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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 730. | Linfen | China | 510,000 | |
| 732. | Wenling | China | 510,000 | |
| 739. | Zhangzhou | China | 505,000 | |
| 742. | Xinyang | China | 500,000 | |
| 749. | Lhasa | China | 500,000 | |
| 750. | Luohe | China | 500,000 | |
| 790. | Xinyu | China | 495,000 | |
| 796. | Fuyang | China | 375,000 | |
| 67. | Xi'an | China | 4,655,000 | |
| 202. | Daliang | China | 1,980,000 | |
| 329. | Xuzhou | China | 1,230,000 | |
| 337. | Liuzhou | China | 1,180,000 | |
| 370. | Jiangmen | China | 1,100,000 | |
| 375. | Zhangjiakou | China | 1,080,000 | |
| 447. | Lianyungang | China | 930,000 | |
| 461. | Rui'an | China | 910,000 | |
| 516. | Baoji | China | 815,000 | |
| 535. | Xushan | China | 780,000 | |
| 549. | Dadukou | China | 770,000 | |
| 616. | Changshu | China | 640,000 | |
| 618. | Xiangfan | China | 630,000 | |
| 651. | Yushan | China | 590,000 | |
| 652. | Donghai | China | 590,000 | |
| 656. | Panjin | China | 580,000 | |
| 725. | Maoming | China | 520,000 | |
| 731. | Wutong | China | 510,000 | |
| 748. | Cangnan | China | 500,000 | |
| 791. | Luzhou | China | 490,000 | |
| 795. | Lupanshui | China | 380,000 | |
| 31. | Bogotá | Colombia | 8,500,000 | |
| 91. | Medellín | Colombia | 3,575,000 | |
| 155. | Cali | Colombia | 2,375,000 | |
| 216. | Barranquilla | Colombia | 1,850,000 | |
| 377. | Bucaramanga | Colombia | 1,075,000 | |
| 439. | Cartagena | Colombia | 950,000 | |
| 751. | Pereira | Colombia | 500,000 | |
| 554. | Cúcuta | Colombia | 750,000 | |
| 283. | San José | Costa Rica | 1,460,000 | |
| 76. | Abidjan | Cote d'Ivoire | 4,125,000 | |
| 472. | Yamoussoukro | Cote d'Ivoire | 885,000 | |
| 538. | Bouaké | Cote d'Ivoire | 775,000 | |
| 579. | Zagreb | Croatia | 700,000 | |
| 186. | Havana | Cuba | 2,125,000 | |
| 347. | Prague | Czech Republic | 1,150,000 | |
| 29. | Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8,750,000 | |
| 267. | Lubumbashi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,540,000 | |
| 475. | Kananga | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 875,000 | |
| 518. | Kisangani | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 810,000 | |
| 752. | Kolwezi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 500,000 | |
| 279. | Mbuji-Mayi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,475,000 | |
| 339. | Copenhagen | Denmark | 1,180,000 | |
| 628. | Djibouti | Djibouti | 600,000 | |
| 180. | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 2,175,000 | |
| 753. | Santiago de los Caballeros | Dominican Republic | 500,000 | |
| 137. | Guayaquil | Ecuador | 2,675,000 | |
| 215. | Quito | Ecuador | 1,850,000 | |
| 12. | Cairo | Egypt | 16,250,000 | |
| 71. | Alexandria | Egypt | 4,375,000 | |
| 685. | Port Said | Egypt | 550,000 | |
| 754. | Suez | Egypt | 500,000 | |
| 262. | San Salvador | El Salvador | 1,570,000 | |
| 755. | Asmara | Eritrea | 500,000 | |
| 119. | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 2,925,000 | |
| 358. | Helsinki | Finland | 1,120,000 | |
| 26. | Paris | France | 10,475,000 | |
| 280. | Lyon | France | 1,470,000 | |
| 282. | Marseille-Aix-en-Provence | France | 1,470,000 | |
| 389. | Lille | France | 1,050,000 | |
| 427. | Nice | France | 975,000 | |
| 467. | Toulouse | France | 900,000 | |
| 502. | Bordeaux | France | 840,000 | |
| 671. | Nantes | France | 568,000 | |
| 703. | Toulon | France | 543,000 | |
| 726. | Douai | France | 519,000 | |
| 686. | Libreville | Gabon | 550,000 | |
| 359. | Tbilisi | Georgia | 1,120,000 | |
| 37. | Essen-Düsseldorf | Germany | 7,250,000 | |
| 96. | Berlin | Germany | 3,450,000 | |
| 169. | Frankfurt | Germany | 2,260,000 | |
| 204. | Cologne-Bonn | Germany | 1,960,000 | |
| 224. | Hamburg | Germany | 1,790,000 | |
| 304. | München | Germany | 1,350,000 | |
| 327. | Stuttgart | Germany | 1,250,000 | |
| 405. | Nuremberg | Germany | 1,020,000 | |
| 567. | Hannover | Germany | 725,000 | |
| 605. | Bremen | Germany | 650,000 | |
| 617. | Dresden | Germany | 640,000 | |
| 654. | Aachen | Germany | 585,000 | |
| 660. | Mannheim | Germany | 575,000 | |
| 668. | Leipzig | Germany | 570,000 | |
| 728. | Saarbrücken | Germany | 515,000 | |
| 90. | Accra | Ghana | 3,600,000 | |
| 236. | Kumasi | Ghana | 1,705,000 | |
| 107. | Athens | Greece | 3,260,000 | |
| 504. | Thessaloniki | Greece | 840,000 | |
| 366. | Guatemala City | Guatemala | 1,100,000 | |
| 248. | Conakry | Guinea | 1,650,000 | |
| 189. | Port-au-Prince | Haiti | 2,100,000 | |
| 398. | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | 1,025,000 | |
| 240. | Budapest | Hungary | 1,700,000 |
