Agglomerations
| Rank | Name | English Name | Country | Population | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tōkyō | Tokyo | Japan | 34,700,000 | incl. Yokohama, Kawasaki, Saitama |
| 2 | Guangzhou | Canton | China | 26,400,000 | Northern Pearl River Delta incl. Dongguan, Foshan, Jiangmen, Zhongshan |
| 3 | Jakarta | Jakarta | Indonesia | 26,000,000 | incl. Bekasi, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Tangerang Selatan |
| 3 | Shanghai | Shanghai | China | 26,000,000 | incl. Suzhou |
| 5 | Seoul | Seoul | Korea (South) | 25,600,000 | incl. Bucheon, Goyang, Incheon, Seongnam, Suweon |
| 6 | Delhi | Delhi | India | 23,700,000 | incl. Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon |
| 7 | Ciudad de México | Mexico City | Mexico | 23,600,000 | incl. Nezahualcóyotl, Ecatepec, Naucalpan |
| 8 | Karāchi | Karachi | Pakistan | 22,300,000 | |
| 9 | Manila | Manila | Philippines | 21,900,000 | incl. Kalookan, Quezon City |
| 10 | New York | New York | United States of America | 21,600,000 | incl. Bridgeport, Newark, New Haven |
| 11 | São Paulo | São Paulo | Brazil | 21,400,000 | incl. Guarulhos |
| 12 | Mumbai | Bombay | India | 21,200,000 | incl. Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Ulhasnagar, Vasai-Virar |
| 13 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | United States of America | 17,100,000 | incl. Anaheim, Riverside |
| 14 | Beijing | Beijing | China | 16,900,000 | |
| 15 | Ōsaka | Osaka | Japan | 16,800,000 | incl. Kobe, Kyoto |
| 16 | Moskva | Moscow | Russia | 16,300,000 | |
| 17 | Al-Qāhirah | Cairo | Egypt | 16,000,000 | incl. Al-Jizah, Hulwan, Shubra al-Khaymah |
| 17 | Dhaka | Dacca | Bangladesh | 16,000,000 | |
| 19 | Kolkata | Calcutta | India | 15,900,000 | incl. Haora |
| 20 | Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 14,500,000 | incl. San Justo, La Plata |
| 21 | Krung Thep | Bangkok | Thailand | 14,300,000 | |
| 22 | Tehrān | Tehran | Iran | 13,800,000 | incl. Karaj |
| 23 | İstanbul | Istanbul | Turkey | 13,600,000 | |
| 24 | London | London | Great Britain | 13,300,000 | |
| 25 | Lagos | Lagos | Nigeria | 13,000,000 | |
| 26 | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 12,800,000 | incl. Nova Iguaçu, São Gonçalo |
| 27 | Paris | Paris | France | 10,600,000 | |
| 28 | Shenzhen | Shenzhen | China | 10,100,000 | |
| 28 | Tianjin | Tientsin | China | 10,100,000 | |
| 30 | Kinshasa | Kinshasa | Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 9,800,000 | |
| 31 | Chicago | Chicago | United States of America | 9,750,000 | |
| 32 | Lima | Lima | Peru | 9,600,000 | |
| 33 | Bengaluru | Bangalore | India | 9,500,000 | |
| 33 | Chennai | Madras | India | 9,500,000 | |
| 35 | Lahore | Lahore | Pakistan | 9,350,000 | |
| 36 | Wuhan | Wuhan | China | 9,300,000 | |
| 37 | Bogotá | Bogotá | Colombia | 9,200,000 | |
| 38 | Taibei | Taipei | Taiwan (Rep. of China) | 8,950,000 | incl. Taoyuan & most parts of Xinbei / New Taipei City |
| 39 | Hyderābād | Hyderabad | India | 8,500,000 | |
| 40 | Johannesburg | Johannesburg | South Africa | 8,450,000 | incl. Soweto, East Rand, West Rand |
| 40 | Nagoya | Nagoya | Japan | 8,450,000 | |
| 42 | Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh | Saigon | Vietnam | 8,050,000 | incl. Biên Hòa |
| 42 | Washington | Washington | United States of America | 8,050,000 | incl. Baltimore |
| 44 | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | United States of America | 7,250,000 | incl. Allentown, Trenton |
| 44 | Shenyang | Shenyang | China | 7,250,000 | incl. Fushun |
| 46 | Boston | Boston | United States of America | 7,200,000 | incl. Providence |
| 46 | San Francisco | San Francisco | United States of America | 7,200,000 | incl. Concord, Oakland, San Jose, Santa Rosa |
| 48 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | China | 7,150,000 | incl. Kowloon, Victoria |
| 49 | Ahmadābād | Ahmedabad | India | 6,950,000 | |
