Biggest cities by population starting with S

How many cities can you name above 1 million people starting with the letter S?

Sourced from World Population Review

Only cities with a population above 1 million inhabitants

Soweto, South Tangerang, Saitama and Shivaji Nagarare are not included

There are 32 cities with more than 1 million inhabitants

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Population	Country	Answer
~22,315,500	China	Shanghai
~10,358,381	China	Shenzhen
~10,349,300	South Korea	Seoul
~10,021,300	Brazil	Sao Paulo
~6,255,900	China	Shenyang
~5,346,000	China	Suzhou
~5,329,000	China	Shantou
~5,028,000	Russia	Saint Petersburg
~4,837,300	Chile	Santiago
~4,627,300	Australia	Sydney
~3,547,800	Singapore	Singapore
~3,460,000	China	Shiyan
~2,894,500	India	Surat
~2,834,900	China	Shijiazhuang
~2,711,900	Brazil	Salvador
~2,374,700	Indonesia	Surabaya

Population	Country	Answer
~2,201,900	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
~1,937,500	Yemen	Sanaa
~1,883,000	Japan	Sapporo
~1,515,000	Sweden	Stockholm
~1,469,800	USA	San Antonio
~1,394,900	USA	San Diego
~1,364,400	Bolivia	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
~1,288,100	Inodnesia	Semarang
~1,249,900	Iran	Shiraz
~1,242,700	South Korea	Suwon
~1,200,000	Dominican Republic	Santiago de los Caballeros
~1,152,600	Bulgaria	Sofia
~1,134,700	Russia	Samara
~1,063,100	Japan	Sendai
~1,031,900	South Korea	Seongnam-si
~1,026,900	USA	San Jose

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