List of largest cities in the world

City	Nation	Image	Population
			City proper	Metropolitan area	Urban area[7]
Chongqing	China		30,484,300 [8]	30,484,300 [9]	8,518,000 [a]
Shanghai	China		24,256,800 [11]	24,750,000 [12]	23,416,000 [b]
Beijing	China		21,516,000 [13]	24,900,000 [14]	21,009,000
Lagos	Nigeria		861,300 [15][c]	21,000,000 [16]	13,123,000 [citation needed]
Mumbai	India		12,478,447 [17]	20,748,395 [18]	18,414,288 [18]
Dhaka	Bangladesh		8,906,039 [19]	20,000,000 [20]
Chengdu	China		16,044,700 [21]	10,376,000 [citation needed]	6,316,922 [22]
Karachi	Pakistan		14,910,352 [23][24][25][26][27]
Guangzhou	China		14,043,500 [28]	25,000,000[29]	20,800,654 [30]
Istanbul	Turkey		14,025,000 [31]	13,520,000	14,657,000 [31]
Tokyo	Japan		13,839,910 [32]	38,140,000 [33]	38,505,000 [34]
Tianjin	China		12,784,000 [citation needed]	15,469,500 [citation needed]	6,859,779 [35]
Moscow	Russia		12,197,596 [36]	16,170,000	16,800,000
São Paulo	Brazil		12,252,023 [37]	21,700,000 [37]
Kinshasa	DR Congo		11,855,000 [38]	13,265,000	1,038,195 [22]
Delhi	India		11,034,555 [39]	16,314,838 [40]	21,753,486 [18]
Baoding	China		11,194,372 [41]	2,176,857
Lahore	Pakistan		11,126,285 [42]	13,569,000	10,665,000 [43]
Wuhan	China		11,081,000 [44]		8,896,900 [45]
Cairo	Egypt		10,230,350 [46]	18,290,000	22,439,541
Seoul	Korea, South		10,197,604 [47]	12,700,000	25,520,000 [48]
Jakarta	Indonesia		10,075,310 [49]	30,539,000	30,075,310 [50]
Wenzhou	China		9,175,000 [51]	9,122,102 [51]	6,642,592
Lima	Peru		9,174,855 [52]	10,750,000	9,886,647 [53]
Mexico City	Mexico		9,041,395 [54]	21,654,336 [54]	21,654,336 [54]
London	United Kingdom		8,825,001 [55]	14,040,163	9,787,426 [56]
Bangkok	Thailand		8,750,600 [57]	15,931,300 [citation needed]	15,645,000 [citation needed]
Xi'an	China		8,705,600 [58]	13,569,700 [59]	5,206,253 [22]
Chennai	India		8,681,087 [17]	7,090,000	8,917,749 [18]
Bangalore	India		8,425,970 [17]	10,576,167	8,728,906 [18]
New York	United States		8,622,698 [60]	20,153,634 [61]	23,689,255 [62]
Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam		8,993,082 [63]	21,310,943
Hyderabad	India		6,809,970 [17]	9,700,000	7,749,334 [18]
Shenzhen	China		8,378,900 [64][d]		12,084,000
Suzhou	China		10,459,890 [22]		3,302,152 [22]
Nanjing	China		8,230,000 [65]	12,652,000 [66]
Dongguan	China		8,220,207 [67][64][e]
Tehran	Iran		8,154,051 [68]	13,532,000	14,595,904 [69]
Quanzhou	China		8,128,533	6,107,475	1,435,185
Shenyang	China		8,106,171 [70]	6,255,921
Bogotá	Colombia		7,878,783 [71]	9,800,000 [72][73]	9,520,000[7]
Hong Kong	China		7,274,900 [74]
Baghdad	Iraq		7,180,889 [75]
Fuzhou	China		7,115,369 [citation needed]		4,468,076
Changsha	China		7,044,118 [76]
Hanoi	Vietnam		6,844,100 [63]
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil		6,718,903 [37]	12,800,000 [37]
Qingdao	China		6,188,100	9,046,200	6,188,100
Foshan	China		6,151,622 [77][78][64][f]
Zunyi	China		6,127,009 [citation needed]
Santiago	Chile		5,743,719 [79]		6,683,852 [80]
Riyadh	Saudi Arabia		5,676,621 [81]
Ahmedabad	India		5,570,585 [17]	6,361,084	6,352,254 [18]
