Font: Nacions Unides, Departament d'Afers Socials i Econòmics, Divisió de Població (2006). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision. New York: United Nations.
| Ciutat | País | Població | Posició |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | Japan | 35,2 | 1 |
| Ciudad de México (Mexico City) 1 | Mexico | 19,4 | 2 |
| New York 5 | United States of America | 18,7 | 3 |
| São Paulo | Brazil | 18,3 | 4 |
| Mumbai (Bombay) 1 | India | 18,2 | 5 |
| Delhi | India | 15 | 6 |
| Shanghai | China | 14,5 | 7 |
| Kolkata (Calcutta) 1 | India | 14,3 | 8 |
| Jakarta | Indonesia | 13,2 | 9 |
| Buenos Aires | Argentina | 12,6 | 10 |
| Dhaka | Bangladesh | 12,4 | 11 |
| Los Angeles 4 | United States of America | 12,3 | 12 |
| Karachi | Pakistan | 11,6 | 13 |
| Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 11,5 | 14 |
| Osaka-Kobe | Japan | 11,3 | 15 |
| Al-Qahirah (Cairo) 1 | Egypt | 11,1 | 16 |
| Lagos | Nigeria | 10,9 | 17 |
| Beijing | China | 10,7 | 18 |
| Manila | Philippines | 10,7 | 19 |
| Moskva (Moscow) 1 | Russian Federation | 10,7 | 20 |
| Paris | France | 9,8 | 21 |
| Istanbul | Turkey | 9,7 | 22 |
| Soul (Seoul) 1 | Republic of Korea | 9,6 | 23 |
| Chicago | United States of America | 8,8 | 24 |
| London | United Kingdom | 8,5 | 25 |
| Guangzhou, Guangdong | China | 8,4 | 26 |
| Santa Fé de Bogotá | Colombia | 7,7 | 27 |
| Tehran | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 7,3 | 28 |
| Shenzhen | China | 7,2 | 29 |
| Lima | Peru | 7,2 | 30 |
| Wuhan | China | 7,1 | 31 |
| Hong Kong 3 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 7 | 32 |
| Tianjin | China | 7 | 33 |
| Chennai (Madras) 1 | India | 6,9 | 34 |
| Krung Thep (Bangkok) 1 | Thailand | 6,6 | 35 |
| Bangalore | India | 6,5 | 36 |
| Chongqing | China | 6,4 | 37 |
| Lahore | Pakistan | 6,3 | 38 |
| Hyderabad | India | 6,1 | 39 |
| Kinshasa | Dem. Republic of the Congo | 6 | 40 |
| Baghdad | Iraq | 5,9 | 41 |
| Santiago | Chile | 5,7 | 42 |
| Madrid | Spain | 5,6 | 43 |
| Miami | United States of America | 5,4 | 44 |
| Philadelphia | United States of America | 5,4 | 45 |
| Sankt Peterburg (Saint Petersburg) 1 | Russian Federation | 5,3 | 46 |
| Toronto | Canada | 5,3 | 47 |
| Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 5,3 | 48 |
| Ahmadabad | India | 5,1 | 49 |
| Thành Pho Ho Chí Minh 1,6 | Viet Nam | 5,1 | 50 |
| Barcelona | Spain | 4,8 | 51 |
| Shenyang | China | 4,7 | 52 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | United States of America | 4,7 | 53 |
| Al-Khartum (Khartoum) 1 | Sudan | 4,5 | 54 |
| Pune (Poona) 1 | India | 4,4 | 55 |
| Boston | United States of America | 4,4 | 56 |
| Sydney | Australia | 4,3 | 57 |
| Singapore | Singapore | 4,3 | 58 |
| Houston | United States of America | 4,3 | 59 |
| Dongguan, Guangdong | China | 4,3 | 60 |
| Atlanta | United States of America | 4,3 | 61 |
