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List of cities proper by population 

A view of Cuffe Parade locality in Mumbai, India, which is currently the World's most populous city proper
A view of Cuffe Parade locality in Mumbai, India, which is currently the World's most populous city proper

This is a list of the most populous cities of the World defined according to the concept of city proper. The list ranks the World's urban municipal units (or well-defined statistical groupings of such units) according to population. Note that the populations listed are for the city proper and not for the urban area nor the metropolitan area. It should further be noted that the meaning and role of the political units taken for the purpose of this list to be the "city proper" are not and cannot be wholly consistent due to the differing systems of local government around the World. Statistical definitions for each city, approximate surface area, and population density are also indicated.

Contents

Population

Rank City Population Definition Area (km²) Population density (/km²) Country
1 Mumbai 13,662,885[1] Municipal corporation 603 22,658 Flag of India India
2 Karachi 12,991,000[2] City District 3,527 3,683 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan
3 Istanbul 11,372,613[3] Municipality 1,831 6,211 Flag of Turkey Turkey
4 Delhi 11,325,124 Municipal Corporation 431[4] 26,276 Flag of India India
5 São Paulo 10,886,518[5] Municipality 1,523 7,148 Flag of Brazil Brazil
6 Moscow 10,452,000[6] City proper (includes Zelenograd) 1,081 9,644 Flag of Russia Russia
7 Seoul 10,356,202[7] Special City 605.4 17,213 Flag of South Korea South Korea
8 Shanghai 10,231,000[8] Core districts + inner suburbs
(Registered population only)		 2,050 4991 Flag of the People's Republic of China China
9 Mexico City 8,609,347[1] Federal District 1,550 5,626 Flag of Mexico Mexico
10 Jakarta 8,576,788[1] Special capital district 664 12,738 Flag of Indonesia Indonesia
11 Tokyo 8,535,792[9] 23 special wards area 620 13,682 Flag of Japan Japan
12 New York City 8,274,527[10] City proper 789.4 10,452 Flag of the United States United States
13 Lagos 7,937,932[11] Administrative area 999.6 7938 Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
14 Kinshasa 7,843,000[6] City-Province 9,965 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo
15 Lima 7,819,436[9] Province[12] 804 8,544 Flag of Peru Peru
16 Tehran 7,797,520[13] City proper 760 10,260 Flag of Iran Iran
17 Beijing 7,699,297[9] (2002-12-31) Core districts + inner suburbs 1,370 5,650 Flag of the People's Republic of China China
18 London 7,581,052[1] Greater London[14] 1,580 4,697 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
19 Hong Kong 7,206,000[6] Special Administrative Region 1,092 6,183 Flag of the People's Republic of China China
20 Bogotá 7,137,849[1] Distrito Capital (Capital district) 1,590 4,523 Flag of Colombia Colombia
21 Cairo 6,758,581[15] Governorate Flag of Egypt Egypt
22 Bangkok 6,704,000[6] Administrative area 1,568.7 3,630 Flag of Thailand Thailand
23 Lahore 6,577,000[6] City District 1,772 3,808 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan
24 Dhaka 6,479,751[9] City Corporation Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh
25 Rio de Janeiro 6,093,500[9] City proper 1,180 5,200 Flag of Brazil Brazil
26 Baghdad 5,258,383[1] City proper Flag of Iraq Iraq
27 Bangalore 5,180,533[1] Municipal Corporation 230 22,426 Flag of India India
28 Kolkata 5,021,458[1] Municipal Corporation 185 24,760 Flag of India India
29 Tianjin 4,933,106[9] (2002-12-31) Core districts Flag of the People's Republic of China China
30 Yangon 4,886,305[1] City proper Flag of Burma Myanmar
31 Santiago 4,668,473[16] (2002) Province[17] 2,030 2300 Flag of Chile Chile
32 Guangzhou 4,653,131[9] (2002-12-31) Core districts Flag of the People's Republic of China China
33 Saint Petersburg 4,596,000[18] City proper 1439 [19] 3,179 Flag of Russia Russia
34 Wuhan 4,593,410[9] (2002-12-31) Core districts 400 12,868 Flag of the People's Republic of China China
35 Chennai 4,562,843[1] Municipal Corporation 187 24,418 Flag of India India
36 Riyadh 4,465,000[6] City proper 800 1,500 Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
37 Singapore 4,436,000[6] Country 699 6,306 Flag of Singapore Singapore
38 Ho Chi Minh City 4,331,288[1] City proper Flag of Vietnam Vietnam
39 Alexandria 4,247,414[1] Governorate 2,680 1,378 Flag of Egypt Egypt
40 Chongqing 4,239,742[9] (2002-12-31) Core districts Flag of the People's Republic of China China
41 Shenyang 3,995,531[9] (2002-12-31) Core districts Flag of the People's Republic of China China
42 Hyderabad 3,980,938[1] Municipal corporation 170 21,293 Flag of India India
43 Ankara 3,901,201[3] Municipality 2,516 1,551 Flag of Turkey Turkey
44 Ahmedabad 3,867,336[1] Municipal corporation 190 19,979 Flag of India India
45 Los Angeles 3,849,378[20] City proper 1,290 2,980 Flag of the United States United States
46 Abidjan 3,802,000[6] City proper Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire
47 Yokohama 3,602,758[9] City proper 440 8,182 Flag of Japan Japan

