List of cities proper by population
Cities proper by population

List of cities proper by population

Section Title: Cities proper by population
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Rank	City	Image	Population	Definition	Total area (km²)	Population density (/km²)	Country

1	Chongqing	-	30,165,500	Municipality	82,403	366	China

2	Shanghai	-	24,183,300	Municipality	6,340.5	3,814	China

3	Beijing	-	21,707,000	Municipality	16,411	1,267	China

4	Istanbul	İstanbul view from İstanbul Sapphire observation deck Aug 2014, p9.JPG	15,029,231	Metropolitan municipality	620.29	24,231	Turkey

5	Karachi	-	14,910,352	City	3,780	3,944	Pakistan

6	Dhaka	-	14,399,000	Capital city	337.54	42,659	Bangladesh

7	Tokyo	-	13,515,271	Capital city	626.99	21,556	Japan

8	Moscow	-	13,200,000	Federal city	2,511	5,256	Russia

9	Guangzhou	-	13,081,000	City (sub-provincial)	7,434	1,760	China

10	Shenzhen	-	12,528,300	City (sub-provincial)	1,992	6,889	China

11	Mumbai	-	12,442,373	City	437.71	28,426	India

12	São Paulo	-	12,038,000	Municipality	1,081.05	11,199	Brazil

13	Kinshasa	Kinshasa-Gombe, from CCIC.JPG	11,462,000	City province	473.73	24,195	Democratic Republic of the Congo

14	Tianjin	-	11,249,000	Municipality	11,920	944	China

15	Lahore	-	11,126,000	Metropolitan area	502.55	22,139	Pakistan

16	Delhi	-	11,034,555	City	461.83	23,893	India

17	Jakarta	-	10,624,000	Special capital region	661.50	16,060	Indonesia

18	Dongguan	-	10,615,000	City	2,460	4,315	China

19	Seoul	-	9,806,000	Special city	605.25	16,202	South Korea

20	Foshan	-	9,279,000	City	3,797	2,444	China

21	Chengdu	-	9,012,000	City (sub-provincial)	14,312	630	China

22	Lima	-	8,894,000	Capital city	2,672	3,329	Peru

23	Mexico City	-	8,875,000	Capital city	607.22	14,616	Mexico

24	London	-	8,825,001	Capital city	1,572	5,614	United Kingdom

25	Tehran	-	8,694,000	Capital city	574.13	15,143	Iran

26	New York	-	8,622,698	City	786.30	10,966	United States

27	Bangalore	-	8,443,675	City	709	11,909	India

28	Shenyang	Shenyang Qingnian Street.JPG	8,106,171	City (sub-provincial)	12,980	625	China

29	Wuhan	-	8,035,000	City (sub-provincial)	8,494	946	China

30	Bogotá	-	7,963,000	Capital District	428.26	18,594	Colombia

31	Ningbo	-	7,605,689	City (sub-provincial)	9,816.23	775	China

32	Cairo	-	7,601,018	City	302.56	25,582	Egypt

33	Ho Chi Minh City	Một khúc sông Sài Gòn.JPG	7,431,000	City	453.60	16,382	Vietnam

34	Hong Kong	-	7,298,600	Special administrative region	1,104.43	6,608	China

35	Nanjing	-	7,260,000	City (sub-provincial)	6,582	1,103	China

36	Hanoi	-	7,232,700	Metropolitan municipality-province	3,324.5	2,176	Vietnam

37	Changsha	Furong square, changsha.JPG	7,044,118	City	11,819	596	China

38	Hangzhou	-	7,035,000	City (sub-provincial)	850.83	8,268	China

39	Hyderabad	-	6,993,262	City	651.75	11,494	India

40	Baghdad	-	6,793,000	Metropolis	424.53	16,001	Iraq

41	Chennai	-	6,727,000	Municipal corporation	426.51	15,772	India

42	Riyadh	-	6,694,000	City	410.97	16,288	Saudi Arabia

43	Rio de Janeiro	-	6,520,000	Municipality	751.44	8,677	Brazil

44	Xi'an	1 xian china wild goose pagoda view.JPG	6,220,000	City (sub-provincial)	10,135	614	China

45	Suzhou	Gate of the Orient 东方之门 dong fang zhi men Suzhou photo Christian Gänshirt 2015.JPG	5,983,000	City	8,488	705	China