| Washington, D.C. | United States of America | 4,2 | 62 |
| Ar-Riyadh (Riyadh) 1 | Saudi Arabia | 4,2 | 63 |
| Hà Noi | Viet Nam | 4,2 | 64 |
| Bandung | Indonesia | 4,1 | 65 |
| Chittagong | Bangladesh | 4,1 | 66 |
| Rangoon | Myanmar | 4,1 | 67 |
| Chengdu | China | 4,1 | 68 |
| Detroit | United States of America | 4 | 69 |
| Guadalajara | Mexico | 4 | 70 |
| Xi'an, Shaanxi | China | 3,9 | 71 |
| Pôrto Alegre | Brazil | 3,8 | 72 |
| Al-Iskandariyah (Alexandria) 1 | Egypt | 3,8 | 73 |
| Haerbin | China | 3,7 | 74 |
| Montréal | Canada | 3,6 | 75 |
| Melbourne | Australia | 3,6 | 76 |
| Nanjing, Jiangsu | China | 3,6 | 77 |
| Monterrey | Mexico | 3,6 | 78 |
| Abidjan | Côte d'Ivoire | 3,6 | 79 |
| Ankara | Turkey | 3,6 | 80 |
| Surat | India | 3,6 | 81 |
| Pusan | Republic of Korea | 3,6 | 82 |
| Recife | Brazil | 3,5 | 83 |
| Guiyang | China | 3,4 | 84 |
| Phoenix-Mesa | United States of America | 3,4 | 85 |
| Berlin | Germany | 3,4 | 86 |
| San Francisco-Oakland | United States of America | 3,4 | 87 |
| P'yongyang | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 3,4 | 88 |
| Roma (Rome) 1 | Italy | 3,3 | 89 |
| Brasília | Brazil | 3,3 | 90 |
| Salvador | Brazil | 3,3 | 91 |
| Johannesburg | South Africa | 3,3 | 92 |
| Fortaleza | Brazil | 3,2 | 93 |
| Athínai (Athens) 1 | Greece | 3,2 | 94 |
| Nagoya | Japan | 3,2 | 95 |
| Dar-el-Beida (Casablanca) 1 | Morocco | 3,1 | 96 |
| Cape Town | South Africa | 3,1 | 97 |
| Dalian | China | 3,1 | 98 |
| Medellín | Colombia | 3,1 | 99 |
| Changchun | China | 3 | 100 |
| Kanpur | India | 3 | 101 |
| Tel Aviv-Yafo (Tel Aviv-Jaffa) 1 | Israel | 3 | 102 |
| Kabul | Afghanistan | 3 | 103 |
| Kano | Nigeria | 3 | 104 |
| Surabaya | Indonesia | 3 | 105 |
| Seattle | United States of America | 3 | 106 |
| Zibo | China | 3 | 107 |
| Milano (Milan) 1 | Italy | 3 | 108 |
| Caracas | Venezuela | 2,9 | 109 |
| Curitiba | Brazil | 2,9 | 110 |
| El Djazaïr | (Algiers) 1 | 1,5 | 111 |
| Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 2,9 | 112 |
| Jiddah | Saudi Arabia | 2,9 | 113 |
| San Diego | United States of America | 2,9 | 114 |
| Kunming | China | 2,8 | 115 |
| Hangzhou | China | 2,8 | 116 |
| Qingdao | China | 2,8 | 117 |
| Ekurhuleni (East Rand) 1 | South Africa | 2,8 | 118 |
| Fukuoka-Kitakyushu | Japan | 2,8 | 119 |
| Taiyuan, Shanxi | China | 2,8 | 120 |
| Nairobi | Kenya | 2,8 | 121 |
| Luanda | Angola | 2,8 | 122 |
| Lisboa (Lisbon) 1 | Portugal | 2,8 | 123 |
| Jaipur | India | 2,7 | 124 |
| Jinan, Shandong | China | 2,7 | 125 |
| Dar es Salaam | United Republic of Tanzania | 2,7 | 126 |
| Kyiv (Kiev) 1 | Ukraine | 2,7 | 127 |
| Campinas | Brazil | 2,6 | 128 |
| Durban | South Africa | 2,6 | 129 |
| Ich'on | Republic of Korea | 2,6 | 130 |
| Taipei | China | 2,6 | 131 |
| San Juan | Puerto Rico | 2,6 | 132 |
| Zhengzhou | China | 2,6 | 133 |