Singapore	Singapore		5,535,000 [82]
Shantou	China		5,391,028 [83]	11,535,677
Ankara	Turkey		5,271,000 [31]	4,585,000 [31]	4,919,000 [31]
Yangon	Myanmar		5,214,000 [84]
Saint Petersburg	Russia		5,191,690 [85]	5,900,000	6,200,000
Sydney	Australia		208,374 [86]	5,230,330[87]
Casablanca	Morocco		5,117,832 [88]	6,861,739	6,861,739
Melbourne	Australia		135,959 [89]	4,850,750 [90]
Abidjan	Ivory Coast		4,765,000 [91]
Alexandria	Egypt		4,616,625 [92]
Kolkata	India		4,486,679 [17]	14,035,959	14,617,882 [18]
Surat	India		4,462,002 [17]	4,460,000	4,585,367 [17]
Johannesburg	South Africa		4,434,827 [93]
Dar es Salaam	Tanzania		4,364,541 [94]
Shijiazhuang	China		4,303,700	10,701,600	4,303,700
Harbin	China		10,635,971 [22]		6,704,573 [22]
Giza	Egypt		4,239,988 [95]
İzmir	Turkey		4,168,000 [31]	3,019,000 [31]	3,575,000 [31]
Zhengzhou	China		4,122,087 [96]
New Taipei City	Taiwan		3,995,717 [97]
Los Angeles	United States		3,884,307 [98]	15,058,000	13,262,220
Changchun	China		3,815,270	7,674,439 [99]	4,193,073
Cape Town	South Africa		3,740,026 [93]
Yokohama	Japan		3,726,167 [100][g]
Khartoum	Sudan		3,639,598 [citation needed]	5,274,321	5,345,000 [101]
Guayaquil	Ecuador		3,600,000 [102]	5,000,000
Hangzhou	China		3,560,391 [103]
Xiamen	China		3,531,347 [104]	5,114,758	1,861,289
Berlin	Germany		3,517,424 [105]	5,871,022
Busan	Korea, South		3,510,833 [48]	8,202,239 [106]
Ningbo	China		3,491,597 [107]	7,639,000	3,491,597
Jeddah	Saudi Arabia		3,456,259 [108]
Durban	South Africa		3,442,361 [93]
Algiers	Algeria		3,415,811	5,000,000
Kabul	Afghanistan		3,414,100 [109]
Hefei	China		3,352,076 [110]
Mashhad	Iran		3,001,184 [citation needed]	3,372,660 [citation needed]
Pyongyang	Korea, North		3,255,388 [111]
Madrid	Spain		3,207,247 [112]		6,378,297 [56]
Faisalabad	Pakistan		3,203,846 [42]
Baku	Azerbaijan		2,262,600 [citation needed]	4,670,740 [citation needed]	2,795,000 [citation needed]
Tangshan	China		7,577,289 [citation needed]	3,187,171	3,187,171
Ekurhuleni	South Africa		3,178,470 [93]
Nairobi	Kenya		3,138,369 [113]
Zhongshan	China		3,121,275 [114]
Pune	India		3,115,431 [17]	7,276,000[115]
Addis Ababa	Ethiopia		3,103,673 [116]	4,567,857	3,384,569
Jaipur	India		3,073,350 [17]
Buenos Aires	Argentina		3,054,300 [117]	14,122,000	13,074,000 [118]
Incheon	Korea, South		2,978,367 [119]
Quezon City	Philippines		2,936,116 [120][h]
Toronto	Canada		2,929,886[121]	6,346,088[121]	6,129,900
Kyiv	Ukraine		2,908,703 [122]		3,375,000 [123]
Salvador	Brazil		2,872,347 [37]	3,919,864 [124]
Rome	Italy		2,877,215 [125]	4,353,775 [126][i]
Dubai	United Arab Emirates		2,865,560 [127]
Luanda	Angola		2,825,311		6,542,944 [128]
Lucknow	India		2,815,601 [17]
Kaohsiung	Taiwan		2,778,918 [129]		2,540,000
Kanpur	India		2,768,057 [130]	3,152,317	2,920,496 [131]
Surabaya	Indonesia		2,765,487 [132]	7,302,283	9,115,485 [133][134]
Taichung	Taiwan		2,752,413 [135]		2,520,000 [136]
Basra	Iraq		2,750,000 [137]
Taipei	Taiwan		2,704,974		7,045,488 [138]
Chicago	United States		2,695,598 [139]	9,156,000	9,554,598
