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All 1M+ Cities by City Proper

Name all cities which have a city proper population of over 1 million.
Population figures given by the most recent census/population estimate available for each country.
Note that some countries don't have very recent/accurate city population data!
The Australian cities on this quiz technically use urban center population, not city proper.
Source: citypopulation.de
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Country
Population
City
China
25,910,068
Chongqing
China
24,870,895
Shanghai
China
21,893,095
Beijing
China
18,676,605
Guangzhou
China
17,494,398
Shenzhen
China
15,419,445
Chengdu
Turkey
15,244,936
Istanbul
Nigeria
15,070,000
Lagos
Pakistan
14,884,402
Karachi
China
13,866,009
Tianjin
Russia
13,010,112
Moscow
China
12,447,718
Wuhan
India
12,442,373
Mumbai
Brazil
12,284,940
São Paulo
Peru
11,166,200
Lima
China
11,133,823
Xi'an
Pakistan
11,119,985
Lahore
India
11,034,555
Delhi
China
10,711,238
Hangzhou
China
10,466,625
Dongguan
Egypt
9,801,536
Cairo
Japan
9,733,276
Tokyo
Indonesia
9,586,705
Jakarta
South Korea
9,586,195
Seoul
China
9,498,863
Foshan
China
9,314,685
Nanjing
Mexico
8,843,706
Mexico City
United Kingdom
8,776,535
London
Iran
8,693,706
Tehran
India
8,495,492
Bangalore
United States
8,467,513
New York
China
8,352,049
Jinan
China
7,885,142
Shenyang
Colombia
7,876,000
Bogota
South Africa
7,860,781
Johannesburg
China
7,413,070
Hong Kong
Democratic Republic of the Congo
7,273,947
Kinshasa
China
7,172,451
Qingdao
Vietnam
7,004,921
Ho Chi Minh City
India
6,993,262
Hyderabad
China
6,976,136
Harbin
Bangladesh
6,970,105
Dhaka
Saudi Arabia
6,924,566
Riyadh
Brazil
6,775,560
Rio de Janeiro
Angola
6,759,313
Luanda
Iraq
6,719,476
Baghdad
China
6,715,559
Suzhou
China
6,650,120
Zhengzhou
China
5,980,707
Changsha
China
5,977,185
Nanning
China
5,969,036
Changchun
China
5,950,578
Kunming
China
5,758,403
Shijiazhuang
China
5,736,383
Dalian
Singapore
5,685,807
Singapore
Thailand
5,666,264
Bangkok
India
5,633,927
Ahmedabad
Ivory Coast
5,616,633
Abidjan
Russia
5,601,911
Saint Petersburg
China
5,437,602
Shantou
Tanzania
5,383,728
Dar es Salaam
Egypt
5,362,517
Alexandria
Chile
5,220,161
Santiago
Turkey
5,186,002
Ankara
China
5,163,970
Xiamen
China
5,118,199
Hefei
China
5,057,140
Ningbo
Nigeria
4,910,000
Kano
Myanmar
4,728,524
Yangon
Australia
4,698,656
Sydney
India
4,646,732
Chennai
Australia
4,585,537
Melbourne
China
4,529,141
Taiyuan
China
4,506,134
Guiyang
India
4,501,610
Surat
India
4,496,694
Kolkata
China
4,493,029
Changzhou
Egypt
4,458,135
Giza
Afghanistan
4,434,600
Kabul
China
4,418,060
Zhongshan
Kenya
4,397,073
Nairobi
China
4,396,845
Wuxi
Taiwan
4,365,947
New Taipei
Mali
4,227,569
Bamako
China
4,094,491
Fuzhou
China
3,981,049
Urumqi
China
3,929,660
Nanchang
Ethiopia
3,860,000
Addis Ababa
United States
3,849,297
Los Angeles
Japan
3,777,491
Yokohama
China
3,724,728
Handan
Saudi Arabia
3,712,917
Jeddah
China
3,687,607
Tangshan
Germany
3,677,472
Berlin
China
3,648,324
Linyi
