Lijst van grootste steden
Deze lijst bevat de 90 grootste steden naar inwonertal (peildatum 2016). In deze lijsten zijn alleen de inwoners binnen de juridische of politieke stadsgrenzen meegenomen, dus niet de inwoners in de agglomeratie, het stedelijk gebied of in de voorsteden.
1. Shanghai
2. Karachi
3. Peking
4. Lagos
5. Delhi
6. Tianjin
7. Istanboel
8. Tokio
9. Guangzhou
10. Mumbai
11. Moskou
12. São Paulo
13. Shenzhen
14. Jakarta
15. Seoel
16. Kinshasa
| Rang | Metropool gebiedsnaam | Land | Bevolking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai |  China
|
24.256.800 |
| 2 | Karachi |  Pakistan
|
23.500.000 |
| 3 | Peking | China
|
21.516.000 |
| 4 | Lagos |  Nigeria
|
21.000.000 |
| 5 | Delhi |  India
|
16.787.900 |
| 6 | Tianjin | China
|
15.200.000 |
| 7 | Istanboel |  Turkije
|
14.160.500 |
| 8 | Tokio |  Japan
|
13.297.600 |
| 9 | Guangzhou | China
|
13.080.500 |
| 10 | Mumbai | India
|
12.478.400 |
| 11 | Moskou |  Rusland
|
12.197.600 |
| 12 | São Paulo |  Brazilië
|
11.895.900 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | China
|
10.467.400 |
| 14 | Jakarta |  Indonesië
|
10.075.300 |
| 15 | Seoel |  Zuid-Korea
|
10.048.900 |
| 16 | Kinshasa |  Congo-Kinshasa
|
9.735.000 |
| 17 | Caïro |  Egypte
|
9.278.400 |
| 18 | Mexico-Stad |  Mexico
|
8.874.700 |
| 19 | Lima |  Peru
|
8.693.400 |
| 20 | New York |  Verenigde Staten
|
8.550.405 |
| 21 | Londen |  Verenigd Koninkrijk
|
8.538.700 |
| 22 | Bangalore | India
|
8.426.000 |
| 23 | Bangkok |  Thailand
|
8.280.900 |
| 24 | Ho Chi Minhstad |  Vietnam
|
8.224.400 |
| 25 | Dongguan | China
|
8.220.200 |
| 26 | Chongqing | China
|
8.189.800 |
| 27 | Nanjing | China
|
8.187.800 |
| 28 | Teheran |  Iran
|
8.154.100 |
| 29 | Shenyang | China
|
8.106.200 |
| 30 | Bogota |  Colombia
|
7.776.800 |
| 31 | Ningbo | China
|
7.605.700 |
| 32 | Hongkong |  Hongkong
|
7.298.600 |
| 33 | Hanoi | Vietnam
|
7.232.700 |
| 34 | Bagdad |  Irak
|
7.180.900 |
| 35 | Changsha | China
|
7.044.100 |
| 36 | Dhaka |  Bangladesh
|
6.970.100 |
| 37 | Wuhan | China
|
6.886.300 |
| 38 | Haiderabad | India
|
6.810.000 |
| 39 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazilië
|
6.429.900 |
| 40 | Faisalabad | Pakistan
|
6.418.700 |
| 41 | Lahore | Pakistan
|
6.318.700 |
| 42 | Foshan | China
|
6.151.622 |
| 43 | Zunyi | China
|
6.127.000 |
| 44 | Santiago |  Chili
|
5.743.700 |
| 45 | Riyad |  Saoedi-Arabië
|
5.676.621 |
| 46 | Ahmedabad | India
|
5.570.600 |
| 47 | Singapore |  Singapore
|
5.535.000 |
| 48 | Shantou | China
|
5.391.000 |
| 49 | Yangon |  Myanmar
|
5.214.000 |
| 50 | Sint-Petersburg | Rusland
|
5.191.700 |
| 51 | Chennai | India
|
4.792.900 |
| 52 | Abidjan |  Ivoorkust
|
4.765.000 |
| 53 | Chengdu | China
|
4.741.900 |
| 54 | Alexandrië | Egypte
|
4.616.600 |
| 55 | Calcutta | India
|
4.486.700 |
| 56 | Ankara | Turkije
|
4.470.800 |
| 57 | Xi'an | China
|
4.467.800 |
| 58 | Surat | India
|
4.462.000 |
| 59 | Johannesburg |  Zuid-Afrika
|
4.434.800 |
| 60 | Dar es Salaam |  Tanzania
|
4.364.500 |
| 61 | Suzhou | China
|
4.327.100 |
| 62 | Harbin | China
|
4.280.700 |
| 63 | Gizeh | Egypte
|
4.240.000 |
| 64 | Zhengzhou | China
|
4.122.100 |
| 65 | Nieuw Taipei |  Taiwan
|
3.954.900 |
| 66 | Los Angeles | Verenigde Staten
|
3.884.300 |
| 67 | Kaapstad | Zuid-Afrika
|
3.740.000 |
| 68 | Yokohama | Japan
|
3.680.300 |
| 69 | Busan | Zuid-Korea
|
3.590.100 |
| 70 | Hangzhou | China
|
3.560.400 |
| 71 | Xiamen | China
|
3.531.300 |
| 72 | Quanzhou | China
|
3.520.800 |
| 73 | Berlijn |  Duitsland
|
3.517.400 |
| 74 | Rawalpindi | India
|
3.510.000 |
| 75 | Jeddah | Saoedi-Arabië
|
3.456.300 |
| 76 | Durban | Zuid-Afrika
|
3.442.400 |
| 77 | Hyderabad | Pakistan
|
3.429.500 |
| 78 | Kabul |  Afghanistan
|
3.414.100 |
| 79 | Casablanca |  Marokko
|
3.359.800 |
| 80 | Hefei | China
|
3.352.100 |
| 81 | Pyongyang |  Noord-Korea
|
3.255.400 |
| 82 | Madrid |  Spanje
|
3.207.200 |
| 83 | Pesjawar | Pakistan
|
3.201.000 |
| 84 | Oost-Rand | Zuid-Afrika
|
3.178.500 |
| 85 | Nairobi |  Kenia
|
3.138.400 |
| 86 | Zhongshan | China
|
3.121.300 |
| 87 | Pune | India
|
3.115.400 |
| 88 | Addis Abeba |  Ethiopië
|
3.103.700 |
| 89 | Jaipur | India
|
3.073.400 |
| 90 | Buenos Aires |  Argentinië
|
3.054.300 |