Largest urban areas, by country edit
Afghanistan edit
4.589 million KABUL (capital) (2023)
Albania edit
520,000 TIRANA (capital) (2023)
Algeria edit
2.854 million ALGIERS (capital); 922,000 Oran (2022)
American Samoa edit
49,000 PAGO PAGO (capital) (2018)
Andorra edit
23,000 ANDORRA LA VELLA (capital) (2018)
Angola edit
9.292 million LUANDA (capital), 959,000 Lubango, 905,000 Cabinda, 809,000 Benguela, 783,000 Malanje (2023)
Anguilla edit
1,000 THE VALLEY (capital) (2018)
Antigua and Barbuda edit
21,000 SAINT JOHN'S (capital) (2018)
Argentina edit
15.490 million BUENOS AIRES (capital), 1.612 million Cordoba, 1.594 million Rosario, 1.226 million Mendoza, 1.027 million San Miguel de Tucuman, 914,000 La Plata (2023)
Armenia edit
1.095 million YEREVAN (capital) (2023)
Aruba edit
30,000 ORANJESTAD (capital) (2018)
Australia edit
5.235 million Melbourne, 5.121 million Sydney, 2.505 million Brisbane, 2.118 million Perth, 1.367 million Adelaide, 472,000 CANBERRA (capital) (2023)
Austria edit
1.975 million VIENNA (capital) (2023)
Azerbaijan edit
2.432 million BAKU (capital) (2023)
Bahamas, The edit
280,000 NASSAU (capital) (2018)
Bahrain edit
689,000 MANAMA (capital) (2022)
Bangladesh edit
23.210 million DHAKA (capital), 5.380 million Chittagong, 955,000 Khulna, 962,000 Rajshahi, 969,000 Rangpur, 964,000 Sylhet, 906,000 Bogra (2023)
Barbados edit
89,000 BRIDGETOWN (capital) (2018)
Belarus edit
2.049 million MINSK (capital) (2022)
Belgium edit
2.110 million BRUSSELS (capital); 1.053 million Antwerp (2022)
Belize edit
23,000 BELMOPAN (capital) (2018)
Benin edit
285,000 PORTO-NOVO (capital) (2018); 1.189 million Abomey-Calavi; 709,000 COTONOU (seat of government) (2022)
Bermuda edit
10,000 HAMILTON (capital) (2018)
Bhutan edit
203,000 THIMPHU (capital) (2018)
Bolivia edit
1.908 million LA PAZ (capital); 1.784 million Santa Cruz; 1.369 million Cochabamba; 278,000 Sucre (constitutional capital) (2022)
Bosnia and Herzegovina edit
344,000 SARAJEVO (capital) (2022)
Botswana edit
269,000 GABORONE (capital) (2018)
Brazil edit
22.620 million Sao Paulo, 13.728 million Rio de Janeiro, 6.248 million Belo Horizonte, 4.873 million BRASILIA (capital), 4.264 million Recife, 4.212 million Porto Alegre (2023)
British Virgin Islands edit
15,000 ROAD TOWN (capital) (2018)
Brunei edit
241,000 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (capital) (2011)
Bulgaria edit
1.287 million SOFIA (capital) (2022)
Burkina Faso edit
3.056 million OUAGADOUGOU (capital); 1.074 million Bobo-Dioulasso (2022)
Burundi edit
1.139 million BUJUMBURA (capital) (2022)
Cabo Verde edit
168,000 PRAIA (capital) (2018)
Cambodia edit
2.211 million PHNOM PENH (capital) (2022)
Cameroon edit
4.164 million YAOUNDE (capital); 3.927 million Douala (2022)
Canada edit
6.372 million Toronto, 4.308 million Montreal, 3.05 million Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, 1.640 million Calgary, 1.544 million Edmonton, 1.437 million OTTAWA (capital) (2023)
Cayman Islands edit
35,000 GEORGE TOWN (capital) (2018)
Central African Republic edit
933,000 BANGUI (capital) (2022)
Chad edit
1.533 million N'DJAMENA (capital) (2022)
Chile edit
6.903 million SANTIAGO (capital), 1.009 million Valparaiso, 912,000 Concepcion (2023)
China edit
29.211 million Shanghai, 21.766 million BEIJING (capital), 17.341 million Chongqing, 14.284 million Guangzhou, 14.239 million Tianjin, 13.073 million Shenzhen (2023)
Colombia edit
