List of urban areas by population

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List of urban areas by population

This is a list of contiguous urban area

Urban area

An urban area is an area with an increased Population density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be city, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlet ....
s of the world ordered according to population as of 2008. The figures here have been compiled by Demographia.

graphia defines an urban area (urbanized area agglomeration or urban centre) as a continuously built up landmass of urban development containing a high population density, without regard for administrative boundaries (i.e. municipality

Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
, city

City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
or commune

Commune

Commune may refer to:* Commune , a community in which resources are shared. Officially organized examples include :** Mir , a village community in czarist Russia...
) or a labor market (i.e. metropolitan area

Metropolitan area

A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence, or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central city and their zone of influence....
).

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This is a list of contiguous urban area

Urban area

Definitions and issues

Demographia defines an urban area (urbanized area agglomeration or urban centre) as a continuously built up landmass of urban development containing a high population density, without regard for administrative boundaries (i.e. municipality

Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
, city

City

Commune

Metropolitan area

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, the authorities use a minimum urban density definition of 400 persons per square kilometer (or the nearly identical 1,000 per square mile in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
). Demographia uses maps, satellite photographs to estimate continuous urbanization. Demographia also uses small area population data, where available, to match population estimates to urbanized land area. National census authority data are presented in Australia, Canada

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
and the United States. Census of India

India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
urban agglomerations are not used because the geographical size of constituent units (municipalities) often includes large rural (non-urban) areas. Sources for population estimates and land area definitions are coded by "A", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G" or "H"; and "A", "B" or "H" in the Table below, respectively.

A: National census authority data.

B: Demographia land area estimate based upon map or satellite photograph analysis.

C: Demographia population "build up" from third, fourth or fifth order jurisdictions (NUTS-3, NUTS-4, NUTS-5 or equivalent).

D: Population estimate based upon United Nations agglomeration estimate.

E: Demographia population estimate from national census authority agglomeration data.

F: Other Demographia population estimate.

G: Estimate based upon projected growth rate from last census.

H: Combination of adjacent national census authority agglomerations.

The most reliable population estimates are "A" and "H." Population estimates "C" are generally reliable. Population estimates "D" and "E" are less reliable. Population estimates coded "F" and "G" are the least reliable.

The estimates are quite different from the list of World's largest urban agglomerations

World's largest urban agglomerations

This is a list of the 100 largest urban agglomerations in the world according to the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report . The term ?urban agglomeration? refers to the population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels without regard to administrative boundaries or commuter flow...
produced by the United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
that reports inconsistently on urban geographic, despite its reference to agglomerations. This is evident, for example, in Manila

Manila

The 'City of Manila' , or simply 'Manila', is the Capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila....
, Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur , is the largest city of Malaysia. The city proper, making up an area of , has an estimated population of 1.6 million in 2006. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million....
, Jakarta

Jakarta

Jakarta is the Capital and largest city of Indonesia. It also has a List of urban areas by population than any other city in Southeast Asia. It was formerly known as Sunda Kelapa , Jayakarta , Batavia, Dutch East Indies , and Djakarta ....
, Seoul

Seoul

Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
and Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
, where the UN data are for political jurisdictions, rather than urban areas. In other cases, metropolitan area data are shown, such as in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
.

Urban areas are confined to a single metropolitan area or labor market area. In some cases, urban areas have virtually grown together (e.g. BosWash

BosWash

BosWash is a group of metropolitan areas in the Northeastern United States United States, extending from Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, to Washington, D.C., including Manchester, New Hampshire; Worcester, Massachusetts; Springfield, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; Bridgeport, Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, New Haven, C...
in the United States and Taiheiyo Belt

Taiheiyo Belt

The also known as Tokaido corridor is the name for the megalopolis in Japan extending from Ibaraki Prefecture in the north all the way to Fukuoka Prefecture in the south, running for almost 1,200 km....
in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
), yet are still considered separate urban areas.

Urban areas are confined to a single nation, unless there is freedom of movement (including labor) between the adjacent nations. Currently, this condition is met only between some continental nations of the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
(e.g. Lille

Lille

Lille is a city in northern France. It is the principal city of the Urban Community of Lille M?tropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille....
–Kortrijk

Kortrijk

Kortrijk is a Belgium city and Municipalities in Belgium located in the Flemish Region Provinces of Belgium West Flanders. The wider municipality comprises the city of Kortrijk proper and the towns of Aalbeke, Bellegem, Bissegem, Heule, Kooigem, Marke , and Rollegem....
in both France and Belgium

Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
).

