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no.
name
calculation 2013
country
1
Shanghai
21 982 184
China
2
Bombay
14 472 081
India
3
İstanbul
13 203 696
Turkey
4
Buenos Aires
13 080 908
Argentina
5
Manila
12 825 069
Philippines
6
Dhāka
12 071 737
Bangladesh
7
Moscow
11 678 650
Russia
8
São Paulo
11 488 559
Brazil
9
Delhi
11 396 015
India
10
Karāchi
11 234 872
Pakistan
11
Peking
10 965 844
China
12
Lagos
10 599 301
Nigeria
13
Jakarta
9 833 788
Indonesia
14
Kinshasa
9 757 236
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15
Sŏul
9 731 649
Korea (South)
16
Tehrān
8 938 318
Iran
17
Tōkyō
8 931 845
Japan
18
Ciudad de México
8 385 742
Mexico
19
Cairo
8 334 914
Egypt
20
Lima
8 257 526
Peru
21
New York
8 200 053
United States of America
22
London
7 927 008
United Kingdom
23
Bogotá
7 632 746
Colombia
24
Lahore
6 761 305
Pakistan
25
Bangalore
6 582 533
India
26
Rio de Janeiro
6 433 557
Brazil
27
Singapore
6 349 572
Singapore
28
Yangon
6 021 323
Myanmar
29
Bangkok
5 929 273
Thailand
30
Ibadan
5 660 233
Nigeria
31
Bagdād
5 534 317
Iraq
32
Santiago
5 300 169
Chile
33
Riyadh
5 298 283
Saudi Arabia
34
Toronto
5 287 776
Canada
35
Xian
5 264 816
China
36
Tianjin
4 852 717
China
37
Chongqing
4 840 612
China
38
Madras
4 724 323
India
39
Alexandria
4 605 101
Egypt
40
Abidjan
4 467 319
Ivory Coast
41
Calcutta
4 452 476
India
42
Ankara
4 299 870
Turkey
43
Saint Petersburg
4 278 908
Russia
44
Chāţţagām
4 184 328
Bangladesh
45
Wuhan
4 156 174
China
46
Ahmadābād
4 100 984
India
47
Sūrat
4 081 239
India
48
Ho Chi Minh City
4 053 482
Vietnam
49
Nanjing
3 941 257
China
50
Harbin
3 929 762
China
51
Hyderabad
3 926 380
India
52
Shenyang
3 909 046
China
53
Sydney
3 827 815
Australia
54
Los Angeles
3 803 368
United States of America
55
Cape Town
3 803 032
South Africa
56
Yokohama
3 790 777
Japan
57
Pune
3 772 866
India
58
Chengdu
3 763 502
China
59
Gizeh
3 726 370
Egypt
60
Melbourne
3 687 367
Australia
61
Nairobi
3 599 419
Kenya
62
Dar es Salaam
3 589 470
Tanzania
63
Durban
3 584 206
South Africa
64
Āddīs Ābebā
3 562 006
Ethiopia
65
Jaipur
3 526 024
India
66
Berlin
3 494 959
Germany
67
Pyŏngyang
3 491 791
Korea (North)
68
Montreal
3 458 679
Canada
69
Jiddah
3 448 794
Saudi Arabia
70
Algiers
3 415 840
Algeria
71
Madrid
3 362 258
Spain
72
Casablanca
3 352 091
Morocco
73
Pusan
3 342 345
Korea (South)
74
Kābul
3 319 794
Afghanistan
75
Kānpur
3 293 016
India
76
al-Mawşil
3 110 196
Iraq
77
Changchun
3 108 582
China
78
Guangzhou
3 017 212
China
79
Taiyuan
2 990 905
China
80
İzmir
2 959 983
Turkey
81
Lakhnau
2 937 833
India
82
Luanda
2 890 191
Angola
83
Shijiazhuang
2 872 629
China
84
Surabaya
2 839 214
Indonesia
85
Khartoum
2 804 392
Sudan
86
Umm Durmān
2 800 434
Sudan
87
Kiev
2 774 913
Ukraine
88
Santo Domingo
2 765 249
Dominican Republic
89
Salvador
2 749 572
Brazil
90
Inchŏn
2 745 264
Korea (South)
91
Dakar
2 731 689
Senegal
92
Bekasi
2 714 746
Indonesia
93
Nanchang
2 692 689
China
94
Changsha
2 687 670
China
95
Ōsaka
2 652 875
Japan
96
Táiběi
2 652 598
Taiwan
97
Brasília
2 650 773
Brazil
98
Benin
2 647 182
Nigeria
99
Faisalābād
2 640 718
Pakistan
100
Chicago
2 634 460
United States of America
101
Mashhad