| Lucknow | India | 2,6 | 134 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul | United States of America | 2,6 | 135 |
| Sapporo | Japan | 2,5 | 136 |
| Halab (Aleppo) 1 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2,5 | 137 |
| Cali | Colombia | 2,5 | 138 |
| Taegu | Republic of Korea | 2,5 | 139 |
| Faisalabad | Pakistan | 2,5 | 140 |
| Izmir | Turkey | 2,5 | 141 |
| Fuzhou, Fujian | China | 2,5 | 142 |
| Changsha, Hunan | China | 2,5 | 143 |
| Valencia | Venezuela | 2,5 | 144 |
| Ibadan | Nigeria | 2,4 | 145 |
| Lanzhou | China | 2,4 | 146 |
| Guayaquil | Ecuador | 2,4 | 147 |
| Xiamen | China | 2,4 | 148 |
| Nagpur | India | 2,3 | 149 |
| Medan | Indonesia | 2,3 | 150 |
| Birmingham | United Kingdom | 2,3 | 151 |
| Shijiazhuang | China | 2,3 | 152 |
| Dimashq (Damascus) 1 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2,3 | 153 |
| Jinxi, Liaoning | China | 2,3 | 154 |
| Wien (Vienna) 1 | Austria | 2,3 | 155 |
| Jilin | China | 2,3 | 156 |
| Maracaibo | Venezuela | 2,3 | 157 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg | United States of America | 2,3 | 158 |
| Napoli (Naples) 1 | Italy | 2,2 | 159 |
| Denver-Aurora | United States of America | 2,2 | 160 |
| Manchester | United Kingdom | 2,2 | 161 |
| Sendai | Japan | 2,2 | 162 |
| Wenzhou | China | 2,2 | 163 |
| Baltimore | United States of America | 2,2 | 164 |
| La Habana (Havana) 1 | Cuba | 2,2 | 165 |
| Nanchang | China | 2,2 | 166 |
| Vancouver | Canada | 2,2 | 167 |
| Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 2,2 | 168 |
| St. Louis | United States of America | 2,2 | 169 |
| Dakar | Senegal | 2,2 | 170 |
| Mashhad | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2,1 | 171 |
| Port-au-Prince | Haiti | 2,1 | 172 |
| Tarabulus (Tripoli) 1 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 2,1 | 173 |
| Zaozhuang | China | 2,1 | 174 |
| Nanchong | China | 2 | 175 |
| Hiroshima | Japan | 2 | 176 |
| Belém | Brazil | 2 | 177 |
| Nanning | China | 2 | 178 |
| Linyi, Shandong | China | 2 | 179 |
| Patna | India | 2 | 180 |
| Ürümqi (Wulumqi) 1 | China | 2 | 181 |
| Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 2 | 182 |
| Yantai | China | 2 | 183 |
| Accra | Ghana | 2 | 184 |
| Xuzhou | China | 2 | 185 |
| Bucuresti (Bucharest) 1 | Romania | 1,9 | 186 |
| Baotou | China | 1,9 | 187 |
| Hefei | China | 1,9 | 188 |
| Indore | India | 1,9 | 189 |
| Goiânia | Brazil | 1,9 | 190 |
| Hai Phòng | Viet Nam | 1,9 | 191 |
| Asunción | Paraguay | 1,9 | 192 |
| Barranquilla | Colombia | 1,9 | 193 |
| Baku | Azerbaijan | 1,9 | 194 |
| Cleveland | United States of America | 1,9 | 195 |
| Suzhou, Anhui | China | 1,8 | 196 |
| Nanyang, Henan | China | 1,8 | 197 |
| Tangshan, Hebei | China | 1,8 | 198 |
| Puebla | Mexico | 1,8 | 199 |
| Portland | United States of America | 1,8 | 200 |
| Ningbo | China | 1,8 | 201 |
| Al Kuwayt (Kuwait City) 1 | Kuwait | 1,8 | 202 |
