List of cities with over one million inhabitants
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This list contains all cities with one million or more inhabitants. Cities are defined in the political-geographic sense (city proper). The population figures given therefore refer to the city or municipality in the political-administrative sense. In some cases, the population figures refer to capital districts or Metropolises and, in the case of the People's Republic of China, to the urban population of the city in question. In many cases, the city boundaries do not correspond to the settlement structure and the boundaries of metropolitan regions and agglomerations often extend far beyond the administrative city boundaries. In some cases, metropolitan regions and political municipalities cannot be separated, as in the case of metropolitan municipalities or city regions, which exist in some countries. There is no globally standardised definition of what constitutes a city, and municipal divisions differ from country to country.
If only the administrative boundaries of a city were taken into account, Chongqing would be the largest city in the world, with 32 million inhabitants. However, the urban population is significantly smaller at just under 14 million (2020) and is spread across various urban settlements. The city's administrative area is almost as large as Austria and larger than the Czech Republic. It consists mainly of mountains, forest and agricultural areas with a rural settlement structure.
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The following table sorts cities according to the population within their administrative boundaries at the last available date. The population figures refer in the most cases to the respective municipality within its political boundaries, excluding politically independent suburbs. For Chinese cities, the urban population (urban settlement) of the respective city is given at prefecture, county or district level, which usually include large rural areas.{{Static row numbers}}
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!City !Country !Inhabitants !Continent !Year !City definition |
Shanghai
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |21,909,814 |Asia |Province-level city (urban) |
Delhi
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |20,591,874 |Asia |2021{{cite web|access-date=2023-02-27|title=Population of Delhi – Delhi Population 2021 – Current Population of New Delhi|url=https://www.indiaonlinepages.com/population/delhi-population.html}} |
Karachi
|{{Flagu|Pakistan}} | align="right" |20,382,881 |Asia |
Beijing
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |18,960,744 |Asia |Province-level city (urban) |
Shenzhen
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |17,444,609 |Asia |Sub-provincial City (urban) |
Guangzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |16,096,724 |Asia |Sub-provincial City (urban) |
Lagos
|{{Flagu|Nigeria}} | align="right" |15,946,000 |Africa |Metropolis |
Istanbul
|{{Flagu|Turkey}} | align="right" |15,907,951 |Asia/Europe |
Kinshasa
|{{flagu|DR Congo}} | align="right" |14,565,700 |Africa |
Bangalore
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |89,25,786 |Asia |
Tokyo
|{{Flagu|Japan}} | align="right" |14,047,594 |Asia |
Chengdu
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |13,568,357 |Asia |Sub-provincial City (urban) |
Mumbai
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |13,127,825 |Asia |2021{{cite web|access-date=2023-02-27|title=Population of Mumbai in 2021|url=https://www.indiaonlinepages.com/population/mumbai-population.html}}{{cite web|access-date=2018-12-14|title=Census of India 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf}} |
Moscow
|{{Flagu|Russia}} | align="right" |13,010,112 |Europe |
Lahore
|{{Flagu|Pakistan}} | align="right" |13,004,135 |Asia |
São Paulo
|{{Flagu|Brazil}} | align="right" |11,895,578 |South America |
Tianjin
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |11,052,404 |Asia |Province-level city (urban) |
Jakarta
|{{Flagu|Indonesia}} | align="right" |10,562,088 |Asia |
Wuhan
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |10,494,879 |Asia |Sub-provincial City (urban) |
Dhaka
|{{Flagu|Bangladesh}} | align="right" |10,278,882 |Asia |
Hyderabad
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |10,269,000 |Asia |
Lima
|{{Flagu|Peru}} | align="right" |10,004,141 |South America |
Chennai
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |9,722,974 |Asia |
Dongguan
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |9,644,871 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Cairo
|{{Flagu|Egypt}} | align="right" |9,606,916 |Africa |City |
Seoul
|{{Flagu|South Korea}} | align="right" |9,586,195 |Asia |Special city (Teukbyeolsi) |
Chongqing
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |9,580,810 |Asia |Province-level city (urban) |
Xi’an
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |9,392,938 |Asia |Sub-provincial City (urban) |
Hangzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |9,236,032 |Asia |Sub-provincial City (urban) |
Mexico City
|{{Flagu|Mexico}} | align="right" |9,209,944 |North America |
Luanda
|{{Flagu|Angola}} | align="right" |9,079,800 |Africa |
Foshan
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |9,042,509 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Tehran
|{{Flagu|Iran}} | align="right" |9,039,000 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
London
|{{Flagu|United Kingdom}} | align="right" |{{UK subdivision population|GSS=E12000007}} |Europe |{{UK subdivision statistics year}}{{UK subdivision statistics citation}} |
Bangkok
|{{Flagu|Thailand}} | align="right" |8,833,400 |Asia |
New York City
|{{Flagu|United States}} | align="right" |8,335,897 |North America |City |
Ahmedabad
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |8,253,226 |Asia |
Bogotá
|{{Flagu|Colombia}} | align="right" |7,732,161 |South America |
Surat
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |7,567,538 |Asia |
Nanjing
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |7,519,814 |Asia |Sub-provincial City (urban) |
Hong Kong
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |7,498,100 |Asia |
Shenyang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |7,026,358 |Asia |Sub-provincial City (urban) |
Ho Chi Minh City
|{{Flagu|Vietnam}} | align="right" |7,004,921 |Asia |Province-level municipality (urban) |
Riyadh
|{{Flagu|Saudi Arabia}} | align="right" |6,924,566 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Baghdad
|{{Flagu|Iraq}} | align="right" |6,719,476 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Zhengzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |6,461,013 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Rio de Janeiro
