Warld's lairgest ceeties

Determinin the warld's lairgest ceeties depends on which definitions o ceety are uised. The Unitit Naitions uises three definitions for whit constitutes a ceety, as nae aw ceeties mey be clessifee'd uisin the same criteria.^[1] Ceeties mey be defined bi the extent o thair urban aurie, the metropolitan region, an the ceety proper.^[1]

Leet

Ceety	Kintra	Image	Ceety Proper Population	Urban Aurie Population[2]	Metropolitan Aurie Population
Shanghai	Cheenae		7007242568000000000♠24,256,800[3]	7007234160000000000♠23,416,000[a]	7007247500000000000♠24,750,000[4]
Beijing	Cheenae		7007215160000000000♠21,516,000[5]	7007210090000000000♠21,009,000	7007211480000000000♠21,148,000[6]
São Paulo	Brazil		7007212928930000000♠21,292,893[7]	7007203650000000000♠20,365,000	7007368421020000000♠36,842,102[8]
Karachi	Pakistan		7007210000000000000♠21,000,000[9]	7007221230000000000♠22,123,000
Delhi	Indie		7007167879410000000♠16,787,941[10]	7007249980000000000♠24,998,000	7007217534860000000♠21,753,486[11]
Lagos	Nigerie		7007160603030000000♠16,060,303[note 1]	7007131230000000000♠13,123,000	7007210000000000000♠21,000,000[14]
Istanbul	Turkey		7007146570000000000♠14,657,000[15]	7007153280000000000♠15,328,000[15]	7007167030000000000♠16,703,000[15]
Tokyo	Japan		7007132976290000000♠13,297,629[16]	7007378430000000000♠37,843,000	7007369230000000000♠36,923,000[17]
Mumbai	Indie		7007124784470000000♠12,478,447[11]	7007177120000000000♠17,712,000	7007207483950000000♠20,748,395[11]
Moscow	Roushie		7007121975960000000♠12,197,596[18]	7007161700000000000♠16,170,000
Shenzhen	Cheenae		7007107800000000000♠10,780,000[19]	7007120840000000000♠12,084,000	7007106300000000000♠10,630,000[20]
Jakarta	Indonesie		7007100753100000000♠10,075,310[21]	7007305390000000000♠30,539,000	7007100753100000000♠10,075,310[22]
Seoul	Sooth Korea		7007100485930000000♠10,048,593[23]	7007234800000000000♠23,480,000	7007256200000000000♠25,620,000[24]
Guangzhou	Cheenae		7006986570200000000♠9,865,702[25]	7007205970000000000♠20,597,000	7007239000000000000♠23,900,000[26]
Kinshasa	Democratic Republic o the Congo		7006973500000000000♠9,735,000[27][28][full citation needit]	7007115870000000000♠11,587,000
Cairo	Egyp		7006927844100000000♠9,278,441[29]
Mexico Ceety	Mexico		7006887472400000000♠8,874,724[30]	7007200630000000000♠20,063,000	7007211789590000000♠21,178,959[31]
Lima	Peru		7006869338700000000♠8,693,387[32]	7007107500000000000♠10,750,000	7006988664700000000♠9,886,647[33]
Lunnon	Unitit Kinrick		7006853868900000000♠8,538,689[34]	7007102360000000000♠10,236,000	7007140318300000000♠14,031,830[35]
New York	Unitit States		7006849107900000000♠8,491,079[36]	7007206300000000000♠20,630,000	7007200928830000000♠20,092,883[37]
Bengaluru	Indie		7006842597000000000♠8,425,970[11]	7006980700000000000♠9,807,000	7006872890600000000♠8,728,906[11]
Bangkok	Thailand		7006828092500000000♠8,280,925[38]	7007149980000000000♠14,998,000	7006830521800000000♠8,305,218[39]
Dongguan	Cheenae		7006822020700000000♠8,220,207[40]
Chongqing	Cheenae		7006818980000000000♠8,189,800[b]
Nanjing	Cheenae		7006818782800000000♠8,187,828[42]
Tehran	Iran		7006815405100000000♠8,154,051[43]	7007135320000000000♠13,532,000	7007145959040000000♠14,595,904[44]
Shenyang	Cheenae		7006810617100000000♠8,106,171[45]
Bogotá	Colombie		7006777684500000000♠7,776,845[46]		7006787878300000000♠7,878,783[47]
Ho Chi Minh Ceety	Vietnam		7006768170000000000♠7,681,700[48]
Ningbo	Cheenae		7006760568900000000♠7,605,689[49]
Hong Kong	Hong Kong		7006729860000000000♠7,298,600[50]		7006733169900000000♠7,331,699[51]
Baghdad	Iraq		7006718088900000000♠7,180,889[52]
Changsha	Cheenae		7006704411800000000♠7,044,118
Dhaka	Bangladesh		7006697010500000000♠6,970,105[53]	7007156690000000000♠15,669,000	7007171519250000000♠17,151,925[54][nae in citation given]
Wuhan	Cheenae		7006688625300000000♠6,886,253[55]
Tianjin	Cheenae		7006685977900000000♠6,859,779[56]	7007109200000000000♠10,920,000
Hyderabad	Indie		7006680997000000000♠6,809,970[11]		7006774933400000000♠7,749,334[11]
Hanoi	Vietnam		7006684410000000000♠6,844,100[48]
Faisalabad	Pakistan		7006648076500000000♠6,480,765[57]
