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 The largest cities in the
world - ranked 1 to 150
March 2018: The below table ranks cities by city population but also provide data on the size of metro areas. Capital letters denote national capital cities.

Shanghai largest city in the world Beijing second largest city in the world Karachi third largest city in the world

The research was carried out during 2017 and early 2018. For the population data, the researchers consulted numerous national and international sources and in cases of large statistical inconsistencies elected to publish cautious averages. The figures for city populations comprise the number of residents within the unified administrative areas of cities, while the data for metro populations include residents of urban areas that are socially, culturally and economically dependent on the core city.

Please note, there is no internationally agreed definition of metro areas. Readers and scholars are invited to inform of any discrepancies and/or provide missing facts and figures.


Largest cities in the world in 2018 (1 to 150)
World rank
City
(caps denote capital cities)
Country
City population
Metro population
1
 Shanghai China
24,153,000
34,000,000
2
 BEIJING China
18,590,000
24,900,000
3
 Karachi Pakistan
18,000,000
27,506,000
4
 Istanbul Turkey
14,657,000
14,804,000
5
 DHAKA Bangladesh
14,543,000
18,898,000
6
 TOKYO Japan
13,617,000
37,800,000
7
 MOSCOW Russia
13,197,596
17,900,000
8
 MANILA Philippines
12,877,000
22,710,000
9
 Tianjin China
12,784,000
15,469,000
10
 Mumbai (Bombay) India
12,400,000
27,750,000
11
 Sao Paulo Brazil
12,038,000
21,243,000
12
 Shenzhen China
11,908,000
11,980,000
13
 Guangzhou China
11,548,000
14,044,000
14
 DELHI India
11,035,000
26,454,000
15
 Wuhan China
10,608,000
10,608,000
16
 Lahore Pakistan
10,355,000
17
 Seoul South Korea
10,290,000
25,600,000
18
 Chengdu China
10,152,000
14,427,000
19
 KINSHASA Congo D.R.
10,125,000
21,265,000
20
 LIMA Peru
9,752,000
10,852,000
21
 JAKARTA Indonesia
9,608,000
30,214,000
22
 CAIRO Egypt
9,500,000
20,440,000
23
 MEXICO CITY Mexico
8,919,000
20,400,000
24
 TEHRAN Iran
8,847,000
15,233,000
25
 BAGHDAD Iraq
8,765,000
26
 Xian China
8,705,000
13,560,000
27
 LONDON UK
8,674,000
13,880,000
28
 New York City USA
8,550,000
23,724,000
29
 Nanjing China
8,460,000
8,460,000
30
 Bangalore India
8,444,000
8,729,000
31
 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
8,426,000
10,050,000
32
 BANGKOK Thailand
8,281,000
14,566,000
33
 Chongquin China
8,165,500
18,380,000
34
 BOGOTA Colombia
8,081,000
9,800,000
35
 Lagos Nigeria
8,048,000
16,060,000
36
 RIYADH Saudi Arabia
7,506,000
7,506,000
37
 Hong Kong China
7,234,800
38
 Chennai India
7,088,000
8,653,000
39
 Hangzhou China
7,082,000
9,188,000
40
 Hyderabad India
6,809,000
7,749,000
41
 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
6,454,000
12,281,000
42
 Zhengzhou China
6,406,000
9,468,000
43
 Shenyang China
6,255,000
8,106,000
44
 Qingdao China
6,188,000
9,046,000
45
 SANTIAGO Chile
6,158,000
6,582,000
46
 Dalian China
5,900,000
6,700,000
47
 SINGAPORE Singapore
5,607,000
5,607,000
48
 Ahmadabad India
5,577,000
6,357,000
49
 Suzhou China
5,468,000
10,578,000
50
 St Petersburg Russia
5,323,000
7,500,000
51
 Harbin China
5,282,000
6,704,000
52
 ANKARA Turkey
5,271,000
6,280,000
53
 KHARTOUM Sudan
5,185,000
5,185,000
54
 Yangon Myanmar (Burma)
5,160,000
7,360,000
55
 Casablanca Morocco
5,118,000
6,861,000
56
 Sydney Australia
5,005,000
5,005,000
57
 Jinan China
4,694,000
7,068,000
58
 Melbourne Australia
4,641,000
4,641,000
59
 Changsha China
4,597,000
7,432,000
60
 Kolkata India
4,497,000
14,618,000
61
 Fuzhou China
4,468,000
7,200,000
62
 Surat India
