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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126. | Al Baṣrah | Iraq | 2,015,483 | |
| 125. | Johannesburg | South Africa | 2,026,469 | |
| 124. | Dalian | China | 2,035,307 | |
| 123. | Mosul | Iraq | 2,065,597 | |
| 122. | Jinan | China | 2,069,266 | |
| 121. | Changsha | China | 2,073,938 | |
| 120. | Houston | United States | 2,099,451 | |
| 119. | Paris | France | 2,138,551 | |
| 118. | Havana | Cuba | 2,163,824 | |
| 117. | Nagoya-shi | Japan | 2,191,279 | |
| 116. | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 2,201,941 | |
| 115. | Brasília | Brazil | 2,207,718 | |
| 114. | Raigarh Fort | India | 2,207,929 | |
| 113. | Maracaibo | Venezuela | 2,225,000 | |
| 112. | Nāgpur | India | 2,228,018 | |
| 111. | Mashhad | Iran | 2,307,177 | |
| 110. | Dakar | Senegal | 2,352,057 | |
| 109. | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 2,373,224 | |
| 108. | Surabaya | Indonesia | 2,374,658 | |
| 107. | Cali | Colombia | 2,392,877 | |
| 106. | Fortaleza | Brazil | 2,400,000 | |
| 105. | Al Jīzah | Egypt | 2,443,203 | |
| 104. | Lucknow | India | 2,472,011 | |
| 103. | Zhongshan | China | 2,493,400 | |
| 102. | İzmir | Turkey | 2,500,603 | |
| 101. | Faisalābād | Pakistan | 2,506,595 | |
| 100. | Kiev | Ukraine | 2,514,227 | |
| 99. | Changchun | China | 2,537,421 | |
| 98. | Rome | Italy | 2,563,241 | |
| 97. | Taegu | South Korea | 2,566,540 | |
| 96. | Mogadishu | Somalia | 2,587,183 | |
| 95. | Ōsaka-shi | Japan | 2,592,413 | |
| 94. | Al Başrah | Iraq | 2,600,000 | |
| 93. | Yunfu | China | 2,612,800 | |
| 92. | Incheon | South Korea | 2,628,000 | |
| 91. | Chicago | United States | 2,695,598 | |
| 90. | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 2,698,652 | |
| 89. | Jaipur | India | 2,711,758 | |
| 88. | Salvador | Brazil | 2,711,840 | |
| 87. | Taiyuan | China | 2,722,475 | |
| 86. | Nairobi | Kenya | 2,750,547 | |
| 85. | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 2,757,729 | |
| 84. | Luanda | Angola | 2,776,168 | |
| 83. | Kānpur | India | 2,823,249 | |
| 82. | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 2,867,446 | |
| 81. | Sūrat | India | 2,894,504 | |
| 80. | Pune | India | 2,935,744 | |
| 78. | Shenzhen | China | 3,000,000 | |
| 79. | Caracas | Venezuela | 3,000,000 | |
| 77. | Kabul | Afghanistan | 3,043,532 | |
| 76. | Nanjing | China | 3,087,010 | |
| 75. | Durban | South Africa | 3,120,282 | |
| 74. | Casablanca | Morocco | 3,144,909 | |
| 73. | Guangzhou | China | 3,152,825 | |
| 72. | Lanzhou | China | 3,200,000 | |
| 71. | Pyongyang | North Korea | 3,222,000 | |
| 70. | Xi’an | China | 3,225,812 | |
| 69. | Harbin | China | 3,229,883 | |
| 68. | Madrid | Spain | 3,255,944 | |
| 67. | Montréal | Canada | 3,268,513 | |
| 66. | Berlin | Germany | 3,426,354 | |
| 65. | Cape Town | South Africa | 3,433,441 | |
| 64. | Shiyan | China | 3,460,000 | |
| 63. | Hồ Chí Minh City | Vietnam | 3,467,331 | |
| 62. | Shenyang | China | 3,512,192 | |
| 61. | Ankara | Turkey | 3,517,182 | |
| 60. | Singapore | Singapore | 3,547,809 | |
| 59. | Ibadan | Nigeria | 3,565,108 | |
| 58. | Yokohama-shi | Japan | 3,574,443 | |
| 57. | Puyang | China | 3,590,000 | |
| 56. | Hyderābād | India | 3,597,816 | |
| 55. | Kano | Nigeria | 3,626,068 | |
| 54. | Abidjan | Cote d'Ivoire | 3,677,115 | |
| 53. | Pusan | South Korea | 3,678,555 | |
| 52. | Ahmadābād | India | 3,719,710 | |
| 51. | Melbourne | Australia | 3,730,206 | |
| 50. | Tianjin | China | 3,766,207 | |
| 49. | Los Angeles | United States | 3,792,621 | |
| 48. | Alexandria | Egypt | 3,811,516 | |
| 47. | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 3,920,222 | |
| 46. | Chengdu | China | 3,950,437 | |
| 45. | Chongqing | China | 3,967,028 | |
| 44. | Saint Petersburg | Russia | 4,039,745 | |
| 43. | Wuhan | China | 4,184,206 | |
| 42. | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 4,205,961 | |
| 41. | Chennai | India | 4,328,063 | |
| 40. | Sydney | Australia | 4,394,576 | |
| 39. | Yangon | Myanmar | 4,477,638 | |
| 38. | Toronto | Canada | 4,612,191 | |
| 37. | Kolkata | India | 4,631,392 | |
| 36. | Kaifeng | China | 4,800,000 | |
| 35. | Santiago | Chile | 4,837,295 | |
| 34. | Yueyang | China | 5,000,000 | |
| 33. | Bangalore | India | 5,104,047 | |
| 32. | Bangkok | Thailand | 5,104,476 | |
| 31. | Tai’an | China | 5,499,000 | |
| 30. | Baghdad | Iraq | 5,672,513 | |
| 29. | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 6,023,699 | |
| 28. | Lahore | Pakistan | 6,310,888 | |
| 27. | Hong Kong | China | 7,012,738 |
