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The largest cities in the
world and their mayors

Countries listed in alphabetical order M to R

The tables list cities in alphabetical order of their countries. The tables provide city and metro population date. 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.

The research was carried out in 2010 and 2011. For the population data City Mayors consulted numerous national and international sources and in cases of large statistical inconsistencies elected to publish cautious averages. Readers and scholars are invited to inform of any discrepancies and/or provide missing facts and figures. The data is updated monthly. Please insert ‘Largest cities 2011’ in the subject line of any email.

2017 UPDATE

Introduction
TABLES:
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 |
Comments

Largest cities and their mayors in 2011 (Countries M to R)

NB
Metro population figures for China are often those of their prefectures; n/r = not ranked
World rank
City
Country
City
population
Metro
population
Mayor
447
ANTANANARIVO Madagascar
903,000
1,403,000
n/k
461
LILONGWE Malawi
866,000
n/k
157
KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia
1,810,000
5,470,000
Dato Ahmed Fuad Ismail
158
BAMAKO Mali
1,809,000
Adama B. Sangaré
14
MEXICO CITY Mexico
8,841,000
21,163,000
Miguel Angel Mancera
137
Monterrey Mexico
2,057,000
3,650,000
Fernando Larrazabal
150
Puebla Mexico
1,888,000
2,500,000
Blanca Alcala Ruiz
178
Ecatepec Mexico
1,688,000
1,690,000
Eruviel Ávila Villegas
198
Guadalajara Mexico
1,580,000
3,600,000
Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval
222
Tijuana Mexico
1,484,000
1,500,000
Carlos Bustamante
255
Ciudad Juarez Mexico
1,400,000
2,010,000
José Reyes Ferriz
345
Zapopan Mexico
1,155,000
1,200,000
Hector Vielma Ordoñez
346
Nezahualcoyotl Mexico
1,141,000
1,150,000
Edgar Cesáreo Navarro Sánchez
349
Leon Mexico
1,138,000
1,635,000
Ricardo Sheffield
410
Torreon Mexico
1,001,000
Eduardo Olmos Castro
411
Mexicali Mexico
1,000,000
1,000,000
n/k
478
Naucalpan Mexico
822,000
835,000
Azucena Olivares Villagómez
494
Santiago de Queretaro Mexico
805,000
1,085,000
Francisco Domínguez Servien
505
Toluca Mexico
785,000
1,650,000
Maria Elena Barrera Tapia
525
Merida Mexico
734,000
890,000
César Bojórquez Zapata
529
Acapulco Mexico
718,000
880,000
Manuel Añorve Bolaños
540
Chihuahua Mexico
694,000
825,000
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
558
Aguascalientes Mexico
664,000
701,000
Gabriel Arellano Espinoza
582
Culiacan Mexico
567,000
766,000
n/k
n/r
Matamoros Mexico
370,000
780,000
n/k
n/r
Tampico Mexico
319,000
775,000
n/k
504
CHISINAU Moldova
785,000
911,000
Dorin Chirtoaca
364
ULAANBAATAR Mongolia
1,108,000
n/k
58
Casablanca Morocco
3,673,000
3,850,000
Mohammed Sajid
380
Marrakech Morocco
1,071,000
n/k
405
Fes Morocco
1,009,000
n/k
432
Safi Morocco
933,000
n/k
438
Fez Morocco
921,000
921,000
n/k
446
Salé Morocco
904,000
n/k
536
Tangier Morocco
710,000
n/k
564
RABAT Morocco
627,000
1,790,000
Omar El Bahraoui
313
MAPUTO Mozambique
1,244,000
1,640,000
David Simango
47
Yangon Myanmar (Burma)
4,468,000
5.500,000
Aung Thein Lynn
425
Mandalay Myanmar (Burma)
961,000
1,300,000
Phone Zaw Han
430
KATHMANDU Nepal
949,000
1,700,000
n/k
515
AMSTERDAM Netherlands
762,000
1,536,000
Eberhard van der Laan
572
Rotterdam Netherlands
590,000
1,187,000
Ahmed Aboutaleb
n/r
The Hague Netherlands
486,000
1,011,000
Van Aartsen
n/r
Einhoven Netherlands
212,000
440,000
R van Gijzel
