# Warld's lairgest ceeties

Determinin the **warld's lairgest ceeties** depends on which definitions o ceety are uised. The Unitit Naitions uises three definitions for whit constitutes a ceety, as nae aw ceeties mey be clessifee'd uisin the same criteria. Ceeties mey be defined bi the extent o thair urban aurie, the metropolitan region, an the ceety proper.

## Leet

| Ceety | Kintra | Image | Ceety Proper Population | Urban Aurie Population | Metropolitan Aurie Population |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shanghai |  Cheenae |  | 7007242568000000000♠24,256,800 | 7007234160000000000♠23,416,000 | 7007247500000000000♠24,750,000 |
| Beijing |  Cheenae |  | 7007215160000000000♠21,516,000 | 7007210090000000000♠21,009,000 | 7007211480000000000♠21,148,000 |
| São Paulo |  Brazil |  | 7007212928930000000♠21,292,893 | 7007203650000000000♠20,365,000 | 7007368421020000000♠36,842,102 |
| Karachi |  Pakistan |  | 7007210000000000000♠21,000,000 | 7007221230000000000♠22,123,000 |  |
| Delhi |  Indie |  | 7007167879410000000♠16,787,941 | 7007249980000000000♠24,998,000 | 7007217534860000000♠21,753,486 |
| Lagos |  Nigerie |  | 7007160603030000000♠16,060,303 | 7007131230000000000♠13,123,000 | 7007210000000000000♠21,000,000 |
| Istanbul |  Turkey |  | 7007146570000000000♠14,657,000 | 7007153280000000000♠15,328,000 | 7007167030000000000♠16,703,000 |
| Tokyo |  Japan |  | 7007132976290000000♠13,297,629 | 7007378430000000000♠37,843,000 | 7007369230000000000♠36,923,000 |
| Mumbai |  Indie |  | 7007124784470000000♠12,478,447 | 7007177120000000000♠17,712,000 | 7007207483950000000♠20,748,395 |
| Moscow |  Roushie |  | 7007121975960000000♠12,197,596 | 7007161700000000000♠16,170,000 |  |
| Shenzhen |  Cheenae |  | 7007107800000000000♠10,780,000 | 7007120840000000000♠12,084,000 | 7007106300000000000♠10,630,000 |
| Jakarta |  Indonesie |  | 7007100753100000000♠10,075,310 | 7007305390000000000♠30,539,000 | 7007100753100000000♠10,075,310 |
| Seoul |  Sooth Korea |  | 7007100485930000000♠10,048,593 | 7007234800000000000♠23,480,000 | 7007256200000000000♠25,620,000 |
| Guangzhou |  Cheenae |  | 7006986570200000000♠9,865,702 | 7007205970000000000♠20,597,000 | 7007239000000000000♠23,900,000 |
| Kinshasa |  Democratic Republic o the Congo |  | 7006973500000000000♠9,735,000 | 7007115870000000000♠11,587,000 |  |
| Cairo |  Egyp |  | 7006927844100000000♠9,278,441 |  |  |
| Mexico Ceety |  Mexico |  | 7006887472400000000♠8,874,724 | 7007200630000000000♠20,063,000 | 7007211789590000000♠21,178,959 |
| Lima |  Peru |  | 7006869338700000000♠8,693,387 | 7007107500000000000♠10,750,000 | 7006988664700000000♠9,886,647 |
| Lunnon |  Unitit Kinrick |  | 7006853868900000000♠8,538,689 | 7007102360000000000♠10,236,000 | 7007140318300000000♠14,031,830 |
| New York |  Unitit States |  | 7006849107900000000♠8,491,079 | 7007206300000000000♠20,630,000 | 7007200928830000000♠20,092,883 |
| Bengaluru |  Indie |  | 7006842597000000000♠8,425,970 | 7006980700000000000♠9,807,000 | 7006872890600000000♠8,728,906 |
| Bangkok |  Thailand |  | 7006828092500000000♠8,280,925 | 7007149980000000000♠14,998,000 | 7006830521800000000♠8,305,218 |
