This post is a list the top 10 largest cities for the 30 most populated counties in the world. The country population data is from July 2019. Data source: Wikipedia
1. China (1.43 billion)
Data source: Wikipedia (2020)
2. India (1.37 billion)
Data source: Wikipedia (2011)
3. United States (329 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2019)
4. Indonesia (270 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2015)
5. Pakistan (216 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2017)
6. Brazil (211 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2019)
7. Nigeria (200 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2006)
8. Bangladesh (163 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2011)
9. Russia (145 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2020)
10. Mexico (127 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2010)
11. Japan (126 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2010)
12. Ethiopia (112 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2016)
13. Philippines (108 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2015)
14. Egypt (100 million)
Data source:Wikipedia (2017)
15. Vietnam (96 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2018)
16. Democratic Republic of Congo (86 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2016)
17. Germany (83 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2015)
18. Turkey (83 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2015)
19. Iran (82 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2016)
20. Thailand (69 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2019)
21. United Kingdom (67 million)
Data source: worldpopulationreview.com (2020)
22. France (65 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2017)
23. Italy (60 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2019)
24. South Africa (58 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2016)
25. Tanzania (58 million)
Data source: worldpopulationreview.com (2020)
26. Myanmar (54 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2014)
27. Kenya (52 million)
Data source: worldpopulationreview.com (2020)
28. South Korea (51 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2015)
29. Colombia (50 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2018)
30. Spain (46 million)
Data source: Wikipedia (2019)
1. China (1.43 billion)
Data source: Wikipedia (2020)
- Shanghai: 26.9 million
- Beijing: 20.3 million
- Chongquing: 15.7 million
- Tianjin: 13.5 million
- Guangzhou: 13.2 million
- Shenzhen: 12.3 million
- Chengdu: 9.1 million
- Nanjing: 8.7 million
- Wuhan: 8.3 million
- Xi'an: 7.9 million
Data source: Wikipedia (2011)
- Mumbai: 12.4 million
- Delhi: 11.0 million
- Bangalore: 8.4 million
- Hyderabad: 6.8 million
- Ahmedabad: 5.5 million
- Chennai: 4.6 million
- Kolkata: 4.4 million
- Surat: 4.4 million
- Pune: 3.1 million
- Jaipur: 3.0 million
Data source: Wikipedia (2019)
- New York: 8.3 million
- Los Angeles: 3.9 million
- Chicago: 2.6 million
- Houston 2.3 million
- Phoenix: 1.6 million
- Philadelphia: 1.5 million
- San Antonio: 1.5 million
- San Diego: 1.4 million
- Dallas: 1.3 million
- San Jose: 1.0 million
Data source: Wikipedia (2015)
- Surabaya: 2.8 million
- East Jakarta: 2.8 million
- Bekasi: 2.7 million
- Bandung: 2.4 million
- West Jakarta: 2.4 million
- Medan: 2.2 million
- South Jakarta: 2.1 million
- Depok: 2.0 million
- Tangerang: 2.0 million
- North Jakarta: 1.7 million
Data source: Wikipedia (2017)
- Karachi: 14.9 million
