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The tables list cities in alphabetical order. They 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. |
|
World rank
|
City
|
Country
|
City
population |
Metro
population |
Mayor
|
|
n/r
|
Aachen | Germany |
259,000
|
1,240,000
|
Marcel Philipp |
|
56
|
Abidjan | Ivory Coast |
3,800,000
|
4,000,000
|
Pierre Djédji Amondji |
|
451
|
ABU DHABI | UAE |
897,000
|
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | |
|
509
|
ABUJA | Nigeria |
779,000
|
900,000
|
Muhammad Adamu Aliero |
|
529
|
Acapulco | Mexico |
718,000
|
880,000
|
Manuel Añorve Bolaños |
|
192
|
ACCRA | Ghana |
1,605,000
|
2,756,000
|
Alfred Vanderpuije |
|
484
|
Ad-Dammam | Saudi Arabia |
813,000
|
2,051,000
|
Dhaifallah al-'Utaybi |
|
340
|
Adana | Turkey |
1,162,000
|
1,556,000
|
Aytaç Durak |
|
70
|
ADDIS ABABA | Ethiopia |
3,385,000
|
4,568,000
|
Kuma Demeksa |
|
296
|
Adelaide | Australia |
1,290,000
|
Stephen Yarwood | |
|
184
|
Agra | India |
1,650,000
|
1,800,000
|
Anjula Singh Mahaur |
|
558
|
Aguascalientes | Mexico |
664,000
|
701,000
|
Gabriel Arellano Espinoza |
|
45
|
Ahmadabad | India |
4,525,000
|
6,168,000
|
Kanaji Thakor |
|
282
|
Ahwaz | Iran |
1,338,000
|
1,500,000
|
Saeed Mombeini |
|
n/r
|
Al-Hufuf | Saudi Arabia |
286,000
|
784,000
|
n/k |
|
n/r
|
Albany | USA |
96,000
|
1,100,000
|
Gerald Jennings |
|
120
|
Aleppo | Syria |
2,360,000
|
3,000,000
|
Ma'an Al-Shibli |
|
52
|
Alexandria | Egypt |
4,110,000
|
4,350,000
|
Adel Labib |
|
211
|
ALGIERS | Algeria |
1,520,000
|
3,354,000
|
Tayeb Zitouni |
|
549
|
Aligarh | India |
680,000
|
1,116,000
|
n/k |
|
320
|
Allahabad | India |
1,215,000
|
1,250,000
|
Jitendr Nath Singh |
|
244
|
ALMATY | Kazakhstan |
1,420,000
|
1,500,000
|
Akhmetzhan Yesimov |
|
146
|
AMMAN | Jordan |
1,919,000
|
2,524,000
|
Omar Maani |
|
552
|
Amravati | India |
678,000
|
1,031,000
|
n/k |
|
329
|
Amritsar | India |
1,195,000
|
1,300,000
|
Shawet Malik |
|
515
|
AMSTERDAM | Netherlands |
762,000
|
1,536,000
|
Eberhard van der Laan |
|
521
|
Ankang | China |
743,000
|
n/k | |
|
57
|
ANKARA | Turkey |
3,764,000
|
4,000,000
|
Melih Gökçek |
|
322
|
Anqiu | China |
1,200,000
|
n/k | |
|
297
|
Anshan | China |
1,290,000
|
2,404,000
|
n/k |
|
447
|
ANTANANARIVO | Madagascar |
903,000
|
1,403,000
|
n/k |
|
n/r
|
Antwerp | Belgium |
444,000
|
948,000
|
Patrick Janssens |
|
233
|
Anyang | China |
1,450,000
|
3,000,000
|
Zhang Xiaodong |
|
443
|
Arequipa | Peru |
905,000
|
Simón Balbuena Marroquín | |
|
n/r
|
