World's Largest Cities by Population Map
Map of the World\'s Largest Cities, from Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_population
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| Rank | City | Population | Definition | Area (km²) | Population density (/km²) | Country | bg_lat | bg_long | bg_postal | bg_accuracy |
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| 1 | Shanghai | 13,831,900[1][2] | Core districts + inner suburbs | 1,928 | 7,174 | China | 31.230708 | 121.472916 | ||
| 2 | Mumbai | 13,830,884[3] | Municipal Corporation | 603 | 22,937 | India | 19.017656 | 72.856178 | ||
| 3 | Karachi | 12,991,000[4] | City District | 3,527 | 3,683 | Pakistan | 24.893379 | 67.028061 | ||
| 4 | Delhi | 12,565,901[3] | Municipal Corporation | 431.09[5] | 29,149 | India | 28.635308 | 77.22496 | ||
| 5 | Istanbul | 11,372,613[6] | Metropolitan Municipality | 1,831 | 6,211 | Turkey | 41.012379 | 28.975926 | ||
| 6 | São Paulo | 11,037,593[7] | Municipality | 1,523 | 7,247 | Brazil | -23.5489433 | -46.6388182 | ||
| 7 | Moscow | 10,508,971[8] | City proper (includes Zelenograd) | 1,081 | 9,722 | Russia | 55.755786 | 37.617633 | ||
| 8 | Seoul | 10,464,051[9] | Special City | 605.25[10] | 17,288 | South Korea | 37.566535 | 126.9779692 | ||
| 9 | Beijing | 10,123,000[11] | Core districts + inner suburbs | 1,368.32 | 7,400 | China | 39.904667 | 116.408198 | ||
| 10 | Mexico City | 8,841,916[12] | Federal District | 1,485 | 5,954 | Mexico | 19.4270499 | -99.1275711 | ||
| 11 | Tokyo | 8,795,000[13] | 23 special wards area | 617 | 14,254 | Japan | 35.6894875 | 139.6917064 | ||
| 12 | Jakarta | 8,489,910[14] | Special capital district | 664 | 12,738 | Indonesia | -6.211544 | 106.845172 | ||
| 13 | New York City | 8,363,710[15] | City proper | 789.4 | 10,452 | United States | 40.7142691 | -74.0059729 | ||
| 14 | Wuhan | 8,001,541[16] (2006-12-31) | Core districts | 400[citation needed] | 20,004 | China | 30.593088 | 114.305172 | ||
| 15 | Lagos | 7,937,932[17] | statistical area | 999.6 | 7,938 | Nigeria | 6.45 | 3.4 | ||
| 16 | Tehran | 7,873,000[18] | City proper | 760 | 10,359 | Iran | 35.696216 | 51.422945 | ||
| 17 | Kinshasa | 7,843,000[18] | City-Province | 9,965 | 787 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | -4.325 | 15.3222222 | ||
| 18 | Lima | 7,605,742[19] | Province[20] | 2,670.4 | 2,848 | Peru | -12.0433333 | -77.0283333 | ||
| 19 | London | 7,556,900[21] | Greater London[22] | 1,580 | 4,863 | United Kingdom | 51.5001524 | -0.1262362 | ||
| 20 | Bogotá | 7,259,597[23] | Capital district | 1,590 | 4,566 | Colombia | 4.6473016 | -74.0962677 | ||
| 21 | Ho Chi Minh City | 7,123,340[24] | Province-level municipality | 2,095.01 | 3,401 | Vietnam | 10.7822222 | 106.6772222 | ||
| 22 | Hong Kong | 7,026,400[25] | Special Administrative Region | 1,092 | 6,434 | China | 22.396428 | 114.109497 | ||
| 23 | Bangkok | 7,025,000[26] | Administrative area | 1,568.74 | 4,478 | Thailand | 13.7234186 | 100.4762319 | ||
| 24 | Dhaka | 7,000,940[27] | City Corporation | 360[28] | 19,447 | Bangladesh | 23.709921 | 90.407143 | ||
| 25 | Cairo | 6,758,581[29] | Governorate | 214 | 31,582 | Egypt | 30.064742 | 31.249509 | ||
| 26 | Guangzhou | 6,367,700[30] | Core districts | 3,843.43[30] | 1,657 | China | 23.129075 | 113.264423 | ||
| 27 | Lahore | 6,318,745[31] | City District | 1,772 | 3,566 | Pakistan | 31.54505 | 74.340683 | ||
| 28 | Rio de Janeiro | 6,186,710[7] | Municipality | 1,182 | 5,234 | Brazil | -22.9035393 | -43.2095869 | ||
| 29 | Bangalore | 5,840,155[32] | Municipal Corporation | 709.5[32] | 8,231 | India | 12.971606 | 77.594376 | ||
