Rank
City / Urban area
Country
Population
Land area
(in sqKm)
Density
(people per sqKm)
1
Tokyo/YokohamaJapan33,200,000
6,993
4,750
2
New York MetroUSA17,800,000
8,683
2,050
3
Sao PauloBrazil17,700,000
1,968
9,000
4
Seoul/IncheonSouth Korea17,500,000
1,049
16,700
5
Mexico CityMexico17,400,000
2,072
8,400
6
Osaka/Kobe/KyotoJapan16,425,000
2,564
6,400
7
ManilaPhilippines14,750,000
1,399
10,550
8
MumbaiIndia14,350,000
484
29,650
9
DelhiIndia14,300,000
1,295
11,050
10
JakartaIndonesia14,250,000
1,360
10,500
11
LagosNigeria13,400,000
738
18,150
12
KolkataIndia12,700,000
531
23,900
13
CairoEgypt12,200,000
1,295
9,400
14
Los AngelesUSA11,789,000
4,320
2,750
15
Buenos AiresArgentina11,200,000
2,266
4,950
16
Rio de JaneiroBrazil10,800,000
1,580
6,850
17
MoscowRussia10,500,000
2,150
4,900
18
ShanghaiChina10,000,000
746
13,400
19
KarachiPakistan9,800,000
518
18,900
20
ParisFrance9,645,000
2,723
3,550
21
IstanbulTurkey9,000,000
1,166
7,700
22
NagoyaJapan9,000,000
2,875
3,150
23
BeijingChina8,614,000
748
11,500
24
ChicagoUSA8,308,000
5,498
1,500
25
LondonUK8,278,000
1,623
5,100
26
ShenzhenChina8,000,000
466
17,150
27
Essen/DüsseldorfGermany7,350,000
2,642
2,800
28
TehranIran7,250,000
686
10,550
29
BogotaColombia7,000,000
518
13,500
30
LimaPeru7,000,000
596
11,750
31
BangkokThailand6,500,000
1,010
6,450
32
Johannesburg/East RandSouth Africa6,000,000
2,396
2,500
33
ChennaiIndia5,950,000
414
14,350
34
TaipeiTaiwan5,700,000
376
15,200
35
BaghdadIraq5,500,000
596
9,250
36
SantiagoChile5,425,000
648
8,400
37
BangaloreIndia5,400,000
534
10,100
38
HyderabadIndia5,300,000
583
9,100
39
St PetersburgRussia5,300,000
622
8,550
40
PhiladelphiaUSA5,149,000
4,661
1,100
41
LahorePakistan5,100,000
622
8,200
42
KinshasaCongo5,000,000
469
10,650
43
MiamiUSA4,919,000
2,891
1,700
44
Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam4,900,000
518
9,450
45
MadridSpain4,900,000
945
5,200
46
TianjinChina4,750,000
453
10,500
47
Kuala LumpurMalaysia4,400,000
1,606
2,750
48
TorontoCanada4,367,000
1,655
2,650
49
MilanItaly4,250,000
1,554
2,750
50
ShenyangChina4,200,000
453
9,250
51
Dallas/Fort WorthUSA4,146,000
3,644
1,150
52
BostonUSA4,032,000
4,497
900
53
Belo HorizonteBrazil4,000,000
868
4,600
54
KhartoumSudan4,000,000
583
6,850
55
RiyadhSaudi Arabia4,000,000
1,101
3,650
56
SingaporeSingapore4,000,000
479
8,350
57
WashingtonUSA3,934,000
2,996
1,300
58
DetroitUSA3,903,000
3,267
1,200
59
BarcelonaSpain3,900,000
803
4,850
60
HoustonUSA3,823,000
3,355
1,150
61
AthensGreece3,685,000
684
5,400
62
BerlinGermany3,675,000
984
3,750
63
SydneyAustralia3,502,000
1,687
2,100
64
AtlantaUSA3,500,000
5,083
700
65
GuadalajaraMexico3,500,000
596
5,900
66
San Francisco/Oakland USA3,229,000
1,365
2,350
67
Montreal.Canada3,216,000
1,740
1,850
68
MontereyMexico3,200,000
479
6,700
69
MelbourneAustralia3,162,000
2,080
1,500
70
AnkaraTurkey3,100,000
583
5,300
71
RecifeBrazil3,025,000
376
8,050
72
Phoenix/MesaUSA2,907,000
2,069
1,400
73
DurbanSouth Africa2,900,000
829
3,500
74
Porto AlegreBrazil2,800,000
583
4,800
75
DalianChina2,750,000
389
7,100
76
JeddahSaudi Arabia2,750,000
777
3,550
77
SeattleUSA2,712,000
2,470
1,100
78
Cape TownSouth Africa2,700,000
686
3,950
79
San DiegoUSA2,674,000
2,026
1,300
80
FortalezaBrazil2,650,000
583
4,550
81
CuritibaBrazil2,500,000
648
3,850
82
RomeItaly2,500,000
842
2,950
83
NaplesItaly2,400,000
583
4,100
84
Minneapolis/St. PaulUSA2,389,000
2,316
1,050
85
Tel AvivIsrael2,300,000
453
5,050
86
BirminghamUK2,284,000
600
3,800
87
FrankfurtGermany2,260,000
984
2,300
88
LisbonPortugal2,250,000
881
2,550
89
ManchesterUK2,245,000
558
4,000
90
San JuanPuerto Rico2,217,000
2,309
950
91
KatowicePoland2,200,000
544
4,050
92
TashkentUzbekistan2,200,000
531
4,150
93
FukuokaJapan2,150,000
544
3,950
94
Baku/SumqayitAzerbaijan2,100,000
544
3,850
95
St. LouisUSA2,078,000
2,147
950
96
BaltimoreUSA2,076,000
1,768
1,150
97
SapporoJapan2,075,000
414
5,000
98
Tampa/St. PetersburgUSA2,062,000
2,078
1,000
99
TaichungTaiwan2,000,000
510
3,900
100
WarsawPoland2,000,000
466
4,300
101
DenverUSA1,985,000
1,292
1,550
102
Cologne/BonnGermany1,960,000
816
2,400
103
HamburgGermany1,925,000
829
2,300
104
DubaiUAE1,900,000
712
2,650
105
PretoriaSouth Africa1,850,000
673
2,750
106
VancouverCanada1,830,000
1,120
1,650
107
BeirutLebanon1,800,000
648
2,800
108
BudapestHungary1,800,000
702
2,550
109
ClevelandUSA1,787,000
1,676
1,050
110
PittsburghUSA1,753,000
2,208
800
111
CampinasBrazil1,750,000
492
3,550
112
HarareZimbabwe1,750,000
712
2,450
113
BrasiliaBrazil1,625,000
583
2,800
114
KuwaitKuwait1,600,000
544
2,950
115
MunichGermany1,600,000
518
3,100
116
PortlandUSA1,583,000
1,228
1,300
117
BrusselsBelgium1,570,000
712
2,200
118
ViennaAustria1,550,000
453
3,400
119
San JoseUSA1,538,000
674
2,300
120
Damman Saudi Arabia1,525,000
673
2,250
121
CopenhagenDenmark1,525,000
816
1,850
122
BrisbaneAustralia1,508,000
1,603
950
123
Riverside/San BernardinoUSA1,507,000
1,136
1,350
124
CincinnatiUSA1,503,000
1,740
850
125
AccraGhana1,500,000
453
3,300
