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Cities ranked 151 to 300

The tables rank cities by city population but also provide data on the size of metro areas. The column ‘mayor’ names the men and women who are carry out political and executive functions. They include elected and appointed mayors, city governors and executive city council leaders. Capital letters denote national capital cities.

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By size of cities: 1 to 150 | 151 to 300 | 301 to 450 | 451 to 600 |
City by city: A to D | E to L | M to R | S to Z |
Country by country: A to D | E to L | M to R | S to Z |
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Largest cities and their mayors in 2010 (151 to 300)

NB
Metro population figures for China are often those of their prefectures
World rank
City
Country
City
population
Metro
population
Mayor
151
Haiphong Vietnam
1,885,000
1,885,000
152
Macheng China
1,880,000
153
Curitiba Brazil
1,851,000
3,261,000
Carlos Richa
154
Nanchang China
1,844,000
3.790,000
Hu Xian
155
MINSK Belarus
1,831,000
Mikhail Pavlov
156
Xuzhou China
1,830,000
9,410,000
Cao Xinping
157
KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia
1,810,000
5,470,000
Dato Ahmed Fuad Ismail
158
BAMAKO Mali
1,809,000
159
Huzhou China
1,800,000
2,700,000
Ma Yi
160
Patna India
1,800,000
2,500,000
GhanShyam Kumar
161
Suzhou Anhui China
1,800,000
5,600,000
Tang Chengpei
162
Urumqi China
1,800,000
2,680,000
Jerla Isamudin
163
Yantai China
1,800,000
6,500,000
Zhang Jiangting
164
Maracaibo Venezuela
1,799,000
1,868,000
Daniel Ponne
165
Tianmen China
1,790,000
166
Hamburg Germany
1,775,000
3,260,000
Ole von Beust
167
Shantou China
1,770,000
4,972,000
Cai Zong Ze
168
Basrah Iraq
1,760,000
3,800,000
169
Hefei China
1,750,000
4,867,000
Wu Cunrong
170
Tengzhou China
1,750,000
Du Yongguang
171
Wuxi China
1,750,000
2,230,000
Mao Xiaoping
172
SANAA Yemen
1,747,000
2,168,000
Abdulrahman al-Akwaa
173
Manaus Brazil
1,739,000
1,924,000
Amazonino Mendes
174
Fuyang China
1,720,000
175
BUDAPEST Hungary
1,712,000
2,503,000
Gábor Demeszky
176
WARSAW Poland
1,712,000
3,350,000
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz
177
Mecca Saudi Arabia
1,700,000
2,500,000
Osama Al-Bar
178
Ecatepec Mexico
1,688,000
1,690,000
Eruviel Ávila Villegas
179
TRIPOLI Libya
1,683,000
2,270,000
Abdullatif Abdulrahman Aldaali
180
VIENNA Austria
1,681,000
2,269,000
Michael Häupl
181
Suizhou China
1,680,000
Li Hongyun
182
Barcelona Spain
1,673,000
3,890,000
Jordi Hereu
183
DAMASCUS Syria
1,670,000
4,350,000
Bishr Al Sabban
184
Agra India
1,650,000
1,800,000
185
Gaozhou China
1,650,000
186
Taian China
1,650,000
5,500,000
Li Hongfeng
187
QUITO Ecuador
1,648,000
1,842,000
Augusto Barrera
188
Tianshui China
1,630,000
3,450,000
189
Montreal Canada
1,621,000
3,636,000
Gérald Tremblay
190
Nashik India
1,620,000
Naina Gholap
191
Shangqiu China
1,610,000
8,220,000
192
ACCRA Ghana
1,605,000
2,756,000
Alfred Vanderpujie
193
Perth Australia
1,603,000
Lisa Scaffidi
194
HARARE Zimbabwe
1,600,000
2,800,000
Muchadeyi Masunda
195
Palembang Indonesia
1,600,000
Eddy Santana Putra
196
Santa Cruz Bolivia
1,595,000
1,863,000
Percy Fernandez
197
Esfahan Iran
1,584,000
2,600,000
Morteza Saqaeian Nejad
198
Guadalajara Mexico
1,580,000
3,600,000
Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval
199
Phoenix USA
1,568,000
4,282,000
Phil Gordon
200
Recife Brazil
1,561,000
3,769,000
João da Costa Bezerra Filho
201
Neijiang China
1,560,000
202
Rawalpindi Pakistan
1,558,000
2,548,000
Raja Javed Ikhlas
203
Tangerang Indonesia
1,545,000
Wahidin Halim
204
Brisbane Australia
1,544,000
1,544,000
Campbell Newman
205
Philadelphia USA
1,540,000
5,345,000
Michael Nutter
206
Kobe Japan
1,534,000
1,560,000
Tatsuo Yada
207
Hechuan China
1,530,000
208
Kaohsiung Taiwan
1,530,000
2,960,000
Chen Chu
209
TSHWANE (PRETORIA) South Africa
1,530,000
2,346,000
Gwen Ramokgopa
210
Taizhou China
1,528,000
5,741,000
211
ALGIERS Algeria
1,520,000
3,354,000
Khalida Toumi
212
LA PAZ Bolivia
1,517,000
1,551,000
Juan Del Granado
213
Pimpri Chinchwad India
1,515,000
Yogesh Behl
