SOURCE
United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
DEFINITION
Largest cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.
Geography Statistics > Largest city with population (most recent) by country
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| Countries (A to Z) |
Description |
| Afghanistan |
Kabul - (est. 3,000,000 to 4,000,000) |
| Albania |
Tirane - 300,000 |
| Algeria |
Algiers - 1,519,570 (1998) |
| Andorra |
Andorra la Vella - 22,390 |
| Angola |
Luanda - 2,000,000 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
St. John's - 21,514 |
| Argentina |
Buenos Aires (city) - 3,000,000; (metro) - 12,000,000 |
| Armenia |
Yerevan - 1,226,000 |
| Australia |
Sydney - 4,350,986 |
| Austria |
Vienna - 1,600,000 |
| Azerbaijan |
Baku - 1,713,300 |
| Bahamas, The |
Nassau - 171,542 |
| Bahrain |
Manama - 140,401 |
| Bangladesh |
Dhaka (city) - 3,839,000; (metro area) 8,500,000 |
| Barbados |
Bridgetown - 6,700 |
| Belarus |
Minsk - 1,666,000 |
| Belgium |
Brussels - 949,070 |
| Belize |
Belmopan - 5,845 |
| Benin |
Porto-Novo - 177,660 |
| Bhutan |
Thimphu - 30,340 |
| Bolivia |
La Paz - 713,400 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo - 310,000 |
| Botswana |
Gaborone - 138,000 |
| Brazil |
São Paulo - (est. 10,000,000) |
| Brunei |
Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan - 52,300 |
| Bulgaria |
Sofia - 1,113,674 |
| Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou - 500,000 |
| Burma |
Rangoon - 4,082,000 |
| Burundi |
Bujumbura - 300,000 |
| Cambodia |
Phnom Penh - 900,000 |
| Cameroon |
Douala - (est. 2,000,000 to 2,500,000) |
| Canada |
Toronto - 2,481,494 |
| Cape Verde |
Praia - 61,797 |
| Central African Republic |
Bangui - 706,000 |
| Chad |
N'Djamena - 529,555 |
| Chile |
Santiago - 5,800,434 |
| China |
Shanghai - 17,420,000 |
| Colombia |
Bogotá - 1,945,448 |
| Comoros |
Moroni (on Grande Comoro) - 23,432 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
Kinshasa - 4,655,313 |
| Congo, Republic of the |
Brazzaville - 937,580 |
| Costa Rica |
San Jose - 315,909 |
| Croatia |
Zagreb - 930,753 |
| Cuba |
Havana - 2,241,000 |
| Cyprus |
Nicosia - 186,400 |
| Czech Republic |
Prague - 1,215,771 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Abidjan - 3,660,682 |
| Denmark |
Copenhagen - 1,339,395 |
| Djibouti |
Djibouti - 395,000 |
| Dominica |
Roseau - 15,853 |
| Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo - 2,100,000 |
| Ecuador |
Quito - 1,500,000 |
| Egypt |
Cairo - 7,010,000 |
| El Salvador |
San Salvador - 972,810 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo - 30,418 |
| Eritrea |
Asmara - 400,000 |
| Estonia |
Tallinn - 471,608 |
| Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa - 2,200,186 |
| Fiji |
Suva - 200,000 |
| Finland |
Helsinki - 515,765 |
| France |
Paris - 2,144,700 |
| Gabon |
Libreville - 419,596 |
| Gambia, The |
Banjul - 44,188, |
| Georgia |
Tbilisi - 1,279,000 |
| Germany |
Berlin - 3,471,418 |
| Ghana |
Accra - 1,970,400 |
| Greece |
Athens - 745,514 |
| Grenada |
St. George's - 4,439 |
| Guatemala |
Guatemala City - 1,150,452 |
| Guinea |
Conakry - 1,508,000 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau - 200,000 |
| Guyana |
Georgetown - 248,500 |
| Haiti |
Port-au-Prince - 1,500,000 |
| Honduras |
Tegucigalpa - 1,500,000 |
| Hungary |
Budapest - 2,008,546 |
| Iceland |
Reykjavik - 103,036 |
| India |
Mumbai - 11,914,398 |
| Indonesia |
Jakarta - 9,160,500 |
| Iran |
Tehran - 7,160,094 |
| Iraq |
Baghdad - 5,772,000 |
| Ireland |
Dublin - 495,781 |
| Israel |
Jerusalem - 704,900 |
| Italy |
Rome - 2,693,383 |
| Jamaica |
Kingston - 104,000 |
| Japan |
Tokyo - 12,527,115 |
| Jordan |
Amman - 963,490 |
| Kazakhstan |
Almaty - 1,185,900 |
| Kenya |
Nairobi - 2,000,000 |
| Kiribati |
Tarawa - 25,154 |
| Korea, North |
Pyongyang - 2,741,260 |
| Korea, South |
Seoul - 10,231,217 |
| Kuwait |
Kuwait City - 151,060 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
Bishkek - 631,000 |
| Laos |