Vietnam
3,605,364
Hanoi
China
3,589,215
Xuzhou
China
3,494,715
Huizhou
China
3,474,858
Lanzhou
South Africa
3,430,992
Cape Town
China
3,386,471
Zibo
Morocco
3,359,818
Casablanca
South Korea
3,349,016
Busan
Spain
3,340,176
Madrid
United Arab Emirates
3,291,166
Dubai
Pakistan
3,210,158
Faisalabad
China
3,191,299
Yantai
Nigeria
3,190,000
Ibadan
China
3,154,062
Baoding
India
3,124,458
Pune
Argentina
3,121,707
Buenos Aires
India
3,046,163
Jaipur
Taiwan
3,033,840
Taichung
Canada
3,025,647
Toronto
China
3,004,246
Wenzhou
Iran
3,001,184
Mashhad
Brazil
2,988,440
Brasília
Philippines
2,960,048
Quezon City
China
2,958,643
Shaoxing
Uzbekistan
2,956,384
Tashkent
Ukraine
2,952,301
Kiev
Turkey
2,948,160
Izmir
South Korea
2,945,454
Incheon
Brazil
2,899,520
Salvador
China
2,873,358
Haikou
China
2,829,864
Huai'an
India
2,817,105
Lucknow
South Africa
2,786,046
Durban
China
2,774,752
Nantong
India
2,768,057
Kanpur
Indonesia
2,765,487
Surabaya
Italy
2,754,719
Rome
Japan
2,752,412
Osaka
Taiwan
2,734,275
Kaohsiung
Brazil
2,703,390
Fortaleza
United States
2,696,555
Chicago
Nigeria
2,690,000
Abuja
China
2,681,758
Hohhot
Ecuador
2,650,288
Guayaquil
Senegal
2,646,903
Dakar
China
2,635,435
Yangzhou
Taiwan
2,594,581
Taipei
China
2,588,060
Ganzhou
Bangladesh
2,582,401
Chittagong
Colombia
2,553,600
Medellin
China
2,550,470
Luoyang
China
2,539,148
Maoming
Brazil
2,530,700
Belo Horizonte
North Korea
2,521,785
Pyongyang
China
2,519,051
Liuzhou
China
2,511,721
Weifang
Taiwan
2,441,064
Taoyuan
China
2,439,585
Zhuhai
Burkina Faso
2,415,266
Ouagadougou
South Korea
2,410,700
Daegu
India
2,405,665
Nagpur
Indonesia
2,394,873
Bandung
Saudi Arabia
2,385,509
Mecca
China
2,379,194
Yancheng
Algeria
2,364,230
Algiers
China
2,360,549
Zunyi
Indonesia
2,334,871
Bekasi
Japan
2,332,176
Nagoya
China
2,319,640
Xiangyang
China
2,305,646
Putian
United States
2,288,250
Houston
Australia
2,287,896
Brisbane
China
2,283,770
Baotou
China
2,280,953
Zaozhuang
Venezuela
2,262,600
Maracaibo
Brazil
2,244,470
Manaus
Colombia
2,234,400
Cali
China
2,232,865
Mianyang
China
2,230,000
Heze
China
2,214,611
Lianyungang
Cambodia
2,189,460
Phnom Penh
China
2,162,461
Taizhou
Kazakhstan
2,161,797
Almaty
China
2,158,312
Yibin
China
2,151,368
Wuhu
Republic of the Congo
2,145,783
Brazzaville
Cuba
2,137,847
Havana
France
2,133,111
Paris
Syria
2,132,100
Aleppo
China
2,128,538
Fuyang
China
2,126,978
Jiangmen
China
2,120,000
Jining
Nigeria
2,120,000
Port Harcourt
Syria
2,103,000
Damascus
Pakistan
2,097,824
Rawalpindi
Indonesia
2,097,610
Medan
China
2,092,496
Kunshan
Venezuela
2,087,700
Caracas
Ghana
2,070,463
Accra
China
2,068,763
Shangrao
China
2,061,551
Jinjiang
China
2,060,026
Nanyang
Turkey
2,051,464
Bursa
Australia
2,043,762
Perth
Ghana
2,035,064
Kumasi
China
2,032,556
Xingtai
China
2,030,203
Datong
Pakistan
2,028,421
Gujranwala
China
2,006,546
Liaocheng
Austria
2,006,134
Vienna
China
1,998,619
Puning
Belarus
1,995,471
Minsk
India
1,994,397
Indore
Japan
1,973,395
Sapporo
Pakistan
1,969,823
Peshawar
China
1,968,766
Lu'an
Brazil
1,963,730
Curitiba
