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Megacities

Cities with more than 1 million inhabitants (meta layer)

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Megacities | NationFiles

Cities with more than 1 million inhabitants (meta layer)

MEGACITIES | NATIONFILES
109 MIN Last Update: 2026-05-13 03:52:59 UTC

Megacities map – quick answer

This page lists cities with ≥ 1,000,000 inhabitants from the internal NationFiles megacity dataset with a world map, continent tables, and PNG downloads. The map is for orientation; population figures reflect the platform dataset described in the source registry.

Dataset
Internal NationFiles city dataset (threshold ≥ 1,000,000).
Exports
PNG assets via CDN links; per-continent CSV from the table UI.
NFSI
No per-city NFSI connector on markers; NFSI remains country-profile scoped.
Megacities
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Megacities

This meta map shows megacities with at least 1,000,000 inhabitants as a global overview and precise location markers. At a glance you can see which countries concentrate major urban centers and where the key city clusters of each continent are located.

Below the map, megacities are grouped by continent and sorted by population. The lists can be exported as CSV, and a PNG export of the world map is also available.

Total megacities
560
Distribution by continent
Africa72
Asia367
Europe41
North America39
South America35
Oceania6
Top 10 race
Largest megacities (Top 10)
  1. Shanghai (CN) 24.874.500
  2. Beijing (CN) 18.960.744
  3. Shenzhen (CN) 17.494.398
  4. Guangzhou (CN) 16.096.724
  5. Kinshasa (CD) 16.000.000
  6. Istanbul (TR) 15.701.602
  7. Lagos (NG) 15.388.000
  8. Ho Chi Minh City (VN) 14.002.598
  9. Chengdu (CN) 13.568.357
  10. Lahore (PK) 13.004.135
Per continent (largest entry)
North America Mexico City (MX) 12.294.193
South America São Paulo (BR) 12.400.232
Europe Moscow (RU) 10.381.222
Africa Kinshasa (CD) 16.000.000
Asia Shanghai (CN) 24.874.500
Oceania Sydney (AU) 5.557.233
North America (39)
MX Mexico City 12.294.193
US New York City 8.804.190
US Los Angeles 3.820.914
CA Toronto 2.794.356
US Brooklyn 2.736.074
US Chicago 2.664.452
US Queens 2.316.841
US Houston 2.314.157
DO Santo Domingo 2.201.941
CU Havana 2.163.824
MX Tijuana 1.922.523
MX Iztapalapa 1.835.486
CA Montreal 1.762.949
MX Puebla 1.692.181
US Phoenix 1.650.070
MX Ecatepec de Morelos 1.645.352
MX Santiago de Querétaro 1.594.212
MX Leon de los Aldama 1.579.803
US Philadelphia 1.573.916
US San Antonio 1.526.656
MX Ciudad Juarez 1.512.450
US Manhattan 1.487.536
MX Zapopan 1.476.491
US San Diego 1.404.452
MX Guadalajara 1.385.629
US The Bronx 1.385.108
US Dallas 1.326.087
CA Calgary 1.306.784
HT Port-au-Prince 1.234.742
MX Merida 1.201.000
DO Santiago de los Caballeros 1.200.000
MX Gustavo A. Madero 1.185.772
MX Monterrey 1.135.512
