Most Populous Cities of the World

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Rank	City	Image	Population	Definition	Total Area (km²)	Population density (/km²)	Country
1	Shanghai		24,150,000[5]	Direct-controlled Municipality[6][7]	6,340.5	3,809	China
2	Karachi		23,500,000[8]	City District Government[9]	3,527	6,663	Pakistan
3	Beijing		21,150,000[10]	Direct-controlled Municipality[11]	16,410.54	1,289	China
4	Lagos		17,060,307[12][13]	Local Government Areas (LGAs)[14][15]	999.58[16]	17,068	Nigeria
5	Istanbul		14,160,467[17]	Metropolitan Municipality-Province[18]	2,189.79[19]	6,467	Turkey
6	Guangzhou		12,700,800[20]	Sub-Provincial City[21]	3,843.43	3,305	China
7	Mumbai		12,478,447[22]	Municipal Corporation[23]	603.4	20,680	India
8	Moscow		12,111,194[24]	Federal City[25][26]	2,510.12[27]	4,825	Russia
9	Dhaka		12,043,977[28]	City Corporation[29]	302.92[30][31]	39,760	Bangladesh
10	Cairo		11,922,949[32]	Governorate[33]	3,085.1[34]	3,864	Egypt
11	São Paulo		11,821,873[35]	Municipality City[36]	1,521.11[37]	7,772	Brazil
12	Lahore		11,318,745[38]	City District	1,772[38]	3,566	Pakistan
13	Delhi		11,007,835[22]	National Capital Region[39]	1,484.0[40]	7,845.9	India
14	Shenzhen		10,467,400[41]	Sub-Provincial City	1,991.64[42]	5,255	China
15	Seoul		10,388,055[43]	Special City	605.21[44]	17,164	South Korea
16	Jakarta		9,988,329[45]	Capital Region - Five Kota[46]	664.12	15,040	Indonesia
17	Kinshasa		9,735,000[47][48][full citation needed]	Metropolitan Municipality-Province[49]	1,117.62[50]	8,710	Democratic Republic of the Congo
18	Tianjin		9,341,844[51]	Direct-controlled Municipality[52]	4,037[53]	2,314	China
19	Tokyo		9,071,577[54]	23 Special Wards (tokubetsu-ku)	622.99[55]	14,562	Japan
20	Mexico City		8,874,724[56]	Federal District	1,485.49[57]	5,974	Mexico
21	Lima		8,693,387[58]	Metropolitan Municipality-Province[59]	933.63[60]	9,489	Peru
22	Bengaluru		8,425,970[22]	Municipal Corporation	709.5[61]	11,876	India
23	London		8,416,535[62]	Greater London Authority[63]	1,572.15	5,354	United Kingdom
24	New York City		8,405,837[64]	Five Boroughs[65]	783.84	10,724	United States
25	Bangkok		8,280,925[66]	Metropolitan Municipality-Province[67]	1,568.74	5,280	Thailand
26	Dongguan		8,220,207[68]	Sub-Provincial City	2,469.4	3,329	China
27	Tehran		8,154,051[69]	City Municipality[70]	686[71]	11,886	Iran
28	Bogotá		7,776,845[72]	Capital District[73]	859.11[74][75]	9,052	Colombia
29	Ho Chi Minh City		7,681,700[76]	Metropolitan Municipality-Province	2,095.6[77]	3,667	Vietnam
30	Hong Kong		7,219,700[78]	Special Administrative Region	1,104.43[79]	6,537	China
31	Baghdad		7,180,889[80]	Metropolitan Municipality-Province[81]	4,555[82]	1,577	Iraq
32	Wuhan		6,886,253[83]	Sub-Provincial City[84]	1,327.61[85]	5,187	China
33	Hanoi		6,844,100[76]	Metropolitan Municipality-Province	3,323.6[77]	2,059	Vietnam
34	Hyderabad		6,809,970[22]	Municipal Corporation	621.48[86]	10,958	India
35	Rio de Janeiro		6,429,923[35]	Municipality City	1,200.27[37]	5,357	Brazil
36	Foshan		6,151,622[87][88]	Sub-Provincial City	2,034.62[89]	3,023	China
37	Santiago		5,743,719[90]	Metropolitan Municipality-Province[91]	1,249.9	4,595	Chile
38	Riyadh		5,676,621[92]	Municipality City[93]	1,233.98[94]	4,600	Saudi Arabia
39	Ahmedabad		5,570,585[22]	Municipal Corporation	475	11,727	India
40	Singapore		5,399,200[95]	City State	712.4	7,579	Singapore
41	Shantou		5,391,028[96]	Sub-Provincial City	2,064.42	2,611	China
42	Luanda		5,278,800[97]	Metropolitan Municipality-Province[98]	2,180.29[99]	2,421	Angola
43	Saint Petersburg		5,131,967[100]	Federal City	1,439[27]	3,566	Russia
44	Abidjan		4,765,000[47]	Department/City District	2,119[101]	2,249	Ivory Coast
45	Chengdu		4,741,929[102]	Sub-Provincial City	421[102]	11,260	China
46	Yangon		4,714,000[103]	Metropolitan Municipality-Province[104]	598.75[105]	7,873	Burma
47	Chennai		4,681,087[106]	Municipal Corporation[107]	426.51[108]	21,057	India
48	Sydney		4,676,118[109]	Municipality	2,036.55	1,919	Australia
49	Alexandria		4,616,625[32]	Governorate	2,300[110][111]	2,007	Egypt
50	Chongqing		4,513,137[112]	Direct-controlled Municipality[113]	1,435.07	3,145