Urban areas ranked by 2008 projected population

Rank	City	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Pop. Growth Rate (%/yr)	Sources of Pop. / Area
1	Tokyo-Yokohama Greater Tokyo Area The Greater Tokyo Area is a large metropolitan area in Japan consisting of most of the Prefectures of Japan of Chiba Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, and Tokyo ....		34,400,000	7,835	0.15	C / B
2	Jakarta Jakarta Jakarta is the Capital and largest city of Indonesia. It also has a List of urban areas by population than any other city in Southeast Asia. It was formerly known as Sunda Kelapa , Jayakarta , Batavia, Dutch East Indies , and Djakarta ....		21,800,000	2,720	2.38	F / B
3	New York City New York metropolitan area The New York metropolitan area or Tri-State Region is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and is also List of metropolitan areas by population....		20,090,000	11,264	0.24	H / H
4	Seoul Seoul Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me... –Incheon Incheon Incheon is a Special cities of Korea and a major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul.Human settlement at the location goes back to the Neolithic....		20,010,000	1,943	0.43	C / B
5	Manila Manila The 'City of Manila' , or simply 'Manila', is the Capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila....		19,550,000	1,425	2.31	C / B
6	Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai— formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city proper has approximately 14 million people and, along with the neighbouring suburbs of Navi Mumbai and Thane, Mumbai forms the World's largest urban agglomerations according to the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report with around 19... (Bombay)		19,530,000	777	2.00	C / B
7	São Paulo São Paulo S?o Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, and along with Tokyo, Seoul and Mexico City is among the four largest metropolitan regions of the world....		19,140,000	2,590	0.78	C / B
8	Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....		18,430,000	2,137	0.60	C / B
9	Delhi Delhi Delhi , sometimes referred to as Dilli , is the List of most populous cities in India metropolis in India and, with over 11 million residents, the List of metropolitan areas by population....		18,000,000	1,425	2.40	C / B
10	Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto		17,270,000	2,720	0.04	C / B
11	Cairo Cairo Cairo , which means "the triumphant", is the Cairo and largest city of Egypt.It is the most populous metropolitan area in Egypt and is also one of the most populous in the world....		16,750,000	1,269	1.53	E / B
12	Kolkata Kolkata , Indian renaming controversy , is the Capital of the Indian States and territories of India of West Bengal. It is located in East India on the east bank of the River Hooghly.... (Calcutta)		15,010,000	984	1.83	A / B
13	Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....		14,730,000	5,812	0.79	H / H
14	Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai is the List of cities in the People's Republic of China by population in China and one of the List of metropolitan areas by population in the world, with over 20 million people....		14,460,000	2,396	1.54	C / B
15	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....		13,260,000	4,533	0.20	C / B
16	Beijing Beijing is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China.... (Peking)		12,770,000	2,616	1.60	C / B
17	Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....		12,390,000	2,590	0.46	A / B
18	Guangzhou Guangzhou 'Guangzhou' is the Capital and a sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province of China in the northern and southern China part of the People's Republic of China.... (Canton)–Foshan Foshan Foshan is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province of China, People's Republic of China. The city has jurisdiction over an area of about 3,840 km? and a population of 5.4 million of which 1.1 million reside in the city proper ....		11,810,000	2,590	1.48	E / B
19	Shenzhen Shenzhen Shenzhen is a city of sub-provincial city administrative status in southern China's Guangdong province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong....		11,710,000	1,295	2.10	F / B
20	Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....		11,220,000	1,256	1.11	E / B
21	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , is the second largest city of Brazil and South America, behind S?o Paulo, and the third largest metropolitan area in South America, behind S?o Paulo and Buenos Aires....		11,160,000	1,580	0.79	C / B
22	Paris Paris Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....		10,430,000	3,043	0.09	E / B
23	Karachi Karachi is the largest city, seaport and the International financial centre of Pakistan. It is List of metropolitan areas by population in terms of metropolitan population, and is Pakistan's premier centre of banking, industry, and trade....		9,380,000	881	2.54	G / B
24	Nagoya Chukyo Metropolitan Area , sometimes called the Chukyo region , is the name of a major metropolitan area in Japan that is centered on the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture....		9,250,000	3,302	0.27	C / B
25	Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....		9,030,000	5,952	0.54	H / H
26	Lagos Lagos Lagos is the most populous conurbation in Nigeria with 7,937,932 inhabitants at the 2006 census. It is currently the second most Largest cities in africa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa , immediately following Bamako....		8,860,000	971	2.99	C / B