MX Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl 1.077.208
MX Mexicali 1.032.686
CA Ottawa 1.017.449
CA Edmonton 1.010.899
US Jacksonville 1.009.833
US Fort Worth 1.008.106
South America (35)
BR São Paulo 12.400.232
PE Lima 7.737.002
CO Bogotá 7.674.366
BR Rio de Janeiro 6.747.815
CL Santiago 4.837.295
VE Caracas 3.000.000
AR Buenos Aires 2.891.082
EC Quito 2.781.641
EC Guayaquil 2.723.665
BR Belo Horizonte 2.721.564
BR Salvador 2.711.840
BR Fortaleza 2.400.000
CO Cali 2.392.877
BR Manaus 2.219.580
BR Brasília 2.207.718
AR Cordoba 2.106.734
BO La Paz 2.004.652
CO Medellín 1.999.979
BR Curitiba 1.948.626
BO Santa Cruz de la Sierra 1.831.434
VE Maracaibo 1.752.602
BR Recife 1.653.461
VE Valencia 1.619.470
BR Goiania 1.536.097
BR Belem 1.499.641
BR Porto Alegre 1.488.252
PY Asuncion 1.482.200
PE Callao 1.300.000
UY Montevideo 1.270.737
VE Barquisimeto 1.240.714
CO Barranquilla 1.206.319
BR Guarulhos 1.169.577
BR Maceio 1.031.597
BR Campinas 1.031.554
PE Arequipa 1.008.290
Europe (41)
RU Moscow 10.381.222
GB London 8.961.989
RU Saint Petersburg 5.351.935
DE Berlin 3.426.354
ES Madrid 3.255.944
UA Kyiv 2.952.301
IT Rome 2.318.895
FR Paris 2.138.551
RO Bucharest 1.877.155
DE Hamburg 1.845.229
BY Minsk 1.742.124
HU Budapest 1.741.041
PL Warsaw 1.702.139
AT Vienna 1.691.468
ES Barcelona 1.686.208
RU Novosibirsk 1.612.833
SE Stockholm 1.515.017
RU Yekaterinburg 1.495.066
UA Kharkiv 1.421.125
IT Milan 1.371.498
RS Belgrade 1.273.651
DE Munich 1.260.391
RU Nizhny Novgorod 1.259.013
RU Kazan 1.243.500
RU Chelyabinsk 1.202.371
RU Omsk 1.172.070
CZ Prague 1.165.581
RU Samara 1.163.399
GB Birmingham 1.157.603
DK Copenhagen 1.153.615
BG Sofia 1.152.556
RU Rostov-on-Don 1.130.305
RU Ufa 1.120.547
RU Krasnoyarsk 1.090.811
NO Oslo 1.082.575
RU Voronezh 1.047.549
IE Dublin 1.024.027
BE Brussels 1.019.022
RU Volgograd 1.013.533
UA Odesa 1.010.537
HU Pest 1.001.748
Africa (72)
CD Kinshasa 16.000.000
NG Lagos 15.388.000
EG Cairo 9.606.916
ZA Johannesburg 9.418.183
CI Abidjan 6.321.017
TZ Dar es Salaam 5.383.728
EG Alexandria 5.263.542
NG Kano 4.910.000
ZA Cape Town 4.772.846
KE Nairobi 4.397.073
EG Giza 4.367.343
ML Bamako 4.227.569
ET Addis Ababa 3.860.000
MA Casablanca 3.665.954
NG Ibadan 3.649.000
ZA Durban 3.338.026
AO Luanda 2.776.168
NG Abuja 2.690.000
SN Dakar 2.646.503
SO Mogadishu 2.587.183
GH Kumasi 2.544.530
BF Ouagadougou 2.415.266
DZ Algiers 2.364.230
CD Lubumbashi 2.221.925
ZM Lusaka 2.212.301
TG Lomé 2.188.376
NG Port Harcourt 2.120.000
ZA Pretoria 2.112.693
CD Mbuji-Mayi 2.101.332
CG Brazzaville 1.982.000
SD Khartoum 1.974.647
GH Accra 1.963.264
GN Conakry 1.928.389
GN Camayenne 1.871.242
KE Kakamega 1.867.579
NG Kaduna 1.850.000
SD Omdurman 1.849.659
NG Benin City 1.782.000
ZA Soweto 1.695.047
UG Kampala 1.680.600
MA Rabat 1.655.753
NG Onitsha 1.553.000
ZW Harare 1.542.813
LR Monrovia 1.542.549
