# Lijst van grootste steden

Deze lijst bevat de 90 grootste steden naar inwonertal (peildatum 2016). In deze lijsten zijn alleen de inwoners binnen de juridische of politieke stadsgrenzen meegenomen, dus niet de inwoners in de agglomeratie, het stedelijk gebied of in de voorsteden.
| Rang | Metropool gebiedsnaam | Land | Bevolking |
| 1 | Shanghai | China | 24.256.800 |
| 2 | Karachi | Pakistan | 23.500.000 |
| 3 | Peking | China | 21.516.000 |
| 4 | Lagos | Nigeria | 21.000.000 |
| 5 | Delhi | India | 16.787.900 |
| 6 | Tianjin | China | 15.200.000 |
| 7 | Istanboel | Turkije | 14.160.500 |
| 8 | Tokio | Japan | 13.297.600 |
| 9 | Guangzhou | China | 13.080.500 |
| 10 | Mumbai | India | 12.478.400 |
| 11 | Moskou | Rusland | 12.197.600 |
| 12 | São Paulo | Brazilië | 11.895.900 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | China | 10.467.400 |
| 14 | Jakarta | Indonesië | 10.075.300 |
| 15 | Seoel | Zuid-Korea | 10.048.900 |
| 16 | Kinshasa | Congo-Kinshasa | 9.735.000 |
| 17 | Caïro | Egypte | 9.278.400 |
| 18 | Mexico-Stad | Mexico | 8.874.700 |
| 19 | Lima | Peru | 8.693.400 |
| 20 | New York | Verenigde Staten | 8.550.405 |
| 21 | Londen | Verenigd Koninkrijk | 8.538.700 |
| 22 | Bangalore | India | 8.426.000 |
| 23 | Bangkok | Thailand | 8.280.900 |
| 24 | Ho Chi Minhstad | Vietnam | 8.224.400 |
| 25 | Dongguan | China | 8.220.200 |
| 26 | Chongqing | China | 8.189.800 |
| 27 | Nanjing | China | 8.187.800 |
| 28 | Teheran | Iran | 8.154.100 |
| 29 | Shenyang | China | 8.106.200 |
| 30 | Bogota | Colombia | 7.776.800 |
| 31 | Ningbo | China | 7.605.700 |
| 32 | Hongkong | Hongkong | 7.298.600 |
| 33 | Hanoi | Vietnam | 7.232.700 |
| 34 | Bagdad | Irak | 7.180.900 |
| 35 | Changsha | China | 7.044.100 |
| 36 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 6.970.100 |
| 37 | Wuhan | China | 6.886.300 |
| 38 | Haiderabad | India | 6.810.000 |
| 39 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazilië | 6.429.900 |
| 40 | Faisalabad | Pakistan | 6.418.700 |
| 41 | Lahore | Pakistan | 6.318.700 |
| 42 | Foshan | China | 6.151.622 |
| 43 | Zunyi | China | 6.127.000 |
| 44 | Santiago | Chili | 5.743.700 |
| 45 | Riyad | Saoedi-Arabië | 5.676.621 |
| 46 | Ahmedabad | India | 5.570.600 |
| 47 | Singapore | Singapore | 5.535.000 |
| 48 | Shantou | China | 5.391.000 |
| 49 | Yangon | Myanmar | 5.214.000 |
| 50 | Sint-Petersburg | Rusland | 5.191.700 |
| 51 | Chennai | India | 4.792.900 |
| 52 | Abidjan | Ivoorkust | 4.765.000 |
| 53 | Chengdu | China | 4.741.900 |
| 54 | Alexandrië | Egypte | 4.616.600 |
| 55 | Calcutta | India | 4.486.700 |
| 56 | Ankara | Turkije | 4.470.800 |
| 57 | Xi'an | China | 4.467.800 |
| 58 | Surat | India | 4.462.000 |
| 59 | Johannesburg | Zuid-Afrika | 4.434.800 |
| 60 | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 4.364.500 |
| 61 | Suzhou | China | 4.327.100 |
| 62 | Harbin | China | 4.280.700 |
| 63 | Gizeh | Egypte | 4.240.000 |
| 64 | Zhengzhou | China | 4.122.100 |
| 65 | Nieuw Taipei | Taiwan | 3.954.900 |
| 66 | Los Angeles | Verenigde Staten | 3.884.300 |
| 67 | Kaapstad | Zuid-Afrika | 3.740.000 |
| 68 | Yokohama | Japan | 3.680.300 |
| 69 | Busan | Zuid-Korea | 3.590.100 |
| 70 | Hangzhou | China | 3.560.400 |
| 71 | Xiamen | China | 3.531.300 |
| 72 | Quanzhou | China | 3.520.800 |
| 73 | Berlijn | Duitsland | 3.517.400 |
| 74 | Rawalpindi | India | 3.510.000 |
| 75 | Jeddah | Saoedi-Arabië | 3.456.300 |
| 76 | Durban | Zuid-Afrika | 3.442.400 |
| 77 | Hyderabad | Pakistan | 3.429.500 |
| 78 | Kabul | Afghanistan | 3.414.100 |
| 79 | Casablanca | Marokko | 3.359.800 |
| 80 | Hefei | China | 3.352.100 |
| 81 | Pyongyang | Noord-Korea | 3.255.400 |
| 82 | Madrid | Spanje | 3.207.200 |
| 83 | Pesjawar | Pakistan | 3.201.000 |
| 84 | Oost-Rand | Zuid-Afrika | 3.178.500 |
| 85 | Nairobi | Kenia | 3.138.400 |
| 86 | Zhongshan | China | 3.121.300 |
| 87 | Pune | India | 3.115.400 |
| 88 | Addis Abeba | Ethiopië | 3.103.700 |
| 89 | Jaipur | India | 3.073.400 |
| 90 | Buenos Aires | Argentinië | 3.054.300 |