List of largest cities in the world by population
Here are the 50 largest cities in the world by population, based on United Nations 2018 estimates
- Tokyo, Japan – 37.47 million
- Delhi, India – 28.51 million
- Shanghai, China – 25.58 million
- São Paulo, Brazil – 21.65 million
- Mexico City, Mexico – 21.58 million
- Cairo, Egypt – 20.08 million
- Mumbai, India – 19.98 million
- Beijing, China – 19.62 million
- Dhaka, Bangladesh – 19.38 million
- Osaka, Japan – 19.28 million
- New York City, USA – 18.82 million
- Tehran, Iran – 16.90 million
- Karachi, Pakistan – 15.40 million
- Kolkata, India – 15.33 million
- Buenos Aires, Argentina – 14.97 million
- Chongqing, China – 14.84 million
- Istanbul, Turkey – 14.75 million
- Manila, Philippines – 13.48 million
- Lagos, Nigeria – 13.46 million
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 13.29 million
- Tianjin, China – 13.22 million
- Kinshasa, DR Congo – 13.17 million
- Guangzhou, China – 12.64 million
- Los Angeles, USA – 12.46 million
- Moscow, Russia – 12.41 million
- Shenzhen, China – 11.91 million
- Lahore, Pakistan – 11.74 million
- Bengaluru, India – 11.44 million
- Paris, France – 10.90 million
- Bogotá, Colombia – 10.57 million
- Jakarta, Indonesia – 10.52 million
- Chennai, India – 10.46 million
- Lima, Peru – 10.39 million
- Bangkok, Thailand – 10.16 million
- Seoul, South Korea – 9.96 million
- Nagoya, Japan – 9.51 million
- Hyderabad, India – 9.48 million
- London, UK – 9.05 million
- Chicago, USA – 8.86 million
- Chengdu, China – 8.81 million
- Nanjing, China – 8.25 million
- Wuhan, China – 8.18 million
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – 8.15 million
- Luanda, Angola – 7.77 million
- Ahmedabad, India – 7.68 million
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 7.56 million
- Xi’an, China – 7.44 million
- Hong Kong, China – 7.43 million
- Dongguan, China – 7.36 million
- Hangzhou, China – 7.24 million
- Foshan, China – 7.24 million
- Shenyang, China – 6.92 million
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 6.91 million
- Baghdad, Iraq – 6.81 million
- Santiago, Chile – 6.68 million
- Surat, India – 6.56 million
- Madrid, Spain – 6.50 million
- Suzhou, China – 6.34 million
- Pune, India – 6.28 million
- Harbin, China – 6.12 million
- Houston, USA – 6.12 million
- Dallas, USA – 6.10 million
- Toronto, Canada – 6.08 million
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – 6.05 million
- Miami, USA – 6.04 million
- Belo Horizonte, Brazil – 5.97 million
- Singapore – 5.79 million
- Philadelphia, USA – 5.70 million
- Atlanta, USA – 5.57 million
- Fukuoka, Japan – 5.55 million
- Khartoum, Sudan – 5.53 million
- Barcelona, Spain – 5.49 million
- Johannesburg, South Africa – 5.49 million
- Saint Petersburg, Russia – 5.38 million
- Qingdao, China – 5.38 million
- Dalian, China – 5.30 million
- Washington DC, USA – 5.21 million
- Yangon, Myanmar – 5.16 million
- Alexandria, Egypt – 5.09 million
- Jinan, China – 5.05 million
- Guadalajara, Mexico – 5.02 million