List of most populous cities in the world

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2018)
Date	16 Dec 2023

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Tokyo is the most populous city in the world, with a population of 37.2 million people. Tokyo is followed by Delhi, which has a population of 32.9 million. Only these two cities have a population above 30 million. The top four positions are occupied by Asian cities as Shanghai and Dhaka are at 3rd and 4th position, resp.

Among the top ten most populous cities, Japan, India and China have two entrants. Out of them, seven are situated in Asia and one each in South America, North America and Africa.

As of 2023, 34 cities have a population above 10 million. Out of them, India and China have 6 cities each followed by Japan, Brazil, United States of America and Pakistan with two cities each. There are 20 countries having cities with populations over 10 mn. Asia is home to 21 cities with populations over ten million followed by South America (5), Africa (3), North America(3) and Europe (2).

Among the top 100, Dar es Salaam (United Republic of Tanzania) has the highest population growth rate of 5.01% in 2023. Four cities have negative population growth rates and all four belong to Japan.

Most Populous Cities in the World (UN)
City	Population				Share (%)	Change			Country or Area	Continent
City	2022	Rank	2023	Rank	Share (%)	Population	(%)	Rank	Country or Area	Continent
Tokyo	37,274,002	1	37,194,105	1	0.463	-79,897	-0.21	0	Japan	Asia
Delhi	32,065,760	2	32,941,309	2	0.399	875,549	2.73	0	India	Asia
Shanghai	28,516,903	3	29,210,808	3	0.354	693,905	2.43	0	China	Asia
Dhaka	22,478,117	4	23,209,616	4	0.279	731,499	3.25	0	Bangladesh	Asia
São Paulo	22,429,799	5	22,619,736	5	0.279	189,937	0.85	0	Brazil	South America
Ciudad de México (Mexico City)	22,085,139	6	22,281,442	6	0.275	196,303	0.89	0	Mexico	North America
Al-Qahirah (Cairo)	21,750,020	7	22,183,201	7	0.270	433,181	1.99	0	Egypt	Africa
Beijing	21,333,331	8	21,766,214	8	0.265	432,883	2.03	0	China	Asia
Mumbai (Bombay)	20,961,473	9	21,296,517	9	0.261	335,044	1.60	0	India	Asia
Kinki M.M.A. (Osaka)	19,059,857	10	19,013,434	10	0.237	-46,423	-0.24	0	Japan	Asia
New York-Newark	18,866,532	11	18,937,269	11	0.235	70,737	0.37	0	United States of America	North America
Chongqing	16,874,741	12	17,340,704	12	0.210	465,963	2.76	0	China	Asia
Karachi	16,839,950	13	17,236,230	13	0.209	396,280	2.35	0	Pakistan	Asia
Kinshasa	15,628,085	15	16,315,534	14	0.194	687,449	4.40	+1	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa
Lagos	15,387,639	16	15,945,912	15	0.191	558,273	3.63	+1	Nigeria	Africa
Istanbul	15,636,243	14	15,847,768	16	0.194	211,525	1.35	-2	Turkey	Asia
Buenos Aires	15,369,919	17	15,490,415	17	0.191	120,496	0.78	0	Argentina	South America
Kolkata (Calcutta)	15,133,888	18	15,332,793	18	0.188	198,905	1.31	0	India	Asia
Manila	14,406,059	19	14,667,089	19	0.179	261,030	1.81	0	Philippines	Asia
Guangzhou, Guangdong	13,964,637	21	14,284,353	20	0.174	319,716	2.29	+1	China	Asia
Tianjin	14,011,828	20	14,238,643	21	0.174	226,815	1.62	-1	China	Asia
