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This is a list of the largest cities in the world by number of people.
The number of people in a city can be counted in three ways:[1]
City[lower-alpha 1] | Country | UN 2018 population estimates[lower-alpha 2] | City proper[lower-alpha 3] | Metropolitan area[lower-alpha 4] | Urban area[3] | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Definition | Population | Area (km2) |
Density (/km2) |
Population | Area (km2) |
Density (/km2) |
Population | Area (km2) |
Density (/km2) | |||
Tokyo | Japan | 37,468,000 | Metropolis prefecture | 13,515,271 | 2,191 | 6,169 [4] |
37,274,000 | 13,452 | 2,771 [5] |
39,105,000 | 8,231 | 4,751 [lower-alpha 5] |
Delhi | India | 28,514,000 | Capital City | 16,753,235 | 1,484 | 11,289 [6] |
29,000,000 | 3,483 | 8,326 [7] |
31,870,000 | 2,233 | 14,272 [lower-alpha 6] |
Shanghai | China | 25,582,000 | Municipality | 24,870,895 | 6,341 | 3,922 [8][9] |
— | — | — | 22,118,000 | 4,069 | 5,436 [lower-alpha 7] |
São Paulo | Brazil | 21,650,000 | Municipality | 12,252,023 | 1,521 | 8,055 [10] |
21,734,682 | 7,947 | 2,735 [11] |
22,495,000 | 3,237 | 6,949 [lower-alpha 8] |
Mexico City | Mexico | 21,581,000 | City-state | 9,209,944 | 1,485 | 6,202 [12] |
21,804,515 | 7,866 | 2,772 [13] |
21,505,000 | 2,385 | 9,017 |
Cairo | Egypt | 20,076,000 | Urban governorate | 9,500,000 | 3,085 | 3,079 [14] |
— | — | — | 19,787,000 | 2,010 | 9,844 |
Mumbai | India | 19,980,000 | Municipality | 12,478,447 | 603 | 20,694 [15] |
24,400,000 | 4,355 | 5,603 [16] |
22,186,000 | 1,008 | 22,010 [17][lower-alpha 9] |
Beijing | China | 19,618,000 | Municipality | 21,893,095 | 16,411 | 1,334 [8][9] |
— | — | — | 19,437,000 | 4,172 | 4,659 |
Dhaka | Bangladesh | 19,578,000 | Capital city | 8,906,039 | 338 | 26,349 [18][19] |
14,543,124 [20] |
— | — | 16,839,000 | 456 | 36,928 |
Osaka | Japan | 19,281,000 | Designated city | 2,725,006 | 225 | 12,111 [4] |
19,303,000 | 13,228 | 1,459 [5] |
15,490,000 | 3,020 | 5,129 [lower-alpha 10] |
New York | United States | 18,819,000 | City | 8,804,190 | 778 | 11,316 [21] |
20,140,470 | 12,093 | 1,665 [22] |
23,582,649 | 34,493 | 684 [lower-alpha 11] |
Karachi | Pakistan | 15,400,000 | Metropolitan city | 14,910,352 | 3,530 | 4,224 [23][24] |
16,051,521 | 3,780 | 4,246 [25] |
15,292,000 | 1,044 | 14,648 [26] |
Buenos Aires | Argentina | 14,967,000 | Autonomous city | 3,054,300 | 203 | 15,046 [27] |
12,806,866 [28] |
— | — | 16,216,000 | 3,222 | 5,033 |
Chongqing | China | 14,838,000 | Municipality | 32,054,159 | 82,403 | 389 [29][9] |
— | — | — | 8,261,000 | 1,536 | 5,378 |
Istanbul | Turkey | 14,751,000 | Metropolitan municipality | 15,519,267 | 5,196 | 2,987 [30] |
— | — | — | 15,311,000 | 1,375 | 11,135 |
Kolkata | India | 14,681,000 | Municipality | 4,496,694 | 205 | 21,935 [31] |
14,035,959 | 1,851 | 7,583 [32] |
18,698,000 | 1,352 | 13,830 [33] |
Manila | Philippines | 13,482,000 | Capital city | 1,780,148 | 43 | 41,399 [34] |
