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City population · 2025

The world is becoming a world of cities.

Explore a verified first slice of the UN's harmonized global city dataset—organized for clear comparisons, rankings, and future growth.

Primary sourceUN World Urbanization Prospects 2025Harmonized urban centre (Degree of Urbanization methodology)
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  1. 01
    JakartaIndonesia · Asia
    41.91M2025
  2. 02
    DhakaBangladesh · Asia
    36.59M2025
  3. 03
    TokyoJapan · Asia
    33.41M2025
  4. 04
    DelhiIndia · Asia
    30.22M2025
  5. 05
    ShanghaiChina · Asia
    29.56M2025
  6. 06
    GuangzhouChina · Asia
    27.56M2025
  7. 07
    Cairo–GizaEgypt · Africa
    25.57M2025
  8. 08
    ManilaPhilippines · Asia
    24.74M2025
  9. 09
    KolkataIndia · Asia
    22.55M2025
  10. 10
    SeoulRepublic of Korea · Asia
    22.49M2025
  11. 11
    KarachiPakistan · Asia
    21.42M2025
  12. 12
    MumbaiIndia · Asia
    20.2M2025
  13. 13
    BangkokThailand · Asia
    18.18M2025
  14. 14
    BeijingChina · Asia
    17.01M2025
  15. 15
    Buenos AiresArgentina · Latin America
    14.02M2025
  16. 16
    BengaluruIndia · Asia
    13.19M2025
  17. 17
    ChennaiIndia · Asia
    11.15M2025
  18. 18
    BogotáColombia · Latin America
    10.62M2025

A careful start

Verified first. Broader next.

This release starts with a reviewed set of major urban centres. The architecture is ready to expand to the complete WUP catalogue without changing profile URLs or mixing incompatible definitions.

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