- Lahore: 11.1 million
- Faisalabad: 3.2 million
- Rawalpindi: 2.0 million
- Gujranwala: 2.0 million
- Peshawar: 1.9 million
- Multan: 1.8 million
- Hyderabad: 1.7 million
- Islamabad: 1.0 million
- Quetta: 1.0 million
Data source: Wikipedia (2019)
- Sao Paulo: 12.2 million
- Rio de Janeiro: 6.7 million
- Brasilia: 3.0 million
- Salvador: 2.8 million
- Fortaleza: 2.6 million
- Belo Horizonte: 2.5 million
- Manaus: 2.1 million
- Curitiba: 1.9 million
- Recife: 1.6 million
- Goiania: 1.5 million
Data source: Wikipedia (2006)
- Lagos: 8.0 million
- Kano: 2.8 million
- Ibadan: 2.5 million
- Benin City: 1.1 million
- Port Harcourt: 1.0 million
- Jos: 1.0 million
- Ilorin: 821 thousand
- Abuja: 776 thousand
- Kaduna: 760 thousand
- Enugu: 722 thousand
Data source: Wikipedia (2011)
- Dhaka: 8.9 million
- Chittagong: 2.5 million
- Rajshahi: 763 thousand
- Khulna: 664 thousand
- Sylhet: 526 thousand
- Mymensingh: 476 thousand
- Barisal: 339 thousand
- Rangpur: 307 thousand
- Comilla: 296 thousand
- Narayanganj: 286 thousand
Data source: Wikipedia (2020)
- Moscow: 12.4 million
- Saint Petersburg: 5.3 million
- Novosibirsk: 1.6 million
- Yekaterinburg: 1.4 million
- Kazan: 1.2 million
- Nizhny Novgorod: 1.2 million
- Chelyabinsk: 1.1 million
- Samara: 1.1 million
- Omsk: 1.1 million
- Rostov-on-Don: 1.1 million
Data source: Wikipedia (2010)
- Mexico City: 8.8 million
- Ecatepec: 1.6 million
- Guadalajara: 1.4 million
- Puebla City: 1.4 million
- Ciudad Juarez: 1.3 million
- Tijuana: 1.3 million
- Leon: 1.2 million
- Monterrey: 1.1 million
- Zapopan: 1.1 million
- Nezahualcoyotl: 1.1 million
Data source: Wikipedia (2010)
- Tokyo: 8.9 million
- Yokohama: 3.6 million
- Osaka: 2.6 million
- Nagoya: 2.2 million
- Sapporo: 1.9 million
- Kobe: 1.5 million
- Kyoto: 1.4 million
- Fukuoka: 1.4 million
- Kawasaki: 1.4 million
- Saitama: 1.2 million
Data source: Wikipedia (2016)
- Addis Ababa: 1.4 million
- Bahir Dar: 797 thousand
- Gondar: 740 thousand
- Mekelle: 441 thousand
- Dessie: 398 thousand
- Adama: 338 thousand
- Hawassa: 318 thousand
- Dire Dawa: 285 thousand
- Sodo: 253 thousand
- Kombolcha: 196 thousand
Data source: Wikipedia (2015)
- Quezon City: 2.9 million
- Manila: 1.7 million
- Davao City: 1.6 million
- Caloocan: 1.5 million
- Cebu City: 922 thousand
- Zamboanga City: 861 thousand
- Taguig: 804 thousand
- Antipolo: 776 thousand
- Pasig: 755 thousand
- Cagayan de Oro: 675 thousand
Data source:Wikipedia (2017)
- Cairo: 9.1 million
- Alexandria: 5.0 million
- Giza: 4.1 million
- Shubra El Kheima: 1.1 million
- Port Said: 751 thousand
- Suez: 660 thousand
- Mansoura: 548 thousand
- El Mahalla El Kubra: 522 thousand
- Tanta: 508 thousand
- Faiyum: 475 thousand
Data source: Wikipedia (2018)
- Ho Chi Minh City: 8.5 million
- Hanoi: 7.5 million
- Haiphong: 2.0 million
- Can Tho: 1.5 million
- Bien Hoa: 1.1 million
- Da Nang: 1.0 million
- Nha Trang: 792 thousand
- Vinh: 490 thousand
- Hai Duong: 403 thousand
- Da Lat: 356 thousand
Data source: Wikipedia (2016)
- Kinshasa: 14.3 million
- Mbuji-Mayi: 2.5 million
- Lubumbashi: 2.4 million
- Kananga: 1.4 million
- Kisangani: 1.2 million
- Goma: 1.0 million
- Bukavu: 1.0 million
- Tshikapa: 919 thousand
- Kolwezi: 495 thousand
- Masina: 485 thousand
Data source: Wikipedia (2015)
- Berlin: 3.5 million
- Hamburg: 1.7 million
- Munich: 1.4 million
- Cologne: 1.0 million
- Frankfurt: 732 thousand
- Stuttgart: 623 thousand
- Dusseldorf: 612 thousand
- Dortmund: 586 thousand
- Essen: 582 thousand
- Leipzig: 560 thousand
Data source: Wikipedia (2015)