|{{Flagu|Brazil}} | align="right" |6,211,223 |South America |
Qingdao
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |6,165,279 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Kolkata
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |6,112,874 |Asia |
Singapore
|{{Flagu|Singapore}} | align="right" |6,040,000 |Asia |
Suzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |5,892,892 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Changsha
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |5,630,256 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Abidjan
|{{Flagu|Côte d'Ivoire}} | align="right" |5,616,633 |Africa |City (Ville) |
Saint Petersburg
|{{Flagu|Russia}} | align="right" |5,601,911 |Europe |
Jinan
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |5,452,335 |Asia |Sub-provincial City (urban) |
Dar es Salaam
|{{Flagu|Tanzania}} | align="right" |5,383,728 |Africa |
Kunming
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |5,273,144 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Alexandria
|{{Flagu|Egypt}} | align="right" |5,263,542 |Africa |City |
Harbin
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |5,242,897 |Asia |Sub-provincial City (urban) |
Santiago
|{{Flagu|Chile}} | align="right" |5,220,161 |South America |
Ankara
|{{Flagu|Turkey}} | align="right" |5,186,002 |Asia |City |
Shijiazhuang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |5,090,440 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Hefei
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |5,055,978 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Dalian
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |4,913,879 |Asia |Sub-provincial City (urban) |
Johannesburg
|{{Flagu|South Africa}} | align="right" |4,803,262 |Africa |
Cape Town
|{{Flagu|South Africa}} | align="right" |4,772,846 |Africa |
Nairobi
|{{Flagu|Kenya}} | align="right" |4,750,100 |Africa |2023{{Cite web |title=Nairobi (County, Kenya) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/kenya/admin/nairobi/47__nairobi/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}{{cite web|access-date=2023-02-17|language=en-US|title=2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume I: Population by County and Sub-County|url=https://www.knbs.or.ke/download/2019-kenya-population-and-housing-census-volume-i-population-by-county-and-sub-county/|website=Kenya National Bureau of Statistics}} |
Yangon
|{{Flagu|Myanmar}} | align="right" |4,728,524 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Kano
|{{Flagu|Nigeria}} | align="right" |4,648,400 |Africa |Metropolis |
Xiamen
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |4,617,251 |Asia |Sub-provincial City (urban) |
Nanning
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |4,582,703 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Changchun
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |4,557,356 |Asia |Sub-provincial City (urban) |
Kabul
|{{Flagu|Afghanistan}} | align="right" |4,434,600 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Giza
|{{Flagu|Egypt}} | align="right" |4,367,343 |Africa |City |
Taiyuan
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |4,303,673 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
eThekwini (Durban)
|{{Flagu|South Africa}} | align="right" |4,239,901 |Africa |
Bamako
|{{Flagu|Mali}} | align="right" |4,227,569 |Africa |
Jaipur
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |4,067,826 |Asia |
Ekurhuleni
|{{Flagu|South Africa}} | align="right" |4,066,691 |Africa |
Tshwane (Pretoria)
|{{Flagu|South Africa}} | align="right" |4,040,315 |Africa |
New Taipei City
|{{Flagu|Taiwan}} | align="right" |4,030,954 |Asia |
Guiyang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |4,021,275 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Wuxi
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |3,956,985 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Pune
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |3,891,823 |Asia |
Shantou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |3,890,169 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Ibadan
|{{Flagu|Nigeria}} | align="right" |3,875,000 |Africa |2023{{citation |title=Nigeria |date=2023-02-21 |periodical=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nigeria/#people-and-society |access-date=2023-02-27 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency}}{{cite web |title=Census of the Federal Republic of Nigeria |url=http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/nbsapps/Connections/Pop2006.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305101910/http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/nbsapps/Connections/Pop2006.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-05 |access-date=2018-12-14}} |Urban area |
Ürümqi
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |3,864,136 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Los Angeles
|{{Flagu|United States}} | align="right" |3,849,297 |North America |City |
Zhongshan
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |3,841,873 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Abuja
|{{Flagu|Nigeria}} | align="right" |3,840,000 |Africa |Urban area |
Lucknow
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |3,790,274 |Asia |
Yokohama
|{{Flagu|Japan}} | align="right" |3,777,491 |Asia |
Berlin
|{{Flagu|Germany}} | align="right" |3,735,164 |Europe |
Ningbo
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |3,731,203 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Fuzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |3,723,454 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Jeddah
|{{Flagu|Saudi Arabia}} | align="right" |3,712,917 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Faisalabad
|{{Flagu|Pakistan}} | align="right" |3,691,999 |Asia |
Casablanca
|{{Flagu|Morocco}} | align="right" |3,640,000 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Hanoi
|{{Flagu|Vietnam}} | align="right" |3,605,364 |Asia |Province-level municipality (urban) |
Nanchang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |3,518,975 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Addis Ababa
|{{Flagu|Ethiopia}} | align="right" |3,480,229 |Africa |
Port Harcourt
|{{Flagu|Nigeria}} | align="right" |3,480,000 |Africa |Urban area |
Busan
|{{Flagu|South Korea}} | align="right" |3,349,016 |Asia |Metropolitan city (Gwangyeoksi) |
Madrid
|{{Flagu|Spain}} | align="right" |3,305,408 |Europe |
Dubai
|{{Flagu|United Arab Emirates}} | align="right" |3,291,166 |Asia |Metropolis |
Chittagong
|{{Flagu|Bangladesh}} | align="right" |3,227,246 |Asia |
Kanpur
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |3,203,932 |Asia |
Changzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |3,187,315 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Santo Domingo
|{{Flagu|Dominican Republic}} | align="right" |3,143,079 |North America |City{{refn|The four municipalities of Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Santo Domingo Este, Santo Domingo Norte and Santo Domingo Oeste|group=}} |
Pyongyang
|{{Flagu|North Korea}} | align="right" |3,133,000 |Asia |
Buenos Aires
|{{Flagu|Argentina}} | align="right" |3,120,612 |South America |
Lanzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |3,012,577 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Mashhad
|{{Flagu|Iran}} | align="right" |3,001,184 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Nantong
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |2,987,600 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Surabaya
|{{Flagu|Indonesia}} | align="right" |2,972,801 |Asia |City (Kota) |
Quezon City
|{{Flagu|Philippines}} | align="right" |2,960,048 |Asia |City (Lungsod) |
Tashkent
|{{Flagu|Uzbekistan}} | align="right" |2,956,384 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Kyiv
|{{Flagu|Ukraine}} | align="right" |2,952,301 |Europe |
İzmir
|{{Flagu|Turkey}} | align="right" |2,948,160 |Asia |City |
Incheon
|{{Flagu|South Korea}} | align="right" |2,945,454 |Asia |Metropolitan city (Gwangyeoksi) |
Nagpur
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |2,940,000 |Asia |
Kumasi
|{{Flagu|Ghana}} | align="right" |2,907,000 |Africa |Urban area |
Algiers
|{{Flagu|Algeria}} | align="right" |2,902,000 |Africa |Urban area |
Mbuji-Mayi
|{{flagu|DR Congo}} | align="right" |2,892,000 |Africa |Urban area |
Xuzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |2,845,552 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Taichung
|{{Flagu|Taiwan}} | align="right" |2,820,787 |Asia |
Brasília
|{{Flagu|Brazil}} | align="right" |2,817,381 |South America |
Lubumbashi
|{{flagu|DR Congo}} | align="right" |2,812,000 |Africa |Urban area |
Toronto
|{{Flagu|Canada}} | align="right" |2,794,356 |North America |2021{{cite web|access-date=2023-02-27|date=2022-07-13|title=Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census – Toronto (Census subdivision)|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/fogs-spg/page.cfm?lang=E&topic=1&dguid=2021A00053520005}}{{cite web|access-date=2018-12-14|date=2017-02-08|title=2011 Census of Population – Data products|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/index-eng.cfm}} |City |
Douala
|{{Flagu|Cameroon}} | align="right" |2,768,400 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Kaohsiung
|{{Flagu|Taiwan}} | align="right" |2,765,932 |Asia |
Yaoundé
|{{Flagu|Cameroon}} | align="right" |2,765,600 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Osaka
|{{Flagu|Japan}} | align="right" |2,752,412 |Asia |
Zibo
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |2,750,312 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Rome
|{{Flagu|Italy}} | align="right" |2,748,109 |Europe |
Linyi
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |2,743,843 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Chicago
|{{Flagu|United States}} | align="right" |2,696,555 |North America |City |
Gazipur
|{{Flagu|Bangladesh}} | align="right" |2,674,697 |Asia |
Guayaquil
|{{Flagu|Ecuador}} | align="right" |2,665,392 |South America |
Dakar
|{{Flagu|Senegal}} | align="right" |2,646,503 |Africa |City |
Baku
|{{Flagu|Azerbaijan}} | align="right" |2,616,948 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Taipei
|{{Flagu|Taiwan}} | align="right" |2,602,418 |Asia |
Damascus
|{{Flagu|Syria}} | align="right" |2,584,771 |Asia |2023{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} |Urban area |
Wenzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |2,582,017 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Tangshan
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |2,549,968 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Sanaa
|{{Flagu|Yemen}} | align="right" |2,545,000 |Asia |City |
Bandung
|{{Flagu|Indonesia}} | align="right" |2,527,854 |Asia |City (Kota) |
Lusaka
|{{Flagu|Zambia}} | align="right" |2,526,100 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Medellín
|{{Flagu|Colombia}} | align="right" |2,519,592 |South America |
Gujranwala
|{{Flagu|Pakistan}} | align="right" |2,511,118 |Asia |
Ouagadougou
|{{Flagu|Burkina Faso}} | align="right" |2,485,600 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Bekasi
|{{Flagu|Indonesia}} | align="right" |2,468,448 |Asia |City (Kota) |
Indore
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |2,463,588 |Asia |
Medan
|{{Flagu|Indonesia}} | align="right" |2,435,252 |Asia |City (Kota) |
Fortaleza
|{{Flagu|Brazil}} | align="right" |2,428,708 |South America |
Salvador
|{{Flagu|Brazil}} | align="right" |2,417,678 |South America |
Daegu
|{{Flagu|South Korea}} | align="right" |2,410,700 |Asia |Metropolitan city (Gwangyeoksi) |
Omdurman
|{{Flagu|Sudan}} | align="right" |2,395,159 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Mecca
|{{Flagu|Saudi Arabia}} | align="right" |2,385,509 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Hohhot
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |2,373,399 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Haikou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |2,349,239 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Bhopal
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |2,337,000 |Asia |
Shaoxing
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |2,333,080 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Nagoya
|{{Flagu|Japan}} | align="right" |2,332,176 |Asia |
Mogadishu
|{{Flagu|Somalia}} | align="right" |2,330,700 |Africa |
Patna
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |2,321,000 |Asia |
Belo Horizonte
|{{Flagu|Brazil}} | align="right" |2,315,560 |South America |
Houston
|{{Flagu|United States}} | align="right" |2,302,878 |North America |City |
Accra
|{{Flagu|Ghana}} | align="right" |2,291,352 |Africa |Urban area |
Rawalpindi
|{{Flagu|Pakistan}} | align="right" |2,284,014 |Asia |
Phnom Penh
|{{Flagu|Cambodia}} | align="right" |2,281,951 |Asia |
Taoyuan
|{{Flagu|Taiwan}} | align="right" |2,268,807 |Asia |
Cali
|{{Flagu|Colombia}} | align="right" |2,264,427 |South America |
Luoyang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |2,230,661 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Zhuhai
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |2,207,090 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Liuzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |2,204,841 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Aleppo
|{{Flagu|Syria}} | align="right" |2,203,025 |Asia |2023{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} |Urban area |
