
Obed Mlama |
|
n/r
|
Vereeniging | South Africa |
385,000
|
774,000
|
|
|
8
|
SEOUL | South Korea |
11,153,000
|
24,472,000
|
Oh Se-hoon |
|
63
|
Busan | South Korea |
3,600,000
|
4,292,000
|
Hur Nam-sik |
|
96
|
Incheon | South Korea |
2,630,000
|
2,630,000
|
Ahn Sang-soo |
|
105
|
Daegu | South Korea |
2,512,000
|
|
Kim Bum-il |
|
239
|
Daejeon | South Korea |
1,443,000
|
|
Park Seoung-hyo |
|
250
|
Gwangju | South Korea |
1,415,000
|
1,500,000
|
Park Gwang-tae |
|
356
|
Ulsan | South Korea |
1,127,000
|
|
Bak Maeng-woo |
|
375
|
Suwon | South Korea |
1,087,000
|
|
|
|
378
|
Goyang | South Korea |
1,073,000
|
|
|
|
379
|
Seongnam | South Korea |
1,073,000
|
|
|
|
465
|
Bucheon | South Korea |
850,000
|
850,000
|
|
|
n/r
|
Changweon | South Korea |
486,000
|
1,254,000
|
|
|
73
|
MADRID | Spain |
3,213,000
|
5,300,000
|
Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón |
|
182
|
Barcelona | Spain |
1,673,000
|
3,890,000
|
Jordi Hereu |
|
489
|
Valencia | Spain |
810,000
|
1,720,000
|
Rita Barberá Nolla |
|
537
|
Sevilla | Spain |
704,000
|
1,135,000
|
Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín |
|
n/r
|
Malaga | Spain |
568,305
|
825,000
|
Francisoc de la Torre |
|
n/r
|
Bilbao | Spain |
351,000
|
879,000
|
Iñzki Azkuna |
|
561
|
COLOMBO | Sri Lanka |
650,000
|
2,400,000
|
Uvais Mohamed Imitiyas |
|
118
|
Omdurman | Sudan |
2,400,000
|
|
|
|
129
|
KHARTOUM | Sudan |
2,208,000
|
7,500,000
|
Abdul Rahman Alkheder |
|
475
|
STOCKHOLM | Sweden |
826,000
|
1,252,000
|
Sten Nordin |
|
n/r
|
Gothenburg | Sweden |
506,000
|
916,000
|
Anneli Hulthén |
|
n/r
|
Malmo | Sweden |
244,000
|
1,340,000
|
Ilmar Reepalu |
|
n/r
|
Zurich | Switzerland |
333,000
|
965,000
|
Corine Mauch |
|
120
|
Aleppo | Syria |
2,360,000
|
3,000,000
|
Ma'an Al-Shibli |
|
183
|
DAMASCUS | Syria |
1,670,000
|
4,350,000
|
Bishr Al Sabban |
|
476
|
Hims | Syria |
823,000
|
|
Nadia Kseibi |
|
n/r
|
Hama | Syria |
325,000
|
1,500,000
|
Abdul Razzaq al-Qutainy |
|
98
|
TAIPEI | Taiwan |
2,620,000
|
6,753,000
|
Hau Lung-pin |
|
208
|
Kaohsiung | Taiwan |
1,530,000
|
2,960,000
|
Chen Chu |
|
384
|
Taichung | Taiwan |
1,065,000
|
2,700,000
|
Jason Hu |
|
512
|
Tainan | Taiwan |
769,000
|
785,000
|
Hsu Tain-tsair |
|
550
|
DUSHANBE | Tajikistan |
680,000
|
810,000
|
Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev |
|
110
|
DAR ES SALAAM | Tanzania |
2,498,000
|
2,700,000
|
Adam Kimbisa |
|
13
|
BANGKOK | Thailand |
9,100,000
|
11,970,000
|
Sukhumbhand Paribatra |
|
327
|
TUNIS | Tunisia |
1,200,000
|
3,980,000
|
Abbès Mohsen |
|
12
|
Istanbul | Turkey |
9,560,000
|
12,600,000
|
Kadir Topbas |
|
57
|
ANKARA | Turkey |
3,764,000
|
4,000,000
|
Melih Gökçek |
|
122
|
Izmir | Turkey |
2,330,000
|
3,796,000
|
Aziz Kocaoglu |
|
253
|
Bursa | Turkey |
1,400,000
|
3,190,000
|
Recep Altepe |
|
340
|
Adana | Turkey |
1,162,000
|
1,556,000
|
Aytaç Durak |
|
434
|
Gaziantep | Turkey |
927,000
|
1,912,000
|
|
|
374
|
Dubai | UAE |
1,089,000
|
2,100,000
|
|
|
451
|
ABU DHABI | UAE |
897,000
|
|
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
|
247
|
KAMPALA | Uganda |
1,420,000
|
1,600,000
|
Nasser Sebaggala |
|
23
|
LONDON | UK |
7,557,000
|
12,200,000
|
