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The 200 largest cities

Ordered by city population from GeoNames, biggest first: Shanghai at 24.9M down to Paris at 2.1M. These are city populations, not metropolitan areas, which is why some famously large metros sit lower than you might expect.

The figure on the right is the population. Underneath it is the city’s standing on the board — or unclaimed, if nobody has backed it yet.

By population

200 of 5,908 cities
  1. 1ShanghaiChina24.9MUnclaimed
  2. 2BeijingChina19MUnclaimed
  3. 3ShenzhenGuangdong, China17.5MUnclaimed
  4. 4GuangzhouGuangdong, China16.1MUnclaimed
  5. 5KinshasaDemocratic Republic of the Congo16MUnclaimed
  6. 6IstanbulTurkey15.7MUnclaimed
  7. 7LagosNigeria15.4MUnclaimed
  8. 8Ho Chi Minh CityHo Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam14MUnclaimed
  9. 9ChengduSichuan, China13.6MUnclaimed
  10. 10LahorePunjab, Pakistan13MUnclaimed
  11. 11MumbaiMaharashtra, India12.7MUnclaimed
  12. 12São PauloBrazil12.4MUnclaimed
  13. 13Mexico CityMexico12.3MUnclaimed
  14. 14KarachiSindh, Pakistan11.6MUnclaimed
  15. 15TianjinChina11.1MUnclaimed
  16. 16DelhiIndia11MUnclaimed
  17. 17WuhanHubei, China10.4MUnclaimed
  18. 18MoscowRussia10.4MUnclaimed
  19. 19DhakaDhaka Division, Bangladesh10.4MUnclaimed
  20. 20SeoulSouth Korea10.3MUnclaimed
  21. 21TokyoJapan9.7MUnclaimed
  22. 22DongguanGuangdong, China9.6MUnclaimed
  23. 23CairoEgypt9.6MUnclaimed
  24. 24Xi’anShaanxi, China9.6MUnclaimed
  25. 25JohannesburgGauteng, South Africa9.4MUnclaimed
  26. 26WeifangShandong, China9.4MUnclaimed
  27. 27NanjingJiangsu, China9.3MUnclaimed
  28. 28HangzhouZhejiang, China9.2MUnclaimed
  29. 29FoshanGuangdong, China9MUnclaimed
  30. 30LondonEngland, United Kingdom9MUnclaimed
  31. 31New York CityNew York, United States8.8MUnclaimed
  32. 32JakartaIndonesia8.5MUnclaimed
  33. 33BengaluruKarnataka, India8.5MUnclaimed
  34. 34HanoiVietnam8.1MUnclaimed
  35. 35TaipeiTaiwan, Taiwan7.9MUnclaimed
  36. 36LimaLima Province, Peru7.7MUnclaimed
  37. 37BogotáBogota D.C., Colombia7.7MUnclaimed
  38. 38ChongqingChina7.5MUnclaimed
  39. 39DalianLiaoning, China7.5MUnclaimed
  40. 40Hong KongHong Kong7.4MUnclaimed
  41. 41BaghdadIraq7.2MUnclaimed
  42. 42WuzhongNingxia, China7.2MUnclaimed
  43. 43QingdaoShandong, China7.2MUnclaimed
  44. 44TehranIran7.2MUnclaimed
  45. 45YantaiShandong, China7.1MUnclaimed
  46. 46ShenyangLiaoning, China7MUnclaimed
  47. 47HyderabadTelangana, India7MUnclaimed
  48. 48Rio de JaneiroBrazil6.7MUnclaimed
  49. 49SuzhouJiangsu, China6.7MUnclaimed
  50. 50AhmedabadGujarat, India6.4MUnclaimed
  51. 51AbidjanAbidjan Autonomous District, Ivory Coast6.3MUnclaimed
  52. 52XinyangHenan, China6.2MUnclaimed
  53. 53PudongShanghai, China5.7MUnclaimed
  54. 54SydneyNew South Wales, Australia5.6MUnclaimed
  55. 55SingaporeSingapore5.6MUnclaimed
  56. 56MelbourneVictoria, Australia5.4MUnclaimed
  57. 57Dar es SalaamDar es Salaam Region, Tanzania5.4MUnclaimed
  58. 58Saint PetersburgSt.-Petersburg, Russia5.4MUnclaimed
  59. 59AlexandriaEgypt5.3MUnclaimed
  60. 60HarbinHeilongjiang, China5.2MUnclaimed
  61. 61BangkokThailand5.1MUnclaimed
  62. 62HefeiAnhui, China5MUnclaimed
  63. 63KanoKano State, Nigeria4.9MUnclaimed
  64. 64SantiagoSantiago Metropolitan, Chile4.8MUnclaimed
  65. 65Cape TownWestern Cape, South Africa4.8MUnclaimed