Vientiane - 442,000 |
| Latvia |
Riga - 874,000 |
| Lebanon |
Beirut - 1,100,000 |
| Lesotho |
Maseru - 170,000, |
| Liberia |
Monrovia - 1,000,000 |
| Libya |
Tripoli - 495,781 |
| Liechtenstein |
Vaduz - 5,067 |
| Lithuania |
Vilnius - 590,100 |
| Luxembourg |
Luxembourg - 75,622 |
| Macedonia, Republic of |
Skopje - 444,229 |
| Madagascar |
Antananarivo - 1,000,000 |
| Malawi |
Lilongwe - 260,000 |
| Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur - 1,145,000 |
| Maldives |
Male - 62,973 |
| Mali |
Bamako - 746,000 |
| Malta |
Valletta - 9,183 |
| Marshall Islands |
Majuro - 20,000 |
| Mauritania |
Nouakchott - 480,000 |
| Mauritius |
Port Louis - 134,516 |
| Mexico |
Mexico City - 8,735,400 |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
Palikir |
| Moldova |
Chisinau - 676,700 |
| Monaco |
Monaco - 30,400 |
| Mongolia |
Ulan Bator - 619,000 |
| Morocco |
Casablanca - 2,950,000 |
| Mozambique |
Maputo - 1,095,300 |
| Namibia |
Windhoek - 161,000 |
| Nauru |
Yaren District - 1,100 |
| Nepal |
Kathmandu - 535,000 |
| Netherlands |
Amsterdam - 724,096 |
| New Zealand |
Auckland - 1,241,800 |
| Nicaragua |
Managua - 974,000 |
| Niger |
Niamey - 398,265 |
| Nigeria |
Lagos - (est. 10,000,000 to 15,000,000) |
| Norway |
Oslo - 483,401 |
| Oman |
Muscat - 350,000 |
| Pakistan |
Karachi - 11,969,284 |
| Palau |
Koror - 12,299 |
| Panama |
Panama City - 450,668 |
| Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby - 250,000 |
| Paraguay |
Asuncion - 502,426 |
| Peru |
Lima - 5,681,941 |
| Philippines |
Quezon City - 2,173,831 |
| Poland |
Warsaw - 1,642,700 |
| Portugal |
Lisbon - 677,790 |
| Qatar |
Doha - 300,000 |
| Romania |
Bucharest - 2,351,000 |
| Russia |
Moscow - 10,415,400 |
| Rwanda |
Kigali - 851,024 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Basseterre - 19,000 |
| Saint Lucia |
Castries - 13,600 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown - 15,466 |
| Samoa |
Apia - 32,859 |
| San Marino |
San Marino - 2,397 |
| Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh - 4,700,000 |
| Senegal |
Dakar - 1,729,823 |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Belgrade - 1,168,454 |
| Seychelles |
Victoria - 25,000 |
| Sierra Leone |
Freetown - 1,300,000 |
| Singapore |
Singapore - 3,044,000 |
| Slovakia |
Bratislava - 446,600 |
| Slovenia |
Ljubljana - 330,000 |
| Solomon Islands |
Honiara - 35,288 |
| Somalia |
Mogadishu - (est. 1,500,000 to 3,000,000) |
| South Africa |
Johannesburg - 3,225,812 |
| Spain |
Madrid - 2,947,228 |
| Sri Lanka |
Colombo - 1,994,000 |
| Sudan |
Omdurman - (est. 4,000,000) |
| Suriname |
Paramaribo - 200,970 |
| Swaziland |
Mbabane - 47,020 |
| Sweden |
Stockholm - 703,627 |
| Switzerland |
Zürich - 366,145 |
| Syria |
Damascus - 1,549,932 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
Sao Tome - 43,420 |
| Taiwan |
Taipei - 2,643,439 |
| Tajikistan |
Dushanbe - 524,000 |
| Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam - 1,360,850 |
| Thailand |
Bangkok - 5,882,000 |
| Togo |
Lome - 366,476 |
| Tonga |
Nuku'alofa - 34,000 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
Port-of-Spain - 52,451 |
| Tunisia |
Tunis - 887,800 |
| Turkey |
Istanbul - 8,803,468 |
| Turkmenistan |
Ashgabat - 518,000 |
| Tuvalu |
Funafuti - 3,839 |
| Uganda |
Kampala - 773,463 |
| Ukraine |
Kiev - 2,637,000 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi - 363,432 |
| United Kingdom |
London - 7,500,000 |
| United States |
New York City - 8,168,338 |
| Uruguay |
Montevideo - 1,330,440 |
| Uzbekistan |
Tashkent - 2,106,000 |
| Vanuatu |
Port Vila - 26,100 |
| Venezuela |
Caracas - (Metro area: 5,100,000) |
| Vietnam |
Hanoi - 3,083,800 |
| Western Sahara |
El Aaiun - 20,010 |
| Yemen |
Sana'a - 1,972,011 |
| Zambia |
Lusaka - 1,391,000 |
| Zimbabwe |
Harare - 1,184,169 |
DEFINITION: Largest cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.
SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
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