12,877,253 | 620 | 20,770 [34] |
23,971,000 | 1,873 | 12,798 [lower-alpha 12] |
Lagos | Nigeria | 13,463,000 | —[lower-alpha 13] | — | — | — | 21,000,000 | 1,171 | 17,933 [35] |
15,487,000 | 1,966 | 7,877 |
Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 13,293,000 | Municipality | 6,520,000 | 1,221 | 5,340 [36] |
12,644,321 | 5,327 | 2,374 [37] |
12,486,000 | 2,020 | 6,181 |
Tianjin | China | 13,215,000 | Municipality | 13,866,009 | 11,920 | 1,163 [8][9] |
— | — | — | 10,932,000 | 2,813 | 3,886 |
Kinshasa | DR Congo | 13,171,000 | City-province | 11,462,000 | 9,965 | 1,150 [38] |
— | — | — | 15,056,000 | 466 | 32,309 |
Guangzhou | China | 12,638,000 | City (sub-provincial) | 14,498,400 | 7,434 | 1,950 [8] |
— | — | — | 21,489,000 | 4,341 | 4,950 [lower-alpha 14] |
Los Angeles | United States | 12,458,000 | City | 3,990,456 | 1,214 | 3,287 [21] |
13,291,486 | 12,559 | 1,058 [39] |
15,477,000 | 6,351 | 2,437 |
Moscow | Russia | 12,410,000 | Federal city | 13,200,000 | 2,511 | 5,257 [40][41] |
20,004,462 [42] |
— | — | 17,693,000 | 5,879 | 3,010 |
Shenzhen | China | 11,908,000 | City (sub-provincial) | 12,528,300 | 2,050 | 6,111 [8] |
— | — | — | 14,678,000 | 1,803 | 8,141 |
Lahore | Pakistan | 11,738,000 | Metropolitan city | 11,126,000 | 1,772 | 6,279 [23] |
— | — | — | 11,148,000 | 852 | 13,085 |
Bangalore | India | 11,440,000 | Municipality | 8,443,675 | 709 | 11,909 [43] |
— | — | — | 13,999,000 | 1,204 | 11,627 |
Paris | France | 10,901,000 | Commune | 2,148,271 | 105 | 20,460 [44] |
12,244,807 | — | — | 11,027,000 | 2,844 | 3,877 |
Bogotá | Colombia | 10,574,000 | Capital District | 7,963,000 | 1,587 | 5,018 [45] |
12,545,272 | 5,934 | 2,114 [46] |
9,274,000 | 562 | 16,502 |
Jakarta | Indonesia | 10,517,000 | Special capital region | 10,154,134 | 664 | 15,292 [47] |
33,430,285 | 7,063 | 4,733 [48] |
35,362,000 | 3,541 | 9,986 [lower-alpha 15] |
Chennai | India | 10,456,000 | Municipality | 6,727,000 | 426 | 15,791 [49][50] |
— | — | — | 11,564,000 | 1,085 | 10,658 |
Lima | Peru | 10,391,000 | Metropolitan municipality | 8,894,000 | 2,672 | 3,329 [51] |
9,569,468 | 2,819 | 3,395 [52] |
8,992,000 | 891 | 10,092 |
Bangkok | Thailand | 10,156,000 | Special administrative area | 8,305,218 | 1,569 | 5,293 [53] |
16,255,900 | 7,762 | 2,094 [54] |
17,573,000 | 3,199 | 5,493 [55] |
Seoul | South Korea | 9,963,000 | Special city | 10,013,781 | 605 | 16,208[56] | 25,514,000 | 11,704 | 2,180[56] | 22,394,000 | 2,769 | 8,087 |
Nagoya | Japan | 9,507,000 | Designated city | 2,320,361 | 326 | 7,118 [4] |
9,363,000 | 7,271 | 1,288 [5] |
9,522,000 | 3,704 | 2,571 |
Hyderabad | India | 9,482,000 | Municipality | 6,993,262 | 650 | 10,759 [57][58] |
— | — | — | 9,840,000 | 1,274 | 7,724 |
London | United Kingdom | 9,046,000 | Capital city | 8,825,001 | 1,572 | 5,614 [59] |
14,372,596 [60] |
8,382 | 1,715 | 11,120,000 | 1,738 | 6,398 |