Osaka	Japan		2,691,742 [100]	19,341,976 [34]	17,444,000
Quito	Ecuador		2,671,191	4,700,000
Chaozhou	China		2,669,844
Fortaleza	Brazil		2,669,342 [37]	3,818,380 [124]
Chittagong	Bangladesh		2,592,439 [140]	4,009,423
Bandung	Indonesia		2,575,478	6,965,655	8,495,928 [133]
Managua	Nicaragua		2,560,789		2,205,676
Brasília	Brazil		3,015,268 [37]	4,600,000 [37]
Belo Horizonte	Brazil		2,512,070 [37]	6,000,000 [37]
Daegu	Korea, South		2,492,994 [141]
Houston	United States		2,489,558 [142]	6,490,180	4,944,332
Douala	Cameroon		2,446,945 [143]
Medellin	Colombia		2,441,123 [144]	3,731,447	2,497,870
Yaoundé	Cameroon		2,440,462 [143]
Nagpur	India		2,405,665 [145]	2,497,870
Cali	Colombia		2,400,653 [146]	3,400,000
Tashkent	Uzbekistan		2,309,600
Nagoya	Japan		2,296,014 [100]	9,107,414 [34]	10,177,000
Isfahan	Iran		2,101,220	3,989,070
Phnom Penh	Cambodia		2,234,566
Paris	France		2,229,621	12,405,426	10,601,122
Taoyuan	Taiwan		2,220,872
Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso		2,200,000	2,500,000
Lanzhou	China		2,177,130	3,616,163	2,177,130
Kano	Nigeria		2,153,225	3,395,000	9,383,682
Dalian	China		2,146,099	5,935,638	3,964,593
Guatemala City	Guatemala		2,110,100 [147]	4,500,000 [147]
Havana	Cuba		2,106,146 [148]
Rawalpindi	Pakistan		2,098,231 [42]
Medan	Indonesia		2,097,610	4,103,696
Accra	Ghana		2,070,463 [149]	4,010,054 [149]
Visakhapatnam	India		2,035,922	5,340,000 [150]
Gujranwala	Pakistan		2,027,001 [42]
Jinan	China		2,009,273	5,853,196
Karaj	Iran		1,973,470
Peshawar	Pakistan		1,970,042 [42]
Minsk	Belarus		1,959,781 [151]
Caracas	Venezuela		1,943,901	2,923,959
Sana'a	Yemen		1,937,451 [100]	2,167,961
Sapporo	Japan		1,918,096 [100]	2,584,880
Tainan	Taiwan		1,885,252 [152]		1,170,000 [153]
Bucharest	Romania		1,883,425	2,272,163 [154]	1,931,000 [155]
Curitiba	Brazil		1,933,105 [37]	3,466,981 [124]
Multan	Pakistan		1,871,843 [156]		1,871,843
Shiraz	Iran		1,869,001
Vienna	Austria		1,863,881	2,600,000
Brazzaville	Congo Republic		1,827,000
Bhopal	India		1,798,218 [157]	1,864,389	1,745,333
Almaty	Kazakhstan		1,792,549 [158]	2,460,400 [159]
Hamburg	Germany		1,787,408 [160]		5,046,182
Manila	Philippines		1,780,148 [120]	12,877,253 [120]	24,123,000
Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia		1,768,000 [161]	7,200,000 [162]
Maputo	Mozambique		1,766,184	1,766,823
Budapest	Hungary		1,759,407 [163]	2,927,944 [164]	3,303,786
Warsaw	Poland		1,753,977 [165]	3,100,844 [164]
Lusaka	Zambia		1,742,979	2,467,467
Kathmandu	Nepal		1,744,240	2,517,023	3,207,205
Tabriz	Iran		1,733,033 [166]
Hyderabad	Pakistan		1,732,693 [42]
Palembang	Indonesia		1,708,413
Tijuana	Mexico		1,696,923	1,895,797
Patna	India		1,683,200	2,231,554	2,046,652 [167]
Montreal	Canada		1,649,519	4,127,100	3,407,963
Davao City	Philippines		1,632,991 [168]	2,516,216 [j]
Harare	Zimbabwe		1,606,000		1,619,000 [169]
Barcelona	Spain		1,604,555 [170]	5,375,774	4,740,000 [171]
Maracaibo	Venezuela		1,599,940 [172]	3,897,655	2,658,355
Caloocan	Philippines		1,583,978 [120][k]
Philadelphia	United States		1,567,872 [173]	6,069,875 [174]	7,183,479 [175]