2 592 120
Iran
102
Jilin
2 559 589
China
103
Fortaleza
2 548 290
Brazil
104
Yaoundé
2 537 834
Cameroon
105
Bandung
2 536 772
Indonesia
106
Douala
2 529 424
Cameroon
107
Jinan
2 509 030
China
108
Nāgpur
2 504 745
India
109
Dalian
2 501 367
China
110
Guayaquil
2 482 041
Ecuador
111
Maracaibo
2 453 623
Venezuela
112
Medellín
2 453 255
Colombia
113
Taegu
2 438 256
Korea (South)
114
Belo Horizonte
2 416 470
Brazil
115
Şan'ā
2 409 996
Yemen
116
Port Harcourt
2 407 924
Nigeria
117
Rome
2 404 026
Italy
118
Kano
2 385 215
Nigeria
119
Xinyang
2 351 104
China
120
Accra
2 344 703
Ghana
121
Cali
2 305 737
Colombia
122
Nagoya
2 284 439
Japan
123
Kaduna
2 254 057
Nigeria
124
Hangzhou
2 221 736
China
125
Vancouver
2 202 945
Canada
126
Tashkent
2 199 182
Uzbekistan
127
Paris
2 196 279
France
128
Medan
2 195 636
Indonesia
129
Johannesburg
2 158 224
South Africa
130
Houston
2 125 945
United States of America
131
Havanna
2 102 432
Cuba
132
Patna
2 087 459
India
133
Bayrūt
2 076 822
Lebanon
134
Kumasi
2 069 350
Ghana
135
al-Başrah
2 064 242
Iraq
136
Depok
2 042 607
Indonesia
137
Soweto
2 040 475
South Africa
138
Zhengzhou
2 032 804
China
139
Pimpri
2 026 504
India
140
Indore
2 018 530
India
141
Thāna
2 004 742
India
142
Caracas
2 003 709
Venezuela
143
Bamako
1 994 604
Mali
144
Tangerang
1 983 880
Indonesia
145
Pretoria
1 978 113
South Africa
146
Suzhou
1 966 285
China
147
Bhopāl
1 962 058
India
148
Aleppo
1 959 515
Syria
149
Sapporo
1 958 586
Japan
150
Damascus
1 949 924
Syria
151
Brisbane
1 943 496
Australia
152
Manaus
1 935 162
Brazil
153
Antananarivo
1 934 286
Madagascar
154
Qingdao
1 934 093
China
155
Santa Cruz
1 912 947
Bolivia
156
Bucharest
1 904 360
Romania
157
Rongcheng
1 897 753
China
158
Minsk
1 891 190
Belarus
159
Rabat
1 879 198
Morocco
160
Lubumbashi
1 871 961
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
161
Jiulong
1 857 652
China
162
Rāwalpindi
1 853 190
Pakistan
163
Urumqi
1 845 317
China
164
Dubai
1 843 412
United Arab Emirates
165
Ludhiāna
1 837 586
India
166
Āgra
1 817 535
India
167
Quito
1 810 792
Ecuador
168
Hamburg
1 809 500
Germany
169
Aba
1 803 268
Nigeria
170
Curitiba
1 802 616
Brazil
171
Conakry
1 794 858
Guinea
172
Ghāziābād
1 784 166
India
173
Eşfahān
1 783 593
Iran
174
Valencia
1 761 249
Venezuela
175
Nāshik
1 760 581
India
176
Mbuji-Mayi
1 744 678
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
177
Vienna
1 738 752
Austria
178
Warsaw
1 714 169
Poland
179
Ouagadougou
1 708 079
Burkina Faso
180
Karaj
1 706 231
Iran
181
Harare
1 701 996
Zimbabwe
182
Tangshan
1 678 483
China
183
Ecatepec de Morelos
1 677 730
Mexico
184
Rājkot
1 673 488
India
185
Bursa
1 670 960
Turkey
186
Kuala Lumpur
1 660 423
Malaysia
187
Abuja
1 658 180
Nigeria
188
Farīdābad
1 644 796
India
189
Navi Mumbai
1 633 971
India
190
Kampala
1 628 886
Uganda
191
Muqdisho
1 628 170
Somalia
192
Vadodara
1 627 835
India
193
Barcelona
1 626 201
Spain
194
Shenzhen
1 625 723
China
195
Irbīl
1 616 738
Iraq
196
Nārāyanganj
1 613 002
Bangladesh
197
Budapest
1 604 529
Hungary
198
Brazzaville
1 597 418
Congo
199
Adana
1 580 504
Turkey
200
Mecca
1 578 330
Saudi Arabia
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