There are 81 cities with a population over 5,000,000 people according to the United Nations 2018 estimates. The UN figures are a mixture of city proper, metropolitan area, and urban area. Several cities such as Jakarta and Seoul have significantly larger metropolitan/urban population figures which are excluded on the UN data.^[13]

City[a]	Country	Skyline	UN 2018 population estimates[b]	City proper[c]	Metropolitan area[d]	Urban area (Demographia)[12]
Definition	Population	Area (km2)	Population	Area (km2)	Population	Area (km2)
Tokyo	Japan		37,400,068	Metropolis prefecture	13,515,271[14]	2,191[14]	37,274,000[15]	13,452[15]	37,977,000	8,230[e]
Delhi	India		28,514,000	National capital territory	16,753,235[16]	1,484	29,000,000[17]	3,483[17]	29,617,000	2,232[f]
Shanghai	China		25,582,000	Municipality	24,183,000[18]	6,341	N/A	N/A	22,120,000	4,068[g]
São Paulo	Brazil		21,650,000	Municipality	12,252,023[19]	1,521	21,734,682[20]	7,947	22,046,000	3,116[h]
Mexico City	Mexico		21,581,000	City-state	8,918,653[21]	1,485	20,892,724[22]	7,854	20,996,000	2,386
Cairo	Egypt		20,076,000	Urban governorate	9,500,000[23]	3,085	N/A	N/A	19,372,000	2,010
Mumbai	India		19,980,000	Municipality	12,478,447[24]	603	24,400,000[25]	4,355[26]	23,355,000	944[i]
Beijing	China		19,618,000	Municipality	21,707,000[18]	16,411	N/A	N/A	19,433,000	4,172
Dhaka	Bangladesh		19,578,000	Capital city	8,906,039[27]	338[28]	14,543,124[29]		15,443,000	456
Osaka	Japan		19,281,000	Designated city	2,725,006[14]	225[14]	19,303,000[15]	13,228[15]	14,977,000	3,019[j]
New York City	United States		18,819,000	City	8,398,748[30]	786	19,303,808[31]	17,315	20,870,000	12,093[k]
Karachi	Pakistan		15,400,000	Metropolitan city	14,910,352[32]	3,530[33]		1,200[34]	14,835,000	1,044
Buenos Aires	Argentina		14,967,000	Autonomous city	3,054,300[35]	203	12,806,866[36]		16,157,000	3,221
Chongqing	China		14,838,000	Municipality	30,165,500[37]	82,403	N/A	N/A	7,739,000	1,537
Istanbul	Turkey		14,751,000	Metropolitan municipality	15,029,231[38]	5,196	N/A	N/A	15,154,000	1,375
Kolkata	India		14,681,000	Municipality	4,496,694[39]	205	14,035,959[40]	1,851[41]	17,560,000	1,351
Manila	Philippines		13,482,000	Capital city	1,780,148 [42]	43	12,877,253 [42]	620	23,088,000	1,873[l]
Lagos	Nigeria		13,463,000	N/A[m]	N/A	N/A	21,000,000[43]	1,171[43]	15,279,000	1,965
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil		13,293,000	Municipality	6,520,000[44]	1,221	12,644,321[45]	5,327	12,272,000	1,912
Tianjin	China		13,215,000	Municipality	15,569,000[18]	11,920	N/A	N/A	10,800,000	2,813
Kinshasa	DR Congo		13,171,000	City-province	11,462,000[46]	9,965			13,528,000	473
Guangzhou	China		12,638,000	City (sub-provincial)	14,498,400[18]	7,434	N/A	N/A	20,902,000	4,342[n]
Los Angeles	United States		12,458,000	City	3,990,456[30]	1,214	13,291,486[47]	12,559	15,402,000	6,351
Moscow	Russia		12,410,000	Federal city	13,200,000[48]	2,511[49]	N/A	N/A	17,125,000	5,891
Shenzhen	China		11,908,000	City (sub-provincial)	12,528,300[18]	2,050	N/A	N/A	15,929,000	1,803
Lahore	Pakistan		11,738,000	Metropolitan city	11,126,000[32]	1,772			11,021,000	853
Bangalore	India		11,440,000	Municipality	8,443,675[50]	709			13,707,000	1,205
Paris	France		10,901,000	Commune	2,148,271[51]	105	12,244,807[52]		11,020,000	2,509
Bogotá	Colombia		10,574,000	Capital District	7,963,000[53]	1,587	12,545,272[54]	5,934	9,464,000	584
Jakarta	Indonesia		10,517,000	Special capital region	10,154,134[55]	664[55]	33,430,285[56]	7,063[56]	34,540,000	3,540[o]
Chennai	India		10,456,000	Municipality	6,727,000[57]	426[58]			11,324,000	1,049
Lima	Peru		10,391,000	Metropolitan municipality	8,894,000[59]	2,672	9,569,468[60]	2,819	9,848,000	890
Bangkok	Thailand		10,156,000	Special administrative area	5,782,000[61]	1,569	16,255,900[62]	7,762[63]	17,066,000	3,199
Seoul	South Korea		9,963,000	Special city	9,806,000[64]	605	25,514,000[65]	11,704	21,794,000	2,768[p]
Nagoya	Japan		9,507,000	Designated city	2,320,361[14]	326[14]	9,363,000[15]	7,271[15]	9,113,000	3,704
Hyderabad	India		9,482,000	Municipality	6,993,262[66]	650[67]			9,746,000	1,273