Lomé
|{{Flagu|Togo}} | align="right" |2,188,376 |Africa |Urban area |
Agra
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |2,185,000 |Asia |
Multan
|{{Flagu|Pakistan}} | align="right" |2,169,915 |Asia |
Almaty
|{{Flagu|Kazakhstan}} | align="right" |2,161,797 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Brazzaville
|{{Flagu|Republic of the Congo}} | align="right" |2,145,783 |Africa |
Havana
|{{Flagu|Cuba}} | align="right" |2,137,847 |North America |
Baotou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |2,104,114 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Paris
|{{Flagu|France}} | align="right" |2,102,650 |Europe |
Handan
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |2,095,134 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Huizhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |2,090,578 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Caracas
|{{Flagu|Venezuela}} | align="right" |2,089,012 |South America |
Manaus
|{{Flagu|Brazil}} | align="right" |2,063,689 |South America |
Bursa
|{{Flagu|Turkey}} | align="right" |2,051,464 |Asia |City |
Weifang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |2,044,028 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Vienna
|{{Flagu|Austria}} | align="right" |2,028,399 |Europe |State/City |
Minsk
|{{Flagu|Belarus}} | align="right" |1,995,471 |Europe |Municipality (city) |
Kuala Lumpur
|{{Flagu|Malaysia}} | align="right" |1,982,112 |Asia |
Sapporo
|{{Flagu|Japan}} | align="right" |1,973,395 |Asia |
Khartoum
|{{Flagu|Sudan}} | align="right" |1,974,647 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Khartoum Bahri
|{{Flagu|Sudan}} | align="right" |1,968,601 |Africa |2015Khartoum Bahri, Sudan – Population and Demographics – CityFacts (city-facts.com) |Municipality (city) |
Isfahan
|{{Flagu|Iran}} | align="right" |1,961,260 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Faridabad
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,957,869 |Asia |
Benin City
|{{Flagu|Nigeria}} | align="right" |1,953,000 |Africa |Urban area |
Baoding
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,940,384 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
|{{Flagu|Bolivia}} | align="right" |1,903,398 |South America |
Tangerang
|{{Flagu|Indonesia}} | align="right" |1,895,486 |Asia |City (Kota) |
Depok
|{{Flagu|Indonesia}} | align="right" |1,893,321 |Asia |City (Kota) |
Hamburg
|{{Flagu|Germany}} | align="right" |1,888,879 |Europe |
Tainan
|{{Flagu|Taiwan}} | align="right" |1,874,917 |Asia |
Warsaw
|{{Flagu|Poland}} | align="right" |1,860,281 |Europe |
Manila
|{{Flagu|Philippines}} | align="right" |1,846,513 |Asia |City (Lungsod) |
Thane
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,841,448 |Asia |
Peshawar
|{{Flagu|Pakistan}} | align="right" |1,837,741 |Asia |
Amman
|{{Flagu|Jordan}} | align="right" |1,812,059 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Tijuana
|{{Flagu|Mexico}} | align="right" |1,810,645 |North America |Locality (Localidad) |
Datong
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,809,505 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Huai'an
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,804,611 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Yantai
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,802,700 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Jiangmen
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,795,459 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Adana
|{{Flagu|Turkey}} | align="right" |1,779,463 |Asia |City |
Ganzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,778,132 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Davao City
|{{Flagu|Philippines}} | align="right" |1,776,949 |Asia |City (Lungsod) |
Curitiba
|{{Flagu|Brazil}} | align="right" |1,773,718 |South America |
Quito
|{{Flagu|Ecuador}} | align="right" |1,776,364 |South America |
Montreal
|{{Flagu|Canada}} | align="right" |1,762,949 |North America |City |
Monrovia
|{{Flagu|Liberia}} | align="right" |1,761,032 |Africa |Urban area |
Maracaibo
|{{Flagu|Venezuela}} | align="right" |1,752,602 |South America |
Kigali
|{{Flagu|Rwanda}} | align="right" |1,745,555 |Africa |
Visakhapatnam
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,730,320 |Asia |
Pimpri-Chinchwad
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,729,359 |Asia |
Bucharest
|{{Flagu|Romania}} | align="right" |1,716,961 |Europe |County/city |
Semarang
|{{Flagu|Indonesia}} | align="right" |1,688,133 |Asia |City (Kota) |
Xiangyang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,686,403 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Belgrade
|{{Flagu|Serbia}} | align="right" |1,685,563 |Europe |
Budapest
|{{Flagu|Hungary}} | align="right" |1,682,426 |Europe |Komitat/city |
Gaziantep
|{{Flagu|Turkey}} | align="right" |1,680,723 |Asia |2022{{cite web |title=Türkei: Provinzen und größere Städte – Einwohnerzahlen, Karten, Grafiken, Wetter und Web-Informationen |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/de/turkey/cities/ |access-date=2023-02-22}} |City |
Kampala
|{{Flagu|Uganda}} | align="right" |1,680,600 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Xining
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,677,177 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Zunyi
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,675,245 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Palembang
|{{Flagu|Indonesia}} | align="right" |1,668,848 |Asia |City (Kota) |
Vadodara
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,666,703 |Asia |
Caloocan
|{{Flagu|Philippines}} | align="right" |1,661,584 |Asia |City (Lungsod) |
Conakry
|{{Flagu|Guinea}} | align="right" |1,660,973 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Barcelona
|{{Flagu|Spain}} | align="right" |1,655,956 |Europe |
Kunshan
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,652,159 |Asia |County-level city (urban) |
Varanasi
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,652,000 |Asia |
Beirut
|{{Flagu|Lebanon}} | align="right" |1,650,000 |Asia |Urban area |
Phoenix
|{{Flagu|United States}} | align="right" |1,644,409 |North America |City |
Ecatepec de Morelos
|{{Flagu|Mexico}} | align="right" |1,643,623 |North America |Locality (Localidad) |
Ghaziabad
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,636,068 |Asia |
Novosibirsk
|{{Flagu|Russia}} | align="right" |1,633,595 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Auckland
|{{Flagu|New Zealand}} | align="right" |1,628,900 |Oceania |
Ludhiana
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,613,878 |Asia |
Fukuoka
|{{Flagu|Japan}} | align="right" |1,612,392 |Asia |
Daqing
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,604,027 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Kisangani