| 30 | Tianjin | 5,800,000[33] | Core districts + inner suburbs | 2,057 | 2,820 | China | 39.120876 | 117.21503 | ||
| 31 | Baghdad | 5,402,486[3] | City proper | 1,134 | 4,064 | Iraq | 33.3157 | 44.3922 | ||
| 32 | Kolkata | 5,138,208[3] | Municipal Corporation | 185 | 27,774 | India | 22.572646 | 88.363895 | ||
| 33 | Santiago | 5,012,973[34] | Province[35] | 2,030 | 2,469 | Chile | -33.4253598 | -70.5664659 | ||
| 34 | Singapore | 4,987,600[36] | Country/City | 710.2 | 6,814 | Singapore | 1.352083 | 103.819836 | ||
| 35 | Chongqing | 4,776,027[16] | Core districts | 5,467.2 | 1,057 | China | 29.562686 | 106.551234 | ||
| 36 | Chennai | 4,616,639[3] | Municipal Corporation | 187 | 24,688 | India | 13.060416 | 80.249634 | ||
| 37 | Saint Petersburg | 4,581,854[8] | City proper | 1,439 [37] | 3,184 | Russia | 59.939039 | 30.315785 | ||
| 38 | Surat | 4,523,022[38] | Municipal Corporation | 326.515[39] | 13,852 | India | 21.195009 | 72.819527 | ||
| 39 | Riyadh | 4,465,000[18] | City proper | 800 | 5,581 | Saudi Arabia | 24.6880015 | 46.7224333 | ||
| 40 | Alexandria | 4,110,015[29] | Governorate | 2,680 | 1,611 | Egypt | 17.517501710484016 | 34.5790058 | ||
| 41 | Shenyang | 4,101,197[16] (2006-12-31) | Core districts | 3,495 | 1,173 | China | 41.807321 | 123.43045 | ||
| 42 | Yangon | 4,088,000[18] | Urban agglomeration | 598.75[40] | 6,828 | Myanmar | 16.8 | 96.15 | ||
| 44 | Ahmedabad | 4,068,611[3] | Municipal corporation | 204 | 19,944 | India | 23.039574 | 72.56602 | ||
| 43 | Hyderabad | 4,025,335[3] | Municipal corporation | 172 | 23,403 | India | 17.385044 | 78.486671 | ||
| 45 | Ankara | 3,901,201[6] | Metropolitan Municipality | 2,516 | 1,551 | Turkey | 39.947674 | 32.872988 | ||
| 46 | Johannesburg | 3,888,180[41] | City of Johannesburg metropolitan municipality | 1,644.96 | 2,364 | South Africa | -26.201452 | 28.045488 | ||
| 47 | Los Angeles | 3,849,378[42] | City proper | 1,290 | 2,980 | United States | 34.0423446 | -118.3461948 | ||
| 48 | Abidjan | 3,802,000[18] | Department/District | 2,119 | 1,794 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.3363889 | -4.0266667 | ||
| 49 | Yokohama | 3,670,000[43] | City proper | 437 | 8,398 | Japan | 35.4437078 | 139.6380256 | ||
| 50 | Busan | 3,574,340[44] | Metropolitan City | 766.12[44] | 4,666 | South Korea | 35.1795543 | 129.0756416 | ||
| 51 | Cape Town | 3,497,097[41] | City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality | 2,454.72 | 1,424 | South Africa | -33.9237762 | 18.4233455 | ||
| 52 | Durban | 3,468,086[41] | eThekwini metropolitan municipality | 2,291.89 | 1,513 | South Africa | -29.8570032 | 31.0247936 | ||
| 53 | Pune | 3,446,330[3] | Municipal corporation | 450.69 | 7,647 | India | 18.520469 | 73.856621 | ||
| 54 | Berlin | 3,426,354[45] | City and state of Germany | 892 | 3,842 | Germany | 52.5234051 | 13.4113999 | ||
| 55 | Pyongyang | 3,255,388[46] | Directly Governed City | 3,194 | 1,019 | North Korea | 39.031859 | 125.753765 | ||
| 55 | Kanpur | 3,221,435[3] | Municipal corporation | 267 | 12,065 | India | 26.45783 | 80.317863 | ||
| 57 | Madrid | 3,213,271[47] | Municipality | 698 | 4,604 | Spain | 40.4166909 | -3.7003454 | ||
| 58 | Jaipur | 3,210,570[3] | Municipal corporation | 485 | 6,620 | India | 26.905109 | 75.801277 | ||
| 59 | Buenos Aires | 3,050,728[48] | Argentine Capital District | 203 | 15,028 | Argentina | -34.6084175 | -58.3731613 | ||
| 60 | Nairobi | 3,038,553[49] | Province | 696 | 4,366 | Kenya | -1.2833333 | 36.8166667 | ||
| 61 | Jeddah | 3,012,000[18] | City proper | 1,230 | 2,425 | Saudi Arabia | 21.5434857 | 39.1729892 |