27	London London London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....		8,320,000	1,623	0.07	A / A
28	Bangkok Bangkok The city of Bangkok is the Capital , largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and came to the forefront of Thailand when it was given the status as the...		8,290,000	1,502	1.19	C / B
29	Kinshasa Kinshasa Kinshasa is the Capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is also known as Congo Kinshasa. The city is located on the Congo River....		8,190,000	622	4.38	D / B
30	Tehran Tehran Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran, and the administrative center of Tehran Province. Tehran is a sprawling city at the foot of the Alborz mountain range with an immense network of highways unparalleled in Western Asia....		8,000,000	635	1.27	E / B
31	Lima Lima Lima is the Capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chill?n River, R?mac River and Lur?n River rivers, on a coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean....		7,750,000	648	1.08	C / B
32	Dongguan Dongguan Dongguan is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province of China, People's Republic of China. An important industrial city located in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the south, and the Pearl River to the west....		7,650,000	1,295	1.79	F / B
33	Bogotá Bogotá Bogot? ? officially named Bogot?, D.C. , formerly called Santa Fe de Bogot? ? is the capital city of Colombia, as well as the most populous city in the country, with 6,776,009 inhabitants ....		7,440,000	414	1.34	E / B
34	Chennai Chennai Chennai , formerly Indian renaming controversy , is the fourth largest metropolitan area of India and the capital city of the Indian states and territories of India of Tamil Nadu.... (Madras)		7,320,000	414	1.88	A / B
35	Dhaka Dhaka Dhaka ? formerly Dacca and Jahangir Nagar, is the Capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia....		7,310,000	311	2.86	C / B
36	Essen Essen Essen is a city in the center of the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Located on the Ruhr River, its population of approximately 579,000 makes it the 7th- or 8th-largest-city in Germany.... (Ruhr Ruhr Area The Ruhr Area, is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With 4435 km? and a population of some 5.3 million, it is the largest urban agglomeration in Germany.... )–Düsseldorf Düsseldorf D?sseldorf is the capital city of the Germany state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an economic centre of Germany. The city is situated on the River Rhine and has a high population density - the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area has over 10 million inhabitants alone....		7,250,000	2,642	0.00	C / B
37	Tianjin Tianjin is the third largest city of the People's Republic of China in terms of urban population. Administratively it is one of the four municipality that have Political divisions of China status, reporting directly to the central government.... (Tientsin)		7,200,000	1,295	1.28	C / B
38	Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....		6,950,000	220	0.89	E / B
39	Taipei Taipei Taipei has been the de facto capital of the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, since the Chinese Civil War in 1949, and the capital of Taiwan since Japanese rule that began in 1895....	("Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands... ")	6,820,000	440	1.20	D / B
40	Lahore Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani Subdivisions of Pakistan of Punjab and is the List of most populated metropolitan areas in Pakistan city in Pakistan after Karachi....		6,810,000	583	2.63	G / B
41	Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam. Under the name Prey Nokor it was the main port of Cambodia, before being annexed by the Vietnamese in the 17th century.... (Saigon)		6,710,000	609	2.40	E / B
42	Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore , officially Bengaluru , is the capital of the Indian States and territories of India of Karnataka. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's List of most populous cities in India and List of most populous metropolitan areas in India....		6,660,000	648	2.25	A / B
43	Hyderabad		6,610,000	790	2.07	C / B
44	Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Joburg, is the largest city in South Africa. Johannesburg is the province Capital of Gauteng the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa.... –East Rand		6,470,000	2,396	1.08	C / B
45	Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....		6,000,000	596	1.77	D / B
46	Toronto Toronto Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario.... –Hamilton Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the James Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe....		5,790,000	2,279	1.03	H / H
47	Santiago Santiago, Chile Santiago , is the Capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of 520 m Above mean sea level....		5,630,000	790	0.72	C / B
48	Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur , is the largest city of Malaysia. The city proper, making up an area of , has an estimated population of 1.6 million in 2006. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million....		5,470,000	2,137	2.35	E / B
49	San Francisco San Francisco, California The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183.... –San Jose San Jose, California San Jose or San Jos? is the List of cities in California city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States....		5,450,000	2,497	0.31	H / H
50	Philadelphia		5,270,000	4,661	0.30	A / A