See also

A view of Karachi downtown in Pakistan. The World's second most populous city.
A view of Karachi downtown in Pakistan. The World's second most populous city.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n World Gazetteer estimate for 2008-01-01
  2. ^ Sindh Bureau of Statistics, Selected Tables of District Development Indicators, 2008; Population (Total) of 1998 Census and 2008 (Projected) (pdf-file) Retrieved on 2008-08-05. Including the six cantonments of Clifton Cantonment, Faisal Cantonment, Karachi Cantonment, Korangi Creek Cantonment, Malir Cantonment and Manora Cantonment. These cantonments are technically under military jurisdiction, but are all situated close to the core of the Karachi City District.
  3. ^ a b TUIK. "Address-based population registration system: Inside-Outside District Centers Population By Province And Sex And Population Density 2007" (in Turkish). TUIK. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
  4. ^ United Nations, Demographic Yearbook 2006, table 8 (pdf-file) Retrieved on 2008-08-05.
  5. ^ Contagem da População 2007
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h UN world Urbanization Prospects estimate for 2007
  7. ^ Information System Planning Division 2006, Korean National Statistics Office
  8. ^ "Shanghai Basic Facts". Shanghai Municipal Government (2006). Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k City and region database of Statistics Finland
  10. ^ "2007 Census Bureau Estimate". US Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-08-04.
  11. ^ Summing the 16 LGAs making up Metropolitan Lagos (Agege, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Alimosho, Amuwo-Odofin, Apapa, Eti-Osa, Ifako-Ijaiye, Ikeja, Kosofe, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, Mushin, Ojo, Oshodi-Isolo, Shomolu, Surulere) as per:
    Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette (15th May, 2007). "Legal Notice on Publication of the Details of the Breakdown of the National and State Provisional Totals 2006 Census" (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
  12. ^ Composed of 43 independent districts
  13. ^ Iran 2006 Census
  14. ^ Composed of 32 independent borough councils
  15. ^ Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, Population and Housing Census 2006, Governorate level, Population distribution by sex (excel-file) Adjusted census result, as Helwan governorate was created on the 17th of April 2008 from a.o. parts of the Cairo governorate.
  16. ^ Geohive: Statistics for Chile - Santiago
  17. ^ Composed of 32 independent municipalities
  18. ^ City of Saint Petersburg Official Portal, Russian Census estimates
  19. ^ City of Saint Petersburg Official Portal, Statistics
  20. ^ U.S. Census Bureau estimates for 2006

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