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500 Biggest Cities in the World

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Rank
Country
City
Population
1
China
Guăngzhōu
72,700,000
2
China
Shànghăi
41,600,000
3
Japan
Tōkyō
41,200,000
4
India
Delhi
35,700,000
5
Indonesia
Jakarta
29,500,000
6
Philippines
Manila
27,800,000
7
India
Mumbai
27,600,000
8
Mexico
Ciudad de México
25,400,000
9
Korea (South)
Seoul
25,200,000
10
Bangladesh
Dhaka
23,100,000
11
Egypt
Al-Qāhirah
22,800,000
12
Brazil
São Paulo
22,600,000
13
Thailand
Krung Thep
21,800,000
13
United States of America
New York
21,800,000
15
China
Bĕijīng
21,500,000
16
Nigeria
Lagos
21,300,000
17
Pakistan
Karāchi
21,000,000
18
Russia
Moskva
18,800,000
19
China
Chéngdū
18,100,000
20
India
Kolkata
17,900,000
21
Japan
Ōsaka
17,700,000
22
United States of America
Los Angeles
17,100,000
23
Argentina
Buenos Aires
16,800,000
23
Iran
Tehrān
16,800,000
25
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Kinshasa
16,300,000
26
Turkey
İstanbul
16,000,000
27
China
Xiàmén
15,400,000
28
Great Britain
London
15,100,000
29
South Africa
Johannesburg
14,800,000
30
India
Bengaluru
14,700,000
31
China
Hángzhōu
14,600,000
31
Pakistan
Lāhore
14,600,000
33
Vietnam
Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh
14,300,000
34
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
13,600,000
35
China
Xī'ān
13,400,000
36
India
Chennai
12,900,000
36
China
Chóngqìng
12,900,000
38
China
Wŭhàn
12,600,000
39
Peru
Lima
12,000,000
40
India
Hyderābād
11,700,000
40
China
Tiānjīn
11,700,000
42
China
Chángshā
11,500,000
42
France
Paris
11,500,000
44
Germany
Rhein-Ruhr
10,900,000
45
Colombia
Bogotá
10,600,000
46
Japan
Nagoya
10,500,000
47
China
Zhèngzhōu
10,300,000
48
Taiwan (Rep. of China)
Taibei
10,100,000
49
India
Ahmadābād
9,900,000
50
Angola
Luanda
9,650,000
51
United States of America
Chicago
9,600,000
52
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
9,550,000
53
China
Nánjīng
9,500,000
54
China
Shĕnyáng
8,800,000
55
United States of America
Washington
8,650,000
56
Chile
Santiago
8,400,000
57
China
Héféi
8,200,000
58
China
Shàntóu
8,050,000
58
India
Sūrat
8,050,000
60
India
Pune
8,000,000
60
Singapore
Singapore
8,000,000
62
Canada
Toronto
7,850,000
63
Iraq
Baghdād
7,800,000
63
United States of America
Dallas
7,800,000
65
Saudi Arabia
Ar-Riyāḍ
7,700,000
65
United States of America
Boston
7,700,000
65
China
Qīngdăo
7,700,000
68
China
Níngbō
7,600,000
69
China
Hong Kong
7,500,000
69
United States of America
Philadelphia
7,500,000
69
United States of America
San Francisco
7,500,000
72
Vietnam
Hà Nội
7,350,000
73
Sudan
Al-Kharṭūm
7,200,000
73
United States of America
Houston
7,200,000
75
Ivory Coast
Abidjan
7,050,000
76
Indonesia
Bandung
7,000,000
76
China
