List of cities proper by population
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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.
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| Rank | City | Population | Definition | Area (km²) | Population density (/km²) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mumbai | 13,662,885[1] | Municipal corporation | 603 | 22,658 |  India |
| 2 | Karachi | 12,991,000[2] | City District | 3,527 | 3,683 |  Pakistan |
| 3 | Istanbul | 11,372,613[3] | Municipality | 1,831 | 6,211 |  Turkey |
| 4 | Delhi | 11,325,124 | Municipal Corporation | 431[4] | 26,276 | India |
| 5 | São Paulo | 10,886,518[5] | Municipality | 1,523 | 7,148 |  Brazil |
| 6 | Moscow | 10,452,000[6] | City proper (includes Zelenograd) | 1,081 | 9,644 |  Russia |
| 7 | Seoul | 10,356,202[7] | Special City | 605.4 | 17,213 |  South Korea |
| 8 | Shanghai | 10,231,000[8] | Core districts + inner suburbs (Registered population only) | 2,050 | 4991 |  China |
| 9 | Mexico City | 8,609,347[1] | Federal District | 1,550 | 5,626 |  Mexico |
| 10 | Jakarta | 8,576,788[1] | Special capital district | 664 | 12,738 |  Indonesia |
| 11 | Tokyo | 8,535,792[9] | 23 special wards area | 620 | 13,682 |  Japan |
| 12 | New York City | 8,274,527[10] | City proper | 789.4 | 10,452 |  United States |
| 13 | Lagos | 7,937,932[11] | Administrative area | 999.6 | 7938 |  Nigeria |
| 14 | Kinshasa | 7,843,000[6] | City-Province | 9,965 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 15 | Lima | 7,819,436[9] | Province[12] | 804 | 8,544 |  Peru |
| 16 | Tehran | 7,797,520[13] | City proper | 760 | 10,260 |  Iran |
| 17 | Beijing | 7,699,297[9] (2002-12-31) | Core districts + inner suburbs | 1,370 | 5,650 | China |
| 18 | London | 7,581,052[1] | Greater London[14] | 1,580 | 4,697 |  United Kingdom |
| 19 | Hong Kong | 7,206,000[6] | Special Administrative Region | 1,092 | 6,183 | China |
| 20 | Bogotá | 7,137,849[1] | Distrito Capital (Capital district) | 1,590 | 4,523 |  Colombia |
| 21 | Cairo | 6,758,581[15] | Governorate |  Egypt | ||
| 22 | Bangkok | 6,704,000[6] | Administrative area | 1,568.7 | 3,630 |  Thailand |
| 23 | Lahore | 6,577,000[6] | City District | 1,772 | 3,808 | Pakistan |
| 24 | Dhaka | 6,479,751[9] | City Corporation |  Bangladesh | ||
| 25 | Rio de Janeiro | 6,093,500[9] | City proper | 1,180 | 5,200 | Brazil |
| 26 | Baghdad | 5,258,383[1] | City proper |  Iraq | ||
| 27 | Bangalore | 5,180,533[1] | Municipal Corporation | 230 | 22,426 | India |
| 28 | Kolkata | 5,021,458[1] | Municipal Corporation | 185 | 24,760 | India |
| 29 | Tianjin | 4,933,106[9] (2002-12-31) | Core districts | China | ||
| 30 | Yangon | 4,886,305[1] | City proper |  Myanmar | ||
| 31 | Santiago | 4,668,473[16] (2002) | Province[17] | 2,030 | 2300 |  Chile |
| 32 | Guangzhou | 4,653,131[9] (2002-12-31) | Core districts | China | ||
| 33 | Saint Petersburg | 4,596,000[18] | City proper | 1439 [19] | 3,179 | Russia |
| 34 | Wuhan | 4,593,410[9] (2002-12-31) | Core districts | 400 | 12,868 | China |
| 35 | Chennai | 4,562,843[1] | Municipal Corporation | 187 | 24,418 | India |
| 36 | Riyadh | 4,465,000[6] | City proper | 800 | 1,500 |  Saudi Arabia |
| 37 | Singapore | 4,436,000[6] | Country | 699 | 6,306 |  Singapore |
| 38 | Ho Chi Minh City | 4,331,288[1] | City proper |  Vietnam | ||
| 39 | Alexandria | 4,247,414[1] | Governorate | 2,680 | 1,378 | Egypt |
| 40 | Chongqing | 4,239,742[9] (2002-12-31) | Core districts | China | ||
| 41 | Shenyang | 3,995,531[9] (2002-12-31) | Core districts | China | ||
| 42 | Hyderabad | 3,980,938[1] | Municipal corporation | 170 | 21,293 | India |
| 43 | Ankara | 3,901,201[3] | Municipality | 2,516 | 1,551 | Turkey |
| 44 | Ahmedabad | 3,867,336[1] | Municipal corporation | 190 | 19,979 | India |
| 45 | Los Angeles | 3,849,378[20] | City proper | 1,290 | 2,980 | United States |
| 46 | Abidjan | 3,802,000[6] | City proper |  Côte d'Ivoire | ||
| 47 | Yokohama | 3,602,758[9] | City proper | 440 | 8,182 | Japan |
[edit] See also
- List of metropolitan areas by population
- List of urban areas by population
- World's largest cities (explaining alternative measures)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n World Gazetteer estimate for 2008-01-01
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ United Nations, Demographic Yearbook 2006, table 8 (pdf-file) Retrieved on 2008-08-05.
- ^ Contagem da População 2007
- ^ a b c d e f g h UN world Urbanization Prospects estimate for 2007
- ^ Information System Planning Division 2006, Korean National Statistics Office
- ^ "Shanghai Basic Facts". Shanghai Municipal Government (2006). Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k City and region database of Statistics Finland
- ^ "2007 Census Bureau Estimate". US Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-08-04.
- ^ 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. - ^ Composed of 43 independent districts
- ^ Iran 2006 Census
- ^ Composed of 32 independent borough councils
- ^ 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.
- ^ Geohive: Statistics for Chile - Santiago
- ^ Composed of 32 independent municipalities
- ^ City of Saint Petersburg Official Portal, Russian Census estimates
- ^ City of Saint Petersburg Official Portal, Statistics
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau estimates for 2006