ASMARA | Eritrea |
392,000
|
881,000
|
n/k |
|
496
|
ASTANA | Kazakhstan |
803,000
|
Imangali Tasmagambetov | |
|
592
|
ASUNCION | Paraguay |
546,000
|
1,433,000
|
Evangelista Troche de Gallegos |
|
518
|
ATHENS | Greece |
757,000
|
3,216,000
|
Giorgos Kaminis |
|
598
|
Atlanta | USA |
538,000
|
3,500,000
|
Kasim Reed |
|
n/r
|
Auckland | New Zealand |
428,000
|
1,333,000
|
Len Brown |
|
n/r
|
Augsburg | Germany |
263,000
|
Kurt Gribl | |
|
339
|
Aurangabad | India |
1,168,000
|
Vijaya Rahatkar | |
|
548
|
Austin | USA |
681,000
|
1,185,000
|
Lee Leffingwell |
|
32
|
Baghdad | Iraq |
6,050,000
|
6,500,000
|
Sabir al-Issawi |
|
138
|
BAKU | Azerbaijan |
2,040,000
|
2,072,000
|
Hajibala Abutalybov |
|
556
|
Baltimore | USA |
667,000
|
2,670,000
|
Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake |
|
158
|
BAMAKO | Mali |
1,809,000
|
Adama B. Sangaré | |
|
522
|
Bandar Lampung | Indonesia |
743,000
|
1,123,000
|
n/k |
|
106
|
Bandung | Indonesia |
2,510,000
|
3,829,000
|
Dada Rosada |
|
33
|
Bangalore | India |
5,840,000
|
6,562,000
|
SK Nataraj |
|
13
|
BANGKOK | Thailand |
9,100,000
|
11,970,000
|
Sukhumbhand Paribatra |
|
560
|
BANGUI | Central African Republic |
652,000
|
789,000
|
n/k |
|
413
|
Baoding | China |
997,000
|
n/k | |
|
109
|
Baoshan | China |
2,500,000
|
Xiong Qinghua | |
|
287
|
Baotou | China |
1,318,000
|
1,750,000
|
Hu Ercha |
|
182
|
Barcelona | Spain |
1,673,000
|
3,890,000
|
Jordi Hereu |
|
214
|
Barquisimeto | Venezuela |
1,500,000
|
1,500,000
|
Amalia Saez |
|
294
|
Barranquilla | Colombia |
1,298,000
|
1,871,000
|
Alejandro Char Chaljub |
|
168
|
Basrah | Iraq |
1,760,000
|
3,800,000
|
Jabbar Jaber Al-Latif |
|
331
|
Bazhong | China |
1,186,000
|
n/k | |
|
4
|
BEIJING | China |
12,460,000
|
17,550,000
|
Guo Jinlong |
|
390
|
Beiliu | China |
1,050,000
|
n/k | |
|
309
|
BEIRUT | Lebanon |
1,250,000
|
2,600,000
|
Abdel Mounim Ariss |
|
251
|
Belem | Brazil |
1,409,000
|
1,913,000
|
Duciomar Costa |
|
335
|
BELGRADE | Yugoslavia |
1,182,000
|
1,630,000
|
Dragan Dillas |
|
114
|
Belo Horizonte | Brazil |
2,453,000
|
5,397,000
|
Marcio Lacerda |
|
490
|
Bengbu | China |
809,000
|
3,470,000
|
Chen Qitao |
|
226
|
Benghazi | Libya |
1,471,000
|
1,500,000
|
n/k |
|
389
|
Benin | Nigeria |
1,051,000
|
1,052,000
|
n/k |
|
473
|
Benxi | China |
830,000
|
1,567,000
|
Gang Rui |
|
68
|
BERLIN | Germany |
3,432,000
|
3,943,000
|
Klaus Wowereit |
|
583
|
Bhilai | India |
564,000
|
942,000
|
n/k |
|
231
|
Bhopal | India |
1,458,000
|
1,600,000
|
