Cities proper by population[edit] This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. Please observe the definition of the list when adding or editing entries. Rank City Image Population Definition Total Area (km²) Population density (/km²) Country 1 Tokyo Skyscrapers of Shinjuku 2009 January (revised).jpg 9,071,577[5] 23 Special Wards (tokubetsu-ku) 622.99[6] 14,562 Japan 2 Delhi Skyscrapers connaught place New Delhi.JPG 11,007,835[7] National Capital Region[8] 431.09 25,535 India 3 Beijing View of Beijing.jpg 21,150,000[9] Direct-controlled Municipality[10] 16,410.54 1,288 China 4 Lagos Lagos, Nigeria 57991.jpg 16,060,307[11][12] Local Government Areas (LGAs)[13][14] 999.58[15] 16,067 Nigeria 5 Istanbul Halic.png 14,160,467[16] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[17] 2,189.79[18] 6,467 Turkey 6 Guangzhou Pearl River Night Cruise.jpg 12,700,800[19] Sub-Provincial City[20] 3,843.43 3,305 China 7 Mumbai Mumbai skyline88907.jpg 12,478,447[7] Municipal Corporation[21] 603.4 20,680 India 8 Moscow MIBC 12th June 2014.jpg 12,111,194[22] Federal City[23][24] 2,510.12[25] 4,825 Russia 9 São Paulo Radial Leste.jpg 11,821,873[26] Municipality City[27] 1,521.11[28] 7,772 Brazil 10 Lahore Kalma Underpass1.jpg 11,318,745[29] City District 1,772[29] 3,566 Pakistan 11 Karachi Karachi downtown.jpeg 23,500,000[30][full citation needed] City District Government[31] 3,527 5,994 Pakistan 12 Shenzhen Shenzhen night street.JPG 10,467,400[32] Sub-Provincial City 1,991.64[33] 5,255 China 13 Seoul Seoul dusk2.jpg 10,388,055[34] Special City 605.21[35] 17,164 South Korea 14 Jakarta Jakarta Car Free Day.jpg 9,988,329[36] Capital Region - Five Kota[37] 664.12 15,040 Indonesia 15 Lima Lima Plaza Mayor1 cropped.jpg 9,751,717[38][39] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[40] 933.63[41] 9,489 Peru 16 Kinshasa Kinshasa-Gombe, from CCIC.JPG 9,735,000[42][43][full citation needed] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[44] 1,117.62[45] 8,710 Democratic Republic of the Congo 17 Tianjin 天津南京路滨江道交口.jpg 9,341,844[46] Direct-controlled Municipality[47] 4,037[48] 2,314 China 18 Shanghai Shanghai - Pudong - Lujiazui.jpg 24,150,000[49] Direct-controlled Municipality[50][51] 6,340.5 3,800 China 19 Cairo Kairo 001.jpg 8,922,949[52] Governorate[53] 3,085.1[54] 2,892 Egypt 20 Dhaka Dhaka-Bangladesh.jpg 12,043,977[55] City Corporation[56] 302.92[57][58] 29,401 Bangladesh 21 Mexico City Ciudad.de.Mexico.City.Distrito.Federal.DF.Paseo.Reforma.Skyline.jpg 8,874,724[59] Federal District 1,485.49[60] 5,974 Mexico 21 Bangalore UB City.jpg 8,425,970[7] Municipal Corporation 709.5[61] 11,876 India 22 London Canary Wharf Skyline 2, London UK - Oct 2012.jpg 8,416,535[62] Greater London Authority[63] 1,572.15 5,354 United Kingdom 23 New York City LowerManhattanSept2013.png 8,405,837[64] Five Boroughs[65] 783.84 10,724 United States 24 Bangkok The Baiyoke Tower II in Bangkok, Thailand.jpg 8,280,925[66] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[67] 1,568.74 5,280 Thailand 25 Dongguan Dongguan Avenue (CBD) 2010.jpg 8,220,207[68] Sub-Provincial City 2,469.4 