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31,775 cities worldwide, with population and coordinates.
Every city and town of 15,000 people or more, in 244 countries and territories, with its country, region, continent, population, coordinates, elevation and time zone. National and regional capitals are marked.
- Rows
- 31,775
- Columns
- 15
- Formats
- CSV, JSON, XML
As of: GeoNames cities of 15,000 or more, as of October 23, 2026. GeoNames updates continuously; this is a dated snapshot.
Preview
A few real rows
| Name | Country | Continent | Population | Latitude | Longitude | TimeZone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing | China | Asia | 18960744 | 39.9075 | 116.39723 | Asia/Shanghai |
| Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Africa | 16000000 | -4.32758 | 15.31357 | Africa/Kinshasa |
| Mexico City | Mexico | North America | 12294193 | 19.42847 | -99.12766 | America/Mexico_City |
| Moscow | Russia | Europe | 10381222 | 55.75204 | 37.61781 | Europe/Moscow |
| Dhaka | Bangladesh | Asia | 10356500 | 23.7104 | 90.40744 | Asia/Dhaka |
| Seoul | South Korea | Asia | 10349312 | 37.566 | 126.9784 | Asia/Seoul |
| Tokyo | Japan | Asia | 9733276 | 35.6895 | 139.69171 | Asia/Tokyo |
| Cairo | Egypt | Africa | 9606916 | 30.06263 | 31.24967 | Africa/Cairo |
Field guide
What's in each row
The city
GeoNames ID, name, and the name without accents.
GeoNameID Name AsciiName
Where it is
Country code and name, region, continent, coordinates, elevation in meters, and time zone.
CountryCode Country Region Continent Latitude Longitude ElevationMeters TimeZone
Size and status
Population, and whether it is a national or regional capital.
Population IsCapital IsRegionCapital
Good to know
Before you use it
- Population is GeoNames' figure for the city itself; sources and years vary by country.
- Region is the first-level division: a state, province, prefecture or the like. AsciiName is the name without accents, for searching.
- Neighborhoods and parts of a city are left out, so each row is a city or town of its own.
- If you publish the data or build it into a product, credit GeoNames as the licence requires.
- In every format, dates are written as yyyy-MM-dd, and yes/no values as true or false. An empty value means nothing was recorded.
Source
GeoNames
CC BY 4.0
Credit to include: Contains data from GeoNames (https://www.geonames.org/), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Where it comes in handy
What you can build with it
- City pickers. Fill a city field for users anywhere in the world.
- Maps. Plot cities or find the nearest one with the coordinates.
- Time zones. Show a city's local time with its time zone.
- Analysis. Compare city sizes across countries and continents.
Access
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- Every 100th city
- A README with the field guide and source
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