Verdens største byer (2025)

Nedenfor er verdens byområder rangeret efter de mest befolkede.

Befolkning i byområder (eller byagglomerationer) refererer til befolkningen inden for grænserne af et sammenhængende territorium, der er beboet med bymæssig tæthed, typisk bestående af en by og dens omkringliggende forstadsområder.

En alternativ liste kunne anvende en anden definition af "by" og rangere egentlige byer, som er byer med en administrativt anerkendt bystatus. Disse kan dog strække sig ud over metropolområdet og inkludere landdistrikter.

Rang Byområde Land Befolkningsoverslag (2025) 1-års ændring (i forhold til 2024) Landområde (km²) Befolkningstæthed (Indb./km²) Fremskrivninger (2030) Fremskrivninger (2050)
1 Jakarta Indonesien 41.913.860 1,38% 4.883 8.584 44.639.909 51.784.216
2 Dhaka Bangladesh 36.585.479 2,21% 6.812 5.371 40.803.862 52.122.843
3 Tōkyō (Tokyo) Japan 33.412.512 −0,17% 5.148 6.490 33.044.211 30.657.618
4 New Delhi Indien 30.222.405 0,75% 2.101 14.385 31.341.648 33.890.685
5 Shanghai Kina 29.558.908 1,31% 3.130 9.444 31.297.216 34.912.186
6 Guangzhou Kina 27.563.372 0,77% 4.542 6.069 28.442.486 29.243.076
7 Al-Qahirah (Cairo) Egypten 25.566.102 1,24% 1.645 15.542 27.184.973 32.365.955
8 Manila Filippinerne 24.735.305 0,59% 2.438 10.146 25.527.969 27.119.826
9 Kolkata Indien 22.549.738 0,45% 2.329 9.682 23.033.107 23.767.882
10 Seoul Sydkorea 22.490.482 0,23% 2.255 9.974 22.626.893 21.225.404
11 Karachi Pakistan 21.422.590 1,98% 870 24.624 23.598.646 32.592.965
12 Mumbai Indien 20.203.056 0,87% 740 27.301 21.114.847 23.059.150
13 São Paulo Brasilien 18.949.790 0,16% 2.044 9.271 18.988.842 18.217.300
14 Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok) Thailand 18.180.280 1,03% 2.661 6.832 18.973.005 20.462.207
15 Ciudad de México (Mexico City) Mexico 17.734.212 0,14% 2.097 8.457 17.829.110 17.678.777
16 Beijing Kina 17.013.303 0,63% 1.713 9.932 17.583.507 18.004.156
17 Lahore Pakistan 15.156.430 1,52% 967 15.674 16.286.222 20.388.443
18 Istanbul Tyrkiet 15.014.763 0,54% 1.268 11.841 15.388.017 16.303.309
19 Moskva (Moscow) Rusland 14.524.753 0,35% 1.561 9.305 14.757.838 15.521.567
20 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 14.052.713 1,38% 1.546 9.090 14.858.040 17.201.445
21 Buenos Aires Argentina 14.017.736 0,11% 2.164 6.478 14.121.470 14.235.648
22 New York City USA 13.920.148 −0,18% 2.691 5.173 13.833.498 13.224.531
23 Shenzhen Kina 13.878.396 0,64% 1.459 9.512 14.273.003 14.660.570
24 Bengaluru Indien 13.187.098 0,43% 642 20.541 13.556.889 14.258.150
25 Osaka Japan 12.964.145 −0,75% 2.229 5.816 12.410.577 10.449.439
26 Lagos Nigeria 12.791.699 1,23% 1.231 10.391 13.616.401 16.180.326
27 Los Angeles USA 12.740.420 0,39% 3.699 3.444 13.069.762 13.862.284
28 Luanda Angola 11.370.127 2,89% 1.039 10.943 13.134.985 20.286.119
29 Chennai Indien 11.153.205 0,42% 1.059 10.532 11.350.843 11.756.606
30 Kinshasa DR Congo 10.943.641 0,9% 511 21.416 11.618.069 13.210.577
