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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 525. | Rizhao | China | 800,000 | |
| 584. | Rochester | United States | 694,000 | |
| 134. | Rome | Italy | 2,750,000 | |
| 330. | Rosario | Argentina | 1,230,000 | |
| 396. | Rostov | Russia | 1,040,000 | |
| 193. | Rotterdam-Hague | Netherlands | 2,075,000 | |
| 461. | Rui'an | China | 910,000 | |
| 780. | Ryazan' | Russia | 500,000 | |
| 728. | Saarbrücken | Germany | 515,000 | |
| 293. | Sacramento | United States | 1,393,000 | |
| 68. | Saint Petersburg | Russia | 4,560,000 | |
| 449. | Salem | India | 930,000 | |
| 470. | Salt Lake City | United States | 888,000 | |
| 522. | Saltillo | Mexico | 800,000 | |
| 84. | Salvador | Brazil | 3,900,000 | |
| 360. | Samara | Russia | 1,120,000 | |
| 761. | Samarinda | Indonesia | 500,000 | |
| 646. | Samarkand | Uzbekistan | 600,000 | |
| 310. | San Antonio | United States | 1,328,000 | |
| 138. | San Diego | United States | 2,674,000 | |
| 52. | San Francisco-San Jose | United States | 5,524,000 | |
| 283. | San José | Costa Rica | 1,460,000 | |
| 172. | San Juan | United States | 2,217,000 | |
| 403. | San Luis Potosí | Mexico | 1,025,000 | |
| 509. | San Miguel de Tucumán | Argentina | 830,000 | |
| 262. | San Salvador | El Salvador | 1,570,000 | |
| 157. | Sanaa | Yemen | 2,340,000 | |
| 250. | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Bolivia | 1,650,000 | |
| 47. | Santiago | Chile | 5,950,000 | |
| 753. | Santiago de los Caballeros | Dominican Republic | 500,000 | |
| 180. | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 2,175,000 | |
| 223. | Santos | Brazil | 1,800,000 | |
| 627. | São José dos Campos | Brazil | 600,000 | |
| 322. | São Luís | Brazil | 1,275,000 | |
| 6. | São Paulo | Brazil | 20,250,000 | |
| 141. | Sapporo | Japan | 2,650,000 | |
| 678. | Sarasota-Bradenton | United States | 559,000 | |
| 528. | Saratov | Russia | 800,000 | |
| 694. | Sargodha | Pakistan | 550,000 | |
| 136. | Seattle | United States | 2,712,000 | |
| 317. | Semarang | Indonesia | 1,300,000 | |
| 309. | Sendai | Japan | 1,330,000 | |
| 2. | Seoul-Incheon | South Korea | 22,500,000 | |
| 560. | Seville | Spain | 750,000 | |
| 10. | Shanghai | China | 18,400,000 | |
| 232. | Shantou | China | 1,725,000 | |
| 456. | Shaoguan | China | 920,000 | |
| 594. | Shaoxing | China | 670,000 | |
| 615. | Sheffield | United Kingdom | 641,000 | |
| 54. | Shenyang | China | 5,250,000 | |
| 14. | Shenzhen | China | 15,000,000 | |
| 168. | Shijiazhuang | China | 2,280,000 | |
| 319. | Shiraz | Iran | 1,300,000 | |
| 580. | Shizuoka | Japan | 700,000 | |
| 734. | Shymkent | Kazakhstan | 510,000 | |
| 771. | Sialkot | Pakistan | 500,000 | |
| 59. | Singapore | Singapore | 5,075,000 | |
| 342. | Sofia | Bulgaria | 1,175,000 | |
| 353. | Solapur | India | 1,130,000 | |
| 667. | Sorocaba | Brazil | 570,000 | |
| 665. | Springfield | United States | 574,000 | |
| 331. | Srinagar | India | 1,220,000 | |
| 191. | St. Louis | United States | 2,078,000 | |
| 326. | Stockholm | Sweden | 1,250,000 | |
| 327. | Stuttgart | Germany | 1,250,000 | |
| 754. | Suez | Egypt | 500,000 | |
| 94. | Surabaya | Indonesia | 3,500,000 | |
| 74. | Surat | India | 4,170,000 | |
| 108. | Suzhou | China | 3,250,000 | |
| 89. | Sydney | Australia | 3,641,000 | |
| 783. | Ta'if | Saudi Arabia | 500,000 | |
| 793. | Ta'izz | Yemen | 450,000 | |
| 278. | Tabriz | Iran | 1,475,000 | |
| 149. | Taegu | South Korea | 2,440,000 | |
| 146. | Taichung | Taiwan | 2,500,000 | |
| 365. | Tainan | Taiwan | 1,100,000 | |
| 553. | Tainan | Taiwan | 750,000 | |
| 32. | Taipei | Taiwan | 8,300,000 | |
| 118. | Taiyuan | China | 2,960,000 | |
| 194. | Tampa-St. Petersburg | United States | 2,062,000 | |
| 557. | Tampico | Mexico | 750,000 | |
| 541. | Tangier | Morocco | 775,000 | |
| 205. | Tangshan | China | 1,960,000 | |
| 173. | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 2,210,000 | |
| 359. | Tbilisi | Georgia | 1,120,000 | |
| 398. | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | 1,025,000 | |
| 38. | Tehran | Iran | 7,225,000 | |
| 106. | Tel Aviv | Israel | 3,270,000 | |
| 759. | Tellicherry | India | 500,000 | |
| 466. | Teresina | Brazil | 900,000 | |
| 504. | Thessaloniki | Greece | 840,000 | |
| 410. | Thiruvananthapuram | India | 1,010,000 | |
| 45. | Tianjin | China | 6,400,000 | |
| 247. | Tijuana | Mexico | 1,660,000 | |
| 672. | Tirana | Albania | 560,000 | |
| 408. | Tiruchchir_ppalli | India | 1,010,000 | |
| 530. | Tiruppur | India | 795,000 | |
| 1. | Tokyo-Yokohama | Japan | 36,650,000 | |
| 609. | Tol'yatti | Russia | 650,000 | |
| 741. | Toledo | United States | 503,000 |
