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The largest cities in the
world and their mayors
Cities ranked 1 to 150

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.

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.

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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 |
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Largest cities and their mayors in 2011 (1 to 150)
NB Metro population figures for China are often those of their prefectures
World rank
City
Country
City
population
Metro
population
Mayor
1
 Karachi Pakistan
15,500,000
18,000,000
 Fazlur Rehman
2
 Shanghai China
14,900,000
19,200,000
 Han Zheng
3
 Mumbai (Bombay) India
13,900,000
21,200,000
 Shraddha Jadhav
4
 BEIJING China
12,460,000
17,550,000
 Guo Jinlong
5
 DELHI India
12,100,000
16,713,000
 Kanwar Sain
6
 BUENOS AIRES Argentina
11,655,000
12,924,000
 Mauricio Macri
7
 MANILA METRO Philippines
11,550,000
13,503,000
 Alfredo S Lim
8
 SEOUL South Korea
11,153,000
24,472,000
 Oh Se-hoon
9
 Sao Paulo Brazil
11,038,000
19,890,000
 Fernando Haddad
10
 MOSCOW Russia
10,524,000
14,800,000
 Sergei Sobyanin
11
 JAKARTA Indonesia
10,100,000
24,100,000
 Joko Widodo
12
 Istanbul Turkey
9,560,000
12,600,000
 Kadir Topbas
13
 BANGKOK Thailand
9,100,000
11,970,000
 Sukhumbhand Paribatra
14
 MEXICO CITY Mexico
8,841,000
21,163,000
 Miguel Angel Mancera
15
 TOKYO Japan
8,653,000
31,036,000
 Naoki Inose
16
 TEHRAN Iran
8,430,000
13,450,000
 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
17
 New York City USA
8,364,000
20,090,000
 Michael Bloomberg
18
 KINSHASA Congo D.R.
8,200,000
10,100,000
 André Kimbuta Yango
19
 DHAKA Bangladesh
7,940,000
12,797,000
 Sadeque Hossain Khosa
20
 Lagos Nigeria
7,938,000
9,123,000
 Babatunde Raji Fashola
21
 CAIRO Egypt
7,764,000
15,546,000
 Abdul Azim Wazir
22
 LIMA Peru
7,606,000
8,473,000
 Susana Villaran
23
 LONDON UK
7,557,000
12,200,000
 Boris Johnson
24
 Tianjin China
7,500,000
11,750,000
 Huang Xingguo
25
 BOGOTA Colombia
7,320,000
8,361,000
 Samuel Moreno Rojas
26
 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
7,100,000
Pham Phuong Thao
27
 Hong Kong China
7,055,000
Donald Tsang
28
 Guangzhou China
6,458,000
10,182,000
 Wan Qingliang
29
 Dongguan China
6,446,000
7,650,000
 Li Yuquan
30
 Lahore Pakistan
6,100,000
8,600,000
 Mian Amir Mahmood
31
 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
6,093,000
14,387,000
 Eduardo Paes
32
 Baghdad Iraq
6,050,000
6,500,000
 Sabir al-Issawi
33
 Bangalore India
5,840,000
6,562,000
 SK Nataraj
34
 Surat India
5,390,000
6,347,000
 Rajendra Desai
35
 SANTIAGO Chile
5,278,000
6,677,000
 Pablo Zalaquett Said
36
 Kolkata India
5,100,000
15,420,000
 Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya
37
 Shenyang China
5,090,000
7,760,000
 Li Yingjie
38
 Chongqing China
5,087,000
9,700,000
 Huang Qifan
39
 SINGAPORE Singapore
4,988,000
Lee Hsien Loong
40
 RIYADH Saudi Arabia
4,950,000
5,855,000
 Abdul Aziz ibn 'Ayyaf Al Migrin
41
 LUANDA Angola
4,799,000
5,500,000
 José Maria Ferraz dos Santos
