# List of largest urban areas by country
## Largest urban areas, by country

Per The World Factbook:

### Afghanistan

4.589 million KABUL (capital) (2023)

### Albania

520,000 TIRANA (capital) (2023)

### Algeria

2.854 million ALGIERS (capital); 922,000 Oran (2022)

### American Samoa

49,000 PAGO PAGO (capital) (2018)

### Andorra

23,000 ANDORRA LA VELLA (capital) (2018)

### Angola

9.292 million LUANDA (capital), 959,000 Lubango, 905,000 Cabinda, 809,000 Benguela, 783,000 Malanje (2023)

### Anguilla

1,000 THE VALLEY (capital) (2018)

### Antigua and Barbuda

21,000 SAINT JOHN'S (capital) (2018)

### Argentina

15.490 million BUENOS AIRES (capital), 1.612 million Cordoba, 1.594 million Rosario, 1.226 million Mendoza, 1.027 million San Miguel de Tucuman, 914,000 La Plata (2023)

### Armenia

1.095 million YEREVAN (capital) (2023)

### Aruba

30,000 ORANJESTAD (capital) (2018)

### Australia

5.235 million Melbourne, 5.121 million Sydney, 2.505 million Brisbane, 2.118 million Perth, 1.367 million Adelaide, 472,000 CANBERRA (capital) (2023)

### Austria

1.975 million VIENNA (capital) (2023)

### Azerbaijan

2.432 million BAKU (capital) (2023)

### Bahamas, The

280,000 NASSAU (capital) (2018)

### Bahrain

689,000 MANAMA (capital) (2022)

### Bangladesh

23.210 million DHAKA (capital), 5.380 million Chittagong, 955,000 Khulna, 962,000 Rajshahi, 969,000 Rangpur, 964,000 Sylhet, 906,000 Bogra (2023)

### Barbados

89,000 BRIDGETOWN (capital) (2018)

### Belarus

2.049 million MINSK (capital) (2022)

### Belgium

2.110 million BRUSSELS (capital); 1.053 million Antwerp (2022)

### Belize

23,000 BELMOPAN (capital) (2018)

### Benin

285,000 PORTO-NOVO (capital) (2018); 1.189 million Abomey-Calavi; 709,000 COTONOU (seat of government) (2022)

### Bermuda

10,000 HAMILTON (capital) (2018)

### Bhutan

203,000 THIMPHU (capital) (2018)

### Bolivia

1.908 million LA PAZ (capital); 1.784 million Santa Cruz; 1.369 million Cochabamba; 278,000 Sucre (constitutional capital) (2022)

### Bosnia and Herzegovina

344,000 SARAJEVO (capital) (2022)

### Botswana

269,000 GABORONE (capital) (2018)

### Brazil

22.620 million Sao Paulo, 13.728 million Rio de Janeiro, 6.248 million Belo Horizonte, 4.873 million BRASILIA (capital), 4.264 million Recife, 4.212 million Porto Alegre (2023)

### British Virgin Islands

15,000 ROAD TOWN (capital) (2018)

### Brunei

241,000 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (capital) (2011)

### Bulgaria

1.287 million SOFIA (capital) (2022)

### Burkina Faso

3.056 million OUAGADOUGOU (capital); 1.074 million Bobo-Dioulasso (2022)

### Burundi

1.139 million BUJUMBURA (capital) (2022)

### Cabo Verde

168,000 PRAIA (capital) (2018)

### Cambodia

2.211 million PHNOM PENH (capital) (2022)

### Cameroon

4.164 million YAOUNDE (capital); 3.927 million Douala (2022)

### Canada

6.372 million Toronto, 4.308 million Montreal, 3.05 million Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, 1.640 million Calgary, 1.544 million Edmonton, 1.437 million OTTAWA (capital) (2023)

### Cayman Islands

35,000 GEORGE TOWN (capital) (2018)

### Central African Republic

933,000 BANGUI (capital) (2022)

### Chad

1.533 million N'DJAMENA (capital) (2022)

### Chile

6.903 million SANTIAGO (capital), 1.009 million Valparaiso, 912,000 Concepcion (2023)

### China

29.211 million Shanghai, 21.766 million BEIJING (capital), 17.341 million Chongqing, 14.284 million Guangzhou, 14.239 million Tianjin, 13.073 million Shenzhen (2023)