| 50 | Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 6,650,000 | incl. Klang |
| 50 | Singapore | Singapore | Singapore | 6,650,000 | incl. Johor Bahru (Malaysia) |
| 52 | Baghdād | Baghdad | Iraq | 6,400,000 | |
| 52 | Chengdu | Chengtu | China | 6,400,000 | |
| 54 | Chongqing | Chungking | China | 6,350,000 | |
| 54 | Dallas | Dallas | United States of America | 6,350,000 | incl. Fort Worth |
| 56 | Santiago | Santiago | Chile | 6,250,000 | |
| 57 | Xi'an | Sian | China | 6,150,000 | incl. Xianyang |
| 58 | Ar-Riyād | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 6,050,000 | |
| 58 | Luanda | Luanda | Angola | 6,050,000 | |
| 60 | Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 5,950,000 | |
| 61 | Houston | Houston | United States of America | 5,900,000 | |
| 61 | Toronto | Toronto | Canada | 5,900,000 | |
| 63 | Miami | Miami | United States of America | 5,800,000 | incl. Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach |
| 64 | Bandung | Bandung | Indonesia | 5,650,000 | |
| 65 | Detroit | Detroit | United States of America | 5,550,000 | incl. Toledo, Windsor (Canada) |
| 65 | Pune | Poona | India | 5,550,000 | incl. Pimpri-Chinchwad |
| 67 | Nanjing | Nanking | China | 5,500,000 | |
| 68 | Atlanta | Atlanta | United States of America | 5,400,000 | |
| 68 | Madrid | Madrid | Spain | 5,400,000 | |
| 70 | Al-Kharṭūm | Khartoum | Sudan | 5,200,000 | |
| 70 | Sūrat | Surat | India | 5,200,000 | |
| 72 | Sankt-Peterburg | Saint Petersburg | Russia | 5,150,000 | |
| 73 | Yangon | Rangoon | Myanmar | 5,100,000 | |
| 74 | Milano | Milan | Italy | 5,050,000 | |
| 75 | Guadalajara | Guadalajara | Mexico | 4,925,000 | incl. Zapopan |
| 76 | Al-Iskandarīyah | Alexandria | Egypt | 4,850,000 | |
| 77 | Abidjan | Abidjan | Côte d'Ivoire | 4,750,000 | |
| 78 | Nairobi | Nairobi | Kenya | 4,725,000 | |
| 78 | Shantou | Shantou | China | 4,725,000 | |
| 80 | Dar es Salaam | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 4,700,000 | |
| 81 | Harbin | Harbin | China | 4,675,000 | |
| 81 | Sydney | Sydney | Australia | 4,675,000 | incl. Central Coast |
| 83 | Ruhrgebiet | The Ruhr | Germany | 4,600,000 | |
| 84 | Monterrey | Monterrey | Mexico | 4,575,000 | |
| 85 | Colombo | Colombo | Sri Lanka | 4,550,000 | |
| 86 | Surabaya | Surabaya | Indonesia | 4,500,000 | |
| 87 | Ankara | Ankara | Turkey | 4,450,000 | |
| 87 | Hangzhou | Hangchou | China | 4,450,000 | |
| 89 | Berlin | Berlin | Germany | 4,400,000 | |
| 90 | Chittagong | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 4,275,000 | |
| 91 | Accra | Accra | Ghana | 4,250,000 | |
| 91 | Phoenix | Phoenix | United States of America | 4,250,000 | |
| 93 | Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre | Brazil | 4,225,000 | |
| 94 | Barcelona | Barcelona | Spain | 4,200,000 | |
| 95 | Brasília | Brasília | Brazil | 4,150,000 | |
| 95 | Melbourne | Melbourne | Australia | 4,150,000 | |
| 97 | Casablanca | Casablanca | Morocco | 4,125,000 | |
| 97 | Napoli | Naples | Italy | 4,125,000 | |
| 99 | Qingdao | Tsingtao | China | 4,050,000 | |
| 100 | Recife | Recife | Brazil | 4,025,000 | |
| 101 | Montréal | Montreal | Canada | 4,000,000 | |
| 102 | Cape Town | Cape Town | South Africa | 3,950,000 | |
| 102 | Tampa | Tampa | United States of America | 3,950,000 | incl. Lakeland, St. Petersburg, Sarasota |
| 104 | Seattle | Seattle | United States of America | 3,925,000 | |
| 105 | Fortaleza | Fortaleza | Brazil | 3,900,000 | |
| 106 | Jiddah | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 3,875,000 | |
| 107 | Kano | Kano | Nigeria | 3,850,000 | |
| 108 | Al-Kuwayt | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 3,800,000 | |
| 109 | Salvador | Salvador | Brazil | 3,775,000 | |
| 110 | Medellín | Medellín | Colombia | 3,750,000 | |
| 110 | Taiyuan | Taiyuan | China | 3,750,000 | |
| 112 | Dalian | Dairen | China | 3,700,000 | |
