This is a list of the 100 largest cities in the world by population in 2026 according to World Population Review.
Largest cities in the world by population (2026)[1]
| Rank |
City |
Country |
2026 Population |
2025 Population |
Annual Change |
| 1 | Tokyo | Japan | 36,953,600 | 37,036,200 | 0.22% |
| 2 | Delhi | India | 35,518,400 | 34,665,600 | 2.46% |
| 3 | Shanghai | China | 31,049,800 | 30,482,100 | 1.86% |
| 4 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 25,359,100 | 24,652,900 | 2.86% |
| 5 | Cairo | Egypt | 23,534,600 | 23,074,200 | 1.99% |
| 6 | São Paulo | Brazil | 23,168,700 | 22,990,000 | 0.78% |
| 7 | Mexico City | Mexico | 23,016,800 | 22,752,400 | 1.16% |
| 8 | Beijing | China | 22,983,400 | 22,596,500 | 1.71% |
| 9 | Mumbai | India | 22,539,300 | 22,089,000 | 2.04% |
| 10 | Osaka | Japan | 18,873,900 | 18,921,600 | 0.25% |
| 11 | Kinshasa | DR Congo | 18,552,800 | 17,778,500 | 4.35% |
| 12 | Chongqing | China | 18,531,600 | 18,171,200 | 1.98% |
| 13 | Karachi | Pakistan | 18,520,100 | 18,076,800 | 2.45% |
| 14 | Lagos | Nigeria | 17,803,700 | 17,156,400 | 3.77% |
| 15 | Istanbul | Turkey | 16,419,100 | 16,236,700 | 1.12% |
| 16 | Kolkata | India | 16,151,400 | 15,845,200 | 1.93% |
| 17 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 15,890,600 | 15,752,300 | 0.88% |
| 18 | Manila | Philippines | 15,531,900 | 15,230,600 | 1.98% |
| 19 | Lahore | Pakistan | 15,237,800 | 14,825,800 | 2.78% |
| 20 | Guangzhou | China | 15,147,900 | 14,878,700 | 1.81% |
| 21 | Tianjin | China | 14,933,500 | 14,704,100 | 1.56% |
| 22 | Bangalore | India | 14,771,700 | 14,395,400 | 2.61% |
| 23 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 14,023,100 | 13,923,200 | 0.72% |
| 24 | Shenzhen | China | 13,770,000 | 13,545,400 | 1.66% |
| 25 | Moscow | Russia | 12,756,500 | 12,737,400 | 0.15% |
| 26 | Chennai | India | 12,623,100 | 12,336,000 | 2.33% |
| 27 | Bogotá | Colombia | 11,922,100 | 11,795,800 | 1.07% |
| 28 | Jakarta | Indonesia | 11,840,000 | 11,634,100 | 1.77% |
| 29 | Lima | Peru | 11,670,700 | 11,517,300 | 1.33% |
| 30 | Hyderabad | India | 11,608,400 | 11,337,900 | 2.39% |
| 31 | Bangkok | Thailand | 11,543,900 | 11,391,700 | 1.34% |
| 32 | Paris | France | 11,418,300 | 11,346,800 | 0.63% |
| 33 | Luanda | Angola | 10,421,300 | 10,027,900 | 3.92% |
| 34 | Nanjing | China | 10,380,200 | 10,174,900 | 2.02% |
| 35 | Chengdu | China | 10,163,400 | 9,998,870 | 1.65% |
| 36 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 10,065,700 | 9,816,320 | 2.54% |
| 37 | Seoul | South Korea | 10,050,200 | 10,025,800 | 0.24% |
| 38 | London | United Kingdom | 9,927,020 | 9,840,740 | 0.88% |
| 39 | Tehran | Iran | 9,840,100 | 9,729,740 | 1.13% |
| 40 | Nagoya | Japan | 9,511,730 | 9,534,790 | 0.24% |
| 41 | Xi'an | China | 9,409,700 | 9,222,080 | 2.03% |
| 42 | Ahmedabad | India | 9,272,670 | 9,061,820 | 2.33% |
| 43 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 9,175,810 | 9,000,280 | 1.95% |
| 44 | Wuhan | China | 9,121,840 | 8,986,480 | 1.51% |
| 45 | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 8,976,930 | 8,561,520 | 4.85% |
| 46 | Surat | India | 8,820,660 | 8,581,730 | 2.78% |
| 47 | Suzhou | China | 8,802,000 | 8,592,820 | 2.43% |
| 48 | Hangzhou | China | 8,749,670 | 8,591,040 | 1.85% |
| 49 | Baghdad | Iraq | 8,370,410 | 8,141,120 | 2.82% |
