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Largest Cities in the World (2025)

Below are the urban areas in the world ranked by the most populated.

Urban Area (or urban agglomeration) population refers to the population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels, typically comprising a city and its surrounding suburban fringe.

An alternative list could adopt a different definition of "city" and rank cities proper which are cities with an administratively recognized urban status. However, these might stretch beyond the metropolitan area and include rural areas.

Rank Urban Area Country Population Estimate (2025) 1 Year Change (over 2024) Land Area (Km²) Density (P/Km²) Projections (2030) Projections (2050)
1 Jakarta Indonesia 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 India 30,222,405 0.75% 2,101 14,385 31,341,648 33,890,685
5 Shanghai China 29,558,908 1.31% 3,130 9,444 31,297,216 34,912,186
6 Guangzhou China 27,563,372 0.77% 4,542 6,069 28,442,486 29,243,076
7 Al-Qahirah (Cairo) Egypt 25,566,102 1.24% 1,645 15,542 27,184,973 32,365,955
8 Manila Philippines 24,735,305 0.59% 2,438 10,146 25,527,969 27,119,826
9 Kolkata India 22,549,738 0.45% 2,329 9,682 23,033,107 23,767,882
10 Seoul South Korea 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 India 20,203,056 0.87% 740 27,301 21,114,847 23,059,150
13 São Paulo Brazil 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 China 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 Turkey 15,014,763 0.54% 1,268 11,841 15,388,017 16,303,309
19 Moskva (Moscow) Russia 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 United States 13,920,148 −0.18% 2,691 5,173 13,833,498 13,224,531
23 Shenzhen China 13,878,396 0.64% 1,459 9,512 14,273,003 14,660,570
24 Bengaluru India 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 United States 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 India 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 United Kingdom 10,416,420 0.82% 1,646 6,328 10,766,831 11,868,905
34 Hajipur India 9,941,510 1.78% 3,092 3,215 11,060,041 13,694,623
35 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 9,500,336 0.17% 1,260 7,540 9,540,571 9,299,537
36 Paris France 9,381,921 0.08% 1,381 6,794 9,375,275 9,326,092
37 Hyderabad India 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 Indonesia 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 China 7,731,101 0.3% 1,169 6,613 7,784,349 7,639,262
44 Ahmedabad India 7,632,408 0.44% 365 20,911 7,806,201 8,235,676
45 Hangzhou China 7,500,208 1.73% 1,610 4,659 8,137,733 9,624,602
46 Wuhan China 7,363,548 −0.53% 711 10,357 7,131,478 6,157,042
47 Tianjin China 7,285,342 0.67% 541 13,466 7,451,187 7,645,279
48 Alexandria Egypt 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 South Africa 7,077,175 1.6% 1,445 4,898 7,557,294 8,916,021
51 Chongqing China 7,071,073 −0.38% 551 12,833 6,861,728 6,080,495
52 Ar-Riyāḑ (Riyadh) Saudi Arabia 6,916,417 1.83% 1,091 6,340 7,455,576 9,152,552
53 Surat India 6,908,925 0.92% 287 24,073 7,218,848 8,048,617
54 Surabaya Indonesia 6,843,503 −0.05% 1,303 5,252 6,807,059 6,342,808
55 Pune India 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 China 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) Ethiopia 6,705,705 2.44% 489 13,713 7,619,412 10,782,580
60 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire 6,621,711 1.71% 524 12,637 7,239,280 9,775,147
61 Chaozhou China 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) Iraq 6,390,735 0.81% 701 9,117 6,666,450 7,464,523
64 Chengdu China 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 India 6,123,872 0.84% 1,078 5,681 6,430,980 7,104,281
67 Shenyang China 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 Spain 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 United Arab Emirates 5,283,789 3.37% 903 5,851 5,648,030 6,851,740
77 Xi'an China 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 Cameroon 5,106,087 2.68% 334 15,288 5,799,222 8,661,147
80 Kochi India 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 India 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 China 4,878,035 −0.1% 582 8,382 4,825,163 4,438,815
87 Hefei China 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) Hong Kong 4,749,543 −0.25% 219 21,687 4,658,922 3,929,305
91 Saint Petersburg Russia 4,736,499 −0.07% 509 9,306 4,724,790 4,686,636
92 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 4,600,064 0.83% 512 8,985 4,791,688 5,260,910
93 Cape Town South Africa 4,508,921 1.95% 715 6,306 4,892,959 6,127,476
94 Casablanca Morocco 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 China 4,376,259 −0.03% 417 10,495 4,347,853 4,140,927