Iran
1,961,260
Isfahan
China
1,954,795
Xining
China
1,936,534
Nanchong
China
1,931,455
Zhanjiang
Cameroon
1,906,962
Douala
China
1,901,793
Yinchuan
China
1,895,865
Jilin
China
1,883,943
Tai'an
China
1,881,047
Qinhuangdao
Taiwan
1,875,076
Tainan
Pakistan
1,872,641
Multan
China
1,863,587
Jieyang
China
1,862,118
Baoji
Poland
1,860,281
Warsaw
China
1,859,723
Shangqiu
China
1,859,390
Yiwu
Germany
1,853,935
Hamburg
China
1,850,869
Dazhou
Nigeria
1,850,000
Kaduna
Sudan
1,849,659
Omdurman
Philippines
1,846,513
Manila
India
1,841,488
Thane
China
1,829,488
Cixi
Cameroon
1,817,524
Yaounde
Jordan
1,812,059
Amman
Mexico
1,810,645
Tijuana
Indonesia
1,798,601
Tangerang
India
1,798,218
Bhopal
Canada
1,791,508
Montreal
Turkey
1,779,463
Adana
Argentina
1,775,272
La Matanza
China
1,766,285
Suzhou
South Africa
1,763,336
Pretoria
Ecuador
1,763,275
Quito
China
1,754,655
Daqing
India
1,752,371
Vadodara
China
1,750,945
Chaozhou
Zambia
1,747,152
Lusaka
China
1,744,850
Zhangjiakou
Indonesia
1,738,570
Depok
China
1,738,424
Qingyuan
China
1,735,581
Kaifeng
China
1,734,201
Zhuzhou
Pakistan
1,733,622
Hyderabad
China
1,728,386
Quanzhou
China
1,728,259
Weihai
India
1,728,128
Visakhapatnam
India
1,727,692
Pimpri Chinchwad
China
1,726,705
Jiangyin
China
1,726,705
Taizhou
China
1,725,865
Guilin
China
1,720,663
Zhoukou
Romania
1,716,961
Bucharest
Yemen
1,707,531
Sana'a
China
1,700,978
Guigang
China
1,687,952
Changzhi
Hungary
1,685,342
Budapest
India
1,684,297
Patna
Turkey
1,680,723
Gaziantep
Uganda
1,680,600
Kampala
Nigeria
1,680,000
Benin City
China
1,677,050
Changshu
Philippines
1,661,584
Caloocan
Brazil
1,661,020
Recife
Guinea
1,660,973
Conakry
Spain
1,655,956
Barcelona
Somalia
1,650,227
Mogadishu
Country
Population
City
India
1,648,643
Ghaziabad
Mexico
1,643,623
Ecatepec de Morelos
Russia
1,633,595
Novosibirsk
United States
1,624,569
Phoenix
China
1,622,912
Suqian
India
1,618,879
Ludhiana
Japan
1,612,392
Fukuoka
China
1,596,119
Luzhou
China
1,594,721
Qujing
Iran
1,592,492
Karaj
Bangladesh
1,592,053
Gazipur
Malaysia
1,588,750
Kuala Lumpur
India
1,585,704
Agra
Venezuela
1,585,500
Valencia
Mexico
1,579,803
Leon
United States
1,576,251
Philadelphia
China
1,574,648
Tengzhou
China
1,568,579
Xianyang
Iran
1,565,572
Shiraz
China
1,561,636
Huainan
China
1,558,826
Huzhou
Iran
1,558,693
Tabriz
China
1,553,109
Zhaoqing
China
1,551,513
Rizhao
Brazil
1,549,740
Goiania
China
1,547,599
Yichang
Russia
1,544,376
Yekaterinburg
China
1,543,696
Anshan
Mexico
1,542,232
Puebla
Japan
1,538,262
Kawasaki
China
1,537,231
Bozhou
Japan
1,525,152
Kobe
Chad
1,521,900
N'Djamena
Indonesia
1,520,481
Semarang
China
1,520,386
Rui'an
China
1,518,654
Jiaxing
China
1,517,514
Nan'an
Rwanda
1,517,168
Kigali
China
1,515,750
Xinyang
China
1,511,011
Guiping
Mexico
1,501,551
Juarez
Brazil
1,493,530
Belem
Brazil
1,492,530
Porto Alegre
China
1,491,878
Dezhou
Zimbabwe
1,491,740
Harare
South Korea
1,488,435
Daejeon
Germany
1,487,708
Munich
China
1,486,267
Fuzhou
India
1,486,053
Nashik
Togo
1,477,658
Lome
South Korea
1,477,573
Gwangju
