Largest Cities in the world

Analysis of the population by cities amongst the 47,605 in our database

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The top 100 most populated cities in the world

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Most populated cities

Amongst the 47,605 cities in our database, here are the top 100 by population

City	Country	Population
Tokyo	Japan	31,480,498
Shanghai	China	14,608,512
Bombay	India	12,692,717
Karachi	Pakistan	11,627,378
New Delhi	India	10,928,270
Delhi	India	10,928,270
Manila	Philippines	10,443,877
Moscow	Russia	10,381,288
Seoul	South Korea	10,323,448
São Paulo	Brazil	10,021,437
Istanbul	Turkey	9,797,536
Lagos	Nigeria	8,789,133
Mexico	Mexico	8,720,916
Jakarta	Indonesia	8,540,306
New York	United States	8,107,916
Kinshasa	Dem. Rep. Congo	7,787,832
Cairo	Egypt	7,734,602
Lima	Peru	7,646,786
Beijing	China	7,480,601
London	United Kingdom	7,421,228
Bogotá	Colombia	7,102,602
Dhaka	Bangladesh	6,493,177
Lahore	Pakistan	6,312,576
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	6,023,742
Baghdad	Iraq	5,672,516
Bangkok	Thailand	5,104,475
Bangalore	India	4,931,603
Santiago	Chile	4,837,248
Calcutta	India	4,631,819
Toronto	Canada	4,612,187
Rangoon	Myanmar	4,477,782
Sydney	Australia	4,394,585
Madras	India	4,328,416
Wuhan	China	4,184,206
Saint Petersburg	Russia	4,039,751
Chongqing	China	3,967,028
Xian	China	3,953,191
Chengdu	China	3,950,437
Los Angeles	United States	3,877,129
Alexandria	Egypt	3,811,512
Tianjin	China	3,766,207
Melbourne	Australia	3,730,212
Ahmadabad	India	3,719,933
Abidjan	Côte d'Ivoire	3,692,570
Kano	Nigeria	3,626,204
Casablanca	Morocco	3,609,698
Hyderabad	India	3,598,199
Ibadan	Nigeria	3,565,810
Singapore	Singapore	3,547,809
Ankara	Turkey	3,519,177
Shenyang	China	3,512,192
Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	3,469,290
Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	3,467,426
Cape Town	South Africa	3,433,504
Berlin	Germany	3,398,362
Montreal	Canada	3,268,513
Harbin	China	3,229,883
Guangzhou	China	3,152,825
Durban	South Africa	3,120,340
Madrid	Spain	3,102,644
Nanjing	China	3,087,010
Kabul	Afghanistan	3,043,589
Pune	India	2,935,968
Surat	India	2,894,675
Chicago	United States	2,841,952
Kanpur	India	2,823,523
Umm Durman	Sudan	2,810,328
Luanda	Angola	2,776,125
Addis Abeba	Ethiopia	2,757,807
Nairobi	Kenya	2,750,561
Taiyuan	China	2,722,475
Jaipur	India	2,711,937
Salvador	Brazil	2,711,903
Dakar	Senegal	2,702,820
Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	2,698,651
Rome	Italy	2,643,736
Mogadishu	Somalia	2,590,180
Jiddah	Saudi Arabia	2,545,728
Changchun	China	2,537,421
Taipei	Taiwan	2,514,794
Kiev	Ukraine	2,514,227
Faisalabad	Pakistan	2,507,302
Izmir	Turkey	2,501,895
Lakhnau	India	2,472,250
Gizeh	Egypt	2,443,490
Fortaleza	Brazil	2,416,920
Cali	Colombia	2,392,897
Surabaya	Indonesia	2,374,920
Belo Horizonte	Brazil	2,373,255
Mashhad	Iran	2,307,254
Nagpur	India	2,228,191
Harare	Zimbabwe	2,213,701
Brasília	Brazil	2,207,812
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	2,202,016
Nagoya	Japan	2,191,291
Aleppo	Syrian Arab Republic	2,139,878
Paris	France	2,110,694
Jinan	China	2,069,266
Tangshan	China	2,054,526
Dalian	China	2,035,307

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