42
 Harbin China
4,755,000
9,874,000
 Zhang Xiaolian
43
 St Petersburg Russia
4,661,000
4,900,000
 Valentina Matviyenko
44
 Chennai India
4,600,000
7,330,000
 M Subramaniam
45
 Ahmadabad India
4,525,000
6,168,000
 Kanaji Thakor
46
 Wuhan China
4,500,000
6,200,000
 Ruan Chengfa
47
 Yangon Myanmar (Burma)
4,468,000
5.500,000
 Aung Thein Lynn
48
 Sydney Australia
4,400,000
Clover Moore
49
 Chengdu China
4,334,000
11,000,000
 Ge Honglin
50
 Shenzhen China
4,320,000
8,616,000
 Xy Qin
51
 Nanjing China
4,150,000
7,600,000
 Ji Jianye
52
 Alexandria Egypt
4,110,000
4,350,000
 Adel Labib
53
 Johannesburg South Africa
3,888,000
10,268,000
 Amos Masondo
54
 Jeddah Saudi Arabia
3,856,000
4,500,000
 Adil Faqeeh
55
 Los Angeles USA
3,834,000
12,890,000
 Antonio Villaraigosa
56
 Abidjan Ivory Coast
3,800,000
4,000,000
 Pierre Djédji Amondji
57
 ANKARA Turkey
3,764,000
4,000,000
 Melih Gökçek
58
 Casablanca Morocco
3,673,000
3,850,000
 Mohammed Sajid
59
 Yokohama Japan
3,655,000
Fumiko Hayashi
60
 Hyderabad India
3,637,000
6,290,000
 Banda Karthika Reddy
61
 Melbourne Australia
3,635,000
Robert Doyle
62
 Kano Nigeria
3,626,000
3,900,000
 Ibrahim Shekarau
63
 Busan South Korea
3,600,000
4,292,000
 Hur Nam-sik
64
 KABUL Afghanistan
3,586,000
4,000,000
 Mohammad Yunus Noandesh
65
 Changchun China
3,581,000
7,460,000
 Cui Jie
66
 Cape Town South Africa
3,497,000
7,280,000
 Patricia de Lille
67
 Guiyang China
3,450,000
Yuan Zhou
68
 BERLIN Germany
3,432,000
3,943,000
 Klaus Wowereit
69
 Hangzhou China
3,408,000
6,776,000
 Cai Qi
70
 ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia
3,385,000
4,568,000
 Kuma Demeksa
71
 Pune India
3,337,000
4,470,000
 Mohansingh Rajpal
72
 PYONGYANG North Korea
3,255,000
3,400,000
 n/k
73
 MADRID Spain
3,213,000
5,300,000
 Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
74
 NAIROBI Kenya
3,130,000
3,300,000
 Geoffrey Majiwa
75
 Kanpur India
3,100,000
4,865,000
 Ravindra Patani
76
 Kunming China
3,100,000
6,800,000
 Zhang Zulin
77
 Surabaya Indonesia
3,100,000
3,700,000
 Bambang D H
78
 Jaipur India
3,050,000
5,690,000
 Jyoti Khandelwal
79
 Salvador da Bahia Brazil
2,998,000
3,173,000
 João Henrique Carneiro
80
 SANTO DOMINGO Dominican Republic
2,989,000
3,813,000
 Roberto Salcedo
81
 Mashhad Iran
2,910,000
3,000,000
 Mohammad Pejman
82
 Chicago USA
2,853,000
8,770,000
 Rahm Emanuel
83
 Zibo China
2,850,000
4,200,000
 Liu Huiyan
84
 KIEV Ukraine
2,820,000
3,300,000
 Alexander Popov
85
 Durg India
2,810,000
Dr Shiv Kumar Tamer
86
 Huludao China
2,787,000
Sun Zhaolin
87
 CARACAS Venezuela
2,762,000
3,478,000
 Antonio Ledezma
88
 Qingdao China
2,755,000
7,580,000
 Xia Geng
89
 Changsha China
2,744,000
6,140,000
 Zhang Jiangfei
90
 ROME Italy
2,732,000
3,555,000
 Gianni Alemanno
91
 Fuzhou (Fujian) China
2,710,000
6,630,000
 Yuan Rongxiang
92
 Quezon City Philippines
2,680,000
Herbert M Bautis
93
 Xian China
2,670,000
4,480,000
 Chen Baogen
94
 Port Harcourt Nigeria
2,667,000
3,761,000
 Azubuike Nmerukini
95
 Osaka Japan
2,647,000
17,590,000
 Toru Hashimoto
96
 Incheon South Korea
