Agglomerations
| Rank | Name | English Name | Country | Population | Status | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guăngzhōu | Canton | China | 73,600,000 | Adm-Urb | Northern Pearl River Delta; incl. Dōngguān, Fóshān, Huìzhōu, Jiāngmén, Shēnzhèn, Zhōngshān |
| 2 | Shànghăi | Shanghai | China | 42,300,000 | Adm-Urb | incl. Chángshú, Chángzhōu, Sūzhōu, Wúxī |
| 3 | Tōkyō | Tokyo | Japan | 41,300,000 | Aggl | incl. Chiba, Kawasaki, Maebashi, Sagamihara, Saitama, Utsunomiya, Yokohama |
| 4 | Delhi | Delhi | India | 36,900,000 | Congl | incl. Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon |
| 5 | Jakarta | Jakarta | Indonesia | 29,800,000 | Aggl | incl. Bekasi, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Tangerang Selatan |
| 6 | Mumbai | Bombay | India | 28,100,000 | Congl | incl. Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Ulhasnagar, Vasai-Virar |
| 7 | Manila | Manila | Philippines | 27,100,000 | Aggl | incl. Kalookan, Quezon City |
| 8 | Ciudad de México | Mexico City | Mexico | 25,600,000 | CUA | incl. Nezahualcóyotl, Ecatepec, Naucalpan |
| 9 | Seoul | Seoul | Korea (South) | 25,400,000 | CUA | incl. Bucheon, Goyang, Incheon, Seongnam, Suweon |
| 10 | Dhaka | Dacca | Bangladesh | 23,700,000 | Aggl | |
| 11 | Al-Qāhirah | Cairo | Egypt | 23,200,000 | Aggl | incl. Al-Jīzah [Giza], Shubrā al-Khaymah |
| 12 | São Paulo | São Paulo | Brazil | 22,700,000 | CUA | incl. Guarulhos |
| 13 | New York | New York | United States of America | 22,600,000 | CUA | incl. Bridgeport, Newark, New Haven |
| 14 | Krung Thep | Bangkok | Thailand | 22,400,000 | Aggl | |
| 15 | Lagos | Lagos | Nigeria | 21,900,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 16 | Bĕijīng | Beijing | China | 21,800,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 16 | Karāchi | Karachi | Pakistan | 21,800,000 | CUA | |
| 18 | Moskva | Moscow | Russia | 19,100,000 | Aggl | |
| 19 | Chéngdū | Chengtu | China | 18,300,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 20 | Kolkata | Calcutta | India | 18,100,000 | Congl | incl. Haora |
| 21 | Ōsaka | Osaka | Japan | 17,700,000 | Aggl | incl. Himeji, Kōbe, Kyōto, Sakai |
| 22 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | United States of America | 17,400,000 | CUA | incl. Anaheim, Riverside |
| 23 | Tehrān | Tehran | Iran | 17,200,000 | Aggl | incl. Karaj |
| 24 | Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 17,000,000 | CUA | incl. San Justo, La Plata |
| 25 | Kinshasa | Kinshasa | Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 16,900,000 | City | (population of low reliability) |
| 26 | İstanbul | Istanbul | Turkey | 16,200,000 | Aggl | incl. Gebze |
| 27 | Xiàmén | Xiamen | China | 15,800,000 | Adm-Urb | incl. Jìnjiāng, Quánzhōu, Pútián |
| 28 | London | London | Great Britain | 15,400,000 | CUA | |
| 29 | Bengaluru | Bangalore | India | 15,300,000 | Congl | |
| 30 | Johannesburg | Johannesburg | South Africa | 15,100,000 | CUA | incl. East Rand, Evaton, Pretoria, Soshanguve, Soweto, Vereeniging, West Rand |
| 31 | Lāhore | Lahore | Pakistan | 15,000,000 | CUA | |
| 32 | Hángzhōu | Hangchou | China | 14,700,000 | Adm-Urb | incl. Shàoxīng |
| 32 | Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh | Saigon | Vietnam | 14,700,000 | Aggl | incl. Biên Hòa |
| 34 | Xī'ān | Sian | China | 13,700,000 | Adm-Urb | incl. Xiányáng |
| 35 | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 13,600,000 | CUA | incl. Nova Iguaçu, São Gonçalo |
| 36 | Chennai | Madras | India | 13,300,000 | Aggl | |
| 37 | Chóngqìng | Chungking | China | 13,200,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 38 | Wŭhàn | Wuhan | China | 12,900,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 39 | Lima | Lima | Peru | 12,200,000 | Aggl | |
| 40 | Hyderābād | Hyderabad | India | 12,100,000 | Congl | |
| 41 | Tiānjīn | Tientsin | China | 11,800,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 42 | Chángshā | Changsha | China | 11,600,000 | Adm-Urb | incl. Xiāngtán, Zhūzhōu |
| 42 | Paris | Paris | France | 11,600,000 | Congl | |
| 44 | Bogotá | Bogotá | Colombia | 10,800,000 | Aggl | |
| 44 | Rhein-Ruhr | Rhine-Ruhr Area | Germany | 10,800,000 | CUA | incl. Köln, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg, Bonn, Wuppertal, Mönchengladbach |
| 46 | Nagoya | Nagoya | Japan | 10,500,000 | Aggl | |
| 46 | Zhèngzhōu | Zhengzhou | China | 10,500,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 48 | Luanda | Luanda | Angola | 10,400,000 | UA | |
| 49 | Ahmadābād | Ahmedabad | India | 10,200,000 | Aggl | |
| 49 | Taibei | Taipei | Taiwan (Rep. of China) | 10,200,000 | Congl | incl. Taoyuan, New Taipei City (Xinbei) |
| 51 | Chicago | Chicago | United States of America | 9,800,000 | CUA | |
| 52 | Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 9,750,000 | Aggl | incl. Klang |
| 52 | Nánjīng | Nanking | China | 9,750,000 | Adm-Urb | incl. Mă'ānshān |
| 54 | Shĕnyáng | Shenyang | China | 8,950,000 | Adm-Urb | incl. Fŭshùn |
| 55 | Washington | Washington | United States of America | 8,800,000 | CUA | incl. Baltimore |
| 56 | Santiago | Santiago | Chile | 8,600,000 | CUA | |
| 57 | Sūrat | Surat | India | 8,400,000 | Aggl | |
| 58 | Toronto | Toronto | Canada | 8,300,000 | CUA | incl. Hamilton |
| 59 | Héféi | Hofei | China | 8,250,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 59 | Pune | Poona | India | 8,250,000 | Congl | incl. Pimpri-Chinchwad |
| 61 | Singapore | Singapore | Singapore | 8,150,000 | Aggl | incl. Johor Bahru (Malaysia) |
| 62 | Dallas | Dallas | United States of America | 8,100,000 | CUA | incl. Fort Worth |
| 62 | Shàntóu | Shantou | China | 8,100,000 | Adm-Urb | incl. Cháozhōu, Jiēyáng, Pŭníng |
| 64 | Baghdād | Baghdad | Iraq | 8,000,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 65 | Ar-Riyāḍ | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 7,900,000 | Aggl | |
| 65 | Qīngdăo | Tsingtao | China | 7,900,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 67 | Boston | Boston | United States of America | 7,850,000 | CUA | incl. Providence |
| 68 | Níngbō | Ningbo | China | 7,750,000 | Adm-Urb | incl. Cíxī, Yúyáo |
| 69 | San Francisco | San Francisco | United States of America | 7,700,000 | CUA | incl. Concord, Oakland, San Jose, Santa Rosa |
| 70 | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | United States of America | 7,650,000 | CUA | incl. Allentown, Trenton |
