Cities
The world’s cities, defined the same way in every country: dense areas of 50,000 people or more, from the UN World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
JakartaIndonesia41.9M
DhakaBangladesh36.6M
Tōkyō (Tokyo)Japan33.4M
New DelhiIndia30.2M
ShanghaiChina29.6M- GuangzhouChina27.6M
Al-Qahirah (Cairo)Egypt25.6M
ManilaPhilippines24.7M- KolkataIndia22.5M
SeoulSouth Korea22.5M
- LuxorEgypt+1,793%
LuandaAngola+1,491%- MehsiIndia+1,018%
- CabindaAngola+911%
AustinUnited States+763%
Ad-Dawhah (Doha)Qatar+631%- LubangoAngola+423%
- MesaUnited States+391%
- San AntonioUnited States+347%
- Batam CityIndonesia+339%
| Rank | City | Country | Population 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jakarta | Indonesia | 41,913,860 |
| 2 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 36,585,479 |
| 3 | Tōkyō (Tokyo) | Japan | 33,412,512 |
| 4 | New Delhi | India | 30,222,405 |
| 5 | Shanghai | China | 29,558,908 |
| 6 | Guangzhou | China | 27,563,372 |
| 7 | Al-Qahirah (Cairo) | Egypt | 25,566,102 |
| 8 | Manila | Philippines | 24,735,305 |
| 9 | Kolkata | India | 22,549,738 |
| 10 | Seoul | South Korea | 22,490,482 |
| 11 | Karachi | Pakistan | 21,422,590 |
| 12 | Mumbai | India | 20,203,056 |
| 13 | São Paulo | Brazil | 18,949,790 |
| 14 | Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok) | Thailand | 18,180,280 |
| 15 | Ciudad de México (Mexico City) | Mexico | 17,734,212 |
| 16 | Beijing | China | 17,013,303 |
| 17 | Lahore | Pakistan | 15,156,430 |
| 18 | Istanbul | Türkiye | 15,014,763 |
| 19 | Moskva (Moscow) | Russia | 14,524,753 |
| 20 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 14,052,713 |
| 21 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 14,017,736 |
| 22 | New York City | United States | 13,920,148 |
| 23 | Shenzhen | China | 13,878,396 |
| 24 | Bengaluru | India | 13,187,098 |
| 25 | Osaka | Japan | 12,964,145 |
| 26 | Lagos | Nigeria | 12,791,699 |
| 27 | Los Angeles | United States | 12,740,420 |
| 28 | Luanda | Angola | 11,370,127 |
| 29 | Chennai | India | 11,153,205 |
| 30 | Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10,943,641 |
| 31 | Bogotá | Colombia | 10,624,315 |
| 32 | Lima | Peru | 10,580,241 |
| 33 | London | United Kingdom | 10,416,420 |
| 34 | Hajipur | India | 9,941,510 |
| 35 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 9,500,336 |
| 36 | Paris | France | 9,381,921 |
| 37 | Hyderabad | India | 9,190,795 |
| 38 | Tehrān (Tehran) | Iran | 9,174,964 |
| 39 | Taipei | Taiwan | 9,136,792 |
| 40 | Bandung | Indonesia | 8,909,104 |
| 41 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 8,443,731 |
| 42 | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 7,795,114 |
| 43 | Suzhou | China | 7,731,101 |
| 44 | Ahmedabad | India | 7,632,408 |
| 45 | Hangzhou | China | 7,500,208 |
| 46 | Wuhan | China | 7,363,548 |
