The World - Top 100+ Cities by Population

Population data by city is the population of the city itself, not the metro area (for specific metro area data, see our ranking by metro area). Data is as of 2011 estimates.

Rank  City  Country Population 
2,065. Severodvinsk  Russia 194,292
2,048. Engel's  Russia 196,011
2,005. Armavir  Russia 199,548
2,004. Balakovo  Russia 199,572
1,974. Pskov  Russia 201,990
1,852. Velikiy Novgorod  Russia 215,062
1,847. Biysk  Russia 215,430
1,843. Zelenograd  Russia 215,727
1,835. Rybinsk  Russia 216,724
1,822. Prokop’yevsk  Russia 219,000
1,803. Blagoveshchensk  Russia 221,296
1,802. Shakhty  Russia 221,312
1,763. Groznyy  Russia 226,100
1,751. Staryy Oskol  Russia 226,977
1,713. Syktyvkar  Russia 230,139
1,695. Nizhnekamsk  Russia 234,297
1,684. Yakutsk  Russia 235,600
1,642. Novorossiysk  Russia 241,856
1,633. Angarsk  Russia 243,158
1,617. Nizhnevartovsk  Russia 244,937
1,603. Orsk  Russia 246,836
1,528. Dzerzhinsk  Russia 256,537
1,526. Bratsk  Russia 256,600
1,481. Petrozavodsk  Russia 265,025
1,472. Sterlitamak  Russia 267,231
1,448. Nal’chik  Russia 272,800
1,434. Komsomol’sk-na-Amure  Russia 275,908
1,423. Kostroma  Russia 277,656
1,418. Taganrog  Russia 279,056
1,417. Yoshkar-Ola  Russia 279,100
1,361. Tambov  Russia 290,933
1,340. Vologda  Russia 294,889
1,314. Surgut  Russia 300,367
1,303. Saransk  Russia 303,394
1,276. Chita  Russia 308,500
1,271. Vladimir  Russia 310,024
1,264. Cherepovets  Russia 311,850
1,235. Vladikavkaz  Russia 317,370
1,222. Murmansk  Russia 319,263
1,210. Smolensk  Russia 320,991
1,206. Volzhskiy  Russia 323,293
1,203. Orël  Russia 324,200
1,189. Sochi  Russia 327,608
1,152. Kaluga  Russia 338,978
1,130. Kurgan  Russia 343,129
1,122. Belgorod  Russia 345,289
1,088. Arkhangel’sk  Russia 356,051
1,071. Ulan-Ude  Russia 360,278
1,060. Stavropol’  Russia 363,064
1,018. Nizhniy Tagil  Russia 381,116
964. Tver'  Russia 400,212
936. Kursk  Russia 409,431
926. Magnitogorsk  Russia 413,351
908. Ivanovo  Russia 420,839
895. Bryansk  Russia 427,236
877. Kaliningrad  Russia 434,954
852. Cheboksary  Russia 446,781
825. Kirov  Russia 457,383
802. Tula  Russia 468,825
786. Kemerovo  Russia 477,090
769. Tomsk  Russia 485,519
757. Makhachkala  Russia 497,959
751. Astrakhan’  Russia 502,533
740. Naberezhnyye Chelny  Russia 509,870
735. Penza  Russia 512,602
729. Lipetsk  Russia 515,655
720. Tyumen’  Russia 519,119
718. Ryazan’  Russia 520,173
693. Novokuznetsk  Russia 539,616
675. Orenburg  Russia 550,204
637. Khabarovsk Vtoroy  Russia 578,303
635. Khabarovsk  Russia 579,000
625. Irkutsk  Russia 586,695
624. Vladivostok  Russia 587,022
608. Barnaul  Russia 599,579
592. Yaroslavl'  Russia 606,730
566. Izhevsk  Russia 631,038
553. Ul'yanovsk  Russia 640,680
544. Krasnodar  Russia 649,851
500. Tol’yatti  Russia 702,879
396. Voronezh  Russia 848,752
393. Saratov  Russia 863,725
365. Krasnoyarsk  Russia 927,200
346. Perm’  Russia 982,419
331. Volgograd  Russia 1,011,417
318. Ufa  Russia 1,033,338
310. Chelyabinsk  Russia 1,062,919
304. Rostov-na-Donu  Russia 1,074,482
299. Kazan  Russia 1,104,738
291. Omsk  Russia 1,129,281
290. Samara  Russia 1,134,730
243. Nizhniy Novgorod  Russia 1,284,164
240. Yekaterinburg  Russia 1,287,573
200. Novosibirsk  Russia 1,419,007
44. Saint Petersburg  Russia 4,039,745
9. Moscow  Russia 10,381,222
11,779. Nzega  Rwanda 33,832
8,996. Kibungo  Rwanda 46,240
8,849. Rwamagana  Rwanda 47,203
8,681. Kibuye  Rwanda 48,024