100 Most Populated Cities in the World

What are the most populated cities in the world.

Tokyo is the most populated city in the world with 37 million people.
Delhi is the second largest with 34 million people.
29 out of 100 cities are from China.
9 out of 100 cities are from India.
Istanbul is the most populous, with 16M residents in Europe.
New York is the most populous in USA.

List Of 100 most populated cities (2024)

Rank	City	Country	Population
1	Tokyo	Japan	37,115,035
2	Delhi	India	33,807,403
3	Shanghai	China	29,867,918
4	Dhaka	Bangladesh	23,935,652
5	Sao Paulo	Brazil	22,806,704
6	Cairo	Egypt	22,623,874
7	Mexico City	Mexico	22,505,315
8	Beijing	China	22,189,082
9	Mumbai	India	21,673,149
10	Osaka	Japan	18,967,459
11	Chongqing	China	17,773,923
12	Karachi	Pakistan	17,648,555
13	Kinshasa	DR Congo	17,032,322
14	Lagos	Nigeria	16,536,018
15	Istanbul	Turkey	16,047,350
16	Buenos Aires	Argentina	15,618,288
17	Kolkata	India	15,570,786
18	Manila	Philippines	14,941,953
19	Guangzhou	China	14,590,096
20	Tianjin	China	14,470,873
21	Lahore	Pakistan	14,407,074
22	Bangalore	India	14,008,262
23	Rio De Janeiro	Brazil	13,824,347
24	Shenzhen	China	13,311,855
25	Moscow	Russia	12,712,305
26	Chennai	India	12,053,697
27	Bogota	Colombia	11,658,211
28	Jakarta	Indonesia	11,436,004
29	Lima	Peru	11,361,938
30	Paris	France	11,276,701
31	Bangkok	Thailand	11,233,869
32	Hyderabad	India	11,068,877
33	Seoul	South Korea	10,004,840
34	Nanjing	China	9,947,548
35	Chengdu	China	9,828,110
36	London	United Kingdom	9,748,033
37	Luanda	Angola	9,651,032
38	Tehran	Iran	9,616,007
39	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	9,567,656
40	Nagoya	Japan	9,556,879
41	Xi An Shaanxi	China	9,013,837
42	Ahmedabad	India	8,854,444
43	Wuhan	China	8,850,850
44	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	8,815,630
45	Hangzhou	China	8,419,842
46	Suzhou	China	8,350,625
47	Surat	India	8,330,528
48	Dar Es Salaam	Tanzania	8,161,231
49	New York City	United States	8,097,282
50	Baghdad	Iraq	7,921,134
51	Shenyang	China	7,830,377
52	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	7,820,551
53	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	7,725,859
54	Foshan	China	7,704,935
55	Dongguan	China	7,675,146
56	Pune	India	7,345,848
57	Santiago	Chile	6,950,952
58	Haerbin	China	6,938,008
59	Madrid	Spain	6,783,241
60	Khartoum	Sudan	6,542,070
61	Toronto	Canada	6,431,430
62	Johannesburg	South Africa	6,324,351
63	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	6,300,409
64	Dalian	China	6,217,487
65	Singapore	Singapore	6,119,203
66	Qingdao	China	6,104,597
67	Zhengzhou	China	6,014,887
68	Ji Nan Shandong	China	5,940,698
69	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	5,866,704
70	Barcelona	Spain	5,711,917
71	Yangon	Myanmar	5,709,678
72	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	5,703,628
73	Alexandria	Egypt	5,696,131
74	Saint Petersburg	Russia	5,581,707
75	Nairobi	Kenya	5,541,172
76	Chittagong	Bangladesh	5,513,609
77	Guadalajara	Mexico	5,499,678
78	Fukuoka	Japan	5,478,076
79	Ankara	Turkey	5,477,087
80	Hanoi	Vietnam	5,431,801
81	Melbourne	Australia	5,315,600
82	Monterrey	Mexico	5,195,355
83	Sydney	Australia	5,184,896
84	Changsha	China	5,027,975
85	Urumqi	China	5,005,964
86	Cape Town	South Africa	4,977,833
87	Jiddah	Saudi Arabia	4,943,210
88	Brasilia	Brazil	4,935,274
89	Kunming	China	4,861,079
90	Changchun	China	4,802,447
91	Kabul	Afghanistan	4,728,384
92	Hefei	China	4,727,290
93	Yaounde	Cameroon	4,681,768
94	Ningbo	China	4,659,830
95	Shantou	China	4,656,525
96	New Taipei	Taiwan	4,534,877
97	Tel Aviv	Israel	4,495,727
98	Kano	Nigeria	4,490,734
99	Shijiazhuang	China	4,454,132
100	Montreal	Canada	4,341,638

Top 4 cities are in Asia.
Sao Paulo, Cairo and Mexico cities are only non Asian Cities in the top 10.
Tokyo is the most populated in Asia.
Sao Paulo is the most populated in South America.
Cairo is the most populated in Africa.
Mexico city is the most populated in North America.
Istanbul is the most populated in Europe.
Melbourne is the most populated in Australia.

100 Most Populated Cities in the World

List Of 100 most populated cities (2024)

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