Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Top 60 cities in the world by population

Photo license: CC BY-SA 4.0

This post is a list of the top 60 cities in the world by population (city proper). The photo above is Chongquing, China in 2019. The data varies by year for each city. Data source: Wikipedia
  1. Chongquing, China: 30.4 million
  2. Shanghai, China: 24.2 million
  3. Beijing, China: 21.5 million
  4. Chengdu, China: 16.0 million
  5. Karachi, Pakistan: 14.9 million
  6. Guangzhou, China: 14.0 million
  7. Istanbul, Turkey: 14.0 million
  8. Tokyo, Japan: 13.8 million
  9. Tianjin, China: 12.7 million
  10. Mumbai, India: 12.7 million
  11. Sao Paulo, Brazil: 12.2 million
  12. Moscow, Russia: 12.1 million
  13. Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: 11.8 million
  14. Baoding, China: 11.1 million
  15. Lahore, Pakistan: 11.1 million
  16. Wuhan, China: 11.0 million
  17. Delhi, India: 11.0 million
  18. Harbin, China: 10.6 million
  19. Suzhou, China: 10.4 million
  20. Cairo, Egypt: 10.2 million
  21. Seoul, South Korea: 10.1 million
  22. Jakarta, Indonesia: 10.0 million
  23. Lima, Peru: 9.1 million
  24. Mexico City, Mexico: 9.0 million
  25. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: 8.9 million
  26. Dhaka, Bangladesh: 8.9 million
  27. London, United Kingdom: 8.8 million
  28. Bangkok, Thailand: 8.7 million
  29. Xi'an, China: 8.7 million
  30. New York, United States: 8.6 million
  31. Bangalore, India: 8.4 million
  32. Shenzhen, China: 8.3 million
  33. Nanjing, China: 8.2 million
  34. Tehran, Iran: 8.1 million
  35. Hong Kong: 7.4 million
  36. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 6.7 million
  37. Singapore: 5.6 million
  38. Shantou, China: 5.3 million
  39. Kolkata, India: 4.4 million
  40. Shijiazhuang, China: 4.3 million
  41. Los Angles, United States: 3.8 million
  42. Berlin, Germany: 3.7 million
  43. Madrid, Spain: 3.2 million
  44. Buenos Aires, Argentina: 3.0 million
  45. Rome, Italy: 2.8 million
  46. Chicago, United States: 2.7 million
  47. Osaka, Japan: 2.6 million
  48. Houston, Texas: 2.3 million
  49. Nagoya, Japan: 2.2 million
  50. Paris, France: 2.2  million
  51. Vienna, Austria: 1.9 million
  52. Hamburg, Germany: 1.8 million
  53. Bucharest, Romania: 1.8 million
  54. Manila, Philippines: 1.7 million
  55. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 1.7 million
  56. Maputo, Mozambique: 1.7 million
  57. Budapest, Hungary: 1.7 million
  58. Warsaw, Poland: 1.7 million
  59. Kathmandu, Nepal: 1.7 million
  60. Lusaka, Zambia: 1.7 million
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