TD N'Djamena 1.359.526
MG Antananarivo 1.349.501
CI Abobo 1.340.083
CM Douala 1.338.082
NE Niamey 1.323.691
LY Tripoli 1.302.947
CM Yaoundé 1.299.369
MZ Maputo 1.254.837
CD Kananga 1.247.168
EG Shubra al Khaymah 1.240.289
KE Mombasa 1.208.333
MZ Matola 1.198.988
MA Fes 1.191.905
MR Nouakchott 1.184.530
CD Kisangani 1.181.788
NG Aba 1.160.000
RW Kigali 1.132.686
SN Touba 1.120.824
MW Lilongwe 1.115.815
NG Maiduguri 1.110.000
TZ Mwanza 1.104.521
NG Ilorin 1.080.000
ZA Gqeberha 1.050.078
NG Jos 1.040.000
NG Sokoto 1.040.000
MA Tangier 1.035.141
CG Pointe-Noire 1.032.000
SD Khartoum North 1.012.211
Asia (367)
CN Shanghai 24.874.500
CN Beijing 18.960.744
CN Shenzhen 17.494.398
CN Guangzhou 16.096.724
TR Istanbul 15.701.602
VN Ho Chi Minh City 14.002.598
CN Chengdu 13.568.357
PK Lahore 13.004.135
IN Mumbai 12.691.836
PK Karachi 11.624.219
CN Tianjin 11.090.314
IN Old Delhi 11.034.555
CN Wuhan 10.392.693
BD Dhaka 10.356.500
KR Seoul 10.349.312
JP Tokyo 9.733.276
CN Dongguan 9.644.871
CN Xi'an 9.600.000
CN Nanjing 9.314.685
CN Hangzhou 9.236.032
CN Foshan 9.042.509
ID Jakarta 8.540.121
IN Bengaluru 8.495.492
VN Hanoi 8.053.663
TW Taipei 7.871.900
CN Chongqing 7.457.599
HK Hong Kong 7.396.076
IQ Baghdad 7.216.000
CN Wuzhong 7.202.654
CN Qingdao 7.172.451
IR Tehran 7.153.309
CN Shenyang 7.050.000
IN Hyderabad 6.993.262
CN Suzhou 6.715.559
IN Ahmedabad 6.357.693
CN Pudong 5.681.512
SG Singapore 5.638.700
CN Harbin 5.242.897
TH Bangkok 5.104.476
CN Hefei 5.050.000
CN Dalian 4.913.879
PK Peshawar 4.758.762
CN Changchun 4.714.996
SA Jeddah 4.697.000
IN Chennai 4.681.087
IN Sealdah 4.631.392
CN Xiamen 4.617.251
IN Surat 4.591.246
MM Yangon 4.477.638
CN Bao'an 4.476.554
AF Kabul 4.434.550
CN Wuxi 4.396.835
CN Jinan 4.335.989
CN Taiyuan 4.303.673
CN Zhengzhou 4.253.913
SA Riyadh 4.205.961
TW New Taipei 4.004.367
HK New Territories 3.984.077
CN Shijiazhuang 3.938.513
BD Chittagong 3.920.222
CN Kunming 3.855.346
CN Zhongshan 3.841.873
CN Nanning 3.839.800
CN Shantou 3.838.900
PK Faisalabad 3.800.193
AE Dubai 3.790.000
JP Yokohama 3.777.491
CN Fuzhou 3.740.000
CN Ningbo 3.731.203
CN Puyang 3.590.000
TR Ankara 3.517.182
CN Shiyan 3.460.000
CN Tangshan 3.372.102
PK Rawalpindi 3.357.612
CN Lueliang 3.346.500
CN Changzhou 3.290.918
KR Busan 3.285.147
KP Pyongyang 3.222.000
CN Zibo 3.129.228
IN Pune 3.124.458
TR Bursa 3.101.833
CN Changsha 3.093.980
PH Quezon City 3.084.270
IN Jaipur 3.046.163
CN Guiyang 3.037.159
CN Ürümqi 3.029.372
KR Incheon 3.015.482
CN Lanzhou 3.000.000
TR İzmir 2.938.292
CN Huizhou 2.900.113
ID Surabaya 2.874.314
CN Haikou 2.873.358
TW Taichung 2.850.285
IN Kanpur 2.823.249
JP Osaka 2.753.862
CN Linyi 2.743.843
CN Baoding 2.739.887
TW Kaohsiung 2.737.660
CN Minhang 2.716.600
CN Bazhong 2.712.894
BD Gazipur 2.674.697
CN Wenzhou 2.650.000
VN Haiphong 2.625.200
CN Yunfu 2.612.800
IN Navi Mumbai 2.600.000
ID Bekasi 2.564.940