Krishna Gaur |
|
559
|
Bhubaneswar | India |
659,000
|
1,455,000
|
n/k |
|
n/r
|
Bielefeld | Germany |
324,000
|
1,420,000
|
Peter Clausen |
|
353
|
Bijie | China |
1,130,000
|
7,188,000
|
n/k |
|
n/r
|
Bilbao | Spain |
351,000
|
879,000
|
Iñzki Azkuna |
|
401
|
Birmingham | UK |
1,017,000
|
2,284,000
|
Mike Whitby |
|
n/r
|
Birmingham | USA |
245,000
|
1,200,000
|
William A. Bell |
|
513
|
BISHKEK | Kyrgyzstan |
765,000
|
800,000
|
Nariman Tuleyev |
|
460
|
Bogor | Indonesia |
866,000
|
Diani Budiarto | |
|
25
|
BOGOTA | Colombia |
7,320,000
|
8,361,000
|
Samuel Moreno Rojas |
|
n/r
|
Bordeaux | France |
250,000
|
1,010,000
|
Alain Juppé |
|
566
|
Boston | USA |
621,000
|
4,033,000
|
Thomas Menino |
|
n/r
|
Bouakt | Ivory Coast |
531,000
|
775,000
|
n/k |
|
275
|
Bozhou | China |
1,352,000
|
Liu Jian | |
|
134
|
BRASILIA | Brazil |
2,089,000
|
2,090,000
|
José Roberto Arruda |
|
n/r
|
BRATISLAVA | Slovak Republic |
431,000
|
550,000
|
Milan Ftácnik |
|
n/r
|
Braunschweig | Germany |
246,000
|
Gert Hoffmann | |
|
352
|
BRAZZAVILLE | Congo Br |
1,133,000
|
1,134,000
|
n/k |
|
590
|
Bremen | Germany |
547,000
|
1,009,000
|
Jens Böhrnsen |
|
204
|
Brisbane | Australia |
1,544,000
|
1,544,000
|
Campbell Newman |
|
n/r
|
Bruges | Belgium |
117,000
|
Patrick Moenaert | |
|
427
|
BRUSSELS | Belgium |
958,000
|
1,740,000
|
Freddy Thielemans |
|
595
|
Bucaramanga | Colombia |
542,000
|
956,000
|
n/k |
|
140
|
BUCHAREST | Romania |
1,994,000
|
2,151,000
|
Sorin Oprescu |
|
465
|
Bucheon | South Korea |
850,000
|
850,000
|
n/k |
|
175
|
BUDAPEST | Hungary |
1,712,000
|
2,503,000
|
István Tarlós |
|
6
|
BUENOS AIRES | Argentina |
11,655,000
|
12,924,000
|
Mauricio Macri |
|
n/r
|
Buffalo | USA |
296,000
|
1,572,000
|
Byron Brown |
|
553
|
Bulawayo | Zimbabwe |
676,000
|
676,000
|
Thaba Moyo |
|
253
|
Bursa | Turkey |
1,400,000
|
3,190,000
|
Recep Altepe |
|
63
|
Busan | South Korea |
3,600,000
|
4,292,000
|
Hur Nam-sik |
|
21
|
CAIRO | Egypt |
7,764,000
|
15,546,000
|
Abdul Azim Wazir |
|
416
|
Calgary | Canada |
988,000
|
1,080,000
|
Naheed Nenshi |
|
104
|
Cali | Colombia |
2,525,000
|
2,801,000
|
Jorge Ivan Ospina |
|
267
|
Caloocan | Philippines |
1,379,000
|
Enrico Echiverri | |
|
386
|
Campinas | Brazil |
1,059,000
|
3,200,000
|
Hélio de Oliveira Santos |
|
66
|
Cape Town | South Africa |
3,497,000
|
7,280,000
|
Patricia de Lille |
|
87
|
CARACAS | Venezuela |
2,762,000
|
3,478,000
|
Antonio Ledezma |
|
452
|
Cartagena | Colombia |
893,000
|
1,240,000
|
Judith Pinedo |
|
58
