Most populous cities in the world — the full ranked list
The complete ranking of most populous cities in the world, in order, with what the ranking counts and how firm the figures behind it are. Free reference, no sign-up — and the guessing game that plays the same list.
By urban agglomeration — the built-up area, not the council boundary. That choice is why Tokyo leads and why some Chinese municipalities sit lower here than their headline figures suggest.
The figures behind this ranking move over time, so the order is right for now rather than fixed.
100 entries, in order.
- Tokyo
- Delhi
- Shanghai
- Dhaka
- Sao Paulo
- Cairo
- Mexico City
- Beijing
- Mumbai
- Osaka
- Karachi
- Chongqing
- Istanbul
- Buenos Aires
- Kolkata
- Lagos
- Kinshasa
- Manila
- Tianjin
- Rio de Janeiro
- Guangzhou
- Lahore
- Moscow
- Shenzhen
- Bengaluru
- Paris
- Bogota
- Jakarta
- Chennai
- Lima
- Bangkok
- Seoul
- Nagoya
- Hyderabad
- London
- Tehran
- Chicago
- Chengdu
- Nanjing
- Wuhan
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Luanda
- Ahmedabad
- Kuala Lumpur
- Xian
- Hong Kong
- Dongguan
- Hangzhou
- Foshan
- Shenyang
- Riyadh
- Baghdad
- Santiago
- Surat
- Madrid
- Suzhou
- Pune
- Harbin
- Houston
- Dallas
- Toronto
- Dar es Salaam
- Miami
- Belo Horizonte
- Singapore
- Philadelphia
- Atlanta
- Fukuoka
- Khartoum
- Barcelona
- Johannesburg
- Saint Petersburg
- Qingdao
- Dalian
- Washington
- Yangon
- Alexandria
- Jinan
- Guadalajara
- Ankara
- Chittagong
- Addis Ababa
- Melbourne
- Nairobi
- Hanoi
- Sydney
- Monterrey
- Changsha
- Brasilia
- Cape Town
- Jeddah
- Kanpur
- Kabul
- Zhengzhou
- Recife
- Abidjan
- Kunming
- Salvador
- Xiamen
- Ibadan
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