51	Wuhan Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city in central People's Republic of China. It lies at the east of Jianghan Plain, and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and Han River ....		5,240,000	712	1.36	E / B
52	Miami Miami, Florida Miami is a global city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. Miami is the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, the most populous county in Florida....		5,220,000	2,891	0.76	A / A
53	Dallas Dallas, Texas Dallas is the third largest city in the state of Texas and the List of United States cities by population in the United States.The city, with a population of over 1.3 million, is the main economic center of the 12-county Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex which contains 6.1 million people, and is the fourth-largest United States metropolitan area... –Fort Worth Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the List of United States cities by population in the United States and the fifth-largest city within the state of Texas. Situated in and a cultural gateway into the Western United States, the city covers nearly in Tarrant County, Texas and Denton County, Texas counties, serving as the county seat for Tarrant County....		5,160,000	3,959	1.89	H / H
54	Madrid Madrid Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...		5,130,000	945	0.65	C / B
55	Ahmedabad Ahmedabad Ahmedabad is the largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat and one of the List of most populous metropolitan areas in India in India, with a population of approximately 52 lakhs ....		5,060,000	202	2.26	A / B
56	Boston Boston, Massachusetts Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...		4,750,000	5,501	0.23	H / H
57	Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte The first Human settlement in the region occurred in the early 1700s, but the city as it is known today was planned and constructed in the 1890s, in order to replace Ouro Preto as the capital of Minas Gerais....		4,640,000	1,010	1.21	C / B
58	Khartoum Khartoum Khartoum is the Capital of Sudan and of Khartoum . It is located at the confluence point of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia....		4,600,000	583	2.83	D / B
59	Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....		4,570,000	1,191	-0.13	D / B
60	Shenyang Shenyang Shenyang , or Mukden , is a sub-provincial city and capital city of Liaoning Provinces of China in Northeast China.Along with its nearby cities, Shenyang is an important industrial center in China, and the transportation and commercial centre of China's northeastern region....		4,560,000	777	1.17	E / B
61	Houston Houston, Texas Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles ....		4,550,000	3,463	1.90	H / H
62	Pune Pune Pune ,Pune is the administrative capital of Pune district and the 7th Metro city of India.Pune is known to have existed as a town since 937 AD....		4,470,000	220	2.51	A / B
63	Riyadh Riyadh Riyadh is the Capital of Saudi Arabia and its largest city. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Nejd and Al-Yamama....		4,460,000	1,321	2.04	E / B
64	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....		4,320,000	479	0.96	D / B
65	Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....		4,260,000	2,996	1.00	A / A
66	Yangon Yangon Yangon is the largest city and a former capital of Burma. It is the capital of Yangon Division. Although the State Peace and Development Council has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial center.... (Rangoon)		4,220,000	350	2.02	D / B
67	Milan Milan Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....		4,190,000	2,370	-0.02	C / B
68	Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....		4,160,000	5,083	2.19	A / A
69	Alexandria Alexandria Alexandria , with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest city in Egypt, and is the country's largest seaport, serving about 80% of Egypt's imports and exports....		4,150,000	293	1.82	E / B
69	Nanjing Nanjing is the capital city of China's Jiangsu province of China, and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and Chinese culture. Nanjing served as the capital of China during several historical periods and is listed as one of the Historical capitals of China.... (Nanking)		4,150,000	686	1.27	E / B
69	Chongqing Chongqing Chongqing is the largest and most populous of the People's Republic of China's four provinces of China-level municipality of China, and the only one in the less densely populated western region of China.... (Chungking)		4,150,000	570	1.27	E / B
72	Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Guadalajara is the capital city of the Mexico state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of the state and in the western-Pacific area of Mexico....		4,090,000	712	1.19	E / B
73	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....		4,040,000	803	0.51	C / B
74	Detroit Detroit, Michigan Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....		3,860,000	3,267	-0.13	A / A
74	Chengdu Chengdu Chengdu , located in southwest People's Republic of China, is the capital of Sichuan provinces of China and a sub-provincial city. Chengdu is also one of the most important economic centers and transportation and communication hubs in Southwestern China.... (Chengtu)		3,860,000	570	1.22	E / B
76	Ankara Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and the country's List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Turkey after Istanbul....		3,810,000	583	1.48	E / B
