List of cities proper by population

This article lists the most populous cities in the world defined according to a concept of city proper. A city proper is a locality defined according to legal or political boundaries and an administratively recognised urban status that is usually characterised by some form of local government.[1][2][3] Cities proper and their boundaries and population data may not include suburbs.[4]

"World Urbanization Prospects", a UN publication, defines population of a city proper as "the population living within the administrative boundaries of a city or controlled directly from the city by a single authority." The book continues to say that "city proper as defined by administrative boundaries may not include suburban areas where an important proportion of the population working or studying in the city lives."[4] This definition does not give an accurate picture of the urban area or metropolitan area of cities. Using this strictly administrative definition, many cities will be included on this list that are smaller than their urban area. However, many Chinese cities included govern territories that extend well beyond the traditional "city proper" into suburban and rural areas.[5]

Cities proper by population

Rank City Image Population Definition Total area (km²) Population density (/km²) Country
1 Shanghai 24,150,000[6] Direct-controlled Municipality[7][8] 6,340.5 3,809  China
2 Beijing 21,516,000[9] Direct-controlled Municipality[10] 16,410.54 1,311  China
3 Karachi +20,000,000[11][12] Metropolitan Corporation[13] 3,527 6,663  Pakistan
4 Tianjin 14,722,100[14] Direct-controlled Municipality[15] 4,037[16] 2,314  China
5 Istanbul 14,377,019[17] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[18] 5,461[19] 6,467  Turkey
6 Lagos 13,400,000[20] Local Government Area[21] 999.58[22] 13,405  Nigeria
7 Guangzhou 12,700,800[23] Sub-Provincial City[24] 3,843.43 3,305  China
8 Mumbai 12,655,220[25] Municipal Corporation[26] 603.4 20,680  India
9 Moscow 12,197,596[27] Federal City[28][29] 2,510.12[30] 4,859  Russia
10 Dhaka 12,043,977[31] City Corporation[32] 815.8[33][34] 14,763  Bangladesh
11 Cairo 11,922,949[35] Governorate[36] 3,085.1[37] 3,864  Egypt
12 São Paulo 11,895,893[38] Municipality City[39] 1,521.11 7,762.3  Brazil
13 Lahore 11,318,745[40] City District 1,772[40] 3,566  Pakistan
14 Shenzhen 10,467,400[41] Sub-Provincial City 1,991.64[42] 5,255  China
15 Seoul 10,388,055[43] Special City 605.21[44] 17,164  South Korea
16 Jakarta 9,988,329[45] Capital Region – Five Kota[46] 664.12 15,040  Indonesia
17 Kinshasa 9,735,000[47][48] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[49] 1,117.62[50] 8,710  Democratic Republic of the Congo
18 Tokyo 9,071,577[51] 23 Special Wards (tokubetsu-ku) 622.99[52] 14,562  Japan
19 Mexico City 8,874,724[53] Federal District 1,485.49[54] 5,974  Mexico
20 Lima 8,693,387[55] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[56] 2,672.3 3,253  Peru
21 New York City 8,491,079[57] Five Boroughs[58] 783.84 10,833  United States
22 Bengaluru 8,425,970[25] Municipal Corporation 709.5[59] 11,876  India
23 London 8,416,500[60] Greater London Authority[61] 1,572.15 5,489  United Kingdom
24 Bangkok 8,280,925[62] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[63] 1,568.74 5,280  Thailand
25 Dongguan 8,220,207[64] Sub-Provincial City 2,469.4 3,329  China
26 Nanjing 8,187,828[65] Sub-Provincial City 4,713.85 1,735  China
27 Tehran 8,154,051[66] City Municipality[67] 686[68] 11,886  Iran
28 Shenyang 8,106,171[69] Sub-Provincial City 12,942 630  China
28 Ahmedabad 8,029,975[25] Municipal Corporation 475 11,727  India
29 Bogotá 7,776,845[70] Capital District[71] 859.11[72][73] 9,052  Colombia
30 Ho Chi Minh City 7,681,700[74] Metropolitan Municipality-Province 2,095.6[75] 3,667  Vietnam
31 Chongqing 7,457,589 Direct-controlled Municipality[76] 1,435.07 3,145  China
32 Hong Kong 7,219,700[77] Special Administrative Region[78] 1,104.43[79] 6,537  China