  66. 66PeshawarKhyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan4.8MUnclaimed
  67. 67ChangchunJilin, China4.7MUnclaimed
  68. 68ZiboShandong, China4.7MUnclaimed
  69. 69JeddahMecca Region, Saudi Arabia4.7MUnclaimed
  70. 70ChennaiTamil Nadu, India4.7MUnclaimed
  71. 71KolkataWest Bengal, India4.6MUnclaimed
  72. 72XiamenFujian, China4.6MUnclaimed
  73. 73SuratGujarat, India4.6MUnclaimed
  74. 74YangzhouJiangsu, China4.6MUnclaimed
  75. 75Huai'anJiangsu, China4.6MUnclaimed
  76. 76YangonMyanmar4.5MUnclaimed
  77. 77Bao'anGuangdong, China4.5MUnclaimed
  78. 78KabulAfghanistan4.4MUnclaimed
  79. 79NairobiNairobi County, Kenya4.4MUnclaimed
  80. 80WuxiJiangsu, China4.4MUnclaimed
  81. 81GizaEgypt4.4MUnclaimed
  82. 82JinanShandong, China4.3MUnclaimed
  83. 83TaiyuanShanxi, China4.3MUnclaimed
  84. 84ZhengzhouHenan, China4.3MUnclaimed
  85. 85BamakoMali4.2MUnclaimed
  86. 86RiyadhRiyadh Region, Saudi Arabia4.2MUnclaimed
  87. 87New Taipei CityTaipei, Taiwan4MUnclaimed
  88. 88ShijiazhuangHebei, China3.9MUnclaimed
  89. 89ChattogramChittagong, Bangladesh3.9MUnclaimed
  90. 90Addis AbabaEthiopia3.9MUnclaimed
  91. 91ZaozhuangShandong, China3.9MUnclaimed
  92. 92KunmingYunnan, China3.9MUnclaimed
  93. 93ZhongshanGuangdong, China3.8MUnclaimed
  94. 94NanningGuangxi, China3.8MUnclaimed
  95. 95ShantouGuangdong, China3.8MUnclaimed
  96. 96Los AngelesCalifornia, United States3.8MUnclaimed
  97. 97FaisalabadPunjab, Pakistan3.8MUnclaimed
  98. 98DubaiUnited Arab Emirates3.8MUnclaimed
  99. 99YokohamaKanagawa, Japan3.8MUnclaimed
  100. 100FuzhouFujian, China3.7MUnclaimed
  101. 101NingboZhejiang, China3.7MUnclaimed
  102. 102CasablancaCasablanca-Settat, Morocco3.7MUnclaimed
  103. 103IbadanOyo State, Nigeria3.6MUnclaimed
  104. 104PuyangZhejiang, China3.6MUnclaimed
  105. 105AnkaraTurkey3.5MUnclaimed
  106. 106ChengdeHebei, China3.5MUnclaimed
  107. 107ShiyanHubei, China3.5MUnclaimed
  108. 108BerlinState of Berlin, Germany3.4MUnclaimed
  109. 109TangshanHebei, China3.4MUnclaimed
  110. 110RawalpindiPunjab, Pakistan3.4MUnclaimed
  111. 111LüliangShanxi, China3.3MUnclaimed
  112. 112DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa3.3MUnclaimed
  113. 113AnshanLiaoning, China3.3MUnclaimed
  114. 114ChangzhouJiangsu, China3.3MUnclaimed
  115. 115BusanSouth Korea3.3MUnclaimed
  116. 116MadridSpain3.3MUnclaimed
  117. 117PyongyangNorth Korea3.2MUnclaimed
  118. 118PuneMaharashtra, India3.1MUnclaimed
  119. 119DatongShanxi, China3.1MUnclaimed
  120. 120BursaBursa Province, Turkey3.1MUnclaimed
  121. 121ChangshaHunan, China3.1MUnclaimed
  122. 122Quezon CityNational Capital Region, Philippines3.1MUnclaimed
  123. 123JaipurRajasthan, India3MUnclaimed
  124. 124GuiyangGuizhou, China3MUnclaimed
  125. 125HuainanAnhui, China3MUnclaimed
  126. 126ÜrümqiXinjiang, China3MUnclaimed
  127. 127SurabayaEast Java, Indonesia3MUnclaimed
  128. 128IncheonSouth Korea3MUnclaimed
  129. 129LanzhouGansu, China3MUnclaimed
  130. 130CaracasDistrito Federal, Venezuela3MUnclaimed
  131. 131KyivKyiv City, Ukraine3MUnclaimed
  132. 132İzmirİzmir Province, Turkey2.9MUnclaimed
  133. 133HuizhouGuangdong, China2.9MUnclaimed
  134. 134Buenos AiresBuenos Aires F.D., Argentina2.9MUnclaimed
  135. 135HaikouHainan, China2.9MUnclaimed
  136. 136TaichungTaiwan, Taiwan2.9MUnclaimed
