Largest Cities in the World

When we say largest cities in the World we are referring strictly to population. On the first three places we have the following cities: Shanghai (China) with 23,416,000 people, Karachi (Pakistan) with 25,400,000 people and Beijing (China) with 21,009,000 people. Below we have the list with the most populated cities in the world.

São Paulo (Brazil) - 20,365,000 

Dhaka (Bangladesh) - 15,669,000

New Delhi (India) - 24,998,000

Lagos (Nigeria) - 13,123,000

Istanbul (Turkey) - 15,328,000

Tokyo (Japan) - 37,843,000

Mumbai (India) - 17,712,000

Moscow (Russia) - 16,170,000

Guangzhou (China) - 20,597,000

Paris (France) - 12,005,077

Shenzhen (China) - 12,084,000

Suzhou (China) - 10,650,501

Kinshasa (Congo) - 13,265,000

Cairo (Egypt) - 18,290,000

Jakarta (Indonesia) - 30,539,000

Lahore (Pakistan) - 10,355,000

Seoul (South Korea) - 12,700,000

Mexico City (Mexico) - 20,063,000

London (United Kingdom) - 10,236,000

Lima (Peru) - 10,750,000

New York City (United States) - 20,630,000

Bengaluru (India) - 9,807,000

Bangkok (Thailand) - 14,998,000

Dongguan (China) - 8,220,207

Chongqing (China) - 8,189,800

Nanjing (China) - 8,187,828

Tehran (Iran) - 13,532,000

Shenyang (China) - 8,106,171

Bogotá (Colombia) - 8,854,722

Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) - 7,681,700

Hong Kong (Hong Kong) - 7,298,600

Baghdad (Iraq) - 7,180,889

Chennai (India) - 7,088,000

Changsha (China) - 7,044,118

Wuhan (China) - 6,886,253

Tianjin (China) - 10,920,000

Hyderabad (India) - 6,809,970

Hanoi (Vietnam) - 6,844,100

Faisalabad (Pakistan) - 6,480,765

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) - 12,727,000

Foshan (China) - 6,151,622

Zunyi (China) - 6,127,009

Santiago (Chile) - 5,743,719

Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) - 5,676,621

Ahmedabad (India) - 5,570,585

Singapore (Singapore) - 5,535,000

Shantou (China) - 5,391,028

Yangon (Myanmar) - 5,214,000

Saint Petersburg (Russia) - 5,191,690

Abidjan (Ivory Coast) - 4,765,000

Chengdu (China) - 10,376,000

Alexandria (Egypt) - 4,616,625

Kolkata (India) - 4,486,679

Ankara (Turkey) - 4,585,000

Surat (India) - 4,462,002

Johannesburg (South Africa) - 4,434,827

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) - 4,364,541

Harbin (China) - 4,280,701

Giza (Egypt) - 15,600,000

Zhengzhou (China) - 4,122,087

New Taipei City (Taiwan) - 3,954,929

Los Angeles (United States) - 15,058,000

Cape Town (South Africa) - 3,740,026

Yokohama (Japan) - 3,726,167

Hangzhou (China) - 3,560,391

Xiamen (China) - 3,531,347

Quanzhou (China) - 3,520,846

Berlin (Germany) - 3,517,424

Busan (South Korea) - 3,510,833

Rawalpindi (Pakistan) - 3,510,000

Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) - 3,456,259

Durban (South Africa) - 3,442,361

Hyderabad (Pakistan) - 3,429,471

Kabul (Afganistan) - 3,414,100

Casablanca (Morocco) - 3,359,818

Hefei (China) - 3,352,076

Pyongyang (North Korea) - 3,255,388

Madrid (Spain) - 3,207,247

Peshawar (Pakistan) - 3,201,000

Ekurhuleni (South Africa) - 3,178,470

Nairobi (Kenya) - 3,138,369

Zhongshan (China) - 3,121,275

Pune (India) - 3,115,431

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) - 3,103,67

Jaipur (India) - 3,073,350

Buenos Aires (Argentina) - 3,054,300

Lucknow (India) - 3,001,475

Wenzhou (China) - 3,039,439

Osaka (Japan) - 17,444,000

Kyiv (Ukraine) - 2,908,703

Manila (Philippines) - 12,877,253

Izmir (Turkey) - 4,168,000

Chicago (United States) - 9,156,000

Nagoya (Japan) - 10,177,000

Taipei (Taiwan) - 2,704,974

Luanda (Angola) - 2,825,311

Houston (United States) - 2,296,224

Kochi (India) - 4.221,140

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) - 1,768,000

Phnom Penh (Cambodia) - 2,234,566