List of cities by population

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This is a list of the most populous cities of the world defined according to the concept of city proper. The list ranks the world's urban municipal units (or well-defined statistical groupings of such units) according to population. Note that the populations listed are for the city proper and not for the urban area nor the metropolitan area. For a list of the most populous urban and metropolitan areas, see List of urban areas by population and List of metropolitan areas by population. Statistical definitions for each city and approximate surface area are also indicated.

Rank	City	Population	Definition	Area (km²)	Population density (/km²)	Country	Population HiDensity (x109/km²)
1	Mumbai	13,073,926[1]	Municipal corporation	440	29,042	India	377
2	Karachi	11,608,000[2]	City District	3,530	3,957	Pakistan	47
3	Delhi	11,505,196[1]	Municipal corporation	1,400	7,896	India	85
4	São Paulo	11,016,703[3]	City proper	1,520	7,247	Brazil	79
5	Moscow	10,654,000[2]	City proper (includes Zelenograd)	1,081	9,644	Russia	101
6	Seoul	10,297,004[4]	Special City	605.41	17,008	Republic of Korea	173
7	Istanbul	10,291,102[1]	City proper	1,970	5,137	Turkey	51
8	Shanghai	9,838,400[5] (2001-12-31)	Core districts + inner suburbs	1,600	6,775	China	72
9	Lagos	9,229,944[1]	City proper			Nigeria
10	Mexico City	8,658,576[1]	Federal District	1,550	5,626	Mexico	48
11	Jakarta	8,568,838[1]	Special capital district	660	12,738	Indonesia	106
12	Tokyo	8,483,140[6]	23 special wards area	620	13,682	Japan	114
13	New York City	8,143,197[7]	City proper	780	10,439	United States	84
14	Cairo	7,933,236[1]	Governorate	210	35,420	Egypt	276
15	London	7,554,236[1]	Greater London	1,580	4,697	United Kingdom	34
16	Beijing	7,441,000[8] (2001-12-31)	Core districts + inner suburbs	1,370	5,650	China	43
17	Bogotá	7,363,494[1]	Distrito Capital	1,590	4,523	Colombia	32
18	Tehran	7,314,000[2]	City proper	760	11,218	Iran	85
19	Lima	7,186,000[2]	Province			Peru
20	Hong Kong	7,041,000[2]	Special Administrative Region	1092	6,183	Hong Kong	40
21	Dhaka	6,969,458 [1]	Urban area	200	30,403	Bangladesh	203
22	Bangkok	6,593,000[2]	Administrative area			Thailand
23	Lahore	6,289,000[2]	City District	1,010	6,329	Pakistan	38
24	Rio de Janeiro	6,136,652[3]	City proper	1,180	5,200	Brazil	31
25	Kinshasa	6,049,000[2]				Democratic Republic of the Congo	-
26	Baghdad	5,831,541[1]				Iraq	-
27	Bangalore	5,281,927[1]	Municipal corporation	230	22,426	India	114
28	Tianjin	5,095,900[9] (2001-12-31)	Urban Area			China	-
29	Yangon	4,668,755[1]				Myanmar	-
30	Santiago	4,656,690[10] (2002)				Chile	-
31	Kolkata	4,643,011[1]	Municipal corporation			India	-
32	Wuhan	4,488,900[11] (2001-12-31)	Urban area	400	12,868	China	65
33	Chennai	4,376,400[1]	Municipal Corporation			India
34	Singapore	4,326,000[2]	Country	699	6,306	Singapore	27
35	Riyadh	4,193,000[2]				Saudi Arabia	-
36	Guangzhou	4,154,800[12] (2001-12-31)				China	-
37	Saint Petersburg	3,990,267[1]	City proper			Russia
38	Chongqing	3,934,200[13] (2001-12-31)				China	-
39	Shenyang	3,981,000[14] (2001-12-31)				China	-
40	Chittagong	3,920,222[1]				Bangladesh
41	Alexandria	3,917,082[1]	Governorate	2,680	1,378	Egypt	5
42	Los Angeles	3,844,829[15]	City proper	1,290	2,980	United States	11
43	Ahmedabad	3,819,497[1]	Municipal corporation	190	19,979	India	73
44	Hyderabad	3,665,106[1]	Municipal corporation	170	21,293	India	76
45	Busan	3,657,840[16]	Metropolitan City	763.46	4,791	Republic of Korea	16
46	Yokohama	3,600,175[17]	City proper	440	8,182	Japan	29
47	Ankara	3,641,931[1]	Municipality	2,500	1,424	Turkey	5
48	Abidjan	3,577,000[2]				Côte d'Ivoire
49	Ho Chi Minh City	3,525,282[1]	City core (old city proper)			Vietnam
50	Berlin	3,389,000[2]	State			Germany

[edit] See also

• List of metropolitan areas by population

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v} World Gazetteer estimate for 2007-01-01
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} UN world Urbanization Prospects estimate for 2005
3. ^ ^{a b} IBGE 2006 estimate
4. ^ Seoul (seoul.go.kr)
5. ^ Shanghai - citypopulation.de
6. ^ Tokyo (tokyo.jp)
7. ^ US Census Bureau
8. ^ Beijing - citypopulation.de
9. ^ Tianjin - citypopulation.de
10. ^ Chile - citypopulation.de
11. ^ Hubei province - citypopulation.de
12. ^ Gunagdong - citypopulation.de
13. ^ Chongqing = citypopulation.de
14. ^ Liaoning - citypopulation.de
15. ^ US Census Bureau
16. ^ Busan (busan.go.kr)
17. ^ Yokohama (yokohama.jp)

[edit] External links

• Largest cities of the world (municipalities)
• Mega Cities