Largest cities

Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.

#	City	Country	Population
1	Shanghai	China	24,874,5002026
2	Chongqing	China	22,000,0002026
3	Chengdu	China	20,937,7572026
4	Beijing	China	18,960,7442025
5	Guangzhou	China	18,676,6052026
6	Shenzhen	China	17,494,3982025
7	Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	16,000,0002023
8	Istanbul	Turkey	15,701,6022026
9	Lagos	Nigeria	15,388,0002023
10	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	14,002,5982025
11	Tianjin	China	13,866,0092026
12	Wuhan	China	13,739,0002026
13	Lahore	Pakistan	13,004,1352026
14	Xi’an	China	12,952,9072026
15	Mumbai	India	12,691,8362024
16	São Paulo	Brazil	12,400,2322026
17	Mexico City	Mexico	12,294,1932024
18	Hangzhou	China	11,936,0102026
19	Karachi	Pakistan	11,624,2192026
20	Delhi	India	11,034,5552024
21	Moscow	Russia	10,381,2222025
22	Dhaka	Bangladesh	10,356,5002026
23	Seoul	South Korea	10,349,3122024
24	Harbin	China	10,009,8542026
25	Tokyo	Japan	9,733,2762025
26	Dongguan	China	9,644,8712024
27	Cairo	Egypt	9,606,9162026
28	Hefei	China	9,465,8812026
29	Johannesburg	South Africa	9,418,1832026
30	Weifang	China	9,386,7052026
31	Nanjing	China	9,314,6852026
32	Shenyang	China	9,070,0932026
33	Foshan	China	9,042,5092025
34	London	United Kingdom	8,961,9892026
35	New York City	United States	8,804,1902026
36	Jakarta	Indonesia	8,540,1212026
37	Bengaluru	India	8,495,4922025
38	Jinan	China	8,352,5742026
39	Hanoi	Vietnam	8,053,6632026
40	Taipei	Taiwan	7,871,9002025
41	Lima	Peru	7,737,0022023
42	Bogotá	Colombia	7,674,3662024
43	Dalian	China	7,450,7852026
44	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	7,396,0762025
45	Baghdad	Iraq	7,216,0002024
46	Wuzhong	China	7,202,6542026
47	Qingdao	China	7,172,4512024
48	Tehran	Iran	7,153,3092026
49	Yantai	China	7,102,1002026
50	Hyderabad	India	6,993,2622025
51	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	6,747,8152026
52	Suzhou	China	6,715,5592024
53	Zhengzhou	China	6,650,5322026
54	Ahmedabad	India	6,357,6932024
55	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	6,321,0172026
56	Nanning	China	5,977,1852026
57	Kunming	China	5,950,5782026
58	Shijiazhuang	China	5,758,4032026
59	Changchun	China	5,691,0242026
60	Pudong	China	5,681,5122026
61	Sydney	Australia	5,638,8302026
62	Singapore	Singapore	5,638,7002025
63	Melbourne	Australia	5,435,5902026
64	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	5,383,7282026
65	Saint Petersburg	Russia	5,351,9352026
66	Taiyuan	China	5,305,0612026
67	Alexandria	Egypt	5,263,5422026
68	Bangkok	Thailand	5,104,4762024
69	Kano	Nigeria	4,910,0002026
70	Santiago	Chile	4,837,2952025
71	Cape Town	South Africa	4,772,8462026
72	Peshawar	Pakistan	4,758,7622026
73	Zibo	China	4,704,1382026
74	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	4,697,0002024
75	Chennai	India	4,681,0872024
76	Kolkata	India	4,631,3922024
77	Xiamen	China	4,617,2512024
78	Surat	India	4,591,2462026
79	Yangzhou	China	4,559,7972026
80	Huai'an	China	4,556,2302026
81	Guiyang	China	4,506,1342026
82	Yangon	Myanmar	4,477,6382026
83	Bao'an	China	4,476,5542026
84	Kabul	Afghanistan	4,434,5502024
85	Nairobi	Kenya	4,397,0732023
86	Wuxi	China	4,396,8352025
87	Giza	Egypt	4,367,3432024
88	Lanzhou	China	4,359,4462026
89	Bamako	Mali	4,227,5692025
90	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	4,205,9612024
91	Fuzhou	China	4,094,4912026
92	Ürümqi	China	4,054,0002026
93	New Taipei City	Taiwan	4,004,3672025
94	Chattogram	Bangladesh	3,920,2222026
95	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	3,860,0002026
96	Zaozhuang	China	3,855,6012026
97	Zhongshan	China	3,841,8732024
98	Shantou	China	3,838,9002025
99	Los Angeles	United States	3,820,9142025
100	Faisalabad	Pakistan	3,800,1932025