Lahore	13,541,764	23	13,979,390	22	0.168	437,626	3.23	+1	Pakistan	Asia
Rio de Janeiro	13,634,274	22	13,727,720	23	0.169	93,446	0.69	-1	Brazil	South America
Bangalore	13,193,035	24	13,607,800	24	0.164	414,765	3.14	0	India	Asia
Shenzhen	12,831,330	25	13,072,633	25	0.159	241,303	1.88	0	China	Asia
Moskva (Moscow)	12,640,818	26	12,680,389	26	0.157	39,571	0.31	0	Russian Federation	Europe
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana	12,487,737	27	12,534,357	27	0.155	46,620	0.37	0	United States of America	North America
Chennai (Madras)	11,503,293	28	11,776,147	28	0.143	272,854	2.37	0	India	Asia
Bogotá	11,344,312	29	11,507,960	29	0.141	163,648	1.44	0	Colombia	South America
Jakarta	11,074,811	31	11,248,839	30	0.138	174,028	1.57	+1	Indonesia	Asia
Paris	11,142,303	30	11,208,440	31	0.138	66,137	0.59	-1	France	Europe
Lima	11,044,607	32	11,204,382	32	0.137	159,775	1.45	0	Peru	South America
Krung Thep (Bangkok)	10,899,698	33	11,069,982	33	0.135	170,284	1.56	0	Thailand	Asia
Hyderabad	10,534,418	34	10,801,163	34	0.131	266,745	2.53	0	India	Asia
Seoul	9,975,709	35	9,988,049	35	0.124	12,340	0.12	0	Republic of Korea	Asia
Nanjing, Jiangsu	9,429,381	39	9,698,464	36	0.117	269,083	2.85	+3	China	Asia
Chengdu	9,478,521	38	9,653,772	37	0.118	175,251	1.85	+1	China	Asia
London	9,540,576	37	9,648,110	38	0.119	107,534	1.13	-1	United Kingdom	Europe
Chukyo M.M.A. (Nagoya)	9,571,596	36	9,569,328	39	0.119	-2,268	-0.02	-3	Japan	Asia
Tehran	9,381,546	40	9,499,781	40	0.117	118,235	1.26	0	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Asia
Thành Pho Ho Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh City)	9,077,158	41	9,320,866	41	0.113	243,708	2.68	0	Viet Nam	Asia
Luanda	8,952,496	42	9,292,336	42	0.111	339,840	3.80	0	Angola	Africa
Chicago	8,901,073	43	8,936,783	43	0.111	35,710	0.40	0	United States of America	North America
Xi'an, Shaanxi	8,537,646	45	8,785,174	44	0.106	247,528	2.90	+1	China	Asia
Wuhan	8,591,611	44	8,718,250	45	0.107	126,639	1.47	-1	China	Asia
Ahmadabad	8,450,228	46	8,650,605	46	0.105	200,377	2.37	0	India	Asia
Kuala Lumpur	8,419,566	47	8,621,724	47	0.105	202,158	2.40	0	Malaysia	Asia
Hangzhou	8,044,878	48	8,237,206	48	0.1000	192,328	2.39	0	China	Asia
Suzhou, Jiangsu	7,764,499	50	8,074,031	49	0.0965	309,532	3.99	+1	China	Asia
Surat	7,784,276	49	8,064,949	50	0.0968	280,673	3.61	-1	India	Asia
Dar es Salaam	7,404,689	57	7,775,865	51	0.0920	371,176	5.01	+6	United Republic of Tanzania	Africa
Baghdad	7,511,920	54	7,711,305	52	0.0934	199,385	2.65	+2	Iraq	Asia
Hong Kong	7,643,256	51	7,684,801	53	0.0950	41,545	0.54	-2	China, Hong Kong SAR	Asia
Ar-Riyadh (Riyadh)	7,538,200	52	7,682,430	54	0.0937	144,230	1.91	-2	Saudi Arabia	Asia
Shenyang	7,527,975	53	7,680,967	55	0.0936	152,992	2.03	-2	China	Asia
Foshan	7,497,263	56	7,597,386	56	0.0932	100,123	1.34	0	China	Asia
Dongguan	7,511,851	55	7,587,049	57	0.0934	75,198	1.00	-2	China	Asia
Pune (Poona)	6,987,077	58	7,166,374	58	0.0868	179,297	2.57	0	India	Asia
Santiago	6,856,939	59	6,903,392	59	0.0852	46,453	0.68	0	Chile	South America
Haerbin	6,665,951	61	6,803,811	60	0.0829	137,860	2.07	+1	China	Asia
Madrid	6,713,557	60	6,751,374	61	0.0834	37,817	0.56	-1	Spain	Europe
