Major World Cities by Population - Global City Rankings 2025 | World Measure

Explore 174+ major cities worldwide ranked by population. Discover city demographics, metro populations, growth trends, and detailed statistics for the world's largest urban areas.

All Cities (178)

Rank City Country Population
#1 Tokyo JPN 37,194,104
#2 Jakarta IDN 35,362,000
#3 Delhi IND 33,807,403
#4 Shanghai CHN 28,516,904
#5 Manila PHL 28,250,517
#6 Seoul KOR 25,514,000
#7 São Paulo BRA 23,086,749
#8 Mexico City MEX 22,505,315
#9 Dhaka BGD 22,478,116
#10 Cairo EGY 22,183,200
#11 Beijing CHN 21,893,095
#12 Mumbai IND 20,961,472
#13 New York USA 20,140,470
#14 Osaka JPN 18,967,459
#15 Moscow RUS 17,125,000
#16 Bangkok THA 17,066,000
#17 Karachi PAK 16,093,786
#18 Lagos NGA 15,946,000
#19 London GBR 15,800,000
#20 Istanbul TUR 15,519,267
#21 Buenos Aires ARG 15,370,000
#22 Kolkata IND 15,133,000
#23 Tehran IRN 15,000,000
#24 Kinshasa COD 14,970,460
#25 Guangzhou CHN 13,501,100
#26 Rio de Janeiro BRA 13,458,075
#27 Los Angeles USA 13,200,998
#28 Paris FRA 12,405,426
#29 Shenzhen CHN 12,356,820
#30 Bengaluru IND 11,440,000
#31 Chennai IND 11,324,000
#32 Lahore PAK 11,126,285
#33 Lima PER 10,882,757
#34 Bogotá COL 10,574,000
#35 Hyderabad IND 10,268,000
#36 Chicago USA 9,618,502
#37 Ho Chi Minh City VNM 9,077,158
#38 Luanda AGO 8,330,000
#39 Kuala Lumpur MYS 8,285,000
#40 Hanoi VNM 8,053,663
#41 Riyadh SAU 7,676,654
#42 Ahmedabad IND 7,650,000
#43 Fort Worth USA 7,637,387
#44 Dallas USA 7,637,387
#45 Hong Kong HKG 7,394,700
#46 Yangon MMR 7,360,703
#47 Houston USA 7,122,240
#48 Santiago CHL 7,112,808
#49 Taipei TWN 7,034,084
#50 Madrid ESP 6,685,471
#51 Surat IND 6,564,000
#52 Washington USA 6,385,162
#53 Toronto CAN 6,313,000
#54 Pune IND 6,276,000
#55 Belo Horizonte BRA 6,194,292
#56 Miami USA 6,158,824
#57 Berlin DEU 6,144,600
#58 Philadelphia USA 6,096,120
#59 Dar es Salaam TZA 6,048,000
#60 Atlanta USA 6,020,364
#61 Singapore SGP 5,896,686
#62 Johannesburg ZAF 5,635,127
#63 Abidjan CIV 5,616,633
#64 Barcelona ESP 5,474,482
#65 Monterrey MEX 5,341,171
#66 Caracas VEN 5,322,000
#67 Sydney AUS 5,312,163
#68 Khartoum SDN 5,274,321
#69 Guadalajara MEX 5,268,642
#70 Addis Ababa ETH 5,228,000
#71 Alexandria EGY 5,163,750
#72 Melbourne AUS 5,078,193
#73 Algiers DZA 5,000,000
#74 Boston USA 4,873,019
#75 Phoenix USA 4,845,832
#76 Brasília BRA 4,804,877
#77 San Francisco USA 4,749,008
#78 Cape Town ZAF 4,618,000
#79 Nairobi KEN 4,397,073
#80 Detroit USA 4,392,041
#81 Giza EGY 4,367,343
#82 Porto Alegre BRA 4,348,000
#83 Rome ITA 4,342,212
#84 Montreal CAN 4,291,732
