Cities in the world with more than 1 million inhabitants in 2005

Rank Population City Country Urban Area Pop. Rank 1 12,778,721 Mumbai (Bombay) India 17,431,305 5 2 11,507,254 Karachi Pakistan 11,078,298 15 3 11,055,365 Delhi India 14,145,956 6 4 10,840,516 Shanghai China 12,759,367 9 5 10,375,688 Moscow Russian Federation 10,468,743 18 6 10,136,978 São Paulo Brazil 17,857,001 4 7 9,747,972 Seoul South Korea 9,713,757 22 8 9,621,565 Istanbul Turkey 9,371,163 23 9 8,548,639 Mexico City Mexico 18,660,221 2 10 8,407,479 Jakarta Indonesia 12,295,516 10 11 8,158,957 New York 3 United States of America 18,252,339 3 12 8,124,310 Tokyo Japan 34,997,269 1 13 7,866,160 Lima Peru 7,898,778 26 14 7,741,274 Beijing China 10,847,827 16 15 7,438,376 Cairo Egypt 10,834,495 17 16 7,404,515 Tehran Iran 7,190,000 29 17 7,287,555 London United Kingdom 7,619,014 27 18 7,220,971 Santa Fé de Bogotá Colombia 7,289,646 28 19 7,181,111 Lagos Nigeria 10,103,459 20 20 6,752,001 Hong Kong 1 China, Hong Kong SAR 7,049,175 30 21 6559521 Rhein-Ruhr North 7 Germany 6,559,521 32 22 6,542,751 Bangkok Thailand 6,486,401 33 23 6,192,853 Lahore Pakistan 5,989,395 35 24 6,080,671 Dhaka Bangladesh 11,560,211 12 25 6,038,581 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 11,214,126 14 26 5,556,562 Baghdad Iraq 5,620,373 38 27 5,318,636 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 5,125,753 44 28 5,158,019 Bangalore India 6,140,818 34 29 5,147,431 Wuhan China 5,652,919 37 30 5,083,657 Tianjin China 9,271,376 24 31 5,006,513 Toronto Canada 4,879,540 48 32 4,865,499 Chongqing China 4,847,689 51 33 4,810,997 Santiago Chile 5,477,804 39 34 4,651,322 Calcutta India 13,805,691 7 35 4,408,220 Singapore Singapore 4,252,842 56 36 4,385,264 Kinshasa Congo 5,276,958 41 37 4,368,883 Chennai (Madras) India 6,691,180 31 38 4,178,234 Saint Petersburg Russian Federation 5,285,799 40 39 4,111,624 Shenyang China 4,881,757 47 40 4,056,025 Guangzhou China 3,886,934 65 41 3,866,382 Los Angeles 2 United States of America 12,018,068 11 42 3,796,043 Ahmadabad India 4,869,420 49 43 3,774,894 Sydney Australia 4,273,716 55 44 3,719,989 Pusan South Korea 3,579,050 73 45 3,700,000 Rhein-Main 4 Germany 3,712,066 70 46 3,693,412 Alexandria Egypt 3,653,098 72 47 3,630,694 Jidda Saudi Arabia 3,556,556 76 48 3,619,856 Hyderabad India 5,863,694 36 49 3,561,187 Ankara Turkey 3,428,420 78 50 3,517,961 Yokohama Japan 51 3,509,283 Montréal Canada 3,470,916 77 52 3,462,648 Casablanca Morocco 3,578,225 74 53 3,407,129 Ho Chi Minh City Viet Nam 4,850,717 50 54 3,405,250 Berlin Germany 3,327,070 83 55 3,300,000 Rhein-Ruhr Middle 6 Germany 3,301,432 84 56 3,245,352 Melbourne Australia 3,577,342 75 57 3,144,005 Pyongyang North Korea 3,228,286 87 58 3,140,853 Kabul Afghanistan 2,955,880 103 59 3,100,000 Rhein-Ruhr South 8 Germany 3,076,356 98 60 3,058,025 Pune (Poona) India 4,143,735 58 61 3,033,972 Yangon Myanmar 3,873,739 66 62 3,026,831 Medellín Colombia 3,098,897 96 63 2,956,894 Omdurman