### Colombia

11.508 million BOGOTA (capital), 4.102 million Medellin, 2.864 million Cali, 2.349 million Barranquilla, 1.381 million Bucaramanga, 1.088 million Cartagena (2023)

### Comoros

62,000 MORONI (capital) (2018)

### Congo, Democratic Republic of the

16.316 million KINSHASA (capital), 2.892 million Mbuji-Mayi, 2.812 million Lubumbashi, 1.664 million Kananga, 1.423 million Kisangani, 1.249 million Bukavu (2023)

### Congo, Republic of the

2.638 million BRAZZAVILLE (capital), 1.336 million Pointe-Noire (2023)

### Costa Rica

1.441 million SAN JOSE (capital) (2022)

### Côte d'Ivoire

231,000 YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) (2018); 5.516 million ABIDJAN (seat of government) (2022)

### Croatia

684,000 ZAGREB (capital) (2022)

### Cuba

2.149 million HAVANA (capital) (2023)

### Curacao

144,000 WILLEMSTAD (capital) (2018)

### Cyprus

269,000 NICOSIA (capital) (2018)

### Czech Republic

1.318 million PRAGUE (capital) (2022)

### Denmark

1.370 million COPENHAGEN (capital) (2022)

### Djibouti

591,000 DJIBOUTI (capital) (2022)

### Dominica

15,000 ROSEAU (capital) (2018)

### Dominican Republic

3.524 million SANTO DOMINGO (capital) (2023)

### Ecuador

3.142 million Guayaquil, 1.957 million QUITO (capital) (2023)

### Egypt

22.183 million CAIRO (capital), 5.588 million Alexandria, 778,000 Bur Sa'id (2023)

### El Salvador

1.116 million SAN SALVADOR (capital) (2023)

### Equatorial Guinea

297,000 MALABO (capital) (2018)

### Eritrea

1.073 million ASMARA (capital) (2023)

### Estonia

452,000 TALLINN (capital) (2022)

### Eswatini

68,000 MBABANE (capital) (2018)

### Ethiopia

5.461 million ADDIS ABABA (capital) (2023)

### Falkland Islands

2,000 STANLEY (capital) (2018)

### Faroe Islands

21,000 TÓRSHAVN (capital) (2018)

### Fiji

178,000 SUVA (capital) (2018)

### Finland

1.328 million HELSINKI (capital) (2022)

### France

11.208 million PARIS (capital), 1.761 million Lyon, 1.628 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.079 million Lille, 1.060 million Toulouse, 1.000 million Bordeaux (2023)

### French Polynesia

136,000 PAPEETE (capital) (2018)

### Gabon

857,000 LIBREVILLE (capital) (2022)

### Gambia, The

470,000 BANJUL (capital) (2022)

### Georgia

1.203 million TBILISI (capital) (2022)

### Germany

3.574 million BERLIN (capital), 1.788 million Hamburg, 1.576 million Munich, 1.144 million Cologne, 796,000 Frankfurt (2023)

### Ghana

3.630 million Kumasi; 2.605 million ACCRA (capital); 1.035 million Sekondi Takoradi (2022)

### Gibraltar

35,000 GIBRALTAR (capital) (2018)

### Greece

3.154 million ATHENS (capital); 814,000 Thessaloniki (2022)

### Greenland

18,000 NUUK (capital) (2018)

### Grenada

39,000 SAINT GEORGE'S (capital) (2018)

### Guam

147,000 HAGATNA (capital) (2018)

### Guatemala

3.095 million GUATEMALA CITY (capital) (2023)

### Guernsey

16,000 SAINT PETER PORT (capital) (2018)

### Guinea

2.049 million CONAKRY (capital) (2022)

### Guinea-Bissau

643,000 BISSAU (capital) (2022)

### Guyana

110,000 GEORGETOWN (capital) (2018)

### Haiti

2.915 million PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) (2022)

### Holy See

1,000 VATICAN CITY (capital) (2018)

### Honduras

1.568 million TEGUCIGALPA (capital), 982,000 San Pedro Sula (2023)

### Hong Kong

7.643 million Hong Kong (2022)

### Hungary

1.775 million BUDAPEST (capital) (2022)

### Iceland

216,000 REYKJAVÍK (capital) (2018)

### India

32.941 million NEW DELHI (capital), 21.297 million Mumbai, 15.333 million Kolkata, 13.608 million Bangalore, 11.776 million Chennai, 10.801 million Hyderabad (2023)

