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Largest cities

There are 81 cities with an urban population over 5,000,000 people according to the United Nations 2018 population estimates. [1]

City [a] Country Skyline Urban agglomeration
(UN 2018
population estimates) [1] 		City proper [b] Metropolitan area [c] Urban area
(Demographia) [2]
Definition Population Area
(km2) 		Population Area
(km2) 		Population Area
(km2)
Tokyo   Japan 37,400,068 Metropolis prefecture 13,515,271 [3] 2,191 [3] 37,274,000 [4] 13,452 [4] 38,505,000 8,223 [d]
Delhi   India 28,514,000 National capital territory 16,753,235 [5] 1,484 29,000,000 [6] 3,483 [6] 28,125,000 2,240 [e]
Shanghai   China 25,582,000 Municipality 24,183,000 [7] 6,341 — — 22,125,000 4,015 [f]
São Paulo   Brazil 21,650,000 Municipality 12,252,023 [8] 1,521 21,734,682 [9] 7,947 20,935,000 3,043 [g]
Mexico City   Mexico 21,581,000 City-state 8,918,653 [10] 1,485 20,892,724 [11] 7,854 20,395,000 2,370
Cairo   Egypt 20,076,000 Urban governorate 9,500,000 [12] 3,085 — — 16,925,000 1,917
Mumbai   India 19,980,000 Municipality 12,478,447 [13] 603 24,400,000 [14] 4,355 [15] 23,645,000 881 [h]
Beijing   China 19,618,000 Municipality 21,707,000 [7] 16,411 — — 19,430,000 4,144
Dhaka   Bangladesh 19,578,000 Capital city 14,399,000 [16] 338 [17] 14,543,124 [16] 18,595,000 453
Osaka   Japan 19,281,000 Designated city 2,725,006 [3] 225 [3] 19,303,000 [4] 13,228 [4] 17,150,000 3,004 [i]
New York City   United States 18,819,000 City 8,398,748 [18] 786 19,303,808 [19] 17,315 21,045,000 11,875 [j]
Karachi   Pakistan 15,400,000 Metropolitan city 14,910,352 [20] 3,780 16,900,000 1,036
Buenos Aires   Argentina 14,967,000 Autonomous city 3,054,300 [21] 203 12,806,866 [22] 15,130,000 3,212
Chongqing   China 14,838,000 Municipality 30,165,500 [23] 82,403 — — 8,300,000 1,489
Istanbul   Turkey 14,751,000 Metropolitan municipality 15,029,231 [24] 5,196 — — 13,860,000 1,360
Kolkata   India 14,681,000 Municipality 4,496,694 [25] 205 14,035,959 [26] 1,851 [27] 15,215,000 1,347
Manila   Philippines 13,482,000 Capital city 1,780,148 [28] 43 12,877,253 [28] 620 25,065,000 1,813 [k]
Lagos   Nigeria 13,463,000 — [l] — — 21,000,000 [29] 1,171 [29] 14,630,000 1,943
Rio de Janeiro   Brazil 13,293,000 Municipality 6,520,000 [30] 1,221 12,644,321 [31] 5,327 12,070,000 1,917
Tianjin   China 13,215,000 Municipality 15,569,000 [7] 11,920 — — 13,035,000 2,771
Kinshasa   DR Congo 13,171,000 City-province 11,462,000 [32] 9,965 12,960,000 583
Guangzhou   China 12,638,000 City ( sub-provincial) 14,498,400 [7] 7,434 — — 20,130,000 3,885 [m]
Los Angeles   United States 12,458,000 City 3,990,456 [18] 1,214 13,291,486 [33] 12,559 6,299
Moscow   Russia 12,410,000 Federal city 13,200,000 [34] 2,511 [35] — — 5,698
Shenzhen   China 11,908,000 City ( sub-provincial) 12,528,300 [7] 2,050 — — 1,748
Lahore   Pakistan 11,738,000 Metropolitan city 11,126,000 [20] 1,772 896
Bangalore   India 11,440,000 Municipality 8,443,675 [36] 709 1,166
Paris   France 10,901,000 Capital city 2,148,271 [37] 105 12,244,807 [38] 2,845
Bogotá   Colombia 10,574,000 Capital District 7,963,000 [39] 1,587 585
Jakarta   Indonesia 10,517,000 Special capital region 10,154,134 [40] 664 [40] 33,430,285 [41] 7,063 [41] 3,367 [n]
Chennai   India 10,456,000 Municipality 6,727,000 [42] 426 [43] 1,049
Lima   Peru 10,391,000 Metropolitan municipality 8,894,000 [44] 2,672 9,569,468 [45] 2,819 894
Bangkok   Thailand 10,156,000 Special administrative area 5,782,000 [46] 1,569 16,255,900 [47] 7,762 [48] 3,043
Seoul   South Korea 9,963,000 Special city 9,806,000 [49] 605 25,514,000 [50] 11,704 2,745 [o]