77	Abidjan Abidjan Abidjan is the economic and former official capital of C?te d'Ivoire . It is the largest city in the nation, and the second largest French speaking city in the world....		3,790,000	298	2.79	D / B
78	Athens Athens Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....		3,730,000	684	0.18	C / B
79	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....		3,690,000	984	0.06	C / B
80	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....		3,680,000	1,788	0.60	C / B
81	Monterrey Monterrey Monterrey is the capital city of the northeastern Mexico state of Nuevo Le?n and a Monterrey of the same name. Also known as "Sultana del Norte" , Monterrey is an important industrial and business center....		3,650,000	712	1.21	C / B
82	Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital and largest city in the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populous city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,552,259 residents, and is the anchor of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area with 4,179,427 residents.... –Mesa Mesa, Arizona Mesa is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, in the U.S. state of Arizona and is a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area....		3,540,000	2,069	2.51	A / A
83	Busan Busan Busan Metropolitan City, also known as Pusan is the largest seaport city in South Korea. Busan has a population of 3.65 million and is South Korea's second largest metropolis, after Seoul....		3,510,000	259	-0.33	E / B
84	Recife Recife File:P?r-do-Sol_na_Jaqueira.jpgRecife is the fourth largest Metropolitan area in Brazil and the capital of the state of Pernambuco. The population was 1,549,980 in 2007....		3,490,000	414	1.20	C / B
85	Bandung Bandung Bandung Indonesian: Kota Bandung is the capital of West Java province in Indonesia, and the country's third largest city, and Bandung Metropolitan Area, with 7.4 million in 2007....		3,470,000	401	1.84	E / B
86	Porto Alegre Porto Alegre Porto Alegre is the 10th most populous municipality in Brazil, 4th largest Metropolitan Area in the country, and the capital city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul....		3,440,000	777	1.12	C / B
87	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....		3,420,000	2,152	0.70	C / B
88	Hangzhou Hangzhou is a sub-provincial city located in the Yangtze River Delta in the People's Republic of China, and the capital of Zhejiang Provinces of China.... (Hangchow)		3,410,000	712	1.61	E / B
88	Luanda Luanda Luanda is the Capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and administrative center and has a population of approximately 4.8 million ....		3,410,000	363	4.35	D / B
90	Algiers Algiers Algiers Nicknamed El-Bahdja or Alger la Blanche for the glistening white of its buildings as seen rising up from the sea, Algiers is situated on the west side of a bay of the Mediterranean Sea....		3,390,000	453	1.98	D / B
91	Hanoi Hanoi Hanoi , estimated population 3,398,889 , is the Capital of Vietnam. From 1010 until 1802, with a few brief interruptions, it was the political centre of an independent Vietnam....		3,370,000	194	2.38	E / B
92	Montreal Montreal Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....		3,360,000	1,676	0.68	A / A
93	Xi'an Xi'an Xi'an , is the Capital of the Shaanxi Provinces of China in the People's Republic of China and a sub-provincial city. As one of the oldest cities in Chinese history, Xi'an is one of the Historical capitals of China because it has been the capital of some of the most important Dynasties in Chinese history in Chinese history, including the Zh... (Sian)		3,340,000	531	1.37	E / B
94	Qingdao Qingdao , best known in the West by its Chinese Postal Map Romanization Tsingtao, is a major city in eastern Shandong province of China, People's Republic of China.... (Tsingtao)		3,330,000	440	1.32	E / B
94	Pyongyang Pyongyang Pyongyang is the Capital and largest city of North Korea, located on the Taedong River, at . According to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, it has a population of 3,255,388....		3,330,000	207	0.61	E / B
96	Surat Surat Surat is a seaport city in the Indian Indian state of Gujarat and administrative headquarters of the Surat District. As of 2007, Surat and its metropolitan area had a population about the same size as Singapore, approximately 4 million....		3,210,000	109	1.91	A / B
97	Fortaleza Fortaleza Fortaleza is the state capital of Cear?, located in Northeastern Brazil. With a population of over 3.4 million , Fortaleza has an area of . To the north of the city lies the Atlantic Ocean; to the south are the cities of Pacatuba, Eus?bio, Maracana? and Itaitinga; to the east is the county of Aquiraz and the Atlantic Ocean; and to the west i...		3,160,000	725	1.21	C / B
98	Medellín Medellín Medell?n , officially the Municipio de Medell?n or Municipality of Medell?n, is the List of capitals and largest cities by country in Colombia....		3,080,000	189	1.40	C / B
99	Durban Durban Durban is the third most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality . It is the largest city in KwaZulu-Natal and is famous as the busiest port in Africa.... (eThekwini Ethekwini eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality is the Metropolitan municipality created in 2000 that includes the city of Durban, South Africa and surrounding towns.... )		3,070,000	829	1.17	C / B
100	Kanpur Kanpur Kanpur is the seventh most populous city in India and the most populous within the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and in terms of area, Kanpur is the fifth largest city in India .It is also known as the Manchester of Asia....		3,030,000	142	1.70	A / B
