Biggest Cities in the World (2026)

How many of the world's 60 most populous metropolitan areas can you name?
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Population (2026)
City
73.6 million
Guangzhou
58.15 million
Delhi
41.91 million
Jakarta
40.8 million
Shanghai
39.10 million
Tokyo
36.58 million
Dhaka
34.5 million
São Paulo
30.22 million
Mexico City
29.05 million
Lagos
28.26 million
Karachi
27.2 million
Mumbai
26.7 million
Manila
26.03 million
Seoul
25.56 million
Cairo
24.73 million
New York City
22.55 million
Kolkata
22.54 million
Beijing
22.36 million
Chongqing
21.89 million
Ho Chi Minh City
21.53 million
Moscow
20.93 million
Chengdu
20.20 million
Los Angeles
19.30 million
Osaka
18.55 million
Tehran
18.18 million
Bangkok
17.78 million
Kinshasa
16.36 million
Buenos Aires
16.31 million
Tianjin
16.04 million
İstanbul
15.26 million
Chennai
15.15 million
Lahore
15.1 million
London
15.09 million
Johannesburg
14.3 million
Addis Ababa
14.02 million
Rio de Janeiro
13.93 million
Bogotá
13.19 million
Bengaluru
13.17 million
Paris
13.03 million
Xiamen
12.74 million
Chicago
12.28 million
Hangzhou
11.93 million
Xi'an
11.37 million
Dar Es Salaam
11.3 million
Rhine-Ruhr
11.28 million
Lima
11.23 million
Shijiazhuang
11 million
Hanoi
10.8 million
Hyderabad
10.71 million
Wuhan
10.59 million
Nagoya
10.51 million
Zhengzhou
10.5 million
Nairobi
10.42 million
Changsha
10.2 million
Luanda
10.08 million
Surabaya
10.07 million
Ahmedabad
9.78 million
Baghdad
9.75 million
Nanjing
9.68 million
Shantou
9.54 million
Washington D.C.
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2 Comments
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Level 44
Jan 25, 2026
Should accept one of the main cities for Rhine-Ruhr area (e.g. Cologne, Dusseldorf, Essen, Dortmund).
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Level 58
Jan 26, 2026
Rhine-Ruhr is a megacity in West Germany.