List of cities by population

See historical urban community sizes for historical data.

This is a list of the largest cities of the world estimated for the year 2005. Definitions for each city and approximate surface area are also indicated. The populations listed are, in most cases, for the city proper and not for the entire metropolitan area. For a list of the most populous metropolitan areas, go to List of metropolitan areas by population.

Rank	City	Population	Definition	Area (km²)	Population density (/km²)
1	Mumbai	12,778,721	Municipal corporation	440	29,042
2	Karachi	11,507,254	City District	3,530	3,458
3	Delhi	11,055,365	Municipal corporation	1,400	7,896
4	Shanghai	10,840,516	Core districts + inner suburbs	1,600	6,775
5	Moscow	10,375,688	City proper (excludes Zelenograd)	1,080	9,607
6	Seoul	10,297,004^{^*}	Special City	605.52	17,005
7	São Paulo	10,136,978	City proper	1,520	6,669
8	Istanbul	9,621,565	Metropolitan municipality	1,970	5,137
9	Mexico City	8,548,639	Distrito Federal	1,550	5,515
10	Jakarta	8,407,479	Province	660	12,738
11	New York City	8,158,957	City proper	780	10,460
12	Tokyo	8,124,310	23 special wards area	620	13,103
13	Lima	7,866,160	Lima Province	2,672	2,944
14	Beijing	7,741,274	Core districts + inner suburbs	1,370	5,650
15	Cairo	7,438,376	Governorate	210	35,420
16	Tehran	7,404,515	City proper	660	11,218
17	London	7,287,555	Greater London	1,580	4,612
18	Bogotá	7,220,971	Distrito Capital	1,590	4,523
19	Lagos	7,181,111	City core (old city proper)	330	21,760
20	Hong Kong	6,752,001		1092
21	Ruhr Area	6,559,521	Urban agglomeration	3,370
22	Bangkok	6,542,751	Urban area	1,100	6,311
23	Lahore	6,192,853	City District	1,010	6,329
24	Dhaka	6,080,671	Urban area	200	30,403
25	Rio de Janeiro	6,038,581	City proper	1,180	5,117
26	Baghdad	5,556,562
27	Riyadh	5,318,636
28	Bangalore	5,158,019	Municipal corporation	230	22,426
29	Wuhan	5,147,431	Urban area	400	12,868
30	Tianjin	5,083,657	Urban area
31	Toronto	5,006,513	Urban area
32	Chongqing	4,865,499
33	Santiago	4,810,997
34	Kolkata	4,651,322	Municipal corporation
35	Singapore	4,408,220	Country	699	6,306
36	Kinshasa	4,385,264
37	Chennai	4,368,883	Municipal corporation
38	Saint Petersburg	4,178,234
39	Shenyang	4,111,624
40	Guangzhou	4,056,025
41	Los Angeles	3,866,382	City proper	1,290	2,997
42	Ahmedabad	3,796,043	Municipal corporation	190	19,979
43	Sydney	3,774,894	Urban area	1,690	2,234
44	Busan	3,719,989	Metropolitan city	760	4,895
45	Frankfurt	3,712,066	Urban agglomeration	3,500	1,061
46	Alexandria	3,693,412	Governorate	2,680	1,378
47	Jeddah	3,630,694	Metropolitan area
48	Hyderabad	3,619,856	Municipal corporation	170	21,293
49	Ankara	3,561,187	Metropolitan municipality	2,500	1,424
50	Yokohama	3,517,961	City proper	440	7,995
51	Montreal	3,509,283	Urban area
52	Casablanca	3,462,648
53	Ho Chi Minh City	3,407,129	City core (old city proper)
54	Berlin	3,405,250	State
55	Düsseldorf - Wuppertal	3,300,000	Urban agglomeration
56	Melbourne	3,245,352	Urban area
57	Pyongyang	3,144,005	City proper
58	Kabul	3,140,853	City proper
59	Cologne - Bonn	3,100,000	Urban agglomeration
60	Pune	3,058,025	Municipal corporation

Source

Mongabay.com - Cities in the world with more than 1 million inhabitants in 2005

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