### Indonesia

11.249 million JAKARTA (capital), 3.729 million Bekasi, 3.044 million Surabaya, 3.041 million Depok, 2.674 million Bandung, 2.514 million Tangerang (2023)

### Iran

9.500 million TEHRAN (capital), 3.368 million Mashhad, 2.258 million Esfahan, 1.721 million Shiraz, 1.661 million Tabriz, 1.594 million Karaj (2023)

### Iraq

7.711 million BAGHDAD (capital), 1.792 million Mosul, 1.448 million Basra, 1.075 million Kirkuk, 958,000 Najaf, 897,000 Erbil (2023)

### Ireland

1.256 million DUBLIN (capital) (2022)

### Isle of Man

27,000 DOUGLAS (capital) (2018)

### Israel

4.344 million Tel Aviv-Yafo; 1.254 million JERUSALEM (capital); 1.164 million Haifa (2022)

### Italy

4.316 million ROME (capital), 3.155 million Milan, 2.179 million Naples, 1.802 million Turin, 913,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2023)

### Jamaica

595,000 KINGSTON (capital) (2022)

### Japan

37.194 million TOKYO (capital), 19.013 million Osaka, 9.569 million Nagoya, 5.490 million Kitakyushu-Fukuoka, 2.937 million Shizuoka-Hamamatsu, 2.666 million Sapporo (2023)

### Jersey

34,000 SAINT HELIER (capital) (2018)

### Jordan

2.210 million AMMAN (capital) (2022)

### Kazakhstan

1.987 million Almaty, 1.291 million NUR-SULTAN (capital), 1.155 million Shimkent (2023)

### Kenya

5.325 million NAIROBI (capital), 1.440 million Mombassa (2023)

### Kiribati

64,000 TARAWA (capital) (2018)

### Korea, North

3.158 million PYONGYANG (capital) (2023)

### Korea, South

9.988 million SEOUL (capital), 3.472 million Busan, 2.849 million Incheon, 2.181 million Daegu (Taegu), 1.577 million Daejon (Taejon), 1.529 million Gwangju (Kwangju) (2023)

### Kosovo

216,870 PRISTINA (capital) (2019)

### Kuwait

3.298 million KUWAIT (capital) (2023)

### Kyrgyzstan

1.105 million BISHKEK (capital) (2023)

### Laos

706,000 VIENTIANE (capital) (2022)

### Latvia

625,000 RIGA (capital) (2022)

### Lebanon

2.433 million BEIRUT (capital) (2022)

### Lesotho

350,000 MASERU (capital) (2022)

### Liberia

1.623 million MONROVIA (capital) (2022)

### Libya

1.183 million TRIPOLI (capital), 984,000 Misratah, 859,000 Benghazi (2023)

### Liechtenstein

5,000 VADUZ (capital) (2018)

### Lithuania

541,000 VILNIUS (capital) (2022)

### Luxembourg

120,000 LUXEMBOURG (capital) (2018)

### Madagascar

3.700 million ANTANANARIVO (capital) (2022)

### Malawi

1.222 million LILONGWE (capital); 995,000 Blantyre-Limbe (2022)

### Malaysia

8.622 million KUALA LUMPUR (capital), 1.086 million Johor Bahru, 857,000 Ipoh (2023)

### Maldives

177,000 MALE (capital) (2018)

### Mali

2.817 million BAMAKO (capital) (2022)

### Malta

213,000 VALLETTA (capital) (2018)

### Marshall Islands

31,000 MAJURO (capital) (2018)

### Mauritania

1.432 million NOUAKCHOTT (capital) (2022)

### Mauritius

149,000 PORT LOUIS (capital) (2018)

### Mexico

22.281 million MEXICO CITY (capital), 5.420 million Guadalajara, 5.117 million Monterrey, 3.345 million Puebla, 2.626 million Toluca de Lerdo, 2.260 million Tijuana (2023)

### Federated States of Micronesia

7,000 PALIKIR (capital) (2018)

### Moldova

491,000 CHISINAU (capital) (2022)

### Monaco

39,000 MONACO (capital) (2018)

### Mongolia

1.645 million ULAANBAATAR (capital) (2022)

### Montenegro

177,000 PODGORICA (capital) (2018)

### Morocco

3.893 million Casablanca, 1.959 million RABAT (capital), 1.290 million Fes, 1.314 million Tangier, 1.050 million Marrakech, 979,000 Agadir (2023)