Wēnzhōu
7,000,000
78
Kenya
Nairobi
6,900,000
79
Ghana
Accra
6,800,000
79
China
Kūnmíng
6,800,000
81
China
Jìnán
6,750,000
82
Spain
Madrid
6,700,000
83
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
6,650,000
84
China
Shíjiāzhuāng
6,450,000
85
Russia
Sankt-Peterburg
6,350,000
86
United States of America
Miami
6,300,000
87
Egypt
Al-Iskandariyah
6,250,000
88
Jordan
Ammān
6,150,000
88
United States of America
Atlanta
6,150,000
88
Italy
Milano
6,150,000
88
Mexico
Monterrey
6,150,000
88
China
Tàiyuán
6,150,000
93
Great Britain
Manchester
6,100,000
94
United Arab Emirates
Dubayy
6,050,000
95
Mexico
Guadalajara
5,950,000
95
Indonesia
Surabaya
5,950,000
97
United States of America
Detroit
5,750,000
98
Mali
Bamako
5,700,000
99
Myanmar
Yangon
5,650,000
100
Pakistan
Rāwalpindi
5,600,000
101
China
Hā'ĕrbīn
5,550,000
101
China
Nánníng
5,550,000
103
China
Dàlián
5,400,000
104
Nigeria
Kano
5,350,000
105
Brazil
Belo Horizonte
5,300,000
105
China
Guìyáng
5,300,000
107
Afghanistan
Kābul
5,250,000
108
Turkey
Ankara
5,200,000
108
China
Chángchūn
5,200,000
108
Australia
Melbourne
5,200,000
111
China
Nánchāng
5,150,000
111
Australia
Sydney
5,150,000
113
South Africa
Cape Town
5,100,000
114
Kuwait
Al-Kuwayt
5,050,000
114
Bangladesh
Chittagong
5,050,000
114
United States of America
Tampa
5,050,000
117
China
Ürümqi
5,000,000
118
Sri Lanka
Colombo
4,975,000
119
United States of America
Phoenix
4,950,000
120
Spain
Barcelona
4,875,000
121
Ethiopia
Adis Abeba
4,825,000
122
China
Fúzhōu
4,775,000
123
Germany
Berlin
4,700,000
124
China
Línyí
4,650,000
125
India
Jaipur
4,525,000
126
Canada
Montréal
4,500,000
127
United States of America
Seattle
4,475,000
128
Morocco
Casablanca
4,450,000
129
Colombia
Medellín
4,350,000
130
Algeria
El Djazaïr
4,325,000
131
Uganda
Kampala
4,300,000
131
Mexico
Puebla
4,300,000
133
Indonesia
Medan
4,250,000
134
Senegal
Dakar
4,225,000
134
India
Lucknow
4,225,000
136
Pakistan
Faisalābād
4,125,000
137
Brazil
Recife
4,100,000
138
Italy
Napoli
4,050,000
139
Great Britain
Birmingham
3,975,000
139
Korea (South)
Busan
3,975,000
139
Syria
Dimashq
3,975,000
139
Cameroon
Yaoundé
3,975,000
139
China
Zībó
3,975,000
144
Saudi Arabia
Jiddah
3,950,000
144
Brazil
Porto Alegre
3,950,000
146
Cameroon
Douala
3,900,000
146
South Africa
Durban
3,900,000
146
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
3,900,000
149
United States of America
Denver
3,875,000
149
United States of America
Orlando
3,875,000
151
Brazil
Brasília
3,850,000
151
Venezuela
Caracas
3,850,000
151
Uzbekistan
Toshkent
3,850,000
154
Brazil
Fortaleza
3,825,000
155
India
Indore
3,750,000
155
China
Luòyáng
3,750,000
157
Azerbaijan
Bakı
3,725,000
158
India
Kānpur
3,700,000
159
Greece
Athínai
3,575,000
159
China
Lánzhōu
3,575,000
159
India
Nāgpur