| Pittsburgh | United States of America | 1,8 | 203 |
| Kyoto | Japan | 1,8 | 204 |
| Sana'a' | Yemen | 1,8 | 205 |
| Minsk | Belarus | 1,8 | 206 |
| Bayrut (Beirut) 1 | Lebanon | 1,8 | 207 |
| Rawalpindi | Pakistan | 1,8 | 208 |
| Datong, Shanxi | China | 1,8 | 209 |
| Douala | Cameroon | 1,8 | 210 |
| Brisbane | Australia | 1,8 | 211 |
| Hamburg | Germany | 1,7 | 212 |
| Palembang | Indonesia | 1,7 | 213 |
| Las Vegas | United States of America | 1,7 | 214 |
| Stockholm | Sweden | 1,7 | 215 |
| Budapest | Hungary | 1,7 | 216 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino | United States of America | 1,7 | 217 |
| Warszawa (Warsaw) 1 | Poland | 1,7 | 218 |
| Tianmen | China | 1,7 | 219 |
| Vadodara | India | 1,7 | 220 |
| Torino (Turin) 1 | Italy | 1,7 | 221 |
| Shangqiu | China | 1,7 | 222 |
| Tijuana | Mexico | 1,6 | 223 |
| Liuan | China | 1,6 | 224 |
| Rabat | Morocco | 1,6 | 225 |
| Wuxi, Jiangsu | China | 1,6 | 226 |
| Manaus | Brazil | 1,6 | 227 |
| Luoyang | China | 1,6 | 228 |
| Bhopal | India | 1,6 | 229 |
| Baixada Santista 2 | Brazil | 1,6 | 230 |
| San Jose | United States of America | 1,6 | 231 |
| Hohhot | China | 1,6 | 232 |
| Coimbatore | India | 1,6 | 233 |
| Grande Vitória | Brazil | 1,6 | 234 |
| Anshan, Liaoning | China | 1,6 | 235 |
| Qiqihaer | China | 1,6 | 236 |
| Cincinnati | United States of America | 1,6 | 237 |
| Taian, Shandong | China | 1,6 | 238 |
| Daqing | China | 1,6 | 239 |
| Antananarivo | Madagascar | 1,6 | 240 |
| Ludhiana | India | 1,6 | 241 |
| Sacramento | United States of America | 1,6 | 242 |
| Suzhou, Jiangsu | China | 1,6 | 243 |
| Toluca de Lerdo | Mexico | 1,5 | 244 |
| Ciudad Juárez | Mexico | 1,5 | 245 |
| Handan | China | 1,5 | 246 |
| Esfahan | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1,5 | 247 |
| Xiantao | China | 1,5 | 248 |
| La Paz | Bolivia | 1,5 | 249 |
| West Yorkshire | United Kingdom | 1,5 | 250 |
| San Salvador | El Salvador | 1,5 | 251 |
| Kumasi | Ghana | 1,5 | 252 |
| Kaohsiung | China | 1,5 | 253 |
| Harare | Zimbabwe | 1,5 | 254 |
| Zhanjiang | China | 1,5 | 255 |
| Quito | Ecuador | 1,5 | 256 |
| Agra | India | 1,5 | 257 |
| Weifang | China | 1,5 | 258 |
| Shantou | China | 1,5 | 259 |
| Khulna | Bangladesh | 1,5 | 260 |
| Yaoundé | Cameroon | 1,5 | 261 |
| León de los Aldamas | Mexico | 1,5 | 262 |
| Perth | Australia | 1,5 | 263 |
| Visakhapatnam | India | 1,5 | 264 |
| Kochi (Cochin) 1 | India | 1,5 | 265 |
| Virginia Beach | United States of America | 1,5 | 266 |
| Fushun, Liaoning | China | 1,5 | 267 |
| Taejon | Republic of Korea | 1,5 | 268 |
| Multan | Pakistan | 1,5 | 269 |
| Xinyang | China | 1,5 | 270 |
| Xinyang | China | 1,5 | 270 |
| Luzhou | China | 1,4 | 271 |
| Neijiang | China | 1,4 | 272 |
| Gujranwala | Pakistan | 1,4 | 273 |
| Kansas City | United States of America | 1,4 | 274 |