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil		7006642992300000000♠6,429,923[58]	7007117270000000000♠11,727,000	7007119735050000000♠11,973,505[7]
Foshan	Cheenae		7006615162200000000♠6,151,622[59][60]
Zunyi	Cheenae		7006612700900000000♠6,127,009
Santiago	Chile		7006574371900000000♠5,743,719[61]		7006668385200000000♠6,683,852[62]
Riyadh	Saudi Arabie		7006567662100000000♠5,676,621[63]
Ahmedabad	Indie		7006557058500000000♠5,570,585[11]		7006635225400000000♠6,352,254[11]
Singapore	Singapore		7006553500000000000♠5,535,000[64]
Shantou	Cheenae		7006539102800000000♠5,391,028[65]
Yangon	Myanmar		7006521400000000000♠5,214,000[66]
Saunt Petersburg	Roushie		7006519169000000000♠5,191,690[67]
Chennai	Indie		7006479294900000000♠4,792,949[68]		7006891774900000000♠8,917,749[11]
Abidjan	Ivory Coast		7006476500000000000♠4,765,000[27]
Chengdu	Cheenae		7006474192900000000♠4,741,929[69]	7007103760000000000♠10,376,000
Alexandria	Egyp		7006461662500000000♠4,616,625[70]
Kolkata	Indie		7006448667900000000♠4,486,679[11]	7007146670000000000♠14,667,000	7007146178820000000♠14,617,882[11]
Ankara	Turkey		7006527100000000000♠5,271,000[15]	7006458500000000000♠4,585,000[15]	7006491900000000000♠4,919,000[15]
Xi'an	Cheenae		7006446783700000000♠4,467,837[71]
Surat	Indie		7006446200200000000♠4,462,002[11]
Johannesburg	Sooth Africae		7006443482700000000♠4,434,827[72]
Dar es Salaam	Tanzanie		7006436454100000000♠4,364,541[73]
Suzhou	Cheenae		7006432706600000000♠4,327,066[74]
Harbin	Cheenae		7006428070100000000♠4,280,701[75][76]
Giza	Egyp		7006423998800000000♠4,239,988[77]	7007156000000000000♠15,600,000
Zhengzhou	Cheenae		7006412208700000000♠4,122,087[78]
New Taipei Ceety	Taiwan		7006395492900000000♠3,954,929[79]
Los Angeles	Unitit States		7006388430700000000♠3,884,307[80]	7007150580000000000♠15,058,000	7007132622200000000♠13,262,220[37]
Cape Toun	Sooth Africae		7006374002600000000♠3,740,026[72]
Yokohama	Japan		7006368026700000000♠3,680,267[81]
Busan	Sooth Korea		7006359010100000000♠3,590,101[82]
Hangzhou	Cheenae		7006356039100000000♠3,560,391[83]
Xiamen	Cheenae		7006353134700000000♠3,531,347[84]
Quanzhou	Cheenae		7006352084600000000♠3,520,846[85]
Berlin	Germany		7006351742400000000♠3,517,424[86]
Rawalpindi	Pakistan		7006351000000000000♠3,510,000[citation needit]
Jeddah	Saudi Arabie		7006345625900000000♠3,456,259[87]
Durban	Sooth Africae		7006344236100000000♠3,442,361[72]
Hyderabad	Pakistan		7006342947100000000♠3,429,471[88]
Kabul	Afghanistan		7006341410000000000♠3,414,100[89]
Casablanca	Morocco		7006335981800000000♠3,359,818[90]
Hefei	Cheenae		7006335207600000000♠3,352,076[91]
Pyongyang	North Korea		7006325538800000000♠3,255,388[92]
Madrid	Spain		7006320724700000000♠3,207,247[93]		7006637829700000000♠6,378,297[35]
Peshawar	Pakistan		7006320100000000000♠3,201,000[citation needit]
Ekurhuleni	Sooth Africae		7006317847000000000♠3,178,470[72]
Nairobi	Kenyae		7006313836900000000♠3,138,369[94]
Zhongshan	Cheenae		7006312127500000000♠3,121,275[95]
Pune	Indie		7006311543100000000♠3,115,431[11]
Addis Ababa	Ethiopie		7006310367300000000♠3,103,673[96]
Jaipur	Indie		7006307335000000000♠3,073,350[11]
Buenos Aires	Argentinae		7006305430000000000♠3,054,300[97]	7007141220000000000♠14,122,000	7007130740000000000♠13,074,000[98]
Wenzhou	Cheenae		7006303943900000000♠3,039,439[99]
Osaka	Japan			7007174440000000000♠17,444,000	7007193420000000000♠19,342,000[17]
Paris	Fraunce			7007108580000000000♠10,858,000	7007120050770000000♠12,005,077[35]
Manila	Philippines		7006165217100000000♠1,652,171[100]	7007241230000000000♠24,123,000	7007118559750000000♠11,855,975[101]
Izmir	Turkey		7006416800000000000♠4,168,000[15]	7006301900000000000♠3,019,000[15]	7006357500000000000♠3,575,000[15]
Chicago	Unitit States				7006955459800000000♠9,554,598[37]
Nagoya	Japan			7007101770000000000♠10,177,000	7006910700000000000♠9,107,000[17]
Taipei	Taiwan				7006704548800000000♠7,045,488[102]
Luanda	Angolae				7006654294400000000♠6,542,944[103]
Houston	Unitit States				7006649018000000000♠6,490,180[37]
Philadelphia	Unitit States				7006605117000000000♠6,051,170[37]
Lahore	Pakistan			7007100520000000000♠10,052,000

1. Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Ningbo, Changzhou, Shaoxing, an urban aurie o Zhangjiaggang-Jiangyin within the prefectur-level ceeties o Suzhou an Wuxi are treatit as separate urban auries which constitute the Yangtze River Delta economic zone. Huai'an (1,856,000; 148 km²), Xuzhou (1,246,000; 233 km²), Nantong (1,036,000; 233 km²), Lianyungang (985,000; 155 km²), Zhenjiang (983,000; 168 km²), Yancheng (797,000; 207 km²), Huzhou (690,000; 111 km²), Taizhou (in Jiangsu Province; 300,000; 117 km²) an Suqian (220,000; 36 km²), as well as urban auries o Yangzhou (1,593,000; 233 km²) an Gaoyou (180,000; 39 km²) within the prefectur-level ceety o Yangzhou, urban auries o Kunshan (1,596,000; 492 km²), Changshu (1,139,000; 285 km²) an Taicang (523,000; 117 km²) within the prefectur-level ceety o Suzhou, urban auries o Cixi (1,200,000; 298 km²) an Yuyao (650,000; 122 km²) within the sub-provincial ceety o Ningbo, urban auries o Jiaxing (1,044,000; 259 km²) an Tongxiang (510,000; 52 km²) within the prefectur-level ceety o Jiaxing, urban auries o Wenling (510,000; 52 km²), Jiaojiang (375,000; 41 km²) an Huangyan (200,000; 34 km²) within the prefectur-level ceety o Taizhou (in Zhejiang Province), urban auries o Zhuji (500,000; 117 km²) and Shangyu (400,000; 158 km²) within the prefectur-level ceety o Shaoxing, urban auries o Yiwu-Dongyang (925,000; 233 km²), Jinhua (520,000; 186 km²), Yongkang (500,000; 223 km²), Dongyang (260,000; 104 km²) an Lanxi (220,000; 34 km²) within the prefectur-level ceety o Jinhua, an urban aurie o Fuyang (450,000; 49 km²) within the sub-provincial ceety o Hangzhou are an aa excludit.
2. Sum o the 2014 population estimates for the "urban-function core destrict" an "urban-function extendit destrict" o Chongqing, which war 3,677,600 an 4,512,200 respectively.^[41] See an aa the next note.

Notes

1. Lagos conseests 16 oot o Lagos State's 20 LGA, which excludes: Badagry, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki an Ikorodu.^[12][13]