PK Gujranwala 2.511.118
CN Huai'an 2.494.013
IN Lucknow 2.472.011
ID Bandung 2.444.160
ID Medan 2.435.252
IN Nagpur 2.405.665
KR Daegu 2.365.523
CN Nanchang 2.357.839
AZ Baku 2.351.300
CN Hohhot 2.350.000
JP Nagoya 2.332.176
IR Mashhad 2.307.177
CN Shaoxing 2.300.000
CN Nantong 2.273.326
CN Baoshan 2.265.900
HK Kowloon 2.232.339
CN Yantai 2.227.733
TR Gaziantep 2.222.415
CN Zhuhai 2.207.090
PK Multan 2.169.915
CN Baotou 2.150.000
ID Depok 2.145.400
IN Coimbatore 2.136.916
CN Qingyang 2.125.400
SY Aleppo 2.098.210
CN Kunshan 2.092.496
IQ Al Mawsil al Jadidah 2.065.597
CN Weifang 2.044.028
CN Zunyi 2.037.775
IQ Al Basrah al Qadimah 2.015.483
CN Lianyungang 2.001.009
IN Indore 1.994.397
UZ Tashkent 1.978.028
CN Ganzhou 1.977.253
KZ Almaty 1.977.011
JP Sapporo 1.973.832
CN Songjiang 1.973.500
CN Ordos 1.940.653
YE Sanaa 1.937.451
PK Hyderabad 1.921.275
LB Beirut 1.916.100
ID Tangerang 1.912.679
CN Jieyang 1.899.394
CN Jilin 1.895.865
CN Jiading 1.886.100
CN Shangqiu 1.859.723
CN Nanchong 1.858.875
TW Tainan 1.856.642
CN Datong 1.850.000
PH Davao City 1.848.947
IN Thane 1.841.488
TR Diyarbakir 1.833.684
IN Vadodara 1.822.221
TR Adana 1.816.750
CN Nanyang 1.811.812
AE Abu Dhabi 1.807.000
AE Sharjah 1.800.000
IN Bhopal 1.798.218
CN Jiangmen 1.795.459
CN Jiangyin 1.779.515
CN Fuyang 1.768.947
CN Bayan Nur 1.760.000
CN Chaozhou 1.750.945
CN Qingyuan 1.738.424
CN Tai'an 1.735.425
IN Rasapudipalem 1.728.128
IN Pimpri-Chinchwad 1.727.692
PH Caloocan 1.712.945
IN Patna 1.684.297
IQ Mosul 1.683.000
IN Kallakurichi 1.682.687
CN Xining 1.677.177
CN Changshu City 1.677.050
ID Palembang 1.668.848
CN Huainan 1.666.826
ID Semarang 1.653.524
CN Suzhou 1.647.642
CN Lu'an 1.644.344
IN Ludhiana 1.618.879
CN Yancheng 1.615.717
IQ Erbil 1.612.700
JP Fukuoka 1.612.392
CN Taizhou 1.607.108
CN Daqing 1.604.027
PH Manila 1.600.000
CN Wuhu 1.598.165
CN Dazhou 1.589.435
CN Yangzhou 1.584.237
SA Mecca 1.578.722
KH Phnom Penh 1.573.544
CN Guilin 1.572.300
SY Damascus 1.569.394
PK Quetta 1.565.546
CN Zhaoqing 1.553.109
CN Mianyang 1.550.000
IR Isfahan 1.547.164
CN Wanzhou 1.545.900
CN Putian 1.539.389
JP Kawasaki 1.538.262
JP Kobe 1.525.152
VN Can Tho 1.507.187
BD Khulna 1.500.689
CN Yinchuan 1.487.579
IN Nashik 1.486.053
CN Taizhou 1.485.502
CN Yiwu 1.481.384
CN Quanzhou 1.469.157
IN Madurai 1.465.625
CN Jinhua 1.463.990
JP Kyoto 1.463.723
CN Cixi 1.457.510
CN Changde 1.457.419
MY Kuala Lumpur 1.453.975
TR Kayseri 1.452.458
CN Kaifeng 1.451.741
CN Anshan 1.450.000
IR Karaj 1.448.075
NP Kathmandu 1.442.271
KR Daejeon 1.441.203
CN Baoji 1.437.802
CN Suqian 1.437.685
CN Liuzhou 1.436.599
IN Tirunelveli 1.435.844
TR Konya 1.433.861
CN Zhangjiagang 1.432.044
IN Agra 1.430.055
IR Tabriz 1.424.641
ID Makassar 1.423.877
CN Jinjiang 1.416.151
IN Faridabad 1.414.050
CN Bozhou 1.409.436
CN Qujing 1.408.500
ID South Tangerang 1.404.785
KR Gwangju 1.401.235