3,329 China 26 Tehran Tehran tower view.jpg 8,154,051[69] City Municipality[70] 686[71] 11,886 Iran 27 Bogotá Centro-Internacional-Bogotá.jpg 7,776,845[72] Capital District[73] 859.11[74][75] 9,052 Colombia 28 Ho Chi Minh City Một khúc sông Sài Gòn.JPG 7,681,700[76] Metropolitan Municipality-Province 2,095.6[77] 3,667 Vietnam 29 Hong Kong Hong Kong view from The Peak 01.jpg 7,219,700[78] Special Administrative Region 1,104.43[79] 6,537 China 30 Baghdad Haifa street, as seen from the medical city hospital across the tigres.jpg 7,180,889[80] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[81] 4,555[82] 1,577 Iraq 31 Wuhan Wuchang-Uprising-Memorial-Square-0127.jpg 6,886,253[83] Sub-Provincial City[84] 1,327.61[85] 5,187 China 32 Hanoi Hanoi Cityscape.jpg 6,844,100[76] Metropolitan Municipality-Province 3,323.6[77] 2,059 Vietnam 33 Hyderabad Hydabada.jpg 6,809,970[7] Municipal Corporation 621.48[86] 10,958 India 34 Rio de Janeiro Vista aérea Centro do Rio de Janeiro RJ.jpg 6,429,923[26] Municipality City 1,200.27[28] 5,357 Brazil 36 Foshan Downtown of Guicheng.jpg 6,151,622[87][88] Sub-Provincial City 2,034.62[89] 3,023 China 37 Santiago Santiago de Chile.jpg 5,743,719[90] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[91] 1,249.9 4,595 Chile 38 Riyadh Riyadh 1337.jpg 5,676,621[92] Municipality City[93] 1,233.98[94] 4,600 Saudi Arabia 39 Ahmedabad Amdavad Aerial.jpg 5,570,585[7] Municipal Corporation 475 11,727 India 40 Singapore Singapore CBD skyline from Esplanade at dusk.jpg 5,399,200[95] City State 712.4 7,579 Singapore 41 Shantou China-shantou03.jpg 5,391,028[96] Sub-Provincial City 2,064.42 2,611 China 42 Luanda Marginal Avenida 4 de Fevreiro Luanda March 2013 05 (cropped).JPG 5,278,800[97] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[98] 2,180.29[99] 2,421 Angola 43 Saint Petersburg Petersburg-square.jpg 5,131,967[100] Federal City 1,439[25] 3,566 Russia 44 Abidjan Plateau Centre-est.jpg 4,765,000[42] Department/City District 2,119[101] 2,249 Ivory Coast 45 Chengdu Tianfusquare.jpg 4,741,929[102] Sub-Provincial City 421[102] 11,260 China 46 Yangon Downtown Yangon (2006).jpg 4,714,000[103] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[104] 598.75[105] 7,873 Burma 47 Chennai Southern Railway HQ.jpg 4,681,087[106] Municipal Corporation[107] 426.51[108] 21,057 India 48 Sydney Sydney Harbour01.jpg 4,676,118[109] Municipality 2,036.55 1,919 Australia 49 Alexandria Flickr - Daveness 98 - Is this really Africa.jpg 4,616,625[52] Governorate 2,300[110][111] 2,007 Egypt 50 Chongqing Chongqing Night Yuzhong.jpg 4,513,137[112] Direct-controlled Municipality[113] 1,435.07 3,145 China 51 Kolkata Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata.jpg 4,486,679[7] Municipal Corporation 200.7 24,252 India 52 Xian Xian erhuan southeast.JPG 8,467,837[114] Sub-Provincial City[115] 832.17 5,388 China 53 Surat GauravPath1.jpg 4,462,002[7] Municipal Corporation 326.515[116] 13,666 India 54 Johannesburg Johannesburg CBD.jpg 4,434,827[117] Municipality City 1,644.98 2,696 South Africa 55 Nanjing 紫峰大厦.jpeg 4,393,857[118] Sub-Provincial City 742.85 5,915 