| 71 | Hà Nội | Hanoi | Vietnam | 7,550,000 | Aggl | |
| 71 | Houston | Houston | United States of America | 7,550,000 | CUA | |
| 73 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | China | 7,500,000 | Aggl | incl. Kowloon, Victoria |
| 74 | Al-Kharṭūm | Khartoum | Sudan | 7,400,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 75 | Abidjan | Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 7,300,000 | Aggl | |
| 76 | Nairobi | Nairobi | Kenya | 7,150,000 | ||
| 77 | Wēnzhōu | Wenzhou | China | 7,100,000 | Adm-Urb | incl. Ruì'ān, Cāngnán, Píngyáng |
| 78 | Accra | Accra | Ghana | 7,050,000 | Aggl | |
| 78 | Bandung | Bandung | Indonesia | 7,050,000 | Aggl | |
| 80 | Madrid | Madrid | Spain | 7,000,000 | CUA | |
| 81 | Jìnán | Jinan | China | 6,950,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 81 | Kūnmíng | Kunming | China | 6,950,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 83 | Dar es Salaam | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 6,900,000 | Aggl | |
| 84 | Miami | Miami | United States of America | 6,700,000 | CUA | incl. Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach |
| 85 | Dubayy | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 6,650,000 | Aggl | incl. Ash-Shāriqah [Sharjah] |
| 86 | Shíjiāzhuāng | Shijiazhuang | China | 6,600,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 87 | Milano | Milan | Italy | 6,550,000 | CUA | incl. Bergamo |
| 88 | Al-Iskandariyah | Alexandria | Egypt | 6,350,000 | Aggl | |
| 88 | Manchester | Manchester | Great Britain | 6,350,000 | CUA | incl. Liverpool |
| 88 | Sankt-Peterburg | Saint Petersburg | Russia | 6,350,000 | Aggl | |
| 91 | 'Ammān | Amman | Jordan | 6,300,000 | ||
| 91 | Monterrey | Monterrey | Mexico | 6,300,000 | CUA | |
| 91 | Tàiyuán | Taiyuan | China | 6,300,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 94 | Atlanta | Atlanta | United States of America | 6,250,000 | CUA | |
| 95 | Guadalajara | Guadalajara | Mexico | 6,000,000 | CUA | incl. Zapopan |
| 95 | Surabaya | Surabaya | Indonesia | 6,000,000 | Aggl | |
| 97 | Bamako | Bamako | Mali | 5,950,000 | Aggl | |
| 98 | Detroit | Detroit | United States of America | 5,850,000 | CUA | incl. Toledo, Windsor (Canada) |
| 99 | Rāwalpindi | Rawalpindi | Pakistan | 5,800,000 | CUA | incl. Islāmābād |
| 100 | Hā'ĕrbīn | Harbin | China | 5,600,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 100 | Nánníng | Nanning | China | 5,600,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 102 | Dàlián | Dairen | China | 5,550,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 102 | Kano | Kano | Nigeria | 5,550,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 104 | Kābul | Kabul | Afghanistan | 5,450,000 | Aggl | |
| 104 | Melbourne | Melbourne | Australia | 5,450,000 | Aggl | |
| 106 | Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 5,350,000 | CUA | |
| 106 | Guìyáng | Guiyang | China | 5,350,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 106 | Kampala | Kampala | Uganda | 5,350,000 | Aggl | |
| 109 | Chángchūn | Changchun | China | 5,300,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 109 | Sydney | Sydney | Australia | 5,300,000 | Aggl | |
| 111 | Ankara | Ankara | Turkey | 5,250,000 | Aggl | |
| 111 | Nánchāng | Nanchang | China | 5,250,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 113 | Cape Town | Cape Town | South Africa | 5,200,000 | CUA | |
| 114 | Chittagong | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 5,150,000 | Aggl | |
| 114 | Tampa | Tampa | United States of America | 5,150,000 | CUA | incl. Lakeland, St. Petersburg, Sarasota |
| 114 | Ürümqi | Ürümqi | China | 5,150,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 117 | Phoenix | Phoenix | United States of America | 5,050,000 | CUA | |
| 118 | Colombo | Colombo | Sri Lanka | 5,000,000 | ||
| 119 | Adis Abeba | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 4,950,000 | Aggl | |
| 119 | Barcelona | Barcelona | Spain | 4,950,000 | CUA | |
| 121 | Yangon | Rangoon | Myanmar | 4,900,000 | Mun-Urb | |
| 122 | Fúzhōu | Fuzhou | China | 4,875,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 123 | Al-Kuwayt | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 4,825,000 | Aggl | |
| 124 | Línyí | Linyi | China | 4,725,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 125 | Berlin | Berlin | Germany | 4,700,000 | CUA | incl. Potsdam |
| 126 | Montréal | Montreal | Canada | 4,675,000 | CUA | |
| 127 | Jaipur | Jaipur | India | 4,650,000 | Aggl | |
| 128 | Seattle | Seattle | United States of America | 4,625,000 | CUA | |
| 129 | Casablanca | Casablanca | Morocco | 4,500,000 | Mun-Urb | |
| 130 | Medellín | Medellín | Colombia | 4,425,000 | Aggl | |
| 131 | El Djazaïr | Algiers | Algeria | 4,400,000 | CUA | |
| 132 | Dakar | Dakar | Senegal | 4,375,000 | Aggl | |
| 132 | Puebla | Puebla | Mexico | 4,375,000 | CUA | |
| 134 | Lucknow | Lucknow | India | 4,325,000 | Aggl | |
| 135 | Medan | Medan | Indonesia | 4,300,000 | Aggl | |
| 136 | Faisalābād | Faisalabad | Pakistan | 4,200,000 | CUA | |
| 137 | Birmingham | Birmingham | Great Britain | 4,100,000 | CUA | |
| 137 | Recife | Recife | Brazil | 4,100,000 | CUA | |
| 139 | Napoli | Naples | Italy | 4,075,000 | CUA | |
| 139 | Toshkent | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 4,075,000 | Aggl | |
| 141 | Dimashq | Damascus | Syria | 4,050,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 141 | Zībó | Zibo | China | 4,050,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 143 | Orlando | Orlando | United States of America | 4,025,000 | CUA | |
| 144 | Conakry | Conakry | Guinea | 4,000,000 | CUA | |
| 144 | Jiddah | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 4,000,000 | Aggl | |
| 146 | Durban | Durban | South Africa | 3,975,000 | CUA | |
| 147 | Busan | Busan | Korea (South) | 3,950,000 | CUA | |
| 147 | Denver | Denver | United States of America | 3,950,000 | CUA | |
| 147 | Douala | Douala | Cameroon | 3,950,000 | City | |
| 147 | Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre | Brazil | 3,950,000 | CUA | |
| 147 | Santo Domingo | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 3,950,000 | Mun-Urb | |
| 152 | Brasília | Brasília | Brazil | 3,900,000 | CUA | |
| 152 | Yaoundé | Yaoundé | Cameroon | 3,900,000 | City | |
