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This is a list of the most populous cities of the world defined according to the concept of city proper. The list ranks the world's urban municipal units (or well-defined statistical groupings of such units) according to population. Note that the populations listed are for the city proper and not for the urban area nor the metropolitan area. For a list of the most populous urban and metropolitan areas, see List of urban areas by population and List of metropolitan areas by population. Statistical definitions for each city and approximate surface area are also indicated.

Rank City Population Definition Area (km²) Population density (/km²) Country Population × Density (×109/km²)
1 Mumbai 13,073,926[1] Municipal corporation 603.45 21,665  India 377
2 Istanbul 12,573,836[2] [3] City proper 1,970 5,137  Turkey 51
3 Karachi 11,608,000[4] City District 3,530 3,957  Pakistan 47
4 Delhi 11,505,196[1] Municipal corporation 1,483 7,758  India 85
5 São Paulo 11,016,703[5] City proper 1,520 7,247  Brazil 79
6 Moscow 10,654,000[4] City proper (includes Zelenograd) 1,081 9,644  Russia 101
7 Seoul 10,421,000[6] Special City 605.41 17,213  South Korea 179
8 Shanghai 9,838,400[7] (2001-12-31) Core districts + inner suburbs 1,600 6,775  China 72
9 Lagos 9,229,944[1] City proper  Nigeria
10 Mexico City 8,658,576[1] Federal District 1,550 5,626  Mexico 48
11 Jakarta 8,568,838[1] Special capital district 660 12,738  Indonesia 106
12 Tokyo 8,483,140[8] 23 special wards area 620 13,682  Japan 114
13 New York City 8,250,567[9] City proper 780 10,578  United States 87
14 Cairo 7,933,236[1] Governorate 214 37,071  Egypt 276
15 Tehran 7,797,520[10] City proper 760 10,260  Iran 80
16 London 7,554,236[1] Greater London 1,580 4,697  United Kingdom 34
17 Beijing 7,441,000[11] (2001-12-31) Core districts + inner suburbs 1,370 5,650  China 43
18 Bogotá 7,363,494[1] Distrito Capital 1,590 4,523  Colombia 32
19 Lima 7,186,000[4] Province  Peru
20 Hong Kong 7,041,000[4] Special Administrative Region 1092 6,183 Hong Kong Hong Kong 40
21 Dhaka 6,969,458 [1] Urban area 200 30,403  Bangladesh 203
22 Bangkok 6,593,000[4] Administrative area 1,568.7 3,630  Thailand 24
23 Lahore 6,289,000[4] City District 1,010 6,329  Pakistan 38
24 Rio de Janeiro 6,136,652[5] City proper 1,180 5,200  Brazil 31
25 Kinshasa 6,049,000[4]  Democratic Republic of the Congo
26 Baghdad 5,831,541[1]  Iraq
27 Bangalore 5,281,927[1] Municipal corporation 230 22,426  India 114
28 Tianjin 5,095,900[12] (2001-12-31) Urban Area  China
29 Yangon 4,668,755[1]  Myanmar
30 Santiago 4,656,690[13] (2002)  Chile
31 Kolkata 4,643,011[1] Municipal corporation 185 24,760  India 114.9
32 Wuhan 4,488,900[14] (2001-12-31) Urban area 400 12,868  China 65
33 Ankara 4,466,756[2][3] Municipality 2,500 1,424  Turkey 5
34 Chennai 4,376,400[1] Municipal Corporation  India
35 Singapore 4,326,000[4] Country 699 6,306  Singapore 27
36 Riyadh 4,193,000[4] 800 1,500  Saudi Arabia
37 Guangzhou 4,154,800[15] (2001-12-31)  China
38 Saint Petersburg 3,990,267[1] City proper  Russia
39 Chongqing 3,934,200[16] (2001-12-31)  China
40 Shenyang 3,981,000[17] (2001-12-31)  China
41 Chittagong 3,920,222[1]  Bangladesh
42 Alexandria 3,917,082[1] Governorate 2,680 1,378  Egypt 5
43 Los Angeles 3,849,378[18] City proper 1,290 2,980  United States 11
44 Ahmedabad 3,819,497[1] Municipal corporation 190 19,979  India 73
45 İzmir 3,739,353[2][3] City proper  Turkey
46 Hyderabad 3,665,106[1] Municipal corporation 170 21,293  India 76
47 Pusan 3,657,840[19] Metropolitan City 763.46 4,791  South Korea 16
48 Yokohama 3,600,175[20] City proper 440 8,182  Japan 29
49 Abidjan 3,577,000[4]  Ivory Coast
50 Ho Chi Minh City 3,525,282[1] City core (old city proper)  Vietnam
51 Berlin 3,389,000[4] State 892 3,818  Germany 13

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t World Gazetteer estimate for 2007-01-01
  2. ^ a b c Turkish Daily News 2008-01-26
  3. ^ a b c TUIK 2008-01-26 Turkish
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k UN world Urbanization Prospects estimate for 2005
  5. ^ a b IBGE 2006 estimate
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ Shanghai - citypopulation.de
  8. ^ Tokyo (tokyo.jp)
  9. ^ [2]
  10. ^ Iran 2006 Census
  11. ^ Beijing - citypopulation.de
  12. ^ Tianjin - citypopulation.de
  13. ^ Chile - citypopulation.de
  14. ^ Hubei province - citypopulation.de
  15. ^ Gunagdong - citypopulation.de
  16. ^ Chongqing = citypopulation.de
  17. ^ Liaoning - citypopulation.de
  18. ^ US Census Bureau
  19. ^ Busan (busan.go.kr)
  20. ^ Yokohama (yokohama.jp)
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