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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 621. | Ipoh | Malaysia | 625,000 | |
| 696. | Irkutsk | Russia | 550,000 | |
| 20. | Istanbul | Turkey | 12,739,000 | |
| 639. | Izhevsk | Russia | 600,000 | |
| 135. | Izmir | Turkey | 2,720,000 | |
| 298. | Jabalpur | India | 1,370,000 | |
| 473. | Jacksonville | United States | 882,000 | |
| 113. | Jaipur | India | 3,130,000 | |
| 4. | Jakarta | Indonesia | 21,700,000 | |
| 457. | Jalandhar | India | 920,000 | |
| 487. | Jammu | India | 860,000 | |
| 675. | Jamnagar | India | 560,000 | |
| 294. | Jamshedpur | India | 1,390,000 | |
| 109. | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 3,230,000 | |
| 642. | Jeonju | South Korea | 600,000 | |
| 536. | Jerusalem | Israel | 780,000 | |
| 404. | Jiamusi | China | 1,020,000 | |
| 370. | Jiangmen | China | 1,100,000 | |
| 546. | Jiaozuo | China | 770,000 | |
| 573. | Jiaxing | China | 710,000 | |
| 599. | Jieyang | China | 660,000 | |
| 195. | Jilin | China | 2,040,000 | |
| 154. | Jinan | China | 2,380,000 | |
| 548. | Jingzhou | China | 770,000 | |
| 655. | Jining | China | 580,000 | |
| 503. | Jinzhou | China | 840,000 | |
| 416. | João Pessoa | Brazil | 1,000,000 | |
| 380. | Jodhpur | India | 1,060,000 | |
| 36. | Johannesburg-East Rand | South Africa | 7,275,000 | |
| 271. | Johor Bahru | Malaysia | 1,500,000 | |
| 386. | Joinville | Brazil | 1,050,000 | |
| 527. | Jos | Nigeria | 800,000 | |
| 87. | Kabul | Afghanistan | 3,730,000 | |
| 263. | Kaduna | Nigeria | 1,560,000 | |
| 705. | Kagoshima | Japan | 540,000 | |
| 708. | Kaifeng | China | 535,000 | |
| 255. | Kampala | Uganda | 1,600,000 | |
| 475. | Kananga | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 875,000 | |
| 662. | Kanazawa | Japan | 575,000 | |
| 97. | Kano | Nigeria | 3,400,000 | |
| 102. | Kanpur | India | 3,360,000 | |
| 300. | Kansas City | United States | 1,362,000 | |
| 147. | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 2,500,000 | |
| 18. | Karachi | Pakistan | 13,125,000 | |
| 159. | Karaj | Iran | 2,328,000 | |
| 391. | Kathmandu | Nepal | 1,040,000 | |
| 148. | Katowice-Gliwice-Tychy | Poland | 2,450,000 | |
| 592. | Kayseri | Turkey | 675,000 | |
| 349. | Kazan | Russia | 1,140,000 | |
| 775. | Kemerovo | Russia | 500,000 | |
| 733. | Kerman | Iran | 510,000 | |
| 512. | Kermanshah | Iran | 825,000 | |
| 695. | Khabarovsk | Russia | 550,000 | |
| 287. | Kharkiv | Ukraine | 1,450,000 | |
| 55. | Khartoum | Sudan | 5,170,000 | |
| 495. | Khulna | Bangladesh | 840,000 | |
| 130. | Kiev | Ukraine | 2,810,000 | |
| 442. | Kigali | Rwanda | 940,000 | |
| 477. | Kingston | Jamaica | 875,000 | |
| 29. | Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8,750,000 | |
| 762. | Kirkuk | Iraq | 500,000 | |
| 518. | Kisangani | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 810,000 | |
| 200. | Kitakyushu | Japan | 2,000,000 | |
| 254. | Kochi | India | 1,610,000 | |
| 758. | Kolhapur | India | 500,000 | |
| 13. | Kolkota | India | 15,550,000 | |
| 752. | Kolwezi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 500,000 | |
| 425. | Konya | Turkey | 980,000 | |
| 471. | Kota | India | 885,000 | |
| 551. | Kraków | Poland | 760,000 | |
| 569. | Krasnodar | Russia | 725,000 | |
| 436. | Krasnoyarsk | Russia | 960,000 | |
| 612. | Kryvyy Rih | Ukraine | 650,000 | |
| 57. | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 5,100,000 | |
| 590. | Kumamoto | Japan | 675,000 | |
| 236. | Kumasi | Ghana | 1,705,000 | |
| 112. | Kunming | China | 3,150,000 | |
| 163. | Kuwait | Kuwait | 2,300,000 | |
| 281. | Kwangju | South Korea | 1,470,000 | |
| 561. | L'viv | Ukraine | 750,000 | |
| 243. | La Paz | Bolivia | 1,670,000 | |
| 588. | La Plata | Argentina | 675,000 | |
| 25. | Lagos | Nigeria | 10,550,000 | |
| 40. | Lahore | Pakistan | 7,130,000 | |
| 177. | Lanzhou | China | 2,190,000 | |
| 582. | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Spain | 700,000 | |
| 313. | Las Vegas | United States | 1,314,000 | |
| 274. | Leeds-Bradford | United Kingdom | 1,499,000 | |
| 668. | Leipzig | Germany | 570,000 | |
| 266. | León | Mexico | 1,550,000 | |
| 626. | Leshan | China | 600,000 | |
| 749. | Lhasa | China | 500,000 | |
| 447. | Lianyungang | China | 930,000 | |
| 589. | Liaoyang | China | 675,000 | |
| 686. | Libreville | Gabon | 550,000 | |
| 389. | Lille | France | 1,050,000 | |
| 482. | Lilongwe | Malawi | 870,000 | |
| 28. | Lima | Peru | 8,940,000 | |
| 730. | Linfen | China | 510,000 | |
| 264. | Linyi | China | 1,560,000 |