101	Jeddah Jeddah Jeddah is a Saudi Arabian city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh....		3,020,000	842	1.93	E / B
101	Nairobi Nairobi Nairobi is the capital city and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi Province. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai language phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters"....		3,020,000	479	3.80	E / B
101	Addis Ababa Addis Ababa Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia and the African Union and its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity. It is also the largest city in Ethiopia....		3,020,000	228	3.83	D / B
104	Naples Naples Naples is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old....		3,010,000	777	0.04	C / B
105	Kabul Kabul Kabul is the Capital and largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of approximately three million. It is an economic and cultural centre, situated 5,900 foot above sea level in a narrow valley, wedged between the Hindu Kush mountains along the Kabul River....		3,000,000	259	4.47	E / B
106	Salvador Salvador, Bahia Salvador is a city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeast Region, Brazil States of Brazil of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival....		2,980,000	389	0.95	C / B
106	Harbin Harbin is a sub-provincial city and the Capital of the Heilongjiang in Northeast China. It lies on the southern bank of the Songhua River. Harbin is ranked as the tenth largest city in China, serving as a key political, economic, scientific, cultural and communications center of Northeastern China....		2,980,000	570	1.00	E / B
108	Kano Kano Kano is the administrative center of the Kano State and the third largest city in Nigeria, in terms of geographical size, after Ibadan and Lagos....		2,950,000	199	2.61	C / B
109	Casablanca Casablanca Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Greater Casablanca region.With a population of 3.1 million ??????)...		2,930,000	220	1.16	E / B
110	Curitiba Curitiba Curitiba is the capital city of the Brazilian Brazilian state of Paran? . The city has the largest population and also the largest economy in Southern Region, Brazil....		2,900,000	842	1.74	C / B
110	Cape Town Cape Town Cape Town is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the City of Cape Town. It is the provincial Capital of the Western Cape, as well as the legislature capital of South Africa, where the Parliament of South Africa and many government offices are located....		2,900,000	686	1.02	C / B
112	Surabaya Surabaya Surabaya is Indonesia's List of largest cities and second largest cities by country, and the capital of the Provinces of Indonesia of East Java....		2,850,000	376	1.84	D / B
113	San Diego San Diego, California San Diego is the second largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, located along the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States of the Western United States....		2,790,000	2,026	0.52	A / A
113	Seattle Seattle, Washington Seattle is the most populous city in the US state of Washington and the Northwestern United States. The encompassing Seattle metropolitan area is the 15th largest in the United States, and the largest in the Pacific Northwest....		2,790,000	2,470	0.35	A / A
115	Rome Rome Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....		2,740,000	855	-0.07	C / B
116	Taichung Taichung Taichung is a city located in west-central Taiwan with a population of just over one million people, making it the third largest city on the island, after Taipei and Kaohsiung....	("Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands... ")	2,700,000	492	1.93	E / B
116	Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre....		2,700,000	324	3.84	C / B
118	Jaipur Jaipur Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital of Rajasthan States and territories of India, India. Historically rendered as Jeypore, Jaipur is the former capital of the princely state of Jaipur State....		2,690,000	168	2.26	A / B
119	Caracas Caracas Caracas is the Capital and largest city of Venezuela. It is located in the north of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Coastal Range, Venezuela....		2,670,000	272	0.94	C / B
120	Dakar Dakar Dakar is the capital city of Senegal, located on the Cap-Vert, on the country's Atlantic Ocean coast. It is Senegal's largest city. Its position, on the western edge of Africa , is an advantageous departure point for trans-Atlantic and European trade; this fact aided its growth into a major regional seaport....		2,650,000	181	2.98	E / B
121	Kaohsiung		2,630,000	363	1.30	E / B
122	Minneapolis Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, Minnesota, the state's Capital .... –Saint Paul Saint Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul is the state capital and second most populated city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies on the north bank of the Mississippi River, downstream of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, Minnesota, the state's List of cities in Minnesota....		2,570,000	2,316	0.91	A / A
123	Lucknow Lucknow Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, the most populous States and territories of India of India. It has a population of 4,875,858. Lucknow is also the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....		2,560,000	130	1.73	A / B
124	Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....		2,530,000	453	1.22	D / B
