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The tables provide population figures for cities and their surrounding urban areas. Most such agglomerations are economically, socially and culturally dominated by one city at their centre. Occasionally however, several cities of similar status and their suburbs make up an urban area. The 2020 population figures were calculated using the 2006 data as base and applying annual rates of population changes. The average annual rates of population changes are assumptions based on past growth/decline and forecasts by international and national statistics organisations. |
|
Rank
|
City/Urban area
|
Country
|
Average annual growth, 2006 to 2020, in %
|
Population in 2020
(millions) |
|
1
|
Tokyo | Japan |
0.34
|
37.28
|
|
2
|
Mumbai (Bombay) | India |
2.32
|
25.97
|
|
3
|
Delhi | India |
3.48
|
25.83
|
|
4
|
Dhaka | Bangladesh |
3.79
|
22.04
|
|
5
|
Mexico City | Mexico |
0.90
|
21.81
|
|
6
|
São Paulo | Brazil |
1.06
|
21.57
|
|
7
|
Lagos | Nigeria |
4.44
|
21.51
|
|
8
|
Jakarta | Indonesia |
3.03
|
20.77
|
|
9
|
New York | USA |
0.66
|
20.43
|
|
10
|
Karachi | Pakistan |
3.19
|
18.94
|
|
11
|
Calcutta | India |
1.74
|
18.54
|
|
12
|
Buenos Aires | Argentina |
0.97
|
15.48
|
|
13
|
Cairo | Egypt |
1.56
|
14.02
|
|
14
|
Metro Manila | Philippines |
1.55
|
13.40
|
|
15
|
Los Angeles | USA |
0.58
|
13.25
|
|
16
|
Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
0.93
|
13.23
|
|
17
|
Istanbul | Turkey |
1.75
|
12.76
|
|
18
|
Shanghai | China |
0.00
|
12.63
|
|
19
|
Moscow | Russia |
0.58
|
11.73
|
|
20
|
Osaka, Kobe | Japan |
0.13
|
11.53
|
|
21
|
Beijing | China |
0.19
|
11.15
|
|
22
|
Lima | Peru |
1.53
|
10.32
|
|
23
|
Paris | France |
0.21
|
10.18
|
|
24
|
Tianjin | China |
0.55
|
10.14
|
|
25
|
Lahore | Pakistan |
3.12
|
10.10
|
|
26
|
Bogotá | Colombia |
1.84
|
10.08
|
|
27
|
Kinshasa | Congo |
3.89
|
10.04
|
|
28
|
Bangalore | India |
2.79
|
9.92
|
|
29
|
Chicago | USA |
0.80
|
9.84
|
|
30
|
Wuhan | China |
2.87
|
9.18
|
|
31
|
Seoul | South Korea |
-0.50
|
8.88
|
|
32
|
Chennai (Madras) | India |
1.68
|
8.88
|
|
33
|
Tehran | Iran |
1.28
|
8.86
|
|
34
|
Riyadh | Saudi Arabia |
3.09
|
8.82
|
|
35
|
Hyderabad | India |
2.21
|
8.61
|
|
36
|
Baghdad | Iraq |
2.37
|
8.41
|
|
37
|
Hong Kong | China |
0.97
|
8.33
|
|
38
|
Chittagong | Bangladesh |
4.29
|
7.87
|
|
39
|
Ahmadabad | India |
2.73
|
7.78
|
|
40
|
Bangkok | Thailand |
1.11
|
7.76
|
|
41
|
Surat | India |
4.99
|
7.72
|
|
42
|
London | UK |
-0.02
|
7.59
|
|
43
|