| Kwangju | Republic of Korea | 1,4 | 275 |
| San Antonio | United States of America | 1,4 | 276 |
| Kharkiv | Ukraine | 1,4 | 277 |
| Changde | China | 1,4 | 278 |
| Novosibirsk | Russian Federation | 1,4 | 279 |
| Conakry | Guinea | 1,4 | 280 |
| Córdoba | Argentina | 1,4 | 281 |
| Huainan | China | 1,4 | 282 |
| Bursa | Turkey | 1,4 | 283 |
| Liuzhou | China | 1,4 | 284 |
| Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 1,4 | 285 |
| Lyon | France | 1,4 | 286 |
| Suining, Sichuan | China | 1,4 | 287 |
| Hyderabad | Pakistan | 1,4 | 288 |
| Tabriz | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1,4 | 289 |
| Indianapolis | United States of America | 1,4 | 290 |
| Marseille-Aix-en-Provence | France | 1,4 | 291 |
| Nashik | India | 1,4 | 292 |
| Quanzhou | China | 1,4 | 293 |
| Kaduna | Nigeria | 1,4 | 294 |
| Bamako | Mali | 1,4 | 295 |
| Phnum Pénh (Phnom Penh) 1 | Cambodia | 1,4 | 296 |
| Milwaukee | United States of America | 1,4 | 297 |
| Lomé | Togo | 1,3 | 298 |
| Dubayy (Dubai) 1 | United Arab Emirates | 1,3 | 299 |
| Meerut | India | 1,3 | 300 |
| Davao | Philippines | 1,3 | 301 |
| Mianyang, Sichuan | China | 1,3 | 302 |
| Santa Cruz | Bolivia | 1,3 | 303 |
| Maputo | Mozambique | 1,3 | 304 |
| Muqdisho (Mogadishu) 1 | Somalia | 1,3 | 305 |
| Makkah (Mecca) 1 | Saudi Arabia | 1,3 | 306 |
| Kampala | Uganda | 1,3 | 307 |
| Heze | China | 1,3 | 308 |
| Yiyang, Hunan | China | 1,3 | 309 |
| Porto | Portugal | 1,3 | 310 |
| Orlando | United States of America | 1,3 | 311 |
| Varanasi (Benares) 1 | India | 1,3 | 312 |
| Faridabad | India | 1,3 | 313 |
| Amman | Jordan | 1,3 | 314 |
| Nizhniy Novgorod | Russian Federation | 1,3 | 315 |
| Ujung Pandang | Indonesia | 1,3 | 316 |
| Yekaterinburg | Russian Federation | 1,3 | 317 |
| Pretoria | South Africa | 1,3 | 318 |
| Kolwezi | Dem. Republic of the Congo | 1,3 | 319 |
| Montevideo | Uruguay | 1,3 | 320 |
| München (Munich) 1 | Germany | 1,3 | 321 |
| Lusaka | Zambia | 1,3 | 322 |
| Asansol | India | 1,3 | 323 |
| Madurai | India | 1,3 | 324 |
| Changzhou, Jiangsu | China | 1,2 | 325 |
| Providence | United States of America | 1,2 | 326 |
| Adana | Turkey | 1,2 | 327 |
| Huai'an | China | 1,2 | 328 |
| Peshawar | Pakistan | 1,2 | 329 |
| Jamshedpur | India | 1,2 | 330 |
| Chifeng | China | 1,2 | 331 |
| Ghaziabad | India | 1,2 | 332 |
| Columbus, Ohio | United States of America | 1,2 | 333 |
| Al-Mawsil (Mosul) 1 | Iraq | 1,2 | 334 |
| Jabalpur | India | 1,2 | 335 |
| Karaj | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1,2 | 336 |
| Shiraz | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1,2 | 337 |
| San José | Costa Rica | 1,2 | 338 |
| Ciudad de Panamá (Panama City) 1 | Panama | 1,2 | 339 |
| Huzhou | China | 1,2 | 340 |
| Tianshui | China | 1,2 | 341 |
| Dhanbad | India | 1,2 | 342 |
| Rosario | Argentina | 1,2 | 343 |
| Rajkot | India | 1,2 | 344 |