| Dongguan |  Cheenae |  | 7006822020700000000♠8,220,207 |  |  |
| Chongqing |  Cheenae |  | 7006818980000000000♠8,189,800 |  |  |
| Nanjing |  Cheenae |  | 7006818782800000000♠8,187,828 |  |  |
| Tehran |  Iran |  | 7006815405100000000♠8,154,051 | 7007135320000000000♠13,532,000 | 7007145959040000000♠14,595,904 |
| Shenyang |  Cheenae |  | 7006810617100000000♠8,106,171 |  |  |
| Bogotá |  Colombie |  | 7006777684500000000♠7,776,845 |  | 7006787878300000000♠7,878,783 |
| Ho Chi Minh Ceety |  Vietnam |  | 7006768170000000000♠7,681,700 |  |  |
| Ningbo |  Cheenae |  | 7006760568900000000♠7,605,689 |  |  |
| Hong Kong |  Hong Kong |  | 7006729860000000000♠7,298,600 |  | 7006733169900000000♠7,331,699 |
| Baghdad |  Iraq |  | 7006718088900000000♠7,180,889 |  |  |
| Changsha |  Cheenae |  | 7006704411800000000♠7,044,118 |  |  |
| Dhaka |  Bangladesh |  | 7006697010500000000♠6,970,105 | 7007156690000000000♠15,669,000 | 7007171519250000000♠17,151,925 |
| Wuhan |  Cheenae |  | 7006688625300000000♠6,886,253 |  |  |
| Tianjin |  Cheenae |  | 7006685977900000000♠6,859,779 | 7007109200000000000♠10,920,000 |  |
| Hyderabad |  Indie |  | 7006680997000000000♠6,809,970 |  | 7006774933400000000♠7,749,334 |
| Hanoi |  Vietnam |  | 7006684410000000000♠6,844,100 |  |  |
| Faisalabad |  Pakistan |  | 7006648076500000000♠6,480,765 |  |  |
| Rio de Janeiro |  Brazil |  | 7006642992300000000♠6,429,923 | 7007117270000000000♠11,727,000 | 7007119735050000000♠11,973,505 |
| Foshan |  Cheenae |  | 7006615162200000000♠6,151,622 |  |  |
| Zunyi |  Cheenae |  | 7006612700900000000♠6,127,009 |  |  |
| Santiago |  Chile |  | 7006574371900000000♠5,743,719 |  | 7006668385200000000♠6,683,852 |
| Riyadh |  Saudi Arabie |  | 7006567662100000000♠5,676,621 |  |  |
| Ahmedabad |  Indie |  | 7006557058500000000♠5,570,585 |  | 7006635225400000000♠6,352,254 |
| Singapore |  Singapore |  | 7006553500000000000♠5,535,000 |  |  |
| Shantou |  Cheenae |  | 7006539102800000000♠5,391,028 |  |  |
| Yangon |  Myanmar |  | 7006521400000000000♠5,214,000 |  |  |
| Saunt Petersburg |  Roushie |  | 7006519169000000000♠5,191,690 |  |  |
| Chennai |  Indie |  | 7006479294900000000♠4,792,949 |  | 7006891774900000000♠8,917,749 |
| Abidjan |  Ivory Coast |  | 7006476500000000000♠4,765,000 |  |  |
| Chengdu |  Cheenae |  | 7006474192900000000♠4,741,929 | 7007103760000000000♠10,376,000 |  |
| Alexandria |  Egyp |  | 7006461662500000000♠4,616,625 |  |  |
| Kolkata |  Indie |  | 7006448667900000000♠4,486,679 | 7007146670000000000♠14,667,000 | 7007146178820000000♠14,617,882 |
| Ankara |  Turkey |  | 7006527100000000000♠5,271,000 | 7006458500000000000♠4,585,000 | 7006491900000000000♠4,919,000 |
| Xi'an |  Cheenae |  | 7006446783700000000♠4,467,837 |  |  |
| Surat |  Indie |  | 7006446200200000000♠4,462,002 |  |  |
| Johannesburg |  Sooth Africae |  | 7006443482700000000♠4,434,827 |  |  |
| Dar es Salaam |  Tanzanie |  | 7006436454100000000♠4,364,541 |  |  |
| Suzhou |  Cheenae |  | 7006432706600000000♠4,327,066 |  |  |