4,467,000
4,591,000
63
 Abidjan Ivory Coast
4,396,000
4,707,000
64
 DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania
4,364,000
4,364,000
65
 Shiziahuang China
4,303,000
10,701,000
66
 Jeddah Saudi Arabia
4,276,000
4,276,000
67
 Faisalabad Pakistan
4,075,000
4,075,000
68
 Nanning China
4,037,000
6,914,000
69
 Alexandria Egypt
4,028,000
4,984,000
70
 AMMAN Jordan
4,008,000
4,008,000
71
 Los Angeles USA
3,976,000
13,131,000
72
 Kunming China
3,891,000
6,626,000
73
 Changchun China
3,815,000
7,674,000
74
 Yokohama Japan
3,733,000
3,733,000
75
 KABUL Afghanistan
3,678,000
3,678,000
76
 BERLIN Germany
3,671,000
6,004,000
77
 Giza Egypt
3,628,000
3,628,000
78
 Urumqi China
3,550,000
3,550,000
79
 Wuxi China
3,542,000
6,372,000
80
 Busan South Korea
3,526,000
8,202,000
81
 Guayaquil Ecuador
3,500,000
5,000,000
82
 HANOI Vietnam
3,435,000
7.588,000
83
 Hyderabad Pakistan
3,429,000
3,429,000
84
 ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia
3,385,000
4,567,000
85
 ALGIERS Algeria
3,336,000
5,000,000
86
 Kano Nigeria
3,333,000
3,333,000
87
 Mashhad Iran
3,312,000
3,372,000
88
 Hefei China
3,310,000
5,484,000
89
 Changzhou China
3,290,000
4,592,000
90
 Taiyuan China
3,212,000
4,202,000
91
 Rawalpindi Pakistan
3,189,000
3,189,000
92
 Tangshan China
3,187,000
7,577,000
93
 MADRID Spain
3,141,000
6,240,000
94
 NAIROBI Kenya
3,138,000
6,547,000
95
 Zibo China
3,129,000
4,131,000
96
 Pune India
3,124,000
5,057,000
97
 Ibadan Nigeria
3,050,000
3,520,000
98
 Jaipur India
3,046,000
3,046,000
99
 Guiyang China
3,037,000
4,024,000
100
 Incheon South Korea
3,002,000
3,002,000
101
 BRASILIA Brazil
2,978,000
2,978,000
102
 TSHWANE (PRETORIA) South Africa
2,922,000
2,922,000
103
 Kanpur India
2,920,000
4,152,000
104
 Salvador Brazil
2,913,000
3,920,000
105
 BUENOS AIRES Argentina
2,900,000
12,740,000
106
 KIEV Ukraine
2,900,000
3,375,000
107
 ROME Italy
2,877,000
4,353,000
108
 Surabaya Indonesia
2,865,000
6,485,000
109
 Izmir Turkey
2,848,000
4,113,000
110
 Lucknow India
2,817,000
2,902,000
111
 Basrah Iraq
2,750,000
2,750,000
112
 Toronto Canada
2,731,000
5,928,000
113
 Gujranwala Pakistan
2,723,000
2,723,000
114
 Chicago USA
2,720,000
9.513.000
115
 TAIPEI Taiwan
2,705,000
8,500,000
116
 QUITO Ecuador
2,671,000
4,700,000
117
 Osaka Japan
2,668,000
19,342,000
118
 Xuzhou China
2,623,000
3,054,000
119
 Fortaleza Brazil
2,610,000
4,019,000
120
 Chittagong Bangladesh
2,581,000
4,009,000
121
 PYONGYANG North Korea
2,581,000
2,581,000
122
 Bandung Indonesia
2,575,000
8,465,000
123
 Kaohsiung Taiwan
2,540,000
2,779,000
124
 YAOUNDE Cameroon
2,535,000
2,765,000
125
 Daegu South Korea
2,522,000
5,020,000
126
 Taichung Taiwan
2,520,000
2,752,000
127
 Belo Horizonte Brazil
2,502,000
5,156,000
128
 Puebla Mexico
2,500,000
2,929,000
129
 Douala Cameroon
2,447,000
3,000,000
130
 Medellin Colombia
2,441,000
3,731,000
131
 Nagpur India
2,405,000
2,498,000
132
 Cali Colombia
2,401,000
3,400,000
133
 Omdurman Sudan
2,396,000
2,396,000
134
 Nanchang China
2,357,000
5,043,000
135
 Brisbane Australia
2,350,000
3,500,000
136
 Bursa Turkey
2,340,000
2,842,000
137
 TASHKENT Uzbekistan
2,310,000
2,310,000
138
 Houston USA
2,296,000
6,313,000
139
 Nagoya Japan
2,283,000
9,107,000
140
 MOGADISHU Somalia
2,265,000
2,265,000
141
 Isfahen Iran
2,243,000
3,793,000
142
 PARIS France
2,230,000
12,405,000
143
 ACCRA Ghana
2,227,000
4,000,000
144
 MANAGUA Nicaragua
2,206,000
2,561,000
145
 Kowloon China
2,204,000
2,204,000
146
 Lanzhou China
2,177,000
3,616,000
147
 Baku Azerbaijan
2,122,000
2,724,000
148
 GUATAMALA CITY Guatemala
2,110,000
4,500,000
149
 LUANDA Angola
2,108,000
2,825,000
150
 BUCHAREST Romania
2,106,000
2,281,000
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