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The 100 most populous cities on mapof.net, ranked by the population recorded in GeoNames.
How to read this list: there is no single definition of a city. Some figures cover
only the city proper, others a whole municipality (Chinese and some Pakistani and South African figures include large
surrounding areas), and none are metropolitan-area totals. Rankings by metro area — such as those published by the
UN — look different, with Tokyo, Delhi and Shanghai usually at the top.
Top 100 cities by population
# City Country Population 1 Shanghai China 24,874,500 2 Beijing China 18,960,744 3 Guangzhou China 18,676,605 4 Shenzhen China 17,494,398 5 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo 16,000,000 6 Istanbul Turkey 15,701,602 7 Lagos Nigeria 15,388,000 8 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 14,002,598 9 Tianjin China 13,866,009 10 Wuhan China 13,739,000 11 Chengdu China 13,568,357 12 Lahore Pakistan 13,004,135 13 Xi’an China 12,952,907 14 Mumbai India 12,691,836 15 São Paulo Brazil 12,400,232 16 Mexico City Mexico 12,294,193 17 Hangzhou China 11,936,010 18 Karachi Pakistan 11,624,219 19 Delhi India 11,034,555 20 Moscow Russia 10,381,222 21 Dhaka Bangladesh 10,356,500 22 Seoul South Korea 10,349,312 23 Tokyo Japan 9,733,276 24 Dongguan China 9,644,871 25 Cairo Egypt 9,606,916 26 Johannesburg South Africa 9,418,183 27 Nanjing China 9,314,685 28 Shenyang China 9,070,093 29 Foshan China 9,042,509 30 London United Kingdom 8,961,989 31 New York City United States 8,804,190 32 Jakarta Indonesia 8,540,121 33 Bengaluru India 8,495,492 34 Hanoi Vietnam 8,053,663 35 Taipei Taiwan 7,871,900 36 Lima Peru 7,737,002 37 Bogotá Colombia 7,674,366 38 Chongqing China 7,457,599 39 Hong Kong Hong Kong 7,396,076 40 Baghdad Iraq 7,216,000 41 Qingdao China 7,172,451 42 Tehran Iran 7,153,309 43 Hyderābād India 6,993,262 44 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 6,747,815 45 Suzhou China 6,715,559 46 Ahmedabad India 6,357,693 47 Abidjan Ivory Coast 6,321,017 48 Shijiazhuang China 5,758,403 49 Changchun China 5,691,024 50 Sydney Australia 5,638,830 51 Singapore Singapore 5,638,700 52 Melbourne Australia 5,435,590 53 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 5,383,728 54 Saint Petersburg Russia 5,351,935 55 Taiyuan China 5,305,061 56 Alexandria Egypt 5,263,542 57 Harbin China 5,242,897 58 Bangkok Thailand 5,104,476 59 Hefei China 5,050,000 60 Dalian China 4,913,879 61 Kano Nigeria 4,910,000 62 Santiago Chile 4,837,295 63 Cape Town South Africa 4,772,846 64 Peshawar Pakistan 4,758,762 65 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 4,697,000 66 Chennai India 4,681,087 67 Kolkata India 4,631,392 68 Xiamen China 4,617,251 69 Surat India 4,591,246 70 Guiyang China 4,506,134 71 Yangon Myanmar 4,477,638 72 Kabul Afghanistan 4,434,550 73 Nairobi Kenya 4,397,073 74 Wuxi China 4,396,835 75 Giza Egypt 4,367,343 76 Lanzhou China 4,359,446 77 Jinan China 4,335,989 78 Zhengzhou China 4,253,913 79 Bamako Mali 4,227,569 80 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 4,205,961 81 Fuzhou China 4,094,491 82 Ürümqi China 4,054,000 83 Chittagong Bangladesh 3,920,222 84 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 3,860,000 85 Kunming China 3,855,346 86 Zhongshan China 3,841,873 87 Nanning China 3,839,800 88 Shantou China 3,838,900 89 Los Angeles United States 3,820,914 90 Faisalabad Pakistan 3,800,193 91 Dubai United Arab Emirates 3,790,000 92 Yokohama Japan 3,777,491 93 Ningbo China 3,731,203 94 Casablanca Morocco 3,665,954 95 Ibadan Nigeria 3,649,000 96 Puyang China 3,590,000 97 Ankara Turkey 3,517,182 98 Shiyan China 3,460,000 99 Hohhot China 3,446,100 100 Berlin Germany 3,426,354
Largest cities by continent
Moscow — 10,381,222 London — 8,961,989 Saint Petersburg — 5,351,935 Berlin — 3,426,354 Madrid — 3,255,944 Kyiv — 2,952,301 Rome — 2,318,895 Paris — 2,138,551 Hamburg — 1,973,896 Bucharest — 1,877,155 Shanghai — 24,874,500 Beijing — 18,960,744 Guangzhou — 18,676,605 Shenzhen — 17,494,398 Istanbul — 15,701,602 Ho Chi Minh City — 14,002,598 Tianjin — 13,866,009 Wuhan — 13,739,000 Chengdu — 13,568,357 Lahore — 13,004,135 Kinshasa — 16,000,000 Lagos — 15,388,000 Cairo — 9,606,916 Johannesburg — 9,418,183 Abidjan — 6,321,017 Dar es Salaam — 5,383,728 Alexandria — 5,263,542 Kano — 4,910,000 Cape Town — 4,772,846 Nairobi — 4,397,073 Mexico City — 12,294,193 New York City — 8,804,190 Los Angeles — 3,820,914 Toronto — 2,794,356 Brooklyn — 2,736,074 Chicago — 2,664,452 Queens — 2,316,841 Houston — 2,314,157 Santo Domingo — 2,201,941 Havana — 2,163,824 São Paulo — 12,400,232 Lima — 7,737,002 Bogotá — 7,674,366 Rio de Janeiro — 6,747,815 Santiago — 4,837,295 Caracas — 3,000,000 Buenos Aires — 2,891,082 Quito — 2,781,641 Guayaquil — 2,723,665 Belo Horizonte — 2,721,564 Sydney — 5,638,830 Melbourne — 5,435,590 Brisbane — 2,780,063 Perth — 2,384,371 Auckland — 1,547,200 Adelaide — 1,469,163 Gold Coast — 640,778 Newcastle — 508,437 Christchurch — 419,200 Sunshine Coast — 398,840 Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.