3,575,000
162
Ukraine
Kyïv
3,475,000
162
Iran
Mashhad
3,475,000
162
China
Nántōng
3,475,000
165
Australia
Brisbane
3,450,000
165
Pakistan
Gujrānwāla
3,450,000
165
Netherlands
Rotterdam
3,450,000
168
Iran
Eṣfahān
3,425,000
168
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
3,425,000
168
Italy
Roma
3,425,000
171
Nigeria
Ibadan
3,400,000
171
Brazil
Salvador
3,400,000
173
India
Bhilai
3,375,000
173
Guatemala
Ciudad de Guatemala
3,375,000
173
Brazil
Curitiba
3,375,000
176
Ecuador
Guayaquil
3,350,000
177
China
Wéifāng
3,325,000
178
Yemen
Ṣan'ā'
3,275,000
179
Brazil
Campinas
3,250,000
180
Germany
Frankfurt am Main
3,225,000
180
United States of America
Minneapolis
3,225,000
182
China
Jiāngyīn
3,200,000
182
United States of America
San Diego
3,200,000
184
Nepal
Kathmandu
3,175,000
184
Canada
Vancouver
3,175,000
186
Madagascar
Antananarivo
3,150,000
186
China
Xúzhōu
3,150,000
188
India
Coimbatore
3,075,000
189
Nigeria
Abuja
3,050,000
189
United States of America
Cleveland
3,050,000
189
Haiti
Port-au-Prince
3,050,000
192
Turkey
İzmir
3,025,000
192
Korea (North)
P'yŏngyang
3,025,000
194
Zambia
Lusaka
3,000,000
194
Israel
Tel Aviv-Yafo
3,000,000
196
Colombia
Cali
2,975,000
196
Guinea
Conakry
2,975,000
198
India
Patna
2,950,000
199
Saudi Arabia
Ad-Dammām
2,925,000
199
China
Hándān
2,925,000
199
Cambodia
Phnum Pénh
2,925,000
202
Germany
Hamburg
2,900,000
202
Ghana
Kumasi
2,900,000
204
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Lubumbashi
2,875,000
204
Ecuador
Quito
2,875,000
206
Japan
Fukuoka
2,850,000
206
China
Hūhéhàotè
2,850,000
208
Venezuela
Maracaibo
2,825,000
208
Taiwan (Rep. of China)
Taizhong
2,825,000
210
Belgium
Bruxelles
2,800,000
210
Philippines
Cebu
2,800,000
210
United States of America
Cincinnati
2,800,000
210
China
Hăikŏu
2,800,000
214
India
Bhopāl
2,750,000
214
India
Chandīgarh
2,750,000
214
Taiwan (Rep. of China)
Gaoxiong
2,750,000
214
China
Tángshān
2,750,000
218
Korea (South)
Daegu
2,725,000
218
Mexico
Toluca
2,725,000
218
Tunisia
Tūnis
2,725,000
221
Kazakhstan
Almaty
2,700,000
221
China
Xīnxiāng
2,700,000
221
China
Yìwū
2,700,000
224
Zimbabwe
Harare
2,675,000
224
Saudi Arabia
Makkah
2,675,000
224
China
Zhūhăi
2,675,000
227
Qatar
Ad-Dawḥah
2,650,000
227
United States of America
Charlotte
2,650,000
227
United States of America
Salt Lake City
2,650,000
230
India
Āgra
2,625,000
230
Togo
Lomé
2,625,000
230
China
Táizhōu
2,625,000
233
Netherlands
Amsterdam
2,575,000
233
Mozambique
Maputo
2,575,000
235
China
Yāntái
2,550,000
236
Hungary
Budapest
2,525,000
236
Brazil
Goiânia
2,525,000
236
China
Yínchuān
2,525,000
239
Portugal
Lisboa
2,500,000
239
China
Liŭzhōu
2,500,000
239
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Mbuji-Mayi
2,500,000
239
Japan
Sapporo
2,500,000
243
Congo (Rep.)