Tehran | Iran | 8,896,000 | Capital city | 9,033,003 | 751 | 12,028 [61][62] |
— | — | — | 13,819,000 | 1,704 | 8,110 |
Chicago | United States | 8,864,000 | City | 2,746,388 | 589 | 4,663 [21] |
9,618,502 | 18,640 | 516 [63] |
9,013,000 | 7,006 | 1,286 |
Chengdu | China | 8,813,000 | City (sub-provincial) | 16,044,700 | 14,378 | 1,116 [8] |
— | — | — | 11,920,000 | 1,829 | 6,517 |
Nanjing | China | 8,245,000 | City (sub-provincial) | 7,260,000 | 6,582 | 1,103 [64] |
— | — | — | 7,729,000 | 1,614 | 4,789 |
Wuhan | China | 8,176,000 | City (sub-provincial) | 10,892,900 | 8,494 | 1,282 [8] |
— | — | — | 9,729,000 | 1,722 | 5,650 |
Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 8,145,000 | Municipality | 7,431,000 | 2,061 | 3,606 [65] |
— | — | — | 13,954,000 | 1,637 | 8,524 |
Luanda | Angola | 7,774,000 | Municipality | 2,165,867 | 116 | 18,671 [66] |
— | — | — | 8,883,000 | 1,005 | 8,839 |
Ahmedabad | India | 7,681,000 | Municipality | 5,570,585 | 464 | 12,006 [67] |
6,300,000 [68] |
— | — | 7,717,000 | 360 | 21,436 |
Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 7,564,000 | City | 1,768,000 | 243 | 7,276 [69] |
7,200,000 | 2,793 | 2,578 [70] |
8,639,000 | 2,163 | 3,994 |
Xi'an | China | 7,444,000 | City (sub-provincial) | 8,989,000 | 10,135 | 887 [8] |
— | — | — | 7,090,000 | 1,093 | 6,487 |
Hong Kong | China | 7,429,000 | Special administrative region | 7,298,600 | 1,104 | 6,611 [71][72] |
— | — | — | 7,398,000 | 290 | 25,510 |
Dongguan | China | 7,360,000 | Prefecture-level city | 8,342,500 | 2,465 | 3,384 [8] |
— | — | — | 8,142,000 | 1,759 | 4,629 |
Hangzhou | China | 7,236,000 | City (sub-provincial) | 9,468,000 | 16,596 | 570 [8] |
— | — | — | 6,713,000 | 1,445 | 4,646 |
Foshan | China | 7,236,000 | Prefecture-level city | 7,197,394 | 3,848 | 1,870 [8] |
— | — | — | —[lower-alpha 16] | — | — |
Shenyang | China | 6,921,000 | City (sub-provincial) | 8,294,000 | 12,980 | 639 [8] |
— | — | — | 7,208,000 | 1,515 | 4,758 [lower-alpha 17] |
Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 6,907,000 | Municipality | 6,694,000 | 1,913 | 3,499 [73] |
— | — | — | 6,889,000 | 1,673 | 4,118 |
Baghdad | Iraq | 6,812,000 | Urban governorate | 8,126,755 | 5,200 | 1,563 [74] |
— | — | — | 6,107,000 | 694 | 8,800 |
Santiago | Chile | 6,680,000 | City (commune) | 236,453 | 22 | 10,748 [75] |
7,112,808 | 15,403 | 462 [76] |
7,026,000 | 1,147 | 6,126 |
Surat | India | 6,564,000 | Municipality | 4,466,826 | 327 | 13,660 [77] |
— | — | — | 4,875,000 | 238 | 20,483 |
Madrid | Spain | 6,497,000 | Municipality | 3,266,126 | 606 | 5,390 [78] |
6,641,649 | — | — | 6,006,000 | 1,365 | 4,400 |
Suzhou | China | 6,339,000 | Prefecture-level city | 10,721,700 | 8,488 | 1,263 [8] |
— | — | — | 5,103,000 | 1,386 | 3,682 |
Pune | India | 6,276,000 | Municipality | 3,124,458 | 276 | 11,321 [79] |
7,276,000 | 7,256 | 1,003 [80] |
7,948,000 | 650 | 12,228 |
Harbin | China | 6,115,000 | City (sub-provincial) | 10,635,971 | 53,068 | 200 [8] |