  137. 137KanpurUttar Pradesh, India2.8MUnclaimed
  138. 138TorontoOntario, Canada2.8MUnclaimed
  139. 139QuitoPichincha, Ecuador2.8MUnclaimed
  140. 140BrisbaneQueensland, Australia2.8MUnclaimed
  141. 141LuandaAngola2.8MUnclaimed
  142. 142BaotouInner Mongolia, China2.8MUnclaimed
  143. 143OsakaJapan2.8MUnclaimed
  144. 144LinyiShandong, China2.7MUnclaimed
  145. 145BaodingHebei, China2.7MUnclaimed
  146. 146KaohsiungTakao, Taiwan2.7MUnclaimed
  147. 147BrooklynNew York, United States2.7MUnclaimed
  148. 148GuayaquilGuayas, Ecuador2.7MUnclaimed
  149. 149Belo HorizonteMinas Gerais, Brazil2.7MUnclaimed
  150. 150MinhangShanghai, China2.7MUnclaimed
  151. 151BazhongSichuan, China2.7MUnclaimed
  152. 152SalvadorBahia, Brazil2.7MUnclaimed
  153. 153JinzhouLiaoning, China2.7MUnclaimed
  154. 154AbujaFCT, Nigeria2.7MUnclaimed
  155. 155GazipurDhaka Division, Bangladesh2.7MUnclaimed
  156. 156ChicagoIllinois, United States2.7MUnclaimed
  157. 157WenzhouZhejiang, China2.6MUnclaimed
  158. 158BekasiWest Java, Indonesia2.6MUnclaimed
  159. 159DakarSenegal2.6MUnclaimed
  160. 160HaiphongHai Phong, Vietnam2.6MUnclaimed
  161. 161YunfuGuangdong, China2.6MUnclaimed
  162. 162MogadishuBanaadir, Somalia2.6MUnclaimed
  163. 163KumasiAshanti, Ghana2.5MUnclaimed
  164. 164BandungWest Java, Indonesia2.5MUnclaimed
  165. 165GujranwalaPunjab, Pakistan2.5MUnclaimed
  166. 166MedanNorth Sumatra, Indonesia2.5MUnclaimed
  167. 167LucknowUttar Pradesh, India2.5MUnclaimed
  168. 168OuagadougouCentre, Burkina Faso2.4MUnclaimed
  169. 169NagpurMaharashtra, India2.4MUnclaimed
  170. 170FortalezaCeará, Brazil2.4MUnclaimed
  171. 171CaliValle del Cauca Department, Colombia2.4MUnclaimed
  172. 172TielingLiaoning, China2.4MUnclaimed
  173. 173PerthWestern Australia, Australia2.4MUnclaimed
  174. 174DaeguSouth Korea2.4MUnclaimed
  175. 175AlgiersAlgeria2.4MUnclaimed
  176. 176NanchangJiangxi, China2.4MUnclaimed
  177. 177BakuBaki, Azerbaijan2.4MUnclaimed
  178. 178HohhotInner Mongolia, China2.4MUnclaimed
  179. 179NagoyaAichi, Japan2.3MUnclaimed
  180. 180RomeLazio, Italy2.3MUnclaimed
  181. 181QueensNew York, United States2.3MUnclaimed
  182. 182HoustonTexas, United States2.3MUnclaimed
  183. 183MashhadRazavi Khorasan, Iran2.3MUnclaimed
  184. 184ShaoxingZhejiang, China2.3MUnclaimed
  185. 185NantongJiangsu, China2.3MUnclaimed
  186. 186BaoshanShanghai, China2.3MUnclaimed
  187. 187GaziantepTurkey2.2MUnclaimed
  188. 188LubumbashiHaut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo2.2MUnclaimed
  189. 189ManausAmazonas, Brazil2.2MUnclaimed
  190. 190LusakaLusaka Province, Zambia2.2MUnclaimed
  191. 191BrasíliaFederal District, Brazil2.2MUnclaimed
  192. 192ZhuhaiGuangdong, China2.2MUnclaimed
  193. 193Santo DomingoNacional, Dominican Republic2.2MUnclaimed
  194. 194DandongLiaoning, China2.2MUnclaimed
  195. 195LoméMaritime, Togo2.2MUnclaimed
  196. 196MultanPunjab, Pakistan2.2MUnclaimed
  197. 197HavanaCuba2.2MUnclaimed
  198. 198DepokWest Java, Indonesia2.2MUnclaimed
  199. 199OrdosInner Mongolia, China2.2MUnclaimed
  200. 200ParisÎle-de-France, France2.1MUnclaimed

Size is not standing

Nothing on this list is ranked on the leaderboard because it is big. A city gets on the board when somebody backs it, and the smallest city in the catalogue can outrank the largest.

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