31 Bogotá Colombia 10.624.315 1,31% 542 19.602 11.195.101 12.478.015
32 Lima Peru 10.580.241 1,04% 1.026 10.312 11.145.021 12.358.372
33 London Storbritannien 10.416.420 0,82% 1.646 6.328 10.766.831 11.868.905
34 Hajipur Indien 9.941.510 1,78% 3.092 3.215 11.060.041 13.694.623
35 Rio de Janeiro Brasilien 9.500.336 0,17% 1.260 7.540 9.540.571 9.299.537
36 Paris Frankrig 9.381.921 0,08% 1.381 6.794 9.375.275 9.326.092
37 Hyderabad Indien 9.190.795 0,39% 889 10.338 9.317.456 9.546.498
38 Tehrān (Tehran) Iran 9.174.964 0,63% 786 11.673 9.334.993 9.499.466
39 Taipei Taiwan 9.136.792 −0,21% 937 9.751 9.053.593 8.176.644
40 Bandung Indonesien 8.909.104 0,84% 1.016 8.769 9.189.416 9.746.912
41 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 8.443.731 1,39% 1.345 6.278 9.052.302 10.627.280
42 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 7.795.114 2,48% 909 8.575 8.865.491 13.159.908
43 Suzhou Kina 7.731.101 0,3% 1.169 6.613 7.784.349 7.639.262
44 Ahmedabad Indien 7.632.408 0,44% 365 20.911 7.806.201 8.235.676
45 Hangzhou Kina 7.500.208 1,73% 1.610 4.659 8.137.733 9.624.602
46 Wuhan Kina 7.363.548 −0,53% 711 10.357 7.131.478 6.157.042
47 Tianjin Kina 7.285.342 0,67% 541 13.466 7.451.187 7.645.279
48 Alexandria Egypten 7.266.957 1,1% 591 12.296 7.672.767 9.022.625
49 Nagoya Japan 7.146.160 −0,38% 1.979 3.611 6.999.662 6.292.819
50 Johannesburg Sydafrika 7.077.175 1,6% 1.445 4.898 7.557.294 8.916.021
51 Chongqing Kina 7.071.073 −0,38% 551 12.833 6.861.728 6.080.495
52 Ar-Riyāḑ (Riyadh) Saudi-Arabien 6.916.417 1,83% 1.091 6.340 7.455.576 9.152.552
53 Surat Indien 6.908.925 0,92% 287 24.073 7.218.848 8.048.617
54 Surabaya Indonesien 6.843.503 −0,05% 1.303 5.252 6.807.059 6.342.808
55 Pune Indien 6.817.951 0,77% 585 11.655 7.087.562 7.741.530
56 Al-Kharṭūm (Khartoum) Sudan 6.809.355 1,14% 971 7.013 7.471.392 9.444.354
57 Nanjing Kina 6.800.676 0,02% 723 9.406 6.767.236 6.316.820
58 Santiago Chile 6.726.045 0,47% 803 8.376 6.852.210 6.931.370
59 Ādīs Ᾱbeba (Addis Ababa) Etiopien 6.705.705 2,44% 489 13.713 7.619.412 10.782.580
60 Abidjan Elfenbenskysten 6.621.711 1,71% 524 12.637 7.239.280 9.775.147
61 Chaozhou Kina 6.407.770 0,75% 1.223 5.239 6.599.946 6.836.503
62 Ammān (Amman) Jordan 6.403.666 0,78% 530 12.082 6.798.702 8.393.062
63 Baghdād (Baghdad) Irak 6.390.735 0,81% 701 9.117 6.666.450 7.464.523
64 Chengdu Kina 6.139.874 −0,42% 866 7.090 5.978.833 5.216.765
65 Nairobi Kenya 6.134.334 1,8% 638 9.615 6.686.404 8.514.575
66 Kozhikode Indien 6.123.872 0,84% 1.078 5.681 6.430.980 7.104.281
67 Shenyang Kina 5.702.638 −0,28% 481 11.856 5.584.576 5.052.402
68 Kābul (Kabul) Afghanistan 5.635.737 1,46% 386 14.600 6.254.899 8.003.002
69 Onitsha Nigeria 5.627.706 2,43% 1.093 5.149 6.297.766 8.680.997
70 Yangon Myanmar 5.618.303 0,7% 511 10.995 5.783.733 6.050.414
71 Accra Ghana 5.592.780 1,4% 1.119 4.998 5.966.461 7.231.113
72 Madrid Spanien 5.583.601 0,34% 645 8.657 5.624.369 5.588.668
