The World - Top 100+ Urban Areas by Population
Population data courtesy of the United Nations Statistics Division and is by urban area as defined by each member country (for specific city data, see our ranking by city). Data is as of 2010 estimates.
| Rank | Urban Area | Country | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8. | Mexico City | Mexico | 19,460,000 | |
| 70. | Guadalajara | Mexico | 4,400,000 | |
| 85. | Monterrey | Mexico | 3,875,000 | |
| 165. | Puebla | Mexico | 2,300,000 | |
| 247. | Tijuana | Mexico | 1,660,000 | |
| 261. | Toluca | Mexico | 1,575,000 | |
| 266. | León | Mexico | 1,550,000 | |
| 295. | Ciudad Juárez | Mexico | 1,390,000 | |
| 341. | Torreón | Mexico | 1,175,000 | |
| 402. | Querétaro | Mexico | 1,025,000 | |
| 403. | San Luis Potosí | Mexico | 1,025,000 | |
| 417. | Mérida | Mexico | 1,000,000 | |
| 450. | Aguascalientes | Mexico | 930,000 | |
| 451. | Mexicali | Mexico | 930,000 | |
| 499. | Chihuahua | Mexico | 840,000 | |
| 500. | Culiacán | Mexico | 840,000 | |
| 522. | Saltillo | Mexico | 800,000 | |
| 537. | Hermosillo | Mexico | 780,000 | |
| 557. | Tampico | Mexico | 750,000 | |
| 591. | Cuernavaca | Mexico | 675,000 | |
| 607. | Morelia | Mexico | 650,000 | |
| 622. | Villahermosa | Mexico | 625,000 | |
| 631. | Acapulco | Mexico | 600,000 | |
| 632. | Veracruz | Mexico | 600,000 | |
| 690. | Cancún | Mexico | 550,000 | |
| 691. | Tuxtla Gutiérrez | Mexico | 550,000 | |
| 737. | Reynosa | Mexico | 507,000 | |
| 689. | Nouakchott | Mauritania | 550,000 | |
| 238. | Bamako | Mali | 1,700,000 | |
| 57. | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 5,100,000 | |
| 621. | Ipoh | Malaysia | 625,000 | |
| 271. | Johor Bahru | Malaysia | 1,500,000 | |
| 286. | Penang | Malaysia | 1,450,000 | |
| 482. | Lilongwe | Malawi | 870,000 | |
| 491. | Blantyre | Malawi | 860,000 | |
| 212. | Antananarivo | Madagascar | 1,875,000 | |
| 688. | Vilnius | Lithuania | 550,000 | |
| 361. | Tripoli | Libya | 1,110,000 | |
| 630. | Benghazi | Libya | 600,000 | |
| 511. | Monrovia | Liberia | 830,000 | |
| 207. | Beirut | Lebanon | 1,940,000 | |
| 556. | Riga | Latvia | 750,000 | |
| 510. | Vientiane | Laos | 830,000 | |
| 490. | Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan | 860,000 | |
| 163. | Kuwait | Kuwait | 2,300,000 | |
| 92. | Nairobi | Kenya | 3,520,000 | |
| 414. | Mombasa | Kenya | 1,000,000 | |
| 297. | Almaty | Kazakhstan | 1,380,000 | |
| 717. | Astana | Kazakhstan | 525,000 | |
| 767. | Qaraghandy | Kazakhstan | 500,000 | |
| 734. | Shymkent | Kazakhstan | 510,000 | |
| 161. | Amman | Jordan | 2,300,000 | |
| 1. | Tokyo-Yokohama | Japan | 36,650,000 | |
| 11. | Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto | Japan | 17,000,000 | |
| 27. | Nagoya | Japan | 10,025,000 | |
| 141. | Sapporo | Japan | 2,650,000 | |
| 144. | Fukuoka | Japan | 2,550,000 | |
| 200. | Kitakyushu | Japan | 2,000,000 | |
| 309. | Sendai | Japan | 1,330,000 | |
| 311. | Hiroshima | Japan | 1,325,000 | |
| 420. | Hamamatsu | Japan | 1,000,000 | |
| 430. | Naha | Japan | 970,000 | |
| 526. | Niigata | Japan | 800,000 | |
| 539. | Otsu | Japan | 775,000 | |
| 575. | Fuji | Japan | 710,000 | |
| 580. | Shizuoka | Japan | 700,000 | |
| 590. | Kumamoto | Japan | 675,000 | |
| 606. | Okayama | Japan | 650,000 | |
| 662. | Kanazawa | Japan | 575,000 | |
| 663. | Nagano | Japan | 575,000 | |
| 705. | Kagoshima | Japan | 540,000 | |
| 716. | Matsuyama | Japan | 525,000 | |
| 764. | Fukuyama | Japan | 500,000 | |
| 765. | Mito | Japan | 500,000 | |
| 766. | Utsunomiya | Japan | 500,000 | |
| 477. | Kingston | Jamaica | 875,000 | |
| 73. | Milan | Italy | 4,200,000 | |
| 134. | Rome | Italy | 2,750,000 | |
| 476. | Palermo | Italy | 875,000 | |
| 555. | Florence | Italy | 750,000 | |
| 629. | Genoa | Italy | 600,000 | |
| 763. | Bologna | Italy | 500,000 | |
| 117. | Napoli | Italy | 3,000,000 | |
| 305. | Torino | Italy | 1,350,000 | |
| 106. | Tel Aviv | Israel | 3,270,000 | |
| 394. | Haifa | Israel | 1,040,000 | |
| 536. | Jerusalem | Israel | 780,000 | |
| 369. | Dublin | Ireland | 1,100,000 | |
| 48. | Baghdad | Iraq | 5,890,000 | |
| 284. | Mosul | Iraq | 1,450,000 | |
| 415. | Erbil | Iraq | 1,000,000 | |
| 453. | Al Basrah | Iraq | 920,000 | |
| 762. | Kirkuk | Iraq | 500,000 | |
| 505. | As Sulaymaniyah | Iraq | 840,000 | |
| 38. | Tehran | Iran | 7,225,000 | |
| 159. | Karaj | Iran | 2,328,000 | |
| 233. | Esfahan | Iran | 1,725,000 | |
| 278. | Tabriz | Iran | 1,475,000 | |
| 319. | Shiraz | Iran | 1,300,000 | |
| 387. | Ahvaz | Iran | 1,050,000 |