Sudan 64 2,931,144 Surat India 3,260,584 86 65 2,915,961 Madrid Spain 5,103,072 45 66 2,906,769 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire 3,336,518 82 67 2,878,939 Xian China 3,203,019 91 68 2,871,499 Chicago United States of America 8,567,571 25 69 2,866,404 Nanjing China 2,780,117 110 70 2,841,882 Kanpur India 2,878,643 107 71 2,794,711 Kano Nigeria 2,762,800 113 72 2,758,136 Harbin China 2,911,071 106 73 2,746,761 Buenos Aires Argentina 13,047,115 8 74 2,737,479 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2,723,482 115 75 2,731,523 East Rand (Ekurhuleni) South Africa 2,808,417 109 76 2,692,503 Surabaja Indonesia 2,616,236 124 77 2,679,891 Jaipur India 2,574,719 127 78 2,665,657 Nairobi Kenya 2,574,847 126 79 2,621,530 Salvador Brazil 3,187,408 92 80 2,616,702 Inch'on South Korea 2,575,456 125 81 2,595,202 Taegu South Korea 2,501,881 130 82 2,591,277 Kiev Ukraine 2,618,246 123 83 2,588,807 Bekasi Indonesia 84 2,588,577 Chengdu China 3,403,732 81 85 2,588,286 Osaka-Kobe Japan 11,243,853 13 86 2,541,837 Al-Jizah Egypt 87 2,520,368 Taipei Taiwan 2,505,388 129 88 2,512,422 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 2,440,794 135 89 2,503,056 Rome Italy 2,664,649 120 90 2,485,674 Lucknow India 2,439,439 136 91 2,456,783 Cali Colombia 2,451,869 134 92 2,455,943 Quezon City Philippines 93 2,453,779 Luanda Angola 2,622,976 121 94 2,423,015 Changchun China 3,009,884 100 95 2,415,818 Izmir Turkey 2,387,686 138 96 2,403,972 Cali Colombia 97 2,402,958 Faisalabad Pakistan 2,369,534 141 98 2,375,910 Cape Town South Africa 2,967,088 101 99 2,344,475 Belo Horizonte Brazil 5,047,563 46 100 2,336,837 Ibadan Nigeria 2,284,396 144 101 2,324,195 Fortaleza Brazil 3,106,895 94 102 2,306,744 Aleppo Syrian Arab Republic 2,379,054 140 103 2,263,923 Dalian China 2,676,733 119 104 2,243,597 Nagpur India 2,250,549 146 105 2,236,294 Havana Cuba 2,188,919 151 106 2,207,850 Taškent Uzbekistan 107 2,189,759 Bandung Indonesia 3,764,939 69 108 2,178,958 Nagoya Japan 3,164,003 93 109 2,176,681 Brasília Brazil 3,099,146 95 110 2,164,229 Jinan China 2,619,328 122 111 2,157,853 Guayaquil Ecuador 2,262,343 145 112 2,149,788 Vancouver Canada 2,059,499 166 113 2,123,709 Chittagong Bangladesh 3,793,643 68 114 2,117,932 Mashhad Iran 2,080,268 162 115 2,103,674 Paris France 9,794,337 21 116 2,084,974 Qingdao China 2,384,606 139 117 2,083,021 Durban South Africa 2,551,257 128 118 2,067,551 Taiyuan China 2,475,566 133 119 2,064,719 Medan Indonesia 2,009,686 167 120 2,049,949 Houston United States of America 4,117,892 59 121 2,022,561 Medellin Colombia 122 2,021,669 Jiulong Hong Kong 123 2,005,703 Agadir Morocco 124 1,998,635 Dakar Senegal 2,166,861 155 125 1,969,858 de Morelos Mexico 126 1,964,179 Zhengzhou China 2,176,109 153 127 1,894,753 Kaesong North Korea 128 1,884,802 Douala Cameroon 1,857,638 182 129 1,879,251 Baku Azerbaijan 1,816,208 186 130 1,876,857 Bucharest Romania 1,853,401 183 131 1,875,453 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 