| 113 | Busan | Pusan | Korea (South) | 3,675,000 | |
| 113 | Faisalabad | Faisalabad | Pakistan | 3,675,000 | |
| 115 | Athínai | Athens | Greece | 3,600,000 | |
| 115 | Changchun | Changchun | China | 3,600,000 | |
| 115 | Jinan | Jinan | China | 3,600,000 | |
| 115 | Zhengzhou | Zhengzhou | China | 3,600,000 | |
| 119 | Caracas | Caracas | Venezuela | 3,575,000 | |
| 119 | Durban | Durban | South Africa | 3,575,000 | |
| 121 | Rāwalpindi | Rawalpindi | Pakistan | 3,550,000 | incl. Islamabad |
| 122 | Dimashq | Damascus | Syria | 3,475,000 | |
| 123 | Kānpur | Kanpur | India | 3,450,000 | |
| 124 | Curitiba | Curitiba | Brazil | 3,425,000 | |
| 124 | Roma | Rome | Italy | 3,425,000 | |
| 124 | Santo Domingo | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 3,425,000 | |
| 127 | El Djazaïr | Algiers | Algeria | 3,400,000 | |
| 128 | Jaipur | Jaipur | India | 3,350,000 | |
| 128 | Kābol | Kabul | Afghanistan | 3,350,000 | |
| 130 | Denver | Denver | United States of America | 3,300,000 | |
| 130 | Lucknow | Lucknow | India | 3,300,000 | |
| 132 | Kunming | Kunming | China | 3,275,000 | |
| 132 | Kyïv | Kiev | Ukraine | 3,275,000 | |
| 132 | Medan | Medan | Indonesia | 3,275,000 | |
| 135 | Adis Abeba | Addis Abeba | Ethiopia | 3,250,000 | |
| 136 | Fuzhou | Fuzhou | China | 3,200,000 | |
| 137 | 'Ammān | Amman | Jordan | 3,175,000 | |
| 138 | San Diego | San Diego | United States of America | 3,150,000 | |
| 139 | Pretoria | Pretoria | South Africa | 3,125,000 | |
| 140 | Campinas | Campinas | Brazil | 3,075,000 | |
| 140 | Cleveland | Cleveland | United States of America | 3,075,000 | incl. Akron |
| 142 | Minneapolis | Minneapolis | United States of America | 2,975,000 | |
| 143 | Changsha | Changsha | China | 2,950,000 | |
| 143 | Puebla | Puebla | Mexico | 2,950,000 | |
| 145 | Orlando | Orlando | United States of America | 2,925,000 | |
| 146 | Ḥalab | Aleppo | Syria | 2,900,000 | |
| 146 | İzmir | Izmir | Turkey | 2,900,000 | |
| 146 | Mashhad | Meshed | Iran | 2,900,000 | |
| 149 | Cali | Cali | Colombia | 2,875,000 | |
| 149 | Dakar | Dakar | Senegal | 2,875,000 | |
| 151 | Ciudad de Guatemala | Guatemala City | Guatemala | 2,850,000 | |
| 151 | Ibadan | Ibadan | Nigeria | 2,850,000 | |
| 151 | Rotterdam | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 2,850,000 | incl. 's-Gravenhage (The Hague) |
| 154 | Nāgpur | Nagpur | India | 2,825,000 | |
| 155 | Birmingham | Birmingham | Great Britain | 2,775,000 | |
| 155 | Gaoxiong | Kaohsiung | Taiwan (Rep. of China) | 2,775,000 | |
| 157 | Hà Nội | Hanoi | Vietnam | 2,750,000 | |
| 157 | P'yŏngyang | Pyongyang | Korea (North) | 2,750,000 | |
| 157 | Wenzhou | Wenzhou | China | 2,750,000 | |
| 160 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati | United States of America | 2,725,000 | incl. Dayton |
| 160 | Manchester | Manchester | Great Britain | 2,725,000 | |
| 162 | Daegu | Taegu | Korea (South) | 2,700,000 | |
| 162 | Shijiazhuang | Shijiazhuang | China | 2,700,000 | |
| 164 | Urumqi | Urumqi | China | 2,675,000 | |
| 165 | Guayaquil | Guayaquil | Ecuador | 2,650,000 | |
| 165 | Hamburg | Hamburg | Germany | 2,650,000 | |
| 165 | Kāṭhmāḍaũ | Kathmandu | Nepal | 2,650,000 | |
| 165 | Port-au-Prince | Port-au-Prince | Haiti | 2,650,000 | |
| 169 | Brisbane | Brisbane | Australia | 2,625,000 | incl. Gold Coast |
| 170 | Bamako | Bamako | Mali | 2,600,000 | |
| 170 | Douala | Douala | Cameroon | 2,600,000 | |
| 170 | Hefei | Hofei | China | 2,600,000 | |
| 173 | Lisboa | Lisbon | Portugal | 2,575,000 | |
| 173 | Wuxi | Wuxi | China | 2,575,000 | |
| 173 | Zibo | Zibo | China | 2,575,000 | |
| 176 | Guiyang | Guiyang | China | 2,550,000 | |
| 176 | Sapporo | Sapporo | Japan | 2,550,000 | |
| 176 | Toshkent | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 2,550,000 | |
| 176 | Xiamen | Xiamen | China | 2,550,000 | |
| 180 | Budapest | Budapest | Hungary | 2,525,000 | |
| 181 | Fukuoka | Fukuoka | Japan | 2,500,000 | |