|
Casablanca | Morocco |
3,673,000
|
3,850,000
|
Mohammed Sajid |
|
n/r
|
Catania | Italy |
337,000
|
831,000
|
n/k |
|
520
|
Cebu City | Philippines |
747,000
|
1,198,000
|
Tomas R Osmena |
|
449
|
Chandigarh | India |
901,000
|
n/k | |
|
65
|
Changchun | China |
3,581,000
|
7,460,000
|
Cui Jie |
|
254
|
Changde | China |
1,400,000
|
6,000,000
|
Chen Wenhao |
|
89
|
Changsha | China |
2,744,000
|
6,140,000
|
Zhang Jiangfei |
|
392
|
Changshu | China |
1,048,000
|
Wang Xiang | |
|
n/r
|
Changweon | South Korea |
486,000
|
1,254,000
|
n/k |
|
136
|
Changzhou | China |
2,086,000
|
3,570,000
|
Wang Weicheng |
|
113
|
Chaoyang | China |
2,471,000
|
Zhang Tiemin | |
|
585
|
Charlotte | USA |
559,000
|
1,466,000
|
Anthony Foxx |
|
371
|
Chelyabinsk | Russia |
1,092,000
|
1,200,000
|
Mikhail Yurevich |
|
n/r
|
Chemnitz | Germany |
243,000
|
1,082,000
|
Barbara Ludwig |
|
49
|
Chengdu | China |
4,334,000
|
11,000,000
|
Ge Honglin |
|
44
|
Chennai | India |
4,600,000
|
7,330,000
|
M Subramaniam |
|
424
|
Chiba | Japan |
962,000
|
970,000
|
Toshihito Kumagai |
|
82
|
Chicago | USA |
2,853,000
|
8,770,000
|
Rahm Emanuel |
|
540
|
Chihuahua | Mexico |
694,000
|
825,000
|
n/k |
|
504
|
CHISINAU | Moldova |
785,000
|
911,000
|
Dorin Chirtoaca |
|
100
|
Chittagong | Bangladesh |
2,580,000
|
3,858,000
|
Mohammed Manjur Alam |
|
38
|
Chongqing | China |
5,087,000
|
9,700,000
|
Huang Qifan |
|
n/r
|
Cincinnati | USA |
380,000
|
2,155,000
|
Mark L. Mallory |
|
n/r
|
Cirebon | Indonesia |
319,000
|
926,000
|
n/k |
|
431
|
Ciudad Guayana | Venezuela |
940,000
|
1,000,000
|
José Ramón Lopéz |
|
255
|
Ciudad Juarez | Mexico |
1,400,000
|
2,010,000
|
José Reyes Ferriz |
|
319
|
Cixi | China |
1,220,000
|
n/k | |
|
n/r
|
Cleveland | USA |
434,000
|
2,250,000
|
Frank G. Jackson |
|
568
|
Cochabamba | Bolivia |
608,000
|
798,000
|
n/k |
|
433
|
Coimbatore | India |
931,000
|
1,446,000
|
R.Venkatachalam |
|
414
|
Cologne | Germany |
995,000
|
11,297,000
|
Jürgen Roters |
|
n/r
|
Colombo | Brazil |
247,000
|
2,160,000
|
José Antonio Camargo |
|
561
|
COLOMBO | Sri Lanka |
650,000
|
2,400,000
|
Uvais Mohamed Imitiyas |
|
531
|
Columbus | USA |
714,000
|
1,540,000
|
Michael B Coleman |
|
145
|
CONAKRY | Guinea |
1,931,000
|
Mamadou Wasco Camara | |
|
n/r
|
Concepción | Chile |
404,000
|
978,000
|
Jacqueline van Rysselberghe |
|
369
|
COPENHAGEN | Denmark |
1,096,000
|
1,096,000
|
Frank Jensen |
|
288
|
Cordoba | Argentina |
1,310,000
|
1,528,000
|
Daniel Giacomino |
|
582
|
Culiacan | Mexico |