1,864,858 181 132 1,848,952 Indore India 1,800,220 189 133 1,838,939 Caracas Venezuela 3,226,084 88 134 1,814,764 Hai Phong Viet Nam 1,754,537 198 135 1,792,299 Barranquilla Colombia 1,830,006 185 136 1,790,389 Sapporo Japan 1,800,101 190 137 1,789,635 Rabat Morocco 1,758,613 197 138 1,777,236 Shangqiu China 139 1,774,124 Kunming China 1,729,233 201 140 1,772,747 Maracaibo Venezuela 2,072,949 164 141 1,753,839 Si Racha Thailand 142 1,752,150 Hamburg Germany 2,681,360 118 143 1,749,721 Rawalpindi Pakistan 1,679,700 210 144 1,740,661 Khartoum Sudan 4,285,542 54 145 1,728,718 Budapest Hungary 1,707,860 204 146 1,723,081 Al-Khartum Bahri Sudan 147 1,720,675 Curitiba Brazil 2,720,960 116 148 1,702,061 Minsk Belarus 1,704,866 205 149 1,692,603 Zibo China 2,734,961 114 150 1,687,484 Shijiazhuang China 1,679,955 209 151 1,684,974 Xiantao China 1,698,901 206 152 1,680,890 Warsaw Poland 2,199,895 150 153 1,668,193 Damascus Syrian Arab Republic 2,227,929 147 154 1,651,417 Guadalajara Mexico 3,824,582 67 155 1,649,169 Lanzhou China 1,764,859 196 156 1,640,507 Accra Ghana 1,847,432 184 157 1,635,655 Hangzhou China 1,882,986 177 158 1,626,496 Yaoundé Cameroon 1,616,170 218 159 1,613,375 Antananarivo Madagascar 1,677,981 211 160 1,609,122 Patna India 1,897,917 176 161 1,608,674 Bhopal India 1,563,015 226 162 1,602,011 Palembang Indonesia 1,569,437 223 163 1,600,000 Rhein-Neckar 5 Germany 1,620,372 217 164 1,599,169 Changsha China 1,935,042 174 165 1,598,216 Tangerang Indonesia 166 1,593,819 Manaus Brazil 1,559,358 227 167 1,574,387 Beirut Lebanon 1,792,111 192 168 1,568,926 Metro Manila Philippines 10,352,249 19 169 1,561,614 Yulin, Guangxi China 1,636,762 214 170 1,559,875 Ludhiana India 1,495,696 236 171 1,553,789 Vienna Austria 2,178,674 152 172 1,550,528 Esfahan Iran 1,479,595 241 173 1,547,888 Semarang Indonesia 174 1,526,575 Kaohsiung Taiwan 175 1,518,083 Algiers Algeria 3,059,643 99 176 1,516,353 Quito Ecuador 1,451,071 249 177 1,500,400 Kobe Japan 178 1,499,946 Thana India 179 1,487,028 Harare Zimbabwe 1,469,149 244 180 1,482,822 Recife Brazil 3,410,509 80 181 1,479,745 Kharkov Ukraine 1,454,730 248 182 1,475,672 Depok Indonesia 183 1,473,521 Samut Prakan Thailand 184 1,470,597 Kyoto Japan 1,805,980 188 185 1,465,762 Philadelphia United States of America 5,260,635 42 186 1,465,649 Tijuana Mexico 1,464,748 246 187 1,465,015 Mecca Saudi Arabia 1,446,419 250 188 1,463,736 Barcelona Spain 4,406,380 53 189 1,461,190 Nanchang China 1,695,587 208 190 1,456,320 Johannesburg South Africa 3,084,207 97 191 1,440,888 Taejon South Korea 1,426,080 258 192 1,440,025 Ciudad Juárez Mexico 1,380,504 275 193 1,440,012 Kwangju South Korea 1,410,357 263 194 1,439,071 Novosibirsk Russian Federation 1,430,270 256 195 1,438,852 Caloocan Philippines 196 1,438,506 Agra India 1,430,971 255 197 1,438,031 Urumqi China 198 1,435,968 Phoenix-Mesa United States of America 3,217,573 89 199 1,431,649 Sana'a Yemen 1,469,072 245 200 1,430,063 