List of cities proper by population

Table columns:
Rank
City
Image
Population
Definition
Total area (km²)
Population density (/km²)
Country

Table rows:
cells: 1
Shanghai
24,256,800[6]
Municipality
6,340.5[7]
3,826
China
cells: 2
Beijing
21,516,000[8]
Municipality
16,410.54[9]
1,311
China
cells: 3
Delhi
16,787,941[10]
Union territory
1,484
11,313
India
cells: 4
Lagos
16,060,303[a]
Metropolitan City
1,171.28[12]
13,712
Nigeria
cells: 5
Tianjin
15,200,000[13]
Municipality
11,760[14]
1,293
China
cells: 6
Karachi
14,910,352[15]
Metropolitan Corporation[16]
3,527
4,572
Pakistan
cells: 7
Chengdu
14,427,500[17]
Sub-provincial City
14,312[18]
11,263
China
cells: 8
Istanbul
14,160,467[19]
Metropolitan Municipality[20]
5,461[21]
2,593
Turkey
cells: 9
Tokyo
13,513,734[22]
Metropolis
2,191[22]
6,168
Japan
cells: 10
Guangzhou
13,080,500[23]
Sub-provincial City
7,434.4[24]
1,759
China
cells: 11
Mumbai
12,442,373[25]
Municipal Corporation[26]
603.4
20,680
India
cells: 12
Moscow
12,380,664[27]
Federal City[28][29]
2,510.12[30]
4,859
Russia
cells: 13
São Paulo
12,038,175[31]
Municipality City[32]
1,521.11
7,914
Brazil
cells: 14
Lahore
11,126,285[33]
City District
1,772[34]
5,673
Pakistan
cells: 15
Shenzhen
10,467,400[35]
Sub-provincial City
1,991.64[36]
5,256
China
cells: 16
Jakarta
10,075,310[37]
DKI Jakarta[38]
664.12
15,171
Indonesia
cells: 17
Seoul
9,995,784[39]
Special City
605.21[40]
17,134
South Korea
cells: 18
Wuhan
9,785,392[41]
Sub-provincial City[42]
1,327.61[43]
5,187
China
cells: 19
Kinshasa
9,735,000[44][45][full citation needed]
Metropolitan Municipality-Province[46]
1,117.62[47]
8,710
Democratic Republic of the Congo
cells: 20
Cairo
9,278,441[48]
Governorate[49]
3,085.1[50]
3,008
Egypt
cells: 21
Dhaka
8,906,039[51]
City Corporation; 41 thanas of Dhaka city not including 5 upazilas of Dhaka district
300[52]
29,687
Bangladesh
cells: 22
Mexico City
8,874,724[53]
Federal District
1,485.49[54]
5,974
Mexico
cells: 23
London
8,787,892[55]
Greater London Authority[56]
1,572.15
5,590
United Kingdom
cells: 24
Xi'an
8,705,600[57]
Sub-provincial City[58]
832.17
5,369
China
cells: 25
Tehran
8,693,706[59]
City Municipality[60]
450.93[61]
18,083
Iran
cells: 26
Lima
8,693,387[62]
Metropolitan Municipality-Province[63]
2,672.3
3,253
Peru
cells: 27
New York City
8,537,673[64]
City[65]
783.84
10,892
United States
cells: 28
Bengaluru
8,443,675[66]
Municipal Corporation
741.00
11,876
India
cells: 29
Bangkok
8,280,925[67]
Metropolitan Municipality-Province[68]
1,568.74
5,279
Thailand
cells: 30
Ho Chi Minh City
8,224,400[69]
Metropolitan Municipality-Province
2,095.5[69]
3,925
Vietnam
cells: 31
Dongguan
8,220,207[70]
Prefecture-level City
2,469.4
3,329
China
cells: 32
Chongqing
8,189,800[b]
Central Chongqing[c] Municipality
5,473[d]
1,496
China
cells: 33
Nanjing
8,187,828[75]
Sub-provincial City
4,713.85
1,737
China
cells: 34
Shenyang
8,106,171[76]
Sub-provincial City
12,942
626
China
cells: 35
Bogotá
7,776,845[77]
Capital District[78]
859.11[79][80]
9,052
Colombia
cells: 36
Ningbo
7,605,689[81]
Sub-provincial city
9,816.23
775
China
cells: 37
Hong Kong
7,298,600[82]
Special Administrative Region[83]
1,104.43[84]
6,608
China
cells: 38
Hanoi
7,232,700[69]
Metropolitan Municipality-Province
3,324.5[69]
2,176
Vietnam
cells: 39
Baghdad
7,180,889[85]
Metropolitan Municipality-Province[86]
4,555[87]
1,576
Iraq
cells: 40
Changsha
7,044,118[88]
Prefecture-level City[89]
11,819
596
China
cells: 41
Hyderabad
6,731,790[90]
Municipal Corporation
621.48[91]
10,832
India
cells: 42
Chennai
6,727,000[92]
Municipal Corporation[93]
426.51[94]
15,772
India
cells: 43
Rio de Janeiro
6,498,837[95]
Municipality City
1,200.27[96]
5,414
Brazil
cells: 44
Foshan
6,151,622[97][98]
Prefecture-level City
