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World rank
|
City
|
Country
|
City
population |
Metro
population |
Mayor
|
|
451
|
ABU DHABI | UAE |
897,000
|
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | |
|
452
|
Cartagena | Colombia |
893,000
|
1,240,000
|
Judith Pinedo |
|
453
|
Teresina | Brazil |
893,000
|
949,000
|
Silvio Mendes |
|
454
|
Danyang | China |
890,000
|
n/k | |
|
455
|
Sholapur | India |
890,000
|
890,000
|
n/k |
|
456
|
Hengyang | China |
880,000
|
7,000,000
|
n/k |
|
457
|
Honghu | China |
880,000
|
n/k | |
|
458
|
Mombasa | Kenia |
880,000
|
Ahmed Abubakar Mohdhar | |
|
459
|
Daye | China |
874,000
|
n/k | |
|
460
|
Bogor | Indonesia |
866,000
|
Diani Budiarto | |
|
461
|
LILONGWE | Malawi |
866,000
|
n/k | |
|
462
|
Duque de Caxias | Brazil |
864,000
|
1,000,000
|
José Camilo Zito dos Santos Filho |
|
463
|
Khulna | Bangladesh |
856,000
|
1,388,000
|
Talukder Abdul Khaleque |
|
464
|
Marseille | France |
852,000
|
1,605,000
|
Jean-Claude Gaudin |
|
465
|
Bucheon | South Korea |
850,000
|
850,000
|
n/k |
|
466
|
Norfolk | USA |
850,000
|
1,616,000
|
Paul D Fraim |
|
467
|
PANAMA CITY | Panama |
850,000
|
1,220,000
|
Bosco Vallarino |
|
468
|
Voronezh | Russia |
849,000
|
950,000
|
Sergey Koliukh |
|
469
|
Nova Iguacu | Brazil |
846,000
|
959,000
|
Lindberg Farias |
|
470
|
Sakai | Japan |
836,000
|
Osami Takeyama | |
|
471
|
Port Elizabeth | South Africa |
833,000
|
1,245,000
|
Nondumiso Maphasi |
|
472
|
Saratov | Russia |
831,000
|
1,100,000
|
Vyacheslav Leonovich Somov |
|
473
|
Benxi | China |
830,000
|
1,567,000
|
Gang Rui |
|
474
|
Haikou | China |
830,000
|
n/k | |
|
475
|
STOCKHOLM | Sweden |
826,000
|
1,252,000
|
Sten Nordin |
|
476
|
Hims | Syria |
823,000
|
Nadia Kseibi | |
|
477
|
Kermanshah | Iran |
823,000
|
966,000
|
n/k |
|
478
|
Naucalpan | Mexico |
822,000
|
835,000
|
Azucena Olivares Villagómez |
|
479
|
Hamhung | North Korea |
821,000
|
821,000
|
n/k |
|
480
|
Hohhot | China |
820,000
|
1,041,000
|
n/k |
|
481
|
Padang | Indonesia |
820,000
|
900,000
|
Fauzi Bahar |
|
482
|
Hamamatsu | Japan |
815,000
|
1,093,000
|
Yasutomo Suzuki |
|
483
|
OTTAWA | Canada |
815,000
|
1,131,000
|
Larry O'Brien |
|
484
|
Ad-Dammam | Saudi Arabia |
813,000
|
2,051,000
|
Dhaifallah al-'Utaybi |
|
485
|
Dammam | Saudi Arabia |
812,000
|
2,000,000
|
Dhaifallah al-'Utaybi |
|
486
|
Niigata | Japan |
812,000
|
Akira Shinoda | |
|
487
|
Liuzhou | China |
810,000
|
990,000
|
n/k |
|
488
|
Thiruvananthapuram | India |
810,000
|
955,000
|
C Jayan Babu |
|
489
|
Valencia | Spain |
810,000
|
1,720,000
|
Rita Barberá Nolla |
|
490
|
Bengbu | China |
809,000
|
3,470,000
|
Chen Qitao |
|
491
|
San Francisco | USA |
809,000
|
3,229,000
|
n/k |
|
492
|
Guwahati | India |
808,000
|
820,000
|
Dolly Borah |
|
493
|
Jacksonville | USA |
808,000
|
1,300,000
|
John Peyton |
|
494
|
Santiago de Queretaro | Mexico |
805,000
|
1,085,000
|
Francisco Domínguez Servien |
|
495
|
ZAGREB | Croatia |
804,000
|
1,288,000
|
Milan Bandic |
|
496
|
ASTANA | Kazakhstan |
803,000
|
Imangali Tasmagambetov | |
|
497
|
Kolwezi | Congo D.R. |
803,000
|
803,000
|
n/k |
|
498
|
Hubli | India |
801,000
|
801,000
|
n/k |
|
499
|
Daqing | China |
800,000
|
2,770,000
|
n/k |
|
500
|
Nanyang | China |
