The largest cities in the

world - ranked 1 to 150

March 2018: The below table ranks cities by city population but also provide data on the size of metro areas. Capital letters denote national capital cities.





The research was carried out during 2017 and early 2018. For the population data, the researchers consulted numerous national and international sources and in cases of large statistical inconsistencies elected to publish cautious averages. The figures for city populations comprise the number of residents within the unified administrative areas of cities, while the data for metro populations include residents of urban areas that are socially, culturally and economically dependent on the core city.



Please note, there is no internationally agreed definition of metro areas. Readers and scholars are invited to inform of any discrepancies and/or provide missing facts and figures.





Largest cities in the world in 2018 (1 to 150)

World rank City

(caps denote capital cities) Country City population Metro population 1 Shanghai China 24,153,000 34,000,000 2 BEIJING China 18,590,000 24,900,000 3 Karachi Pakistan 18,000,000 27,506,000 4 Istanbul Turkey 14,657,000 14,804,000 5 DHAKA Bangladesh 14,543,000 18,898,000 6 TOKYO Japan 13,617,000 37,800,000 7 MOSCOW Russia 13,197,596 17,900,000 8 MANILA Philippines 12,877,000 22,710,000 9 Tianjin China 12,784,000 15,469,000 10 Mumbai (Bombay) India 12,400,000 27,750,000 11 Sao Paulo Brazil 12,038,000 21,243,000 12 Shenzhen China 11,908,000 11,980,000 13 Guangzhou China 11,548,000 14,044,000 14 DELHI India 11,035,000 26,454,000 15 Wuhan China 10,608,000 10,608,000 16 Lahore Pakistan 10,355,000 17 Seoul South Korea 10,290,000 25,600,000 18 Chengdu China 10,152,000 14,427,000 19 KINSHASA Congo D.R. 10,125,000 21,265,000 20 LIMA Peru 9,752,000 10,852,000 21 JAKARTA Indonesia 9,608,000 30,214,000 22 CAIRO Egypt 9,500,000 20,440,000 23 MEXICO CITY Mexico 8,919,000 20,400,000 24 TEHRAN Iran 8,847,000 15,233,000 25 BAGHDAD Iraq 8,765,000 26 Xian China 8,705,000 13,560,000 27 LONDON UK 8,674,000 13,880,000 28 New York City USA 8,550,000 23,724,000 29 Nanjing China 8,460,000 8,460,000 30 Bangalore India 8,444,000 8,729,000 31 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 8,426,000 10,050,000 32 BANGKOK Thailand 8,281,000 14,566,000 33 Chongquin China 8,165,500 18,380,000 34 BOGOTA Colombia 8,081,000 9,800,000 35 Lagos Nigeria 8,048,000 16,060,000 36 RIYADH Saudi Arabia 7,506,000 7,506,000 37 Hong Kong China 7,234,800 38 Chennai India 7,088,000 8,653,000 39 Hangzhou China 7,082,000 9,188,000 40 Hyderabad India 6,809,000 7,749,000 41 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 6,454,000 12,281,000 42 Zhengzhou China 6,406,000 9,468,000 43 Shenyang China 6,255,000 8,106,000 44 Qingdao China 6,188,000 9,046,000 45 SANTIAGO Chile 6,158,000 6,582,000 46 Dalian China 5,900,000 6,700,000 47 SINGAPORE Singapore 5,607,000 5,607,000 48 Ahmadabad India 5,577,000 6,357,000 49 Suzhou China 5,468,000 10,578,000 50 St Petersburg Russia 5,323,000 7,500,000 51 Harbin China 5,282,000 6,704,000 52 ANKARA Turkey 5,271,000 6,280,000 53 KHARTOUM Sudan 5,185,000 5,185,000 54 Yangon Myanmar (Burma) 5,160,000 7,360,000 55 Casablanca Morocco 5,118,000 6,861,000 56 Sydney Australia 5,005,000 5,005,000 57 Jinan China 4,694,000 7,068,000 58 Melbourne Australia 4,641,000 4,641,000 59 Changsha China 4,597,000 7,432,000 60 Kolkata India 4,497,000 14,618,000 61 Fuzhou China 4,468,000 7,200,000 62 Surat India 4,467,000 4,591,000 63 Abidjan Ivory Coast 4,396,000 4,707,000 64 DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania 4,364,000 4,364,000 65 Shiziahuang China 4,303,000 10,701,000 66 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 4,276,000 4,276,000 67 Faisalabad Pakistan 4,075,000 4,075,000 68 Nanning China 4,037,000 6,914,000 69 Alexandria Egypt 4,028,000 4,984,000 70 AMMAN Jordan 4,008,000 4,008,000 71 Los Angeles USA 3,976,000 13,131,000 72 Kunming China 3,891,000 6,626,000 73 Changchun China 3,815,000 7,674,000 74 Yokohama Japan 3,733,000 3,733,000 75 KABUL Afghanistan 3,678,000 3,678,000 76 BERLIN Germany 3,671,000 6,004,000 77 Giza Egypt 3,628,000 3,628,000 78 Urumqi China 3,550,000 3,550,000 79 Wuxi China 3,542,000 6,372,000 80 Busan South Korea 3,526,000 8,202,000 81 Guayaquil Ecuador 3,500,000 5,000,000 82 HANOI Vietnam 3,435,000 7.588,000 83 Hyderabad Pakistan 3,429,000 3,429,000 84 ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia 3,385,000 4,567,000 85 ALGIERS Algeria 3,336,000 5,000,000 86 Kano Nigeria 3,333,000 3,333,000 87 Mashhad Iran 3,312,000 3,372,000 88 Hefei China 3,310,000 5,484,000 89 Changzhou China 3,290,000 4,592,000 90 Taiyuan China 3,212,000 4,202,000 91 Rawalpindi Pakistan 3,189,000 3,189,000 92 Tangshan China 3,187,000 7,577,000 93 MADRID Spain 3,141,000 6,240,000 94 NAIROBI Kenya 3,138,000 6,547,000 95 Zibo China 3,129,000 4,131,000 96 Pune India 3,124,000 5,057,000 97 Ibadan Nigeria 3,050,000 3,520,000 98 Jaipur India 3,046,000 3,046,000 99 Guiyang China 3,037,000 4,024,000 100 Incheon South Korea 3,002,000 3,002,000 101 BRASILIA Brazil 2,978,000 2,978,000 102 TSHWANE (PRETORIA) South Africa 2,922,000 2,922,000 103 Kanpur India 2,920,000 4,152,000 104 Salvador Brazil 2,913,000 3,920,000 105 BUENOS AIRES Argentina 2,900,000 12,740,000 106 KIEV Ukraine 2,900,000 3,375,000 107 ROME Italy 2,877,000 4,353,000 108 Surabaya Indonesia 2,865,000 6,485,000 109 Izmir Turkey 2,848,000 4,113,000 110 Lucknow India 2,817,000 2,902,000 111 Basrah Iraq 2,750,000 2,750,000 112 Toronto Canada 2,731,000 5,928,000 113 Gujranwala Pakistan 2,723,000 2,723,000 114 Chicago USA 2,720,000 9.513.000 115 TAIPEI Taiwan 2,705,000 8,500,000 116 QUITO Ecuador 2,671,000 4,700,000 117 Osaka Japan 2,668,000 19,342,000 118 Xuzhou China 2,623,000 3,054,000 119 Fortaleza Brazil 2,610,000 4,019,000 120 Chittagong Bangladesh 2,581,000 4,009,000 121 PYONGYANG North Korea 2,581,000 2,581,000 122 Bandung Indonesia 2,575,000 8,465,000 123 Kaohsiung Taiwan 2,540,000 2,779,000 124 YAOUNDE Cameroon 2,535,000 2,765,000 125 Daegu South Korea 2,522,000 5,020,000 126 Taichung Taiwan 2,520,000 2,752,000 127 Belo Horizonte Brazil 2,502,000 5,156,000 128 Puebla Mexico 2,500,000 2,929,000 129 Douala Cameroon 2,447,000 3,000,000 130 Medellin Colombia 2,441,000 3,731,000 131 Nagpur India 2,405,000 2,498,000 132 Cali Colombia 2,401,000 3,400,000 133 Omdurman Sudan 2,396,000 2,396,000 134 Nanchang China 2,357,000 5,043,000 135 Brisbane Australia 2,350,000 3,500,000 136 Bursa Turkey 2,340,000 2,842,000 137 TASHKENT Uzbekistan 2,310,000 2,310,000 138 Houston USA 2,296,000 6,313,000 139 Nagoya Japan 2,283,000 9,107,000 140 MOGADISHU Somalia 2,265,000 2,265,000 141 Isfahen Iran 2,243,000 3,793,000 142 PARIS France 2,230,000 12,405,000 143 ACCRA Ghana 2,227,000 4,000,000 144 MANAGUA Nicaragua 2,206,000 2,561,000 145 Kowloon China 2,204,000 2,204,000 146 Lanzhou China 2,177,000 3,616,000 147 Baku Azerbaijan 2,122,000 2,724,000 148 GUATAMALA CITY Guatemala 2,110,000 4,500,000 149 LUANDA Angola 2,108,000 2,825,000 150 BUCHAREST Romania 2,106,000 2,281,000 NEXT





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