These are the top cities in the world, based on population. The data was based on 2023.
- Tokyo Japan 37115035
- Delhi India 33807403
- Shanghai China 29867918
- Dhaka Bangladesh 23935652
- Sao Paulo Brazil 22806704
- Cairo Egypt 22623874
- Mexico City Mexico 22505315
- Beijing China 22189082
- Mumbai India 21673149
- Osaka Japan 18967459
- Chongqing China 17773923
- Karachi Pakistan 17648555
- Kinshasa DR Congo 17032322
- Lagos Nigeria 16536018
- Istanbul Turkey 16047350
- Buenos Aires Argentina 15618288
- Kolkata India 15570786
- Manila Philippines 14941953
- Guangzhou China 14590096
- Tianjin China 14470873
- Lahore Pakistan 14407074
- Bangalore India 14008262
- Rio De Janeiro Brazil 13824347
- Shenzhen China 13311855
- Moscow Russia 12712305
- Chennai India 12053697
- Bogota Colombia 11658211
- Jakarta Indonesia 11436004
- Lima Peru 11361938
- Paris France 11276701
- Bangkok Thailand 11233869
- Hyderabad India 11068877
- Seoul South Korea 10004840
- Nanjing China 9947548
- Chengdu China 9828110
- London United Kingdom 9748033
- Luanda Angola 9651032
- Tehran Iran 9616007
- Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 9567656
- Nagoya Japan 9556879
- Xi An Shaanxi China 9013837
- Ahmedabad India 8854444
- Wuhan China 8850850
- Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 8815630
- Hangzhou China 8419842
- Suzhou China 8350625
- Surat India 8330528
- Dar Es Salaam Tanzania 8161231
- New York United States 7931147
- Baghdad Iraq 7921134
- Shenyang China 7830377
- Riyadh Saudi Arabia 7820551
- Hong Kong Hong Kong 7725859
- Foshan China 7704935
- Dongguan China 7675146
- Pune India 7345848
- Santiago Chile 6950952
- Haerbin China 6938008
- Madrid Spain 6783241
- Khartoum Sudan 6542070
- Toronto Canada 6431430
- Johannesburg South Africa 6324351
- Belo Horizonte Brazil 6300409
- Dalian China 6217487
- Singapore Singapore 6119203
- Qingdao China 6104597
- Zhengzhou China 6014887
- Ji Nan Shandong China 5940698
- Abidjan Ivory Coast 5866704
- Barcelona Spain 5711917
- Yangon Myanmar 5709678
- Addis Ababa Ethiopia 5703628
- Alexandria Egypt 5696131
- Saint Petersburg Russia 5581707
- Nairobi Kenya 5541172
- Chittagong Bangladesh 5513609
- Guadalajara Mexico 5499678
- Fukuoka Japan 5478076
- Ankara Turkey 5477087
- Hanoi Vietnam 5431801
- Melbourne Australia 5315600
- Monterrey Mexico 5195355
- Sydney Australia 5184896
- Changsha China 5027975
- Urumqi China 5005964
- Cape Town South Africa 4977833
- Jiddah Saudi Arabia 4943210
- Brasilia Brazil 4935274
- Kunming China 4861079
- Changchun China 4802447
- Kabul Afghanistan 4728384
- Hefei China 4727290
- Yaounde Cameroon 4681768
- Ningbo China 4659830
- Shantou China 4656525
- New Taipei Taiwan 4534877
- Tel Aviv Israel 4495727
- Kano Nigeria 4490734
- Shijiazhuang China 4454132
- Montreal Canada 4341638
- Rome Italy 4331974
- Jaipur India 4308510
- Recife Brazil 4305127
- Nanning China 4291463
- Fortaleza Brazil 4246399
- Kozhikode India 4243962
- Porto Alegre Brazil 4239867
- Taiyuan Shanxi China 4226782
- Douala Cameroon 4203108
- Ekurhuleni South Africa 4190832
- Malappuram India 4184921
- Medellin Colombia 4137386
- Changzhou China 4085502
- Kampala Uganda 4050826
- Antananarivo Madagascar 4048666
- Lucknow India 4038214
- Abuja Nigeria 4025735
- Nanchang China 4016037
- Wenzhou China 4009531
- Xiamen China 4007468
- Ibadan Nigeria 4004316
- Fuzhou Fujian China 3998754
- Salvador Brazil 3994982
- Casablanca Morocco 3950408
- Tangshan Hebei China 3925206
- Kumasi Ghana 3903481
- Curitiba Brazil 3852459
- Bekasi Indonesia 3830678
- Faisalabad Pakistan 3800193
- Los Angeles United States 3748640
- Guiyang China 3661446
- Port Harcourt Nigeria 3636547
- Thrissur India 3605238
- Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 3587402
- Berlin Germany 3576873
- Asuncion Paraguay 3568830
- Dakar Senegal 3540462
- Kochi India 3507053
- Wuxi China 3498740
- Busan South Korea 3477419
- Campinas Brazil 3458441
- Mashhad Iran 3415532
- Sanaa Yemen 3407814
- Puebla Mexico 3394342
- Indore India 3393380
- Lanzhou China 3365910
- Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 3358934
- Kuwait City Kuwait 3353602
- Lusaka Zambia 3324219
- Kanpur India 3286142
- Durban South Africa 3262128
- Guayaquil Ecuador 3193267
- Pyongyang North Korea 3183135
- Milan Italy 3160631
- Guatemala City Guatemala 3159631
- Athens Greece 3154591
- Depok Indonesia 3133298
- Izmir Turkey 3120340
- Nagpur India 3106340
- Surabaya Indonesia 3088748
- Handan China 3085998
- Coimbatore India 3083721
- Huaian China 3071048
- Port Au Prince Haiti 3060169
- Zhongshan China 3051065
- Dubai United Arab Emirates 3051016
- Bamako Mali 3050570
- Mbuji Mayi DR Congo 3022855
- Kiev Ukraine 3020228
- Lisbon Portugal 3014607
- Weifang China 2994537
- Caracas Venezuela 2991727
- Thiruvananthapuram India 2984154
- Algiers Algeria 2952115
- Shizuoka Japan 2935527
- Lubumbashi DR Congo 2933962
- Cali Colombia 2890433
- Goiania Brazil 2890418
- Pretoria South Africa 2889899
- Shaoxing China 2882171
- Incheon South Korea 2861686
- Yantai China 2834508
- Zibo China 2828435
- Huizhou China 2827610
- Manchester United Kingdom 2811756
- Taipei Taiwan 2766334
- Mogadishu Somalia 2726815
- Brazzaville Republic of the Congo 2724566
- Accra Ghana 2721165
- Bandung Indonesia 2714215
- Damascus Syria 2685361
- Birmingham United Kingdom 2684807
- Vancouver Canada 2682509
- Toluca De Lerdo Mexico 2674336
- Luoyang China 2666744
- Sapporo Japan 2660947
- Tashkent Uzbekistan 2633661
- Patna India 2633243
- Bhopal India 2624865
- Chicago United States 2590002