|{{flagu|DR Congo}} | align="right" |1,602,144 |Africa |Urban area |
Wuhu
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,598,165 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Karaj
|{{Flagu|Iran}} | align="right" |1,592,492 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
León
|{{Flagu|Mexico}} | align="right" |1,579,803 |North America |Locality (Localidad) |
Philadelphia
|{{Flagu|United States}} | align="right" |1,567,258 |North America |
Shiraz
|{{Flagu|Iran}} | align="right" |1,565,572 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Tabriz
|{{Flagu|Iran}} | align="right" |1,558,693 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Yekaterinburg
|{{Flagu|Russia}} | align="right" |1,544,376 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Navi Mumbai
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,543,000 |Asia |
Puebla
|{{Flagu|Mexico}} | align="right" |1,542,232 |North America |Locality (Localidad) |
Putian
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,539,389 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Ulaanbaatar
|{{Flagu|Mongolia}} | align="right" |1,539,252 |Asia |Province/City |
Kawasaki
|{{Flagu|Japan}} | align="right" |1,538,262 |Asia |
Kōbe
|{{Flagu|Japan}} | align="right" |1,525,152 |Asia |
Qinhuangdao
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,520,199 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Zhuzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,510,148 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Jilin
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,509,292 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Munich
|{{Flagu|Germany}} | align="right" |1,505,254 |Europe |
Ciudad Juárez
|{{Flagu|Mexico}} | align="right" |1,501,551 |North America |Locality (Localidad) |
Recife
|{{Flagu|Brazil}} | align="right" |1,494,586 |South America |
Harare
|{{Flagu|Zimbabwe}} | align="right" |1,491,740 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Daejeon
|{{Flagu|South Korea}} | align="right" |1,488,435 |Asia |Metropolitan city (Gwangyeoksi) |
Hyderabad
|{{Flagu|Pakistan}} | align="right" |1,487,098 |Asia |
Nashik
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,486,973 |Asia |
Yiwu
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,481,384 |Asia |County-level city (urban) |
Anshan
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,480,332 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Gwangju
|{{Flagu|South Korea}} | align="right" |1,477,573 |Asia |Metropolitan city (Gwangyeoksi) |
Quanzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,469,157 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Kyōto
|{{Flagu|Japan}} | align="right" |1,463,723 |Asia |
Cixi
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,457,510 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
San Antonio
|{{Flagu|United States}} | align="right" |1,451,853 |North America |City |
Nouakchott
|{{Flagu|Mauritania}} | align="right" |1,446,761 |Africa |Capital district |
Goiânia
|{{Flagu|Brazil}} | align="right" |1,437,366 |South America |
Makassar
|{{Flagu|Indonesia}} | align="right" |1,423,877 |Asia |City (Kota) |
Kharkiv
|{{Flagu|Ukraine}} | align="right" |1,421,125 |Europe |Municipality (city) |
Pointe-Noire
|{{Flagu|Republic of the Congo}} | align="right" |1,420,612 |Africa |
Tai’an
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,416,591 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Medina
|{{Flagu|Saudi Arabia}} | align="right" |1,411,599 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Nanyang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,407,616 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Porto Alegre
|{{Flagu|Brazil}} | align="right" |1,404,269 |South America |
Quetta
|{{Flagu|Pakistan}} | align="right" |1,401,362 |Asia |
Zhanjiang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,400,709 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Chandigarh
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,379,895 |Asia |
Dammam
|{{Flagu|Saudi Arabia}} | align="right" |1,386,166 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Guadalajara
|{{Flagu|Mexico}} | align="right" |1,385,621 |North America |Locality (Localidad) |
San Diego
|{{Flagu|United States}} | align="right" |1,381,611 |North America |City |
Amritsar
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,381,193 |Asia |
Montevideo
|{{Flagu|Uruguay}} | align="right" |1,380,432 |South America |Municipality (city) |
Konya
|{{Flagu|Turkey}} | align="right" |1,365,287 |Asia |City |
Mosul
|{{Flagu|Iraq}} | align="right" |1,361,819 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Guilin
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,361,244 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Prague
|{{Flagu|Czech Republic}} | align="right" |1,357,326 |Europe |2023{{cite web |title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023|url=https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/population-of-municipalities-1-january-2023|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2023-05-23}} |
Astana
|{{Flagu|Kazakhstan}} | align="right" |1,354,507 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
South Tangerang
|{{Flagu|Indonesia}} | align="right" |1,354,350 |Asia |City (Kota) |
Milan
|{{Flagu|Italy}} | align="right" |1,354,196 |Europe |
Yancheng
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,353,475 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Zaozhuang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,349,883 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Taizhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,348,327 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Shangrao
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,342,220 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Basra
|{{Flagu|Iraq}} | align="right" |1,340,827 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Jiangyin
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,331,352 |Asia |County-level city (urban) |
Tegucigalpa
|{{Flagu|Honduras}} | align="right" |1,326,460 |North America |
Saitama
|{{Flagu|Japan}} | align="right" |1,324,025 |Asia |
Antalya
|{{Flagu|Turkey}} | align="right" |1,322,766 |Asia |City |
Antananarivo
|{{Flagu|Madagascar}} | align="right" |1,321,269 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Guwahati
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,319,000 |Asia |
Córdoba
|{{Flagu|Argentina}} | align="right" |1,317,298 |South America |Urban settlement |
Mombasa
|{{Flagu|Kenya}} | align="right" |1,311,860 |Africa |
Meerut
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,309,023 |Asia |
Kazan
|{{Flagu|Russia}} | align="right" |1,308,660 |Europe |Municipality (city) |