| 154 | Caracas | Caracas | Venezuela | 3,875,000 | CUA | |
| 154 | Indore | Indore | India | 3,875,000 | Congl | |
| 156 | Fortaleza | Fortaleza | Brazil | 3,825,000 | CUA | |
| 156 | Luòyáng | Luoyang | China | 3,825,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 158 | Kānpur | Kanpur | India | 3,750,000 | Congl | |
| 159 | Bakı | Baku | Azerbaijan | 3,725,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 160 | Lánzhōu | Lanzhou | China | 3,650,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 161 | Nāgpur | Nagpur | India | 3,625,000 | Congl | |
| 162 | Athínai | Athens | Greece | 3,575,000 | Congl | |
| 162 | Brisbane | Brisbane | Australia | 3,575,000 | Congl | incl. Gold Coast |
| 162 | Gujrānwāla | Gujranwala | Pakistan | 3,575,000 | CUA | |
| 162 | Nántōng | Nantong | China | 3,575,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 166 | Ouagadougou | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 3,550,000 | Aggl | |
| 167 | Mashhad | Meshed | Iran | 3,525,000 | Aggl | |
| 168 | Rotterdam | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 3,500,000 | Aggl | Randstad South; incl. 's-Gravenhage (The Hague) |
| 169 | Bhilai | Bhilai | India | 3,475,000 | Congl | incl. Raipur |
| 169 | Eṣfahān | Isfahan | Iran | 3,475,000 | Aggl | |
| 169 | Ibadan | Ibadan | Nigeria | 3,475,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 169 | Kyïv | Kiev | Ukraine | 3,475,000 | Aggl | (without considering the impacts of the Russian invasion) |
| 173 | Roma | Rome | Italy | 3,450,000 | CUA | |
| 174 | Guayaquil | Guayaquil | Ecuador | 3,425,000 | Aggl | |
| 175 | Ciudad de Guatemala | Guatemala City | Guatemala | 3,400,000 | Mun-Urb | |
| 175 | Salvador | Salvador | Brazil | 3,400,000 | CUA | |
| 175 | Ṣan'ā' | Sana'a | Yemen | 3,400,000 | City | (population of low reliability) |
| 178 | Curitiba | Curitiba | Brazil | 3,375,000 | CUA | |
| 178 | Wéifāng | Weifang | China | 3,375,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 180 | Vancouver | Vancouver | Canada | 3,325,000 | CUA | |
| 181 | Jiāngyīn | Jiangyin | China | 3,275,000 | Adm-Urb | incl. Zhāngjiāgăng |
| 181 | Minneapolis | Minneapolis | United States of America | 3,275,000 | CUA | |
| 183 | Antananarivo | Tananarive | Madagascar | 3,250,000 | Aggl | |
| 183 | Campinas | Campinas | Brazil | 3,250,000 | CUA | |
| 183 | San Diego | San Diego | United States of America | 3,250,000 | CUA | |
| 186 | Frankfurt am Main | Frankfurt am Main | Germany | 3,225,000 | CUA | incl. Wiesbaden, Mainz, Darmstadt |
| 186 | Kathmandu | Kathmandu | Nepal | 3,225,000 | Aggl | |
| 186 | Xúzhōu | Xuzhou | China | 3,225,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 189 | Abuja | Abuja | Nigeria | 3,175,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 190 | Coimbatore | Coimbatore | India | 3,150,000 | Aggl | |
| 190 | Port-au-Prince | Port-au-Prince | Haiti | 3,150,000 | Aggl | (population of low reliability) |
| 192 | Lusaka | Lusaka | Zambia | 3,100,000 | CUA | |
| 193 | Cleveland | Cleveland | United States of America | 3,050,000 | CUA | incl. Akron |
| 193 | P'yŏngyang | Pyongyang | Korea (North) | 3,050,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 193 | Tel Aviv-Yafo | Tel Aviv-Jaffa | Israel | 3,050,000 | Aggl | |
| 196 | İzmir | Izmir | Turkey | 3,025,000 | Aggl | |
| 196 | Phnum Pénh | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 3,025,000 | Aggl | |
| 198 | Ad-Dammām | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 3,000,000 | Aggl | |
| 198 | Cali | Cali | Colombia | 3,000,000 | Aggl | |
| 198 | Hándān | Handan | China | 3,000,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 198 | Patna | Patna | India | 3,000,000 | Congl | |
| 202 | Lubumbashi | Lubumbashi | Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 2,975,000 | City | (population of low reliability) |
| 203 | Kumasi | Kumasi | Ghana | 2,950,000 | Aggl | |
| 204 | Quito | Quito | Ecuador | 2,925,000 | Aggl | |
| 205 | Hamburg | Hamburg | Germany | 2,900,000 | CUA | |
| 205 | Hūhéhàotè | Hohhot | China | 2,900,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 207 | Fukuoka | Fukuoka | Japan | 2,875,000 | Aggl | |
| 207 | Hăikŏu | Haikou | China | 2,875,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 207 | Maracaibo | Maracaibo | Venezuela | 2,875,000 | CUA | |
| 210 | Chandīgarh | Chandigarh | India | 2,850,000 | Congl | |
| 210 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati | United States of America | 2,850,000 | CUA | incl. Dayton |
| 210 | Taizhong | Taichung | Taiwan (Rep. of China) | 2,850,000 | Aggl | |
| 213 | Bhopāl | Bhopal | India | 2,825,000 | Aggl | |
| 213 | Bruxelles | Brussels | Belgium | 2,825,000 | CUA | |
| 215 | Almaty | Alma-Ata | Kazakhstan | 2,800,000 | Aggl | |
| 215 | Tángshān | Tangshan | China | 2,800,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 217 | Makkah | Mecca | Saudi Arabia | 2,775,000 | Aggl | |
| 217 | Toluca | Toluca | Mexico | 2,775,000 | CUA | |
| 217 | Tūnis | Tunis | Tunisia | 2,775,000 | Mun-Urb | |
| 220 | Gaoxiong | Kaohsiung | Taiwan (Rep. of China) | 2,750,000 | Aggl | |
| 220 | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City | United States of America | 2,750,000 | CUA | incl. Ogden, Provo |
| 220 | Yìwū | Yiwu | China | 2,750,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 223 | Charlotte | Charlotte | United States of America | 2,725,000 | CUA | |
| 223 | Daegu | Daegu | Korea (South) | 2,725,000 | CUA | |
| 223 | Lomé | Lomé | Togo | 2,725,000 | ||
| 223 | Xīnxiāng | Xinxiang | China | 2,725,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 227 | Ad-Dawḥah | Doha | Qatar | 2,700,000 | Aggl | |
| 227 | Āgra | Agra | India | 2,700,000 | Aggl | |
| 227 | Harare | Harare | Zimbabwe | 2,700,000 | Aggl | |
| 227 | Táizhōu | Taizhou | China | 2,700,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 227 | Zhūhăi | Zhuhai | China | 2,700,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 232 | Lisboa | Lisbon | Portugal | 2,650,000 | Aggl | |
| 232 | Maputo | Maputo | Mozambique | 2,650,000 | Aggl | |
| 234 | Cebu | Cebu | Philippines | 2,625,000 | Aggl | |
| 234 | Yāntái | Yantai | China | 2,625,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 236 | Amsterdam | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 2,600,000 | Aggl | Randstad North |