33 Baghdad 7,180,889[80] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[81] 4,555[82] 1,577  Iraq
34 Changsha 7,044,118 Sub-Provincial City[83] 969 7,452  China
35 Wuhan 6,886,253[84] Sub-Provincial City[85] 1,327.61[86] 5,187  China
36 Hyderabad 6,809,970[25] Municipal Corporation 621.48[87] 10,958  India
37 Hanoi 6,844,100[74] Metropolitan Municipality-Province 3,323.6[75] 2,059  Vietnam
38 Luanda 6,542,944[88] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[89] 2,257[90] 2,899  Angola
39 Rio de Janeiro 6,429,923[38] Municipality City 1,200.27[91] 5,357  Brazil
40 Foshan 6,151,622[92][93] Sub-Provincial City 2,034.62[94] 3,023  China
41 Santiago 5,743,719[95] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[96] 1,249.9 4,595  Chile
42 Riyadh 5,676,621[97] Municipality City[98] 1,233.98[99] 4,600  Saudi Arabia
43 Singapore 5,399,200[100] City State 712.4 7,579  Singapore
44 Shantou 5,391,028[101] Sub-Provincial City 2,064.42 2,611  China
45 Yangon 5,214,000[102] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[103] 598.75[104] 7,873  Burma
46 Saint Petersburg 5,191,690[105] Federal City 1,439[30] 3,608  Russia
47 Ankara 5,150,072[106] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[107] 1,910.92 2,695  Turkey
48 Pune 5,049,968[25] Municipal Corporation 450.69 6,913  India
49 Chennai 4,792,949[108] Municipal Corporation[109] 426.51[110] 21,057  India
50 Abidjan 4,765,000[47] Department/City District 2,119[111] 2,249  Ivory Coast
51 Chengdu 4,741,929[112] Sub-Provincial City 421[112] 11,260  China
52 Alexandria 4,616,625[35] Governorate 2,300[113][114] 2,007  Egypt
53 Kolkata 4,486,679[25] Municipal Corporation 200.7 24,252  India
54 Xi'an 4,467,837[115] Sub-Provincial City[116] 832.17 5,388  China
55 Surat 4,462,002[25] Municipal Corporation 326.515[117] 13,666  India
56 Johannesburg 4,434,827[118] Municipality City 1,644.98 2,696  South Africa
57 Dar es Salaam 4,364,541[119] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[120] 1,631.12[121] 2,676  Tanzania
58 Suzhou 4,327,066[122] Sub-Provincial City[123] 1,649.72[124] 2,526  China
59 Harbin 4,280,701[125][126] Sub-Provincial City 1,718.2[127] 2,491.4  China
60 Giza 4,239,988[128] Governorate[129] 289.08 14,667  Egypt
61 İzmir 4,113,072[106] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[130] 1,910.92 2,695  Turkey
62 Zhengzhou 4,122,087[131] Sub-Provincial City[132] 1,015.66 4,059  China
63 New Taipei City 3,954,929[133] Special Municipality 2,052.57[134] 1,927  Republic of China (Taiwan)
64 Los Angeles 3,884,307[57] Municipality City[135] 1,213.85 3,178  United States
65 Cape Town 3,740,026[118] Municipality City 2,444.97 1,530  South Africa
67 Yokohama 3,680,267[136] Municipality City 437.38 8,414  Japan
68 Busan 3,590,101[137] Municipality City 766.12[137] 4,686  South Korea
69 Hangzhou 3,560,391[138] Sub-Provincial City 728.19[138] 4,889  China
70 Xiamen 3,531,347[139] Sub-Provincial City 1,699 2,078  China
71 Quanzhou 3,520,846[140] Sub-Provincial City 1,062 3,315  China
72 Berlin 3,517,424[141] City State 891.75 3,944  Germany
73 Jeddah 3,456,259[142] Municipality City 1,765[143] 1,958  Saudi Arabia
74 Durban 3,442,361[118] Municipality City 2,291.31 1,502  South Africa
75 Kabul 3,414,100[144] Municipality City 275 12,415  Afghanistan
76 Jaipur 3,355,070[25] Municipal Corporation 485 6,337  India
77 Hefei 3,352,076[145] Sub-Provincial City[146] 838.52 3,998  China
78 Pyongyang 3,255,388[147] Direct-controlled Municipality 2,113[148] 1,541  North Korea
79 Madrid 3,207,247[149] Municipality City 605.77 5,294  Spain
80 Ekurhuleni 3,178,470[118] Municipality City 1,975.31 1,609  South Africa
81 Nairobi 3,138,369[150] Capital District 694.9 4,516  Kenya
82 Zhongshan 3,121,275[151] Prefecture-level city 1,783.67 1,800  China
83 Ürümqi 3,112,559[152] Prefecture-level city 14,577 210  China
84 Addis Ababa 3,103,673[153] Metropolitan Municipality-Province[154] 526.99 5,889  Ethiopia
85 Wenzhou 3,039,439[155] Sub-Provincial City[156] 1,187.88 2,559  China

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