| 181 | Yaoundé | Yaoundé | Cameroon | 2,500,000 | |
| 183 | Lanzhou | Lanzhou | China | 2,450,000 | |
| 183 | Maracaibo | Maracaibo | Venezuela | 2,450,000 | |
| 183 | Tūnis | Tunis | Tunisia | 2,450,000 | |
| 183 | Vancouver | Vancouver | Canada | 2,450,000 | |
| 187 | Katowice | Katowice | Poland | 2,425,000 | Upper Silesian Area |
| 188 | Indore | Indore | India | 2,400,000 | |
| 188 | Kumasi | Kumasi | Ghana | 2,400,000 | |
| 188 | Tel Aviv-Yafo | Tel Aviv-Jaffa | Israel | 2,400,000 | |
| 191 | Asunción | Asunción | Paraguay | 2,375,000 | |
| 191 | Bakı | Baku | Azerbaijan | 2,375,000 | |
| 191 | Bhilai | Bhilai | India | 2,375,000 | incl. Raipur |
| 191 | Coimbatore | Coimbatore | India | 2,375,000 | |
| 191 | St. Louis | St. Louis | United States of America | 2,375,000 | |
| 196 | Patna | Patna | India | 2,350,000 | |
| 197 | Nanchang | Nanchang | China | 2,325,000 | |
| 197 | Ningbo | Ningbo | China | 2,325,000 | |
| 197 | Taizhong | Taichung | Taiwan (Rep. of China) | 2,325,000 | |
| 200 | Gujrānwāla | Gujranwala | Pakistan | 2,275,000 | |
| 200 | Harare | Harare | Zimbabwe | 2,275,000 | |
| 200 | San Juan | San Juan | Puerto Rico | 2,275,000 | |
| 200 | Ṣan'ā' | Sana'a | Yemen | 2,275,000 | |
| 204 | Anshan | Anshan | China | 2,250,000 | incl. Liaoyang |
| 204 | Antananarivo | Tananarive | Madagascar | 2,250,000 | |
| 204 | Belém | Belém | Brazil | 2,250,000 | |
| 204 | Charlotte | Charlotte | United States of America | 2,250,000 | |
| 204 | Goiânia | Goiânia | Brazil | 2,250,000 | |
| 204 | Hyderābād | Hyderabad | Pakistan | 2,250,000 | |
| 204 | Leeds | Leeds | Great Britain | 2,250,000 | |
| 204 | Warszawa | Warsaw | Poland | 2,250,000 | |
| 212 | Kampala | Kampala | Uganda | 2,225,000 | |
| 212 | La Habana | Havana | Cuba | 2,225,000 | |
| 212 | Portland | Portland | United States of America | 2,225,000 | |
| 212 | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City | United States of America | 2,225,000 | incl. Ogden, Provo |
| 216 | Ad-Dammām | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 2,200,000 | |
| 216 | Eṣfahān | Isfahan | Iran | 2,200,000 | |
| 218 | Nanning | Nanning | China | 2,150,000 | |
| 219 | Cebu | Cebu | Philippines | 2,125,000 | |
| 219 | Quanzhou | Quanzhou | China | 2,125,000 | |
| 219 | Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | 2,125,000 | |
| 222 | Las Vegas | Las Vegas | United States of America | 2,100,000 | |
| 222 | München | Munich | Germany | 2,100,000 | |
| 224 | Tangshan | Tangshan | China | 2,075,000 | |
| 225 | Bhopāl | Bhopal | India | 2,050,000 | |
| 225 | La Paz | La Paz | Bolivia | 2,050,000 | |
| 225 | Lusaka | Lusaka | Zambia | 2,050,000 | |
| 225 | Maputo | Maputo | Mozambique | 2,050,000 | |
| 225 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | United States of America | 2,050,000 | |
| 225 | Wien | Vienna | Austria | 2,050,000 | |
| 231 | Huizhou | Huizhou | China | 2,025,000 | |
| 231 | Multān | Multan | Pakistan | 2,025,000 | |
| 231 | Toluca | Toluca | Mexico | 2,025,000 | |
| 234 | Rabat | Rabat | Morocco | 2,000,000 | |
| 235 | Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Germany | 1,990,000 | |
| 236 | Amsterdam | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 1,980,000 | incl. Haarlem |
| 236 | Bruxelles | Brussels | Belgium | 1,980,000 | |
| 236 | Changzhou | Changzhou | China | 1,980,000 | |
| 236 | Manaus | Manaus | Brazil | 1,980,000 | |
| 236 | Sacramento | Sacramento | United States of America | 1,980,000 | |
| 236 | Semarang | Semarang | Indonesia | 1,980,000 | |
| 242 | București | Bucharest | Romania | 1,960,000 | |
| 242 | Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Germany | 1,960,000 | |
| 244 | Barranquilla | Barranquilla | Colombia | 1,950,000 | |
| 244 | San Antonio | San Antonio | United States of America | 1,950,000 | |
| 244 | Vadodara | Vadodara | India | 1,950,000 | |
