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Top 100 Biggest Cities in 2050

Which 100 cities are projected to become the most populated in 2050?
Based on projected growth from the Global Cities Institute
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Last updated: July 7, 2020
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Population
City
42.40 mil
Mumbai
36.16 mil
Delhi
35.19 mil
Dhaka
35.00 mil
Kinshasa
33.04 mil
Kolkata
32.63 mil
Lagos
32.62 mil
Tokyo
31.70 mil
Karachi
24.77 mil
New York City
24.33 mil
Mexico City
24.03 mil
Cairo
23.55 mil
Manila
22.82 mil
São Paulo
21.32 mil
Shanghai
17.45 mil
Lahore
17.09 mil
Kabul
16.42 mil
Los Angeles
16.28 mil
Chennai
16.00 mil
Khartoum
15.97 mil
Dar es Salaam
15.97 mil
Beijing
15.92 mil
Jakarta
15.62 mil
Bangalore
15.55 mil
Buenos Aires
15.09 mil
Baghdad
14.61 mil
Hyderabad
14.30 mil
Luanda
14.29 mil
Rio de Janeiro
14.25 mil
Nairobi
14.18 mil
Istanbul
13.21 mil
Addis Ababa
13.00 mil
Guangzhou
12.43 mil
Ahmedabad
12.21 mil
Chittagong
Population
City
11.93 mil
Chicago
11.86 mil
Ho Chi Minh City
11.57 mil
Lima
11.56 mil
Bogotá
11.20 mil
Shenzhen
11.12 mil
Paris
11.08 mil
Bangkok
11.00 mil
Tehran
10.92 mil
Pune
10.71 mil
Abidjan
10.44 mil
Kano
10.26 mil
Wuhan
10.24 mil
Moscow
10.19 mil
Osaka
10.15 mil
Tianjin
10.05 mil
Sana'a
9.83 mil
Hanoi
9.75 mil
London
9.47 mil
Seoul
9.47 mil
Hong Kong
9.43 mil
Kampala
9.17 mil
Surat
9.09 mil
Chongqing
8.75 mil
Ibadan
8.73 mil
Alexandria
8.52 mil
Dakar
8.44 mil
Yangon
8.09 mil
Riyadh
7.63 mil
Bamako
7.53 mil
Miami
7.49 mil
Santiago
7.39 mil
Kanpur
7.36 mil
Philadelphia
Population
City
7.26 mil
Antananarivo
7.19 mil
Belo Horizonte
7.11 mil
Faisalabad
7.04 mil
Toronto
6.94 mil
Abuja
6.91 mil
Jaipur
6.90 mil
Ouagadougou
6.79 mil
Niamey
6.77 mil
Santiago
6.76 mil
Dongguan
6.76 mil
Shenyang
6.57 mil
Mogadishu
6.52 mil
Giza
6.52 mil
Madrid
6.51 mil
Dallas-Fort Worth
6.34 mil
Lucknow
6.22 mil
Tlaquepaque
6.22 mil
Tonalá
6.22 mil
Zapopan
6.19 mil
Atlanta
6.15 mil
Lubumbashi
6.14 mil
Conakry
6.06 mil
Houston
6.04 mil
Boston
5.95 mil
Mbuji-Mayi
5.94 mil
Accra
5.90 mil
Aleppo
5.87 mil
Washington, DC
5.84 mil
Chengdu
5.82 mil
Sydney
5.76 mil
Guadalajara
5.76 mil
Nagpur
5.75 mil
Xi'an
+2
Level 53
Jun 12, 2019
Cities I hear for the first time will be more populated that many European countries...
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Level 67
Jul 7, 2020
dallas should be accepted for dallas fort worth because i live there and was so confused
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Level 89
Jan 29, 2022
Tlaquepaque and Zapopan are direct suburbs of Guadalajara. They are each listed with 6.22 million, while Guadalajara shows 5.76 million, for a total of 18.1 million. That would be a 4-fold urban area increase in 28 years.
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Level 53
Feb 6, 2024
Tonala is also a part of that group. Also, Giza is a part of greater Cairo. Creator please fix!
+4
Level 66
Sep 7, 2022
No Johannesburg?
+2
Level 57
Apr 21, 2023
Confused me too, it is definitely large enough.