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This is a list of the most populous cities in the world defined according to a concept of city proper (an urban locality without its suburbs). A city proper is a locality defined according to legal or political boundaries and an administratively recognized urban status that is usually characterized by some form of local government.

"World Urbanization Prospects", a United Nations publication, defines the population of a city proper as "the population living within the administrative boundaries of a city." The book continues to say that "city proper as defined by administrative boundaries may not include suburban areas where an important proportion of the population working or studying in the city lives."

The term city can take on many meanings in different parts of the world. For the purposes of this list, the definition of a city as a primarily urban locality is used. This list enumerates the populations of some of the world's largest cities, the boundaries of which may or may not correspond to those of municipalities. The populations listed are for the administratively defined city and not for the urban area nor the metropolitan area. Statistical definitions for each city, approximate surface area, and population density are also indicated.

Cities proper by population

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. Please observe the definition of the list when adding or editing entries.
Rank City Population Definition Area (km²) Population density (/km²) Country Continent
1 Shanghai 17,836,133 Core districts 2,605.8 6,845  China Asia
2 Istanbul 13,483,052 Metropolitan municipality 5,343 2,481  Turkey Europe
3 Karachi 13,052,000 City District 3,527 5,700  Pakistan Asia
4 Mumbai 12,478,447 Municipal Corporation 603 20,694  India Asia
5 Moscow 11,810,000 Federal City 2,511 4,705  Russia Europe
6 Beijing 11,716,000 Core districts 1,368.32 7,400  China Asia
7 São Paulo 11,316,149 Municipality 1,523 7,383  Brazil South America
8 Tianjin 11,090,314 All districts 7,422 1,494  China Asia
9 Guangzhou 11,070,654 All districts 3,843 2,881  China Asia
10 Delhi 11,007,835 Municipal Corporation 1,397.29 7,877.9  India Asia
11 Seoul 10,575,447 Special City 605.25 17,473  South Korea Asia
12 Shenzhen 10,357,938 All districts 1,989 5,201  China Asia
13 Jakarta 9,588,198 Special capital district 662.33 14,476  Indonesia Asia
14 Tokyo 8,887,608 23 Special Wards 617.18 14,400  Japan Asia
15 Mexico City 8,873,017 Federal District 1,485.49 5,973  Mexico North America
16 Kinshasa 8,754,000 City-Province 2,016 4,342  Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa
17 Tehran 8,429,807 City proper 760 10,359  Iran Asia
18 Bangalore 8,425,970 Municipal Corporation 709.5 11,876  India Asia
19 New York City 8,244,910 City proper 789.4 10,444  United States North America
20 Dongguan 8,220,237 Prefecture-level city 2,465 3,335  China Asia
21 London 8,174,100 Greater London 1,580 4,863  United Kingdom Europe
