The 100 largest cities in the world

The 100 largest Cities in the world. The ranking takes into account figures available in 2013.

Ranking City Inhabitants (date of data) Country

1 Tokyo 37,730,064 (2012) Japan
2 Mexico 23,293,783 (2013) Mexico
3 Seoul 22,692,652 (2013) South Korea
4 New York 22,214,083 (2013) the United States
5 Mumbai (Bombay) 21,900,967 (2013) India
6 São Paulo 20,853,705 (2013) Brazil
7 Beijing (Beijing) 20,690,000 (2013) China
8 Shanghai 19,904,400 (2013) China
9 Manila 19,888,419 (2011) Philippines
10 Bangkok (Krung Thep) 18,927,786 (2011) Thailand
11 Delhi 18,916,890 (2013) India
12 Jakarta 18,588,548 (2013) Indonesia
13 Los Angeles 18,081,569 (2013) in the United States
14 Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe 17,409,585 (2012) Japan
15 Cairo 16,429,199 (2013) Egypt
16 Kolkata (Calcutta) 15,644,040 (2013) India
17 Lagos 14 949 193 (2013) Nigeria
18 Moscow 14,837,510 (2013) Russia
19 Istanbul 14,350,423 (2012) Turkey
20 Buenos Aires 14,235,106 (2012) Argentina
21 Tehran 13,828,365 (2012) Iran
22 Dhaka 13 240 743 (2012) Bangladesh
23 Karachi 13 205 339 (2012) Pakistan
24 Gauteng 13,084,543 (2012) South Africa
25 London 12,448,448 (2013) United Kingdom
26 Paris 12,223,100 (2013) France
27 Rio de Janeiro 12,140,906 (2013) Brazil
28 Ruhr 11,668,585 (2013) Germany
29 Kinshasa 11,239,463 (2013) Democratic Republic of Congo
30 Baghdad 10,634,225 (2012) Iraq
31 Lima 10,523,796 (2013) Peru
32 Shenzhen 10,357,938 (2013) China
33 Chicago 9,729,825 (2013) in the United States
34 Hong Kong (Xianggang) 9,565,291 (2013) China
35 Khartoum 8,940,991 (2013) Sudan
36 Nagoya 8,852,544 (2012) Japan
37 Washington 8,718,083 (2013) in the United States
38 Taipei 8,707,049 (2011) Taiwan
39 Bogota 8,423,837 (2010) Colombia
40 Kuala Lumpur 8 063 230 (2011) Malaysia
41 Chongqing 8 016 232 (2013) China
42 Boston 7,601,061 (2013) the United States
43 San Francisco – San José 7,563,460 (2013) in the United States
44 Chennai (Madras) 7,413,779 (2013) India
45 Lahore 7 129 609 (2012) Pakistan
46 Dallas – Fort Worth 6,887,383 (2013) in the United States
47 Milan 6,769,497 (2013) Italy
48 Shenyang 6,761,964 (2013) China
49 Randstad 6,579,720 (2013) Netherlands
50 Tianjin 6,564,969 (2013) China
51 Bangalore 6,562,408 (2013) India
52 Philadelphia 6,562,287 (2013) in the United States
53 Algiers 6,488,795 (2012) Algeria
54 Singapore 6,416,913 (2012) Singapore
55 Hyderabad 6,383,850 (2013) India
56 Ho Chi Minh City 6,369,142 (2012) Vietnam
57 Santiago 6,328,317 (2011) Chile
58 Madrid 6,321,398 (2013) Spain
59 Bandung 6,234,944 (2013), Indonesia
60 Houston 6,191,434 (2013) in the United States
61 Abidjan 6,169,102 (2011) Côte d’Ivoire
62 Toronto 5,941,488 (2013) Canada
63 Ibadan 5,881,345 (2013) Nigeria
64 Guangzhou 5,869,170 (2013) China
65 Belo Horizonte 5,737,729 (2013) Brazil
66 Atlanta 5,712,148 (2013) in the United States
67 Miami 5,670,125 (2013) in the United States
68 Xian 5,624,154 (2013) China
69 Pune 5,518,688 (2013) India
70 Hangzhou 5,441,742 (2013) China
71 Ahmadabad 5,413,622 (2013) India
72 San Diego – Tijuana 5,271,078 (2013) in the United States
73 Detroit 5,207,434 (2013) in the United States
74 Harbin 5,125,689 (2013) China
75 Cape Town (legislative capital) 5,083,934 (2012) South Africa
76 Rangoon 5,032,190 (2011) Burma (Myanmar)
77 Barcelona 4,971,701 (2013) Spain
78 Kano 4,956,615 (2013) Nigeria
79 Dubai 4,912,670 (2012) United Arab Emirates
80 Riyadh 4,878,473 (2011) Saudi Arabia
81 Shantou 4,877,605 (2013) China
82 Wuhan 4,847,833 (2013) China
83 Luanda 4 812 959 (2012) Angola
84 St. Petersburg 4,798,526 (2013) Russia
85 Chengdu 4 763 652 (2013) China
86 Busan 4,705,153 (2013) South Korea
87 Nanjing 4 668 152 (2013) China
88 Alexandria 4,594,360 (2013) Egypt
89 Nairobi 4 522 805 (2013) Kenya
90 Sydney 4,504,469 (2013) Australia
91 Berlin 4,442,939 (2013) Germany
92 Ankara 4,393,071 (2012) Turkey
93 Fukuoka-Kitakyushu 4,293,873 (2012) Japan
94 Seattle 4,269,349 (2013) in the United States
95 Rome 4,264,595 (2013) Italy
96 Phoenix 4,263,236 (2013) the United States
97 Caracas 4,259,737 (2013) Venezuela
98 Manchester-Liverpool 4,230,294 (2013) United Kingdom
99 Guadalajara 4,205,153 (2013) Mexico
100 Medan 4,180,931 (2013) Indonesia

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6 thoughts on “The 100 largest cities in the world

  1. This classification of agglomerations seems to me to be well harmonized at the global level; the ideal would be to update it. Alain Lelievre 9 r at puns 22420 Le Vieux Marche

  2. Classification of agglomerations and not of cities… The intramural population is much lower, in Tokyo for example there are hardly more than 9 million inhabitants…

  3. I am of Congolese nationality but with this classification I do not agree

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