— | — | — | 4,583,000 | 671 | 6,830 |
Houston | United States | 6,115,000 | City | 2,325,502 | 1,553 | 1,497 [21] |
6,997,384 | 21,395 | 327 [81] |
6,529,000 | 4,931 | 1,324 |
Dallas | United States | 6,099,000 | City | 1,345,047 | 882 | 1,525 [21] |
7,470,158 | 22,463 | 333 [82] |
6,960,000 | 5,278 | 1,319 [lower-alpha 18] |
Toronto | Canada | 6,082,000 | City | 2,731,571 | 630 | 4,336 [83][84] |
5,928,040 | 5,906 | 1,004 [85] |
6,985,000 | 2,300 | 3,037 |
Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 6,048,000 | City | 4,364,541 | 1,393 | 3,133 | — | — | — | 7,461,000 | 961 | 7,764 |
Miami | United States | 6,036,000 | City | 470,914 | 93 | 5,069 [21] |
6,158,824 | 15,890 | 388 | 6,212,000 | 3,313 | 1,875 |
Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 5,972,000 | City | 2,502,557 | 331 | 7,563 | 5,156,217 | 9,459 | 545 | 5,159,000 | 1,288 | 4,005 |
Singapore | Singapore | 5,792,000 | Country | 5,638,700 | 726 | 7,770 | — | — | — | 5,271,000 | 1,287 | 4,096 |
Philadelphia | United States | 5,695,000 | Consolidated city-county | 1,526,006 | 370 | 4,129 | 6,096,120 | — | — | 5,697,000 | 5,429 | 1,049 |
Atlanta | United States | 5,572,000 | City | 420,003 | 354 | 1,186 | 5,949,951 | 21,690 | 274 | 5,434,000 | 7,400 | 734 |
Fukuoka | Japan | 5,551,000 | Designated city | 1,588,924 | 343 | 4,627 | — | — | — | 2,280,000 | 505 | 4,515 |
Khartoum | Sudan | 5,534,000 | — | 639,598 | 22,142 | 29 | 5,274,321 | — | — | 6,017,000 | 1,031 | 5,836 |
Barcelona | Spain | 5,494,000 | Municipality | 1,620,343 | 101 | 15,980 [86] |
5,474,482 [87] |
— | — | 4,735,000 | 1,072 | 4,417 |
Johannesburg | South Africa | 5,486,000 | Metropolitan municipality | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14,167,000 | 4,040 | 3,507[88] |
Saint Petersburg | Russia | 5,383,000 | Federal city | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5,207,000 | 1,373 | 3,792 |
Qingdao | China | 5,381,000 | City (sub-provincial) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6,232,000 | 1,655 | 3,766 |
Dalian | China | 5,300,000 | City (sub-provincial) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,994,000 | 987 | 4,047 |
Washington metropolitan area | United States | 5,207,000 | Federal district | 702,455 | 177 | 3,969 [21] |
6,263,245 | 17,009 | 368 [89] |
7,583,000 | 5,501 | 1,378 [lower-alpha 19] |
Yangon | Myanmar | 5,157,000 | City | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6,497,000 | 603 | 10,774 |
Alexandria | Egypt | 5,086,000 | Urban governorate | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,857,000 | 293 | 16,577 |
Jinan | China | 5,052,000 | City (sub-provincial) | 8,700,000 | 10,244 | 849 | — | — | — | 4,381,000 | 798 | 5,490 |
Guadalajara | Mexico | 5,023,000 | Municipality | 1,385,621 | 151 | 9,176 [12] |
5,286,642 | 3,560 | 1,485 | 5,437,000 | 313 | 17,371 [13] |
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