Nagoya   Japan 9,507,000 Designated city 2,320,361 [3] 326 [3] 9,363,000 [4] 7,271 [4] 3,704
Hyderabad   India 9,482,000 Municipality 6,993,262 [51] 650 [52] 1,230
London   United Kingdom 9,046,000 Capital city 8,825,001 [53] 1,572 14,372,596 [38] 1,738
Tehran   Iran 8,896,000 Capital city 9,033,003 [54] 751 [55] 1,943
Chicago   United States 8,864,000 City 2,705,994 [18] 589 9,498,716 [56] 18,640 6,856
Chengdu   China 8,813,000 City ( sub-provincial) 16,044,700 [7] 14,378 — — 1,813
Nanjing   China 8,245,000 City ( sub-provincial) 7,260,000 [57] 6,582 — — 1,489
Wuhan   China 8,176,000 City ( sub-provincial) 10,892,900 [7] 8,494 — — 1,619
Ho Chi Minh City   Vietnam 8,145,000 Municipality 7,431,000 [58] 2,061 1,645
Luanda   Angola 7,774,000 Municipality 2,165,867 [59] 116 [59] 984
Ahmedabad   India 7,681,000 Municipality 5,570,585 [60] 464 6,300,000 [61] 350
Kuala Lumpur   Malaysia 7,564,000 City 1,768,000 [62] 243 7,200,000 [63] 2,793 [63] 2,163
Xi'an   China 7,444,000 City ( sub-provincial) 8,989,000 [7] 10,135 — — 1,088
Hong Kong   China 7,429,000 Special administrative region 7,298,600 [64] 1,104 [65] — — 285
Dongguan   China 7,360,000 Prefecture-level city 8,342,500 [7] 2,465 — — 1,748
Hangzhou   China 7,236,000 City ( sub-provincial) 9,468,000 [7] 16,596 — — 1,334
Foshan   China 7,236,000 City ( sub-provincial) 7,197,394 [7] 3,848 — — — —
Shenyang   China 6,921,000 City ( sub-provincial) 8,294,000 [7] 12,980 — — 1,502 [p]
Riyadh   Saudi Arabia 6,907,000 Municipality 6,694,000 [66] 1,913 — — 1,658
Baghdad   Iraq 6,812,000 Urban governorate 8,126,755 [67] 5,200 [67] — — 673
Santiago   Chile 6,680,000 City ( commune) 236,453 [68] 22 [68] 7,112,808 [69] 15,403 [69] 1,140
Surat   India 6,564,000 Municipality 4,466,826 [70] 327 [70] 233
Madrid   Spain 6,497,000 Municipality 3,266,126 [71] 606 6,641,649 [38] 1,360
Suzhou   China 6,339,000 City ( sub-provincial) 10,721,700 [7] 8,488.42 — —
Pune   India 6,276,000 Municipality 3,124,458 [72] 276 7,276,000 [73] 7,256 [73] 583
Harbin   China 6,115,000 City ( sub-provincial) 10,635,971 [7] 53,068 — — 609
Houston   United States 6,115,000 City 2,325,502 [18] 1,553 6,997,384 [74] 21,395 [74] 4,841
Dallas   United States 6,099,000 City 1,345,047 [18] 882 7,470,158 [75] 22,463 [75] 5,175 [q]
Toronto   Canada 6,082,000 City 2,731,571 [76] 630 [77] 5,928,040 [78] 5,906 [78] 2,300
Dar es Salaam   Tanzania 6,048,000 4,364,541 1,393
Miami   United States 6,036,000 470,914 [18] 92.9 6,158,824 15,890
Belo Horizonte   Brazil 5,972,000 2,502,557 330.9 5,156,217 9,459.1
Singapore   Singapore 5,792,000 5,638,700 725.7
Philadelphia   United States 5,695,000 1,526,006 369.59 6,096,120
Atlanta   United States 5,572,000 420,003 354.22 5,949,951 21,690
Fukuoka   Japan 5,551,000 Designated city 1,588,924 343.39 2,565,501
Khartoum   Sudan 5,534,000 639,598 22,142 5,274,321
Barcelona   Spain 5,494,000 Municipality 1,620,343 [79] 101.4 5,474,482 [38]
Johannesburg   South Africa 5,486,000 Metropolitan municipality
Saint Petersburg   Russia 5,383,000 Federal city
Qingdao   China 5,381,000 City ( sub-provincial)
Dalian   China 5,300,000 City ( sub-provincial)
Washington, D.C.   United States 5,207,000 Federal district 702,455 [18] 177 6,263,245 [80] 17,009 5,281 [r]
Yangon   Myanmar 5,157,000 City
Alexandria   Egypt 5,086,000 Urban governorate
Jinan   China 5,052,000 City ( sub-provincial) 8,700,000 10,244 11,000,000 53,000
Guadalajara   Mexico 5,023,000 Municipality 1,460,148 151 5,002,466 2,734
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