List of largest cities by population in 2026

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%