n/r
Auckland New Zealand
428,000
1,333,000
Len Brown
332
MANAGUA Nicaragua
1,185,000
1,342,000
Daisy Torres
20
Lagos Nigeria
7,938,000
9,123,000
Babatunde Raji Fashola
62
Kano Nigeria
3,626,000
3,900,000
Ibrahim Shekarau
94
Port Harcourt Nigeria
2,667,000
3,761,000
Azubuike Nmerukini
102
Ibadan Nigeria
2,550,000
3,000,000
Adebayo Alao-Akala
229
Kaduna Nigeria
1,460,000
1,500,000
Mohammed Namadi Sambo
324
Maiduguri Nigeria
1,200,000
1,200,000
n/k
389
Benin Nigeria
1,051,000
1,052,000
n/k
450
Zaria Nigeria
898,000
n/k
509
ABUJA Nigeria
779,000
900,000
Muhammad Adamu Aliero
527
Ogbomosho Nigeria
726,000
985,000
n/k
n/r
Onitsha Nigeria
509,000
1,001,000
n/k
n/r
Oshogbo Nigeria
421,000
1,309,000
n/k
72
PYONGYANG North Korea
3,255,000
3,400,000
n/k
479
Hamhung North Korea
821,000
821,000
n/k
575
OSLO Norway
584,000
876,000
Fabian Stang
511
Masqat-Matrah Oman
776,000
776,000
n/k
1
Karachi Pakistan
15,500,000
18,000,000
Fazlur Rehman
30
Lahore Pakistan
6,100,000
8,600,000
Mian Amir Mahmood
107
Faisalabad Pakistan
2,510,000
5,081,000
Rana Zahid Tauseef
202
Rawalpindi Pakistan
1,558,000
2,548,000
Raja Hamid Nawaz
237
Hyderabad Pakistan
1,447,000
1,500,000
Kanwar Naveed Jamil
243
Multan Pakistan
1,424,000
1,500,000
Mian Faisal Mukhtar
249
Gujranwala Pakistan
1,416,000
1,900,000
Fayyaz Ahmad Chattha
367
Peshawar Pakistan
1,100,000
3,100,000
Muhammad Umar Khan
n/r
Gaza Palestine
410,000
1,000,000
n/k
467
PANAMA CITY Panama
850,000
1,220,000
Bosco Vallarino
592
ASUNCION Paraguay
546,000
1,433,000
Evangelista Troche de Gallegos
22
LIMA Peru
7,606,000
8,473,000
Susana Villaran
443
Arequipa Peru
905,000
Simón Balbuena Marroquín
7
MANILA METRO Philippines
11,550,000
13,503,000
Alfredo S Lim
92
Quezon City Philippines
2,680,000
Herbert M Bautis
267
Caloocan Philippines
1,379,000
Enrico Echiverri
272
Davao City Philippines
1,363,000
Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio
520
Cebu City Philippines
747,000
1,198,000
Tomas R Osmena
176
WARSAW Poland
1,712,000
3,350,000
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz
506
Lodz Poland
783,000
1,429,000
Jerzy Kropiwickni
519
Krakow Poland
755,000
1,250,000
Jacek Majchrowski
n/r
Gdansk Poland
457,000
866,000
Pawel Adamowicz
n/r
Katowice Poland
340,000
2,746,000
Piotr Uszok
587
LISBON Portugal
558,000
2,612,000
António Costa
n/r
Porto Portugal
263,000
1,210,000
Rui Rio
n/r
SAN JUAN Puerto Rico
442,000
2,500,000
Jorge A. Santini Padilla
140
BUCHAREST Romania
1,994,000
2,151,000
Sorin Oprescu
10
MOSCOW Russia
10,524,000
14,800,000
Sergei Sobyanin
43
St Petersburg Russia
4,661,000
4,900,000
Valentina Matviyenko
258
Novosibirsk Russia
1,396,000
1,429,000
Vladimir Gorodetsky
286
Ekaterinburg Russia
1,323,000
1,389,000
Eugene Porunov
304
Nizhniy Novgorod Russia
1,280,000
1,900,000
Vadim Bulavinov
344
Samara Russia
1,160,000
1,500,000
Viktor Tarkhov
350
Omsk Russia
1,137,000
1,145,000
Viktor Shreyder
359
Kazan Russia
1,115,000
1,300,000
lsur Metshin
371
Chelyabinsk Russia
1,092,000
1,200,000
Mikhail Yurevich
382
Rostov on Don Russia
1,068,000
1,250,000
Mikhail Chernyshyov
398
Ufa Russia
1,023,000
1,050,000
Pavel Kachkayev
403
Volgograd Russia
1,012,000
1,292,000
Roman Grebennikov
404
Perm Russia
1,010,000
1,200,000
Igor Shubin
439
Krasnoyarsk Russia
920,000
950,000
Pyotr Pimashkov
468
Voronezh Russia
849,000
950,000
Sergey Koliukh
472
Saratov Russia
831,000
1,100,000
Vyacheslav Leonovich Somov
534
Krasnodar Russia
710,000
780,000
Vladimir Yevlanov

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