Top 20 in (137):
🇦🇫 Afghanistan🇦🇱 Albania🇩🇿 Algeria🇦🇴 Angola🇦🇷 Argentina🇦🇲 Armenia🇦🇺 Australia🇦🇹 Austria🇦🇿 Azerbaijan🇧🇩 Bangladesh🇧🇾 Belarus🇧🇯 Benin🇧🇴 Bolivia🇧🇷 Brazil🇧🇬 Bulgaria🇧🇫 Burkina Faso🇧🇮 Burundi🇰🇭 Cambodia🇨🇲 Cameroon🇨🇦 Canada🇨🇫 Central African Republic🇹🇩 Chad🇨🇱 Chile🇨🇴 Colombia🇨🇷 Costa Rica🇭🇷 Croatia🇨🇺 Cuba🇨🇿 Czech Republic🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo🇩🇯 Djibouti🇩🇴 Dominican Republic🇪🇨 Ecuador🇪🇬 Egypt🇸🇻 El Salvador🇪🇷 Eritrea🇪🇪 Estonia🇪🇹 Ethiopia🇫🇮 Finland🇫🇷 France🇬🇦 Gabon🇬🇪 Georgia🇩🇪 Germany🇬🇭 Ghana🇬🇷 Greece🇬🇹 Guatemala🇬🇳 Guinea🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau🇭🇹 Haiti🇭🇳 Honduras🇭🇺 Hungary🇮🇳 India🇮🇩 Indonesia🇮🇷 Iran🇮🇶 Iraq🇮🇪 Ireland🇮🇱 Israel🇮🇹 Italy🇨🇮 Ivory Coast🇯🇲 Jamaica🇯🇵 Japan🇯🇴 Jordan🇰🇿 Kazakhstan🇰🇪 Kenya🇰🇼 Kuwait🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan🇱🇦 Laos🇱🇻 Latvia🇱🇧 Lebanon🇱🇸 Lesotho🇱🇷 Liberia🇱🇾 Libya🇱🇹 Lithuania🇲🇬 Madagascar🇲🇼 Malawi🇲🇾 Malaysia🇲🇱 Mali🇲🇷 Mauritania🇲🇽 Mexico🇲🇩 Moldova🇲🇦 Morocco🇲🇿 Mozambique🇲🇲 Myanmar🇳🇦 Namibia🇳🇵 Nepal🇳🇿 New Zealand🇳🇪 Niger🇳🇬 Nigeria🇰🇵 North Korea🇲🇰 North Macedonia🇳🇴 Norway🇴🇲 Oman🇵🇰 Pakistan🇵🇸 Palestine🇵🇦 Panama🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea🇵🇾 Paraguay🇨🇳 People's Republic of China🇵🇪 Peru🇵🇭 Philippines🇵🇱 Poland🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo🇷🇺 Russia🇷🇼 Rwanda🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia🇸🇳 Senegal🇷🇸 Serbia🇸🇱 Sierra Leone🇸🇬 Singapore🇸🇰 Slovakia🇸🇴 Somalia🇿🇦 South Africa🇰🇷 South Korea🇸🇸 South Sudan🇪🇸 Spain🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇸🇩 Sudan🇸🇪 Sweden🇸🇾 Syria🇹🇼 Taiwan🇹🇿 Tanzania🇹🇭 Thailand🇹🇬 Togo🇹🇳 Tunisia🇹🇷 Turkey🇹🇲 Turkmenistan🇺🇬 Uganda🇺🇦 Ukraine🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇬🇧 United Kingdom🇺🇸 United States🇺🇾 Uruguay🇺🇿 Uzbekistan🇻🇪 Venezuela🇻🇳 Vietnam🇾🇪 Yemen🇿🇲 Zambia🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Why these 20
City population from Wikidata's preferred figure (usually the latest census or official estimate). City limits differ a lot between countries, so compare within a country first.
Built from the regions below: the best 20 of all of them.
How it is measured
Wikidata: cities and big cities with 300,000 people or more.
References
- Wikidata query: cities by population, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-19 19:22 UTC.
Also in
Photo: Shinjuku skyline, Tokyo - Sony A7R (11831328835) by Luke Ma from Taipei, Taiwan ROC, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Pictures in rows: Wikimedia Commons, GitHub and the linked pages.