| 247 | Ouagadougou | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 1,930,000 | |
| 247 | Tijuana | Tijuana | Mexico | 1,930,000 | |
| 247 | Valencia | Valencia | Venezuela | 1,930,000 | |
| 250 | Köln | Cologne | Germany | 1,920,000 | |
| 250 | Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | Bolivia | 1,920,000 | |
| 252 | Āgra | Agra | India | 1,900,000 | |
| 252 | Kansas City | Kansas City | United States of America | 1,900,000 | |
| 252 | Minsk | Minsk | Belarus | 1,900,000 | |
| 255 | Indianapolis | Indianapolis | United States of America | 1,890,000 | |
| 256 | Visākhapatnam | Vishakhapatnam | India | 1,880,000 | |
| 257 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima | Japan | 1,870,000 | |
| 257 | Port Harcourt | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 1,870,000 | |
| 259 | Baotou | Baotou | China | 1,860,000 | |
| 259 | Jilin | Jilin | China | 1,860,000 | |
| 261 | Bursa | Bursa | Turkey | 1,850,000 | |
| 262 | San Salvador | San Salvador | El Salvador | 1,840,000 | |
| 262 | Vitória | Vitória | Brazil | 1,840,000 | |
| 264 | Santos | Santos | Brazil | 1,820,000 | |
| 265 | Conakry | Conakry | Guinea | 1,800,000 | |
| 266 | León | León | Mexico | 1,780,000 | |
| 266 | Montevideo | Montevideo | Uruguay | 1,780,000 | |
| 266 | Perth | Perth | Australia | 1,780,000 | |
| 266 | San José | San José | Costa Rica | 1,780,000 | |
| 270 | Dubayy | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 1,770,000 | |
| 271 | Ad-Dawḥah | Doha | Qatar | 1,760,000 | |
| 271 | Peshāwar | Peshawar | Pakistan | 1,760,000 | |
| 273 | Quito | Quito | Ecuador | 1,750,000 | |
| 274 | Brazzaville | Brazzaville | Congo (Rep.) | 1,740,000 | |
| 274 | Makkah | Mecca | Saudi Arabia | 1,740,000 | |
| 276 | Lubumbashi | Lubumbashi | Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 1,730,000 | |
| 276 | Ludhiāna | Ludhiana | India | 1,730,000 | |
| 276 | Meerut | Meerut | India | 1,730,000 | |
| 279 | Hartford | Hartford | United States of America | 1,720,000 | incl. Springfield, MA |
| 279 | Nāshik | Nasik | India | 1,720,000 | |
| 279 | Nižnij Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | 1,720,000 | |
| 282 | Mbuji-Mayi | Mbuji-Mayi | Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 1,700,000 | |
| 283 | Torino | Turin | Italy | 1,680,000 | |
| 284 | Almaty | Alma-Ata | Kazakhstan | 1,670,000 | |
| 284 | Kochi | Cochin | India | 1,670,000 | |
| 284 | Makassar | Makassar | Indonesia | 1,670,000 | |
| 287 | Kaduna | Kaduna | Nigeria | 1,660,000 | |
| 288 | Vijayawāda | Vijayawada | India | 1,650,000 | |
| 289 | Adana | Adana | Turkey | 1,640,000 | |
| 289 | Charkiv | Kharkov | Ukraine | 1,640,000 | |
| 289 | Phnum Pénh | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 1,640,000 | |
| 292 | Austin | Austin | United States of America | 1,630,000 | |
| 292 | Ghazzah | Gaza | Palestinian Territories | 1,630,000 | |
| 294 | Columbus | Columbus | United States of America | 1,620,000 | |
| 294 | Muqdisho | Mogadishu | Somalia | 1,620,000 | |
| 294 | Palembang | Palembang | Indonesia | 1,620,000 | |
| 297 | Chandīgarh | Chandigarh | India | 1,610,000 | |
| 298 | Huainan | Huainan | China | 1,590,000 | |
| 298 | Lyon | Lyon | France | 1,590,000 | |
| 298 | Qiqihar | Qiqihar | China | 1,590,000 | |
| 301 | Abuja | Abuja | Nigeria | 1,580,000 | |
| 301 | Gwangju | Kwangju | Korea (South) | 1,580,000 | |
| 301 | Lomé | Lomé | Togo | 1,580,000 | |
| 301 | Tabrīz | Tabriz | Iran | 1,580,000 | |
| 301 | Virginia Beach | Virginia Beach | United States of America | 1,580,000 | incl. Norfolk |
| 301 | Weifang | Weifang | China | 1,580,000 | |
| 307 | Al-Mawṣil | Mosul | Iraq | 1,570,000 | |
| 307 | Kitakyūshū | Kitakyushu | Japan | 1,570,000 | |
| 307 | Madurai | Madurai | India | 1,570,000 | |
| 307 | Marseille | Marseille | France | 1,570,000 | |
| 307 | Sendai | Sendai | Japan | 1,570,000 | |
| 307 | Xuzhou | Xuzhou | China | 1,570,000 | |