| Harbin |  Cheenae |  | 7006428070100000000♠4,280,701 |  |
| Giza |  Egyp |  | 7006423998800000000♠4,239,988 | 7007156000000000000♠15,600,000 |  |
| Zhengzhou |  Cheenae |  | 7006412208700000000♠4,122,087 |  |
| New Taipei Ceety |  Taiwan |  | 7006395492900000000♠3,954,929 |  |  |
| Los Angeles |  Unitit States |  | 7006388430700000000♠3,884,307 | 7007150580000000000♠15,058,000 | 7007132622200000000♠13,262,220 |
| Cape Toun |  Sooth Africae |  | 7006374002600000000♠3,740,026 |  |  |
| Yokohama |  Japan |  | 7006368026700000000♠3,680,267 |  |  |
| Busan |  Sooth Korea |  | 7006359010100000000♠3,590,101 |  |  |
| Hangzhou |  Cheenae |  | 7006356039100000000♠3,560,391 |  |  |
| Xiamen |  Cheenae |  | 7006353134700000000♠3,531,347 |  |  |
| Quanzhou |  Cheenae |  | 7006352084600000000♠3,520,846 |  |  |
| Berlin |  Germany |  | 7006351742400000000♠3,517,424 |  |  |
| Rawalpindi |  Pakistan |  | 7006351000000000000♠3,510,000[*citation needit*] |  |  |
| Jeddah |  Saudi Arabie |  | 7006345625900000000♠3,456,259 |  |  |
| Durban |  Sooth Africae |  | 7006344236100000000♠3,442,361 |  |  |
| Hyderabad |  Pakistan |  | 7006342947100000000♠3,429,471 |  |  |
| Kabul |  Afghanistan |  | 7006341410000000000♠3,414,100 |  |  |
| Casablanca |  Morocco |  | 7006335981800000000♠3,359,818 |  |  |
| Hefei |  Cheenae |  | 7006335207600000000♠3,352,076 |  |  |
| Pyongyang |  North Korea |  | 7006325538800000000♠3,255,388 |  |  |
| Madrid |  Spain |  | 7006320724700000000♠3,207,247 |  | 7006637829700000000♠6,378,297 |
| Peshawar |  Pakistan |  | 7006320100000000000♠3,201,000[*citation needit*] |  |  |
| Ekurhuleni |  Sooth Africae |  | 7006317847000000000♠3,178,470 |  |  |
| Nairobi |  Kenyae |  | 7006313836900000000♠3,138,369 |  |  |
| Zhongshan |  Cheenae |  | 7006312127500000000♠3,121,275 |  |  |
| Pune |  Indie |  | 7006311543100000000♠3,115,431 |  |  |
| Addis Ababa |  Ethiopie |  | 7006310367300000000♠3,103,673 |  |  |
| Jaipur |  Indie |  | 7006307335000000000♠3,073,350 |  |  |
| Buenos Aires |  Argentinae |  | 7006305430000000000♠3,054,300 | 7007141220000000000♠14,122,000 | 7007130740000000000♠13,074,000 |
| Wenzhou |  Cheenae |  | 7006303943900000000♠3,039,439 |  |  |
| Osaka |  Japan |  |  | 7007174440000000000♠17,444,000 | 7007193420000000000♠19,342,000 |
| Paris |  Fraunce |  |  | 7007108580000000000♠10,858,000 | 7007120050770000000♠12,005,077 |
| Manila |  Philippines |  | 7006165217100000000♠1,652,171 | 7007241230000000000♠24,123,000 | 7007118559750000000♠11,855,975 |
| Izmir |  Turkey |  | 7006416800000000000♠4,168,000 | 7006301900000000000♠3,019,000 | 7006357500000000000♠3,575,000 |
| Chicago |  Unitit States |  |  |  | 7006955459800000000♠9,554,598 |
| Nagoya |  Japan |  |  | 7007101770000000000♠10,177,000 | 7006910700000000000♠9,107,000 |
| Taipei |  Taiwan |  |  |  | 7006704548800000000♠7,045,488 |
| Luanda |  Angolae |  |  |  | 7006654294400000000♠6,542,944 |
| Houston |  Unitit States |  |  |  | 7006649018000000000♠6,490,180 |
| Philadelphia |  Unitit States |  |  |  | 7006605117000000000♠6,051,170 |
| Lahore |  Pakistan |  |  | 7007100520000000000♠10,052,000 |  |