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Urban areas A to D
The 2006 population figures are based on censuses carried out between 2000 and 2005 and adjusted to take account of average annual population changes. The 2020 population figures were calculated using the 2006 data as base and applying annual rates of population changes.THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD AND THEIR MAYORS 2010
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Cities by size: 1 to 150 | 151 to 300 | 301 to 450 | 451 to 600 |
Cities in alphabetical order: A to D | E to L | M to R | S to Z |
Cities by countries: A to D | E to L | M to R | S to Z |
LARGEST URBAN AREAS:
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In 2006: Urban areas ranked 1 to 100 | Urban areas ranked 101 to 200 | Urban areas ranked 201 to 300 | Urban areas ranked 301 to 400 |
In 2020: Urban areas ranked 1 to 100 | Urban areas ranked 101 to 200 | Urban areas ranked 201 to 300 | Urban areas ranked 301 to 400 |
FASTEST GROWING URBAN AREAS:
Urban areas ranked 1 to 100 | Urban areas ranked 101 to 200 | Urban areas ranked 201 to 300 |
ALPHABETICAL INDEX:
Urban areas A to D | Urban areas E to L | Urban areas M to R | Urban areas S to Z |
Largest cities and urban areas A to D
|
City/Urban area
|
Country
|
Population in 2006
(millions) |
Rank in 2006
|
Population in 2020
(millions) |
Rank in 2020
|
| Aachen | Germany |
1.08
|
388
|
1.09
|
390
|
| Abidjan | Côte d'Ivoire |
3.62
|
78
|
5.11
|
69
|
| Accra | Ghana |
2.03
|
177
|
3.05
|
140
|
| Adana | Turkey |
1.28
|
321
|
1.63
|
307
|
| Addis Ababa | Ethiopia |
2.98
|
106
|
4.76
|
80
|
| Adelaide | Australia |
1.14
|
361
|
1.24
|
371
|
| Agra | India |
1.58
|
238
|
2.36
|
203
|
| Ahmadabad | India |
5.34
|
46
|
7.78
|
39
|
| Aleppo | Syria |
2.58
|
133
|
3.60
|
117
|
| Alexandria | Egypt |
3.81
|
74
|
4.77
|
79
|
| Algiers | Algeria |
3.37
|
89
|
4.93
|
74
|
| Allahabad | India |
1.18
|
352
|
1.58
|
317
|
| Almaty | Kazakhstan |
1.10
|
382
|
1.07
|
394
|
| Amman | Jordan |
1.33
|
305
|
1.76
|
284
|
| Amritsar | India |
1.20
|
343
|
1.78
|
282
|
| Amsterdam | Netherlands |
1.16
|
357
|
1.26
|
369
|
| Ankara | Turkey |
3.69
|
77
|
4.85
|
76
|
| Anshan | China |
1.46
|
267
|
1.52
|
330
|
| Antananarivo | Madagascar |
1.88
|
190
|
3.13
|
135
|
| Asansol | India |
1.32
|
308
|
2.02
|
248
|
| Asunción | Paraguay |
1.83
|
198
|
2.82
|
156
|
| Athens | Greece |
3.25
|
98
|
3.39
|
121
|
| Atlanta | USA |
4.47
|
56
|
6.44
|
51
|
| Auckland | New Zealand |
1.17
|
354
|
1.39
|
355
|
| Austin | USA |
1.15
|
360
|
1.67
|
303
|
| Baghdad | Iraq |
6.06
|
38
|
8.41
|
36
|
| Baixada Santista | Brazil |
1.67
|
224
|
2.12
|
233
|
| Baku | Azerbaijan |
1.84
|
197
|
2.00
|
252
|
| Baltimore | USA |
2.20
|
156
|
2.49
|
187
|
| Bamako | Mali |
1.43
|
273
|
2.64
|
173
|
| Bandung | Indonesia |
4.15
|
65
|
6.19
|
54
|
| Bangalore | India |
6.75
|
32
|
9.92
|
28
|
| Bangkok | Thailand |
6.65
|
33
|
7.76
|
40
|
| Baotou | China |
1.38
|
293
|
1.55
|
322
|
| Barcelona | Spain |
4.43
|
58
|
4.52
|
85
|
| Barranquilla | Colombia |
1.98
|
183
|
2.65
|
171
|
| Basra | Iraq |
1.22
|
339
|
1.60
|
312
|
| Beihai | China |
1.42
|
278
|
5.82
|
59
|
| Beijing | China |
10.85
|
18
|
11.15
|
21
|
| Beirut | Lebanon |
1.94
