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 
226. Shantou  China 1,333,973
225. Douala  Cameroon 1,338,082
224. Khulna  Bangladesh 1,342,339
223. Suzhou  China 1,343,091
222. Kampala  Uganda 1,353,189
221. Handan  China 1,358,318
220. Santa Cruz de la Sierra  Bolivia 1,364,389
219. Tangerang  Indonesia 1,372,124
218. Porto Alegre  Brazil 1,372,741
217. Lubumbashi  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,373,770
216. Tijuana  Mexico 1,376,457
215. Liuyang  China 1,380,000
214. Barranquilla  Colombia 1,380,425
213. Gujrānwāla  Pakistan 1,384,471
212. Valencia  Venezuela 1,385,083
211. Hyderābād  Pakistan 1,386,330
210. Hefei  China 1,388,904
209. Luoyang  China 1,390,581
208. Antananarivo  Madagascar 1,391,433
207. Fukuoka-shi  Japan 1,392,289
206. Quito  Ecuador 1,399,814
205. Fushun  China 1,400,646
204. Belém  Brazil 1,407,737
203. Vadodara  India 1,409,476
202. Bursa  Turkey 1,412,701
201. Kwangju  South Korea 1,416,938
200. Novosibirsk  Russia 1,419,007
199. Tabrīz  Iran 1,424,641
198. Córdoba  Argentina 1,428,214
197. Āgra  India 1,430,055
196. Kharkiv  Ukraine 1,430,885
195. Hanoi  Vietnam 1,431,270
194. Multān  Pakistan 1,437,230
193. Palembang  Indonesia 1,441,500
192. Kathmandu  Nepal 1,442,271
191. Phoenix  United States 1,445,632
190. Perth  Australia 1,446,704
189. Karaj  Iran 1,448,075
188. Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia 1,453,975
187. Kyoto  Japan 1,459,640
186. Kumasi  Ghana 1,468,609
185. Taiden  South Korea 1,475,221
184. Recife  Brazil 1,478,098
183. Asunción  Paraguay 1,482,200
182. Urumqi  China 1,508,225
181. Ciudad Juárez  Mexico 1,512,354
180. Kaohsiung  Taiwan 1,519,711
179. Bekasi  Indonesia 1,520,119
178. Philadelphia  United States 1,526,006
177. Kōbe-shi  Japan 1,528,478
176. Harare  Zimbabwe 1,542,813
175. Ludhiāna  India 1,545,368
174. Eşfahān  Iran 1,547,164
173. Damascus  Syria 1,569,394
172. Phnom Penh  Cambodia 1,573,544
171. Kaduna  Nigeria 1,582,102
170. Puebla de Zaragoza  Mexico 1,590,256
169. Xinyang  China 1,590,668
168. Tangshan  China 1,596,949
167. Manaus  Brazil 1,598,210
166. Bhopāl  India 1,599,914
165. Patna  India 1,599,920
164. Aleppo  Syria 1,602,264
163. Pretoria  South Africa 1,619,438
162. Barcelona  Spain 1,621,537
161. Guadalajara  Mexico 1,640,589
160. Qingdao  China 1,642,245
159. Rabat  Morocco 1,655,753
158. Vienna  Austria 1,691,468
157. Soweto  South Africa 1,695,047
156. Budapest  Hungary 1,696,128
155. Bandung  Indonesia 1,699,719
154. Warsaw  Poland 1,702,139
153. Curitiba  Brazil 1,718,421
152. Hamburg  Germany 1,739,117
151. Minsk  Belarus 1,742,124
150. Rāwalpindi  Pakistan 1,743,101
149. Medan  Indonesia 1,750,971
148. Maracay  Venezuela 1,754,256
147. Conakry  Guinea 1,767,200
146. Ecatepec  Mexico 1,806,226
145. Iztapalapa  Mexico 1,820,888
144. Indore  India 1,837,041
143. Vancouver  Canada 1,837,969
142. Nanchang  China 1,871,351
141. Bucharest  Romania 1,877,155
140. Hangzhou  China 1,878,129
139. Jilin  China 1,881,977
138. Sapporo-shi  Japan 1,883,027
137. Beirut  Lebanon 1,916,100
136. Sanaa  Yemen 1,937,451
135. Guayaquil  Ecuador 1,952,029
134. Accra  Ghana 1,963,264
133. Khartoum  Sudan 1,974,647
132. Algiers  Algeria 1,977,663
131. Tashkent  Uzbekistan 1,978,028
130. Shijiazhuang  China 1,992,474
129. Medellín  Colombia 1,999,979
128. Almaty  Kazakhstan 2,000,900
127. Zhengzhou  China 2,014,125