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A view of Cuffe Parade locality in Mumbai, India, which is currently the World's most populous city proper

This is a list of the most populous cities of the World defined according to the concept of city proper. The list ranks the World's urban municipal units (or well-defined statistical groupings of such units) according to population. Note that the populations listed are for the city proper and not for the urban area nor the metropolitan area. It should further be noted that the meaning and role of the political units taken for the purpose of this list to be the "city proper" are not and cannot be wholly consistent due to the differing systems of local government around the World. Statistical definitions for each city, approximate surface area, and population density are also indicated.

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Population

Rank City Population Definition Area (km²) Population density (/km²) Country
1 Mumbai &0000000013662885.00000013,662,8851 Municipal corporation 603 22,658  India
2 Karachi &0000000012991000.00000012,991,0002 City District 3,527 3,683  Pakistan
3 Istanbul &0000000011372613.00000011,372,6133 Municipality 1,831 6,211  Turkey
4 Delhi &0000000011325124.00000011,325,124 Municipal Corporation 4314 26,276  India
5 São Paulo &0000000010990249.00000010,990,2495 Municipality 1,523 7,216  Brazil
6 Moscow &0000000010452000.00000010,452,0006 City proper (includes Zelenograd) 1,081 9,644  Russia
7 Seoul &0000000010356202.00000010,356,2027 Special City 605.4 17,213  South Korea
8 Shanghai &0000000010030788.00000010,030,7888(2002-12-31) Core districts + inner suburbs 2,050 4,991  China
9 Beijing &0000000009532000.0000009,532,0009 Core districts 1,368 6,968  China
10 Mexico City &0000000008836045.0000008,836,04510 Federal District 1,485 5,950  Mexico
11 Tokyo &0000000008731000.0000008,731,00011 23 special wards area 617 14,151  Japan
12 Jakarta &0000000008489910.0000008,489,91012 Special capital district 664 12,738  Indonesia
13 New York City &0000000008274527.0000008,274,52713 City proper 789.4 10,452  United States
14 Lagos &0000000007937932.0000007,937,93214 Administrative area 999.6 7,938  Nigeria
15 Kinshasa &0000000007843000.0000007,843,0006 City-Province 9,965 787  Democratic Republic of the Congo
16 Lima &0000000007819436.0000007,819,4368 Province15 804 8,544  Peru
17 Tehran &0000000007797520.0000007,797,52016 City proper 760 10,260  Iran
18 London &0000000007581052.0000007,581,0521 Greater London17 1,580 4,697  United Kingdom
19 Bogotá &0000000007155052.0000007,155,05218 Capital district 1,590 4,500  Colombia
20 Hong Kong &0000000006985200.0000006,985,20019 Special Administrative Region 1,092 6,397  Hong Kong
21 Bangkok &0000000006972000.0000006,972,00020 Administrative area 1,568.74 4,444  Thailand
22 Cairo &0000000006758581.0000006,758,58121 Governorate  Egypt
23 Dhaka &0000000006737774.0000006,737,77422 City Corporation 15423 43,752  Bangladesh
24 Lahore &0000000006318745.0000006,318,74524 City District 1,772 3,566  Pakistan
25 Rio de Janeiro &0000000006161047.0000006,161,0475 Municipality 1,182 5,212  Brazil
26 Baghdad &0000000005258383.0000005,258,3831 City proper  Iraq
27 Bangalore &0000000005180533.0000005,180,5331 Municipal Corporation 741 22,426  India
28 Kolkata &0000000005021458.0000005,021,4581 Municipal Corporation 185 24,760  India
29 Santiago &0000000004985893.0000004,985,89325 Province26 2,030 2,456  Chile
30 Tianjin &0000000004933106.0000004,933,1068 (2002-12-31) Core districts  China
31 Yangon &0000000004886305.0000004,886,3051 City proper  Myanmar
32 Singapore &0000000004839400.0000004,839,40027 Country 701 6,904  Singapore
33 Guangzhou &0000000004653131.0000004,653,1318 (2002-12-31) Core districts  China
34 Saint Petersburg &0000000004596000.0000004,596,00028 City proper 1,439 29 3,179  Russia
35 Wuhan &0000000004593410.0000004,593,4108 (2002-12-31) Core districts 400 11,484  China
36 Chennai &0000000004562843.0000004,562,8431 Municipal Corporation 187 24,418  India
37 Riyadh &0000000004465000.0000004,465,0006 City proper 800 5,581  Saudi Arabia
38 Ho Chi Minh City &0000000004331288.0000004,331,2881 City proper  Vietnam
39 Alexandria &0000000004247414.0000004,247,4141 Governorate 2,680 1,378  Egypt
40 Chongqing &0000000004239742.0000004,239,7428 (2002-12-31) Core districts  China
41 Shenyang &0000000003995531.0000003,995,5318 (2002-12-31) Core districts  China
42 Hyderabad &0000000003980938.0000003,980,9381 Municipal corporation 172 21,293  India
43 Ankara &0000000003901201.0000003,901,2013 Municipality 2,516 1,551  Turkey
44 Ahmedabad &0000000003867336.0000003,867,3361 Municipal corporation 204 19,979  India
45 Los Angeles &0000000003849378.0000003,849,37830 City proper 1,290 2,980  United States
46 Abidjan &0000000003802000.0000003,802,0006 City proper  Côte d'Ivoire
47 Yokohama &0000000003650000.0000003,650,00031 City proper 437 8,352  Japan
48 Busan &0000000003603551.0000003,603,55132 Metropolitan City 765.66 4,706  South Korea

See also

A view of Karachi downtown in Pakistan. The World's second most populous city.

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    Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette (15th May, 2007). "Legal Notice on Publication of the Details of the Breakdown of the National and State Provisional Totals 2006 Census" (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
  15. ^ Composed of 43 independent districts
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  26. ^ Composed of 32 independent municipalities
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  32. ^ Busan Government

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