| 50 | New York City | United States | 8,346,955 | 8,412,513 | 0.76% |
| 51 | Shenyang | China | 8,110,930 | 7,974,270 | 1.71% |
| 52 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 8,079,940 | 7,952,860 | 1.60% |
| 53 | Foshan | China | 7,930,870 | 7,817,160 | 1.46% |
| 54 | Dongguan | China | 7,876,240 | 7,772,860 | 1.33% |
| 55 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 7,813,300 | 7,768,510 | 0.58% |
| 56 | Pune | India | 7,706,270 | 7,525,720 | 2.40% |
| 57 | Harbin | China | 7,188,910 | 7,066,860 | 1.73% |
| 58 | Santiago | Chile | 7,048,620 | 6,999,460 | 0.70% |
| 59 | Khartoum | Sudan | 6,980,600 | 6,754,180 | 3.35% |
| 60 | Madrid | Spain | 6,834,320 | 6,810,530 | 0.35% |
| 61 | Johannesburg | South Africa | 6,559,190 | 6,444,580 | 1.78% |
| 62 | Toronto | Canada | 6,551,460 | 6,491,290 | 0.93% |
| 63 | Dalian | China | 6,467,000 | 6,347,380 | 1.88% |
| 64 | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 6,401,500 | 6,351,680 | 0.78% |
| 65 | Qingdao | China | 6,325,350 | 6,217,970 | 1.73% |
| 66 | Zhengzhou | China | 6,282,970 | 6,156,140 | 2.06% |
| 67 | Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 6,256,340 | 6,056,880 | 3.29% |
| 68 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 6,219,080 | 5,956,680 | 4.41% |
| 69 | Singapore | Singapore | 6,195,860 | 6,157,270 | 0.63% |
| 70 | Jinan | China | 6,180,880 | 6,065,850 | 1.90% |
| 71 | Nairobi | Kenya | 6,002,290 | 5,766,990 | 4.08% |
| 72 | Alexandria | Egypt | 5,921,200 | 5,807,050 | 1.97% |
| 73 | Yangon | Myanmar | 5,920,850 | 5,813,190 | 1.85% |
| 74 | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 5,797,810 | 5,653,490 | 2.55% |
| 75 | Hanoi | Vietnam | 5,764,980 | 5,602,200 | 2.91% |
| 76 | Barcelona | Spain | 5,752,150 | 5,733,250 | 0.33% |
| 77 | Guadalajara | Mexico | 5,656,180 | 5,578,580 | 1.39% |
| 78 | Ankara | Turkey | 5,618,890 | 5,550,490 | 1.23% |
| 79 | Saint Petersburg | Russia | 5,608,910 | 5,597,340 | 0.21% |
| 80 | Melbourne | Australia | 5,464,920 | 5,391,890 | 1.35% |
| 81 | Fukuoka | Japan | 5,453,200 | 5,465,920 | 0.23% |
| 82 | Monterrey | Mexico | 5,347,400 | 5,272,360 | 1.42% |
| 83 | Sydney | Australia | 5,312,640 | 5,248,790 | 1.22% |
| 84 | Urumqi | China | 5,243,920 | 5,132,170 | 2.18% |
| 85 | Changsha | China | 5,221,630 | 5,128,270 | 1.82% |
| 86 | Cape Town | South Africa | 5,147,500 | 5,063,580 | 1.66% |
| 87 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 5,098,230 | 5,021,600 | 1.53% |
| 88 | Kunming | China | 5,044,260 | 4,955,680 | 1.79% |
| 89 | Brasília | Brazil | 5,040,720 | 4,990,930 | 1.00% |
| 90 | Kabul | Afghanistan | 5,034,110 | 4,877,020 | 3.22% |
| 91 | Yaoundé | Cameroon | 5,027,120 | 4,854,260 | 3.56% |
| 92 | Changchun | China | 4,975,060 | 4,891,020 | 1.72% |
| 93 | Hefei | China | 4,924,050 | 4,830,170 | 1.94% |
| 94 | Ningbo | China | 4,869,300 | 4,770,300 | 2.08% |
| 95 | Shantou | China | 4,815,660 | 4,737,590 | 1.65% |
| 96 | Kano | Nigeria | 4,810,810 | 4,645,320 | 3.56% |
| 97 | Tel Aviv | Israel | 4,639,650 | 4,568,530 | 1.56% |
| 98 | Shijiazhuang | China | 4,612,020 | 4,534,990 | 1.70% |
| 99 | New Taipei | Taiwan | 4,591,080 | 4,563,850 | 0.60% |
| 100 | Kozhikode | India | 4,520,410 | 4,387,410 | 3.03% |
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