China 56 Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam aerial.jpg 4,364,541[119] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[120] 1,631.12[121] 2,676 Tanzania 57 Ankara Ankara and mosque wza.jpg 4,360,438[122] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[123] 1,910.92 2,282 Turkey 58 Suzhou China Suzhou Jinjihu Lake.jpg 4,327,066[124] Sub-Provincial City[125] 1,649.72[126] 2,526 China 59 Harbin Tower at Harbin Ice and Snow Festival 2012.jpg 4,280,701[127][128] Sub-Provincial City 1,718.2[129] 2,491.4 China 60 Melbourne Melbourne by night.jpg 4,252,458[109] Municipality 9,990.5[130] 1,458 Australia 61 Giza Egipt 383.jpg 4,239,988[131] Governorate[132] 289.08 14,667 Egypt 62 Zhengzhou Hnyszx.png 4,122,087[133] Sub-Provincial City[134] 1,015.66 4,059 China 63 New Taipei City Roctpchall.jpg 3,954,929[135] Special Municipality 2,052.57[136] 1,927 Republic of China (Taiwan) 64 Los Angeles LA Skyline Mountains2.jpg 3,884,307[64] Municipality City[137] 1,213.85 3,178 United States 65 Cape Town Central Cape Town.jpg 3,740,026[117] Municipality City 2,444.97 1,530 South Africa 66 Shenyang Shenyang Zentrum.jpg 3,717,098[138] Sub-Provincial City 166 22,392 China 67 Yokohama Minato Mirai In Blue.jpg 3,680,267[139] Municipality City 437.38 8,414 Japan 68 Busan August Afternoon in Haeundae 2.jpg 3,590,101[140] Municipality City 766.12[140] 4,686 South Korea 69 Hangzhou Hangzhou-yellow-dragon-stad.jpg 3,560,391[141] Sub-Provincial City 728.19[141] 4,889 China 70 Xiamen Buddhism library.jpg 3,531,347[142] Sub-Provincial City 1,699 2,078 China 71 Quanzhou Lingshan Islamic Cemetery - city view - DSCF8486.JPG 3,520,846[143] Sub-Provincial City 1,062 3,315 China 72 Berlin PotsdamerPlatz Vogelperspektive 2004 1.jpg 3,517,424[144] City State 891.75 3,944 Germany 73 Jeddah Jeddeh4.jpg 3,456,259[145] Municipality City 1,765[146] 1,958 Saudi Arabia 74 Durban VWestDurban.jpg 3,442,361[117] Municipality City 2,291.31 1,502 South Africa 75 Kabul Khair Khana in 2012.jpg 3,414,100[147] Municipality City 275 12,415 Afghanistan 76 Hefei Hefei-yejing1.jpg 3,352,076[148] Sub-Provincial City[149] 838.52 3,998 China 77 Pyongyang 0322 Pyongyang Turm der Juche Idee Aussicht.jpg 3,255,388[150] Direct-controlled Municipality 2,113[151] 1,541 North Korea 78 Madrid Gran Vía (Madrid) 1.jpg 3,207,247[152] Municipality City 605.77 5,294 Spain 79 Ekurhuleni Germiston CBD.jpg 3,178,470[117] Municipality City 1,975.31 1,609 South Africa 80 Nairobi NBO5.jpg 3,138,369[153] Capital District 694.9 4,516 Kenya 81 Pune AmonoraTownCentre.jpg 3,115,431[7] Municipal Corporation 450.69 6,913 India 82 Addis Ababa Aerials Ethiopia 2009-08-27 15-26-13.JPG 3,103,673[154] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[155] 526.99 5,889 Ethiopia 83 Changsha The Huángxīng Lù Commercial Pedestrian Street in Changsha.jpg 3,093,980 Sub-Provincial City[156] 969 3,193 China 84 Jaipur DSCN1444.JPG 3,073,350[7] Municipal Corporation 485 6,337 India 85 Wenzhou Shopping street in Wenzhou.jpg 3,039,439[157] Sub-Provincial City[158] 1,187.88 2,559 China
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