| 307 | Yantai | Yantai | China | 1,570,000 | |
| 314 | Novosibirsk | Novosibirsk | Russia | 1,560,000 | |
| 314 | Valencia | Valencia | Spain | 1,560,000 | |
| 316 | Daejeon | Taejon | Korea (South) | 1,540,000 | |
| 316 | Jekaterinburg | Yekaterinburg | Russia | 1,540,000 | |
| 316 | Luoyang | Luoyang | China | 1,540,000 | |
| 316 | Maracay | Maracay | Venezuela | 1,540,000 | |
| 316 | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | United States of America | 1,540,000 | |
| 316 | Vārānasi | Benares | India | 1,540,000 | |
| 322 | Rājkot | Rajkot | India | 1,530,000 | |
| 323 | Zhuhai | Zhuhai | China | 1,520,000 | |
| 324 | Bhubaneswar | Bhubaneswar | India | 1,500,000 | incl. Cuttack |
| 324 | Córdoba | Córdoba | Argentina | 1,500,000 | |
| 324 | Xiangfan | Xiangfan | China | 1,500,000 | |
| 327 | Ciudad Juárez | Ciudad Juárez | Mexico | 1,490,000 | |
| 327 | Liuzhou | Liuzhou | China | 1,490,000 | |
| 329 | Haikou | Haikou | China | 1,480,000 | |
| 329 | Yangzhou | Yangzhou | China | 1,480,000 | |
| 331 | København | Copenhagen | Denmark | 1,470,000 | |
| 332 | Asansol | Asansol | India | 1,460,000 | |
| 332 | Benin City | Benin City | Nigeria | 1,460,000 | |
| 332 | George Town | George Town | Malaysia | 1,460,000 | |
| 335 | Donėc'k | Donetsk | Ukraine | 1,450,000 | |
| 335 | Raleigh | Raleigh | United States of America | 1,450,000 | |
| 337 | Glasgow | Glasgow | Great Britain | 1,440,000 | |
| 337 | Jamshedpur | Jamshedpur | India | 1,440,000 | |
| 339 | Gaziantep | Gaziantep | Turkey | 1,430,000 | |
| 339 | Okayama | Okayama | Japan | 1,430,000 | |
| 341 | Auckland | Auckland | New Zealand | 1,420,000 | |
| 341 | Praha | Prague | Czech Republic | 1,420,000 | |
| 341 | São Luís | São Luís | Brazil | 1,420,000 | |
| 341 | Taizhou | Taizhou | China | 1,420,000 | |
| 341 | Volgograd | Volgograd | Russia | 1,420,000 | |
| 346 | Linyi | Linyi | China | 1,410,000 | |
| 347 | Cixi | Cixi | China | 1,400,000 | |
| 348 | Beograd | Belgrade | Serbia | 1,390,000 | |
| 348 | Dnipropėtrovs'k | Dnepropetrovsk | Ukraine | 1,390,000 | |
| 348 | Liverpool | Liverpool | Great Britain | 1,390,000 | |
| 351 | Shīrāz | Shiraz | Iran | 1,380,000 | |
| 351 | Srīnagar | Srinagar | India | 1,380,000 | |
| 353 | Al-Manāmah | Manama | Bahrain | 1,370,000 | |
| 353 | Daqing | Daqing | China | 1,370,000 | |
| 353 | Malang | Malang | Indonesia | 1,370,000 | |
| 356 | Hohhot | Huhehot | China | 1,360,000 | |
| 356 | Jabalpur | Jabalpur | India | 1,360,000 | |
| 356 | Natal | Natal | Brazil | 1,360,000 | |
| 356 | Sheffield | Sheffield | Great Britain | 1,360,000 | |
| 360 | Denpasar | Denpasar | Indonesia | 1,350,000 | |
| 361 | Čel'abinsk | Chelyabinsk | Russia | 1,340,000 | |
| 362 | Freetown | Freetown | Sierra Leone | 1,330,000 | |
| 363 | Bayrūt | Beirut | Lebanon | 1,320,000 | |
| 363 | Buffalo | Buffalo | United States of America | 1,320,000 | incl. St. Catharines (Canada) |
| 363 | Ciudad de Panamá | Panama City | Panama | 1,320,000 | |
| 363 | Datong | Datong | China | 1,320,000 | |
| 363 | Samara | Samara | Russia | 1,320,000 | |
| 363 | Torreón | Torreón | Mexico | 1,320,000 | |
| 369 | Allahābād | Allahabad | India | 1,310,000 | |
| 369 | Nashville | Nashville | United States of America | 1,310,000 | |
| 369 | Ottawa | Ottawa | Canada | 1,310,000 | |
| 369 | Sofija | Sofia | Bulgaria | 1,310,000 | |
| 373 | Aurangābād | Aurangabad | India | 1,300,000 | |
| 373 | Calgary | Calgary | Canada | 1,300,000 | |
| 373 | Harrisburg | Harrisburg | United States of America | 1,300,000 | incl. Lancaster, York |
| 373 | Jacksonville | Jacksonville | United States of America | 1,300,000 | |
| 373 | Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Georgia | 1,300,000 | |
| 378 | Ash-Shāriqah | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 1,290,000 | |
| 378 | Dublin | Dublin | Ireland | 1,290,000 | |
| 378 | Rosario | Rosario | Argentina | 1,290,000 | |