Brazzaville
2,475,000
243
Pakistan
Hyderābād
2,475,000
243
India
Visākhapatnam
2,475,000
243
Poland
Warszawa
2,475,000
247
Costa Rica
San José
2,450,000
247
India
Vadodara
2,450,000
249
Pakistan
Multān
2,425,000
249
India
Nāshik
2,425,000
249
United States of America
Portland
2,425,000
252
United States of America
San Antonio
2,400,000
253
Colombia
Barranquilla
2,375,000
253
United States of America
Las Vegas
2,375,000
253
Austria
Wien
2,375,000
256
China
Ānshān
2,350,000
256
Paraguay
Asunción
2,350,000
256
Australia
Perth
2,350,000
256
India
Vijayawāda
2,350,000
260
United States of America
St. Louis
2,325,000
260
Sweden
Stockholm
2,325,000
262
Mexico
León
2,300,000
262
Germany
München
2,300,000
262
Germany
Stuttgart
2,300,000
262
Mexico
Tijuana
2,300,000
262
China
Yángzhōu
2,300,000
267
Palestinian Territories
Ghazzah
2,275,000
267
China
Jiāxīng
2,275,000
267
Brazil
Manaus
2,275,000
270
United States of America
Austin
2,250,000
270
Somalia
Muqdisho
2,250,000
270
Nigeria
Port Harcourt
2,250,000
270
China
Xīníng
2,250,000
274
China
Băodìng
2,225,000
274
Romania
București
2,225,000
274
India
Rājkot
2,225,000
277
China
Bāotóu
2,200,000
277
Brazil
Belém
2,200,000
277
Turkey
Bursa
2,200,000
280
Poland
Katowice
2,175,000
280
Great Britain
Leeds
2,175,000
280
Japan
Okayama
2,175,000
283
Benin
Cotonou
2,150,000
283
China
Gànzhōu
2,150,000
283
Cuba
La Habana
2,150,000
283
India
Ludhiāna
2,150,000
283
Pakistan
Peshāwar
2,150,000
288
India
Bhubaneswar
2,125,000
288
United States of America
Jacksonville
2,125,000
288
Morocco
Rabat
2,125,000
288
United States of America
Sacramento
2,125,000
288
Indonesia
Semarang
2,125,000
288
India
Vārānasi
2,125,000
294
United States of America
Indianapolis
2,100,000
294
Belarus
Minsk
2,100,000
294
China
Píngdĭngshān
2,100,000
294
Venezuela
Valencia
2,100,000
298
India
Aurangābād
2,075,000
298
Malaysia
George Town
2,075,000
298
United States of America
Kansas City
2,075,000
301
France
Lyon
2,050,000
302
United States of America
Pittsburgh
2,025,000
302
China
Zūnyì
2,025,000
304
China
Bèngbù
2,000,000
304
China
Dàtóng
2,000,000
306
Syria
Ḥalab
1,980,000
306
Nigeria
Kaduna
1,980,000
308
India
Madurai
1,970,000
308
Iran
Tabrīz
1,970,000
310
China
Ānyáng
1,960,000
310
Rwanda
Kigali
1,960,000
310
Japan
Kitakyūshū
1,960,000
310
Bolivia
Santa Cruz
1,960,000
314
Chad
Ndjamena
1,950,000
314
Iran
Shīrāz
1,950,000
316
China
Huái'ān
1,940,000
316
Liberia
Monrovia
1,940,000
316
Spain
València
1,940,000
319
Lebanon
Bayrūt
1,930,000
319
India
Meerut
1,930,000
321
Puerto Rico
San Juan
1,910,000
322
China
Zăozhuāng
1,900,000
323
China
Zhànjiāng
1,890,000
324
China
Huáinán
1,880,000
324
China
Jìníng
1,880,000
326
Japan
Hiroshima
1,870,000
326
Bolivia
La Paz
1,870,000
326
Libya
Ṭarābulus
1,870,000
326
Brazil
Vitória
1,870,000
330
China
Dàqìng
1,860,000
331
United Arab Emirates
Abū Ẓaby
1,850,000
331
China
Wúhú
1,850,000
333
United States of America
Columbus
1,830,000
333
China
Guìlín
1,830,000
333
India
Jamshedpur