11.508 million BOGOTA (capital), 4.102 million Medellin, 2.864 million Cali, 2.349 million Barranquilla, 1.381 million Bucaramanga, 1.088 million Cartagena (2023)
Comoros edit
62,000 MORONI (capital) (2018)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the edit
16.316 million KINSHASA (capital), 2.892 million Mbuji-Mayi, 2.812 million Lubumbashi, 1.664 million Kananga, 1.423 million Kisangani, 1.249 million Bukavu (2023)
Congo, Republic of the edit
2.638 million BRAZZAVILLE (capital), 1.336 million Pointe-Noire (2023)
Costa Rica edit
1.441 million SAN JOSE (capital) (2022)
Cote d'Ivoire edit
231,000 YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) (2018); 5.516 million ABIDJAN (seat of government) (2022)
Croatia edit
684,000 ZAGREB (capital) (2022)
Cuba edit
2.149 million HAVANA (capital) (2023)
Curacao edit
144,000 WILLEMSTAD (capital) (2018)
Cyprus edit
269,000 NICOSIA (capital) (2018)
Czech Republic edit
1.318 million PRAGUE (capital) (2022)
Denmark edit
1.370 million COPENHAGEN (capital) (2022)
Djibouti edit
591,000 DJIBOUTI (capital) (2022)
Dominica edit
15,000 ROSEAU (capital) (2018)
Dominican Republic edit
3.524 million SANTO DOMINGO (capital) (2023)
Ecuador edit
3.142 million Guayaquil, 1.957 million QUITO (capital) (2023)
Egypt edit
22.183 million CAIRO (capital), 5.588 million Alexandria, 778,000 Bur Sa'id (2023)
El Salvador edit
1.116 million SAN SALVADOR (capital) (2023)
Equatorial Guinea edit
297,000 MALABO (capital) (2018)
Eritrea edit
1.073 million ASMARA (capital) (2023)
Estonia edit
452,000 TALLINN (capital) (2022)
Eswatini edit
68,000 MBABANE (capital) (2018)
Ethiopia edit
5.461 million ADDIS ABABA (capital) (2023)
Falkland Islands edit
2,000 STANLEY (capital) (2018)
Faroe Islands edit
21,000 TÓRSHAVN (capital) (2018)
Fiji edit
178,000 SUVA (capital) (2018)
Finland edit
1.328 million HELSINKI (capital) (2022)
France edit
11.208 million PARIS (capital), 1.761 million Lyon, 1.628 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.079 million Lille, 1.060 million Toulouse, 1.000 million Bordeaux (2023)
French Polynesia edit
136,000 PAPEETE (capital) (2018)
Gabon edit
857,000 LIBREVILLE (capital) (2022)
Gambia, The edit
470,000 BANJUL (capital) (2022)
Georgia edit
1.203 million TBILISI (capital) (2022)
Germany edit
3.574 million BERLIN (capital), 1.788 million Hamburg, 1.576 million Munich, 1.144 million Cologne, 796,000 Frankfurt (2023)
Ghana edit
3.630 million Kumasi; 2.605 million ACCRA (capital); 1.035 million Sekondi Takoradi (2022)
Gibraltar edit
35,000 GIBRALTAR (capital) (2018)
Greece edit
3.154 million ATHENS (capital); 814,000 Thessaloniki (2022)
Greenland edit
18,000 NUUK (capital) (2018)
Grenada edit
39,000 SAINT GEORGE'S (capital) (2018)
Guam edit
147,000 HAGATNA (capital) (2018)
Guatemala edit
3.095 million GUATEMALA CITY (capital) (2023)
Guernsey edit
16,000 SAINT PETER PORT (capital) (2018)
Guinea edit
2.049 million CONAKRY (capital) (2022)
Guinea-Bissau edit
643,000 BISSAU (capital) (2022)
Guyana edit
110,000 GEORGETOWN (capital) (2018)
Haiti edit
2.915 million PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) (2022)
Holy See edit
1,000 VATICAN CITY (capital) (2018)
Honduras edit
1.568 million TEGUCIGALPA (capital), 982,000 San Pedro Sula (2023)
Hong Kong edit
7.643 million Hong Kong (2022)
Hungary edit
1.775 million BUDAPEST (capital) (2022)
Iceland edit
216,000 REYKJAVÍK (capital) (2018)
India edit
32.941 million NEW DELHI (capital), 21.297 million Mumbai, 15.333 million Kolkata, 13.608 million Bangalore, 11.776 million Chennai, 10.801 million Hyderabad (2023)