73 Faisalabad Pakistan 5.566.382 1,31% 341 16.324 5.937.806 7.311.253
74 Toronto Canada 5.494.431 0,92% 1.360 4.040 5.722.033 6.168.899
75 Mashhad Iran 5.398.248 0,74% 482 11.200 5.493.709 5.669.798
76 Dubai De Forenede Arabiske Emirater 5.283.789 3,37% 903 5.851 5.648.030 6.851.740
77 Xi'an Kina 5.231.053 −0,17% 622 8.410 5.157.574 4.744.642
78 Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte - Colombo Sri Lanka 5.223.838 1% 1.342 3.893 5.424.963 5.816.080
79 Yaoundé Cameroun 5.106.087 2,68% 334 15.288 5.799.222 8.661.147
80 Kochi Indien 5.077.670 0,89% 1.261 4.027 5.452.371 5.843.908
81 Hà Nội (Hanoi) Vietnam 5.068.414 0,04% 870 5.826 5.048.037 4.789.526
82 Lucknow Indien 5.052.444 0,97% 506 9.985 5.227.702 5.689.737
83 Chattogram Bangladesh 4.983.553 1,01% 524 9.511 5.286.699 5.938.088
84 Singapore Singapore 4.963.998 0,81% 367 13.526 5.091.752 5.125.633
85 Kampala Uganda 4.880.943 2,73% 816 5.982 5.537.167 7.893.623
86 Zhengzhou Kina 4.878.035 −0,1% 582 8.382 4.825.163 4.438.815
87 Hefei Kina 4.867.000 0,04% 500 9.734 4.852.856 4.484.853
88 Islāmābād Pakistan 4.860.084 1,41% 559 8.694 5.287.349 6.678.472
89 Kano Nigeria 4.840.280 1,23% 430 11.256 5.173.463 6.361.602
90 Tamar (Hong Kong) Hongkong 4.749.543 −0,25% 219 21.687 4.658.922 3.929.305
91 Saint Petersburg Rusland 4.736.499 −0,07% 509 9.306 4.724.790 4.686.636
92 Santo Domingo Den Dominikanske Republik 4.600.064 0,83% 512 8.985 4.791.688 5.260.910
93 Cape Town Sydafrika 4.508.921 1,95% 715 6.306 4.892.959 6.127.476
94 Casablanca Marokko 4.457.471 0,81% 411 10.845 4.606.563 4.988.449
95 Muqdisho (Mogadishu) Somalia 4.399.430 2,58% 206 21.356 4.995.417 7.194.603
96 Harbin Kina 4.376.259 −0,03% 417 10.495 4.347.853 4.140.927
97 Kanpur Indien 4.329.973 0,44% 306 14.150 4.424.695 4.637.879
98 Kumasi Ghana 4.297.984 1,38% 439 9.790 4.594.850 5.448.725
99 Dimashq (Damascus) Syrien 4.287.746 4,08% 370 11.589 4.982.849 6.336.460
100 Jeddah Saudi-Arabien 4.284.080 1,86% 699 6.129 4.622.180 5.784.917
101 Al Kuwayt (Kuwait City) Kuwait 4.265.132 2,74% 527 8.093 4.517.470 5.325.605
102 Medan Indonesien 4.245.895 0,07% 603 7.041 4.259.713 4.102.926
103 Bamako Mali 4.244.881 2,88% 506 8.389 4.914.608 7.639.829
104 Luxor Egypten 4.188.023 2,98% 340 12.318 4.775.521 7.569.654
105 Belo Horizonte Brasilien 4.162.814 0,11% 589 7.068 4.171.243 4.082.857
106 Wenzhou Kina 4.158.195 0,19% 533 7.801 4.207.361 4.094.852
107 Sydney Australien 4.150.917 0,41% 1.317 3.152 4.272.146 4.554.766
108 Guadalajara Mexico 4.135.440 0,37% 591 6.997 4.199.763 4.325.736
109 Douala Cameroun 4.104.516 2,15% 285 14.402 4.593.481 6.448.516
110 Jaipur Indien 4.071.754 0,62% 449 9.068 4.194.043 4.490.178
111 Şan'ā' (Sana'a) Yemen 4.018.856 1,85% 237 16.957 4.405.120 5.664.924
112 Taiyuan Kina 4.005.816 0,36% 345 11.611 4.040.211 3.979.034
113 Puning Kina 3.989.322 0,69% 692 5.765 4.118.998 4.268.586
114 Barcelona Spanien 3.982.704 0,53% 454 8.772 4.049.293 4.117.282
115 Houston USA 3.955.046 2,67% 1.583 2.498 4.282.090 5.479.773