1,830,000
333
United States of America
Raleigh
1,830,000
337
Russia
Novosibirsk
1,820,000
338
Argentina
Córdoba
1,810,000
338
Russia
Jekaterinburg
1,810,000
338
Uruguay
Montevideo
1,810,000
338
India
Srīnagar
1,810,000
342
Denmark
København
1,800,000
342
Indonesia
Makassar
1,800,000
342
China
Miányáng
1,800,000
342
China
Xiāngyáng
1,800,000
346
Nigeria
Benin City
1,790,000
346
Indonesia
Palembang
1,790,000
346
Indonesia
Yogyakarta
1,790,000
349
Turkey
Adana
1,780,000
349
Philippines
Angeles
1,780,000
351
Indonesia
Malang
1,760,000
351
Brazil
Santos
1,760,000
353
India
Āsansol
1,750,000
353
Turkey
Gaziantep
1,750,000
353
China
Húzhōu
1,750,000
353
China
Púyáng
1,750,000
353
Mexico
Querétaro
1,750,000
353
China
Shāngqiū
1,750,000
359
China
Qínhuángdăo
1,740,000
360
Pakistan
Quetta
1,720,000
361
Iraq
Al-Baṣrah
1,710,000
361
Philippines
Davao
1,710,000
361
Great Britain
Glasgow
1,710,000
361
France
Marseille
1,710,000
365
India
Jodhpur
1,700,000
365
China
Xíngtái
1,700,000
367
Indonesia
Surakarta
1,690,000
368
Central African Republic
Bangui
1,680,000
368
United States of America
Hartford
1,680,000
368
China
Nányáng
1,680,000
371
India
Kochi
1,660,000
372
United States of America
Nashville
1,650,000
372
India
Tiruppūr
1,650,000
372
United States of America
Virginia Beach
1,650,000
375
Mexico
Ciudad Juárez
1,640,000
375
China
Jiāozuò
1,640,000
375
Algeria
Oran
1,640,000
378
Korea (South)
Gwangju
1,630,000
378
India
Rānchi
1,630,000
380
India
Kotā
1,620,000
380
Oman
Masqaṭ
1,620,000
380
Russia
Nižnij Novgorod
1,620,000
383
India
Jabalpur
1,610,000
383
China
Jílín
1,610,000
383
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
1,610,000
386
Kazakhstan
Astana
1,600,000
386
Myanmar
Mandalay
1,600,000
388
China
Jīnhuá
1,590,000
388
Italy
Torino
1,590,000
390
Ukraine
Charkiv
1,580,000
390
India
Gwalior
1,580,000
390
India
Prayagraj
1,580,000
390
El Salvador
San Salvador
1,580,000
390
China
Shàngráo
1,580,000
395
Thailand
Chonburi
1,570,000
395
China
Hézé
1,570,000
395
China
Yùlín
1,570,000
398
Bahrain
Al-Manāmah
1,560,000
398
Finland
Helsinki
1,560,000
398
Russia
Kazan'
1,560,000
398
China
Tài'ān
1,560,000
402
Iran
Ahvāz
1,550,000
402
Iraq
Al-Mawṣil
1,550,000
402
Ireland
Dublin
1,550,000
402
Germany
Mannheim
1,550,000
402
Portugal
Porto
1,550,000
407
Kyrgyzstan
Biškek
1,540,000
408
Saudi Arabia
Al-Madīnah
1,530,000
408
New Zealand
Auckland
1,530,000
408
Niger
Niamey
1,530,000
408
Brazil
São Luís
1,530,000
412
India
Amritsar
1,520,000
412
Armenia
Yerevan
1,520,000
412
Switzerland
Zürich
1,520,000
415
India
Bareilly
1,510,000
415
Canada
Calgary
1,510,000
415
Korea (South)
Daejeon
1,510,000
415
Argentina
Rosario
1,510,000
415
Japan
Sendai
1,510,000
415
China
Wēihăi
1,510,000
421
Vietnam
Đà Nẵng
1,500,000
421
Mauritania
Nouakchott
1,500,000
423
United States of America
Milwaukee
1,490,000
423
China
Tàizhōu
1,490,000
425
India
Dhanbād
1,480,000
425
Venezuela
Maracay
1,480,000
425
India
Morādābād
1,480,000
425
Congo (Rep.)