Indonesia edit
11.249 million JAKARTA (capital), 3.729 million Bekasi, 3.044 million Surabaya, 3.041 million Depok, 2.674 million Bandung, 2.514 million Tangerang (2023)
Iran edit
9.500 million TEHRAN (capital), 3.368 million Mashhad, 2.258 million Esfahan, 1.721 million Shiraz, 1.661 million Tabriz, 1.594 million Karaj (2023)
Iraq edit
7.711 million BAGHDAD (capital), 1.792 million Mosul, 1.448 million Basra, 1.075 million Kirkuk, 958,000 Najaf, 897,000 Erbil (2023)
Ireland edit
1.256 million DUBLIN (capital) (2022)
Isle of Man edit
27,000 DOUGLAS (capital) (2018)
Israel edit
4.344 million Tel Aviv-Yafo; 1.254 million JERUSALEM (capital); 1.164 million Haifa (2022)
Italy edit
4.316 million ROME (capital), 3.155 million Milan, 2.179 million Naples, 1.802 million Turin, 913,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2023)
Jamaica edit
595,000 KINGSTON (capital) (2022)
Japan edit
37.194 million TOKYO (capital), 19.013 million Osaka, 9.569 million Nagoya, 5.490 million Kitakyushu-Fukuoka, 2.937 million Shizuoka-Hamamatsu, 2.666 million Sapporo (2023)
Jersey edit
34,000 SAINT HELIER (capital) (2018)
Jordan edit
2.210 million AMMAN (capital) (2022)
Kazakhstan edit
1.987 million Almaty, 1.291 million NUR-SULTAN (capital), 1.155 million Shimkent (2023)
Kenya edit
5.325 million NAIROBI (capital), 1.440 million Mombassa (2023)
Kiribati edit
64,000 TARAWA (capital) (2018)
Korea, North edit
3.158 million PYONGYANG (capital) (2023)
Korea, South edit
9.988 million SEOUL (capital), 3.472 million Busan, 2.849 million Incheon, 2.181 million Daegu (Taegu), 1.577 million Daejon (Taejon), 1.529 million Gwangju (Kwangju) (2023)
Kosovo edit
216,870 PRISTINA (capital) (2019)
Kuwait edit
3.298 million KUWAIT (capital) (2023)
Kyrgyzstan edit
1.105 million BISHKEK (capital) (2023)
Laos edit
706,000 VIENTIANE (capital) (2022)
Latvia edit
625,000 RIGA (capital) (2022)
Lebanon edit
2.433 million BEIRUT (capital) (2022)
Lesotho edit
350,000 MASERU (capital) (2022)
Liberia edit
1.623 million MONROVIA (capital) (2022)
Libya edit
1.183 million TRIPOLI (capital), 984,000 Misratah, 859,000 Benghazi (2023)
Liechtenstein edit
5,000 VADUZ (capital) (2018)
Lithuania edit
541,000 VILNIUS (capital) (2022)
Luxembourg edit
120,000 LUXEMBOURG (capital) (2018)
Madagascar edit
3.700 million ANTANANARIVO (capital) (2022)
Malawi edit
1.222 million LILONGWE (capital); 995,000 Blantyre-Limbe (2022)
Malaysia edit
8.622 million KUALA LUMPUR (capital), 1.086 million Johor Bahru, 857,000 Ipoh (2023)
Maldives edit
177,000 MALE (capital) (2018)
Mali edit
2.817 million BAMAKO (capital) (2022)
Malta edit
213,000 VALLETTA (capital) (2018)
Marshall Islands edit
31,000 MAJURO (capital) (2018)
Mauritania edit
1.432 million NOUAKCHOTT (capital) (2022)
Mauritius edit
149,000 PORT LOUIS (capital) (2018)
Mexico edit
22.281 million MEXICO CITY (capital), 5.420 million Guadalajara, 5.117 million Monterrey, 3.345 million Puebla, 2.626 million Toluca de Lerdo, 2.260 million Tijuana (2023)
Federated States of Micronesia edit
7,000 PALIKIR (capital) (2018)
Moldova edit
491,000 CHISINAU (capital) (2022)
Monaco edit
39,000 MONACO (capital) (2018)
Mongolia edit
1.645 million ULAANBAATAR (capital) (2022)
Montenegro edit
177,000 PODGORICA (capital) (2018)
Morocco edit
3.893 million Casablanca, 1.959 million RABAT (capital), 1.290 million Fes, 1.314 million Tangier, 1.050 million Marrakech, 979,000 Agadir (2023)
Mozambique edit
1.797 million Matola; 1.139 million MAPUTO (capital); 927,000 Nampula (2022)