116 Monterrey Mexico 3.938.015 0,5% 641 6.144 4.036.945 4.253.471
117 Toshkent (Tashkent) Usbekistan 3.935.793 1,48% 599 6.571 4.249.888 5.093.106
118 Antananarivo Madagaskar 3.916.219 2,06% 461 8.495 4.299.564 6.009.295
119 Varanasi Indien 3.858.863 0,82% 356 10.840 4.096.442 4.764.588
120 Dakar Senegal 3.852.475 1,71% 284 13.565 4.197.252 5.361.571
121 Owerri Nigeria 3.833.343 3,58% 1.200 3.194 4.409.461 6.804.817
122 Ürümqi Kina 3.755.144 0,52% 303 12.393 3.856.262 4.001.407
123 Ibadan Nigeria 3.720.721 0,98% 543 6.852 3.935.489 4.663.010
124 Recife Brasilien 3.691.196 0,29% 494 7.472 3.729.876 3.702.361
125 Chicago USA 3.683.385 −0,12% 932 3.952 3.667.276 3.585.359
126 Brazzaville Congo 3.656.322 2,02% 276 13.248 4.062.002 5.730.423
127 Melbourne Australien 3.639.893 0,64% 1.357 2.682 3.750.427 4.237.996
128 Qingdao Kina 3.616.657 −0,06% 518 6.982 3.583.187 3.300.156
129 Ankara Tyrkiet 3.612.251 0,61% 361 10.006 3.705.319 3.975.184
130 Kasaï-Oriental DR Congo 3.605.738 1,33% 146 24.697 3.955.850 5.119.555
131 Karaj Iran 3.598.661 1,41% 325 11.073 3.727.488 4.064.578
132 Berlin Tyskland 3.560.908 0,12% 686 5.191 3.504.166 3.353.525
133 Savar Bangladesh 3.557.381 3,23% 592 6.009 4.138.036 5.987.261
134 Peshawar Pakistan 3.554.423 1,46% 500 7.109 3.903.978 5.329.187
135 Lusaka Zambia 3.510.723 3,07% 394 8.910 4.106.587 6.550.068
136 Indore Indien 3.476.423 0,68% 276 12.596 3.597.750 3.952.816
137 Jinan Kina 3.472.980 −0,12% 444 7.822 3.425.077 3.132.168
138 Changsha Kina 3.457.508 0,18% 403 8.579 3.466.697 3.365.214
139 Medellín Colombia 3.350.384 0,46% 234 14.318 3.395.983 3.332.865
140 Changchun Kina 3.349.934 −0,29% 263 12.737 3.280.635 2.994.525
141 Patna Indien 3.309.383 0,98% 257 12.877 3.439.222 3.875.583
142 Nanchang Kina 3.299.773 −0,09% 398 8.291 3.270.165 3.044.933
143 Nanning Kina 3.288.636 0,01% 238 13.818 3.272.681 3.176.261
144 Quanzhou Kina 3.286.129 −0,14% 677 4.854 3.253.806 2.964.415
145 Washington, D.C. USA 3.270.018 1,28% 1.186 2.757 3.391.514 3.725.730
146 Busan Sydkorea 3.263.221 −0,35% 361 9.039 3.188.387 2.742.944
147 Nagpur Indien 3.257.841 0,19% 279 11.677 3.312.792 3.353.550
148 El Djazaïr (Algiers) Algeriet 3.246.400 0,96% 471 6.893 3.386.216 3.688.995
149 Fortaleza Brasilien 3.244.260 0,38% 408 7.952 3.298.715 3.352.472
150 Kathmandu Nepal 3.231.516 0,92% 327 9.882 3.430.297 4.115.021
151 Kunming Kina 3.228.117 0% 354 9.119 3.207.313 3.079.539
152 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 3.206.222 1,7% 496 6.464 3.488.901 4.401.534
153 Durban Sydafrika 3.177.927 0,31% 724 4.389 3.185.024 3.157.978
154 Maputo Mozambique 3.166.328 1,53% 481 6.583 3.501.423 4.323.235
155 San Francisco USA 3.163.486 0,26% 915 3.457 3.219.679 3.290.101
156 Kalyan-Dombivli Indien 3.163.424 0,91% 173 18.286 3.306.398 3.659.170
157 Guayaquil Ecuador 3.157.825 0,76% 310 10.187 3.304.098 3.641.317
158 Salvador Brasilien 3.135.157 0,06% 319 9.828 3.131.204 3.036.993
