Cities ranked by population (people). Total resident population.
| # | City | Country | people | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai | China | 25M | |
| 2 | Beijing | China | 19M | |
| 3 | Shenzhen | China | 17M | |
| 4 | Guangzhou | China | 16M | |
| 5 | Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 16M | |
| 6 | Istanbul | Turkey | 16M | |
| 7 | Lagos | Nigeria | 15M |
Built from GeoNames. Higher values rank first. About this metric.
| 8 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 14M |
| 9 | Chengdu | China | 14M |
| 10 | Lahore | Pakistan | 13M |
| 11 | Mumbai | India | 13M |
| 12 | São Paulo | Brazil | 12M |
| 13 | Mexico City | Mexico | 12M |
| 14 | Karachi | Pakistan | 12M |
| 15 | Tianjin | China | 11M |
| 16 | Delhi | India | 11M |
| 17 | Wuhan | China | 10M |
| 18 | Moscow | Russia | 10M |
| 19 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 10M |
| 20 | Seoul | South Korea | 10M |
| 21 | Tokyo | Japan | 9.7M |
| 22 | Dongguan | China | 9.6M |
| 23 | Cairo | Egypt | 9.6M |
| 24 | Xi’an | China | 9.6M |
| 25 | Johannesburg | South Africa | 9.4M |
| 26 | Nanjing | China | 9.3M |
| 27 | Hangzhou | China | 9.2M |
| 28 | Foshan | China | 9.0M |
| 29 | London | United Kingdom | 9.0M |
| 30 | New York City | United States | 8.8M |
| 31 | Jakarta | Indonesia | 8.5M |
| 32 | Bengaluru | India | 8.5M |
| 33 | Hanoi | Vietnam | 8.1M |
| 34 | Taipei | Taiwan | 7.9M |
| 35 | Lima | Peru | 7.7M |
| 36 | Bogotá | Colombia | 7.7M |
| 37 | Chongqing | China | 7.5M |
| 38 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 7.4M |
| 39 | Baghdad | Iraq | 7.2M |
| 40 | Wuzhong | China | 7.2M |
| 41 | Qingdao | China | 7.2M |
| 42 | Tehran | Iran | 7.2M |
| 43 | Shenyang | China | 7.0M |
| 44 | Hyderabad | India | 7.0M |
| 45 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 6.7M |
| 46 | Suzhou | China | 6.7M |
| 47 | Ahmedabad | India | 6.4M |
| 48 | Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 6.3M |
| 49 | Pudong | China | 5.7M |
| 50 | Singapore | Singapore | 5.6M |
| 51 | Sydney | Australia | 5.6M |
| 52 | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 5.4M |
| 53 | Saint Petersburg | Russia | 5.4M |
| 54 | Melbourne | Australia | 5.4M |
| 55 | Alexandria | Egypt | 5.3M |
| 56 | Harbin | China | 5.2M |
| 57 | Bangkok | Thailand | 5.1M |
| 58 | Hefei | China | 5.0M |
| 59 | Dalian | China | 4.9M |
| 60 | Kano | Nigeria | 4.9M |
| 61 | Santiago | Chile | 4.8M |
| 62 | Cape Town | South Africa | 4.8M |
| 63 | Peshawar | Pakistan | 4.8M |
| 64 | Changchun | China | 4.7M |
| 65 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 4.7M |
| 66 | Chennai | India | 4.7M |
| 67 | Kolkata | India | 4.6M |
| 68 | Xiamen | China | 4.6M |
| 69 | Surat | India | 4.6M |
| 70 | Yangon | Myanmar | 4.5M |
| 71 | Bao'an | China | 4.5M |
| 72 | Kabul | Afghanistan | 4.4M |
| 73 | Nairobi | Kenya | 4.4M |
| 74 | Wuxi | China | 4.4M |
| 75 | Giza | Egypt | 4.4M |
| 76 | Jinan | China | 4.3M |
| 77 | Taiyuan | China | 4.3M |
| 78 | Zhengzhou | China | 4.3M |
| 79 | Bamako | Mali | 4.2M |
| 80 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 4.2M |
| 81 | New Taipei City | Taiwan | 4.0M |
| 82 | New Territories | Hong Kong | 4.0M |
| 83 | Shijiazhuang | China | 3.9M |
| 84 | Chattogram | Bangladesh | 3.9M |
| 85 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 3.9M |
| 86 | Kunming | China | 3.9M |
| 87 | Zhongshan | China | 3.8M |
| 88 | Nanning | China | 3.8M |
| 89 | Shantou | China | 3.8M |
| 90 | Los Angeles | United States | 3.8M |
| 91 | Faisalabad | Pakistan | 3.8M |
| 92 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 3.8M |
| 93 | Yokohama | Japan | 3.8M |
| 94 | Fuzhou | China | 3.7M |
| 95 | Ningbo | China | 3.7M |
| 96 | Casablanca | Morocco | 3.7M |
| 97 | Ibadan | Nigeria | 3.6M |
| 98 | Puyang | China | 3.6M |
| 99 | Ankara | Turkey | 3.5M |
| 100 | Shiyan | China | 3.5M |