Vadodara India 1,596,259 220 201 1,416,119 Guiyang China 2,401,839 137 202 1,411,263 Puebla Mexico 1,875,669 180 203 1,405,313 Tabriz Iran 1,345,614 283 204 1,399,981 Conakry Guinea 1,365,778 278 205 1,396,890 Belém Brazil 1,956,421 173 206 1,389,028 Barranquilla Colombia 207 1,388,608 Fukuoka-Kitakyushu Japan 2,776,933 111 208 1,381,830 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 1,352,057 281 209 1,374,213 Multan Pakistan 1,375,917 276 210 1,368,418 Pôrto Alegre Brazil 3,681,622 71 211 1,368,390 Santa Cruz Bolivia 212 1,367,072 Bursa Turkey 1,319,898 288 213 1,365,259 Tangshan China 1,731,705 200 214 1,360,797 Montevideo Uruguay 1,340,560 284 215 1,357,325 Perth Australia 1,441,577 252 216 1,348,288 Hyderabad Pakistan 1,319,358 289 217 1,340,045 Gujranwala Pakistan 1,365,664 279 218 1,333,531 Valencia Venezuela 2,159,571 156 219 1,331,254 Lusaka Zambia 1,394,315 269 220 1,318,992 Córdoba Argentina 1,532,546 232 221 1,311,398 Nizhni Novgorod Russian Federation 1,306,190 292 222 1,306,729 La Matanza Argentina 223 1,305,264 Ekaterinburg Russian Federation 1,292,455 294 224 1,304,987 Jilin China 1,471,260 243 225 1,303,833 Al-Madinah Saudi Arabia 226 1,301,961 Fuzhou, Fujian China 1,397,854 267 227 1,301,804 Nashik India 1,287,411 296 228 1,299,713 Anshan China 1,456,935 247 229 1,299,487 Pimpri-Chinchwad India 230 1,299,149 Dubai United Arab Emirates 231 1,291,690 Abadan Iran 232 1,289,626 Bamako Mali 1,264,393 302 233 1,286,369 San Diego United States of America 2,765,908 112 234 1,284,156 Kampala Uganda 1,245,695 307 235 1,283,754 Kawasaki Japan 236 1,273,458 Kaduna Nigeria 1,272,541 300 237 1,269,723 Kalyan India 238 1,254,625 Hefei China 1,288,292 295 239 1,248,099 San Antonio United States of America 1,385,939 273 240 1,246,756 Fushun China 1,420,498 261 241 1,235,227 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1,961,455 172 242 1,234,977 Munich Germany 2,311,810 143 243 1,233,466 Shenzhen China 1,221,080 315 244 1,233,195 Xuzhou China 1,620,840 216 245 1,230,538 Meerut India 1,259,654 303 246 1,228,127 Dallas-Fort Worth United States of America 4,445,561 52 247 1,223,087 Fès Morocco 248 1,209,115 Baotou China 1,347,985 282 249 1,207,823 Milan Italy 4,063,643 61 250 1,206,972 Jamshedpur India 1,179,480 331 251 1,206,453 Bogor Indonesia 252 1,205,995 Shiraz Iran 1,186,229 328 253 1,205,782 Adana Turkey 1,199,016 324 254 1,205,393 Faridabad India 1,199,769 323 255 1,203,379 Hanoi Viet Nam 3,977,202 63 256 1,202,204 Santa Cruz Bolivia 1,230,665 311 257 1,200,719 Karaj Iran 1,165,056 338 258 1,200,603 Amman Jordan 1,236,733 309 259 1,197,799 Nezahualcóyotl Mexico 260 1,189,043 Ad-Dammam Saudi Arabia 261 1,188,926 Peshawar Pakistan 1,175,776 332 262 1,188,435 Guarulhos Brazil 263 1,184,045 Tripoli Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2,006,260 168 264 1,174,823 Varanasi (Benares) India 1,259,384 304 265 1,174,022 Mosul Iraq 1,162,606 339 266 1,172,316 Wuxi China 1,165,959 337 267 1,171,880 Kuwait