World Cities By Population (Top 100) (2015)

List of Top 100 World Cities by Population

100 records

Year City Country Population
2015 Tokyo Japan 37,126,000
2015 Jakarta Indonesia 26,063,000
2015 Seoul South Korea 22,547,000
2015 Delhi India 22,242,000
2015 Shanghai China 20,860,000
2015 Manila Philippines 20,767,000
2015 Karachi Pakistan 20,711,000
2015 New York United States 20,464,000
2015 Sao Paulo Brazil 20,186,000
2015 Mexico City Mexico 19,463,000
2015 Cairo Egypt 17,816,000
2015 Beijing China 17,311,000
2015 Osaka Japan 17,011,000
2015 Mumbai (Bombay) India 16,910,000
2015 Guangzhou China 16,827,000
2015 Moscow Russia 15,512,000
2015 Los Angeles United States 14,900,000
2015 Calcutta India 14,374,000
2015 Dhaka Bangladesh 14,000,000
2015 Buenos Aires Argentina 13,639,000
2015 Istanbul Turkey 13,576,000
2015 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 12,043,000
2015 Shenzhen China 11,885,000
2015 Lagos Nigeria 11,547,000
2015 Paris France 10,755,000
2015 Nagoya Japan 10,027,000
2015 Lima Peru 9,121,600
2015 Chicago United States 9,121,000
2015 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,046,000
2015 Tianjin China 8,922,000
2015 Chennai India 8,865,000
2015 Bogota Colombia 8,702,000
2015 Bengaluru India 8,670,000
2015 London United Kingdom 8,586,000
2015 Taipei Taiwan 8,338,000
2015 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Vietnam 8,314,000
2015 Dongguan China 8,278,000
2015 Hyderabad India 7,903,000
2015 Chengdu China 7,895,000
2015 Lahore Pakistan 7,743,000
2015 Johannesburg South Africa 7,618,000
2015 Tehran Iran 7,419,000
2015 Essen Germany 7,304,000
2015 Bangkok Thailand 7,151,000
2015 Hong Kong Hong Kong 7,106,000
2015 Wuhan China 6,995,000
2015 Ahmedabad India 6,482,000
2015 Chongqung China 6,321,000
2015 Baghdad Iraq 6,204,000
2015 Hangzhou China 6,178,000
2015 Toronto Canada 6,139,000
2015 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 6,094,000
2015 Santiago Chile 6,015,000
2015 Dallas-Fort Worth United States 5,874,000
2015 San Francisco-San Jose United States 5,864,000
2015 Quanzhou China 5,798,000
2015 Miami United States 5,582,000
2015 Shenyang China 5,553,000
2015 Belo Horizonte Brazil 5,523,000
2015 Philadelphia United States 5,474,000
2015 Nanjing China 5,455,000
2015 Madrid Spain 5,427,000
2015 Houston United States 5,383,000
2015 Xi'an-Xianya China 5,253,000
2015 Milan Italy 5,232,000
2015 Luanda Angola 5,204,000
2015 Pune India 5,156,000
2015 Singapore Singapore 5,155,000
2015 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 5,037,000
2015 Khartoum Sudan 4,887,000
2015 Saint Petersburg Russia 4,879,000
2015 Atlanta United States 4,715,000
2015 Surat India 4,687,000
2015 Washington D.C. United States 4,679,000
2015 Bandung Indonesia 4,674,000
2015 Surabaya Indonesia 4,617,000
2015 Yangoon Myanmar 4,528,000
2015 Alexandria Egypt 4,526,000
2015 Guadalajara Mexico 4,524,000
2015 Harbin China 4,477,000
2015 Boston United States 4,427,000
2015 Zhengzhou China 4,379,000
2015 Qingdao China 4,378,000
2015 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire 4,368,000
2015 Barcelona Spain 4,223,000
2015 Monterrey Mexico 4,180,000
2015 Ankara Turkey 4,172,000
2015 Suzhou China 4,159,000
2015 Phoenix-Mesa United States 4,076,000
2015 Salvador Brazil 4,032,000
2015 Porto Alegre Brazil 3,965,000
2015 Rome Italy 3,799,000
2015 Accra Ghana 3,792,000
2015 Sydney Australia 3,785,000
2015 Recife Brazil 3,756,000
2015 Naples Italy 3,726,000
2015 Detroit United States 3,724,000
2015 Dalian China 3,717,000
2015 Fuzhou China 3,713,000
2015 Medellin Colombia 3,686,000

Notes

  • Last updated on July 27, 2015
  • World Cities By Population (Top 100) (2015) data as of July 27, 2015 courtesy of World Atlas.