Lijst van grootste steden
Deze lijst bevat de 90 grootste steden naar inwonertal (peildatum 2016). In deze lijsten zijn alleen de inwoners binnen de juridische of politieke stadsgrenzen meegenomen, dus niet de inwoners in de agglomeratie, het stedelijk gebied of in de voorsteden. Zie hiervoor de Lijst van grootste metropolen.
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1. Shanghai

2. Karachi

3. Peking

4. Lagos

5. Delhi

6. Tianjin

7. Istanboel
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8. Tokio

9. Guangzhou

10. Mumbai
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11. Moskou

12. São Paulo

13. Shenzhen

14. Jakarta

15. Seoel
16. Kinshasa
| Rang | Metropool gebiedsnaam | Land | Bevolking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai | 24.256.800 | |
| 2 | Karachi | 23.500.000 | |
| 3 | Peking | 21.516.000 | |
| 4 | Lagos | 21.000.000 | |
| 5 | Delhi | 16.787.900 | |
| 6 | Tianjin | 15.200.000 | |
| 7 | Istanboel | 14.160.500 | |
| 8 | Tokio | 13.297.600 | |
| 9 | Guangzhou | 13.080.500 | |
| 10 | Mumbai | 12.478.400 | |
| 11 | Moskou | 12.197.600 | |
| 12 | São Paulo | 11.895.900 | |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 10.467.400 | |
| 14 | Jakarta | 10.075.300 | |
| 15 | Seoel | 10.048.900 | |
| 16 | Kinshasa | 9.735.000 | |
| 17 | Caïro | 9.278.400 | |
| 18 | Mexico-Stad | 8.874.700 | |
| 19 | Lima | 8.693.400 | |
| 20 | New York | 8.550.405 | |
| 21 | Londen | 8.538.700 | |
| 22 | Bangalore | 8.426.000 | |
| 23 | Bangkok | 8.280.900 | |
| 24 | Ho Chi Minhstad | 8.224.400 | |
| 25 | Dongguan | 8.220.200 | |
| 26 | Chongqing | 8.189.800 | |
| 27 | Nanjing | 8.187.800 | |
| 28 | Teheran | 8.154.100 | |
| 29 | Shenyang | 8.106.200 | |
| 30 | Bogota | 7.776.800 | |
| 31 | Ningbo | 7.605.700 | |
| 32 | Hongkong | 7.298.600 | |
| 33 | Hanoi | 7.232.700 | |
| 34 | Bagdad | 7.180.900 | |
| 35 | Changsha | 7.044.100 | |
| 36 | Dhaka | 6.970.100 | |
| 37 | Wuhan | 6.886.300 | |
| 38 | Haiderabad | 6.810.000 | |
| 39 | Rio de Janeiro | 6.429.900 | |
| 40 | Faisalabad | 6.418.700 | |
| 41 | Lahore | 6.318.700 | |
| 42 | Foshan | 6.151.622 | |
| 43 | Zunyi | 6.127.000 | |
| 44 | Santiago | 5.743.700 | |
| 45 | Riyad | 5.676.621 | |
| 46 | Ahmedabad | 5.570.600 | |
| 47 | Singapore | 5.535.000 | |
| 48 | Shantou | 5.391.000 | |
| 49 | Yangon | 5.214.000 | |
| 50 | Sint-Petersburg | 5.191.700 | |
| 51 | Chennai | 4.792.900 | |
| 52 | Abidjan | 4.765.000 | |
| 53 | Chengdu | 4.741.900 | |
| 54 | Alexandrië | 4.616.600 | |
| 55 | Calcutta | 4.486.700 | |
| 56 | Ankara | 4.470.800 | |
| 57 | Xi'an | 4.467.800 | |
| 58 | Surat | 4.462.000 | |
| 59 | Johannesburg | 4.434.800 | |
| 60 | Dar es Salaam | 4.364.500 | |
| 61 | Suzhou | 4.327.100 | |
| 62 | Harbin | 4.280.700 | |
| 63 | Gizeh | 4.240.000 | |
| 64 | Zhengzhou | 4.122.100 | |
| 65 | Nieuw Taipei | 3.954.900 | |
| 66 | Los Angeles | 3.884.300 | |
| 67 | Kaapstad | 3.740.000 | |
| 68 | Yokohama | 3.680.300 | |
| 69 | Busan | 3.590.100 | |
| 70 | Hangzhou | 3.560.400 | |
| 71 | Xiamen | 3.531.300 | |
| 72 | Quanzhou | 3.520.800 | |
| 73 | Berlijn | 3.517.400 | |
| 74 | Rawalpindi | 3.510.000 | |
| 75 | Jeddah | 3.456.300 | |
| 76 | Durban | 3.442.400 | |
| 77 | Hyderabad | 3.429.500 | |
| 78 | Kabul | 3.414.100 | |
| 79 | Casablanca | 3.359.800 | |
| 80 | Hefei | 3.352.100 | |
| 81 | Pyongyang | 3.255.400 | |
| 82 | Madrid | 3.207.200 | |
| 83 | Pesjawar | 3.201.000 | |
| 84 | Oost-Rand | 3.178.500 | |
| 85 | Nairobi | 3.138.400 | |
| 86 | Zhongshan | 3.121.300 | |
| 87 | Pune | 3.115.400 | |
| 88 | Addis Abeba | 3.103.700 | |
| 89 | Jaipur | 3.073.400 | |
| 90 | Buenos Aires | 3.054.300 |