Maoming
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,307,802 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Calgary
|{{Flagu|Canada}} | align="right" |1,306,784 |North America |City |
Belém
|{{Flagu|Brazil}} | align="right" |1,303,403 |South America |
Heze
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,293,767 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Guarulhos
|{{Flagu|Brazil}} | align="right" |1,291,771 |South America |
Dallas
|{{Flagu|United States}} | align="right" |1,288,457 |North America |City |
Rajkot
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,286,995 |Asia |
Onitsha
|{{Flagu|Nigeria}} | align="right" |1,285,000 |Africa |Urban area |
Yichang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,284,305 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Barranquilla
|{{Flagu|Colombia}} | align="right" |1,275,264 |South America |
Sharjah
|{{Flagu|United Arab Emirates}} | align="right" |1,274,749 |Asia |Urban area |
Sofia
|{{Flagu|Bulgaria}} | align="right" |1,274,290 |Europe |
Xinxiang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,271,350 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Abu Dhabi
|{{Flagu|United Arab Emirates}} | align="right" |1,266,189 |Asia |Urban area |
Zapopan
|{{Flagu|Mexico}} | align="right" |1,257,547 |North America |Locality (Localidad) |
Nanchong
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,254,455 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Chaozhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,254,007 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Bukavu
|{{flagu|DR Congo}} | align="right" |1,249,000 |Africa |Urban area |
Kalyan-Dombivli
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,246,381 |Asia |
Bareilly
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,245,000 |Asia |
Jieyang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,242,906 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Shubra El Kheima
|{{Flagu|Egypt}} | align="right" |1,240,289 |Africa |City |
Huainan
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,238,488 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Port-au-Prince
|{{HTI}} | align="right"|1,234,742 |North America |Municipality (city) |
Fès
|{{Flagu|Morocco}} | align="right" |1,233,000 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Changshu
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,230,599 |Asia |County-level city (urban) |
Mysore
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,229,000 |Asia |
Fushun
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,228,890 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Nizhny Novgorod
|{{Flagu|Russia}} | align="right" |1,226,076 |Europe |Municipality (city) |
Mandalay
|{{Flagu|Myanmar}} | align="right" |1,225,546 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Guatemala City
|{{Flagu|Guatemala}} | align="right"|1,221,739 |North America |
Vasai-Virar
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,221,233 |Asia |
Suwon
|{{Flagu|South Korea}} | align="right" |1,210,150 |Asia |Specific city (Si) |
Qom
|{{Flagu|Iran}} | align="right" |1,201,158 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Hiroshima
|{{Flagu|Japan}} | align="right" |1,200,754 |Asia |
Qingyuan
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,197,581 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Batam
|{{Flagu|Indonesia}} | align="right" |1,196,396 |Asia |City (Kota) |
Kaifeng
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,193,802 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Srinagar
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,192,792 |Asia |
Xianyang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,192,776 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Fuyang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,191,810 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Nelson Mandela Bay (Gqeberha)
|{{Flagu|South Africa}} | align="right" |1,190,496 |Africa |
Chelyabinsk
|{{Flagu|Russia}} | align="right" |1,189,525 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Jiaxing
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,188,321 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Anyang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,187,772 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Krasnoyarsk
|{{Flagu|Russia}} | align="right" |1,187,771 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Doha
|{{QAT}} | align="right" |1,186,023 |Asia |
Hengyang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,185,130 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Tbilisi
|{{Flagu|Georgia}} | align="right" |1,184,818 |Asia |
Ahvaz
|{{Flagu|Iran}} | align="right" |1,184,788 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Shymkent
|{{Flagu|Kazakhstan}} | align="right" |1,184,113 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Tripoli
|{{Flagu|Libya}} | align="right" |1,176,000 |Africa |Urban settlement |
Samara
|{{Flagu|Russia}} | align="right" |1,173,299 |Europe |Municipality (city) |
Jinjiang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,172,827 |Asia |County-level city (urban) |
Aurangabad
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,171,330 |Asia |
Kananga
|{{flagu|DR Congo}} | align="right" |1,169,000 |Africa |Urban area |
Bandar Lampung
|{{Flagu|Indonesia}} | align="right" |1,166,066 |Asia |City (Kota) |
Lilongwe
|{{Flagu|Malawi}} | align="right" |1,162,500 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Dhanbad
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,161,561 |Asia |
Naypyidaw
|{{Flagu|Myanmar}} | align="right" |1,160,242 |Asia |
Yinchuan
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,159,457 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Iribarren (Barquisimeto)
|{{Flagu|Venezuela}} | align="right" |1,159,062 |South America |
Kaduna
|{{Flagu|Nigeria}} | align="right" |1,158,000 |Africa |Urban area |
Rizhao
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,147,175 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Ufa
|{{Flagu|Russia}} | align="right" |1,144,809 |Europe |Municipality (city) |
Monterrey
|{{Flagu|Mexico}} | align="right" |1,142,952 |North America |Locality (Localidad) |
Rostov-on-Don
|{{Flagu|Russia}} | align="right" |1,142,162 |Europe |Municipality (city) |
Campinas
|{{Flagu|Brazil}} | align="right" |1,139,047 |South America |
Birmingham
|{{Flagu|United Kingdom}} | align="right" |{{UK subdivision population|GSS=E08000025}} |Europe |
Dazhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,135,817 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Ulsan
|{{Flagu|South Korea}} | align="right" |1,135,423 |Asia |Metropolitan City (Gwangyeoksi) |
Luzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,128,479 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Omsk
|{{Flagu|Russia}} | align="right" |1,125,695 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Yueyang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,125,448 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Zhenjiang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,123,813 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Bishkek
|{{Flagu|Kyrgyzstan}} | align="right" |1,120,827 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Prayagraj
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,117,094 |Asia |
Islamabad
|{{Flagu|Pakistan}} | align="right" |1,108,872 |Asia |
Baoji
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,107,702 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Mwanza
|{{Flagu|Tanzania}} | align="right" |1,104,521 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Maputo
|{{Flagu|Mozambique}} | align="right" |1,080,277 |Africa |
Yibin
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,100,737 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Changde
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,100,719 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Krasnodar
|{{Flagu|Russia}} | align="right" |1,099,344 |Asia |Municipality (city) |
Sendai
|{{Flagu|Japan}} | align="right" |1,096,704 |Asia |
Chifeng
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,093,068 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
N'Djamena
|{{Flagu|Chad}} | align="right" |1,092,000 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Yerevan
|{{Flagu|Armenia}} | align="right" |1,091,700 |Asia |
Diyarbakır
|{{Flagu|Turkey}} | align="right" |1,087,786 |Asia |City |
Tangier
|{{Flagu|Morocco}} | align="right" |1,087,000 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Panama City
|{{PAN}} | align="right" |1,086,990 |North America |
Cologne
|{{Flagu|Germany}} | align="right" |1,084,858 |Europe |
Huzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,083,953 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Suqian
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,081,559 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Wanzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,078,149 |Asia |District (urban) |
Bengbu
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,077,704 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Yangzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,077,531 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Ranchi
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,073,440 |Asia |
Nezahualcóyotl
|{{Flagu|Mexico}} | align="right" |1,072,676 |North America |Locality (Localidad) |
Howrah
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,072,161 |Asia |
Lu’an
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,069,940 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Ottawa
|{{Flagu|Canada}} | align="right" |1,068,821 |North America |City |
Yongin
|{{Flagu|South Korea}} | align="right" |1,066,975 |Asia |Specific city (Si) |
Coimbatore
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,061,447 |Asia |
Managua
|{{Flagu|Nicaragua}} | align="right" |1,061,054 |North America |
Voronezh
|{{Flagu|Russia}} | align="right" |1,057,681 |Europe |Municipality (city) |
Zhangjiagang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,055,893 |Asia |County-level city (urban) |
Jabalpur
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,054,336 |Asia |
Gwalior
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,053,505 |Asia |
Vijayawada
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,048,240 |Asia |
Salé
|{{Flagu|Morocco}} | align="right" |1,048,000 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Changzhi
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,047,461 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Pingdingshan
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,045,966 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Goyang
|{{Flagu|South Korea}} | align="right" |1,045,497 |Asia |Specific city (Si) |
Bogor
|{{Flagu|Indonesia}} | align="right" |1,043,070 |Asia |City (Kota) |
Jinhua
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,040,948 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Mersin
|{{Flagu|Turkey}} | align="right" |1,040,507 |Asia |City |
São Luís
|{{Flagu|Brazil}} | align="right" |1,037,775 |South America |
Zhaoqing
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,035,810 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Asmara
|{{Flagu|Eritrea}} | align="right" |1,035,000 |Africa |Urban area |
Perm
|{{Flagu|Russia}} | align="right" |1,034,002 |Europe |Municipality (city) |
Jodhpur
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,033,918 |Asia |
Matola
|{{Flagu|Mozambique}} | align="right" |1,032,197 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Shangqiu
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,031,123 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Qiqihar
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,029,522 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Changwon
|{{Flagu|South Korea}} | align="right" |1,029,389 |Asia |Specific city (Si) |
Cartagena
|{{Flagu|Colombia}} | align="right" |1,028,736 |South America |
Volgograd
|{{Flagu|Russia}} | align="right" |1,028,036 |Europe |Municipality (city) |
Niamey
|{{Flagu|Niger}} | align="right" |1,026,848 |Africa |Municipality (city) |
Jinzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,021,478 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Tshikapa
|{{flagu|DR Congo}} | align="right" |1,020,468 |Africa |Urban area |
Liaocheng
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,020,430 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Madurai
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,016,885 |Asia |
Xinyang
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,014,843 |Asia |Prefecture-level city (urban) |
Yuyao
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,013,866 |Asia |County-level city (urban) |
Rui’an
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |1,012,731 |Asia |County-level city (urban) |
Edmonton
|{{Flagu|Canada}} | align="right" |1,010,899 |North America |City |
Odesa
|{{Flagu|Ukraine}} | align="right" |1,010,537 |Europe |Municipality (city) |
Raipur
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,010,087 |Asia |
Vientiane
|{{Flagu|Laos}} | align="right"|1,009,300 |Asia |
Kota
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |1,001,365 |Asia |
By country
This list is based on the data from the previous paragraph table. It excludes countries with only one city above one million inhabitants or has a city with at above five million inhabitants.