China
1,469,055
Changde
Mongolia
1,466,431
Ulaanbaatar
China
1,465,000
Xinzheng
China
1,463,990
Jinhua
Japan
1,463,723
Kyoto
China
1,462,563
Pizhou
China
1,460,381
Chifeng
Costa Rica
1,453,500
San José
China
1,452,707
Yueqing
United States
1,451,853
San Antonio
Bolivia
1,442,396
Santa Cruz
Indonesia
1,440,678
Palembang
New Zealand
1,440,300
Auckland
Philippines
1,436,085
Davao
China
1,433,587
Dongying
China
1,432,044
Zhangjiagang
China
1,429,384
Liuyang
China
1,428,629
Shiyan
Ukraine
1,421,125
Kharkiv
China
1,416,199
Wenling
India
1,414,050
Faridabad
Canada
1,413,800
Calgary
Saudi Arabia
1,411,599
Medina
Sudan
1,410,858
Khartoum
China
1,406,987
Qiqihar
Brazil
1,404,690
Guarulhos
China
1,400,134
Qinzhou
China
1,398,867
Anyang
China
1,390,487
Fuqing
Saudi Arabia
1,386,166
Dammam
Mexico
1,385,621
Guadalajara
United States
1,381,611
San Diego
China
1,374,414
Xinxiang
Italy
1,371,850
Milan
Turkey
1,365,287
Konya
China
1,363,470
Lianjiang
Iraq
1,361,819
Mosul
China
1,361,085
Hengyang
Kazakhstan
1,354,507
Astana
Iraq
1,340,827
Basra
China
1,338,254
Xintai
China
1,337,940
Xuchang
China
1,336,093
Bengbu
China
1,335,692
Yueyang
Indonesia
1,331,391
Makassar
China
1,328,657
Gaozhou
China
1,326,687
Luohe
Mauritania
1,324,700
Nouakchott
Niger
1,324,700
Niamey
Japan
1,324,025
Saitama
India
1,323,363
Rajkot
Colombia
1,322,900
Barranquilla
Turkey
1,322,766
Antalya
China
1,322,098
Fushun
China
1,321,091
Leizhou
Argentina
1,317,298
Cordoba
Russia
1,308,660
Kazan
India
1,305,429
Meerut
China
1,305,066
Bijie
Uruguay
1,304,687
Montevideo
Czech Republic
1,301,432
Prague
China
1,297,695
Zigong
Libya
1,293,016
Tripoli
China
1,292,987
Yangjiang
China
1,291,668
Huazhou
Azerbaijan
1,291,000
Baku
Indonesia
1,290,322
South Tangerang
United States
1,288,457
Dallas
China
1,285,785
Yixing
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1,283,380
Lubumbashi
Egypt
1,275,700
Shubra el-Kheima
United Arab Emirates
1,274,749
Sharjah
Madagascar
1,274,225
Antananarivo
China
1,268,715
Xiantao
China
1,266,790
Zhenjiang
China
1,264,173
Suining
China
1,263,332
Ningxiang
Mexico
1,257,547
Zapopan
China
1,256,409
Yongcheng
China
1,254,032
Yuyao
China
1,251,557
Yulin
China
1,247,807
Dengzhou
India
1,247,327
Kalyan-Dombivli
China
1,245,473
Yiyang
Australia
1,245,011
Adelaide
China
1,238,448
Rugao
China
1,236,188
Leshan
China
1,235,827
Lufeng
China
1,232,648
Meishan
China
1,226,830
Yulin
China
1,226,617
Jinzhong
Russia
1,226,076
Nizhny Novgorod
Myanmar
1,225,546
Mandalay
India
1,222,390
Vasai-Virar City
China
1,218,072
Zhuji
China
1,217,501
Anshun
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1,213,726
Mbuji-Mayi
China
1,212,791
Tianshui
China
1,211,637
Beiliu
China
1,211,122
Liupanzhui
South Korea
1,210,150
Suwon
Kenya
1,208,333
Mombasa
India
1,206,419
Srinagar
United Arab Emirates
1,202,756
Abu Dhabi
Brazil
1,202,200
Campinas
Tajikistan
1,201,800
Dushanbe
Iran
1,201,158
Qom
Japan
1,200,754
Hiroshima
India
1,198,491
Varanasi
Serbia
1,197,714
Belgrade
Kazakhstan
1,192,120
Shymkent
China
1,191,348
Pingdu