| 236 | Mbuji-Mayi | Mbuji-Mayi | Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 2,600,000 | City | (population of low reliability) |
| 238 | Liŭzhōu | Liuzhou | China | 2,575,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 238 | Yínchuān | Yinchuan | China | 2,575,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 240 | Brazzaville | Brazzaville | Congo (Rep.) | 2,550,000 | Aggl | |
| 240 | Goiânia | Goiânia | Brazil | 2,550,000 | CUA | |
| 240 | Visākhapatnam | Vishakhapatnam | India | 2,550,000 | Aggl | |
| 243 | Hyderābād | Hyderabad | Pakistan | 2,525,000 | CUA | |
| 244 | Budapest | Budapest | Hungary | 2,500,000 | Aggl | |
| 244 | Nāshik | Nasik | India | 2,500,000 | Aggl | |
| 244 | Sapporo | Sapporo | Japan | 2,500,000 | Aggl | |
| 244 | Vadodara | Vadodara | India | 2,500,000 | Aggl | |
| 248 | Las Vegas | Las Vegas | United States of America | 2,475,000 | CUA | |
| 248 | Multān | Multan | Pakistan | 2,475,000 | CUA | |
| 248 | Perth | Perth | Australia | 2,475,000 | Aggl | |
| 248 | Portland | Portland | United States of America | 2,475,000 | CUA | |
| 248 | San José | San José | Costa Rica | 2,475,000 | Mun-Urb | |
| 248 | Warszawa | Warsaw | Poland | 2,475,000 | Mun-Urb | |
| 254 | San Antonio | San Antonio | United States of America | 2,450,000 | CUA | |
| 254 | Vijayawāda | Vijayawada | India | 2,450,000 | Aggl | |
| 256 | Barranquilla | Barranquilla | Colombia | 2,425,000 | Aggl | |
| 257 | Wien | Vienna | Austria | 2,400,000 | Aggl | |
| 258 | Asunción | Asunción | Paraguay | 2,375,000 | Mun-Urb | |
| 258 | Yángzhōu | Yangzhou | China | 2,375,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 260 | Ānshān | Anshan | China | 2,350,000 | Adm-Urb | incl. Liáoyáng |
| 260 | León | León | Mexico | 2,350,000 | CUA | |
| 260 | St. Louis | St. Louis | United States of America | 2,350,000 | CUA | |
| 260 | Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | 2,350,000 | CUA | |
| 260 | Tijuana | Tijuana | Mexico | 2,350,000 | CUA | |
| 265 | Austin | Austin | United States of America | 2,325,000 | CUA | |
| 265 | Muqdisho | Mogadishu | Somalia | 2,325,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 267 | Jiāxīng | Jiaxing | China | 2,300,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 267 | Manaus | Manaus | Brazil | 2,300,000 | CUA | |
| 267 | Port Harcourt | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 2,300,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 267 | Rājkot | Rajkot | India | 2,300,000 | Aggl | |
| 267 | Xīníng | Xining | China | 2,300,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 272 | Băodìng | Baoding | China | 2,275,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 272 | München | Munich | Germany | 2,275,000 | CUA | |
| 272 | Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Germany | 2,275,000 | CUA | |
| 275 | Bāotóu | Baotou | China | 2,250,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 275 | București | Bucharest | Romania | 2,250,000 | Aggl | |
| 275 | Leeds | Leeds | Great Britain | 2,250,000 | CUA | |
| 278 | Bursa | Bursa | Turkey | 2,225,000 | Aggl | |
| 278 | Cotonou | Cotonou | Benin | 2,225,000 | Aggl | |
| 280 | Belém | Belém | Brazil | 2,200,000 | CUA | |
| 280 | Jacksonville | Jacksonville | United States of America | 2,200,000 | CUA | |
| 282 | Bhubaneswar | Bhubaneswar | India | 2,175,000 | Congl | incl. Cuttack |
| 282 | Gànzhōu | Ganzhou | China | 2,175,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 282 | Katowice | Katowice | Poland | 2,175,000 | Mun-Urb | Upper Silesian Industrial Region |
| 282 | Ludhiāna | Ludhiana | India | 2,175,000 | Congl | |
| 282 | Okayama | Okayama | Japan | 2,175,000 | Aggl | incl. Fukuyama |
| 282 | Peshāwar | Peshawar | Pakistan | 2,175,000 | CUA | |
| 282 | Sacramento | Sacramento | United States of America | 2,175,000 | CUA | |
| 282 | Vārānasi | Benares | India | 2,175,000 | Congl | |
| 290 | Aurangābād | Aurangabad | India | 2,150,000 | Congl | |
| 290 | Indianapolis | Indianapolis | United States of America | 2,150,000 | CUA | |
| 290 | La Habana | Havana | Cuba | 2,150,000 | City | |
| 290 | Píngdĭngshān | Pingdingshan | China | 2,150,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 290 | Rabat | Rabat | Morocco | 2,150,000 | Mun-Urb | |
| 290 | Semarang | Semarang | Indonesia | 2,150,000 | Aggl | |
| 296 | Kansas City | Kansas City | United States of America | 2,125,000 | CUA | |
| 296 | Valencia | Valencia | Venezuela | 2,125,000 | CUA | |
| 298 | George Town | George Town | Malaysia | 2,100,000 | Aggl | |
| 298 | Minsk | Minsk | Belarus | 2,100,000 | ||
| 300 | Bèngbù | Bengbu | China | 2,050,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 300 | Dàtóng | Datong | China | 2,050,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 300 | Kigali | Kigali | Rwanda | 2,050,000 | Mun-Urb | |
| 300 | Lyon | Lyon | France | 2,050,000 | Congl | |
| 300 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | United States of America | 2,050,000 | CUA | |
| 300 | Zūnyì | Zunyi | China | 2,050,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 306 | Ānyáng | Anyang | China | 2,025,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 306 | Ḥalab | Aleppo | Syria | 2,025,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 306 | Kaduna | Kaduna | Nigeria | 2,025,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 306 | Ndjamena | Ndjamena | Chad | 2,025,000 | City | |
| 310 | Madurai | Madurai | India | 2,000,000 | Aggl | |
| 310 | Monrovia | Monrovia | Liberia | 2,000,000 | UA | |
| 310 | Tabrīz | Tabriz | Iran | 2,000,000 | Aggl | |
| 313 | Ghazzah | Gaza | Palestinian Territories | 1,990,000 | ||
| 313 | Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | Bolivia | 1,990,000 | CUA | |
| 313 | Shīrāz | Shiraz | Iran | 1,990,000 | Aggl | |
| 313 | València | Valencia | Spain | 1,990,000 | CUA | |
| 317 | Bayrūt | Beirut | Lebanon | 1,970,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 317 | Huái'ān | Huai'an | China | 1,970,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 317 | Meerut | Meerut | India | 1,970,000 | Aggl | |
| 320 | Abū Ẓaby | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 1,960,000 | City | |
| 321 | Kitakyūshū | Kitakyushu | Japan | 1,950,000 | Aggl | incl. Shimonoseki |
