| Rank | City | Population | Country | |
| 1 |
| Tokyo | 34,200,000 | Japan | |
| 2 |
| Mexico City | 22,800,000 | Mexico | |
| 3 |
| Seoul | 22,300,000 | South Korea | |
| 4 |
| New York | 21,900,000 | United States | |
| 5 |
| São Paulo | 20,200,000 | Brazil | |
| 6 |
| Mumbai | 19,850,000 | India | |
| 7 |
| New Delhi | 19,700,000 | India | |
| 8 |
| Shanghai | 18,150,000 | China | |
| 9 |
| Los Angeles | 18,000,000 | United States | |
| 10 |
| Osaka | 16,800,000 | Japan | |
| 11 |
| Jakarta | 16,550,000 | Indonesia | |
| 12 |
| Kolkata | 15,650,000 | India | |
| 13 |
| Cairo | 15,600,000 | Egypt | |
| 14 |
| Manila | 14,950,000 | Philippines | |
| 15 |
| Karachi | 14,300,000 | Pakistan | |
| 16 |
| Moscow | 13,750,000 | Russia | |
| 17 |
| Buenos Aires | 13,450,000 | Argentina | |
| 18 |
| Dhaka | 13,250,000 | Bangladesh | |
| 19 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 12,150,000 | Brazil | |
| 20 |
| Beijing | 12,100,000 | China | |
| 21 |
| London | 12,000,000 | United Kingdom | |
| 22 |
| Tehran | 11,850,000 | Iran | |
| 23 |
| Istanbul | 11,500,000 | Turkey | |
| 24 |
| Lagos | 11,100,000 | Nigeria | |
| 25 |
| Shenzhen | 10,700,000 | China | |
| 26 |
| Paris | 9,950,000 | France | |
| 27 |
| Chicago | 9,750,000 | United States | |
| 28 |
| Guangzhou | 9,550,000 | China | |
| 29 |
| Chongqing | 9,350,000 | China | |
| 30 |
| Wuhan | 9,100,000 | China | |
| 31 |
| Lima | 8,550,000 | Peru | |
| 32 |
| Bangkok | 8,450,000 | Thailand | |
| 33 |
| Bogota | 8,350,000 | Colombia | |
| 34 |
| Washington | 8,150,000 | United States | |
| 35 |
| Nagoya | 8,050,000 | Japan | |
| 36 |
| Chennai | 7,600,000 | India | |
| 37 |
| Lahor | 7,550,000 | Pakistan | |
| 38 |
| Hong Kong | 7,400,000 | Hong Kong | |
| 39 |
| Johannesburg | 7,400,000 | South Africa | |
| 40 |
| San Francisco | 7,250,000 | United States | |
| 41 |
| Bangalore | 7,100,000 | India | |
| 42 |
| Kinshasa | 7,000,000 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 43 |
| Taipei | 6,950,000 | Taiwan | |
| 44 |
| Hyderabad | 6,700,000 | India | |
| 45 |
| Tianjin | 6,350,000 | China | |
| 46 |
| Dallas | 6,000,000 | United States | |
| 47 |
| Philadelphia | 6,000,000 | United States | |
| 48 |
| Santiago | 5,900,000 | Chile | |
| 49 |
| Detroit Beach | 5,800,000 | United States | |
| 50 |
| Boston | 5,700,000 | United States | |
| 51 |
| Khartoum | 5,650,000 | Sudan | |
| 52 |
| Ahmedabad | 5,600,000 | India | |
| 53 |
| Belo Horizonte | 5,600,000 | Brazil | |
| 54 |
| Madrid | 5,600,000 | Spain | |
| 55 |
| Baghdad | 5,550,000 | Iraq | |
| 56 |
| Miami | 5,550,000 | United States | |
| 57 |
| Houston | 5,400,000 | United States | |
| 58 |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 5,400,000 | Vietnam | |
| 59 |
| Toronto | 5,400,000 | Canada | |
| 60 |
| St. Petersburg | 5,250,000 | Russia | |
| 61 |
| Atlanta | 5,100,000 | United States | |
| 62 |
| Alexandria | 5,000,000 | Egypt | |
| 63 |
| Caracas | 4,700,000 | Venezuela | |
| 64 |
| Singapore | 4,650,000 | Singapore | |
| 65 |
| Riyadh | 4,550,000 | Saudi Arabia | |
| 66 |
| Shenyang | 4,550,000 | China | |
| 67 |
| Yangon | 4,500,000 | Burma | |
| 68 |
| Pune | 4,450,000 | India | |
| 69 |
| Guadalajara | 4,350,000 | Mexico | |
| 70 |
| Sydney | 4,350,000 | Australia | |
| 71 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 4,300,000 | Malaysia | |
| 72 |
| Berlin | 4,200,000 | Germany | |
| 73 |
| Algiers | 4,150,000 | Algeria | |
| 74 |
| Porto Alegre | 4,150,000 | Brazil | |
| 75 |
| Abidjan | 4,100,000 | Cote d'Ivoire | |
| 76 |
| Monterrey | 3,950,000 | Mexico | |
| 77 |
| Phoenix | 3,900,000 | United States | |
| 78 |
| Casablanca | 3,850,000 | Morocco | |
| 79 |
| Milan | 3,850,000 | Italy | |
| 80 |
| Barcelona | 3,800,000 | Spain | |
| 81 |
| Ankara | 3,750,000 | Turkey | |
| 82 |
| Recife | 3,750,000 | Brazil | |
| 83 |
| Seattle | 3,750,000 | United States | |
| 84 |
| Pusan | 3,700,000 | South Korea | |
| 85 |
| Melbourn | 3,700,000 | Australia | |
| 86 |
| Surat | 3,700,000 | India | |
| 87 |
| Montreal | 3,650,000 | Canada | |
| 88 |
| Brasilia | 3,600,000 | Brazil | |
| 89 |
| Pyongyang | 3,600,000 | North Korea | |
| 90 |
| Xi'an | 3,600,000 | China | |
| 91 |
| Athens | 3,500,000 | Greece | |
| 92 |
| Durban | 3,500,000 | South Africa | |
| 93 |
| Fortaleza | 3,500,000 | Brazil | |
| 94 |
| Nanjing | 3,500,000 | China | |
| 95 |
| Salvador | 3,500,000 | Brazil | |
| 96 |
| Medellin | 3,450,000 | Colombia | |
| 97 |
| Harbin | 3,400,000 | China | |
| 98 |
| Minneapolis | 3,400,000 | United States | |
| 99 |
| Kano | 3,350,000 | Nigeria | |
| 100 |
| Rome | 3,350,000 | Italy | |