| 378 | Tainan | Tainan | Taiwan (Rep. of China) | 1,290,000 | |
| 382 | Al-Baṣrah | Basra | Iraq | 1,280,000 | |
| 382 | Dhanbād | Dhanbad | India | 1,280,000 | |
| 382 | Ṭarābulus | Tripoli | Libya | 1,280,000 | |
| 385 | Amritsar | Amritsar | India | 1,270,000 | |
| 386 | Adelaide | Adelaide | Australia | 1,260,000 | |
| 386 | Cartagena | Cartagena | Colombia | 1,260,000 | |
| 386 | Davao | Davao | Philippines | 1,260,000 | |
| 386 | Managua | Managua | Nicaragua | 1,260,000 | |
| 386 | Mannheim | Mannheim | Germany | 1,260,000 | |
| 386 | McAllen | McAllen | United States of America | 1,260,000 | incl. Brownsville |
| 392 | Maceió | Maceió | Brazil | 1,250,000 | |
| 392 | Rostov-na-Donu | Rostov-on-Don | Russia | 1,250,000 | |
| 394 | Cotonou | Cotonou | Benin | 1,240,000 | |
| 394 | Edmonton | Edmonton | Canada | 1,240,000 | |
| 394 | Jodhpur | Jodhpur | India | 1,240,000 | |
| 394 | Lille | Lille | France | 1,240,000 | incl. Kortrijk (Belgium) |
| 394 | Monrovia | Monrovia | Liberia | 1,240,000 | |
| 394 | Yerevan | Yerevan | Armenia | 1,240,000 | |
| 394 | Yogyakarta | Yogyakarta | Indonesia | 1,240,000 | |
| 401 | Al-Madīnah | Medina | Saudi Arabia | 1,230,000 | |
| 401 | Düsseldorf | Dusseldorf | Germany | 1,230,000 | |
| 401 | Rānchi | Ranchi | India | 1,230,000 | |
| 404 | Querétaro | Querétaro | Mexico | 1,220,000 | |
| 405 | Zürich | Zurich | Switzerland | 1,210,000 | |
| 406 | Cochabamba | Cochabamba | Bolivia | 1,200,000 | |
| 406 | Gwalior | Gwalior | India | 1,200,000 | |
| 406 | Joinville | Joinville | Brazil | 1,200,000 | |
| 406 | Port Elizabeth | Port Elizabeth | South Africa | 1,200,000 | |
| 406 | Sevilla | Sevilla | Spain | 1,200,000 | |
| 406 | Stockton | Stockton | United States of America | 1,200,000 | incl. Modesto |
| 412 | Mudanjiang | Mudanjiang | China | 1,190,000 | |
| 412 | Oran | Oran | Algeria | 1,190,000 | |
| 412 | Ulaanbaatar | Ulan Bator | Mongolia | 1,190,000 | |
| 412 | Yiwu | Yiwu | China | 1,190,000 | |
| 416 | Helsinki | Helsinki | Finland | 1,180,000 | |
| 416 | Ndjamena | Ndjamena | Chad | 1,180,000 | |
| 416 | Porto | Porto | Portugal | 1,180,000 | |
| 416 | Surakarta | Surakarta | Indonesia | 1,180,000 | |
| 420 | Barquisimeto | Barquisimeto | Venezuela | 1,170,000 | |
| 420 | Fès | Fes | Morocco | 1,170,000 | |
| 420 | Kazan' | Kazan | Russia | 1,170,000 | |
| 420 | Ulsan | Ulsan | Korea (South) | 1,170,000 | |
| 424 | Kigali | Kigali | Rwanda | 1,160,000 | |
| 424 | Memphis | Memphis | United States of America | 1,160,000 | |
| 424 | Omsk | Omsk | Russia | 1,160,000 | |
| 427 | João Pessoa | João Pessoa | Brazil | 1,150,000 | |
| 427 | Naha | Naha | Japan | 1,150,000 | |
| 429 | Ahvāz | Ahvaz | Iran | 1,140,000 | |
| 429 | Zhanjiang | Zhanjiang | China | 1,140,000 | |
| 431 | Baoding | Baoding | China | 1,130,000 | |
| 431 | Bucaramanga | Bucaramanga | Colombia | 1,130,000 | |
| 431 | Himeji | Himeji | Japan | 1,130,000 | |
| 431 | San Luis Potosí | San Luis Potosí | Mexico | 1,130,000 | |
| 435 | Konya | Konya | Turkey | 1,120,000 | |
| 435 | Kumamoto | Kumamoto | Japan | 1,120,000 | |
| 435 | Melbourne | Melbourne | United States of America | 1,120,000 | incl. Palm Bay, Port St. Lucie |
| 435 | Qom | Qom | Iran | 1,120,000 | |
| 435 | Thiruvananthapuram | Trivandrum | India | 1,120,000 | |
| 435 | Xining | Xining | China | 1,120,000 | |
| 441 | Changwon | Changwon | Korea (South) | 1,110,000 | |
| 441 | Hamamatsu | Hamamatsu | Japan | 1,110,000 | |
| 441 | Kota | Kota | India | 1,110,000 | |
| 441 | Maiduguri | Maiduguri | Nigeria | 1,110,000 | |
| 441 | Mandalay | Mandalay | Myanmar | 1,110,000 | |
| 441 | Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle upon Tyne | Great Britain | 1,110,000 | |
| 441 | Tai'an | Tai'an | China | 1,110,000 | |
| 448 | Florianópolis | Florianópolis | Brazil | 1,100,000 | |
| 448 | Niamey | Niamey | Niger | 1,100,000 | |
| 450 | Greensboro | Greensboro | United States of America | 1,090,000 | |