Houston	6,603,124	62	6,706,994	62	0.0821	103,870	1.57	0	United States of America	North America
Dallas-Fort Worth	6,487,758	63	6,574,018	63	0.0806	86,260	1.33	0	United States of America	North America
Toronto	6,312,974	64	6,371,958	64	0.0785	58,984	0.93	0	Canada	North America
Al-Khartum (Khartoum)	6,160,327	67	6,344,348	65	0.0766	184,021	2.99	+2	Sudan	Africa
Miami	6,214,818	65	6,264,792	66	0.0772	49,974	0.80	-1	United States of America	North America
Belo Horizonte	6,194,292	66	6,247,889	67	0.0770	53,597	0.87	-1	Brazil	South America
Johannesburg	6,065,354	68	6,198,016	68	0.0754	132,662	2.19	0	South Africa	Africa
Atlanta	6,012,577	70	6,106,341	69	0.0747	93,764	1.56	+1	United States of America	North America
Singapore	6,039,577	69	6,080,859	70	0.0751	41,282	0.68	-1	Singapore	Asia
Dalian	5,930,140	71	6,077,995	71	0.0737	147,855	2.49	0	China	Asia
Qingdao	5,865,232	72	5,986,525	72	0.0729	121,293	2.07	0	China	Asia
Zhengzhou	5,690,312	74	5,859,272	73	0.0707	168,960	2.97	+1	China	Asia
Ji'nan, Shandong	5,663,015	75	5,806,031	74	0.0704	143,016	2.53	+1	China	Asia
Philadelphia	5,756,274	73	5,785,338	75	0.0715	29,064	0.50	-2	United States of America	North America
Barcelona	5,658,472	76	5,687,356	76	0.0703	28,884	0.51	0	Spain	Europe
Abidjan	5,515,790	78	5,686,350	77	0.0686	170,560	3.09	+1	Côte d'Ivoire	Africa
Yangon	5,514,454	79	5,610,241	78	0.0685	95,787	1.74	+1	Myanmar	Asia
Al-Iskandariyah (Alexandria)	5,483,605	81	5,588,477	79	0.0682	104,872	1.91	+2	Egypt	Africa
Sankt Peterburg (Saint Petersburg)	5,535,556	77	5,561,294	80	0.0688	25,738	0.46	-3	Russian Federation	Europe
Kitakyushu-Fukuoka M.M.A.	5,502,591	80	5,490,271	81	0.0684	-12,320	-0.22	-1	Japan	Asia
Washington, D.C.	5,434,483	82	5,490,080	82	0.0675	55,597	1.02	0	United States of America	North America
Addis Ababa	5,227,794	86	5,460,591	83	0.0650	232,797	4.45	+3	Ethiopia	Africa
Guadalajara	5,339,583	83	5,419,880	84	0.0664	80,297	1.50	-1	Mexico	North America
Ankara	5,309,690	84	5,397,098	85	0.0660	87,408	1.65	-1	Turkey	Asia
Chittagong	5,252,842	85	5,379,660	86	0.0653	126,818	2.41	-1	Bangladesh	Asia
Nairobi	5,118,844	88	5,325,160	87	0.0636	206,316	4.03	+1	Kenya	Africa
Hà Noi	5,067,352	89	5,253,385	88	0.0630	186,033	3.67	+1	Viet Nam	Asia
Melbourne	5,150,766	87	5,235,407	89	0.0640	84,641	1.64	-2	Australia	Oceania
Sydney	5,056,571	90	5,120,894	90	0.0629	64,323	1.27	0	Australia	Oceania
Monterrey	5,036,535	91	5,116,647	91	0.0626	80,112	1.59	0	Mexico	North America
Changsha	4,809,887	92	4,921,487	92	0.0598	111,600	2.32	0	China	Asia
Cape Town	4,800,954	94	4,890,280	93	0.0597	89,326	1.86	+1	South Africa	Africa
Brasília	4,803,877	93	4,873,048	94	0.0597	69,171	1.44	-1	Brazil	South America
Ürümqi (Wulumqi)	4,710,203	96	4,865,038	95	0.0585	154,835	3.29	+1	China	Asia
Jiddah	4,780,740	95	4,862,941	96	0.0594	82,201	1.72	-1	Saudi Arabia	Asia
Kunming	4,657,381	97	4,761,284	97	0.0579	103,903	2.23	0	China	Asia
Phoenix-Mesa	4,652,302	98	4,716,721	98	0.0578	64,419	1.38	0	United States of America	North America
Changchun	4,616,002	99	4,710,382	99	0.0574	94,380	2.04	0	China	Asia
Hefei	4,496,456	100	4,615,758	100	0.0559	119,302	2.65	0	China	Asia