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 
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
47. Santiago  Chile 5,950,000
498. Valparaiso-Vina del Mar  Chile 840,000
598. Concepción  Chile 660,000
508. N'Djamena  Chad 830,000
747. Bangui  Central African Republic 500,000
51. Toronto-Hamilton  Canada 5,671,000
104. Montréal  Canada 3,317,000
206. Vancouver  Canada 1,953,000
424. Calgary  Canada 988,000
484. Edmonton  Canada 863,000
485. Ottawa  Canada 861,000
597. Québec City  Canada 660,000
614. Winnipeg  Canada 641,000
190. Douala  Cameroon 2,100,000
230. Yaoundé  Cameroon 1,750,000
265. Phnom Penh  Cambodia 1,550,000
209. Ouagadougou  Burkina Faso 1,900,000
342. Sofia  Bulgaria 1,175,000
6. São Paulo  Brazil 20,250,000
22. Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 11,900,000
49. Belo Horizonte  Brazil 5,850,000
77. Porto Alegre  Brazil 4,075,000
84. Salvador  Brazil 3,900,000
86. Recife  Brazil 3,850,000
88. Fortaleza  Brazil 3,700,000
95. Curitiba  Brazil 3,450,000
132. Campinas  Brazil 2,800,000
164. Brasília  Brazil 2,300,000
181. Belém  Brazil 2,175,000
185. Goiânia  Brazil 2,125,000
219. Vitória  Brazil 1,825,000
223. Santos  Brazil 1,800,000
231. Manaus  Brazil 1,750,000
320. Natal  Brazil 1,300,000
322. São Luís  Brazil 1,275,000
340. Maceió  Brazil 1,175,000
386. Joinville  Brazil 1,050,000
400. Florianópolis  Brazil 1,025,000
416. João Pessoa  Brazil 1,000,000
466. Teresina  Brazil 900,000
523. Londrina  Brazil 800,000
534. Aracaju  Brazil 780,000
547. Cuiabá  Brazil 770,000
601. Campo Grande  Brazil 650,000
627. São José dos Campos  Brazil 600,000
667. Sorocaba  Brazil 570,000
684. Blumenau  Brazil 550,000
744. Feira de Santana  Brazil 500,000
746. Uberlândia  Brazil 500,000
713. Novo Gama  Brazil 525,000
745. Ribeirão Preto  Brazil 500,000
243. La Paz  Bolivia 1,670,000
250. Santa Cruz de la Sierra  Bolivia 1,650,000
620. Cochabamba  Bolivia 625,000
496. Cotonou  Benin 840,000
211. Brussels  Belgium 1,900,000
435. Antwerpen  Belgium 960,000
217. Minsk  Belarus 1,850,000
743. Homyel  Belarus 500,000
24. Dhaka  Bangladesh 11,175,000
129. Chittagong  Bangladesh 2,825,000
495. Khulna  Bangladesh 840,000
566. Narayanganj  Bangladesh 725,000
712. Manama  Bahrain 525,000
203. Baku  Azerbaijan 1,970,000
234. Vienna  Austria 1,710,000
89. Sydney  Australia 3,641,000
101. Melbourne  Australia 3,372,000
241. Brisbane  Australia 1,676,000
324. Perth  Australia 1,256,000
392. Adelaide  Australia 1,040,000
364. Yerevan  Armenia 1,110,000
19. Buenos Aires  Argentina 13,070,000
276. Córdoba  Argentina 1,490,000
330. Rosario  Argentina 1,230,000
454. Mendoza  Argentina 920,000
509. San Miguel de Tucumán  Argentina 830,000
588. La Plata  Argentina 675,000
711. Mar del Plata  Argentina 525,000
65. Luanda  Angola 4,770,000
397. Huambo  Angola 1,035,000
131. Algiers  Algeria 2,800,000
545. Oran  Algeria 770,000
565. Constantine  Algeria 730,000
672. Tirana  Albania 560,000
87. Kabul  Afghanistan 3,730,000