- Istanbul: 14.0 million
- Ankara: 4.5 million
- Izmir: 2.8 million
- Bursa: 1.8 million
- Adana: 1.5 million
- Gaziantep: 1.4 million
- Konya: 1.0 million
- Antalya: 955 thousand
- Kayseri: 911 thousand
- Eskisehir: 617 thousand
Data source: Wikipedia (2016)
- Tehran: 9.1 million
- Mashhad: 3.2 million
- Isfahan: 2.1 million
- Karaj: 1.5 million
- Shiraz: 1.5 million
- Tabriz: 1.5 million
- Qom: 1.2 million
- Ahvaz: 1.2 million
- Kermanshah: 1.0 million
- Urmia: 793 thousand
Data source: Wikipedia (2019)
- Bangkok: 5.6 million
- Nonthaburi: 254 thousand
- Pak Kret: 190 thousand
- Hat Yai: 156 thousand
- Chaophraya Surasak: 143 thousand
- Surat Thani: 132 thousand
- Udon Thani: 130 thousand
- Chiang Mai: 127 thousand
- Nakhon Ratchasima: 126 thousand
- Pattaya: 119 thousand
Data source: worldpopulationreview.com (2020)
- London: 7.5 million
- Birmingham: 984 thousand
- Liverpool: 864 thousand
- Nottingham: 729 thousand
- Sheffield: 685 thousand
- Bristol: 617 thousand
- Glasgow: 591 thousand
- Leicester: 508 thousand
- Edinburgh: 464 thousand
- Leeds: 455 thousand
Data source: Wikipedia (2017)
- Paris: 2.1 million
- Marseille: 863 thousand
- Lyon: 516 thousand
- Toulouse: 458 thousand
- Nice: 342 thousand
- Nantes: 292 thousand
- Montpellier: 272 thousand
- Strasbourg: 275 thousand
- Bordeaux: 243 thousand
- Lille: 232 thousand
Data source: Wikipedia (2019)
- Rome: 2.8 million
- Milan: 1.3 million
- Naples: 962 thousand
- Turin: 870 thousand
- Palermo: 657 thousand
- Genoa: 574 thousand
- Bologna: 390 thousand
- Florence: 372 thousand
- Bari: 322 thousand
- Catania: 293 thousand
Data source: Wikipedia (2016)
- Johannesburg: 9.1 million
- Cape Town: 4.0 million
- Durban: 3.6 million
- Pretoria: 2.4 million
- Port Elizabeth: 1.2 million
- Vereeniging: 957 thousand
- Soshanguve: 841 thousand
- East London: 810 thousand
- Bloemfontein: 759 thousand
- Pietermaritzburg: 679 thousand
Data source: worldpopulationreview.com (2020)
- Dar Es Salaam: 2.6 million
- Mwanza: 436 thousand
- Zanzibar: 403 thousand
- Arusha: 341 thousand
- Mbeya: 291 thousand
- Morogoro: 250 thousand
- Tanga: 224 thousand
- Dodoma: 180 thousand
- Kigoma: 164 thousand
- Moshi: 156 thousand
Data source: Wikipedia (2014)
- Yangon: 5.1 million
- Mandalay: 1.3 million
- Naypyidaw: 375 thousand
- Taunggyi: 304 thousand
- Mawlamyine: 231 thousand
- Bago: 220 thousand
- Monywa: 201 thousand
- Myitkyina: 180 thousand
- Pathein: 172 thousand
- Sittwe: 124 thousand
Data source: worldpopulationreview.com (2020)
- Nairobi: 2.7 million
- Mombasa: 799 thousand
- Nakuru: 259 thousand
- Eldoret: 218 thousand
- Kisumu: 216 thousand
- Thika: 200 thousand
- Malindi: 118 thousand
- Kitale: 75 thousand
- Garissa: 67 thousand
- Kakamega: 63 thousand
Data source: Wikipedia (2015)
- Seoul: 9.9 million
- Busan: 3.4 million
- Icheon: 2.8 million
- Daegu: 2.4 million
- Daejeon: 1.5 million
- Gwangju: 1.5 million
- Suwon: 1.1 million
- Ulsan: 1.1 million
- Changwon: 1.0 million
- Goyang: 990 thousand
Data source: Wikipedia (2018)
- Bogota: 8.1 million
- Medellin: 2.5 million
- Cali: 2.4 million
- Barranquilla: 1.2 million
- Cartagena: 1.0 million
- Cucuta: 668 thousand
- Soledad: 666 thousand
- Ibague: 569 thousand
- Soacha: 544 thousand
- Bucaramanga: 528 thousand
Data source: Wikipedia (2019)
- Madrid: 3.2 million
- Barcelona: 1.6 million
- Valencia: 794 thousand
- Seville: 688 thousand
- Zaragoza: 674 thousand
- Malaga: 574 thousand
- Murcia: 453 thousand
- Palma: 416 thousand
- Las Palmas: 379 thousand
- Bilbao: 346 thousand