124	Guayaquil Guayaquil Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador, as well as that nation's main port. Guayaquil is located on the western bank of the Guayas River, which flows into the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Guayaquil....		2,530,000	220	1.90	D / B
124	Amman Amman Amman , sometimes spelled Ammann , is the Capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, a city of 2,525,000 inhabitants , and the administrative capital and commercial center of Jordan....		2,530,000	344	1.21	E / B
127	Kiev Kiev Kiev, also known as Kyiv , is the Capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River....		2,520,000	544	0.18	D / B
128	Faisalabad Faisalabad is a city located in the Subdivisions of Pakistan of Punjab , Pakistan. It was Geographical renaming Lyallpur. Faisalabad is the List of most populated metropolitan areas in Pakistan city in Pakistan with an estimated 2006 population of 2.6 million ....		2,510,000	168	2.81	C / B
129	Mashhad Mashhad Mashhad is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country city in Iran and one of the Holiest sites in Islam in the Shia world....		2,490,000	207	1.91	E / B
130	Izmir Izmir Izmir, also once called Smyrna, is Turkey's third most populous city and the country's largest port after Istanbul. It is located along the outlying waters of the Gulf of Izmir, by the Aegean Sea....		2,480,000	272	1.51	E / B
131	Katowice Katowice Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Klodnica and Rawa river rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about 50 km from the Silesian Beskids and about 100 km from Sudetes.... (USMU Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, USMU also known under official name: Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia, MAUS is a Political union of 14 adjacent city in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.... )		2,450,000	725	-0.01	C / B
131	Rawalpindi Rawalpindi is a city in the Potwar Plateau near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the Subdivisions of Pakistan of Punjab . The area was home to the pre-historic Soanian culture indigenous to this region.... –Islamabad Islamabad Islamabad is the Capital of Pakistan, and is the tenth largest city in Pakistan. The Rawalpindi/Islamabad List of most populous metropolitan areas in Pakistan is the third largest in Pakistan with a population of over 4.5 million inhabitants, 1.5 million in Islamabad and three million in Rawalpindi....		2,450,000	233	2.85	C / B
131	Tashkent Tashkent Tashkent is the Capital of Uzbekistan and also of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2008 was 2.18 million....		2,450,000	531	1.22	E / B
134	Changchun Changchun Changchun is the capital and largest city of Jilin Provinces of China, located in the northeast of the People's Republic of China, in the centre of the Songliao Plain....		2,440,000	376	1.87	E / B
135	Campinas Campinas Campinas is a city and county located in the interior os state of S?o Paulo , Brazil.The county area is 797,6 km?. Population is approximately 1,059,420 , with over 98% in the urban region....		2,400,000	958	1.39	C / B
136	Daegu Daegu Daegu , also spelled Taegu , officially called Daegu Metropolitan City, is the fourth largest city in South Korea after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon....		2,390,000	181	-0.03	E / B
136	Changsha Changsha Changsha is the capital city of Hunan, a province of south-central China, located on the lower reaches of Xiang river, a branch of the Yangtze River....		2,390,000	389	2.27	E / B
136	Nagpur Nagpur Nagpur is the largest city in central India and second capital of the States and territories of India of Maharashtra. It is headquarter of Nagpur district and Nagpur division and is third largest city by population of Maharashtra....		2,390,000	114	1.70	A / B
139	San Juan San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan is the Capital and largest Municipalities of Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico. As of the United States Census Bureau, it has a population of 433,733, making it the List of United States cities by population city under the jurisdiction of the United States....		2,380,000	2,309	0.91	A / A
140	Aleppo Aleppo Aleppo is a city in northern Syria, capital of the Aleppo Governorate; the Governorate extends around the city for over 16,000 km? and has a population of 4,393,000, making it the largest Governorate in Syria by population....		2,360,000	210	2.37	D / B
141	Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...		2,340,000	881	0.58	C / B
142	Frankfurt Frankfurt is the largest city in the German States of Germany of Hesse and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Germany, with a 2008 population of 670,000....		2,320,000	673	0.39	C / B
143	Tampa Tampa, Florida Tampa is a United States city in Hillsborough County, Florida, on the west coast of the state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County.... –St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The city is known as a vacation destination for North American and European vacationers, as well as a politically important swing state in U.S....		2,310,000	2,078	1.44	A / A
143	Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....		2,310,000	600	0.17	A / A
143	Nanchang Nanchang Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi Province in southeastern China. Nanchang is famous for its scenic lakes, mountains, rich history and cultural sites.In June 2006, Nanchang is appraised as World Top Ten Dynamic Cities by US News Weekly....		2,310,000	155	2.49	E / B