| 47 | Tianjin | China | 7,285,342 |
| 48 | Alexandria | Egypt | 7,266,957 |
| 49 | Nagoya | Japan | 7,146,160 |
| 50 | Johannesburg | South Africa | 7,077,175 |
| 51 | Chongqing | China | 7,071,073 |
| 52 | Ar-Riyāḑ (Riyadh) | Saudi Arabia | 6,916,417 |
| 53 | Surat | India | 6,908,925 |
| 54 | Surabaya | Indonesia | 6,843,503 |
| 55 | Pune | India | 6,817,951 |
| 56 | Al-Kharṭūm (Khartoum) | Sudan | 6,809,355 |
| 57 | Nanjing | China | 6,800,676 |
| 58 | Santiago | Chile | 6,726,045 |
| 59 | Ādīs Ᾱbeba (Addis Ababa) | Ethiopia | 6,705,705 |
| 60 | Abidjan | Côte d’Ivoire | 6,621,711 |
| 61 | Chaozhou | China | 6,407,770 |
| 62 | Ammān (Amman) | Jordan | 6,403,666 |
| 63 | Baghdād (Baghdad) | Iraq | 6,390,735 |
| 64 | Chengdu | China | 6,139,874 |
| 65 | Nairobi | Kenya | 6,134,334 |
| 66 | Kozhikode | India | 6,123,872 |
| 67 | Shenyang | China | 5,702,638 |
| 68 | Kābul (Kabul) | Afghanistan | 5,635,737 |
| 69 | Onitsha | Nigeria | 5,627,706 |
| 70 | Yangon | Myanmar | 5,618,303 |
| 71 | Accra | Ghana | 5,592,780 |
| 72 | Madrid | Spain | 5,583,601 |
| 73 | Faisalabad | Pakistan | 5,566,382 |
| 74 | Toronto | Canada | 5,494,431 |
| 75 | Mashhad | Iran | 5,398,248 |
| 76 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 5,283,789 |
| 77 | Xi'an | China | 5,231,053 |
| 78 | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte - Colombo | Sri Lanka | 5,223,838 |
| 79 | Yaoundé | Cameroon | 5,106,087 |
| 80 | Kochi | India | 5,077,670 |
| 81 | Hà Nội (Hanoi) | Vietnam | 5,068,414 |
| 82 | Lucknow | India | 5,052,444 |
| 83 | Chattogram | Bangladesh | 4,983,553 |
| 84 | Singapore | Singapore | 4,963,998 |
| 85 | Kampala | Uganda | 4,880,943 |
| 86 | Zhengzhou | China | 4,878,035 |
| 87 | Hefei | China | 4,867,000 |
| 88 | Islāmābād | Pakistan | 4,860,084 |
| 89 | Kano | Nigeria | 4,840,280 |
| 90 | Tamar (Hong Kong) | Hong Kong | 4,749,543 |
| 91 | Saint Petersburg | Russia | 4,736,499 |
| 92 | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 4,600,064 |
| 93 | Cape Town | South Africa | 4,508,921 |
| 94 | Casablanca | Morocco | 4,457,471 |
| 95 | Muqdisho (Mogadishu) | Somalia | 4,399,430 |
| 96 | Harbin | China | 4,376,259 |
| 97 | Kanpur | India | 4,329,973 |
| 98 | Kumasi | Ghana | 4,297,984 |
| 99 | Dimashq (Damascus) | Syria | 4,287,746 |
| 100 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 4,284,080 |
| City | Country | Population 2025 | Growth since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luxor | Egypt | 4,188,023 | 1,793% |
| Luanda | Angola | 11,370,127 | 1,491% |
| Mehsi | India | 2,018,610 | 1,018% |
| Cabinda | Angola | 1,157,345 | 911% |
| Austin | United States | 1,513,032 | 763% |
| Ad-Dawhah (Doha) | Qatar | 2,193,708 | 631% |
| Lubango | Angola | 1,280,986 | 423% |
| Mesa | United States | 1,398,369 | 391% |
| San Antonio | United States | 1,686,163 | 347% |