### Mozambique

1.797 million Matola; 1.139 million MAPUTO (capital); 927,000 Nampula (2022)

### Myanmar (Burma)

5.610 million YANGON (capital), 1.532 million Mandalay (2023)

### Namibia

461,000 WINDHOEK (capital) (2022)

### Nepal

1.521 million KATHMANDU (capital) (2022)

### Netherlands

2.48 million AMSTERDAM (capital), 2.40 million Rotterdam – The Hague (2022)

### New Caledonia

198,000 NOUMEA (capital) (2018)

### New Zealand

1.652 million Auckland, 419,000 WELLINGTON (capital) (2022)

### Nicaragua

1.095 million MANAGUA (capital) (2023)

### Niger

1.384 million NIAMEY (capital) (2022)

### Nigeria

15.946 million Lagos, 4.348 million Kano, 3.875 million Ibadan, 3.840 million ABUJA (capital), 3.480 million Port Harcourt, 1.905 million Benin City (2023)

### Niue

1,000 ALOFI (capital) (2018)

### North Macedonia

606,000 SKOPJE (capital) (2022)

### Northern Mariana Islands

51,000 SAIPAN (capital) (2018)

### Norway

1.071 million OSLO (capital) (2022)

### Oman

1.623 million MUSCAT (capital) (2022)

### Pakistan

17.236 million Karachi, 13.979 million Lahore, 3.711 million Faisalabad, 2.415 million Gujranwala, 2.412 million Peshawar, 1.232 million ISLAMABAD (capital) (2023)

### Palau

277 NGERULMUD (capital) (2018)

### Palestine

756,000 Gaza; 153,237 RAMALLAH (Capital) (2022)

### Panama

1.977 million PANAMA CITY (capital) (2023)

### Papua New Guinea

410,000 PORT MORESBY (capital) (2023)

### Paraguay

3.511 million ASUNCION (capital) (2023)

### Peru

11.204 million LIMA (capital), 959,000 Arequipa, 904,000 Trujillo (2023)

### Philippines

14.667 million MANILA (capital), 1.949 million Davao, 1.025 million Cebu City, 931,000 Zamboanga, 960,000 Antipolo, 803,000 Cagayan de Oro City, 803,000 Dasmarinas (2023)

### Poland

1.798 million WARSAW (capital), 769,000 Krakow (2023)

### Portugal

3.001 million LISBON (capital), 1.325 million Porto (2023)

### Puerto Rico

2.440 million SAN JUAN (capital) (2023)

### Qatar

779,000 Ar-Rayyan; 652,000 DOHA (capital) (2022)

### Romania

1.785 million BUCHAREST (capital) (2022)

### Russia

12.680 million MOSCOW (capital), 5.561 million Saint Petersburg, 1.695 million Novosibirsk, 1.528 million Yekaterinburg, 1.292 million Kazan, 1.251 million Nizhniy Novgorod (2023)

### Rwanda

1.208 million KIGALI (capital) (2022)

### Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

1,000 JAMESTOWN (capital) (2018)

### Saint Kitts and Nevis

14,000 BASSETERRE (capital) (2018)

### Saint Lucia

22,000 CASTRIES (capital) (2018)

### Saint Pierre and Miquelon

6,000 SAINT – PIERRE (capital) (2018)

### Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

27,000 KINGSTOWN (capital) (2018)

### Samoa

36,000 APIA (capital) (2018)

### San Marino

4,000 SAN MARINO (2018)

### São Tomé and Príncipe

80,000 SÃO TOMÉ (capital) (2018)

### Saudi Arabia

7.682 million RIYADH (capital), 4.863 million Jeddah, 2.150 million Mecca, 1.573 million Medina, 1.329 million Ad Dammam, 872,000 million Hufuf-Mubarraz (2023)

### Senegal

3.326 million DAKAR (capital) (2022)

### Serbia

1.405 million BELGRADE (capital) (2022)

### Seychelles

28,000 VICTORIA (capital) (2018)

### Sierra Leone

1.272 million FREETOWN (capital) (2022)

### Singapore

6.081 million SINGAPORE (capital) (2023)

### Sint Maarten

1,327 PHILIPSBURG (capital) (2011)

### Slovakia

439,000 BRATISLAVA (capital) (2022)

### Slovenia

286,000 LJUBLJANA (capital) (2018)

### Solomon Islands

82,000 HONIARA (capital) (2018)

### Somalia

2.610 million MOGADISHU (capital), 1.127 million Hargeysa (2023)

