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Physical Map of the world with dots showing where the 30 most populous cities are.
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Physical Map of the world with dots showing where the 30 most populous cities are.

This a list of the thirty most populous cities in the world as of 2004.


The reader should note that criteria for defining a city's population vary wildly between nations, and the figures and ranks in this list may bear little or no relation to a city's actual metropolitan or urban area population size. The List of metropolitan areas by population may be better suited to comparison between cities on a global scale.





Rank City Population Country Continent
1 Shanghai 13,278,500 China Asia
2 Mumbai (Bombay) 12,622,500 India Asia
3 Buenos Aires 11,928,400 Argentina South America
4 Moscow 11,273,400 Russia Europe
5 Karachi 10,899,100 Pakistan Asia
6 Delhi 10,400,900 India Asia
7 Manila 10,330,100 Philippines Asia
8 São Paulo 10,260,100 Brazil South America
9 Seoul 10,165,400 South Korea Asia
10 Istanbul 9,631,700 Turkey Asia and Europe
11 Jakarta 8,987,800 Indonesia Asia
12 Mexico City 8,705,100 Mexico North America
13 Lagos 8,682,200 Nigeria Africa
14 Lima 8,380,600 Peru South America
15 Tokyo 8,294,200 Japan Asia
16 New York City 8,091,700 United States North America
17 Cairo 7,609,700 Egypt Africa
18 London 7,593,300 United Kingdom Europe
19 Tehran 7,317,200 Iran Asia
20 Beijing 7,209,900 China Asia
21 Bogotá 6,981,500 Colombia South America
22 Kinshasa 6,789,900 D. R. Congo Africa
23 Rio de Janeiro 6,150,200 Brazil South America
24 Chennai 6,000,900 India Asia
25 Lahore 5,997,200 Pakistan Asia
26 Baghdad 5,948,800 Iraq Asia
27 Dhaka 5,818,600 Bangladesh Asia
28 Bangkok 5,455,200 Thailand Asia
29 Kolkata 4,852,800 India Asia
30 Toronto 4,551,800 Canada North America


Ranks of various cities below rank 30

Bangalore, India: rank 31, Sydney, Australia: rank 36, Los Angeles, United States: rank 39, Singapore, Singapore: rank 50, Berlin, Germany: rank 54, Madrid, Spain: rank 55, Montreal, Canada: rank 56, Cape Town, South Africa: 59, Chicago, United States: 61, P'ŏngyang, North Korea: 63, Taipei, Taiwan: 72, Paris, France: 101, Vancouver, Canada: 114, Brisbane, Australia: 140, Philadelphia, United States: 151, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 163, Phoenix, United States: 165, Perth, Australia: 173, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico: 187, Tijuana, Mexico: 190, San Diego, United States: 201, Kampala, Uganda: 205, Dallas, United States: 218, Brazzaville, Congo: 222, Port-au-Prince, Haiti: 237, Hiroshima, Japan: 248, Dublin, Ireland: 274

Note: This data may need updating.

Hong Kong is a city statelet which has a population of over 7,500,000, however the territory does not define itself as a city.


source: www.world-gazetteer.com (http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1105844109&men=gcis&lng=en&gln=xx&dat=32&srt=npan&col=aohdq&srt=pnan)


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