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Top 10 Most Populous Cities

The biggest cities in the world by population within city limits.

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  • 📏 Ranked by population
  • 🔄 Refreshed daily
  • 📚 Source: Wikidata

  1. Delhi

    India

    26,495,000 people

    No change

  2. Shanghai

    People's Republic of China

    24,870,895 people

    No change

  3. Beijing

    People's Republic of China

    21,893,095 people

    No change
  1. 4ChengduPeople's Republic of China20,937,757 peopleNo change
  2. 5GuangzhouPeople's Republic of China18,676,605 peopleNo change
  3. 6ShenzhenPeople's Republic of China17,494,398 peopleNo change
  4. 7DhakaBangladesh16,800,000 peopleNo change
  5. 8IstanbulTurkey15,655,924 peopleNo change
  6. 9MumbaiIndia15,414,288 peopleNo change
  7. 10LagosNigeria15,070,000 peopleNo change
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  1. 11KarachiPakistan14,910,352 peopleNo change
  2. 12KinshasaDemocratic Republic of the Congo14,565,700 peopleNo change
  3. 13TokyoJapan14,264,798 peopleNo change
  4. 14Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam14,002,598 peopleNo change
  5. 15TianjinPeople's Republic of China13,866,009 peopleNo change
  6. 16MoscowRussia13,274,285 peopleNo change
  7. 17Xi'anPeople's Republic of China12,952,907 peopleNo change
  8. 18SuzhouPeople's Republic of China12,748,262 peopleNo change
  9. 19ZhengzhouPeople's Republic of China12,600,574 peopleNo change
  10. 20BengaluruIndia12,327,000 peopleNo change
  11. 21WuhanPeople's Republic of China12,326,518 peopleNo change
  12. 22HangzhouPeople's Republic of China11,936,010 peopleNo change
  13. 23BaodingPeople's Republic of China11,544,036 peopleNo change
  14. 24São PauloBrazil11,451,999 peopleNo change
  15. 25JakartaIndonesia11,135,191 peopleNo change
  16. 26LahorePakistan11,126,285 peopleNo change
  17. 27LinyiPeople's Republic of China11,018,365 peopleNo change
  18. 28ShijiazhuangPeople's Republic of China10,640,458 peopleNo change
  19. 29DongguanPeople's Republic of China10,466,625 peopleNo change
  20. 30QingdaoPeople's Republic of China10,071,722 peopleNo change
  21. 31ChangshaPeople's Republic of China10,047,914 peopleNo change
  22. 32HarbinPeople's Republic of China10,009,854 peopleNo change
  23. 33LimaPeru9,943,800 peopleNo change
  24. 34CairoEgypt9,801,536 peopleNo change
  25. 35NanyangPeople's Republic of China9,713,112 peopleNo change
  26. 36SeoulSouth Korea9,668,465 peopleNo change
  27. 37TokyoJapan9,640,742 peopleNo change
  28. 38WenzhouPeople's Republic of China9,572,903 peopleNo change
  29. 39FoshanPeople's Republic of China9,498,863 peopleNo change
  30. 40HandanPeople's Republic of China9,413,990 peopleNo change
  31. 41NingboPeople's Republic of China9,404,283 peopleNo change
  32. 42WeifangPeople's Republic of China9,386,705 peopleNo change
  33. 43HefeiPeople's Republic of China9,369,881 peopleNo change
  34. 44NanjingPeople's Republic of China9,314,685 peopleNo change
  35. 45Mexico CityMexico9,209,944 peopleNo change
  36. 46JinanPeople's Republic of China9,202,432 peopleNo change
  37. 47HyderabadIndia9,191,000 peopleNo change
  38. 48XuzhouPeople's Republic of China9,083,790 peopleNo change
  39. 49ShenyangPeople's Republic of China9,070,093 peopleNo change
  40. 50ChangchunPeople's Republic of China9,066,906 peopleNo change

How this list is ranked

Population of the city proper as recorded on Wikidata (P1082). City definitions vary widely between countries.

Data from Wikidata, refreshed daily. Arrows show how each entry moved since the previous update.

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