214
Barquisimeto Venezuela
1,500,000
1,500,000
Amalia Saez
215
Guigang China
1,500,000
4,400,000
216
Kumasi Ghana
1,500,000
2,500,000
Samuel Sarpong
217
Luoyang China
1,500,000
1,499,000
Guo Hongchang
218
MOGADISHU Somalia
1,500,000
2,500,000
Abdullahi Hassan Barise
219
Vadodara India
1,500,000
3,642,000
Balakrishna Shukla
220
Quanzhou China
1,490,000
7,790,000
Zhu Ming
221
TBILISI Georgia
1,490,000
1,550,000
Giorgi Ugulava
222
Tijuana Mexico
1,484,000
1,500,000
Jorge Ramos Hernandez
223
Xintai China
1,480,000
224
Nanan China
1,480,000
225
OUAGADOUGOU Burkina Faso
1,475,000
1,727,000
Simon Debruyne
226
Benghazi Libya
1,471,000
1,500,000
227
Kyoto Japan
1,466,000
1,500,000
Daisaku Kadokawa
228
Kharkiv Ukraine
1,461,000
1,674,000
Mykhailo Dobkin
229
Kaduna Nigeria
1,460,000
1,500,000
Mohammed Namadi Sambo
230
Xinyang China
1,460,000
231
Bhopal India
1,458,000
1,600,000
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
232
Rugao China
1,453,000
233
Anyang China
1,450,000
3,000,000
234
Fukuoka Japan
1,450,000
2,230,000
Hiroshi Yoshida
235
Weifang China
1,450,000
8,500,000
Xu Liquan
236
Zhanjiang China
1,450,000
6,900,000
Ruan Risheng
237
Hyderabad Pakistan
1,447,000
1,500,000
Kanwar Naveed Jamil
238
Fushun China
1,445,000
2,300,000
239
Daejeon South Korea
1,443,000
Park Seoung-hyo
240
Qiqihaer China
1,439,000
6,011,000
241
Jianyang China
1,430,000
242
YAOUNDÉ Cameroon
1,430,000
1,550,000
243
Multan Pakistan
1,424,000
1,500,000
Mian Faisal Mukhtar
244
ALMATY Kazakhstan
1,420,000
1,500,000
Akhmetzhan Yesimov
245
Guiping China
1,420,000
246
Huazhou China
1,420,000
247
KAMPALA Uganda
1,420,000
1,600,000
Nasser Sebaggala
248
Tabriz Iran
1,420,000
Alireza Novin
249
Gujranwala Pakistan
1,416,000
1,900,000
Fayyaz Ahmad Chattha
250
Gwangju South Korea
1,415,000
1,500,000
Park Gwang-tae
251
Belem Brazil
1,409,000
1,913,000
Duciomar Costa
252
SOFIA Bulgaria
1,403,000
1,455,000
Yordanka Fandukova
253
Bursa Turkey
1,400,000
3,190,000
Recep Altepe
254
Changde China
1,400,000
6,000,000
255
Ciudad Juarez Mexico
1,400,000
2,010,000
José Reyes Ferriz
256
Ludhiana India
1,400,000
4,400,000
257
Tongzhou China
1,400,000
258
Novosibirsk Russia
1,396,000
1,429,000
Vladimir Gorodetsky
259
Semarang Indonesia
1,393,000
1,400,000
260
Handan China
1,390,000
8,500,000
261
Kawasaki Japan
1,390,000
1,450,000
Takao Abe
262
Suining China
1,385,000
3,500,000
263
Douala Cameroon
1,382,000
2,000,000
264
Karaj Iran
1,380,000
265
Liuyang China
1,380,000
266
Luzhou China
1,380,000
4,800,000
267
Caloocan Philippines
1,379,000
Enrico Echiverri
268
Thane India
1,375,000
Smita Indulkar
269
Varanasi India
1,375,000
3,150,000
Kaushalendra Singh
270
HANOI Vietnam
1,372,000
6,500,000
Nguyen Quoc Trieu
271
Munich Germany
1,367,000
2,600,000
Christian Ude
272
Davao City Philippines
1,363,000
Rodrigo R Duterte
273
Porto Alegre Brazil
1,355,000
3,646,000
José Fogaca
274
Taixing China
1,355,000
275
Bozhou China
1,352,000
Liu Jian
276
San Antonio USA
1,351,000
2,031,000
Julian Castro
277
Jinjiang China
1,350,000
278
Lufeng China
1,350,000
279
Yongcheng China
1,347,000
280
Guilin China
1,340,000
281
Pingdu China
1,340,000
282
Ahwaz Iran
1,338,000
1,500,000
Saeed Mombeini
283
Rajkot India
1,336,000
Sandhya Vyas
284
Santiago de los Caballeros Dominican Republic
1,329,000
1,937.000
285
MONTEVIDEO Uruguay
1,326,000
1,723,000
Ricardo Erlich
286
Ekaterinburg Russia
1,323,000
1,389,000
Arkadiy Tchernetskiy
287
Baotou China
1,318,000
1,750,000
288
Cordoba Argentina
1,310,000
1,528,000
Daniel Giacomino
289
Milan Italy
1,302,000
4,051,000
Letizia Moratti
290
Lianjiang China
1,300,000
291
Medina Saudi Arabia
1,300,000
1,300,000
Abdulaziz Bin Majid
292
Mianyang China
1,300,000
5,200,000
293
Yiyang China
1,300,000
4,500,000
294
Barranquilla Colombia
1,298,000
1,871,000
Alejandro Char Chaljub
295
Irbil Iraq
1,294,000
1,500,000
296
Adelaide Australia
1,290,000
Michael Harbison
297
Anshan China
1,290,000
2,404,000
298
Ranchi India
1,290,000
299
Rizhao China
1,290,000
Zhao Xiaowei
300
Guarulhos Brazil
1,283,000
1,500,000
Eloi Pieta

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