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Most populated cities in the World in 2025

Most populated cities in the World

According to the most recent population data of cities, the most populated city in the world was Tokyo from Japan. Tokyo, which has a population of 37 million 393 thousand, was followed by Delhi from India with a population of 30 million 291 thousand and Shanghai from China with a population of 27 million 58 thousand.

The ranking below is based on Macrotrends’ 150 Most Populous Cities list. From Turkey, with a population of 15 million 190 thousand, Istanbul entered the 14th place, and with a population of 5 million 118 thousand, Ankara entered the 83rd place. Sao Paulo from Brazil with a population of 22 million 43 thousand, Mexico City with a population of 21 million 782 thousand and Dhaka from Bangladesh with a population of 21 million 6 thousand followed the first three places in the list.

Most Populous Cities list

Rank City Country Population
1 Tokyo Japan 37,393,000
2 Delhi India 30,291,000
3 Shanghai China 27,058,000
4 Sao Paulo Brazil 22,043,000
5 Mexico City Mexico 21,782,000
6 Dhaka Bangladesh 21,006,000
7 Cairo Egypt 20,901,000
8 Beijing China 20,463,000
9 Mumbai India 20,411,000
10 Osaka Japan 19,165,000
11 New York City USA 18,804,000
12 Karachi Pakistan 16,094,000
13 Chongqing China 15,872,000
14 Istanbul Turkey 15,190,000
15 Buenos Aires Argentina 15,154,000
16 Calcutta India 14,850,000
17 Lagos Nigeria 14,368,000
18 Kinshasa Republic of Congo 14,342,000
19 Manila Philippines 13,923,000
20 Tianjin China 13,589,000
21 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 13,458,000
22 Guangzhou China 13,302,000
23 Lahore Pakistan 12,642,000
24 Moscow Russia 12,538,000
25 Los Angeles USA 12,447,000
26 Shenzhen China 12,357,000
27 Bangalore India 12,327,000
28 Paris France 11,017,000
29 Bogota Colombia 10,978,000
30 Madras India 10,971,000
31 Jakarta Indonesia 10,770,000
32 Lima Peru 10,719,000
33 Bangkok Thailand 10,539,000
34 Hyderabad India 10,004,000
35 Seoul South Korea 9,963,000
36 Nagoya Japan 9,552,000
37 Chengdu China 9,136,000
38 Tehran Iran 9,135,000
39 Chicago USA 8,865,000
40 Nanjing China 8,847,000
41 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 8,602,000
42 Wuhan China 8,365,000
43 Luanda Angola 8,330,000
44 Ahmadabad India 8,059,000
45 Xian China 8,001,000
46 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 7,997,000
47 Hangzhou China 7,642,000
48 Hong Kong Hong Kong 7,548,000
49 Dongguan China 7,408,000
50 Foshan China 7,327,000
51 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 7,231,000
52 Shenyang China 7,220,000
53 Surat India 7,185,000
54 Baghdad Iraq 7,144,000
55 Suzhou China 7,070,000
56 Santiago Chile 6,767,000
57 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 6,702,000
58 Poona India 6,629,000
59 Madrid Spain 6,618,000
60 Harbin China 6,387,000
61 Houston USA 6,371,000
62 Dallas/Fort Worth USA 6,301,000
63 Toronto Canada 6,197,000
64 Miami USA 6,122,000
65 Belo Horizonte Brazil 6,084,000
66 Singapore Singapore 5,935,000
67 Khartoum Sudan 5,829,000
68 Atlanta USA 5,803,000
69 Johannesburg South Africa 5,783,000
70 Philadelphia USA 5,717,000
71 Qingdao China 5,620,000
72 Dalian China 5,618,000
73 Barcelona Spain 5,586,000
74 Kitakyushu/Fukuoka Japan 5,529,000
75 Saint Petersburg Russia 5,468,000
76 Jinan China 5,360,000
77 Yangon Myanmar 5,332,000
78 Zhengzhou China 5,323,000
79 Washington DC USA 5,322,000
80 Alexandria Egypt 5,281,000
81 Abidjan Ivory Coast 5,203,000
82 Guadalajara Mexico 5,179,000
83 Ankara Turkey 5,118,000
84 Chittagong Bangladesh 5,020,000
85 Melbourne Australia 4,968,000
86 Sydney Australia 4,926,000
87 Monterrey Mexico 4,874,000
88 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 4,794,000
89 Nairobi Kenya 4,735,000
90 Hanoi Vietnam 4,678,000
91 Brasilia Brazil 4,646,000
92 Cape Town South Africa 4,618,000
93 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 4,610,000
94 Changsha China 4,578,000
95 Phoenix USA 4,511,000
96 Kunming China 4,443,000
97 Changchun China 4,426,000
98 New Taipei Taiwan 4,398,000
99 Urumqi China 4,369,000
100 Shantou China 4,327,000
101 Boston USA 4,309,000
102 Rome Italy 4,257,000
103 Hefei China 4,242,000
104 Kabul Afghanistan 4,222,000
105 Montreal Canada 4,221,000
106 Tel Aviv Israel 4,181,000
107 Porto Alegre Brazil 4,137,000
108 Recife Brazil 4,127,000
109 Ningbo China 4,116,000
110 Shijiazhuang China 4,114,000
111 Fortaleza Brazil 4,073,000
112 Medellin Colombia 4,000,000
113 Kano Nigeria 3,999,000
114 Yaounde Cameroon 3,992,000
115 Jaipur India 3,909,000
116 Ekurhuleni South Africa 3,894,000
117 Taiyuan China 3,891,000
118 Nanning China 3,860,000
119 Salvador Brazil 3,839,000
120 Casablanca Morocco 3,752,000
121 Xiamen China 3,720,000
122 Fuzhou China 3,686,000
123 Curitiba Brazil 3,679,000
124 Lucknow India 3,677,000
125 Douala Cameroon 3,663,000
126 Changzhou China 3,625,000
127 Wenzhou China 3,624,000
128 Nanchang China 3,598,000
129 Berlin Germany 3,562,000
130 Calicut India 3,555,000
131 Ibadan Nigeria 3,552,000
132 Detroit USA 3,548,000
133 Busan South Korea 3,465,000
134 Faisalabad Pakistan 3,462,000
135 Seattle USA 3,433,000
136 Tangshan China 3,426,000
137 Bekasi Indonesia 3,394,000
138 Malappuram India 3,391,000
139 Antananarivo Madagascar 3,369,000
140 Kumasi Ghana 3,348,000
141 Asuncion Paraguay 3,337,000
142 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 3,318,000
143 Guiyang China 3,317,000
144 San Francisco USA 3,314,000
145 Campinas Brazil 3,301,000
146 Kampala Uganda 3,298,000
147 Abuja Nigeria 3,278,000
148 Wuxi China 3,256,000
149 San Diego USA 3,251,000
150 Mashhad Iran 3,208,000