800,000
|
10,700,000
|
Huang Xingwei |
|
501
|
Mysore | India |
799,000
|
Purushotham | |
|
502
|
Indianapolis | USA |
798,000
|
1,715,000
|
Gregory A. Ballard |
|
503
|
Natal | Brazil |
790,000
|
1,100,000
|
n/k |
|
504
|
CHISINAU | Moldova |
785,000
|
911,000
|
Dorin Chirtoaca |
|
505
|
Toluca | Mexico |
785,000
|
1,650,000
|
Maria Elena Barrera Tapia |
|
506
|
Lodz | Poland |
783,000
|
1,429,000
|
Jerzy Kropiwickni |
|
507
|
Sao Bernardo do Campo | Brazil |
783,000
|
Luiz Marinho | |
|
508
|
Zaporizhzhya | Ukraine |
782,000
|
Yevgeni Kartashov | |
|
509
|
ABUJA | Nigeria |
779,000
|
900,000
|
Muhammad Adamu Aliero |
|
510
|
Leeds | UK |
778,000
|
1,500,000
|
Paul Rogerson |
|
511
|
Masqat-Matrah | Oman |
776,000
|
776,000
|
n/k |
|
512
|
Tainan | Taiwan |
769,000
|
785,000
|
Hsu Tain-tsair |
|
513
|
BISHKEK | Kyrgyzstan |
765,000
|
800,000
|
Nariman Tuleyev |
|
514
|
Jerusalem | Israel |
764,000
|
1,029,000
|
Nir Barkat Nazareth |
|
515
|
AMSTERDAM | Netherlands |
762,000
|
1,536,000
|
Eberhard van der Laan |
|
516
|
Jixi | China |
760,000
|
1,960,000
|
Zhu, Deyi |
|
517
|
Tiruchchirappalli | India |
760,000
|
863,000
|
n/k |
|
518
|
ATHENS | Greece |
757,000
|
3,216,000
|
Giorgos Kaminis |
|
519
|
Krakow | Poland |
755,000
|
1,250,000
|
Jacek Majchrowski |
|
520
|
Cebu City | Philippines |
747,000
|
1,198,000
|
Tomas R Osmena |
|
521
|
Ankang | China |
743,000
|
n/k | |
|
522
|
Bandar Lampung | Indonesia |
743,000
|
1,123,000
|
n/k |
|
523
|
Malang | Indonesia |
742,000
|
921,000
|
n/k |
|
524
|
Lviv | Ukraine |
740,000
|
1,040,000
|
Andriy Sadovyi |
|
525
|
Merida | Mexico |
734,000
|
890,000
|
César Bojórquez Zapata |
|
526
|
Edmonton | Canada |
730,000
|
1,035,000
|
Stephen Mandel |
|
527
|
Ogbomosho | Nigeria |
726,000
|
985,000
|
n/k |
|
528
|
RIGA | Latvia |
725,000
|
878,000
|
Nils Usakovs |
|
529
|
Acapulco | Mexico |
718,000
|
880,000
|
Manuel Añorve Bolaños |
|
530
|
Shizuoka | Japan |
718,000
|
1,211,000
|
Nobuhiro Tanabe |
|
531
|
Columbus | USA |
714,000
|
1,540,000
|
Michael B Coleman |
|
532
|
Jalandhar | India |
714,000
|
764,000
|
n/k |
|
533
|
Xining | China |
713,000
|
894,000
|
n/k |
|
534
|
Krasnodar | Russia |
710,000
|
780,000
|
Vladimir Yevlanov |
|
535
|
La Plata | Argentina |
710,000
|
833,000
|
Pablo Bruera |
|
536
|
Tangier | Morocco |
710,000
|
n/k | |
|
537
|
Sevilla | Spain |
704,000
|
1,135,000
|
lfredo Sánchez Monteseirín |
|
538
|
Joao Pessoa | Brazil |
702,000
|
984,000
|
Ricardo Coutinho |
|
539
|
Okayama | Japan |
700,000
|
1,250,000
|
Shigeo Takaya |
|
540
|
Chihuahua | Mexico |
694,000
|
825,000
|
n/k |
|
541
|
Fuxin | China |
690,000
|
969,000
|
n/k |
|
542
|
Gwalior | India |
690,000
|
866,000
|
Sameeksha Gupta |
|
543
|
Jinzhou | China |
690,000
|
902,000
|
n/k |
|
544
|
San Luis Potosi | Mexico |
685,000
|
957,000
|
Jorge Lozano Armengol |
|
545
|
Tlalnepantla de Baz | Mexico |
685,000
|
800,000
|
Arturo Ugalde Meneses |
|
546
|
Palermo | Italy |
684,000
|
947,000
|
Leoluca Orlando |
|
547
|
Oran | Algeria |
683,000
|
772,000
|
Saddek Benkada |
|
548
|
Austin | USA |
681,000
|
1,185,000
|
Lee Leffingwell |
|
549
|
Aligarh | India |
680,000
|
1,116,000
|
n/k |
|
550
|
DUSHANBE | Tajikistan |
680,000
|
810,000
|
Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev |
