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22018 UPDATE: 300 LARGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD
THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD AND THEIR MAYORS 2010
Introduction
Cities by size: 1 to 150 | 151 to 300 | 301 to 450 | 451 to 550 |
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 |
City/Urban area
|
Country
|
Population in 2006
(millions)
|
Rank in 2006
|
Population in 2020
(millions)
|
Rank in 2020
|
Maceió |
Brazil |
1.18
|
351
|
1.72
|
290
|
Madrid |
Spain |
5.17
|
47
|
5.39
|
62
|
Madurai |
India |
1.26
|
327
|
1.48
|
339
|
Managua |
Nicaragua |
1.19
|
348
|
1.71
|
293
|
Manaus |
Brazil |
1.74
|
212
|
2.57
|
181
|
Manchester |
UK |
2.19
|
159
|
2.15
|
227
|
Mannheim, Heidelberg |
Germany |
1.63
|
229
|
1.65
|
305
|
Maputo |
Mozambique |
1.36
|
296
|
2.21
|
217
|
Maracaibo |
Venezuela |
2.25
|
152
|
3.04
|
141
|
Maracay |
Venezuela |
1.17
|
355
|
1.53
|
328
|
Marseille, Aix-en-Provence |
France |
1.39
|
291
|
1.46
|
342
|
Mashhad |
Iran |
2.18
|
161
|
2.73
|
162
|
Mecca |
Saudi Arabia |
1.57
|
240
|
2.24
|
215
|
Medan |
Indonesia |
2.15
|
166
|
2.97
|
147
|
Medellín |
Colombia |
3.33
|
93
|
4.38
|
89
|
Meerut |
India |
1.38
|
292
|
2.04
|
242
|
Melbourne |
Australia |
3.71
|
76
|
4.26
|
93
|
Memphis |
USA |
1.06
|
396
|
1.24
|
370
|
Mendoza |
Argentina |
1.10
|
383
|
1.43
|
348
|
Metro Manila |
Philippines |
10.80
|
20
|
13.40
|
14
|
Mexico City |
Mexico |
19.24
|
2
|
21.81
|
5
|
Miami |
USA |
5.48
|
42
|
6.59
|
48
|
Mianyang |
China |
1.20
|
346
|
1.57
|
318
|
Milan |
Italy |
3.96
|
68
|
3.71
|
113
|
Milwaukee |
USA |
1.35
|
300
|
1.48
|
340
|
Minneapolis, St. Paul |
USA |
2.56
|
135
|
2.93
|
149
|
Minsk |
Belarus |
1.72
|
216
|
1.74
|
286
|
Mogadishu |
Somalia |
1.30
|
315
|
2.11
|
236
|
Monterrey |
Mexico |
3.58
|
80
|
4.27
|
92
|
Montevideo |
Uruguay |
1.36
|
298
|
1.44
|
346
|
Montréal |
Canada |
3.53
|
81
|
3.81
|
104
|
Moscow |
Russia |
10.82
|
19
|
11.73
|
19
|
Mosul |
Iraq |
1.28
|
322
|
1.89
|
266
|
Multan |
Pakistan |
1.50
|
259
|
2.28
|
211
|
Mumbai (Bombay) |
India |
18.84
|
3
|
25.97
|
2
|
Munich |
Germany |
2.33
|
148
|
2.36
|
205
|
Nagpur |
India |
2.42
|
143
|
3.31
|
125
|
Nairobi |
Kenya |
2.95
|
108
|
5.02
|
73
|
Nampho |
North Korea |
1.22
|
338
|
1.59
|
316
|
Nanchang |
China |
1.77
|
207
|
2.17
|
223
|
Nanchong |
China |
1.09
|
385
|
1.34
|
358
|
Nanjing |
China |
2.82
|
117
|
3.08
|
138
|
Nanning |
China |
1.41
|
283
|
1.70
|
296
