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Cities Worldwide Ranked by Population (city proper)

Population of the city proper (the municipality itself, not the metro area), using the most recent figure recorded in Wikidata. Source: Wikidata (CC0 1.0 (public domain)).

Summary

Chongqing ranks #1 with 32.05 million people (2020). Delhi is second with 26.5 million people, 21% behind. The top five are Chongqing, Delhi, Shanghai, Greater Mexico City and Beijing. The median across all 653 is 2.44 million people; Bareilly is last at 1 million people.

#1
Chongqing · 32.05 million people
Median
2.44 million people
Coverage
653 cities with at least 1 million people
Data year
As recorded in Wikidata
Last updated
2026-11-14
Top 10: PopulationBar chart of the top 10: 1. Chongqing 32.05 million; 2. Delhi 26.5 million; 3. Shanghai 24.87 million; 4. Greater Mexico City 21.91 million; 5. Beijing 21.89 million; 6. Chengdu 20.94 million; 7. New York metropolitan area 19.94 million; 8. Guangzhou 18.68 million; 9. Shenzhen 17.49 million; 10. Dhaka 16.8 million.Chongqing32.05 millionDelhi26.5 millionShanghai24.87 millionGreater Mexico City21.91 millionBeijing21.89 millionChengdu20.94 millionNew York metropolitan a…19.94 millionGuangzhou18.68 millionShenzhen17.49 millionDhaka16.8 million
Top 10: Population (people). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Chongqing 32.05 million; 2. Delhi 26.5 million; 3. Shanghai 24.87 million; 4. Greater Mexico City 21.91 million; 5. Beijing 21.89 million; 6. Chengdu 20.94 million; 7. New York metropolitan area 19.94 million; 8. Guangzhou 18.68 million; 9. Shenzhen 17.49 million; 10. Dhaka 16.8 million.

Full ranking

Cities Worldwide Ranked by Population (city proper)
RankCityCountryPopulation (people)Year
1ChongqingChina32,054,1592020
2DelhiIndia26,495,0002016
3ShanghaiChina24,870,8952020
4Greater Mexico CityMexico21,905,0002022
5BeijingChina21,893,0952020
6ChengduChina20,937,7572020
7New York metropolitan areaUnited States19,940,2742024
8GuangzhouChina18,676,6052020
9ShenzhenChina17,494,3982020
10DhakaBangladesh16,800,0002017
11IstanbulTürkiye15,655,9242023
12MumbaiIndia15,414,2882018
13LagosNigeria15,070,0002022
14KarachiPakistan14,910,3522017
15KinshasaCongo, Dem. Rep.14,565,7002020
16TokyoJapan14,264,7982022
17Ho Chi Minh CityViet Nam14,002,5982024
18Metro ManilaPhilippines14,001,7512024
19Greater Buenos AiresArgentina13,985,7942022
20TianjinChina13,866,0092020
21MoscowRussian Federation13,274,2852025
22Xi'anChina12,952,9072020
23SuzhouChina12,748,2622020
24ZhengzhouChina12,600,5742020
25BengaluruIndia12,327,0002020
26WuhanChina12,326,5182020
27HangzhouChina11,936,0102020
28Greater Rio de JaneiroBrazil11,900,0002
29BaodingChina11,544,0362020
30São PauloBrazil11,451,9992022
31JakartaIndonesia11,135,1912024
32LahorePakistan11,126,2852017
33LinyiChina11,018,3652020
34ShijiazhuangChina10,640,4582020
35DongguanChina10,466,6252020
36QingdaoChina10,071,7222020
37ChangshaChina10,047,9142020
38HarbinChina10,009,8542020
39LimaPeru9,943,8002022
40CairoEgypt, Arab Rep.9,801,5362023
41NanyangChina9,713,1122020
42SeoulKorea, Rep.9,668,4652020
43TokyoJapan9,640,7422021
44WenzhouChina9,572,9032020
45FoshanChina9,498,8632020
46HandanChina9,413,9902020
47NingboChina9,404,2832020
48WeifangChina9,386,7052020
49HefeiChina9,369,8812020
50NanjingChina9,314,6852020
51Mexico CityMexico9,209,9442020
52JinanChina9,202,4322020
53HyderabadIndia9,191,0002025
54XuzhouChina9,083,7902020
55ShenyangChina9,070,0932020
56ChangchunChina9,066,9062020
57ZhoukouChina9,026,0152020
58Kuala LumpurMalaysia9,000,2802025
59GanzhouChina8,970,0142020
60New York CityUnited States8,804,1902020
61LondonUnited Kingdom8,799,7282021
62HezeChina8,795,9392020
63QuanzhouChina8,782,2852020
64NanningChina8,741,5842020
65HanoiViet Nam8,717,6002024
66TehranIran, Islamic Rep.8,693,7062016
67KunmingChina8,460,0882020
68JiningChina8,357,8972020
69FuzhouChina8,291,2682020
70FuyangChina8,200,2642020
71BaghdadIraq8,126,7552018
72BogotáColombia8,034,6492024
73ShangqiuChina7,816,8312020
74NantongChina7,726,6352020
75TangshanChina7,717,9832020
76AhmedabadIndia7,645,0002016
77WuxiChina7,462,1352020
78DalianChina7,450,7852020
79Hong KongChina7,413,0702021
80CangzhouChina7,300,7832020
81XingtaiChina7,111,1062020
82YantaiChina7,102,1162020
83LuoyangChina7,056,6992020
84JinhuaChina7,050,6832020
85RiyadhSaudi Arabia7,009,1002022
86ZhumadianChina7,008,4272020
87ZhanjiangChina6,981,2362020
88BijieChina6,899,6362020
89YangonMyanmar6,874,0002022
90YanchengChina6,709,6292020
91HengyangChina6,645,2432020
92TaizhouChina6,622,8882020
93ZunyiChina6,606,6752020
94ChennaiIndia6,599,0002024
95ShaoyangChina6,563,5202020
96ShangraoChina6,491,0882020
97SantiagoChile6,257,5162017
98NanchangChina6,255,0072020
99XinxiangChina6,251,9292020
100XinyangChina6,234,4012020

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About the top 10

#7 New York metropolitan area

New York metropolitan area ranks #7 on this list with 19.94 million people (2024).

Country
United States
Population
19,940,274 people (2024)
Area
34,493 km²
Density
578 people per km²
Elevation
509 m
Coordinates
40.81° N, 74.02° W

Also ranks #25 in area · #89 in latitude · #116 in elevation.

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Source and method

Population of the city proper (the municipality itself, not the metro area), using the most recent figure recorded in Wikidata.

Source: Wikidata. Licence: CC0 1.0 (public domain). Retrieved: 2026-11-14.

Data: Wikidata (CC0)

Values are shown as published. Provider terms: Wikidata. All licences: Sources & licences.