| 321 | Zăozhuāng | Zaozhuang | China | 1,950,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 323 | Zhànjiāng | Zhanjiang | China | 1,940,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 324 | Jìníng | Jining | China | 1,930,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 324 | Ṭarābulus | Tripoli | Libya | 1,930,000 | ||
| 326 | Raleigh | Raleigh | United States of America | 1,910,000 | CUA | |
| 326 | San Juan | San Juan | Puerto Rico | 1,910,000 | CUA | |
| 328 | La Paz | La Paz | Bolivia | 1,890,000 | CUA | |
| 329 | Columbus | Columbus | United States of America | 1,880,000 | CUA | |
| 329 | Dàqìng | Daqing | China | 1,880,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 329 | Huáinán | Huainan | China | 1,880,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 329 | Vitória | Vitória | Brazil | 1,880,000 | CUA | |
| 329 | Wúhú | Wuhu | China | 1,880,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 334 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima | Japan | 1,870,000 | Aggl | |
| 335 | Guìlín | Guilin | China | 1,860,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 335 | Jamshedpur | Jamshedpur | India | 1,860,000 | Congl | |
| 335 | Srīnagar | Srinagar | India | 1,860,000 | Aggl | |
| 338 | Miányáng | Mianyang | China | 1,850,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 339 | Benin City | Benin City | Nigeria | 1,840,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 340 | Córdoba | Córdoba | Argentina | 1,830,000 | CUA | |
| 340 | København | Copenhagen | Denmark | 1,830,000 | CUA | |
| 340 | Novosibirsk | Novosibirsk | Russia | 1,830,000 | Aggl | |
| 340 | Xiāngyáng | Xiangyang | China | 1,830,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 344 | Jekaterinburg | Yekaterinburg | Russia | 1,820,000 | Aggl | |
| 344 | Makassar | Makassar | Indonesia | 1,820,000 | Aggl | |
| 344 | Montevideo | Montevideo | Uruguay | 1,820,000 | Aggl | |
| 347 | Palembang | Palembang | Indonesia | 1,810,000 | Aggl | |
| 347 | Querétaro | Querétaro | Mexico | 1,810,000 | CUA | |
| 349 | Adana | Adana | Turkey | 1,790,000 | Aggl | |
| 349 | Húzhōu | Huzhou | China | 1,790,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 349 | Qínhuángdăo | Qinhuangdao | China | 1,790,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 349 | Quetta | Quetta | Pakistan | 1,790,000 | UA | |
| 349 | Yogyakarta | Yogyakarta | Indonesia | 1,790,000 | Aggl | |
| 354 | Āsansol | Āsansol | India | 1,780,000 | Congl | |
| 355 | Gaziantep | Gaziantep | Turkey | 1,770,000 | Aggl | |
| 355 | Malang | Malang | Indonesia | 1,770,000 | Aggl | |
| 355 | Santos | Santos | Brazil | 1,770,000 | CUA | |
| 355 | Shāngqiū | Shangqiu | China | 1,770,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 359 | Glasgow | Glasgow | Great Britain | 1,760,000 | CUA | |
| 359 | Púyáng | Puyang | China | 1,760,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 361 | Al-Baṣrah | Basra | Iraq | 1,750,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 361 | Jodhpur | Jodhpur | India | 1,750,000 | Aggl | |
| 363 | Bangui | Bangui | Central African Republic | 1,740,000 | Aggl | |
| 363 | Calgary | Calgary | Canada | 1,740,000 | CUA | |
| 365 | Marseille | Marseille | France | 1,730,000 | Congl | |
| 365 | Xíngtái | Xingtai | China | 1,730,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 367 | Angeles | Angeles | Philippines | 1,720,000 | Aggl | |
| 367 | Nányáng | Nanyang | China | 1,720,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 369 | Hartford | Hartford | United States of America | 1,710,000 | CUA | incl. Springfield, MA |
| 369 | Surakarta | Surakarta | Indonesia | 1,710,000 | Aggl | |
| 371 | Masqaṭ | Muscat | Oman | 1,700,000 | Aggl | |
| 371 | Nashville | Nashville | United States of America | 1,700,000 | CUA | |
| 371 | Tiruppūr | Tirupur | India | 1,700,000 | Congl | |
| 374 | Kochi | Cochin | India | 1,680,000 | Aggl | |
| 374 | Kotā | Kotā | India | 1,680,000 | Aggl | |
| 376 | Astana | Astana | Kazakhstan | 1,670,000 | Aggl | |
| 376 | Jiāozuò | Jiaozuo | China | 1,670,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 376 | Oran | Oran | Algeria | 1,670,000 | CUA | |
| 376 | Rānchi | Ranchi | India | 1,670,000 | Aggl | |
| 380 | Ciudad Juárez | Ciudad Juárez | Mexico | 1,660,000 | CUA | |
| 380 | Porto | Porto | Portugal | 1,660,000 | Aggl | |
| 380 | Ulaanbaatar | Ulan Bator | Mongolia | 1,660,000 | City | |
| 380 | Virginia Beach | Virginia Beach | United States of America | 1,660,000 | CUA | incl. Norfolk |
| 384 | Davao | Davao | Philippines | 1,650,000 | Aggl | |
| 385 | Edmonton | Edmonton | Canada | 1,640,000 | CUA | |
| 385 | Jabalpur | Jabalpur | India | 1,640,000 | Aggl | |
| 387 | Gwangju | Gwangju | Korea (South) | 1,630,000 | CUA | |
| 388 | Chonburi | Chonburi | Thailand | 1,620,000 | Aggl | incl. Pattaya |
| 388 | Gwalior | Gwalior | India | 1,620,000 | Aggl | |
| 388 | Jīnhuá | Jinhua | China | 1,620,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 391 | Jílín | Jilin | China | 1,610,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 391 | Nižnij Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | 1,610,000 | Aggl | |
| 391 | Prayagraj | Prayagraj | India | 1,610,000 | Congl | |
| 391 | Yerevan | Yerevan | Armenia | 1,610,000 | Aggl | |
| 395 | Shàngráo | Shangrao | China | 1,600,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 395 | Yùlín | Yulin | China | 1,600,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 397 | San Salvador | San Salvador | El Salvador | 1,590,000 | Mun-Urb | |
| 397 | Tài'ān | Tai'an | China | 1,590,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 397 | Torino | Turin | Italy | 1,590,000 | CUA | |
| 400 | Ahvāz | Ahvaz | Iran | 1,580,000 | Aggl | |
| 400 | Al-Manāmah | Manama | Bahrain | 1,580,000 | ||
| 400 | Al-Mawṣil | Mosul | Iraq | 1,580,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 400 | Helsinki | Helsinki | Finland | 1,580,000 | CUA | |
| 400 | Hézé | Heze | China | 1,580,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 400 | Kazan' | Kazan | Russia | 1,580,000 | Aggl | |
| 400 | Niamey | Niamey | Niger | 1,580,000 | City | |
| 407 | Biškek | Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan | 1,570,000 | Aggl | |
| 407 | Charkiv | Kharkiv | Ukraine | 1,570,000 | Aggl | (without considering the impacts of the Russian invasion) |
| 407 | Dublin | Dublin | Ireland | 1,570,000 | Aggl | |