#85 Kabul AFG 4,273,156
#86 Casablanca MAR 4,270,000
#87 Fortaleza BRA 4,258,000
#88 Medellín COL 4,055,296
#89 Recife BRA 4,054,866
#90 Seattle USA 4,018,762
#91 Salvador BRA 4,015,000
#92 Accra GHA 4,010,054
#93 Jaipur IND 3,971,000
#94 Curitiba BRA 3,726,000
#95 Minneapolis USA 3,690,261
#96 Durban ZAF 3,442,361
#97 Lucknow IND 3,382,000
#98 Puebla MEX 3,344,000
#99 Dubai ARE 3,331,420
#100 Dakar SEN 3,326,000
#101 Kampala UGA 3,318,000
#102 San Diego USA 3,298,664
#103 Faisalabad PAK 3,204,726
#104 Nagpur IND 3,177,000
#105 Tampa USA 3,175,275
#106 Athens GRC 3,154,152
#107 Milan ITA 3,140,181
#108 Tashkent UZB 3,140,167
#109 Naples ITA 3,115,320
#110 Guayaquil ECU 3,113,725
#111 Warsaw POL 3,101,617
#112 Kanpur IND 3,040,000
#113 Budapest HUN 3,011,000
#114 Denver USA 2,963,821
#115 Pretoria ZAF 2,921,488
#116 Birmingham GBR 2,919,600
#117 Vienna AUT 2,884,000
#118 Lisbon PRT 2,863,272
#119 Charlotte USA 2,797,636
#120 Quito ECU 2,781,641
#121 Manaus BRA 2,722,000
#122 Manchester GBR 2,720,000
#123 Cali COL 2,695,000
#124 Tunis TUN 2,643,695
#125 Vancouver CAN 2,642,825
#126 Orlando USA 2,608,147
#127 Indore IND 2,596,000
#128 Brisbane AUS 2,560,720
#129 San Antonio USA 2,550,960
#130 Portland USA 2,512,859
#131 Amsterdam NLD 2,480,394
#132 Stockholm SWE 2,415,000
#133 Hamburg DEU 2,410,000
#134 Bhopal IND 2,371,000
#135 Barranquilla COL 2,370,000
#136 Asunción PRY 2,356,000
#137 Austin USA 2,352,000
#138 Munich DEU 2,351,706
#139 Frankfurt DEU 2,330,000
#140 Lyon FRA 2,280,845
#141 Las Vegas USA 2,265,461
#142 Perth AUS 2,192,229
#143 Visakhapatnam IND 2,176,000
#144 Tijuana MEX 2,157,853
#145 Prague CZE 2,156,097
#146 Islamabad PAK 2,141,490
#147 Columbus USA 2,138,926
#148 Santa Cruz BOL 2,107,000
#149 Rawalpindi PAK 2,098,231
#150 Copenhagen DNK 2,057,142
#151 Patna IND 2,049,000
#152 Almaty KAZ 2,039,376
#153 La Paz BOL 2,004,652
#154 San Jose USA 1,992,000
#155 Nashville USA 1,989,519
#156 Montevideo URY 1,947,604
#157 Rabat MAR 1,932,000
#158 Bucharest ROU 1,883,425
#159 Cologne DEU 1,783,000
#160 Marseille FRA 1,760,653
#161 Porto PRT 1,758,531
#162 Glasgow GBR 1,750,000
#163 Turin ITA 1,703,266
#164 Auckland NZL 1,657,200
#165 Jacksonville USA 1,605,848
#166 Liverpool GBR 1,550,000
#167 Oslo NOR 1,546,706
#168 Ottawa CAN 1,488,307
#169 Calgary CAN 1,481,806
#170 Edmonton CAN 1,418,118
#171 Zurich CHE 1,369,000
#172 Helsinki FIN 1,305,893
#173 Brussels BEL 1,208,542
#174 Nice FRA 1,006,201
#175 Winnipeg CAN 834,678
#176 Quebec City CAN 800,296
#177 Hamilton CAN 747,545
#178 Geneva CHE 598,803

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