City Kuwait 1,222,374 313 268 1,169,623 Goiânia Brazil 1,770,386 194 269 1,167,967 León Mexico 1,382,674 274 270 1,159,828 Zapopan Mexico 271 1,159,073 Handan China 2,069,505 165 272 1,157,133 Glasgow Scotland 273 1,155,177 Ghaziabad India 1,129,148 350 274 1,154,393 Samara Russian Federation 1,154,591 342 275 1,152,290 Suzhou, Jiangsu China 1,168,201 336 276 1,150,332 Prague Czech Republic 1,169,517 335 277 1,148,755 Omsk Russian Federation 1,137,021 347 278 1,143,834 Hiroshima Japan 279 1,141,708 Qiqihar China 1,445,423 251 280 1,130,497 Luoyang China 1,535,468 231 281 1,124,729 Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro 1,118,465 357 282 1,120,309 Yantai China 1,666,787 212 283 1,118,288 Kazan Russian Federation 1,108,127 361 284 1,116,074 Monterrey Mexico 3,421,598 79 285 1,112,005 Ottawa Canada 1,093,233 367 286 1,107,159 Nampho North Korea 1,124,371 353 287 1,105,953 Suwon South Korea 1,073,437 378 288 1,102,822 Amritsar India 1,091,877 369 289 1,102,551 Rajkot India 1,110,083 360 290 1,100,790 Basra Iraq 1,149,981 343 291 1,100,116 Ujung Pandang Indonesia 1,139,581 346 292 1,098,923 Shantou China 1,280,625 298 293 1,097,133 Mogadishu Somalia 1,174,881 333 294 1,092,933 Nanning China 1,360,881 280 295 1,091,623 Adelaide Australia 1,123,992 354 296 1,090,295 Sofia Bulgaria 1,075,791 375 297 1,088,044 Brazzaville Congo 1,080,102 372 298 1,087,065 Datong China 1,134,157 349 299 1,086,418 Pretoria South Africa 1,208,537 319 300 1,085,696 Almaty Kazakhstan 1,114,941 359 301 1,084,644 Chelyabinsk Russian Federation 1,077,409 374 302 1,082,872 Rostov-on-Don Russian Federation 1,075,432 376 303 1,080,487 Yerevan Armenia 1,079,054 373 304 1,080,137 Soweto South Africa 305 1,078,658 Allahabad India 1,105,559 362 306 1,076,689 Maputo Mozambique 1,220,632 316 307 1,073,088 Goyang South Korea 308 1,068,874 Visakhapatnam India 1,404,253 265 309 1,068,617 Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine 1,051,833 385 310 1,063,646 Victoria Hong Kong 311 1,061,190 Nanchong China 1,044,936 387 312 1,060,120 Zigong China 1,102,238 364 313 1,054,266 Benin City Nigeria 314 1,054,202 T'aichung Taiwan 315 1,052,749 Ahvaz Iran 316 1,052,238 Ufa Russian Federation 1,042,881 388 317 1,049,071 Sendai Japan 318 1,046,915 Jabalpur India 1,180,036 330 319 1,044,993 Tbilisi Georgia 1,064,117 382 320 1,042,309 Qom Iran 321 1,035,597 Calgary Canada 1,014,342 403 322 1,032,150 Haora India 323 1,029,366 Odessa Ukraine 1,021,194 397 324 1,025,899 Aurangabad India 325 1,023,007 Seongnam South Korea 326 1,021,862 Shubra al-Khaymah Egypt 327 1,020,700 Volgograd Russian Federation 1,015,581 401 328 1,018,697 Donetsk Ukraine 1,005,289 406 329 1,012,113 Campinas Brazil 2,488,426 131 330 1,011,534 Gaziantep Turkey 331 1,008,279 Ulsan South Korea 1,042,379 389 332 1,005,645 Sholapur India 333 1,005,245 Kitakyushu Japan 334 1,005,231 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 335 1,004,563 Perm Russia 336 1,003,792 Sao Luis Brazil