The World - Top 100+ Urban Areas by Population
Population data courtesy of the United Nations Statistics Division and is by urban area as defined by each member country (for specific city data, see our ranking by city). Data is as of 2010 estimates.
| Rank | Urban Area | Country | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 502. | Bordeaux | France | 840,000 | |
| 66. | Boston | United States | 4,659,000 | |
| 538. | Bouaké | Cote d'Ivoire | 775,000 | |
| 164. | Brasília | Brazil | 2,300,000 | |
| 312. | Brazzaville | Republic of Congo | 1,320,000 | |
| 605. | Bremen | Germany | 650,000 | |
| 241. | Brisbane | Australia | 1,676,000 | |
| 681. | Bristol | United Kingdom | 551,000 | |
| 211. | Brussels | Belgium | 1,900,000 | |
| 774. | Bryansk | Russia | 500,000 | |
| 377. | Bucaramanga | Colombia | 1,075,000 | |
| 208. | Bucharest | Romania | 1,930,000 | |
| 240. | Budapest | Hungary | 1,700,000 | |
| 19. | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 13,070,000 | |
| 426. | Buffalo | United States | 977,000 | |
| 613. | Bulawayo | Zimbabwe | 650,000 | |
| 259. | Bursa | Turkey | 1,590,000 | |
| 12. | Cairo | Egypt | 16,250,000 | |
| 424. | Calgary | Canada | 988,000 | |
| 155. | Cali | Colombia | 2,375,000 | |
| 409. | Calicut | India | 1,010,000 | |
| 132. | Campinas | Brazil | 2,800,000 | |
| 601. | Campo Grande | Brazil | 650,000 | |
| 690. | Cancún | Mexico | 550,000 | |
| 748. | Cangnan | China | 500,000 | |
| 98. | Cape Town | South Africa | 3,400,000 | |
| 116. | Caracas | Venezuela | 3,090,000 | |
| 439. | Cartagena | Colombia | 950,000 | |
| 105. | Casablanca | Morocco | 3,275,000 | |
| 488. | Cebu | Philippines | 860,000 | |
| 378. | Chandigarh | India | 1,070,000 | |
| 111. | Changchun | China | 3,150,000 | |
| 604. | Changde | China | 650,000 | |
| 152. | Changsha | China | 2,400,000 | |
| 616. | Changshu | China | 640,000 | |
| 422. | Changwon | South Korea | 1,000,000 | |
| 625. | Changzhi | China | 605,000 | |
| 214. | Changzhou | China | 1,850,000 | |
| 226. | Chaoyang | China | 1,775,000 | |
| 552. | Charlotte | United States | 759,000 | |
| 374. | Chelyabinsk | Russia | 1,090,000 | |
| 58. | Chengdu | China | 5,090,000 | |
| 35. | Chennai | India | 7,550,000 | |
| 784. | Cheonan | South Korea | 500,000 | |
| 30. | Chicago | United States | 8,646,000 | |
| 772. | Chiclayo | Peru | 500,000 | |
| 373. | Chifeng | China | 1,090,000 | |
| 499. | Chihuahua | Mexico | 840,000 | |
| 692. | Chisinau | Moldova | 550,000 | |
| 129. | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 2,825,000 | |
| 581. | Chongjin | North Korea | 700,000 | |
| 44. | Chongqing | China | 6,620,000 | |
| 623. | Chungju | South Korea | 625,000 | |
| 269. | Cincinnati | United States | 1,503,000 | |
| 647. | Ciudad Guayana | Venezuela | 600,000 | |
| 295. | Ciudad Juárez | Mexico | 1,390,000 | |
| 225. | Cleveland | United States | 1,787,000 | |
| 620. | Cochabamba | Bolivia | 625,000 | |
| 221. | Coimbatore | India | 1,810,000 | |
| 204. | Cologne-Bonn | Germany | 1,960,000 | |
| 198. | Colombo | Sri Lanka | 2,000,000 | |
| 351. | Columbus | United States | 1,133,000 | |
| 248. | Conakry | Guinea | 1,650,000 | |
| 598. | Concepción | Chile | 660,000 | |
| 565. | Constantine | Algeria | 730,000 | |
| 339. | Copenhagen | Denmark | 1,180,000 | |
| 276. | Córdoba | Argentina | 1,490,000 | |
| 496. | Cotonou | Benin | 840,000 | |
| 554. | Cúcuta | Colombia | 750,000 | |
| 591. | Cuernavaca | Mexico | 675,000 | |
| 547. | Cuiabá | Brazil | 770,000 | |
| 500. | Culiacán | Mexico | 840,000 | |
| 95. | Curitiba | Brazil | 3,450,000 | |
| 653. | Cuttack | India | 590,000 | |
| 506. | Da Nang | Vietnam | 840,000 | |
| 549. | Dadukou | China | 770,000 | |
| 273. | Daejeon | South Korea | 1,500,000 | |
| 124. | Dakar | Senegal | 2,860,000 | |
| 100. | Dalian | China | 3,380,000 | |
| 202. | Daliang | China | 1,980,000 | |
| 69. | Dallas-Fort Worth | United States | 4,446,000 | |
| 143. | Damascus | Syria | 2,600,000 | |
| 455. | Dandong | China | 920,000 | |
| 480. | Daqing | China | 870,000 | |
| 103. | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 3,350,000 | |
| 268. | Datong | China | 1,520,000 | |
| 272. | Davao City | Philippines | 1,500,000 | |
| 576. | Dayton | United States | 703,000 | |
| 710. | Dehradun | India | 530,000 | |
| 3. | Delhi | India | 22,155,000 | |
| 760. | Denpasar | Indonesia | 500,000 | |
| 201. | Denver | United States | 1,985,000 | |
| 82. | Detroit | United States | 3,903,000 | |
| 24. | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 11,175,000 | |
| 308. | Dhanbad | India | 1,330,000 | |
| 438. | Dh_rw_d | India | 950,000 | |
| 664. | Diyarbakir | Turkey | 575,000 | |
| 628. | Djibouti | Djibouti | 600,000 | |
| 371. | Dnipropetrovsk | Ukraine | 1,100,000 | |
| 637. | Doha | Qatar | 600,000 |