Boris Johnson |
|
401
|
Birmingham | UK |
1,017,000
|
2,284,000
|
Mike Whitby |
|
510
|
Leeds | UK |
778,000
|
1,500,000
|
Paul Rogerson |
|
578
|
Glasgow | UK |
581,000
|
1,200,000
|
|
|
599
|
Sheffield | UK |
535,000
|
640,000
|
Paul Scriven |
|
n/r
|
Manchester | UK |
464,000
|
2,240,230
|
Mavis Smitheman |
|
n/r
|
Liverpool | UK |
435,000
|
817,000
|
|
|
n/r
|
Newcastle upon Tyne | UK |
234,000
|
800,000
|
|
|
84
|
KIEV | Ukraine |
2,820,000
|
3,300,000
|
Leonid Chernovetskyi |
|
228
|
Kharkiv | Ukraine |
1,461,000
|
1,674,000
|
Mykhailo Dobkin |
|
366
|
Donetsk | Ukraine |
1,100,000
|
1,570,000
|
Oleksandr Lukianchenko |
|
377
|
Odessa | Ukraine |
1,080,000
|
1,200,000
|
Eduard Gurwits |
|
394
|
Dnipropetrovsk | Ukraine |
1,040,000
|
1,480,000
|
Ivan Ivanovych Kulichenko |
|
508
|
Zaporizhzhya | Ukraine |
782,000
|
|
Yevgeni Kartashov |
|
524
|
Lviv | Ukraine |
740,000
|
1,040,000
|
Andriy Sadovyi |
|
285
|
MONTEVIDEO | Uruguay |
1,326,000
|
1,723,000
|
Ricardo Erlich |
|
17
|
New York City | USA |
8,364,000
|
20,090,000
|
Michael Bloomberg |
|
55
|
Los Angeles | USA |
3,834,000
|
12,890,000
|
Antonio Villaraigosa |
|
82
|
Chicago | USA |
2,853,000
|
8,770,000
|
Richard Daley |
|
126
|
Houston | USA |
2,242,000
|
5,728,000
|
Annise Parker |
|
199
|
Phoenix | USA |
1,568,000
|
4,282,000
|
Phil Gordon |
|
205
|
Philadelphia | USA |
1,540,000
|
5,345,000
|
Michael Nutter |
|
276
|
San Antonio | USA |
1,351,000
|
2,031,000
|
Julian Castro |
|
302
|
Dallas | USA |
1,280,000
|
6,300,000
|
Tom Leppert |
|
305
|
San Diego | USA |
1,280,000
|
3,001,000
|
Jerry Sanders |
|
409
|
San Jose | USA |
1,007,000
|
1,819,000
|
Chuck Reed |
|
441
|
Detroit | USA |
912,000
|
3,903,000
|
Dave Bing |
|
466
|
Norfolk | USA |
850,000
|
1,616,000
|
|
|
491
|
San Francisco | USA |
809,000
|
3,229,000
|
Gavin Newsom |
|
493
|
Jacksonville | USA |
808,000
|
1,300,000
|
John Peyton |
|
502
|
Indianapolis | USA |
798,000
|
1,715,000
|
Gregory A. Ballard |
|
531
|
Columbus | USA |
714,000
|
1,540,000
|
Michael B Coleman |
|
548
|
Austin | USA |
681,000
|
1,185,000
|
Lee Leffingwell |
|
555
|
Memphis | USA |
670,000
|
1,281,000
|
AC Wharton |
|
556
|
Baltimore | USA |
667,000
|
2,670,000
|
Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake |
|
565
|
Nashville | USA |
626,000
|
1,633,000
|
Karl Dean |
|
566
|
Boston | USA |
621,000
|
4,033,000
|
Thomas Menino |
|
569
|
Milwaukee | USA |
604,000
|
1,740,000
|
Tom Barrett |
|
571
|
WASHINGTON DC | USA |
600,000
|
5,300,000
|
Adrian Fenty |
|
576
|
Denver | USA |
583,000
|
2,746,000
|
John W Hickenlooper |
|
581
|
Seattle | USA |
578,000
|
3,584,000
|
Mike McGinn |
|
585
|
Charlotte | USA |
559,000
|
1,466,000
|
Anthony Foxx |
|
586
|
Las Vegas | USA |
558,000
|
1,866,000
|
Oscar B Goodman |
|
588
|
Oklahoma City | USA |
551,000
|
1,276,000
|
Mick Cornett |
|
596
|
Portland | USA |
542,000
|
2,255,000
|
Sam Adams |
|
597
|
Tucson | USA |
542,000
|
720,000
|
Bob Walkup |
|
598
|
Atlanta | USA |
538,000
|
3,500,000
|
Kasim Reed |
|
n/r
|
Fresno | USA |
500,000
|
1,000,000
|
Ashley Swearengin |
|
n/r
|
New Orleans | USA |
488,000
|
1,350,000
|
Mitch Landrieu |
|
n/r
|
Kansas City | USA |
480,000
|
2,050,000
|
Mark Funkhouser |