| 410 | Al-Madīnah | Medina | Saudi Arabia | 1,560,000 | City | |
| 410 | Praha | Prague | Czech Republic | 1,560,000 | Aggl | |
| 412 | Amritsar | Amritsar | India | 1,550,000 | Aggl | |
| 412 | Bareilly | Bareilly | India | 1,550,000 | Congl | |
| 412 | Mannheim | Mannheim | Germany | 1,550,000 | CUA | incl. Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg |
| 412 | Nouakchott | Nouakchott | Mauritania | 1,550,000 | City | |
| 412 | Wēihăi | Weihai | China | 1,550,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 417 | Auckland | Auckland | New Zealand | 1,540,000 | UA | |
| 417 | Newcastle[upon Tyne | Newcastle[upon Tyne | Great Britain | 1,540,000 | CUA | |
| 417 | São Luís | São Luís | Brazil | 1,540,000 | CUA | |
| 417 | Sheffield | Sheffield | Great Britain | 1,540,000 | CUA | |
| 421 | Đà Nẵng | Da Nang | Vietnam | 1,530,000 | Aggl | |
| 421 | Morādābād | Morādābād | India | 1,530,000 | Congl | |
| 421 | Pointe-Noire | Pointe-Noire | Congo (Rep.) | 1,530,000 | City | |
| 421 | Rosario | Rosario | Argentina | 1,530,000 | CUA | |
| 421 | Tàizhōu | Taizhou | China | 1,530,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 421 | Zürich | Zurich | Switzerland | 1,530,000 | Congl | |
| 427 | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | United States of America | 1,520,000 | CUA | |
| 427 | Sendai | Sendai | Japan | 1,520,000 | Aggl | |
| 427 | Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Georgia | 1,520,000 | Aggl | |
| 430 | Daejeon | Daejeon | Korea (South) | 1,500,000 | CUA | |
| 430 | Dhanbād | Dhanbad | India | 1,500,000 | Aggl | |
| 430 | Maracay | Maracay | Venezuela | 1,500,000 | CUA | |
| 433 | Alīgarh | Alīgarh | India | 1,490,000 | Congl | |
| 434 | Adelaide | Adelaide | Australia | 1,480,000 | Aggl | |
| 434 | Bandar Lampung | Bandar Lampung | Indonesia | 1,480,000 | Aggl | |
| 434 | Màomíng | Maoming | China | 1,480,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 434 | Qom | Qom | Iran | 1,480,000 | City | |
| 434 | Yánchéng | Yancheng | China | 1,480,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 434 | Zhāngjiākŏu | Zhangjiakou | China | 1,480,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 440 | Freetown | Freetown | Sierra Leone | 1,460,000 | Aggl | |
| 440 | Hải Phòng | Haiphong | Vietnam | 1,460,000 | Aggl | |
| 440 | Nánchōng | Nanchong | China | 1,460,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 440 | Ottawa | Ottawa | Canada | 1,460,000 | CUA | |
| 440 | Tanger | Tangier | Morocco | 1,460,000 | Mun-Urb | |
| 440 | Torreón | Torreón | Mexico | 1,460,000 | CUA | |
| 446 | Ciudad de Panamá | Panama City | Panama | 1,450,000 | UA | |
| 447 | Fùyáng | Fuyang | China | 1,440,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 447 | San Luis Potosí | San Luis Potosí | Mexico | 1,440,000 | CUA | |
| 449 | Antalya | Antalya | Turkey | 1,430,000 | Aggl | |
| 449 | Beograd | Belgrade | Serbia | 1,430,000 | Aggl | |
| 449 | Čeljabinsk | Chelyabinsk | Russia | 1,430,000 | Aggl | |
| 449 | Nottingham | Nottingham | Great Britain | 1,430,000 | CUA | |
| 449 | Xŭchāng | Xuchang | China | 1,430,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 454 | Kananga | Kananga | Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 1,420,000 | City | (population of low reliability) |
| 454 | Konya | Konya | Turkey | 1,420,000 | Aggl | |
| 454 | Managua | Managua | Nicaragua | 1,420,000 | CUA | |
| 454 | Mérida | Mérida | Mexico | 1,420,000 | CUA | |
| 454 | Shymkent | Shymkent | Kazakhstan | 1,420,000 | Aggl | |
| 454 | Yíchāng | Yichang | China | 1,420,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 460 | Buffalo | Buffalo | United States of America | 1,410,000 | CUA | incl. St. Catharines (Canada) |
| 461 | Bucaramanga | Bucaramanga | Colombia | 1,400,000 | Aggl | |
| 461 | Mombasa | Mombasa | Kenya | 1,400,000 | City | |
| 461 | Mysore | Mysore | India | 1,400,000 | Aggl | |
| 461 | Namangan | Namangan | Uzbekistan | 1,400,000 | Aggl | |
| 465 | Dázhōu | Dazhou | China | 1,390,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 465 | Krasnodar | Krasnodar | Russia | 1,390,000 | Aggl | |
| 465 | Mwanza | Mwanza | Tanzania | 1,390,000 | Aggl | |
| 465 | Rostov]-na-Donu | Rostov-on-Don | Russia | 1,390,000 | Aggl | |
| 469 | Donec'k | Donetsk | Ukraine | 1,380,000 | Aggl | (the population is probably overestimated) |
| 469 | Harrisburg | Harrisburg | United States of America | 1,380,000 | CUA | incl. Lancaster, York |
| 469 | Kāifēng | Kaifeng | China | 1,380,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 472 | Barquisimeto | Barquisimeto | Venezuela | 1,370,000 | CUA | |
| 472 | Benguela | Benguela | Angola | 1,370,000 | UA | |
| 472 | Natal | Natal | Brazil | 1,370,000 | CUA | |
| 472 | Qīngyuăn | Qingyuan | China | 1,370,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 472 | Tainan | Tainan | Taiwan (Rep. of China) | 1,370,000 | Aggl | |
| 472 | Touba | Touba | Senegal | 1,370,000 | Aggl | |
| 478 | Lúzhōu | Luzhou | China | 1,360,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 478 | San Pedro Sula | San Pedro Sula | Honduras | 1,360,000 | CUA | |
| 480 | Melbourne | Melbourne | United States of America | 1,350,000 | CUA | incl. Palm Bay, Port St. Lucie |
| 481 | Huáibĕi | Huaibei | China | 1,340,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 481 | Kisangani | Kisangani | Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 1,340,000 | City | (population of low reliability) |
| 481 | Samara | Samara | Russia | 1,340,000 | Aggl | |
| 481 | Tiruchirāppalli | Tiruchirappalli | India | 1,340,000 | Aggl | |
| 485 | Dézhōu | Dézhōu | China | 1,330,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 485 | Fès | Fes | Morocco | 1,330,000 | Mun-Urb | |
| 485 | Yíbīn | Yibin | China | 1,330,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 488 | Bujumbura | Bujumbura | Burundi | 1,320,000 | ||
| 488 | Lille | Lille | France | 1,320,000 | Congl | incl. Kortrijk, Mouscron (Belgium) |
| 490 | Aba | Aba | Nigeria | 1,310,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 490 | Lù'ān | Lu'an | China | 1,310,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 490 | Mandalay | Mandalay | Myanmar | 1,310,000 | Mun-Urb | |
| 490 | Sevilla | Sevilla | Spain | 1,310,000 | CUA | |
| 494 | Agadir | Agadir | Morocco | 1,300,000 | Mun-Urb | |