Myanmar (Burma) edit
5.610 million YANGON (capital), 1.532 million Mandalay (2023)
Namibia edit
461,000 WINDHOEK (capital) (2022)
Nepal edit
1.521 million KATHMANDU (capital) (2022)
Netherlands edit
2.48 million AMSTERDAM (capital), 2.40 million Rotterdam – The Hague (2022)
New Caledonia edit
198,000 NOUMEA (capital) (2018)
New Zealand edit
1.652 million Auckland, 419,000 WELLINGTON (capital) (2022)
Nicaragua edit
1.095 million MANAGUA (capital) (2023)
Niger edit
1.384 million NIAMEY (capital) (2022)
Nigeria edit
15.946 million Lagos, 4.348 million Kano, 3.875 million Ibadan, 3.840 million ABUJA (capital), 3.480 million Port Harcourt, 1.905 million Benin City (2023)
Niue edit
1,000 ALOFI (capital) (2018)
North Macedonia edit
606,000 SKOPJE (capital) (2022)
Northern Mariana Islands edit
51,000 SAIPAN (capital) (2018)
Norway edit
1.071 million OSLO (capital) (2022)
Oman edit
1.623 million MUSCAT (capital) (2022)
Pakistan edit
17.236 million Karachi, 13.979 million Lahore, 3.711 million Faisalabad, 2.415 million Gujranwala, 2.412 million Peshawar, 1.232 million ISLAMABAD (capital) (2023)
Palau edit
277 NGERULMUD (capital) (2018)
Palestine edit
756,000 Gaza; 153,237 RAMALLAH (Capital) (2022)
Panama edit
1.977 million PANAMA CITY (capital) (2023)
Papua New Guinea edit
410,000 PORT MORESBY (capital) (2023)
Paraguay edit
3.511 million ASUNCION (capital) (2023)
Peru edit
11.204 million LIMA (capital), 959,000 Arequipa, 904,000 Trujillo (2023)
Philippines edit
14.667 million MANILA (capital), 1.949 million Davao, 1.025 million Cebu City, 931,000 Zamboanga, 960,000 Antipolo, 803,000 Cagayan de Oro City, 803,000 Dasmarinas (2023)
Poland edit
1.798 million WARSAW (capital), 769,000 Krakow (2023)
Portugal edit
3.001 million LISBON (capital), 1.325 million Porto (2023)
Puerto Rico edit
2.440 million SAN JUAN (capital) (2023)
Qatar edit
779,000 Ar-Rayyan; 652,000 DOHA (capital) (2022)
Romania edit
1.785 million BUCHAREST (capital) (2022)
Russia edit
12.680 million MOSCOW (capital), 5.561 million Saint Petersburg, 1.695 million Novosibirsk, 1.528 million Yekaterinburg, 1.292 million Kazan, 1.251 million Nizhniy Novgorod (2023)
Rwanda edit
1.208 million KIGALI (capital) (2022)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha edit
1,000 JAMESTOWN (capital) (2018)
Saint Kitts and Nevis edit
14,000 BASSETERRE (capital) (2018)
Saint Lucia edit
22,000 CASTRIES (capital) (2018)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon edit
6,000 SAINT – PIERRE (capital) (2018)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines edit
27,000 KINGSTOWN (capital) (2018)
Samoa edit
36,000 APIA (capital) (2018)
San Marino edit
4,000 SAN MARINO (2018)
São Tomé and Príncipe edit
80,000 SÃO TOMÉ (capital) (2018)
Saudi Arabia edit
7.682 million RIYADH (capital), 4.863 million Jeddah, 2.150 million Mecca, 1.573 million Medina, 1.329 million Ad Dammam, 872,000 million Hufuf-Mubarraz (2023)
Senegal edit
3.326 million DAKAR (capital) (2022)
Serbia edit
1.405 million BELGRADE (capital) (2022)
Seychelles edit
28,000 VICTORIA (capital) (2018)
Sierra Leone edit
1.272 million FREETOWN (capital) (2022)
Singapore edit
6.081 million SINGAPORE (capital) (2023)
Sint Maarten edit
1,327 PHILIPSBURG (capital) (2011)
Slovakia edit
439,000 BRATISLAVA (capital) (2022)
Slovenia edit
286,000 LJUBLJANA (capital) (2018)
Solomon Islands edit
82,000 HONIARA (capital) (2018)
Somalia edit
2.610 million MOGADISHU (capital), 1.127 million Hargeysa (2023)