2,630,000
2,630,000
 Song Young-gil
97
 Shijiazhuang China
2,630,000
9,600,000
 Ai Wenli
98
 TAIPEI Taiwan
2,620,000
6,753,000
 Hau Lung-pin
99
 Zhengzhou China
2,600,000
4,510,000
 Zhao Jiancai
100
 Chittagong Bangladesh
2,580,000
3,858,000
 Mohammed Manjur Alam
101
 Toronto Canada
2,571,000
5,100,000
 Rob Ford
102
 Ibadan Nigeria
2,550,000
3,000,000
 Adebayo Alao-Akala
103
 Taiyuan China
2,550,000
3,400,000
 Zhang Bingsheng
104
 Cali Colombia
2,525,000
2,801,000
 Jorge Ivan Ospina
105
 Daegu South Korea
2,512,000
Kim Bum-il
106
 Bandung Indonesia
2,510,000
3,829,000
 Dada Rosada
107
 Faisalabad Pakistan
2,510,000
5,081,000
 Rana Zahid Tauseef
108
 Fortaleza Brazil
2,506,000
3,415,000
 Luizianne Lins
109
 Baoshan China
2,500,000
Xiong Qinghua
110
 DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania
2,498,000
2,700,000
 Adam Kimbisa
111
 Zhongshan China
2,495,000
n/k
112
 Xiamen China
2,490,000
Liu Cigui
113
 Chaoyang China
2,471,000
Zhang Tiemin
114
 Belo Horizonte Brazil
2,453,000
5,397,000
 Marcio Lacerda
115
 Nanning China
2,450,000
6,480,000
 Huang Fangfang
116
 HAVANA Cuba
2,430,000
3,700,000
 Juan Contino Aslán
117
 Nagpur India
2,420,000
Archana Dehankar
118
 Omdurman Sudan
2,400,000
Al-Fatih Az-ddin
119
 Suzhou China
2,383,000
6,298,000
 Yan Li
120
 Aleppo Syria
2,360,000
3,000,000
 Ma'an Al-Shibli
121
 Lucknow India
2,342,000
2,686,000
 Dinesh Sharma
122
 Izmir Turkey
2,330,000
3,796,000
 Aziz Kocaoglu
123
 Linyi China
2,300,000
10,080,000
 Lian Chengmin
124
 Dalian China
2,270,000
3,478,000
 Li Wancai
125
 Nagoya Japan
2,260,000
9,250,000
 Takashi Kawamura
126
 Houston USA
2,242,000
5,728,000
 Annise Parker
127
 Giza Egypt
2,225,000
2,600,000
 n/k
128
 Medellin Colombia
2,223,000
3,312,000
 Alonso Salazar Jaramillo
129
 KHARTOUM Sudan
2,208,000
7,500,000
 Abdul Rahman Alkheder
130
 Ningbo China
2,201,000
5,600,000
 Mao Guanglie
131
 Guayaquil Ecuador
2,196,000
2,686,000
 Jaime Nebot
132
 TASHKENT Uzbekistan
2,180,000
3,400,000
 Abdukahar Tuhtayev
133
 PARIS France
2,113,000
11,769,000
 Bertrand Delanoë
134
 BRASILIA Brazil
2,089,000
2,090,000
 José Roberto Arruda
135
 Lanzhou China
2,088,000
3,300,000
 Zhang Jinliang
136
 Changzhou China
2,086,000
3,570,000
 Wang Weicheng
137
 Monterrey Mexico
2,057,000
3,650,000
 Fernando Larrazabal
138
 BAKU Azerbaijan
2,040,000
2,072,000
 Hajibala Abutalybov
139
 Kowloon China
2,020,000
2,200,000
 Wong Kwok-keung
140
 BUCHAREST Romania
1,994,000
2,151,000
 Sorin Oprescu
141
 Medan Indonesia
1,990,000
2,390,000
 Rahudman Harahap
142
 Tangshan China
1,980,000
7,100,000
 Zhang Guodong
143
 Jilin China
1,953,000
4,523,000
 Zhang Xiaopei
144
 Nanchong China
1,950,000
7,300,000
 Liu Hongjian
145
 CONAKRY Guinea
1,931,000
Mamadou Wasco Camara
146
 AMMAN Jordan
1,919,000
2,524,000
 Omar Maani
147
 Indore India
1,912,000
1,920,000
 Krishna Murari Moghe
148
 Sapporo Japan
1,906,000
2,130,000
 Fumio Ueda
149
 Jinan China
1,900,000
2,444,000
 Zhang Jianguo
150
 Puebla Mexico
1,888,000
2,500,000
 Blanca Alcala Ruiz

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