97 Kanpur India 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) Syria 4,287,746 4.08% 370 11,589 4,982,849 6,336,460
100 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 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 Indonesia 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 Egypt 4,188,023 2.98% 340 12,318 4,775,521 7,569,654
105 Belo Horizonte Brazil 4,162,814 0.11% 589 7,068 4,171,243 4,082,857
106 Wenzhou China 4,158,195 0.19% 533 7,801 4,207,361 4,094,852
107 Sydney Australia 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 Cameroon 4,104,516 2.15% 285 14,402 4,593,481 6,448,516
110 Jaipur India 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 China 4,005,816 0.36% 345 11,611 4,040,211 3,979,034
113 Puning China 3,989,322 0.69% 692 5,765 4,118,998 4,268,586
114 Barcelona Spain 3,982,704 0.53% 454 8,772 4,049,293 4,117,282
115 Houston United States 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) Uzbekistan 3,935,793 1.48% 599 6,571 4,249,888 5,093,106
118 Antananarivo Madagascar 3,916,219 2.06% 461 8,495 4,299,564 6,009,295
119 Varanasi India 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 China 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 Brazil 3,691,196 0.29% 494 7,472 3,729,876 3,702,361
125 Chicago United States 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 Australia 3,639,893 0.64% 1,357 2,682 3,750,427 4,237,996
128 Qingdao China 3,616,657 −0.06% 518 6,982 3,583,187 3,300,156
129 Ankara Turkey 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 Germany 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 India 3,476,423 0.68% 276 12,596 3,597,750 3,952,816
137 Jinan China 3,472,980 −0.12% 444 7,822 3,425,077 3,132,168
138 Changsha China 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 China 3,349,934 −0.29% 263 12,737 3,280,635 2,994,525
141 Patna India 3,309,383 0.98% 257 12,877 3,439,222 3,875,583
142 Nanchang China 3,299,773 −0.09% 398 8,291 3,270,165 3,044,933
143 Nanning China 3,288,636 0.01% 238 13,818 3,272,681 3,176,261
144 Quanzhou China 3,286,129 −0.14% 677 4,854 3,253,806 2,964,415
145 Washington, D.C. United States 3,270,018 1.28% 1,186 2,757 3,391,514 3,725,730
146 Busan South Korea 3,263,221 −0.35% 361 9,039 3,188,387 2,742,944
147 Nagpur India 3,257,841 0.19% 279 11,677 3,312,792 3,353,550
148 El Djazaïr (Algiers) Algeria 3,246,400 0.96% 471 6,893 3,386,216 3,688,995
149 Fortaleza Brazil 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 China 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 South Africa 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 United States 3,163,486 0.26% 915 3,457 3,219,679 3,290,101
156 Kalyan-Dombivli India 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 Brazil 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) Greece 3,101,979 −1.07% 404 7,678 3,110,484 2,946,874
161 Ningbo China 3,094,833 1.43% 529 5,850 3,288,278 3,847,804
162 Kollam India 3,074,562 0.76% 695 4,424 3,281,408 3,612,611
163 Cebu City Philippines 3,044,564 1.03% 420 7,249 3,191,880 3,651,959
164 Shijiazhuang China 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 India 2,946,119 0.7% 374 7,877 3,030,596 3,215,448
167 Asansol India 2,924,741 0.51% 243 12,036 3,022,941 3,168,038
168 Aleppo Syria 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 United States 2,912,486 0.65% 1,019 2,858 3,007,825 3,329,947
171 Fuzhou China 2,910,985 −0.07% 255 11,416 2,884,109 2,685,412
172 P'yŏngyang (Pyongyang) North Korea 2,901,588 0.22% 224 12,954 2,912,848 2,838,238
173 Tamluk India 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 Indonesia 2,827,255 1.01% 528 5,355 2,990,101 3,351,772
178 Dalian China 2,796,248 0.15% 258 10,838 2,797,929 2,672,217
179 Yogyakarta Indonesia 2,793,747 −0.27% 653 4,278 2,719,024 2,432,351
180 Agra India 2,786,762 0.65% 209 13,334 2,871,268 3,073,941
181 Naples Italy 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 Germany 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 China 2,686,949 −0.27% 298 9,017 2,630,039 2,416,522
186 Semarang Indonesia 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 Turkey 2,650,237 0.19% 309 8,577 2,667,626 2,680,170
189 Changzhou China 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 United Kingdom 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 China 2,613,100 0.01% 447 5,846 2,599,724 2,428,528
194 Milan Italy 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 United Kingdom 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 India 2,487,205 1.12% 236 10,539 2,589,500 2,858,310
200 Curitiba Brazil 2,475,352 0.16% 553 4,476 2,487,078 2,437,791

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