South Africa edit
10.316 million Johannesburg (includes Ekurhuleni), 4.890 million Cape Town (legislative capital), 3.228 million Durban, 2.818 million PRETORIA (administrative capital), 1.296 million Port Elizabeth, 934,000 West Rand (2023)
South Sudan edit
459,000 JUBA (capital) (2023)
Spain edit
6.751 million MADRID (capital), 5.687 million Barcelona, 838,000 Valencia (2023)
Sri Lanka edit
103,000 Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) (2018), 633,000 COLOMBO (capital) (2023)
Sudan edit
6.344 million KHARTOUM (capital), 1.057 million Nyala (2023)
Suriname edit
239,000 PARAMARIBO (capital) (2018)
Sweden edit
1.659 million STOCKHOLM (capital) (2022)
Switzerland edit
1.420 million Zurich, 437,000 BERN (capital) (2022)
Syria edit
2.585 million DAMASCUS (capital), 2.203 million Aleppo, 1.443 million Hims (Homs), 996,000 Hamah (2023)
Taiwan edit
4.504 million New Taipei City, 2.754 million TAIPEI (capital), 2.319 million Taoyuan, 1.553 million Kaohsiung, 1.369 million Taichung, 863,000 Tainan (2023)
Tajikistan edit
962,000 DUSHANBE (capital) (2022)
Tanzania edit
262,000 Dodoma (legislative capital) (2018), 7.776 million DAR ES SALAAM (administrative capital), 1.311 million Mwanza, 800,000 Zanzibar (2023)
Thailand edit
10.5 million BANGKOK (capital), 1.2 million Chiang Mai, 450,000 Nakhon Ratchasima, 415,000 Khon Kaen,
400,000 Hat Yai (2023)
Timor-Leste edit
281,000 DILI (capital) (2018)
Togo edit
1.926 million LOME (capital) (2022)
Tonga edit
23,000 NUKU'ALOFA (2018)
Trinidad and Tobago edit
545,000 PORT OF SPAIN (capital) (2022)
Tunisia edit
2.439 million TUNIS (capital) (2022)
Turkey edit
15.848 million Istanbul, 5.397 million ANKARA (capital), 3.088 million Izmir, 2.086 million Bursa, 1.836 million Adana, 1.805 million Gaziantep (2023)
Turkmenistan edit
883,000 ASHGABAT (capital) (2022)
Turks and Caicos Islands edit
5,000 GRAND TURK (capital) (2018)
Tuvalu edit
7,000 FUNAFUTI (capital) (2018)
Uganda edit
3.652 million KAMPALA (capital) (2022)
Ukraine edit
3.010 million KYIV (capital); 1.423 million Kharkiv; 1.008 million Odesa; 952,000 Dnipro; 893,000 Donetsk (2022)
United Arab Emirates edit
2.964 million Dubai; 1.786 million Sharjah; 1.540 million ABU DHABI (capital) (2022)
United Kingdom edit
9.648 million LONDON (capital), 2.791 million Manchester, 2.665 million Birmingham, 1.929 million West Yorkshire, 1.698 million Glasgow, 952,000 Southampton / Portsmouth (2023)
United States edit
18.937 million New York – Newark, 12.534 million Los Angeles – Long Beach – Santa Ana, 8.937 million Chicago, 6.707 million Houston, 6.574 million Dallas – Fort Worth, 5.490 million WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) (2023)
Uruguay edit
1.767 million MONTEVIDEO (capital) (2022)
Uzbekistan edit
2.574 million TASHKENT (capital) (2022)
Vanuatu edit
53,000 PORT – VILA (capital) (2018)
Venezuela edit
2.972 million CARACAS (capital), 2.368 million Maracaibo, 1.983 million Valencia, 1.254 million Barquisimeto, 1.243 million Maracay, 964,000 Ciudad Guayana (2023)
Vietnam edit
9.321 million Ho Chi Minh City, 5.253 million HANOI (capital), 1.865 million Can Tho, 1.423 million Hai Phong, 1.221 million Da Nang, 1.111 million Bien Hoa (2023)
Virgin Islands edit
52,000 CHARLOTTE AMALIE (capital) (2018)
Wallis and Futuna edit
1,000 MATA – UTU (capital) (2018)
Yemen edit
3.182 million SANAA (capital), 1.045 million Aden (2022)
Zambia edit
3.042 million LUSAKA (capital) (2022)
Zimbabwe edit
1.558 million HARARE (capital) (2022)