China
1,189,813
Xuanwei
Russia
1,189,525
Chelyabinsk
China
1,189,246
Pingdingshan
China
1,188,664
Weinan
China
1,188,597
Binzhou
Russia
1,187,771
Krasnoyarsk
Iran
1,184,788
Ahvaz
Bulgaria
1,183,454
Sofia
China
1,179,140
Neijiang
India
1,175,116
Aurangabad
Russia
1,173,299
Samara
India
1,168,385
Allahabad
China
1,167,625
Longyan
China
1,166,559
Zoucheng
China
1,166,481
Panjin
China
1,164,268
Jiujiang
China
1,163,364
Shouguang
India
1,162,472
Dhanbad
China
1,162,213
Yingkou
Nigeria
1,160,000
Aba
India
1,159,227
Amritsar
China
1,158,640
Tianmen
Georgia
1,154,314
Tbilisi
Nigeria
1,150,000
Onitsha
China
1,147,591
Langfang
China
1,146,692
Yongzhou
Russia
1,144,809
Ufa
India
1,143,232
Vijayawada
Mexico
1,142,952
Monterrey
Russia
1,142,162
Rostov
China
1,140,675
Leiyang
China
1,140,000
Hengshui
South Korea
1,135,423
Ulsan
Honduras
1,132,000
Tegucigalpa
China
1,128,204
Xinghua
Russia
1,125,695
Omsk
Peru
1,125,400
Arequipa
China
1,121,707
Yichun
United Kingdom
1,121,408
Birmingham
China
1,120,822
Jianli
India
1,120,547
Navi Mumbai
China
1,117,265
Jianyang
Netherlands
1,114,745
Amsterdam
China
1,114,146
Linhai
Morocco
1,112,072
Fes
China
1,111,849
Jinzhou
Nigeria
1,110,000
Maiduguri
China
1,109,782
Yuzhou
Tanzania
1,104,521
Mwanza
Kyrgyzstan
1,103,562
Bishkek
China
1,099,892
Xiangtan
Russia
1,099,344
Krasnodar
Brazil
1,097,560
Sao Goncalo
Japan
1,096,704
Sendai
China
1,095,986
Dingzhou
Venezuela
1,089,100
Barquisimeto
China
1,087,950
Dongyang
Turkey
1,087,786
Diyarbakir
Canada
1,087,172
Edmonton
Panama
1,086,990
Panama City
Armenia
1,086,677
Yerevan
China
1,085,474
Jiaozuo
China
1,084,448
Hanzhong
India
1,081,677
Jabalpur
Mozambique
1,080,277
Maputo
Nigeria
1,080,000
Ilorin
China
1,079,353
Ezhou
China
1,078,178
Zhucheng
India
1,077,075
Haora
China
1,076,199
Haining
China
1,074,073
Panzhou
India
1,073,427
Ranchi
Germany
1,073,096
Cologne
Mexico
1,072,676
Nezahualcoyotl
Canada
1,071,868
Ottawa
China
1,068,291
Jingzhou
China
1,067,905
Haicheng
South Korea
1,066,975
Yongin
China
1,065,641
Fengcheng
China
1,064,766
Bazhong
China
1,060,155
Hezhou
Russia
1,057,681
Voronezh
India
1,056,191
Jodhpur
Nicaragua
1,055,111
Managua
India
1,054,420
Gwalior
Brazil
1,054,010
São Luis
India
1,050,721
Coimbatore
South Korea
1,045,497
Goyang
Turkey
1,040,507
Mersin
Nigeria
1,040,000
Jos
Nigeria
1,040,000
Sokoto
China
1,038,416
Shaodong
China
1,037,864
Huaibei
China
1,037,277
Deyang
Russia
1,034,002
Perm
Mozambique
1,032,197
Matola
China
1,031,396
Sanya
Brazil
1,030,910
Maceio
Turkmenistan
1,030,063
Ashgabat
China
1,029,754
Tongxiang
South Korea
1,029,389
Changwon
Dominican Republic
1,029,110
Santo Domingo
China
1,028,460
Shaoguan
Russia
1,028,036
Volgograd
India
1,027,264
Raipur
China
1,025,543
Zhumadian
Liberia
1,021,762
Monrovia
India
1,017,865
Madurai
China
1,014,577
Xinyi
Sudan
1,012,211
Khartoum North
Ukraine
1,010,537
Odessa
Pakistan
1,009,003
Islamabad
China
1,004,614
Chenzhou
China
1,004,132
Xingyi
India
1,001,694
Kota
9 Comments
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Level 61