Pune (Poona) | India |
3.46
|
7.53
|
|
44
|
Belo Horizonte | Brazil |
1.99
|
7.18
|
|
45
|
Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam |
2.07
|
6.79
|
|
46
|
Santiago | Chile |
1.17
|
6.71
|
|
47
|
Dortmund, Bochum | Germany |
0.04
|
6.61
|
|
48
|
Miami | USA |
1.32
|
6.59
|
|
49
|
Kabul | Afghanistan |
4.74
|
6.56
|
|
50
|
Khartoum | Sudan |
2.41
|
6.46
|
|
51
|
Atlanta | USA |
2.64
|
6.44
|
|
52
|
Toronto | Canada |
1.48
|
6.34
|
|
53
|
Chongqing | China |
1.46
|
6.20
|
|
54
|
Bandung | Indonesia |
2.90
|
6.19
|
|
55
|
Jidda | Saudi Arabia |
2.93
|
5.94
|
|
56
|
Philadelphia | USA |
0.67
|
5.88
|
|
57
|
Yangon | Myanmar |
2.46
|
5.87
|
|
58
|
Dallas, Fort Worth | USA |
1.53
|
5.83
|
|
59
|
Beihai | China |
10.58
|
5.82
|
|
60
|
Hanoi | Vietnam |
2.26
|
5.78
|
|
61
|
Houston | USA |
1.61
|
5.49
|
|
62
|
Madrid | Spain |
0.30
|
5.39
|
|
63
|
St Petersburg | Russia |
0.05
|
5.39
|
|
64
|
Shenyang | China |
0.51
|
5.30
|
|
65
|
Brasília | Brazil |
2.99
|
5.25
|
|
66
|
Singapore | Singapore |
1.13
|
5.24
|
|
67
|
Sydney | Australia |
1.09
|
5.18
|
|
68
|
Dar es Salaam | Tanzania |
4.39
|
5.12
|
|
69
|
Abidjan | Côte d'Ivoire |
2.49
|
5.11
|
|
70
|
Casablanca | Morocco |
2.07
|
5.09
|
|
71
|
Boston | USA |
1.07
|
5.08
|
|
72
|
Luanda | Angola |
3.96
|
5.06
|
|
73
|
Nairobi | Kenya |
3.87
|
5.02
|
|
74
|
Algiers | Algeria |
2.74
|
4.93
|
|
75
|
Washington DC | USA |
1.03
|
4.90
|
|
76
|
Ankara | Turkey |
1.97
|
4.85
|
|
77
|
East Rand (Ekurhuleni) | South Africa |
2.89
|
4.82
|
|
78
|
Jaipur | India |
3.60
|
4.79
|
|
79
|
Alexandria | Egypt |
1.62
|
4.77
|
|
80
|
Addis Ababa | Ethiopia |
3.40
|
4.76
|
|
81
|
Phoenix, Mesa | USA |
2.10
|
4.69
|
|
82
|
Johannesburg | South Africa |
2.20
|
4.67
|
|
83
|
Pôrto Alegre | Brazil |
1.26
|
4.60
|
|
84
|
Guadalajara | Mexico |
1.03
|
4.56
|
|
85
|
Barcelona | Spain |
0.14
|
4.52
|
|
86
|
Kanpur | India |
2.53
|
4.44
|
|
87
|
Fortaleza | Brazil |
1.95
|
4.39
|
|
88
|
Salvador | Brazil |
1.80
|
4.38
|
|
89
|
Medellín | Colombia |
1.98
|
4.38
|
|
90
|
Recife | Brazil |
1.39
|
4.36
|
|
91
|
Detroit | USA |
0.52
|
4.29
|
|
92
|
Monterrey | Mexico |
1.27
|
4.27
|
|
93
|
Melbourne | Australia |
0.99
|
4.26
|
|
94
|
Chengdu | China |
1.17
|
4.14
|
|
95
|
Faisalabad | Pakistan |
3.32
|
4.13
|
|
96
|
Kano | Nigeria |
2.34
|
4.07
|
|
97
|
Curitiba | Brazil |
2.18
|
4.00
|
|
98
|
Guangzhou | China |
0.16
|
3.97
|
|
99
|
Cape Town | South Africa |
1.44
|
3.92
|
|
100
|
Lucknow | India |
2.72
|
3.89
|
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