50 MOST POPULATED CITIES IN THE WORLD
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CityCountry
|
World
Rank |
2008 estimate
|
Area
extent (sq m) |
Pop
Growth Rate (%/yr) |
Sources of Pop/ Area
|
City
includes |
Actual City
population |
TOKYO, Japan
|
1
|
34,400,000
|
7,835
|
0.15
|
C / B
|
Yokohama
|
8,489,653
|
JAKARTA, Indonesia
|
2
|
21,800,000
|
2,720
|
2.38
|
F / B
|
8,640,184
| |
NEW YORK, United States
|
3
|
20,090,000
|
11,264
|
0.24
|
H / H
|
8,143,197
| |
SEOUL, South Korea
|
4
|
20,010,000
|
1,943
|
0.43
|
C / B
|
Incheon
|
10,020,123
|
MANILA, Philippines
|
5
|
19,550,000
|
1,425
|
2.31
|
C / B
|
1,581,082
| |
MUMBAI (BOMBAY), India
|
6
|
19,530,000
|
777
|
2
|
C / B
|
11,914,398
| |
SAO PAULO, Brazil
|
7
|
19,140,000
|
2,590
|
0.78
|
C / B
|
11,016,703
| |
MEXICO CITY, Mexico
|
8
|
18,430,000
|
2,137
|
0.6
|
C / B
| ||
DELHI, India
|
9
|
18,000,000
|
1,425
|
2.4
|
C / B
|
9,817,439
| |
OSAKA, Japan
|
10
|
17,270,000
|
2,720
|
0.04
|
C / B
|
2,628,811
| |
CAIRO, Egypt
|
11
|
16,750,000
|
1,269
|
1.53
|
E / B
|
6,758,581
| |
KOLKATTA, (Calcutta), India
|
12
|
15,010,000
|
984
|
1.83
|
A / B
|
4,580,544
| |
LOS ANGELES, United States
|
13
|
14,730,000
|
5,812
|
0.79
|
H / H
|
3,844,829
| |
SHANGHAI, China
|
14
|
14,460,000
|
2,396
|
1.54
|
C / B
|
14,348,535
| |
MOSCOW, Russia
|
15
|
13,260,000
|
4,533
|
0.2
|
C / B
|
10,433,869
| |
BEIJING (PEKING), China
|
16
|
12,770,000
|
2,616
|
1.6
|
C / B
|
11,509,595
| |
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
|
17
|
12,390,000
|
2,590
|
0.46
|
A / B
|
2,965,403
| |
GUANGZHOU, China
|
18
|
11,810,000
|
2,590
|
1.48
|
E / B
|
8,524,826
| |
SHENZAN, China
|
19
|
11,710,000
|
1,295
|
2.1
|
F / B
|
7,008,831
| |
ISTANBUL, Turkey
|
20
|
11,220,000
|
1,256
|
1.11
|
E / B
| ||
RIO DE JENIRO, Brazil
|
21
|
11,160,000
|
1,580
|
0.79
|
C / B
|
6,136,652
| |
PARIS, France
|
22
|
10,430,000
|
3,043
|
0.09
|
E / B
|
2,125,017
| |
KARACHI, Pakistan
|
23
|
9,380,000
|
881
|
2.54
|
G / B
|
9,339,023
| |
NAGOYA, Japan
|
24
|
9,250,000
|
3,302
|
0.27
|
C / B
|
2,215,062
| |
CHICAGO, United States
|
25
|
9,030,000
|
5,952
|
0.54
|
H / H
|
2,842,518
| |
LAGOS, Nigeria
|
26
|
8,860,000
|
971
|
2.99
|
C / B
|
5,195,247
| |
LONDON, United Kingdom
|
27
|
8,320,000
|
1,623
|
0.07
|
A / A
| ||
BANGKOK, Thailand
|
28
|
8,290,000
|
1,502
|
1.19
|
C / B
| ||
KINSHASA, Dem Rep of Congo
|
29
|
8,190,000
|
622
|
4.38
|
D / B
| ||
TEHRAN, Iran
|
30
|
8,000,000
|
635
|
1.27
|
E / B
|
7,188,936
| |
LIMA, Peru
|
31
|
7,750,000
|
648
|
1.08
|
C / B
|
5,681,941
| |
DONGGUAN, China
|
32
|
7,650,000
|
1,295
|
1.79
|
F / B
|
6,445,777
| |
BOGOTA, Colombia
|
33
|
7,440,000
|
414
|
1.34
|
E / B
| ||
CHENNAI (Madras), India
|
34
|
7,320,000
|
414
|
1.88
|
A / B
|
4,216,268
| |
DHAKA, Bangladesh
|
35
|
7,310,000
|
311
|
2.86
|
C / B
| ||
ESSEN, Germany
|
36
|
7,250,000
|
2,642
|
0
|
C / B
|
(Ruhr)–Düsseldorf
|
599,515
|
TIANJIN (Tientsin), China
|
37
|
7,200,000
|
1,295
|
1.28
|
C / B
|
7,499,181
| |
HONG KONG, China - Hong Kong
|
38
|
6,950,000
|
220
|
0.89
|
E / B
|
6,857,100
| |
TAIPEI, Taiwan
|
39
|
6,820,000
|
440
|
1.2
|
D / B
|
2,640,322
| |
LAHORE, Pakistan
|
40
|
6,810,000
|
583
|
2.63
|
G / B
|
5,143,495
| |
HO CHI MINH CITY (Saigon), Viet Nam
|
41
|
6,710,000
|
609
|
2.4
|
E / B
|
3,015,743
| |
BANGALORE, India
|
42
|
6,660,000
|
648
|
2.25
|
A / B
|
4,292,223
| |
HYDERABAD, India
|
43
|
6,610,000
|
790
|
2.07
|
C / B
|
3,449,878
| |
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
|
44
|
6,470,000
|
2,396
|
1.08
|
C / B
|
East Rand
|
752,349
|
BAGHDAD, Iraq
|
45
|
6,000,000
|
596
|
1.77
|
D / B
|
3,841,268
| |
TORONTO, Canada
|
46
|
5,790,000
|
2,279
|
1.03
|
H / H
|
Hamilton
| |
SANTIAGO, Chile
|
47
|
5,630,000
|
790
|
0.72
|
C / B
|
5,890,745
| |
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
|
48
|
5,470,000
|
2,137
|
2.35
|
E / B
|
1,145,342
| |
SAN FRANCISCO, United States
|
49
|
5,450,000
|
2,497
|
0.31
|
H / H
|
San Jose
|
739,426
|
PHILADELPHIA, United States
|
50
|
5,270,000
|
4,661
|
0.3
|
A / A
|
1,463,281
|
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