|
Naples |
Italy |
2.88
|
113
|
2.75
|
161
|
Nashik |
India |
1.47
|
263
|
2.52
|
186
|
Neijiang |
China |
1.46
|
268
|
1.66
|
304
|
New Orleans |
USA |
1.00
|
406
|
1.05
|
396
|
New York |
USA |
18.65
|
4
|
20.43
|
9
|
Newcastle, Gateshead |
UK |
1.07
|
392
|
1.22
|
376
|
Ningbo |
China |
1.19
|
347
|
1.27
|
367
|
Nizhni Novgorod |
Russia |
1.28
|
319
|
1.17
|
384
|
Novosibirsk |
Russia |
1.43
|
275
|
1.36
|
357
|
Nürnberg |
Germany |
1.21
|
341
|
1.23
|
372
|
Odessa |
Ukraine |
1.01
|
405
|
0.94
|
404
|
Omsk |
Russia |
1.13
|
365
|
1.08
|
393
|
Orlando |
USA |
1.32
|
306
|
1.67
|
302
|
Osaka, Kobe |
Japan |
11.32
|
16
|
11.53
|
20
|
Ottawa |
Canada |
1.14
|
363
|
1.32
|
361
|
Palembang |
Indonesia |
1.73
|
214
|
2.59
|
177
|
Paris |
France |
9.89
|
22
|
10.18
|
23
|
Patna |
India |
2.16
|
165
|
3.60
|
118
|
Perth |
Australia |
1.51
|
255
|
1.79
|
280
|
Peshawar |
Pakistan |
1.29
|
316
|
2.04
|
244
|
Philadelphia |
USA |
5.36
|
44
|
5.88
|
56
|
Phnom Penh |
Cambodia |
1.20
|
345
|
1.59
|
314
|
Phoenix, Mesa |
USA |
3.51
|
83
|
4.69
|
81
|
Pingxiang, Jiangxi |
China |
1.57
|
239
|
1.79
|
281
|
Pittsburgh |
USA |
1.79
|
206
|
1.92
|
262
|
Port-au-Prince |
Haiti |
2.17
|
162
|
3.27
|
127
|
Portland |
USA |
1.84
|
194
|
2.37
|
201
|
Porto |
Portugal |
1.31
|
311
|
1.45
|
344
|
Pôrto Alegre |
Brazil |
3.86
|
72
|
4.60
|
83
|
Prague |
Czech Republic |
1.16
|
358
|
1.14
|
385
|
Pretoria |
South Africa |
1.33
|
303
|
1.76
|
285
|
Providence |
USA |
1.24
|
330
|
1.41
|
352
|
Puebla |
Mexico |
1.87
|
191
|
1.96
|
257
|
Pune (Poona) |
India |
4.67
|
53
|
7.53
|
43
|
Pusan |
South Korea |
3.49
|
84
|
3.23
|
129
|
Pyongyang |
North Korea |
3.33
|
95
|
3.72
|
110
|
Qingdao |
China |
2.45
|
141
|
2.85
|
154
|
Qiqihar |
China |
1.46
|
269
|
1.54
|
323
|
Quito |
Ecuador |
1.55
|
246
|
2.03
|
247
|
Rabat |
Morocco |
1.91
|
187
|
2.69
|
169
|
Rajkot |
India |
1.26
|
326
|
2.07
|
241
|
Rawalpindi |
Pakistan |
1.85
|
192
|
2.92
|
151
|
Recife |
Brazil |
3.59
|
79
|
4.36
|
90
|
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil |
11.62
|
15
|
13.23
|
16
|
Riverside, San Bernardino |
USA |
1.71
|
218
|
2.13
|
230
|
Riyadh |
Saudi Arabia |
5.76
|
40
|
8.82
|
34
|
Rome |
Italy |
2.60
|
132
|
2.43
|
195
|
Rosario |
Argentina |
1.33
|
304
|
1.55
|
320
|
Rostov-on-Don |
Russia |
1.09
|
387
|
1.09
|
389
|
Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
1.12
|
374
|
1.18
|
381
|
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