|
185
|
2.54
|
184
|
| Belém | Brazil |
2.18
|
160
|
3.20
|
131
|
| Belgrade | Serbia |
1.12
|
375
|
1.10
|
386
|
| Belo Horizonte | Brazil |
5.45
|
43
|
7.18
|
44
|
| Berlin | Germany |
3.33
|
94
|
3.33
|
124
|
| Bhopal | India |
1.71
|
219
|
2.48
|
189
|
| Bielefeld | Germany |
1.32
|
309
|
1.34
|
359
|
| Birmingham | UK |
2.21
|
154
|
2.17
|
224
|
| Bogotá | Colombia |
7.80
|
27
|
10.08
|
26
|
| Boston | USA |
4.37
|
61
|
5.08
|
71
|
| Brasília | Brazil |
3.48
|
85
|
5.25
|
65
|
| Brazzaville | Congo |
1.19
|
349
|
1.87
|
270
|
| Brisbane | Australia |
1.80
|
203
|
2.18
|
221
|
| Bucaramanga | Colombia |
1.10
|
381
|
1.49
|
337
|
| Bucharest | Romania |
1.71
|
217
|
1.43
|
350
|
| Budapest | Hungary |
1.64
|
226
|
1.49
|
336
|
| Buenos Aires | Argentina |
13.52
|
9
|
15.48
|
12
|
| Bursa | Turkey |
1.47
|
266
|
2.17
|
222
|
| Cairo | Egypt |
11.29
|
17
|
14.02
|
13
|
| Calcutta | India |
14.57
|
7
|
18.54
|
11
|
| Calgary | Canada |
1.11
|
379
|
1.52
|
329
|
| Cali | Colombia |
2.67
|
127
|
3.66
|
114
|
| Campinas | Brazil |
2.73
|
122
|
3.78
|
105
|
| Cape Town | South Africa |
3.21
|
100
|
3.92
|
99
|
| Caracas | Venezuela |
3.30
|
96
|
3.76
|
108
|
| Casablanca | Morocco |
3.83
|
73
|
5.09
|
70
|
| Changchun | China |
3.14
|
101
|
3.85
|
102
|
| Changde | China |
1.50
|
257
|
1.87
|
268
|
| Changsha | China |
2.11
|
172
|
3.10
|
137
|
| Chelyabinsk | Russia |
1.07
|
394
|
0.99
|
400
|
| Chengdu | China |
3.52
|
82
|
4.14
|
94
|
| Chennai (Madras) | India |
7.04
|
31
|
8.88
|
32
|
| Chicago | USA |
8.80
|
25
|
9.84
|
29
|
| Chifeng | China |
1.15
|
359
|
1.34
|
360
|
| Chittagong | Bangladesh |
4.37
|
60
|
7.87
|
38
|
| Chongqing | China |
5.06
|
50
|
6.20
|
53
|
| Cincinnati | USA |
1.60
|
234
|
1.81
|
277
|
| Ciudad Juárez | Mexico |
1.53
|
249
|
2.16
|
226
|
| Cleveland | USA |
1.84
|
196
|
2.01
|
251
|
| Coimbatore | India |
1.67
|
223
|
2.36
|
204
|
| Cologne, Bonn | Germany |
3.09
|
103
|
3.14
|
134
|
| Columbus, Ohio | USA |
1.24
|
332
|
1.47
|
341
|
| Conakry | Guinea |
1.51
|
253
|
2.48
|
188
|
| Copenhagen | Denmark |
1.07
|
390
|
1.10
|
387
|
| Córdoba | Argentina |
1.62
|
231
|
2.03
|
245
|
| Curitiba | Brazil |
2.96
|
107
|
4.00
|
97
|
| Dakar | Senegal |
2.38
|
146
|
3.64
|
115
|
| Dalian | China |
2.73
|
121
|
3.02
|
144
|
| Dallas, Fort Worth | USA |
4.72
|
52
|
5.83
|
58
|
| Damascus | Syria |
2.36
|
147
|
3.11
|
136
|
| Daqing | China |
1.13
|
370
|
1.27
|
366
|
| Dar es Salaam | Tanzania |
2.81
|
118
|
5.12
|
68
|
| Datong | China |
1.10
|
380
|
1.07
|
395
|
| Davao | Philippines |
1.36
|
295
|
1.94
|
259
|
| Delhi | India |
16.00
|
6
|
25.83
|
3
|
| Denver-Aurora | USA |
2.27
|
150
|
2.85
|
155
|
| Detroit | USA |
3.99
|
66
|
4.29
|
91
|
| Dhaka | Bangladesh |
13.09
|
10
|
22.04
|
4
|
| Dhanbad | India |
1.23
|
336
|
1.73
|
289
|
| Dnepropetrovsk | Ukraine |
1.03
|
402
|
0.94
|
403
|
| Donetsk | Ukraine |
0.99
|
407
|
0.91
|
406
|
| Dongguan | China |
1.12
|
372
|
0.95
|
402
|
| Dortmund, Bochum | Germany |
6.57
|
34
|
6.61
|
47
|
| Douala | Cameroon |
2.06
|
174
|
2.99
|
145
|
| Dublin | Ireland |
1.04
|
397
|
1.19
|
380
|
| Durban | South Africa |
2.72
|
123
|
3.19
|
132
|
| Düsseldorf, Essen | Germany |
3.35
|
91
|
3.48
|
119
|
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