|
n/r
|
Cleveland | USA |
434,000
|
2,250,000
|
Frank G. Jackson |
|
n/r
|
Sacramento | USA |
419,000
|
1,000,000
|
Kevin Johnson |
|
n/r
|
Tulsa | USA |
399,000
|
813,000
|
Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr |
|
n/r
|
Raleigh | USA |
393,000
|
1,691,000
|
Charles Meeker |
|
n/r
|
Minneapolis | USA |
392,000
|
3,503,000
|
R T Rybak |
|
n/r
|
Miami | USA |
386,000
|
5,413,000
|
Tomás Regalado |
|
n/r
|
Cincinnati | USA |
380,000
|
2,155,000
|
Mark L. Mallory |
|
n/r
|
St. Louis | USA |
372,000
|
2,850,000
|
Francis G Slay |
|
n/r
|
Saint Louis | USA |
371,000
|
2,850,000
|
Francis G. Slay |
|
n/r
|
Honolulu | USA |
370,000
|
894,000
|
Mufi Hannemann |
|
n/r
|
Tampa | USA |
341,000
|
2,700,000
|
Pam Iorio |
|
n/r
|
Pittsburgh | USA |
335,000
|
2,411,000
|
Luke Ravenstahl |
|
n/r
|
Buffalo | USA |
296,000
|
1,572,000
|
Byron Brown |
|
n/r
|
Louisville | USA |
260,000
|
1,040,000
|
Jerry Abramson |
|
n/r
|
Greensboro | USA |
256,000
|
710,000
|
Bill Knight |
|
n/r
|
Birmingham | USA |
245,000
|
1,200,000
|
William A. Bell |
|
n/r
|
Orlando | USA |
231,000
|
2,055,000
|
Buddy Dyer |
|
n/r
|
Rochester | USA |
220,000
|
1,100,000
|
Robert Duffy |
|
n/r
|
Richmond | USA |
200,000
|
1,213,000
|
Dwight Clinton Jones |
|
n/r
|
Grand Rapids | USA |
193,000
|
777,000
|
George Heartwell |
|
n/r
|
Salt Lake City | USA |
188,000
|
1,677,000
|
Ralph Becker |
|
n/r
|
Dayton | USA |
167,000
|
848,000
|
|
|
n/r
|
MacAllen | USA |
110,000
|
1,058,000
|
|
|
n/r
|
Albany | USA |
96,000
|
1,100,000
|
Gerald Jennings |
|
132
|
TASHKENT | Uzbekistan |
2,180,000
|
3,400,000
|
Abdukahar Tuhtayev |
|
87
|
CARACAS | Venezuela |
2,762,000
|
3,478,000
|
Antonio Ledezma |
|
164
|
Maracaibo | Venezuela |
1,799,000
|
1,868,000
|
Daniel Ponne |
|
214
|
Barquisimeto | Venezuela |
1,500,000
|
1,500,000
|
Amalia Saez |
|
328
|
Valencia | Venezuela |
1,200,000
|
1,750,000
|
Edgardo Parra |
|
431
|
Ciudad Guayana | Venezuela |
940,000
|
1,000,000
|
José Ramón Lopéz |
|
n/r
|
Maracay | Venezuela |
479,000
|
1,125,000
|
Humberto Prieto |
|
26
|
Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam |
7,100,000
|
|
Pham Phuong Thao |
|
151
|
Haiphong | Vietnam |
1,885,000
|
1,885,000
|
|
|
270
|
HANOI | Vietnam |
1,372,000
|
6,500,000
|
Nguyen Quoc Trieu |
|
172
|
SANAA | Yemen |
1,747,000
|
2,168,000
|
Abdulrahman al-Akwaa |
|
363
|
LUSAKA | Zambia |
1,110,000
|
3,120,000
|
Robert Chikwelete |
|
589
|
Kitwe | Zambia |
548,000
|
786,000
|
|
|
194
|
HARARE | Zimbabwe |
1,600,000
|
2,800,000
|
Muchadeyi Masunda |
|
553
|
Bulawayo | Zimbabwe |
676,000
|
676,000
|
Thaba Moyo |
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and runner-ups:
In 2004: Winner: Edi Rama (Tirana); Runner-up: Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico City}; In third place - Walter Veltroni (Rome)
In 2005: Winner – Dora Bakoyannis (Athens); Runner-up - Hazel McCallion (Mississauga); In third place - Alvaro Arzú (Guatemala City)
In 2006: Winner – John So (Melbourne); Runner up – Job Cohen (Amsterdam); In third place - Stephen Reed (Harrisburg)
In 2008: Winner – Helen Zille (Cape Town); Runner up - Elmar Ledergerber (Zurich); In third place - Leopoldo López (Chacao)