The largest city by population using the metropolitan area
2022 Rankings
Rank | City | Country | Population |
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1 | Tokyo | Japan | 37,274,000 |
2 | Delhi | India | 32,066,000 |
3 | Shanghai | China | 28,517,000 |
4 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 22,478,000 |
5 | Sao Paulo | Brazil | 22,430,000 |
6 | Mexico City | Mexico | 22,085,000 |
7 | Cairo | Egypt | 21,750,000 |
8 | Beijing | China | 21,333,000 |
9 | Mumbai | India | 20,961,000 |
10 | Osaka | Japan | 19,060,000 |
11 | New York City | United States | 18,867,000 |
12 | Chongqing | China | 16,875,000 |
13 | Karachi | Pakistan | 16,840,000 |
14 | Istanbul | Turkey | 15,636,000 |
15 | Kinshasa | Republic of Congo | 15,628,000 |
16 | Lagos | Nigeria | 15,388,000 |
17 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 15,370,000 |
18 | Calcutta | India | 15,134,000 |
19 | Manila | Philippines | 14,406,000 |
20 | Tianjin | China | 14,012,000 |
21 | Guangzhou, Guangdong | China | 13,965,000 |
22 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 13,634,000 |
23 | Lahore | Pakistan | 13,542,000 |
24 | Bangalore | India | 13,193,000 |
25 | Shenzhen | China | 12,831,000 |
26 | Moscow | Russia | 12,641,000 |
27 | Los Angeles | United States | 12,488,000 |
28 | Madras | India | 11,503,000 |
29 | Bogota | Colombia | 11,344,000 |
30 | Paris | France | 11,142,000 |
31 | Jakarta | Indonesia | 11,075,000 |
32 | Lima | Peru | 11,045,000 |
33 | Bangkok | Thailand | 10,900,000 |
34 | Hyderabad | India | 10,534,000 |
35 | Seoul | South Korea | 9,976,000 |
36 | Nagoya | Japan | 9,572,000 |
37 | Chengdu | China | 9,479,000 |
38 | Nanjing, Jiangsu | China | 9,429,000 |
39 | Tehran | Iran | 9,382,000 |
40 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 9,077,000 |
41 | Luanda | Angola | 8,952,000 |
42 | Chicago | United States | 8,901,000 |
43 | Wuhan | China | 8,592,000 |
44 | Xian, Shaanxi | China | 8,538,000 |
45 | Ahmadabad | India | 8,450,000 |
46 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 8,420,000 |
47 | Hangzhou | China | 8,045,000 |
48 | Surat | India | 7,784,000 |
49 | Suzhou, Jiangsu | China | 7,764,000 |
50 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 7,643,000 |
51 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 7,538,000 |
52 | Shenyang | China | 7,528,000 |
53 | Baghdad | Iraq | 7,512,000 |
54 | Dongguan | China | 7,512,000 |
55 | Foshan | China | 7,497,000 |
56 | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 7,405,000 |
57 | Poona | India | 6,987,000 |
58 | Santiago | Chile | 6,857,000 |
59 | Madrid | Spain | 6,714,000 |
60 | Haerbin | China | 6,666,000 |
61 | Houston | United States | 6,603,000 |
62 | Dallas-Fort Worth | United States | 6,488,000 |
63 | Toronto | Canada | 6,313,000 |
64 | Miami | United States | 6,215,000 |
65 | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 6,194,000 |
66 | Khartoum | Sudan | 6,160,000 |
67 | Johannesburg | South Africa | 6,065,000 |
68 | Singapore | Singapore | 6,040,000 |
69 | Atlanta | United States | 6,013,000 |
70 | Dalian | China | 5,930,000 |
71 | Qingdao | China | 5,865,000 |
72 | Philadelphia | United States | 5,756,000 |