Pointe-Noire
1,480,000
429
Great Britain
Newcastle[upon Tyne
1,470,000
429
Czech Republic
Praha
1,470,000
429
Great Britain
Sheffield
1,470,000
432
Canada
Edmonton
1,460,000
432
China
Yánchéng
1,460,000
434
Australia
Adelaide
1,450,000
434
India
Alīgarh
1,450,000
434
Vietnam
Hải Phòng
1,450,000
434
Iran
Qom
1,450,000
434
China
Zhāngjiākŏu
1,450,000
439
Indonesia
Bandar Lampung
1,440,000
439
China
Màomíng
1,440,000
439
China
Nánchōng
1,440,000
439
Mexico
Torreón
1,440,000
443
Serbia
Beograd
1,430,000
443
Russia
Čeljabinsk
1,430,000
443
Panama
Ciudad de Panamá
1,430,000
443
Georgia
Tbilisi
1,430,000
447
Angola
Benguela
1,420,000
447
Sierra Leone
Freetown
1,420,000
449
United States of America
Buffalo
1,410,000
449
China
Fùyáng
1,410,000
449
Mexico
San Luis Potosí
1,410,000
449
Morocco
Tanger
1,410,000
453
Turkey
Antalya
1,400,000
453
Nicaragua
Managua
1,400,000
455
Ukraine
Donec'k
1,390,000
455
Turkey
Konya
1,390,000
455
Mexico
Mérida
1,390,000
455
Great Britain
Nottingham
1,390,000
455
Canada
Ottawa
1,390,000
455
Russia
Rostov]-na-Donu
1,390,000
455
China
Xŭchāng
1,390,000
455
China
Yíchāng
1,390,000
463
Colombia
Bucaramanga
1,380,000
463
China
Dázhōu
1,380,000
465
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Kananga
1,370,000
465
Russia
Krasnodar
1,370,000
465
Kenya
Mombasa
1,370,000
465
India
Mysore
1,370,000
465
Kazakhstan
Shymkent
1,370,000
470
Venezuela
Barquisimeto
1,360,000
470
United States of America
Harrisburg
1,360,000
470
Brazil
Natal
1,360,000
470
Taiwan (Rep. of China)
Tainan
1,360,000
474
United States of America
Melbourne
1,350,000
474
Russia
Samara
1,350,000
476
China
Kāifēng
1,340,000
476
China
Lúzhōu
1,340,000
476
Tanzania
Mwanza
1,340,000
476
China
Qīngyuăn
1,340,000
480
China
Huáibĕi
1,330,000
480
Honduras
San Pedro Sula
1,330,000
482
Ukraine
Dnipro
1,320,000
482
France
Lille
1,320,000
482
India
Tiruchirāppalli
1,320,000
482
Senegal
Touba
1,320,000
486
Morocco
Fès
1,310,000
486
Japan
Hamamatsu
1,310,000
486
China
Yíbīn
1,310,000
489
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Kisangani
1,300,000
489
China
Lù'ān
1,300,000
489
Spain
Sevilla
1,300,000
492
China
Dézhōu
1,290,000
493
Nigeria
Aba
1,280,000
493
Bolivia
Cochabamba
1,280,000
493
United States of America
Stockton
1,280,000
496
Morocco
Agadir
1,270,000
496
Belgium
Antwerpen
1,270,000
496
Tajikistan
Dušanbe
1,270,000
496
Russia
Krasnojarsk
1,270,000
496
Norway
Oslo
1,270,000
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