| 494 | Dnipro | Dnepropetrovsk | Ukraine | 1,300,000 | Aggl | (without considering the impacts of the Russian invasion) |
| 494 | Hamamatsu | Hamamatsu | Japan | 1,300,000 | Aggl | |
| 494 | Rìzhào | Rizhao | China | 1,300,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 498 | Batam | Batam | Indonesia | 1,290,000 | Aggl | |
| 498 | Cheongju | Cheongju | Korea (South) | 1,290,000 | CUA | incl. Sejong |
| 498 | Cochabamba | Cochabamba | Bolivia | 1,290,000 | CUA | |
| 498 | Dušanbe | Dushanbe | Tajikistan | 1,290,000 | City | |
| 498 | Florianópolis | Florianópolis | Brazil | 1,290,000 | CUA | |
| 498 | Oslo | Oslo | Norway | 1,290,000 | CUA | |
| 498 | Stockton | Stockton | United States of America | 1,290,000 | CUA | incl. Modesto |
| 505 | Aguascalientes | Aguascalientes | Mexico | 1,280,000 | CUA | |
| 505 | Antwerpen | Antwerp | Belgium | 1,280,000 | CUA | |
| 505 | Chángzhì | Changzhi | China | 1,280,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 505 | Krasnojarsk | Krasnoyarsk | Russia | 1,280,000 | Aggl | |
| 505 | McAllen | McAllen | United States of America | 1,280,000 | CUA | incl. Brownsville |
| 510 | Cartagena | Cartagena | Colombia | 1,270,000 | Aggl | |
| 510 | Hubli-Dhārwār | Hubli-Dharwar | India | 1,270,000 | Aggl | |
| 510 | Karawang | Karawang | Indonesia | 1,270,000 | Aggl | |
| 510 | Sofija | Sofia | Bulgaria | 1,270,000 | Aggl | |
| 514 | Chángdé | Changde | China | 1,260,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 514 | Guwāhāti | Gauhati | India | 1,260,000 | Aggl | |
| 514 | Héngyáng | Hengyang | China | 1,260,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 514 | Jalandhar | Jullundur | India | 1,260,000 | Congl | |
| 514 | Naha | Naha | Japan | 1,260,000 | Aggl | |
| 514 | Salem | Salem | India | 1,260,000 | Aggl | |
| 514 | Shiliguri | Shiliguri | India | 1,260,000 | Congl | |
| 514 | Sùqiān | Suqian | China | 1,260,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 522 | Băojī | Baoji | China | 1,250,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 522 | Cape Coral | Cape Coral | United States of America | 1,250,000 | CUA | |
| 522 | Denpasar | Denpasar | Indonesia | 1,250,000 | Aggl | |
| 522 | Jĭnzhōu | Jinzhou | China | 1,250,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 522 | Liáochéng | Liaocheng | China | 1,250,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 522 | Lilongwe | Lilongwe | Malawi | 1,250,000 | City | |
| 522 | Onitsha | Onitsha | Nigeria | 1,250,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 522 | Serang | Serang | Indonesia | 1,250,000 | Aggl | |
| 522 | Yuèyáng | Yueyang | China | 1,250,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 531 | Arbīl | Erbil | Iraq | 1,240,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 531 | Cuernavaca | Cuernavaca | Mexico | 1,240,000 | CUA | |
| 531 | Tegucigalpa | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | 1,240,000 | UA | |
| 531 | Ufa | Ufa | Russia | 1,240,000 | Aggl | |
| 531 | Xìnyáng | Xinyang | China | 1,240,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 536 | Arequipa | Arequipa | Peru | 1,230,000 | Aggl | |
| 536 | Arusha | Arusha | Tanzania | 1,230,000 | Aggl | |
| 536 | Cirebon | Cirebon | Indonesia | 1,230,000 | Aggl | |
| 536 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City | United States of America | 1,230,000 | CUA | |
| 536 | Samarqand | Samarqand | Uzbekistan | 1,230,000 | Aggl | |
| 536 | Zhènjiāng | Zhenjiang | China | 1,230,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 542 | João Pessoa | João Pessoa | Brazil | 1,220,000 | CUA | |
| 542 | Khulna | Khulna | Bangladesh | 1,220,000 | Aggl | |
| 542 | Maceió | Maceió | Brazil | 1,220,000 | CUA | |
| 542 | Maiduguri | Maiduguri | Nigeria | 1,220,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 542 | Sahāranpur | Sahāranpur | India | 1,220,000 | Aggl | |
| 547 | Banjul | Banjul | Gambia | 1,210,000 | Aggl | |
| 547 | Èzhōu | Ezhou | China | 1,210,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 547 | Wànzhōu | Wanzhou | China | 1,210,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 550 | Chìfēng | Ulanhad | China | 1,200,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 550 | Greensboro | Greensboro | United States of America | 1,200,000 | CUA | |
| 550 | Port Elizabeth | Port Elizabeth | South Africa | 1,200,000 | CUA | |
| 550 | Southampton | Southampton | Great Britain | 1,200,000 | CUA | |
| 550 | Sūsah | Sousse | Tunisia | 1,200,000 | Mun-Urb | |
| 555 | Ilorin | Ilorin | Nigeria | 1,190,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 555 | Kirkūk | Kirkuk | Iraq | 1,190,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 555 | Mendoza | Mendoza | Argentina | 1,190,000 | CUA | |
| 555 | Zhàoqìng | Zhaoqing | China | 1,190,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 559 | Aşgabat | Ashgabat | Turkmenistan | 1,180,000 | Aggl | |
| 559 | Sokoto | Sokoto | Nigeria | 1,180,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 559 | Solāpur | Sholapur | India | 1,180,000 | Aggl | |
| 562 | Bordeaux | Bordeaux | France | 1,170,000 | Congl | |
| 562 | Liányúngăng | Lianyungang | China | 1,170,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 562 | Qŭjìng | Qujing | China | 1,170,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 562 | Saratov | Saratov | Russia | 1,170,000 | Aggl | |
| 562 | Toulouse | Toulouse | France | 1,170,000 | Congl | |
| 567 | Cúcuta | Cúcuta | Colombia | 1,160,000 | Aggl | |
| 567 | Kermānshāh | Kermānshāh | Iran | 1,160,000 | City | |
| 567 | Richmond | Richmond | United States of America | 1,160,000 | CUA | |
| 567 | Saltillo | Saltillo | Mexico | 1,160,000 | CUA | |
| 571 | Kumamoto | Kumamoto | Japan | 1,150,000 | Aggl | |
| 571 | Marrakech | Marrakesh | Morocco | 1,150,000 | Mun-Urb | |
| 571 | Shùyáng | Shuyang | China | 1,150,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 574 | Bukavu | Bukavu | Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 1,140,000 | City | (population of low reliability) |
| 574 | Cancún | Cancún | Mexico | 1,140,000 | CUA | |
| 574 | Jos | Jos | Nigeria | 1,140,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 574 | Kayseri | Kayseri | Turkey | 1,140,000 | Aggl | |
| 574 | Memphis | Memphis | United States of America | 1,140,000 | CUA | |
| 579 | Bobo-Dioulasso | Bobo-Dioulasso | Burkina Faso | 1,130,000 | Aggl | |