| Batam City | Indonesia | 1,500,354 | 339% |
| Abuja | Nigeria | 1,373,722 | 336% |
| Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 5,283,789 | 307% |
| Barharia | India | 1,038,927 | 300% |
| Lubumbashi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,832,853 | 288% |
| Maharajganj | India | 1,601,258 | 285% |
| Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 7,795,114 | 276% |
| Sekondi-Takoradi | Ghana | 1,127,436 | 274% |
| Abū Ẓabī (Abu Dhabi) | United Arab Emirates | 1,016,460 | 271% |
| Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 3,206,222 | 265% |
| Al Hillah | Iraq | 1,055,267 | 259% |
Cities of a million or more, by country
Afghanistan
- Kābul (Kabul) 5,635,737
- Herat 1,259,425
Algeria
- El Djazaïr (Algiers) 3,246,400
- Oran 1,192,410
Argentina
- Buenos Aires 14,017,736
- Cordoba 1,460,491
- Rosario 1,151,717
- Mendoza 1,027,849
Armenia
- Yerevan 1,089,209
Austria
- Wien (Vienna) 2,031,326
Azerbaijan
- Bakı (Baku) 1,977,897
Bahrain
- Al-Manāmah (Manama) 1,538,872
Bangladesh
- Dhaka 36,585,479
- Chattogram 4,983,553
- Savar 3,557,381
- Brahmanbaria 2,914,727
- Kishoreganj 1,324,096
- Sylhet 1,242,548
- Khulna 1,074,134
- Kutubdia 1,053,339
Belarus
- Minsk 1,950,680
Belgium
- Bruxelles (Brussels) 1,406,499
Benin
- Cotonou 2,506,489
Bolivia
- La Paz 2,024,413
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra 1,980,432
- Cochabamba 1,346,672
Brazil
- São Paulo 18,949,790
- Rio de Janeiro 9,500,336
- Belo Horizonte 4,162,814
- Recife 3,691,196
- Fortaleza 3,244,260
- Salvador 3,135,157
- Curitiba 2,475,352
- Goiânia 2,320,596
- Manaus 2,277,352
- Belém 2,180,454
- Porto Alegre 1,755,917
- Sao Goncalo 1,679,246
- Campinas 1,631,432
- Brasília 1,521,148
- São Luís 1,264,379
- Vitória 1,226,500
- Natal 1,089,473
- João Pessoa 1,064,481
- Santos 1,027,752
- Maceió 1,023,645
Bulgaria
- Sofia 1,067,136
Burkina Faso
- Ouagadougou 3,206,222
- Bobo-Dioulasso 1,125,023
Burundi
- Bujumbura 1,246,960
Cambodia
- Phnum Pénh (Phnom Penh) 2,261,055
Central African Republic
- Bangui 1,056,949
Chad
- N'Djaména 1,934,909
Chile
- Santiago 6,726,045
China
- Shanghai 29,558,908
- Guangzhou 27,563,372
- Beijing 17,013,303
- Shenzhen 13,878,396
- Suzhou 7,731,101
- Hangzhou 7,500,208
- Wuhan 7,363,548
- Tianjin 7,285,342
- Chongqing 7,071,073
- Nanjing 6,800,676
- Chaozhou 6,407,770
- Chengdu 6,139,874
- Shenyang 5,702,638
- Xi'an 5,231,053
- Zhengzhou 4,878,035
- Hefei 4,867,000
- Harbin 4,376,259
- Wenzhou 4,158,195
- Taiyuan 4,005,816
- Puning 3,989,322
- Ürümqi 3,755,144
- Qingdao 3,616,657
- Jinan 3,472,980
- Changsha 3,457,508
- Changchun 3,349,934
- Nanchang 3,299,773
- Nanning 3,288,636
- Quanzhou 3,286,129
- Kunming 3,228,117
- Ningbo 3,094,833
- Shijiazhuang 2,990,397
- Fuzhou 2,910,985
- Dalian 2,796,248
- Guiyang 2,686,949
- Changzhou 2,649,836