CN Zhanjiang 1.400.709
CN Fushun 1.400.646
IN Rajkot 1.390.640
CN Luoyang 1.390.581
CN Guankou 1.380.000
VN Hue 1.380.000
IN Najafgarh 1.365.000
CN Handan 1.358.318
PK Bannu 1.357.890
CN Yichang 1.350.150
CN Heze 1.346.717
IN Jamshedpur 1.339.438
TR Antalya 1.335.002
IQ Basra 1.326.564
JP Saitama 1.324.854
IN Gorakhpur 1.324.570
CN Liupanshui 1.320.825
PH Taguig 1.308.085
CN Maoming 1.307.802
SA Madinah 1.300.000
CN Qinzhou 1.296.300
CN Luohe 1.294.974
CN Xiangyang 1.294.733
CN Yangjiang 1.292.987
CN Yixing 1.285.785
IN Pimpri 1.284.606
VN Da Nang 1.276.000
JO Amman 1.275.857
PH Budta 1.273.715
VN Bien Hoa 1.272.235
CN Qingpu 1.271.424
CN Xuchang 1.265.536
IN Kalyan 1.262.255
CN Zigong 1.262.064
ID Jepara 1.257.912
CN Xuzhou 1.253.991
SA Dammam 1.252.523
LB Ra's Bayrut 1.251.739
CN Neijiang 1.251.095
IR Shiraz 1.249.942
CN Yiyang 1.249.807
IN Dombivli 1.247.327
CN Jining 1.241.012
CN Putuo 1.239.100
KR Suwon 1.234.582
CN Xinyang 1.230.042
CN Liaocheng 1.229.768
CN Jinzhong 1.226.617
IN Meerut 1.223.184
IN Virar 1.222.390
IN Nabarangpur 1.220.946
IQ Karbala 1.218.732
CN Changzhi 1.214.940
CN Tianshui 1.212.791
IQ Sadr City 1.211.849
CN Yangpu 1.210.800
MM Mandalay 1.208.099
IN Srinagar 1.206.419
JP Hiroshima 1.200.754
KZ Shymkent 1.200.000
CN Weinan 1.199.290
IN Ghaziabad 1.199.191
IN Dhanbad 1.196.214
HK Hong Kong Island 1.195.529
CN Jiaxing 1.180.000
IN Aurangabad 1.175.116
CN Zhongwei 1.174.600
CN Panjin 1.166.481
ID Bandar Lampung 1.166.066
IN Varanasi 1.164.404
ID Batam 1.164.352
CN Jiujiang 1.164.268
IN Amritsar 1.159.227
CN Anyang 1.146.839
AM Yerevan 1.144.700
CN Luohu District 1.143.801
IN Vijayawada 1.143.232
CN Fengxiang 1.140.872
CN Bijie 1.137.383
CN Zhuzhou 1.129.687
ID Bogor 1.127.408
PH Malingao 1.121.974
IN Ranchi 1.120.374
CN Shangrao 1.116.486
CN Huaibei 1.113.321
CN Xuhui 1.109.800
CN Meishan 1.107.742
KR Ulsan 1.098.421
JP Sendai 1.096.704
CN Fuzhou 1.089.888
CN Guigang 1.086.327
ID Pekanbaru 1.085.000
IN Jabalpur 1.081.677
YE Aden 1.079.670
CN Hengyang 1.075.516
IN Prayagraj 1.073.438
IN Visakhapatnam 1.063.178
KR Goyang-si 1.061.752
CN Yulin 1.056.743
IN Jodhpur 1.056.191
IN Gwalior 1.054.420
CN Jingzhou 1.052.282
GE Tbilisi 1.049.498
CN Xinxiang 1.047.088
CN Yichun 1.045.952
IN Teni 1.034.724
CN Xianyang 1.034.081
CN Sanya 1.031.396
BD Rangpur 1.031.388
IQ Kirkuk 1.031.000
TM Ashgabat 1.030.063
BD Comilla 1.030.000
CN Shaoguan 1.028.460
IN Howrah 1.027.672
IN Raipur 1.027.264
KR Changwon 1.025.702
CN Longyan 1.025.087
IN Tiruchirappalli 1.022.518
CN Yongzhou 1.020.715
PH Zamboanga 1.018.849
CN Huzhou 1.015.937
CN Wuwei 1.010.295
CN Hanzhong 1.006.557
CN Hezhou 1.005.490
IN Kota 1.001.694
IN Shivaji Nagar 1.000.000
CN Zhu Cheng City 1.000.000
Oceania (6)
AU Sydney 5.557.233
AU Melbourne 5.350.705
AU Brisbane 2.780.063
AU Perth 2.309.338
NZ Auckland 1.530.500
AU Adelaide 1.469.163