class="wikitable"
! !Country !Number of cities !Number of cities (At least 5 million inhabitants) !Number of cities (At least 10 million inhabitants) |
1
|{{Flag|China}} |130 |24 |7 |
2
|{{Flag|India}} |50 |6 |4 |
3
|{{Flag|Russia}} |16 |2 |1 |
4
|{{Flag|Brazil}} |15 |2 |1 |
5
|{{Flag|Indonesia}} |14 |1 |1 |
6
|{{Flag|Japan}} |12 |1 |1 |
7
|{{Flag|South Korea}} |11 |1 |0 |
rowspan="3" |8
|{{Flag|Mexico}} |10 |1 |0 |
{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|10 |2 |2 |
{{Flag|Turkey}}
|10 |2 |1 |
11
|{{Flag|United States}} |9 |1 |0 |
rowspan="2" |12
|{{Flag|Iran}} |8 |1 |0 |
{{Flag|Nigeria}}
|8 |1 |1 |
14
|{{Flag|DR Congo}} |7 |1 |1 |
rowspan="2" |15
|{{Flag|South Africa}} |6 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Taiwan}}
|6 |0 |0 |
rowspan="4" |17
|{{Flag|Australia}} |5 |2 |0 |
{{Flag|Canada}}
|5 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Colombia}}
|5 |1 |0 |
{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|5 |1 |0 |
rowspan="4" |21
|{{Flag|Egypt}} |4 |2 |0 |
{{Flag|Germany}}
|4 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Morocco}}
|4 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Philippines}}
|4 |0 |0 |
rowspan="8" |25
|{{Flag|Bangladesh}} |3 |1 |0 |
{{Flag|Iraq}}
|3 |1 |0 |
{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|3 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|3 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Sudan}}
|3 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|3 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|3 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|3 |0 |0 |
rowspan="13" |33
|{{Flag|Argentina}} |2 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Cameroon}}
|2 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|2 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Ghana}}
|2 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Italy}}
|2 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Kenya}}
|2 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Mozambique}}
|2 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|2 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Spain}}
|2 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Syria}}
|2 |0 |0 |
{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|2 |1 |0 |
{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|2 |1 |0 |
{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|2 |1 |0 |
rowspan="5" |46
|Peru |1 |1 |1 |
Angola
|1 |1 |0 |
Thailand
|1 |1 |0 |
Cote d'Ivoire
|1 |1 |0 |
Singapore
|1 |1 |0 |
List (top 20 by administrative boundaries)
The following table lists city administrations by population, including full population inside administrative boundaries for Chinese cities.{{Static row numbers}}
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!City !Country !Inhabitants !Area in km2 !People per km2 !Continent !Year !City definition |
Chongqing
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |32,054,159 | align="right" |82,403 | align="right" |389 |Asia |
Shanghai
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |24,870,895 | align="right" |6,200 | align="right" |4,011 |Asia |
Beijing
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |21,893,095 | align="right" |16,411 | align="right" |1,334 |Asia |
Chengdu
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |20,937,757 | align="right" |12,055 | align="right" |1,737 |Asia |
Delhi
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |20,591,874 | align="right" |1,484 | align="right" |13,875 |Asia |
Karachi
|{{Flagu|Pakistan}} | align="right" |20,382,881 | align="right" |3,527 | align="right" |5,779 |Asia |
Guangzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |18,676,605 | align="right" |7,434 | align="right" |2,512 |Asia |
Shenzhen
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |17,494,398 | align="right" |1,992 | align="right" |8,784 |Asia |
Istanbul
|{{Flagu|Turkey}} | align="right" |15,907,951 | align="right" |5,196 | align="right" |3,062 |Asia/Europe |
Kinshasa
|{{flagu|DR Congo}} | align="right" |14,565,700 | align="right" |9,965 | align="right" |1,462 |Africa |
Bengaluru
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |14,254,786 | align="right" |741 | align="right" |19,237 |Asia |
Tokyo
|{{JPN}} | align="right" |14,047,594 | align="right" |2,194 | align="right" |6,413 |Asia |
Tianjin
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |13,866,009 | align="right" |11,610 | align="right" |1,194 |Asia |
Mumbai
|{{Flagu|India}} | align="right" |13,127,825 | align="right" |603 | align="right" |21,770 |Asia |
Moscow
|{{Flagu|Russia}} | align="right" |13,010,112 | align="right" |2,510 | align="right" |5,183 |Europe |
Lahore
|{{Flagu|Pakistan}} | align="right" |13,004,135 | align="right" |1,772 | align="right" |7,339 |Asia |
Suzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |12,748,262 | align="right" |9,102 | align="right" |1,401 |Asia |
Zhengzhou
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |12,600,574 | align="right" |7,565 | align="right" |1,666 |Asia |
Wuhan
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |12,447,718 | align="right" |8,575 | align="right" |1,452 |Asia |
Xi’an
|{{Flagu|China}} | align="right" |12,183,280 | align="right" |10,107 | align="right" |1,205 |Asia |
See also
References
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