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2018 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 Sacramento USA 1.57 241 1.94 258 Salvador Brazil 3.41 88 4.38 88 Samara Russia 1.13 364 1.04 397 San Antonio USA 1.44 271 1.68 298 San Diego USA 2.85 115 3.24 128 San Francisco, Oakland USA 3.36 90 3.71 112 San Jose USA 1.63 230 1.84 274 San José Costa Rica 1.18 353 1.64 306 San Juan Puerto Rico 2.41 145 2.61 175 San Salvador El Salvador 1.51 256 1.90 264 Sana'a Yemen 1.70 221 3.36 123 Santa Cruz Bolivia 1.42 281 2.45 194 Santiago Chile 5.70 41 6.71 46 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 1.95 184 2.37 202 São Paulo Brazil 18.61 5 21.57 6 Sapporo Japan 1.84 193 1.99 253 Seattle USA 3.01 105 3.62 116 Seoul South Korea 9.52 23 8.88 31 Shanghai China 12.63 11 12.63 18 Shantou China 1.39 290 2.04 243 Shenyang China 4.94 51 5.30 64 Shenzhen China 1.32 310 1.86 271 Shijiazhuang China 1.76 208 2.20 220 Shiraz Iran 1.25 329 1.62 309 Singapore Singapore 4.47 55 5.24 66 Sofia Bulgaria 1.02 403 0.89 407 Srinagar India 1.12 371 1.59 315 St Petersburg Russia 5.35 45 5.39 63 St. Louis USA 2.14 169 2.33 207 Stockholm Sweden 1.75 210 1.92 261 Stuttgart Germany 2.71 124 2.75 160 Suining China 1.54 248 1.85 272 Suqian China 1.27 324 1.51 331 Surabaja Indonesia 2.79 120 3.77 107 Surat India 3.90 70 7.72 41 Suwon South Korea 1.23 337 1.91 263 Suzhou, Jiangsu China 1.22 340 1.50 333 Sydney Australia 4.45 57 5.18 67 Tabriz Iran 1.42 279 1.84 273 Taegu South Korea 2.52 137 2.54 185 Taejon South Korea 1.49 260 1.70 295 Taian China 1.56 243 1.73 288 Taichung China 1.09 384 1.50 335 Taipei China 2.46 139 2.42 197 Taiyuan China 2.54 136 2.89 153 Tampa, St. Petersburg USA 2.26 151 2.69 168 Tangshan China 1.79 204 2.14 228 Tashkent Uzbekistan 2.16 163 2.33 208 Tbilisi Georgia 1.03 401 0.92 405 Tegucigalpa Honduras 1.09 386 1.54 324 Tehran Iran 7.42 29 8.86 33 Tel Aviv-Jaffa Israel 3.09 104 3.87 101 Tianjin China 9.39 24 10.14 24 Tianmen China 1.98 182 2.56 183 Tianshui China 1.29 317 1.56 319 Tijuana Mexico 1.64 227 2.40 200 Tokyo Japan 35.53 1 37.28 1 Toluca Mexico 2.13 171 3.82 103 Toronto Canada 5.16 48 6.34 52 Torreón Mexico 1.07 393 1.22 375 Tripoli Libya 2.14 168 2.79 157 Tunis Tunisia 2.10 173 2.59 178 Turin Italy 1.16 356 1.08 392 Ufa Russia 1.03 399 0.97 401 Ujung Pandang Indonesia 1.24 334 1.78 283 Ulsan South Korea 1.07 391 1.17 383 Vadodara India 1.73 213 2.47 191 Valencia Venezuela 2.44 142 3.72 111 Vancouver Canada 2.16 164 2.60 176 Varanasi (Benares) India 1.32 307 1.67 301 Vienna Austria 2.20 157 2.26 214 Vijayawada India 1.11 376 1.43 347 Virginia Beach USA 1.45 270 1.61 310 Visakhapatnam India 1.50 258 2.03 246 Volgograd Russia 1.02 404 1.00 398 Wanxian China 2.00 179 2.71 165 Warsaw Poland 2.21 155 2.23 216 Washington DC USA 4.25 62 4.90 75 Weifang China 1.38 294 1.63 308 Wenzhou China 1.52 250 2.27 213 Wuhan China 6.18 37 9.18 30 Wulumuqi (Urumqi) China 1.59 236 2.10 238 Wuxi China 1.21 342 1.43 349 Xian China 3.28 97 3.75 109 Xiantao China 1.79 205 2.27 212 Xiaoshan China 1.13 368 1.18 382 Xinghua China 1.59 235 1.72 292 Xintai China 1.34 302 1.40 354 Xinyi China 1.03 400 1.20 378 Xuzhou China 1.69 222 2.08 240 Yancheng China 1.70 220 2.10 237 Yangon Myanmar 4.18 64 5.87 57 Yantai China 1.74 211 2.13 229 Yaoundé Cameroon 1.80 202 2.65 172 Yerevan Armenia 1.06 395 0.99 399 Yixing China 1.13 366 1.23 374 Yiyang China 1.54 247 2.13 231 Yongzhou China 1.20 344 1.49 338 Yueyang China 1.30 313 1.55 321 Yulin, Guangxi China 1.72 215 2.17 225 Yuzhou China 1.24 333 1.42 351 Zaoyang China 1.23 335 1.53 326 Zaozhuang China 2.22 153 2.69 167 Zhanjiang China 1.60 233 2.29 210 Zhengzhou China 2.29 149 2.89 152 Zibo China 2.80 119 3.15 133 Zigong China 1.13 367 1.31 365 Follow @City_Mayors