567,000
|
766,000
|
n/k |
|
153
|
Curitiba | Brazil |
1,851,000
|
3,261,000
|
Carlos Richa |
|
105
|
Daegu | South Korea |
2,512,000
|
Kim Bum-il | |
|
239
|
Daejeon | South Korea |
1,443,000
|
Yum Hong-chul | |
|
397
|
DAKAR | Senegal |
1,031,000
|
2,253,000
|
Khalifa Sall |
|
124
|
Dalian | China |
2,270,000
|
3,478,000
|
Li Wancai |
|
302
|
Dallas | USA |
1,280,000
|
6,300,000
|
Tom Leppert |
|
183
|
DAMASCUS | Syria |
1,670,000
|
4,350,000
|
Bishr Al Sabban |
|
485
|
Dammam | Saudi Arabia |
812,000
|
2,000,000
|
Dhaifallah al-'Utaybi |
|
454
|
Danyang | China |
890,000
|
n/k | |
|
499
|
Daqing | China |
800,000
|
2,770,000
|
n/k |
|
110
|
DAR ES SALAAM | Tanzania |
2,498,000
|
2,700,000
|
Adam Kimbisa |
|
308
|
Datong | China |
1,253,000
|
1,377,000
|
n/k |
|
272
|
Davao City | Philippines |
1,363,000
|
Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio | |
|
459
|
Daye | China |
874,000
|
n/k | |
|
n/r
|
Dayton | USA |
167,000
|
848,000
|
n/k |
|
5
|
DELHI | India |
12,100,000
|
16,713,000
|
Kanwar Sain |
|
n/r
|
Denpasar | Indonesia |
491,000
|
934,000
|
n/k |
|
576
|
Denver | USA |
583,000
|
2,746,000
|
John W Hickenlooper |
|
441
|
Detroit | USA |
912,000
|
3,903,000
|
Dave Bing |
|
19
|
DHAKA | Bangladesh |
7,940,000
|
12,797,000
|
Sadeque Hossain Khosa |
|
383
|
Dhanbad | India |
1,065,000
|
1,200,000
|
n/k |
|
394
|
Dnipropetrovsk | Ukraine |
1,040,000
|
1,480,000
|
Ivan Ivanovych Kulichenko |
|
366
|
Donetsk | Ukraine |
1,100,000
|
1,570,000
|
Oleksandr Lukianchenko |
|
29
|
Dongguan | China |
6,446,000
|
7,650,000
|
Li Yuquan |
|
337
|
Dongtai | China |
1,170,000
|
n/k | |
|
n/r
|
Dongying | China |
294,000
|
804,000
|
n/k |
|
573
|
Dortmund | Germany |
584,000
|
Ullrich Sierau | |
|
263
|
Douala | Cameroon |
1,382,000
|
2,000,000
|
n/k |
|
n/r
|
Dresden | Germany |
512,000
|
1,030,000
|
Helma Orosz |
|
374
|
Dubai | UAE |
1,089,000
|
2,100,000
|
n/k |
|
n/r
|
Dublin | Ireland |
506,000
|
1,661,000
|
Emer Costello |
|
n/r
|
Duisburg | Germany |
494,000
|
Adolf Sauerland | |
|
462
|
Duque de Caxias | Brazil |
864,000
|
1,000,000
|
José Camilo Zito dos Santos Filho |
|
554
|
Durban | South Africa |
670,000
|
3,468,000
|
Obed Mlama |
|
85
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Durg | India |
2,810,000
|
Dr Shiv Kumar Tamer | |
|
550
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DUSHANBE | Tajikistan |
680,000
|
810,000
|
Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev |
|
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