|
551
|
Zhangjiakou | China |
680,000
|
882,000
|
n/k |
|
552
|
Amravati | India |
678,000
|
1,031,000
|
n/k |
|
553
|
Bulawayo | Zimbabwe |
676,000
|
676,000
|
Thaba Moyo |
|
554
|
Durban | South Africa |
670,000
|
3,468,000
|
Obed Mlama |
|
555
|
Memphis | USA |
670,000
|
1,281,000
|
AC Wharton |
|
556
|
Baltimore | USA |
667,000
|
2,670,000
|
Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake |
|
557
|
Frankfurt | Germany |
665,000
|
2,717,000
|
Petra Roth |
|
558
|
Aguascalientes | Mexico |
664,000
|
701,000
|
Gabriel Arellano Espinoza |
|
559
|
Bhubaneswar | India |
659,000
|
1,455,000
|
n/k |
|
560
|
BANGUI | Central African Republic |
652,000
|
789,000
|
n/k |
|
561
|
COLOMBO | Sri Lanka |
650,000
|
2,400,000
|
Uvais Mohamed Imitiyas |
|
562
|
KINGSTON | Jamaica |
650,000
|
925,000
|
n/k |
|
563
|
Jamshedpur | India |
630,000
|
1,135,000
|
n/k |
|
564
|
RABAT | Morocco |
627,000
|
1,790,000
|
Omar El Bahraoui |
|
565
|
Nashville | USA |
626,000
|
1,633,000
|
Karl Dean |
|
566
|
Boston | USA |
621,000
|
4,033,000
|
Thomas Menino |
|
567
|
Sao Jose dos Campos | Brazil |
611,000
|
794,000
|
Eduardo Cury |
|
568
|
Cochabamba | Bolivia |
608,000
|
798,000
|
n/k |
|
569
|
Milwaukee | USA |
604,000
|
1,740,000
|
Tom Barrett |
|
570
|
Stuttgart | Germany |
600,000
|
2,330,000
|
Wolfgang Schuster |
|
571
|
WASHINGTON DC | USA |
600,000
|
5,300,000
|
Vincent Gray |
|
572
|
Rotterdam | Netherlands |
590,000
|
1,187,000
|
Ahmed Aboutaleb |
|
573
|
Dortmund | Germany |
584,000
|
Ullrich Sierau | |
|
574
|
Kaifeng | China |
584,000
|
855,000
|
n/k |
|
575
|
OSLO | Norway |
584,000
|
876,000
|
Fabian Stang |
|
576
|
Denver | USA |
583,000
|
2,746,000
|
John W Hickenlooper |
|
577
|
HELSINKI | Finland |
583,000
|
1,311,000
|
Jussi Pajunen |
|
578
|
Glasgow | UK |
581,000
|
1,200,000
|
n/k |
|
579
|
Essen | Germany |
580,000
|
Reinhard Paß | |
|
580
|
Vancouver | Canada |
580,000
|
2,120,000
|
Gregor Robertson |
|
581
|
Seattle | USA |
578,000
|
3,584,000
|
Mike McGinn |
|
582
|
Culiacan | Mexico |
567,000
|
766,000
|
n/k |
|
583
|
Bhilai | India |
564,000
|
942,000
|
n/k |
|
584
|
Hengyang | China |
561,000
|
799,000
|
n/k |
|
585
|
Charlotte | USA |
559,000
|
1,466,000
|
Anthony Foxx |
|
586
|
Las Vegas | USA |
558,000
|
1,866,000
|
Oscar B Goodman |
|
587
|
LISBON | Portugal |
558,000
|
2,612,000
|
António Costa |
|
588
|
Oklahoma City | USA |
551,000
|
1,276,000
|
Mick Cornett |
|
589
|
Kitwe | Zambia |
548,000
|
786,000
|
n/k |
|
590
|
Bremen | Germany |
547,000
|
1,009,000
|
Jens Böhrnsen |
|
591
|
Ribeirao Preto | Brazil |
547,000
|
789,000
|
Dárcy Vera |
|
592
|
ASUNCION | Paraguay |
546,000
|
1,433,000
|
Evangelista Troche de Gallegos |
|
593
|
VILNIUS | Lithuania |
545,000
|
Vilius Navickas | |
|
594
|
MONROVIA | Liberia |
543,000
|
1,010,000
|
Ophelia Hoff Saytumah |
|
595
|
Bucaramanga | Colombia |
542,000
|
956,000
|
n/k |
|
596
|
Portland | USA |
542,000
|
2,255,000
|
Sam Adams |
|
597
|
Tucson | USA |
542,000
|
720,000
|
Bob Walkup |
|
598
|
Atlanta | USA |
538,000
|
3,500,000
|
Kasim Reed |
|
599
|
Sheffield | UK |
535,000
|
640,000
|
Paul Scriven |
|
600
|
Surakarta | Indonesia |
533,000
|
857,000
|
n/k |
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