- Wuxi 2,613,100
- Tangshan 2,286,763
- Lanzhou 2,272,104
- Cixi 2,177,489
- Hohhot 1,993,292
- Putian 1,871,858
- Yinchuan 1,792,788
- Xiamen City 1,788,492
- Handan 1,777,172
- Luoyang 1,727,744
- Nantong 1,684,417
- Wuhu 1,631,043
- Zibo 1,620,676
- Datong 1,573,531
- Baotou 1,491,964
- Anyang 1,489,112
- Taizhou 1,483,994
- Xiuying District 1,458,377
- Jilin City 1,448,955
- Xuzhou 1,402,001
- Liuzhou 1,400,880
- Xining 1,360,245
- Huaiyin District 1,349,827
- Zhongshan 1,326,078
- Anshan 1,322,386
- Yichang 1,314,779
- Zhangzhou 1,232,911
- Ganzhou 1,216,248
- Yueqing 1,160,214
- Huizhou 1,137,670
- Tianjia‘an 1,100,258
- Yancheng 1,093,432
- Kaifeng 1,087,088
- Zhangjiagang 1,068,192
- Honghuagang 1,062,992
- Luohe 1,018,295
- Binhai New Area 1,017,230
Colombia
- Bogotá 10,624,315
- Medellín 3,350,384
- Cali 2,700,232
- Barranquilla 2,208,021
- Cartagena 1,008,584
Costa Rica
- San José 2,171,213
Côte d’Ivoire
- Abidjan 6,621,711
Cuba
- La Habana (Havana) 1,593,580
Czechia
- Praha (Prague) 1,197,765
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Kinshasa 10,943,641
- Kasaï-Oriental 3,605,738
- Lubumbashi 2,832,853
- Beni 1,923,700
- Kananga 1,504,370
- Tshikapa 1,054,686
Denmark
- København (Copenhagen) 1,229,370
Dominican Republic
- Santo Domingo 4,600,064
Egypt
- Al-Qahirah (Cairo) 25,566,102
- Alexandria 7,266,957
- Luxor 4,188,023
- Banha 2,088,520
- El Mansura 1,712,781
- Al Zaqaziq 1,416,734
- Asyut 1,406,963
- El Mahalla El Kubra 1,156,501
- Suhaj 1,123,349
- Tanta 1,018,577
El Salvador
- San Salvador 1,615,178
Ethiopia
- Ādīs Ᾱbeba (Addis Ababa) 6,705,705
Finland
- Helsinki (Helsingfors) 1,014,317
Gambia
- Serrekunda 1,156,903
Ghana
- Accra 5,592,780
- Kumasi 4,297,984
- Sekondi-Takoradi 1,127,436
Greece
- Athína (Athens) 3,101,979
Guatemala
- Ciudad de Guatemala (Guatemala City) 2,837,708
Guinea
- Coyah (Conacry) 2,727,684
Haiti
- Port-au-Prince 1,868,268
Honduras
- Tegucigalpa 1,607,033
- San Pedro Sula 1,299,457
Hong Kong
- Tamar (Hong Kong) 4,749,543
- Tuen Mun 1,053,083
Hungary
- Budapest 1,609,260
India
- New Delhi 30,222,405
- Kolkata 22,549,738
- Mumbai 20,203,056
- Bengaluru 13,187,098
- Chennai 11,153,205
- Hajipur 9,941,510
- Hyderabad 9,190,795
- Ahmedabad 7,632,408
- Surat 6,908,925
- Pune 6,817,951
- Kozhikode 6,123,872
- Kochi 5,077,670
- Lucknow 5,052,444
- Kanpur 4,329,973
- Jaipur 4,071,754
- Varanasi 3,858,863
- Indore 3,476,423
- Patna 3,309,383
- Nagpur 3,257,841
- Kalyan-Dombivli 3,163,424
- Kollam 3,074,562
- Thiruvananthapuram 2,946,119
- Asansol 2,924,741
- Tamluk 2,894,484
- Agra 2,786,762
- Bhopal 2,487,205
- Dighwara 2,469,443
- Chandigarh 2,437,733
- Ponnani 2,409,567
- Coimbatore 2,382,988
- Prayagraj 2,347,869
- Vadodara 2,270,298
- Ludhiana 2,245,106
- Meerut 2,209,886
- Madurai 2,138,746
- Dhanbad 2,020,181
- Mehsi 2,018,610
- Nashik 1,996,763