159 Gujranwala Pakistan 3.121.271 1,21% 232 13.454 3.329.275 4.160.579
160 Athína (Athens) Grækenland 3.101.979 −1,07% 404 7.678 3.110.484 2.946.874
161 Ningbo Kina 3.094.833 1,43% 529 5.850 3.288.278 3.847.804
162 Kollam Indien 3.074.562 0,76% 695 4.424 3.281.408 3.612.611
163 Cebu City Filippinerne 3.044.564 1,03% 420 7.249 3.191.880 3.651.959
164 Shijiazhuang Kina 2.990.397 −0,13% 394 7.590 2.952.382 2.700.481
165 Multan Pakistan 2.956.642 1% 277 10.674 3.137.801 4.053.628
166 Thiruvananthapuram Indien 2.946.119 0,7% 374 7.877 3.030.596 3.215.448
167 Asansol Indien 2.924.741 0,51% 243 12.036 3.022.941 3.168.038
168 Aleppo Syrien 2.922.277 3,51% 262 11.154 3.365.120 4.318.836
169 Brahmanbaria Bangladesh 2.914.727 3,61% 911 3.199 3.445.846 5.044.807
170 Miami USA 2.912.486 0,65% 1.019 2.858 3.007.825 3.329.947
171 Fuzhou Kina 2.910.985 −0,07% 255 11.416 2.884.109 2.685.412
172 P'yŏngyang (Pyongyang) Nordkorea 2.901.588 0,22% 224 12.954 2.912.848 2.838.238
173 Tamluk Indien 2.894.484 1,42% 1.057 2.738 2.989.809 3.222.647
174 Hyderabad Pakistan 2.863.633 0,84% 144 19.886 2.990.157 3.573.349
175 Ciudad de Guatemala (Guatemala City) Guatemala 2.837.708 0,69% 458 6.196 2.954.173 3.316.118
176 Lubumbashi DR Congo 2.832.853 3,21% 370 7.656 3.320.116 5.257.654
177 Tasikmalaya Indonesien 2.827.255 1,01% 528 5.355 2.990.101 3.351.772
178 Dalian Kina 2.796.248 0,15% 258 10.838 2.797.929 2.672.217
179 Yogyakarta Indonesien 2.793.747 −0,27% 653 4.278 2.719.024 2.432.351
180 Agra Indien 2.786.762 0,65% 209 13.334 2.871.268 3.073.941
181 Naples Italien 2.767.923 −0,36% 539 5.135 2.702.116 2.403.811
182 Coyah (Conacry) Guinea 2.727.684 1,29% 308 8.856 2.910.984 3.397.410
183 Essen Tyskland 2.717.087 0,13% 877 3.098 2.678.526 2.546.415
184 Cali Colombia 2.700.232 0,58% 188 14.363 2.752.842 2.762.910
185 Guiyang Kina 2.686.949 −0,27% 298 9.017 2.630.039 2.416.522
186 Semarang Indonesien 2.679.349 −0,11% 416 6.441 2.657.819 2.425.847
187 Montreal Canada 2.668.723 0,75% 706 3.780 2.705.897 2.773.659
188 Izmir Tyrkiet 2.650.237 0,19% 309 8.577 2.667.626 2.680.170
189 Changzhou Kina 2.649.836 0,02% 521 5.086 2.636.329 2.457.229
190 Tel Aviv Israel 2.642.872 1,34% 335 7.889 2.809.140 3.483.084
191 Birmingham Storbritannien 2.631.757 0,54% 671 3.922 2.689.574 2.810.468
192 Kyiv (Kiev) Ukraine 2.614.581 −2,12% 405 6.456 2.694.625 2.490.995
193 Wuxi Kina 2.613.100 0,01% 447 5.846 2.599.724 2.428.528
194 Milan Italien 2.599.022 0% 492 5.283 2.580.417 2.453.272
195 Caracas Venezuela 2.576.666 −0,33% 308 8.366 2.585.384 2.566.670
196 Manchester Storbritannien 2.535.427 0,38% 741 3.422 2.567.727 2.638.194
197 Quito Ecuador 2.534.914 0,84% 383 6.619 2.645.662 2.907.330
198 Cotonou Benin 2.506.489 1,93% 499 5.023 2.721.456 3.444.190
199 Bhopal Indien 2.487.205 1,12% 236 10.539 2.589.500 2.858.310
200 Curitiba Brasilien 2.475.352 0,16% 553 4.476 2.487.078 2.437.791

Kilde: FN, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.