| Lubumbashi | Dem. Republic of the Congo | 1,2 | 345 |
| Brazzaville | Congo | 1,2 | 346 |
| Mudanjiang | China | 1,2 | 347 |
| Praha (Prague) 1 | Czech Republic | 1,2 | 348 |
| Maracay | Venezuela | 1,2 | 349 |
| Managua | Nicaragua | 1,2 | 350 |
| Glasgow | United Kingdom | 1,2 | 351 |
| Ottawa-Gatineau | Canada | 1,2 | 352 |
| Almaty | Kazakhstan | 1,2 | 353 |
| Allahabad | India | 1,2 | 354 |
| Amritsar | India | 1,2 | 355 |
| Liupanshui | China | 1,1 | 356 |
| Auckland | New Zealand | 1,1 | 357 |
| Amsterdam | Netherlands | 1,1 | 358 |
| Zürich (Zurich) 1 | Switzerland | 1,1 | 359 |
| Leshan | China | 1,1 | 360 |
| Jining, Shandong | China | 1,1 | 361 |
| Samara | Russian Federation | 1,1 | 362 |
| Adelaide | Australia | 1,1 | 363 |
| Suwon | Republic of Korea | 1,1 | 364 |
| Omsk | Russian Federation | 1,1 | 365 |
| Maceió | Brazil | 1,1 | 366 |
| Banghazi | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 1,1 | 367 |
| Kazan | Russian Federation | 1,1 | 368 |
| Austin | United States of America | 1,1 | 369 |
| Beograd (Belgrade) 1 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1,1 | 370 |
| Yerevan | Armenia | 1,1 | 371 |
| N'ampo | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 1,1 | 372 |
| Rotterdam | Netherlands | 1,1 | 373 |
| Vijayawada | India | 1,1 | 374 |
| Sofiya (Sofia) 1 | Bulgaria | 1,1 | 375 |
| Helsinki | Finland | 1,1 | 376 |
| København (Copenhagen) 1 | Denmark | 1,1 | 377 |
| Srinagar | India | 1,1 | 378 |
| Zigong | China | 1,1 | 379 |
| Rostov-na-Donu (Rostov-on-Don) 1 | Russian Federation | 1,1 | 380 |
| Xianyang, Shaanxi | China | 1,1 | 381 |
| Torreón | Mexico | 1,1 | 382 |
| Chelyabinsk | Russian Federation | 1,1 | 383 |
| Fuyu, Jilin | China | 1,1 | 384 |
| Yulin, Guangxi | China | 1,1 | 385 |
| Calgary | Canada | 1,1 | 386 |
| Ulsan | Republic of Korea | 1,1 | 387 |
| Benin City | Nigeria | 1,1 | 388 |
| Memphis | United States of America | 1,1 | 389 |
| Aurangabad | India | 1 | 390 |
| Tbilisi | Georgia | 1 | 391 |
| Durg-Bhilainagar | India | 1 | 392 |
| Baoding | China | 1 | 393 |
| Goyang | Republic of Korea | 1 | 394 |
| Dublin | Ireland | 1 | 395 |
| Dnipropetrovs'k | Ukraine | 1 | 396 |
| Ufa | Russian Federation | 1 | 397 |
| Qom | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1 | 398 |
| Natal | Brazil | 1 | 399 |
| Taichung | China | 1 | 400 |
| Barquisimeto | Venezuela | 1 | 401 |
| Lille | France | 1 | 402 |
| Vereeniging | South Africa | 1 | 403 |
| Mbuji-Mayi | Dem. Republic of the Congo | 1 | 404 |
| Bucaramanga | Colombia | 1 | 405 |
| Zhuzhou | China | 1 | 406 |
| Volgograd | Russian Federation | 1 | 407 |
| Edmonton | Canada | 1 | 408 |
| Bruxelles-Brussel | Belgium | 1 | 409 |
| New Orleans | United States of America | 1 | 410 |
| Odesa | Ukraine | 1 | 411 |
| Xiangfan, Hubei | China | 1 | 412 |
| Solapur | India | 1 | 413 |
| Zhangjiakou | China | 1 | 414 |