- Jamshedpur 1,956,840
- Bibhutpur 1,904,411
- Ranchi 1,819,944
- Aligarh 1,729,663
- Dhulian 1,699,325
- Visakhapatnam 1,641,957
- Bareilly 1,635,214
- Maharajganj 1,601,258
- Jabalpur 1,582,131
- Rajkot 1,581,235
- Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar 1,567,020
- Gwalior 1,554,246
- Vasai-Virar 1,542,177
- Gorakhpur 1,519,206
- Jodhpur 1,515,910
- Moradabad 1,484,611
- Raipur 1,478,688
- Durg 1,393,235
- Thrissur 1,371,675
- Vijayawada 1,351,098
- Tiruchirappalli 1,349,040
- Mysuru 1,342,126
- Salem 1,337,000
- Guwahati 1,314,019
- Amritsar 1,303,330
- Saharanpur 1,275,279
- Tiruppur 1,242,837
- Gyanpur 1,237,249
- Kota 1,232,364
- Dehradun 1,219,198
- Begusarai 1,210,200
- Jalandhar 1,192,763
- Jammu 1,154,466
- Bhubaneshwar 1,146,434
- Srinagar 1,126,638
- Berhampore 1,109,144
- Solapur 1,102,702
- Kottayam 1,043,314
- Barharia 1,038,927
- Thalassery 1,038,647
- Malda 1,001,322
Indonesia
- Jakarta 41,913,860
- Bandung 8,909,104
- Surabaya 6,843,503
- Medan 4,245,895
- Tasikmalaya 2,827,255
- Yogyakarta 2,793,747
- Semarang 2,679,349
- Denpasar 2,352,734
- Makassar 2,255,088
- Palembang 2,132,576
- Tarogong 1,917,036
- Malang 1,899,616
- Slawi 1,733,437
- Cirebon 1,566,821
- Surakarta 1,538,599
- Batam City 1,500,354
- Purwokerto 1,331,010
- Samarinda 1,325,554
- Pekanbaru 1,208,872
- Padang 1,184,342
- Bandar Lampung 1,184,054
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
- Dublin 1,142,650
Israel
- Tel Aviv 2,642,872
Italy
- Naples 2,767,923
- Milan 2,599,022
- Roma (Rome) 2,376,474
- Turin 1,150,975
Japan
- Tōkyō (Tokyo) 33,412,512
- Osaka 12,964,145
- Nagoya 7,146,160
- Fukuoka 2,225,078
- Sapporo 1,964,519
- Sendai 1,256,440
- Kitakyushu 1,206,731
- Hiroshima 1,185,788
- Naha 1,060,017
Jordan
- Ammān (Amman) 6,403,666
Kuwait
- Al Kuwayt (Kuwait City) 4,265,132
Kyrgyzstan
- Bishkek 1,343,048
Lebanon
- Bayrūt (Beirut) 1,794,019
Liberia
- Monrovia 1,879,092
Libya
- Ţarābulus (Tripoli) 1,239,823
Macao
- Macau - Zhuhai 2,203,065
Madagascar
- Antananarivo 3,916,219
Malaysia
- Kuala Lumpur 8,443,731
- Johor Bahru 1,695,838
Mali
- Bamako 4,244,881
Mauritania
- Nouakchott 1,561,617
Mexico
- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) 17,734,212
- Guadalajara 4,135,440
- Monterrey 3,938,015
- Puebla 1,947,971
- Tijuana 1,557,695
- Toluca 1,505,035
- León 1,367,521
- Torreón 1,227,850
- Ciudad Juárez 1,212,370
Mongolia
- Ulaanbaatar 1,596,556
Morocco
- Casablanca 4,457,471
- Rabat 2,069,287
- Fez 1,359,989
- Tangier 1,217,976
- Marrakesh 1,021,530
Mozambique
- Maputo 3,166,328
Nepal
- Kathmandu 3,231,516
New Zealand
- Auckland 1,123,094
Nicaragua
- Managua 1,315,865
Niger
- Niamey 1,401,149
Nigeria
North Korea
- P'yŏngyang (Pyongyang) 2,901,588
Pakistan
Palestine
- Al-Quds (East Jerusalem) 1,105,567
- Gaza 1,038,285
Panama
- Ciudad de Panamá (Panama City) 1,527,393
