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"World's largest cities by population" redirects here. For other lists of cities by population, see World's largest cities.
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This is a non-exhaustive list of the world's most populous municipalities. A municipality in this case means an area controlled by a single local government; for example, a city.
Principle
Coming up with a list of the world's largest cities is difficult because "city" is defined differently in different parts of the world. In China, for instance, a typical prefecture-level city is much larger in area than a typical American city, and tends to include suburbs and even rural areas within its city limits. Therefore, comparing municipalities from different parts of the world can be misleading. The companion to this list, List of cities proper by population, resolves this by adjusting for these discrepancies to a degree. However, that method sacrifices the rigidity of the definition. The purpose of this list is to organize cities by population based on a very rigid definition. Understand that municipalities around the world vary in size and level of urbanization.
Municipalities by population (city proper)
- This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. Please observe the definition of the list when adding or editing entries.
| City | Population | Source | Definition | Area (km²) | Source | Population density (/km²) | Country | Remark |
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See also
- Lists of cities
- List of cities proper by population (applies inconsistent criteria to city proper)
- World's largest cities (explaining alternative measures)
- List of cities by population density (Based on the entire city proper)
- List of metropolitan areas by population (based on study by Richard Forstall, Richard Greene, and James Pick)
- List of urban areas by population (list of contiguous urban areas of the world based on Demographia)
References
External links
- The largest cities in the world and their mayors 2010
- World's largest cities (Table 1: With suburbs, Table 2: Without suburbs)
- Largest cities of the world (municipalities)
- Mega Cities
- Major cities of the world
- China now home to one quarter of world’s largest cities, UN reports