Novosibirsk	Russia		1,567,087 [176]
Phoenix	United States		1,563,025 [177]	4,574,531	3,629,114
Oran	Algeria		1,560,329 [178]	3,454,078
Semarang	Indonesia		1,555,984	3,183,516
Recife	Brazil		1,645,727 [37]	3,887,261 [124]
Kobe	Japan		1,536,499 [100][l]
Daejeon	Korea, South		1,535,028
Kampala	Uganda		1,507,080
Kawasaki	Japan		1,496,035 [100][m]
Guadalajara	Mexico		1,460,148 [179]	5,086,375 [54]	5,086,375 [54]
Auckland	New Zealand		1,495,000 [180]	1,614,300 [181]
Vijayawada	India		1,491,202 [182]		5,873,588
Fukuoka	Japan		1,483,052 [100]	5,590,378
Gwangju	Korea, South		1,477,780 [141]
Porto Alegre	Brazil		1,483,771 [37]	4,181,836 [124]
Kyoto	Japan		1,474,570 [100][n]
San Antonio	United States		1,469,845 [183]	2,454,061
Santa Cruz de la Sierra	Bolivia		1,453,549 [citation needed]	1,749,000
Munich	Germany		1,450,381 [184]	2,606,021
Kharkiv	Ukraine		1,449,414 [185]	1,650,000 [186]
Yekaterinburg	Russia		1,428,042
San Diego	United States		1,394,928 [183]	3,095,313	2,956,746
Barranquilla	Colombia		1,386,865 [187]	2,370,753 [187]
Milan	Italy		1,359,905 [188]	3,206,465 [o]
Ibadan	Nigeria		1,338,659	2,837,000	3,375,000
Makassar	Indonesia		1,338,633	1,976,168
Córdoba	Argentina		1,330,023 [189]	1,528,000
Prague	Czech Republic		1,324,000 [190]	2,619,000	2,600,000
Mandalay	Myanmar		1,319,452 [191]	1,726,889
Dallas	United States		1,317,929 [192]	7,233,323 [193]	5,121,892 [194]
Montevideo	Uruguay		1,305,082 [195]	1,947,604	1,719,453
Qom	Iran		1,201,158
Ahvaz	Iran		1,184,788	1,260,817
Sofia	Bulgaria		1,260,120	1,682,340	1,547,472
Kazan	Russia		1,251,969	1,560,000
Nizhny Novgorod	Russia		1,250,619 [196]
Abuja	Nigeria		1,235,880	6,000,000 [197]	2,440,000
Calgary	Canada		1,235,171 [198]	1,214,839	1,095,404
Saitama	Japan		1,226,656 [100][p]
Suwon	Korea, South		1,202,310
Hiroshima	Japan		1,196,274
Rosario	Argentina		1,193,605 [199]	1,276,000 [200]
Brisbane	Australia		1,180,285 [201]	2,360,241 [202][203]
Allahabad	India			1,117,094 [citation needed]
Belgrade	Serbia		1,166,763 [204]	1,233,796 [204]	1,659,440 [204]
Campinas	Brazil		1,204,073 [37]	3,043,217 [124]
Ulsan	Korea, South		1,163,690 [48]
Omsk	Russia		1,154,116 [196]
Dakar	Senegal		1,146,053 [205]	2,452,656 [205]
Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates		1,145,000 [citation needed]
Monterrey	Mexico		1,109,171 [179]	4,975,651 [54]	4,975,651 [54]
Tripoli	Libya		1,126,000 [citation needed]	2,267,000	2,325,000
Rostov-on-Don	Russia		1,119,900 [206]
T'bilisi	Georgia		1,118,035 [207]	1,485,293
Fez	Morocco		1,112,072 [208]
Birmingham	United Kingdom		1,111,300 [citation needed]	3,683,000	2,440,986
Yerevan	Armenia		1,060,138 [209]
Cologne	Germany		1,057,327 [210]	3,573,500
Tunis	Tunisia		1,056,247 [citation needed]	2,643,695	2,294,547
Bulawayo	Zimbabwe		1,050,000 [citation needed]		1,200,000 [211]
Nur-Sultan	Kazakhstan		1029556 [212]	1,200,000 [213]
Islamabad	Pakistan		1,014,825 [156]		1,829,180
Cartagena	Colombia		1,013,389 [214]	1,013,389	1,013,389
Cebu City	Philippines		922,611 [215]	2,849,213 [215]	2,300,435 [215]