46	Bangkok	-	5,782,000	Special administrative area	764.73	7,561	Thailand

47	Singapore	-	5,607,000	City	602.75	9,302	Singapore

48	Ahmedabad	-	5,570,585	City	351.21	15,861	India

49	Santiago	-	5,561,000	City	595.49	9,339	Chile

50	Shantou	-	5,391,028	City	2,064.42	2,611	China

51	Saint Petersburg	-	5,351,000	City	1,439	3,719	Russia

52	Harbin	-	5,299,000	City (sub-provincial)	614.31	8,626	China

53	Dar es Salaam	-	5,257,000	City	330.52	15,905	Tanzania

54	Yangon	-	5,214,000	Metropolitan municipality-province	598.75	8,708	Myanmar

55	Johannesburg	-	4,949,000	Metropolitan municipality	432.84	11,434	South Africa

56	Abidjan	-	4,765,000	Department/city district	2,119	2,249	Ivory Coast

57	Alexandria	-	4,616,625	Governorate	2,300	2,007	Egypt

58	Kolkata	-	4,496,694	Municipal corporation	185	24,306	India

59	Ankara	-	4,470,800	Metropolitan municipality-province	1,910.92	2,340	Turkey

60	Surat	-	4,467,797	Municipal Corporation	336	13,297	India

61	Rome Capital	Roma dall'aereo.JPG	4,353,738	Metropolitan City	5,363	812	Italy

62	Giza	Giza Traffic.JPG	4,239,988	Governorate	289.08	14,667	Egypt

63	Zhengzhou	-	4,122,087	City (sub-provincial)	1,015.66	4,059	China

64	Los Angeles	-	3,976,322	Municipality city	1,213.85	3,276	United States

65	New Taipei City	-	3,954,929	Special municipality	2,052.57	1,927	Taiwan

66	Cape Town	-	3,740,026	Metropolitan municipality	2,444.97	1,530	South Africa

67	Yokohama	-	3,726,167	Designated city	437.49	8,517	Japan

68	Berlin	-	3,671,000	City state	891.75	4,117	Germany

69	Busan	-	3,590,000	Metropolitan city	347.49	10,331	South Korea

70	Xiamen	-	3,531,347	City (sub-provincial)	1,699	2,078	China

71	Jeddah	-	3,456,259	City	1,765	1,958	Saudi Arabia

72	Durban	-	3,442,361	Metropolitan municipality	2,291.31	1,502	South Africa

73	Kabul	-	3,414,100	Municipality city	275	12,415	Afghanistan

74	Casablanca	-	3,359,818	Prefecture	230	14,608	Morocco

75	Hefei	-	3,352,076	City	838.52	3,998	China

76	Pyongyang	-	3,255,388	Direct-controlled municipality	2,113	1,541	North Korea

77	Madrid	-	3,207,247	Municipality city	605.77	5,294	Spain

78	Faisalabad	-	3,203,846	City district	214	14,971	Pakistan

79	Ekurhuleni	-	3,178,470	Metropolitan municipality	1,975.31	1,609	South Africa

80	Nairobi	-	3,138,369	Capital district	694.9	4,829	Kenya

81	Zhongshan	-	3,121,275	City	1,783.67	1,750	China

82	Pune	-	3,115,431	Municipal corporation	450.69	6,913	India

83	Addis Ababa	-	3,103,673	Metropolitan municipality-province	526.99	5,889	Ethiopia

84	Jaipur	-	3,073,350	Municipal corporation	485	6,337	India

85	Buenos Aires	-	3,054,300	Federal district	203	15,046	Argentina

86	Wenzhou	Vue générale de Wenzhou.JPG	3,039,439	City	1,187.88	2,559	China

87	Incheon	-	3,002,645	Metropolitan city	328.55	9,139	South Korea

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With a total population of around 15 million residents in its metropolitan area, Istanbul ranks as the fourth largest city.

final_sentence: With a total population of around 15 million residents in its metropolitan area, Istanbul ranks as the fourth largest city.