Paraguay
- Asunción 1,314,663
Peru
- Lima 10,580,241
Philippines
- Manila 24,735,305
- Cebu City 3,044,564
- Davao City 1,546,026
- Angeles 1,445,721
Poland
- Warszawa (Warsaw) 1,882,756
Portugal
- Lisboa (Lisbon) 1,913,798
Qatar
- Ad-Dawhah (Doha) 2,193,708
Republic of the Congo
- Brazzaville 3,656,322
- Pointe-Noire 1,662,537
Romania
- București (Bucharest) 1,909,536
Russia
- Moskva (Moscow) 14,524,753
- Saint Petersburg 4,736,499
- Novosibirsk 1,331,432
- Nizhny Novgorod 1,196,944
- Yekaterinburg 1,148,237
- Kazan 1,132,941
- Rostov-on-Don 1,065,880
Rwanda
- Kigali 1,483,711
Saudi Arabia
- Ar-Riyāḑ (Riyadh) 6,916,417
- Jeddah 4,284,080
- Dammam 2,335,647
- Mecca 1,692,152
- Medina 1,432,287
Serbia
- Beograd (Belgrade) 1,121,410
Sierra Leone
- Freetown 1,935,761
Singapore
- Singapore 4,963,998
Somalia
- Muqdisho (Mogadishu) 4,399,430
- Hargeisa 1,593,542
South Africa
Sri Lanka
- Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte - Colombo 5,223,838
Sudan
- Al-Kharṭūm (Khartoum) 6,809,355
Sweden
- Stockholm 1,500,093
Syria
- Dimashq (Damascus) 4,287,746
- Aleppo 2,922,277
Tajikistan
- Dushanbe 1,440,787
Tanzania
- Dar es Salaam 7,795,114
Thailand
- Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok) 18,180,280
Togo
- Lomé 2,415,011
Tunisia
- Tunis 2,473,428
Türkiye
Turkmenistan
- Aşgabat (Ashgabat) 1,218,323
Uganda
- Kampala 4,880,943
Ukraine
- Kyiv (Kiev) 2,614,581
- Kharkiv 1,308,892
United Arab Emirates
- Dubai 5,283,789
- Abū Ẓabī (Abu Dhabi) 1,016,460
United Kingdom
- London 10,416,420
- Birmingham 2,631,757
- Manchester 2,535,427
- Liverpool 1,227,470
- Leeds 1,065,607
United States
- New York City 13,920,148
- Los Angeles 12,740,420
- Houston 3,955,046
- Chicago 3,683,385
- Washington, D.C. 3,270,018
- San Francisco 3,163,486
- Miami 2,912,486
- Denver 2,265,994
- Philadelphia 2,232,420
- Las Vegas 2,183,655
- Phoenix 1,972,021
- San Diego 1,915,114
- San Antonio 1,686,163
- Boston 1,639,797
- Dallas 1,521,118
- Sacramento 1,514,661
- Austin 1,513,032
- Oakland 1,503,319
- Seattle 1,403,495
- Mesa 1,398,369
- Portland 1,397,788
- Fort Lauderdale 1,368,027
- Baltimore 1,145,219
- Minneapolis [Saint Paul] 1,107,243
Uruguay
- Montevideo 1,240,244
Uzbekistan
- Toshkent (Tashkent) 3,935,793
Vietnam
- Ho Chi Minh City 14,052,713
- Hà Nội (Hanoi) 5,068,414
- Cần Thơ 1,327,741
- Đà Nẵng 1,142,621
- Hải Phòng 1,015,494
Yemen
- Şan'ā' (Sana'a) 4,018,856
- Ta'izz 1,586,739
Zambia
- Lusaka 3,510,723
Zimbabwe
- Harare 2,117,195
A city here is a dense area of at least 1,500 people per km² with at least 50,000 people, drawn on a population grid by the UN degree of urbanisation. It can differ from the city’s administrative borders and from national statistics. Years from 2026 on are projections.
Sources: World Urbanization Prospects 2025, UN DESA Population Division (CC BY 3.0 IGO).