22 Lagos 7,937,932 statistical area 999.6 7,938  Nigeria Africa
23 Lima 7,605,742 Province 2,670.4 2,848  Peru South America
24 Bogotá 7,467,804 Capital district 1,590 4,697  Colombia South America
25 Ho Chi Minh City 7,162,864 Province-level municipality 2,095.01 3,419  Vietnam Asia
26 Hong Kong 7,108,100 Special Administrative Region 1,108 6,415  Hong Kong Asia
27 Bangkok 7,025,000 Administrative area 1,568.74 4,478  Thailand Asia
28 Dhaka 7,000,940 City Corporation 360 19,447  Bangladesh Asia
29 Hyderabad 6,809,970 Municipal Corporation 621.48 10,958  India Asia
30 Cairo 6,758,581 Governorate 453 17,190  Egypt Africa
31 Hanoi 6,451,909 Province-level municipality 3,344.7 1,943.4  Vietnam Asia
32 Wuhan 6,434,373
Central districts
888.42 7,242  China Asia
33 Rio de Janeiro 6,323,037 Municipality 1,182 5,349  Brazil South America
34 Lahore 6,318,745 City District 1,772 3,566  Pakistan Asia
35 Ahmedabad 5,570,585 Municipal Corporation 475 11,727  India Asia
36 Baghdad 5,402,486 City proper 1,134 4,064  Iraq Asia
37 Riyadh 5,188,286 City proper 800 6,485  Saudi Arabia Asia
38 Singapore 5,183,700 City State 712.4 7,276  Singapore Asia
39 Santiago 5,012,973 Province 2,030 2,469  Chile South America
40 Saint Petersburg 4,868,520 Federal city 1,399 3,480  Russia Europe
41 Chennai 4,681,087 Municipal Corporation 176 26,903  India Asia
42 Chongqing 4,513,100
Core districts
 1,435 3,145  China Asia
43 Kolkata 4,486,679 Municipal Corporation 185 24,252  India Asia
44 Surat 4,462,002 Municipal Corporation 326.515 13,666  India Asia
45 Yangon 4,350,000 City proper 598.75 6,828  Myanmar Asia
46 Ankara 4,223,398 Metropolitan Municipality 2,516 1,551  Turkey Europe & Asia
47 Alexandria 4,110,015 Governorate 2,680 1,611  Egypt Africa
48 Shenyang 4,101,197 (2006-12-31) Core districts 3,495 1,173  China Asia
49 Suzhou 4,074,000 Core districts 1,679.2 2,426  China Asia
50 New Taipei 3,910,086 Special municipality 2,052.5667 1,905  Republic of China (Taiwan) Asia
51 Johannesburg 3,888,180 Metropolitan Municipality 1,644.96 2,364  South Africa Africa
52 Los Angeles 3,819,702 City proper 1,290 2,940  United States North America
53 Yokohama 3,680,267 City proper 437.38 8,414  Japan Asia
54 Abidjan 3,660,682 Department/District 2,119 1,728  Ivory Coast Africa
55 Busan 3,600,381 Metropolitan City 766.12 4,666  South Korea Asia
56 Berlin 3,499,879 City state 892 3,924  Germany Europe
57 Cape Town 3,497,097 Metropolitan Municipality 2,454.72 1,424  South Africa Africa
58 Durban 3,468,086 Metropolitan Municipality 2,291.89 1,513  South Africa Africa
59 Jeddah 3,430,697 City proper 1,230 2,789  Saudi Arabia Asia
60 Pyongyang 3,255,388 Direct-controlled municipality 3,194 1,019  North Korea Asia
61 Madrid 3,213,271 Municipality 698 4,604  Spain Europe
62 Nairobi 3,138,369 Province 696 4,509  Kenya Africa
63 Pune 3,115,431 Municipal Corporation 450.69 6,913  India Asia
64 Jaipur 3,073,350 Municipal Corporation 485 6,337  India Asia
65 Casablanca 3,027,000 City proper 324 9,342  Morocco Africa


