The 150 Largest Cities in the World

The largest city in the world by population is Tokyo, Japan, with a population of 38,001,000. Tokyo is followed by Delhi, India (population 25,703,168) and Shanghai, China (population 23,740,778). The following is a list of the world's 150 largest metropolitan areas, which generally includes an urban area and its surrounding suburbs.

Capital cities of the world - with population

Rank	City	Country	Population (Metropolitan Area)
1	Tokyo	Japan	38,001,000
2	Delhi	India	25,703,168
3	Shanghai	China	23,740,778
4	Sao Paulo	Brazil	21,066,245
5	Mumbai	India	21,042,538
6	Mexico City	Mexico	20,998,543
7	Beijing	China	20,383,994
8	Osaka	Japan	20,237,645
9	Cairo	Egypt	18,771,769
10	New York	United States	18,593,220
11	Dhaka	Bangladesh	17,598,228
12	Karachi	Pakistan	16,617,644
13	Buenos Aires	Argentina	15,180,176
14	Kolkata	India	14,864,919
15	Istanbul	Turkey	14,163,989
16	Chongqing	China	13,331,579
17	Lagos	Nigeria	13,122,829
18	Manila	Philippines	12,946,263
19	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	12,902,306
20	Guangzhou	China	12,458,130
21	Los Angeles	United States	12,309,530
22	Moscow	Russia	12,165,704
23	Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	11,586,914
24	Tianjin	China	11,210,329
25	Paris	France	10,843,285
26	Shenzhen	China	10,749,473
27	Jakarta	Indonesia	10,323,142
28	London	United Kingdom	10,313,307
29	Bangalore	India	10,087,132
30	Lima	Peru	9,897,033
31	Chennai	India	9,890,427
32	Seoul	South Korea	9,773,746
33	Bogotá	Colombia	9,764,769
34	Nagoya	Japan	9,406,264
35	Johannesburg	South Africa	9,398,698
36	Bangkok	Thailand	9,269,823
37	Hyderabad	India	8,943,523
38	Chicago	United States	8,744,835
39	Lahore	Pakistan	8,741,365
40	Tehran	Iran	8,432,196
41	Wuhan	China	7,905,572
42	Chengdu	China	7,555,705
43	Dongguan	China	7,434,935
44	Nanjing	China	7,369,157
45	Ahmadabad	India	7,342,850
46	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	7,313,557
47	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	7,297,780
48	Foshan	Foshan	7,035,945
49	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	6,836,911
50	Baghdad	Iraq	6,642,848
51	Santiago	Chile	6,507,400
52	Hangzhou	China	6,390,637
53	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	6,369,710
54	Shenyang	China	6,315,470
55	Madrid	Spain	6,199,254
56	Xi'an	China	6,043,700
57	Toronto	Canada	5,992,739
58	Miami	United States	5,817,221
59	Pune	India	5,727,530
60	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	5,716,422
61	Dallas	United States	5,702,641
62	Surat	India	5,650,011
63	Houston	United States	5,638,045
64	Singapore	Singapore	5,618,866
65	Philadelphia	United States	5,585,211
66	Kitakyushu	Japan	5,510,478
67	Luanda	Angola	5,506,000
68	Suzhou	China	5,472,033
69	Haerbin	China	5,457,414
70	Barcelona	Spain	5,258,319
71	Atlanta	United States	5,142,140
72	Khartoum	Sudan	5,129,358
73	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	5,115,670
74	Saint Petersburg	Russia	4,992,991
75	Washington, D.C.	United States	4,955,139
76	Abidjan	Cote d'Ivoire	4,859,798
77	Guadalajara	Mexico	4,843,241
78	Yangon	Myanmar	4,801,930
79	Alexandria	Egypt	4,777,677
80	Ankara	Turkey	4,749,968
81	Kabul	Afghanistan	4,634,875
82	Qingdao	China	4,565,549
83	Chittagong	Bangladesh	4,539,393
84	Monterrey	Mexico	4,512,572
85	Sydney	Australia	4,505,341
86	Dalian	China	4,489,380
87	Xiamen	China	4,430,081
88	Zhengzhou	China	4,387,118
89	Boston	United States	4,249,036
90	Melbourne	Australia	4,203,416
91	Brasília	Brazil	4,155,476
92	Jiddah	Saudi Arabia	4,075,803
93	Phoenix	United States	4,062,605
94	Ji'nan	China	4,032,150
95	Montréal	Canada	3,980,708
96	Shantou	China	3,948,813
97	Nairobi	Kenya	3,914,791
98	Medellín	Colombia	3,910,989
99	Fortaleza	Brazil	3,880,202
100	Kunming	China	3,779,558
101	Changchun	China	3,762,390
102	Changsha	China	3,761,018
103	Recife	Brazil	3,738,526
104	Rome	Italy	3,717,956
105	Zhongshan	China	3,691,360
106	Cape Town	South Africa	3,660,447
107	Detroit	United States	3,639,050
108	Hanoi	Vietnam	3,629,493
109	Tel Aviv	Israel	3,608,265
110	Porto Alegre	Brazil	3,602,526
111	Kano	Nigeria	3,587,049
112	Salvador	Brazil	3,582,967
113	Faisalabad	Pakistan	3,566,952
114	Berlin	Germany	3,563,194
115	Aleppo	Syria	3,561,796
116	Dakar	Senegal	3,520,215
117	Casablanca	Morroco	3,514,958
118	Urumqi	China	3,498,591
119	Taiyuan	China	3,481,810
120	Curitiba	Brazil	3,473,681
121	Jaipur	India	3,460,701
122	Shizuoka	Japan	3,368,988
123	Hefei	China	3,347,591
124	San Francisco	United States	3,300,075
125	Fuzhou	China	3,282,932
126	Shijiazhuang	China	3,264,498
127	Seattle	United States	3,248,724
128	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	3,237,525
129	Nanning	China	3,234,379
130	Lucknow	India	3,221,817
131	Busan	South Korea	3,216,298
132	Wenzhou	China	3,207,846
133	Ibadan	Nigeria	3,160,190
134	Ningbo	China	3,131,921
135	San Diego	United States	3,107,034
136	Milan	Italy	3,098,974
137	Yaounde	Cameroon	3,065,692
138	Athens	Greece	3,051,899
139	Wuxi	China	3,049,042
140	Campinas	Brazil	3,047,102
141	Izmir	Turkey	3,040,416
142	Kanpur	India	3,020,795
143	Mashhad	Iran	3,014,424
144	Puebla	Mexico	2,984,048
145	Sana'a	Yemen	2,961,934
146	Santo Domingo	Domican Republic	2,945,353
147	Douala	Cameroon	2,943,318
148	Kiev	Ukraine	2,941,884
149	Guatemala City	Guatemala	2,918,337
150	Caracas	Venezuela	2,916,183