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123 most populous cities in the world
Based on data for 2024
List format: population | city name (country name)
- 37'115'000 Tokyo (Japan)
- 33'807'400 Delhi (India)
- 29'867'900 Shanghai (China)
- 23'935'700 Dhaka (Bangladesh)
- 22'806'700 Sao Paulo (Brazil)
- 22'623'900 Cairo (Egypt)
- 22'505'300 Mexico City (Mexico)
- 22'189'100 Beijing (China)
- 21'673'100 Mumbai (India)
- 18'967'500 Osaka (Japan)
- 17'773'900 Chongqing (China)
- 17'648'600 Karachi (Pakistan)
- 17'032'300 Kinshasa (DR Congo)
- 16'536'000 Lagos (Nigeria)
- 16'047'400 Istanbul (Turkey)
- 15'618'300 Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- 15'570'800 Kolkata (India)
- 14'942'000 Manila (Philippines)
- 14'590'100 Guangzhou (China)
- 14'470'900 Tianjin (China)
- 14'407'100 Lahore (Pakistan)
- 14'008'300 Bangalore (India)
- 13'824'300 Rio De Janeiro (Brazil)
- 13'311'900 Shenzhen (China)
- 12'712'300 Moscow (Russia)
- 12'053'700 Chennai (India)
- 11'658'200 Bogota (Colombia)
- 11'436'000 Jakarta (Indonesia)
- 11'361'900 Lima (Peru)
- 11'276'700 Paris (France)
- 11'233'900 Bangkok (Thailand)
- 11'068'900 Hyderabad (India)
- 10'004'800 Seoul (South Korea)
- 9'947'550 Nanjing (China)
- 9'828'110 Chengdu (China)
- 9'748'030 London (United Kingdom)
- 9'651'030 Luanda (Angola)
- 9'616'010 Tehran (Iran)
- 9'567'660 Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
- 9'556'880 Nagoya (Japan)
- 9'013'840 Xi An (China)
- 8'854'440 Ahmedabad (India)
- 8'850'850 Wuhan (China)
- 8'815'630 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
- 8'419'840 Hangzhou (China)
- 8'350'620 Suzhou (China)
- 8'330'530 Surat (India)
- 8'161'230 Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania)
- 8'097'282 New York City (United States)
- 7'921'130 Baghdad (Iraq)
- 7'830'380 Shenyang (China)
- 7'820'550 Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
- 7'725'860 Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
- 7'704'940 Foshan (China)
- 7'675'150 Dongguan (China)
- 7'345'850 Pune (India)
- 6'950'950 Santiago (Chile)
- 6'938'010 Haerbin (China)
- 6'783'240 Madrid (Spain)
- 6'542'070 Khartoum (Sudan)
- 6'431'430 Toronto (Canada)
- 6'324'350 Johannesburg (South Africa)
- 6'300'410 Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
- 6'217'490 Dalian (China)
- 6'119'200 Singapore (Singapore)
- 6'104'600 Qingdao (China)
- 6'014'890 Zhengzhou (China)
- 5'940'700 Ji Nan Shandong (China)
- 5'866'700 Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
- 5'711'920 Barcelona (Spain)
- 5'709'680 Yangon (Myanmar)
- 5'703'630 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
- 5'696'130 Alexandria (Egypt)
- 5'581'710 Saint Petersburg (Russia)
- 5'541'170 Nairobi (Kenya)
- 5'513'610 Chittagong (Bangladesh)
- 5'499'680 Guadalajara (Mexico)
- 5'478'080 Fukuoka (Japan)
- 5'477'090 Ankara (Turkey)
- 5'431'800 Hanoi (Vietnam)
- 5'315'600 Melbourne (Australia)
- 5'195'360 Monterrey (Mexico)
- 5'184'900 Sydney (Australia)
- 5'027'980 Changsha (China)
- 5'005'960 Urumqi (China)
- 4'977'830 Cape Town (South Africa)
- 4'943'210 Jiddah (Saudi Arabia)
- 4'935'270 Brasilia (Brazil)
- 4'861'080 Kunming (China)
- 4'802'450 Changchun (China)
- 4'728'380 Kabul (Afghanistan)
- 4'727'290 Hefei (China)
- 4'681'770 Yaounde (Cameroon)
- 4'659'830 Ningbo (China)
- 4'656'520 Shantou (China)
- 4'534'880 New Taipei (Taiwan)
- 4'495'730 Tel Aviv (Israel)
- 4'490'730 Kano (Nigeria)
- 4'454'130 Shijiazhuang (China)
- 4'341'640 Montreal (Canada)
- 4'331'970 Rome (Italy)
- 4'308'510 Jaipur (India)
- 4'305'130 Recife (Brazil)
- 4'291'460 Nanning (China)
- 4'246'400 Fortaleza (Brazil)
- 4'243'960 Kozhikode (India)
- 4'239'870 Porto Alegre (Brazil)
- 4'226'780 Taiyuan Shanxi (China)
- 4'203'110 Douala (Cameroon)
- 4'190'830 Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
- 4'184'920 Malappuram (India)
- 4'137'390 Medellin (Colombia)
- 4'085'500 Changzhou (China)
- 4'050'830 Kampala (Uganda)
- 4'048'670 Antananarivo (Madagascar)
- 4'038'210 Lucknow (India)
- 4'025'740 Abuja (Nigeria)
- 4'016'040 Nanchang (China)
- 4'009'530 Wenzhou (China)
- 4'007'470 Xiamen (China)
- 4'004'320 Ibadan (Nigeria)
- 3'998'750 Fuzhou Fujian (China)
- 3'994'980 Salvador (Brazil)
Sources: World Population Review, World Urbanization Prospects (United Nations)
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