Notes and references

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  6. Based on the following districts: Huangpu, Luwan (merged into Huangpu in 2011), Xuhui, Changning, Jing'an, Putuo, Zhabei, Hongkou, Yangpu, Pudong, Baoshan, Minhang, and Jiading, considered "core districts" by Geohive.
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  9. ^ "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Census of India. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  10. ^ Federal State Statistics Service, Russia (xls, in Russian) 2011-01-01 Esimation based on National Census 2010-10-14. Retrieved on 2011-03-30.
  11. ^ Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. Federal Registration, Cadastre&Cartograhy Service. Russia Landuse National Report 2008, p.187-188 (in Russian)
  12. based on the districts of Dongcheng, Xicheng, Chaoyang, Fengtai, Shijingshan, and Haidian, considered "core districts" by Geohive.
  13. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; Censo Demografico 2010, resultados, São Paulo (zip) Retrieved on 2010-12-01. Census results for 2010-08-01.
  14. based on the following districts: Yuexiu, Liwan, Haizhu, Tianhe, Baiyun, Huangpu, Panyu, Huadu, Nansha, and Luogang.
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  18. Official monthly estimated de jure population by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (in Japanese). Population estimate on 2010-06-01.
  19. Corresponds to the former City of Tokyo merged into the Tokyo Metropolis on July 1, 1943. The whole of 23 wards is now a special local public entity which provides limited public service, and is sometimes statistically treated as the city proper of Tokyo (e.g. Statistical Bureau of Japan, The Population of capital cities and cities of 100 000 or more inhabitants. United Nations Statistics Division).
  20. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía, México; Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010, Resultados preliminares Preliminary 2010 Census results. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.
  21. Consejo Nacional de Población, México; Delimitación de las zonas metropolitanas de México 2005 Retrieved on 2010-11-26.
  22. ^ UN world Urbanization Prospects estimate for 2010. While the UN list is nominally a list of urban agglomerations, this particular city is listed as using the "city proper" statistical concept in the sources section of the UN report.
  23. Excluding the rural commune of Maluku
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  27. Composed of the City of London and the 32 London boroughs
  28. Summing the 16 LGAs making up Metropolitan Lagos (Agege, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Alimosho, Amuwo-Odofin, Apapa, Eti-Osa, Ifako-Ijaiye, Ikeja, Kosofe, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, Mushin, Ojo, Oshodi-Isolo, Shomolu, Surulere) as per:
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  30. Composed of 43 independent districts
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  34. "Hong Kong: Broad Land Usage Distribution". Planning Department: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  35. National Statistical Office Thailand, Key Statistics of Thailand 2007; Chapter 1.9, Population Projections (1 July) by Region and Sex (embedded in huge 121MB zipped file!) Retrieved on 2009-08-05. Projected de facto population as of 2009. The registered (de jure) population was 5,695,956 in 2006.
  36. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Statistical Pocket Book, 2008 (pdf-file) 2008 Population Estimate. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
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  41. ^ Refers to fully urban districts, that is districts with a population density of over 1,500 per km².
  42. Wuhan Statistical Yearbook 2010 p. 15
  43. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; Censo Demografico 2010, resultados, Rio de Janeiro (zip) Retrieved on 2010-12-01. Census results for 2010-08-01.
  44. GeoHive, Pakistan - The Punjab - Administrative units 1998 Census result for Lahore District. Accessed on 2008-09-28. The UN estimated the population of Lahore to be 6,577,000 in 2007. However, that estimate is based on now obsolete administrative boundaries for the Lahore Metropolitan Corporation. The administrative boundaries for Lahore was changed in 2001, when it was transformed from Metropolitan Corporation into a City District. The City District includes the old Metropolitan Corporation as well as the surrounding district. The District of Lahore had a total of 6,318,745 inhabitants in 1998, compared to 5,143,495 for the Metropolitan Corporation. Current, but vague, estimates puts the population of the district at somewhere between 7.5 and 10 million.
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  47. Statistics Singapore, Population (Mid-Year Estimates) Retrieved on September 23, 2010. Estimated population on Mid-2010, including Singapore residents plus non-residents. Population of Singapore citizens and residents was 3,642,700 on 2008-06-30.
  48. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Chile; Proyecciones de población al 30 de Junio 1990-2020, Region Metropolitana de Santiago; Provincias (excel-file) Retrieved on 2009-08-05. Projected population on 2009-06-30.
  49. Composed of 32 independent municipalities
  50. http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/21-chennai.html
  51. http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/21-chennai.html
  52. http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/21-chennai.html
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  54. Demographics: Surat Municipal Corporation
  55. Third Regional EST Forum, Presentation of Myanmar. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  56. City and region database of Statistics Finland
  57. "苏州市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报 (Main Data from Suzhou 2010 Census)". Suzhou Statistics Bureau. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  58. Based on the following districts: Pingjiang,Canglang,Jinchang,Huqiu,Wuzhong,Xiangcheng,SND,SIP.
  59. "New Taipei City" (in Chinese). Household Registration Service, New Taipei City Government. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
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  61. ^ Statistics South Africa, Community Survey, 2007, Basic Results Municipalities (pdf-file) Retrieved on 2008-03-23.
  62. Official monthly estimated de jure population by the Kanagawa Prefectural Government (in Japanese). Population estimate on 2010-06-01.
  63. Abidjan District estimate for 2003
  64. ^ "Busan: Population and area of Administrative units". Busan Metropolitan City. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  65. "Bevölkerungsstand in Berlin am 30. November 2011 nach Bezirken" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  66. United Nations Statistics Division; Preliminary results of the 2008 Census of Population of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea conducted on 1-15 October 2008 (pdf-file) Retrieved on 2009-03-01.
  67. INE (2008)
  68. Minister of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030; 2009 Population and Housing Census Results (pdf) Retrieved on 2010-12-13.
  69. HCP, Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Démographiques (CERED) (2009)
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