Biggest Non-Biggest Cities

Name the 30 largest world cities that are NOT the largest city in their country.
By urban agglomeration population according to citypopulation.de
Cities that are also the national capital are in bold.
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Last updated: October 10, 2020
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First submittedJuly 9, 2018
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Population
City
33,600,000
Shanghai
25,100,000
Mumbai
19,800,000
Beijing
17,700,000
Los Angeles
17,700,000
Osaka
16,800,000
Kolkata
13,200,000
Rio de Janeiro
13,000,000
Lahore
12,700,000
Tianjin
12,200,000
Bangalore
11,300,000
Chennai
10,500,000
Nagoya
10,200,000
Hyderabad
10,000,000
Xiamen
9,750,000
Chicago
9,600,000
Chengdu
9,050,000
Wuhan
8,550,000
Washington D.C.
8,500,000
Ahmedabad
8,450,000
Hangzhou
8,150,000
Chongqing
8,000,000
Shenyang
7,850,000
San Francisco
7,750,000
Boston
7,650,000
Shantou
7,500,000
Hong Kong
7,350,000
Philadelphia
7,200,000
Dallas
6,950,000
Bandung
6,950,000
Xi'an
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Level 86
Jul 9, 2018
Fun fact: the 30th largest city that is the biggest city in its country is larger than the 30th largest city that is not the biggest city in its country. But if you go out to 40th largest for both, it reverses.
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Level 86
Feb 14, 2019
Updated for 2019. Not a whole lot changed. Bandung knocked Nanjing off the bottom of the list, a few cities swapped positions, and most cities got at least a small bump in population (Shanghai got a huge one, which I'm guessing is because citypop changed the way they were counting it.)
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Level 89
Mar 26, 2019
DC isn't accepted for Washington?
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Level 86
Mar 27, 2019
Thought I was using the standard type-ins, but apparently I wasn't. It's accepted now. Thanks!
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Level 86
Oct 10, 2020
Updated for the latest numbers. Minor position shifting, no new cities.