Apr 23, 2024
If you're wondering why the population for Chinese cities seems a little off, there's a couple different ways to measure Chinese city populations. Some cities in China are county-level cities, some are prefecture level, and four (Chongqing, Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai) are province-level cities. Prefecture and province-level cities are usually subdivided into county-level districts, while county-level cities are not. From what I've seen, most people take the entire population of a prefecture-level city as the city proper population. For example, by this measurement Chongqing has 32,054,159 people. The problem with this is that county-level cities are under prefecture-level cities administratively, so their population gets included in that figure. I wanted to include county-level cities in this quiz, so to calculate the population of prefecture-level cities I added up the population of the districts while leaving out county-level cities, autonomous counties, etc.
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Level 70
Apr 30, 2024
Great quiz! China really is a powerhouse
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Level 57
Apr 30, 2024
For some reason citypopulation.de uses urban centre (it looks like) for Australia, rather than city proper - Brisbane is the only city proper with over a million people.
+2
Level 61
Apr 30, 2024
Having looked back at the page, I think I agree with you. I was under the impression that Australia doesn't really define its city boundaries and urban center population was as close as it gets to that. But now I see that some of the local government areas are defined as cities. I think it's weird that, for instance, Cairns is technically a regional council and not a city, but that's not up to me to decide. That said, I'm not going to remove any answers now that the quiz has been up for a while, I'll just make a note of it in the description.
+2
Level 76
Apr 30, 2024
China in this quiz has twice as many cities starting with X (18) as the USA does in total (9)
+2
Level 70
Apr 30, 2024
São Luís doesn't light up when I type it in, or is that just me?
+1
Level 76
Apr 30, 2024
Not just you there is something wrong with it
+2
Level 61
Apr 30, 2024
Hm, that's annoying. I thought I checked all of them. I'll fix it soon.

Edit: fixed. Does anyone know if there's a way to import the path ids generated when you add dots to a Jetpunk SVG into the answer column? If I knew how to do that this problem would've been avoided.

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Level 72
May 3, 2024
The reason why China has so many cities in this quiz is because a lot of Chinese ''cities'' aren't really cities. They are more like provinces were a lot of the total population lives like 30 km away from the actual city. The city of Leizhou is a good example of this. They count almost the entire peninsula as part of the city proper. Even though the actual city has a population that is around 340k.