73 | Zhengzhou | China | 5,690,000 |
74 | Jinan, Shandong | China | 5,663,000 |
75 | Barcelona | Spain | 5,658,000 |
76 | Saint Petersburg | Russia | 5,536,000 |
77 | Abidjan | Cote dIvoire | 5,516,000 |
78 | Yangon | Myanmar | 5,514,000 |
79 | Kitakyushu-Fukuoka | Japan | 5,503,000 |
80 | Alexandria | Egypt | 5,484,000 |
81 | Washington DC | United States | 5,434,000 |
82 | Guadalajara | Mexico | 5,340,000 |
83 | Ankara | Turkey | 5,310,000 |
84 | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 5,253,000 |
85 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 5,228,000 |
86 | Melbourne | Australia | 5,151,000 |
87 | Nairobi | Kenya | 5,119,000 |
88 | Ha Noi | Vietnam | 5,067,000 |
89 | Sydney | Australia | 5,057,000 |
90 | Monterrey | Mexico | 5,037,000 |
91 | Changsha | China | 4,810,000 |
92 | Brasilia | Brazil | 4,804,000 |
93 | Cape Town | South Africa | 4,801,000 |
94 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 4,781,000 |
95 | Wulumqi | China | 4,710,000 |
96 | Kunming | China | 4,657,000 |
97 | Phoenix | United States | 4,652,000 |
98 | Changchun | China | 4,616,000 |
99 | Hefei | China | 4,496,000 |
100 | Shantou | China | 4,490,000 |
101 | Xinbei | Taiwan | 4,471,000 |
102 | Kabul | Afghanistan | 4,458,000 |
103 | Ningbo | China | 4,405,000 |
104 | Tel Aviv-Jaffa | Israel | 4,344,000 |
105 | Yaounde | Cameroon | 4,337,000 |
106 | Boston | United States | 4,327,000 |
107 | Rome | Italy | 4,298,000 |
108 | Shijiazhuang | China | 4,285,000 |
109 | Montreal | Canada | 4,277,000 |
110 | Recife | Brazil | 4,220,000 |
111 | Kano | Nigeria | 4,219,000 |
112 | Porto Alegre | Brazil | 4,185,000 |
113 | Fortaleza | Brazil | 4,164,000 |
114 | Jaipur | India | 4,107,000 |
115 | Nanning | China | 4,086,000 |
116 | Medellin | Colombia | 4,068,000 |
117 | Taiyuan, Shanxi | China | 4,061,000 |
118 | Ekurhuleni | South Africa | 4,045,000 |
119 | Douala | Cameroon | 3,927,000 |
120 | Calicut | India | 3,921,000 |
121 | Salvador | Brazil | 3,920,000 |
122 | Changzhou, Jiangsu | China | 3,869,000 |
123 | Xiamen | China | 3,863,000 |
124 | Lucknow | India | 3,854,000 |
125 | Fuzhou, Fujian | China | 3,844,000 |
126 | Casablanca | Morocco | 3,840,000 |
127 | Wenzhou | China | 3,825,000 |
128 | Nanchang | China | 3,818,000 |
129 | Malappuram | India | 3,816,000 |
130 | Curitiba | Brazil | 3,771,000 |
131 | Ibadan | Nigeria | 3,756,000 |
132 | Antananarivo | Madagascar | 3,700,000 |
133 | Tangshan, Hebei | China | 3,693,000 |
134 | Kampala | Uganda | 3,652,000 |
135 | Abuja | Nigeria | 3,652,000 |
136 | Kumasi | Ghana | 3,630,000 |
137 | Faisalabad | Pakistan | 3,625,000 |
138 | Bekasi | Indonesia | 3,622,000 |
139 | Berlin | Germany | 3,571,000 |
140 | Detroit | United States | 3,521,000 |
141 | Guiyang | China | 3,496,000 |
142 | Seattle | United States | 3,489,000 |
143 | Busan | South Korea | 3,468,000 |
144 | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 3,458,000 |
145 | Asuncion | Paraguay | 3,452,000 |
146 | Campinas | Brazil | 3,385,000 |
147 | Wuxi, Jiangsu | China | 3,376,000 |
148 | Thrissur | India | 3,351,000 |
149 | Dakar | Senegal | 3,326,000 |
150 | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 3,325,000 |