### South Africa

10.316 million Johannesburg (includes Ekurhuleni), 4.890 million Cape Town (legislative capital), 3.228 million Durban, 2.818 million PRETORIA (administrative capital), 1.296 million Port Elizabeth, 934,000 West Rand (2023)

### South Sudan

459,000 JUBA (capital) (2023)

### Spain

6.751 million MADRID (capital), 5.687 million Barcelona, 838,000 Valencia (2023)

### Sri Lanka

103,000 Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) (2018), 633,000 COLOMBO (capital) (2023)

### Sudan

6.344 million KHARTOUM (capital), 1.057 million Nyala (2023)

### Suriname

239,000 PARAMARIBO (capital) (2018)

### Sweden

1.659 million STOCKHOLM (capital) (2022)

### Switzerland

1.420 million Zurich, 437,000 BERN (capital) (2022)

### Syria

2.585 million DAMASCUS (capital), 2.203 million Aleppo, 1.443 million Hims (Homs), 996,000 Hamah (2023)

### Taiwan

4.504 million New Taipei City, 2.754 million TAIPEI (capital), 2.319 million Taoyuan, 1.553 million Kaohsiung, 1.369 million Taichung, 863,000 Tainan (2023)

### Tajikistan

962,000 DUSHANBE (capital) (2022)

### Tanzania

262,000 Dodoma (legislative capital) (2018), 7.776 million DAR ES SALAAM (administrative capital), 1.311 million Mwanza, 800,000 Zanzibar (2023)

### Thailand

10.5 million BANGKOK (capital), 1.2 million Chiang Mai, 450,000 Nakhon Ratchasima, 415,000 Khon Kaen,
400,000 Hat Yai (2023)

### Timor-Leste

281,000 DILI (capital) (2018)

### Togo

1.926 million LOME (capital) (2022)

### Tonga

23,000 NUKU'ALOFA (2018)

### Trinidad and Tobago

545,000 PORT OF SPAIN (capital) (2022)

### Tunisia

2.439 million TUNIS (capital) (2022)

### Turkey

15.848 million Istanbul, 5.397 million ANKARA (capital), 3.088 million Izmir, 2.086 million Bursa, 1.836 million Adana, 1.805 million Gaziantep (2023)

### Turkmenistan

883,000 ASHGABAT (capital) (2022)

### Turks and Caicos Islands

5,000 GRAND TURK (capital) (2018)

### Tuvalu

7,000 FUNAFUTI (capital) (2018)

### Uganda

3.652 million KAMPALA (capital) (2022)

### Ukraine

3.010 million KYIV (capital); 1.423 million Kharkiv; 1.008 million Odesa; 952,000 Dnipro; 893,000 Donetsk (2022)

### United Arab Emirates

2.964 million Dubai; 1.786 million Sharjah; 1.540 million ABU DHABI (capital) (2022)

### United Kingdom

9.648 million LONDON (capital), 2.791 million Manchester, 2.665 million Birmingham, 1.929 million West Yorkshire, 1.698 million Glasgow, 952,000 Southampton / Portsmouth (2023)

### United States

18.937 million New York – Newark, 12.534 million Los Angeles – Long Beach – Santa Ana, 8.937 million Chicago, 6.707 million Houston, 6.574 million Dallas – Fort Worth, 5.490 million WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) (2023)

### Uruguay

1.767 million MONTEVIDEO (capital) (2022)

### Uzbekistan

2.574 million TASHKENT (capital) (2022)

### Vanuatu

53,000 PORT – VILA (capital) (2018)

### Venezuela

2.972 million CARACAS (capital), 2.368 million Maracaibo, 1.983 million Valencia, 1.254 million Barquisimeto, 1.243 million Maracay, 964,000 Ciudad Guayana (2023)

### Vietnam

9.321 million Ho Chi Minh City, 5.253 million HANOI (capital), 1.865 million Can Tho, 1.423 million Hai Phong, 1.221 million Da Nang, 1.111 million Bien Hoa (2023)

### Virgin Islands

52,000 CHARLOTTE AMALIE (capital) (2018)

### Wallis and Futuna

1,000 MATA – UTU (capital) (2018)

### Yemen

3.182 million SANAA (capital), 1.045 million Aden (2022)

### Zambia

3.042 million LUSAKA (capital) (2022)

### Zimbabwe

1.558 million HARARE (capital) (2022)