100 Most Populated Cities

NOTE: Numbers shown include population within the recognized metro area of the city, and they include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city. They might be old as well.

1. Tokyo , Japan - 28,025,000
2. Mexico City , Mexico - 18,131,000
3. Mumbai , India - 18,042,000
4. Sáo Paulo , Brazil - 17, 711,000
5. New York City , USA - 16,626,000
6. Shanghai , China - 14,173,000
7. Lagos , Nigeria - 13,488,000
8. Los Angeles , USA - 13,129,000
9. Calcutta , India - 12,900,000
10. Buenos Aires , Argentina - 12,431,000

11. Seóul , South Korea - 12,215,000
12. Beijing , China - 12,033,000
13. Karachi , Pakistan - 11,774,000
14. Delhi , India - 11,680,000
15. Dhaka , Bangladesh - 10,979,000
16. Manila , Philippines - 10,818,000
17. Cairo , Egypt - 10,772,000
18. Õsaka , Japan - 10,609,000
19. Rio de Janeiro , Brazil - 10,556,000
20. Tianjin , China - 10,239,000

21. Jakarta , Indonesia - 9,815,000
22. Paris , France - 9,638,000
23. Istanbul , Turkey - 9,413,000
24. Moscow , Russian Fed. - 9,299,000
25. London , United Kingdom - 7,640,000
26. Lima , Peru - 7,443,000
27. Tehrãn , Iran - 7,380,000
28. Bangkok , Thailand - 7,221,000
29. Chicago , USA - 6,945,000
30. Bogotá , Colombia - 6,834,000

31. Hyderabad , India - 6,833,000
32. Chennai , India - 6,639,000
33. Essen , Germany - 6,559,000
34. Hangzhou , China - 6,389,000
35. Hong Kong , China - 6,097,000
36. Lahore , Pakistan - 6,030,000
37. Shenyang , China - 5,681,000
38. Changchun , China - 5,566,000
39. Bangalore , India - 5,544,000
40. Harbin , China - 5,475,000

41. Chengdu , China - 5,293,000
42. Santiago , Chile - 5,261,000
43. Guangzhou , China - 5,162,000
44. St. Petersburg , Russian Fed. - 5,132,000
45. Kinshasa , DRC - 5,068,000
46. Baghdãd , Iraq - 4,796,000
47. Jinan , China - 4,789,000
48. Wuhan , China - 4,750,000
49. Toronto , Canada - 4,657,000
50. Yangon , Myanmar ( Burma ) - 4,458,000

51. Alger , Algeria - 4,447,000
52. Philadelphia , USA - 4,398,000
53.. Qingdao , China - 4,376,000
54. Milano , Italy - 4,251,000
55. Pusan , South Korea - 4,239,000
56. Belo Horizonte , Brazil - 4,160,000
57. Almadabad , India - 4,154,000
58. Madrid , Spain - 4,072,000
59. San Francisco , USA - 4,051,000
60. Alexandria , Egypt - 3,995,000

61. Washington DC , USA - 3,927,000
62. Houston , USA - 3,918,000
63. Dallas , USA - 3,912,000
64. Guadalajara , Mexico - 3,908,000
65. Chongging , China - 3,896,000
66. Medellin , Colombia - 3,831,000
67. Detroit , USA - 3,785,000
68. Handan , China - 3,763,000
69. Frankfurt , Germany - 3,700,000
70. Porto Alegre , Brazil - 3,699,000

71. Hanoi , Vietnam - 3,678,000
72. Sydney , Australia - 3,665,000
73. Santo Domingo , Dom. Rep. - 3,601,000
74. Singapore , Singapore - 3,587,000
75. Casablanca , Morocco - 3,535,000
76. Katowice , Poland - 3,488,000
77. Pune , India - 3,485,000
78. Bandung , Indonesia - 3,420,000
79. Monterrey , Mexico - 3,416,000
80. Montréal , Canada - 3,401,000

81. Nagoya , Japan - 3,377,000
82. Nanjing , China - 3,375,000
83. Abidjan , Côte d'Ivoire - 3,359,000
84. Xi'an , China - 3,352,000
85. Berlin , Germany - 3,337,000
86. Riyadh , Saudi Arabia - 3,328,000
87. Recife , Brazil - 3,307,000
88. Dusseldorf , Germany - 3,251,000
89. Ankara , Turkey - 3,190,000
90. Melbourne , Australia - 3,188,000

91. Salvador , Brazil - 3,180,000
92. Dalian , China - 3,153,000
93. Caracas , Venezuela - 3,153,000
94. Adis Abeba , Ethiopia - 3,112,000
95. Athena , Greece - 3,103,000
96. Cape Town , South Africa - 3,092,000
97. Koln , Germany - 3.067,000
98. Maputo , Mozambique - 3,017,000
99. Napoli , Italy - 3,012,000
100. Fortaleza , Brazil - 3,007,000

From an email received August 2008