2,034.62[99]
3,023
China
cells: 45
Santiago
5,743,719[100]
Metropolitan Municipality-Province[101]
1,249.9
4,595
Chile
cells: 46
Riyadh
5,676,621[102]
Municipality City[103]
1,233.98[104]
4,600
Saudi Arabia
cells: 47
Ahmedabad
5,570,585[105]
Municipal Corporation
475
11,728
India
cells: 48
Singapore
5,535,000[106]
City State
719.1[106]
7,697
Singapore
cells: 49
Shantou
5,391,028[107]
Prefecture-level City
2,064.42
2,611
China
cells: 50
Saint Petersburg
5,281,579[108]
Federal City
1,439[30]
3,608
Russia
cells: 51
Yangon
5,214,000[109]
Metropolitan Municipality-Province[110]
598.75[111]
8,708
Myanmar
cells: 52
Abidjan
4,765,000[44]
Department/City District
2,119[112]
2,249
Ivory Coast
cells: 53
Alexandria
4,616,625[113]
Governorate
2,300[114][115]
2,007
Egypt
cells: 54
Kolkata
4,496,694[116]
Municipal Corporation
185
24,306
India
cells: 55
Ankara
4,470,800[117]
Metropolitan Municipality-Province[118]
1,910.92[119][120]
2,340
Turkey
cells: 56
Surat
4,462,002[25]
Municipal Corporation
326.515[121]
13,666
India
cells: 57
Johannesburg
4,434,827[122]
Municipality City
1,644.98
2,696
South Africa
cells: 58
Dar es Salaam
4,364,541[123]
Metropolitan Municipality-Province[124]
1,631.12[125]
2,676
Tanzania
cells: 59
Suzhou
4,327,066[126]
Prefecture-level City[127]
1,649.72[128]
2,623
China
cells: 60
Harbin
4,280,701[129][130]
Sub-provincial City
1,718.2[131]
2,491
China
cells: 61
Giza
4,239,988[132]
Governorate[133]
289.08
14,667
Egypt
cells: 62
Zhengzhou
4,122,087[134]
Sub-provincial City[135]
1,015.66
4,059
China
cells: 63
Los Angeles
3,976,322[64]
Municipality City[136]
1,213.85
3,276
United States
cells: 64
New Taipei City
3,954,929[137]
Special Municipality
2,052.57[138]
1,927
Taiwan
cells: 65
Cape Town
3,740,026[122]
Municipality City
2,444.97
1,530
South Africa
cells: 66
Yokohama
3,726,167[22]
Designated City
437.49
8,517
Japan
cells: 67
Berlin
3,671,000[139]
City State
891.75
4,117
Germany
cells: 68
Busan
3,590,101[140]
Metropolitan City
766.12[140]
4,686
South Korea
cells: 69
Hangzhou
3,560,391[141]
Sub-provincial City
728.19[141]
4,889
China
cells: 70
Xiamen
3,531,347[142]
Sub-provincial City
1,699
2,078
China
cells: 71
Quanzhou
3,520,846[143]
Prefecture-level City
1,062
3,315
China
cells: 72
Jeddah
3,456,259[144]
Municipality City
1,765[145]
1,958
Saudi Arabia
cells: 73
Durban
3,442,361[122]
Municipality City
2,291.31
1,502
South Africa
cells: 74
Kabul
3,414,100[146]
Municipality City
275
12,415
Afghanistan
cells: 75
Casablanca
3,359,818[147]
Prefecture
387
8,682
Morocco
cells: 76
Hefei
3,352,076[148]
Prefecture-level City[149]
838.52
3,998
China
cells: 77
Pyongyang
3,255,388[150]
Direct-controlled Municipality
2,113[151]
1,541
North Korea
cells: 78
Madrid
3,207,247[152]
Municipality City
605.77
5,294
Spain
cells: 79
Faisalabad
3,203,846[153]
City District
214
14,971
Pakistan
cells: 80
Ekurhuleni
3,178,470[122]
Municipality City
1,975.31
1,609
South Africa
cells: 81
Nairobi
3,138,369[154]
Capital District
694.9
4,829
Kenya
cells: 82
Zhongshan
3,121,275[155]
Prefecture-level City
1,783.67
1,750
China
cells: 83
Pune
3,115,431[105]
Municipal Corporation
450.69
6,913
India
cells: 84
Addis Ababa
3,103,673[156]
Metropolitan Municipality-Province[157]
526.99
5,889
Ethiopia
cells: 85
Jaipur
3,073,350[105]
Municipal Corporation
485
6,337
India
cells: 86
Buenos Aires
3,054,300[158]
Federal District
203
15,046
Argentina
cells: 87
Wenzhou
3,039,439[159]
Prefecture-level City[160]
1,187.88
2,559
China

Questions about this table:
originalText: three largest cities in the world by population
answer: answerTexts: Shanghai
Beijing
Delhi
alternativeAnswers: answerTexts: Shanghai
Beijing
Delhi
answerTexts: Shanghai
Beijing
Delhi
answerTexts: Shanghai
Beijing
Delhi