| 450 | Odėsa | Odessa | Ukraine | 1,090,000 | |
| 450 | Quetta | Quetta | Pakistan | 1,090,000 | |
| 450 | Tiruchirāppalli | Tiruchirappalli | India | 1,090,000 | |
| 454 | Arbīl | Erbil | Iraq | 1,080,000 | |
| 454 | Aşgabat | Ashgabat | Turkmenistan | 1,080,000 | |
| 454 | Tegucigalpa | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | 1,080,000 | |
| 454 | Tiruppūr | Tirupur | India | 1,080,000 | |
| 454 | Ufa | Ufa | Russia | 1,080,000 | |
| 454 | Zaozhuang | Zaozhuang | China | 1,080,000 | |
| 460 | Bareilly | Bareilly | India | 1,070,000 | |
| 460 | Khulna | Khulna | Bangladesh | 1,070,000 | |
| 460 | Pekanbaru | Pekanbaru | Indonesia | 1,070,000 | |
| 460 | Saratov | Saratov | Russia | 1,070,000 | |
| 460 | Shaoxing | Shaoxing | China | 1,070,000 | |
| 465 | Mysore | Mysore | India | 1,060,000 | |
| 465 | Nürnberg | Nuremberg | Germany | 1,060,000 | |
| 465 | Yueyang | Yueyang | China | 1,060,000 | |
| 468 | Antalya | Antalya | Turkey | 1,050,000 | |
| 468 | Batam | Batam | Indonesia | 1,050,000 | |
| 468 | Jining | Jining | China | 1,050,000 | |
| 468 | Kozhikode | Calicut | India | 1,050,000 | |
| 468 | Mérida | Mérida | Mexico | 1,050,000 | |
| 468 | Nouakchott | Nouakchott | Mauritania | 1,050,000 | |
| 468 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City | United States of America | 1,050,000 | |
| 468 | Perm' | Perm | Russia | 1,050,000 | |
| 468 | Zhuzhou | Zhuzhou | China | 1,050,000 | |
| 477 | Guilin | Guilin | China | 1,040,000 | |
| 477 | Guwāhāti | Gauhati | India | 1,040,000 | |
| 477 | Mombasa | Mombasa | Kenya | 1,040,000 | |
| 480 | Bandar Lampung | Bandar Lampung | Indonesia | 1,030,000 | |
| 480 | Jixi | Jixi | China | 1,030,000 | |
| 480 | Kirkūk | Kirkuk | Iraq | 1,030,000 | |
| 480 | Krasnojarsk | Krasnoyarsk | Russia | 1,030,000 | |
| 480 | Louisville | Louisville | United States of America | 1,030,000 | |
| 480 | Marrakech | Marrakesh | Morocco | 1,030,000 | |
| 480 | Pingdingshan | Pingdingshan | China | 1,030,000 | |
| 480 | Serang | Serang | Indonesia | 1,030,000 | |
| 488 | Aguascalientes | Aguascalientes | Mexico | 1,020,000 | |
| 488 | El Paso | El Paso | United States of America | 1,020,000 | incl. Las Cruces |
| 488 | Mexicali | Mexicali | Mexico | 1,020,000 | |
| 488 | Valparaíso | Valparaíso | Chile | 1,020,000 | |
| 492 | Angeles | Angeles | Philippines | 1,010,000 | |
| 492 | Antwerpen | Antwerp | Belgium | 1,010,000 | |
| 492 | Handan | Handan | China | 1,010,000 | |
| 492 | Hubli-Dhārwār | Hubli-Dharwar | India | 1,010,000 | |
| 492 | Richmond | Richmond | United States of America | 1,010,000 | |
| 492 | Solāpur | Sholapur | India | 1,010,000 | |
| 492 | Yichang | Yichang | China | 1,010,000 | |
| 492 | Zhangjiakou | Zhangjiakou | China | 1,010,000 | |
| 500 | Alīgarh | Alīgarh | India | 1,000,000 | |
| 500 | Bangui | Bangui | Central African Republic | 1,000,000 | |
| 500 | Benxi | Benxi | China | 1,000,000 | |
| 500 | Hengyang | Hengyang | China | 1,000,000 |
Definition: Agglomerations include a central city and neighboring communities linked to it (e.g.) by continuous built-up areas or commuters. Some agglomerations have more than one central city (e.g. "The Ruhr").
Data: The presented population figures are projected according to the previous development to the given reference date. Official censuses and estimations are mostly the basis of this computation; the definitions of agglomerations are sometimes based on unofficial or own estimates. The figures of such a statistic are all of varying, and some of suspect accuracy. There are several reasons: the varying relevance and accuracy of sources, the poor comparability of definitions of agglomerations, errors in the projection and so on.
Usage: It is allowed to use the above population figures if the following reference/link is added: Thomas Brinkhoff: Major Agglomerations of the World, http://www.citypopulation.de