The World - Top 100+ Cities by Population

Population data by city is the population of the city itself, not the metro area (for specific metro area data, see our ranking by metro area). Data is as of 2011 estimates.

Rank  City  Country Population 
1,401. Maebashi-shi  Japan 282,711
1,402. Bilāspur  India 282,705
1,403. Valparaíso  Chile 282,448
1,404. Palu  Indonesia 282,431
1,405. Kupang  Indonesia 282,396
1,406. Zhytomyr  Ukraine 282,192
1,407. Itagüí  Colombia 281,853
1,408. Gebze  Turkey 281,436
1,409. Narsingdi  Bangladesh 281,080
1,410. Batna  Algeria 280,798
1,411. Tepic  Mexico 280,592
1,412. Chuzhou  China 280,582
1,413. Ichinomiya  Japan 280,331
1,414. Tacna  Peru 280,098
1,415. Effon Alaiye  Nigeria 279,319
1,416. Kota Bharu  Malaysia 279,316
1,417. Yoshkar-Ola  Russia 279,100
1,418. Taganrog  Russia 279,056
1,419. Santa Teresa  Venezuela 278,890
1,420. Horlivka  Ukraine 278,550
1,421. Windsor  Canada 278,013
1,422. Ilesa  Nigeria 277,904
1,423. Kostroma  Russia 277,656
1,424. Gijón  Spain 277,554
1,425. Khomeynī Shahr  Iran 277,334
1,426. Sfax  Tunisia 277,278
1,427. Nantes  France 277,269
1,428. Newark  United States 277,140
1,429. Cuenca  Ecuador 276,964
1,430. Owo  Nigeria 276,574
1,431. Bahía Blanca  Argentina 276,546
1,432. Sukabumi  Indonesia 276,414
1,433. Braşov  Romania 276,088
1,434. Komsomol’sk-na-Amure  Russia 275,908
1,435. Hakodate  Japan 275,730
1,436. Bab Ezzouar  Algeria 275,630
1,437. Mokolo  Cameroon 275,239
1,438. Caucaia  Brazil 275,019
1,439. Strasbourg  France 274,845
1,440. Belfast  United Kingdom 274,770
1,441. Kashi  China 274,717
1,442. Ar Ramādī  Iraq 274,539
1,443. Ichalkaranji  India 274,383
1,444. Ibaraki  Japan 273,992
1,445. Yao  Japan 273,213
1,446. Herāt  Afghanistan 272,806
1,447. Guantánamo  Cuba 272,801
1,448. Nal’chik  Russia 272,800
1,449. Baguio  Philippines 272,714
1,450. Petrópolis  Brazil 272,691
1,451. Ar Rayyān  Qatar 272,465
1,452. Wiesbaden  Germany 272,432
1,453. Montería  Colombia 272,420
1,454. Kāshān  Iran 272,359
1,455. Kakogawa  Japan 271,634
1,456. Tasikmalaya  Indonesia 271,143
1,457. Bijāpur  India 271,064
1,458. Venice  Italy 270,816
1,459. Linyi  China 270,669
1,460. San Pedro  Philippines 270,216
1,461. Münster  Germany 270,184
1,462. Gelsenkirchen  Germany 270,028
1,463. Ciudad Victoria  Mexico 269,923
1,464. Greensboro  United States 269,666
1,465. Moppo  South Korea 268,402
1,466. Russeifa  Jordan 268,237
1,467. Windhoek  Namibia 268,132
1,468. Tshikapa  Democratic Republic of the Congo 267,462
1,469. Kafr ad Dawwār  Egypt 267,370
1,470. Tokushima-shi  Japan 267,345
1,471. Haifa  Israel 267,300
1,472. Sterlitamak  Russia 267,231
1,473. Hayil  Saudi Arabia 267,005
1,474. Yingcheng  China 265,886
1,475. Wuzhou  China 265,846
1,476. Hulan Ergi  China 265,344
1,477. Āīzawl  India 265,331
1,478. Aachen  Germany 265,208
1,479. Sumqayıt  Azerbaijan 265,150
1,480. Mantampay  Philippines 265,032
1,481. Petrozavodsk  Russia 265,025
1,482. Umuahia  Nigeria 264,662
1,483. Mianyang  China 264,136
1,484. Sivas  Turkey 264,022
1,485. Oaxaca de Juárez  Mexico 262,566
1,486. Witbank  South Africa 262,491
1,487. Eixample  Spain 262,485
1,488. Aqtöbe  Kazakhstan 262,457
1,489. Paraná  Argentina 262,295
1,490. Jālna  India 262,034
1,491. Lal Bahadur Nagar  India 261,987
1,492. Mönchengladbach  Germany 261,742
1,493. Malmö  Sweden 261,548
1,494. Buffalo  United States 261,310
1,495. Dewās  India 261,218
1,496. Sincelejo  Colombia 261,187
1,497. Tongliao  China 261,110
1,498. Wollongong  Australia 260,914
1,499. Uberaba  Brazil 260,843
1,500. Stoke-on-Trent  United Kingdom 260,419