| 579 | Nürnberg | Nuremberg | Germany | 1,130,000 | CUA | incl. Erlangen |
| 579 | Omsk | Omsk | Russia | 1,130,000 | Aggl | |
| 579 | Voronež | Voronezh | Russia | 1,130,000 | Aggl | |
| 579 | Warangal | Warangal | India | 1,130,000 | Aggl | |
| 579 | Yŏngkāng | Yŏngkāng | China | 1,130,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 585 | Āsmera | Āsmera | Eritrea | 1,120,000 | City | (population of low reliability) |
| 585 | Diyarbakır | Diyarbakır | Turkey | 1,120,000 | Aggl | |
| 585 | Jiŭjiāng | Jiŭjiāng | China | 1,120,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 585 | Málaga | Málaga | Spain | 1,120,000 | CUA | |
| 585 | Pekanbaru | Pekanbaru | Indonesia | 1,120,000 | Aggl | |
| 585 | Sargodha | Sargodha | Pakistan | 1,120,000 | UA | |
| 585 | Shizuoka | Shizuoka | Japan | 1,120,000 | Aggl | |
| 585 | Tucumán | Tucumán | Argentina | 1,120,000 | CUA | |
| 585 | Zhōukŏu | Zhōukŏu | China | 1,120,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 594 | Bĕihăi | Beihai | China | 1,110,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 595 | Dehra Dūn | Dehra Dūn | India | 1,100,000 | Aggl | |
| 595 | Lángfāng | Lángfāng | China | 1,100,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 595 | Shàoyáng | Shaoyang | China | 1,100,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 595 | Shíyàn | Shiyan | China | 1,100,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 595 | Yerushalayim | Jerusalem | Israel | 1,100,000 | Aggl | |
| 600 | Chihuahua | Chihuahua | Mexico | 1,090,000 | CUA | |
| 600 | Chúzhōu | Chúzhōu | China | 1,090,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 600 | Hannover | Hanover | Germany | 1,090,000 | CUA | incl. Hildesheim |
| 600 | Irbid | Irbid | Jordan | 1,090,000 | ||
| 600 | Odesa | Odessa | Ukraine | 1,090,000 | Aggl | (without considering the impacts of the Russian invasion) |
| 600 | São José dos Campos | São José dos Campos | Brazil | 1,090,000 | CUA | |
| 600 | Siālkot | Siālkot | Pakistan | 1,090,000 | CUA | |
| 607 | Bielefeld | Bielefeld | Germany | 1,080,000 | CUA | incl. Güterloh, Herford |
| 607 | Dōngyíng | Dongying | China | 1,080,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 607 | Héngshuĭ | Héngshuĭ | China | 1,080,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 607 | Húlúdăo | Huludao | China | 1,080,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 607 | Zanzibar | Zanzibar | Tanzania | 1,080,000 | Aggl | |
| 607 | Zaria | Zaria | Nigeria | 1,080,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 613 | Al-Hufūf | Hofuf | Saudi Arabia | 1,070,000 | Aggl | |
| 613 | An-Najaf | Najaf | Iraq | 1,070,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 613 | Guìgăng | Guìgăng | China | 1,070,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 613 | Kozhikode | Calicut | India | 1,070,000 | Aggl | |
| 613 | Leipzig | Leipzig | Germany | 1,070,000 | CUA | incl. Halle |
| 613 | Mersin | Mersin | Turkey | 1,070,000 | Aggl | |
| 613 | Morelia | Morelia | Mexico | 1,070,000 | CUA | |
| 613 | Perm' | Perm | Russia | 1,070,000 | Aggl | |
| 613 | Ulsan | Ulsan | Korea (South) | 1,070,000 | CUA | |
| 613 | Valparaíso | Valparaíso | Chile | 1,070,000 | CUA | |
| 613 | Volgograd | Volgograd | Russia | 1,070,000 | Aggl | |
| 624 | Cāngzhōu | Cāngzhōu | China | 1,060,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 624 | Liúyáng | Liuyang | China | 1,060,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 624 | Padova | Padua | Italy | 1,060,000 | CUA | incl. Mestre |
| 627 | Goma | Goma | Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 1,050,000 | City | (population of low reliability) |
| 627 | Greenville | Greenville | United States of America | 1,050,000 | CUA | |
| 627 | Khamīs Mushaīṭ | Khamis Mushait | Saudi Arabia | 1,050,000 | Aggl | |
| 627 | Londrina | Londrina | Brazil | 1,050,000 | CUA | |
| 627 | Pánjĭn | Panjin | China | 1,050,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 627 | Teresina | Teresina | Brazil | 1,050,000 | CUA | |
| 633 | El Paso | El Paso | United States of America | 1,040,000 | CUA | incl. Las Cruces |
| 633 | Enugu | Enugu | Nigeria | 1,040,000 | (population of low reliability) | |
| 633 | Liùpánshuĭ | Liupanshui | China | 1,040,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 633 | Louisville | Louisville | United States of America | 1,040,000 | CUA | |
| 633 | Puducherry | Puducherry | India | 1,040,000 | Congl | |
| 633 | Tucson | Tucson | United States of America | 1,040,000 | CUA | |
| 639 | Línfén | Línfén | China | 1,030,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 639 | Qíqíhā'ĕr | Qiqihar | China | 1,030,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 639 | Sùzhōu | Suzhou | China | 1,030,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 639 | Téngzhōu | Tengzhou | China | 1,030,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 643 | Culiacán | Culiacán | Mexico | 1,020,000 | CUA | |
| 644 | Bristol | Bristol | Great Britain | 1,010,000 | CUA | |
| 644 | Nice | Nice | France | 1,010,000 | Congl | |
| 646 | Aachen | Aix-la-Chapelle | Germany | 1,000,000 | CUA | incl. Heerlen (Netherlands) |
| 646 | Bahāwalpur | Bahāwalpur | Pakistan | 1,000,000 | UA | |
| 646 | Changwon | Changwon | Korea (South) | 1,000,000 | CUA | |
| 646 | Cuiabá | Cuiabá | Brazil | 1,000,000 | CUA | |
| 646 | Fresno | Fresno | United States of America | 1,000,000 | CUA | |
| 646 | Yíxīng | Yixing | China | 1,000,000 | Adm-Urb | |
| 646 | Zìgòng | Zigong | China | 1,000,000 | Adm-Urb |
Definition: Urban agglomerations include a central city and neighboring places mostly linked by (more or less) continuously built-up areas. Some agglomerations have more than one central city (e.g., "Rhine-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 delimitation and composition of urban agglomerations is often defined or modified by »City Population« in order to increase comparability. This is a continuous, on-going process. The figures of such a statistic are all of varying accuracy. There are several reasons: varying relevance and accuracy of sources, difficulties of delimitation, errors in the projection and so on.
Usage: It is allowed using the above population figures if the following reference/link is added: Thomas Brinkhoff: Major Agglomerations of the World, https://www.citypopulation.de/en/world/agglomerations/