146	Medan Medan Medan is the capital of the province of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Located in the northern part of the province along the coast, Medan is the third largest city in Indonesia....		2,300,000	246	1.79	E / B
147	Tunis Tunis Tunis is the Capital of the Tunisian Republic and also the Tunis Governorate, with a population of 1 200,000 in 2008 and over 3,980,500 in the municipal area....		2,270,000	363	1.55	F / B
147	Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang is a prefecture-level city and the Capital of Hebei Province of China, China. It is about 320 km south of Beijing.Shijiazhuang is a newly industrialized city....		2,270,000	363	2.26	E / B
147	Dalian Dalian Dalian is the governing sub-provincial city in the eastern Liaoning Province of Northeast China. Dalian is China's northernmost Warm water port....		2,270,000	570	1.57	E / B
150	Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1853....		2,250,000	558	0.04	A / A
150	Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince is the Capital and largest List of cities in Haiti of Haiti. Growth, especially in crowded slums in nearby plains and hillsides, has raised the population of the Port-au-Prince area to between 2.5 and 3 million....		2,250,000	171	2.86	C / B
152	Damascus Damascus Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....		2,240,000	207	2.30	D / B
153	Fukuoka Fukuoka, Fukuoka is the capital cities of Japan of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan, across the Korea Strait from South Korea Busan....		2,230,000	583	0.11	C / B
153	Jinan Jinan Jinan is a sub-provincial city and the capital of Shandong Provinces of China, People's Republic of China. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilization and has evolved into an important administrative, economic, and transportation hub.... (Tsinan)		2,230,000	350	1.35	E / B
155	Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, or in full, Santo Domingo de Guzm?n, is the Capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic, and the second largest city in the Caribbean....		2,220,000	246	1.78	C / B
156	Cali Santiago de Cali Santiago de Cali , often shortened to Cali, is the main city and capital of the Valle del Cauca, a department in western Colombia, also known as the Pacific Region....		2,190,000	155	1.44	C / B
156	Havana Havana Havana is the capital city, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city is one of the 14 Provinces of Cuba. The city/province has 2.1 million inhabitants, and the urban area over 3.5 million, making Havana the largest city in both Cuba and the Caribbean....		2,190,000	285	-0.07	D / B
158	Denver Denver, Colorado Denver is the Capital and the Colorado municipalities of the state of Colorado, in the United States. Denver is a consolidated city-county located in the South Platte River on the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains....		2,180,000	1,292	1.17	A / A
159	St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....		2,160,000	2,147	0.48	A / A
159	Colombo Colombo Colombo is the largest city and former administrative capital of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the present administrative capital of Sri Lanka....		2,160,000	223	1.13	E / B
161	Dubai Dubai Dubai is one of the seven Emirates of the United Arab Emirates and the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates . It is located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula....		2,150,000	829	2.48	E / B
161	Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland in the United States. Baltimore is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay....		2,150,000	1,768	0.45	A / A
163	Sapporo		2,130,000	648	0.06	C / B
164	Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam ; city and municipality in the Netherlands province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people in the country, with a population of 584,046 on 1 January 2007 and comprises the southern part of the Randstad, the List of metropolitan are... –The Hague The Hague The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,904 and an area of approximately 100 km?....		2,090,000	842	0.26	C / B
165	Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....		2,060,000	1,178	0.89	A / A
165	Pretoria Pretoria Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three Capital , serving as the Executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislature capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.... (Tshwane)		2,060,000	673	1.58	C / B
167	San‘a’		2,030,000	194	4.55	E / B
167	Patna Patna Pa?na is the capital city of the Indian States and territories of India of Bihar, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world....		2,030,000	83	2.51	A / B
169	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....		2,020,000	544	0.16	D / B
170	Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.... –Bonn Bonn Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the Capital of Germany West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....		2,010,000	932	0.39	C / B
171	Bucharest Bucharest Bucharest is the capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the D?mbovita River....		2,000,000	285	0.03	D / B
171	Accra Accra Accra is the capital city, and most populous city of Ghana, a nation on the coast of the western region of Africa. The city also doubles as the capital of the Greater Accra Region, and of the Accra Metropolis District with which it is coterminous....		2,000,000	453	2.85	C / B

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