London	United Kingdom		9,046,000	Capital city	8,825,001[68]	1,572	14,372,596[52]		10,979,000	1,739
Tehran	Iran		8,896,000	Capital city	9,033,003[69]	751[70]			13,633,000	1,704
Chicago	United States		8,864,000	City	2,705,994[30]	589	9,498,716[71]	18,640	9,014,000	7,006
Chengdu	China		8,813,000	City (sub-provincial)	16,044,700[18]	14,378	N/A	N/A	11,309,000	1,828
Nanjing	China		8,245,000	City (sub-provincial)	7,260,000[72]	6,582	N/A	N/A	7,496,000	1,613
Wuhan	China		8,176,000	City (sub-provincial)	10,892,900[18]	8,494	N/A	N/A	8,962,000	1,646
Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam		8,145,000	Municipality	7,431,000[73]	2,061			13,312,000	1,638
Luanda	Angola		7,774,000	Municipality	2,165,867[74]	116[74]			8,417,000	1,023
Ahmedabad	India		7,681,000	Municipality	5,570,585[75]	464	6,300,000[76]		7,410,000	359
Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia		7,564,000	City	1,768,000[77]	243	7,200,000[78]	2,793[78]	8,285,000	2,162
Xi’an	China		7,444,000	City (sub-provincial)	8,989,000[18]	10,135	N/A	N/A	7,135,000	1,088
Hong Kong	China		7,429,000	Special administrative region	7,298,600[79]	1,104[80]	N/A	N/A	7,347,000	291
Dongguan	China		7,360,000	Prefecture-level city	8,342,500[18]	2,465	N/A	N/A	7,981,000	1,755
Hangzhou	China		7,236,000	City (sub-provincial)	9,468,000[18]	16,596	N/A	N/A	6,446,000	1,446
Foshan	China		7,236,000	City (sub-provincial)	7,197,394[18]	3,848	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Shenyang	China		6,921,000	City (sub-provincial)	8,294,000[18]	12,980	N/A	N/A	7,105,000	1,515[q]
Riyadh	Saudi Arabia		6,907,000	Municipality	6,694,000[81]	1,913	N/A	N/A	6,881,000	1,672
Baghdad	Iraq		6,812,000	Urban governorate	8,126,755[82]	5,200[82]	N/A	N/A	5,796,000	693
Santiago	Chile		6,680,000	City (commune)	236,453[83]	22[83]	7,112,808[84]	15,403[84]	7,007,000	1,148
Surat	India		6,564,000	Municipality	4,466,826[85]	327[85]			5,807,000	238
Madrid	Spain		6,497,000	Municipality	3,266,126[86]	606	6,641,649[52]		6,026,000	1,365
Suzhou	China		6,339,000	City (sub-provincial)	10,721,700[18]	8,488.42	N/A	N/A	5,250,000	1,373
Pune	India		6,276,000	Municipality	3,124,458[87]	276	7,276,000[88]	7,256[88]	7,764,000	649
Harbin	China		6,115,000	City (sub-provincial)	10,635,971[18]	53,068	N/A	N/A	4,458,000	670
Houston	United States		6,115,000	City	2,325,502[30]	1,553	6,997,384[89]	21,395[89]	6,406,000	4,930
Dallas	United States		6,099,000	City	1,345,047[30]	882	7,470,158[90]	22,463[90]	6,830,000	5,279[r]
Toronto	Canada		6,082,000	City	2,731,571[91]	630[92]	5,928,040[93]	5,906[93]	6,871,000	2,334
Dar es Salaam	Tanzania		6,048,000		4,364,541	1,393			6,698,000	604
Miami	United States		6,036,000		470,914[30]	92.9	6,158,824	15,890	6,144,000	3,313
Belo Horizonte	Brazil		5,972,000		2,502,557	330.9	5,156,217	9,459.1	5,159,000	1,288
Singapore	Singapore		5,792,000	Country	5,638,700	725.7	N/A	N/A	5,745,000	523
Philadelphia	United States		5,695,000	Consolidated city-county	1,526,006	369.59	6,096,120		5,684,000	5,430
Atlanta	United States		5,572,000		420,003	354.22	5,949,951	21,690	5,361,000	7,400
Fukuoka	Japan		5,551,000	Designated city	1,588,924	343.39			2,128,000	504
Khartoum	Sudan		5,534,000		639,598	22,142	5,274,321		7,282,000	1,031
Barcelona	Spain		5,494,000	Municipality	1,620,343[94]	101.4	5,474,482[95]		4,588,000	1,072
Johannesburg	South Africa		5,486,000	Metropolitan municipality					9,505,000	2,542
Saint Petersburg	Russia		5,383,000	Federal city					5,230,000	1,372
Qingdao	China		5,381,000	City (sub-provincial)					5,911,000	1,656
Dalian	China		5,300,000	City (sub-provincial)					3,776,000	988
Washington, D.C.	United States		5,207,000	Federal district	702,455[30]	177	6,263,245[96]	17,009	7,518,000	5,500[s]
Yangon	Myanmar		5,157,000	City					6,314,000	603
Alexandria	Egypt		5,086,000	Urban governorate					4,318,000	292
Jinan	China		5,052,000	City (sub-provincial)	8,700,000	10,244	N/A	N/A	4,026,000	797
Guadalajara	Mexico		5,023,000	Municipality	1,460,148	151	5,002,466	2,734	5,253,000	810

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