- Tokyo, Japan – Population: ~37,977,000
- Jakarta, Indonesia – Population: ~35,386,000
- Delhi, India – Population: ~31,190,000
- Guangzhou–Foshan, China – Population: ~27,119,000
- Mumbai, India – Population: ~25,189,000
- Manila, Philippines – Population: ~24,156,000
- Shanghai, China – Population: ~24,042,000
- Seoul–Incheon, South Korea – Population: ~23,225,000
- Cairo, Egypt – Population: ~22,679,000
- Mexico City, Mexico – Population: ~21,905,000
- Kolkata, India – Population: ~21,747,000
- São Paulo, Brazil – Population: ~21,486,000
- New York, United States – Population: ~21,396,000
- Karachi, Pakistan – Population: ~20,249,000
- Dhaka, Bangladesh – Population: ~19,134,000
- Bangkok, Thailand – Population: ~18,884,000
- Beijing, China – Population: ~18,883,000
- Moscow, Russia – Population: ~17,878,000
- Shenzhen, China – Population: ~17,778,000
- Buenos Aires, Argentina – Population: ~15,748,000
- Los Angeles, United States – Population: ~15,587,000
- Johannesburg–Pretoria, South Africa – Population: ~15,551,000
- Bangalore, India – Population: ~15,257,000
- Chengdu, China – Population: ~15,016,000
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Population: ~14,953,000
- Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto, Japan – Population: ~14,916,000
- Lagos, Nigeria – Population: ~14,540,000
- Istanbul, Turkey – Population: ~14,441,000
- Lahore, Pakistan – Population: ~13,504,000
- Kinshasa, DR Congo – Population: ~13,493,000
- Tehran, Iran – Population: ~13,382,000
- Chongqing, China – Population: ~12,653,000
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Population: ~12,306,000
- Xi’an, China – Population: ~12,211,000
- Chennai, India – Population: ~12,053,000
- Paris, France – Population: ~11,108,000
- Zhengzhou, China – Population: ~11,068,000
- Luanda, Angola – Population: ~10,914,000
- London, United Kingdom – Population: ~10,803,000
- Dongguan, China – Population: ~10,753,000
- Lima, Peru – Population: ~10,556,000
- Wuhan, China – Population: ~10,353,000
- Bogotá, Colombia – Population: ~10,252,000
- Tianjin, China – Population: ~10,047,000
- Hyderabad, India – Population: ~9,797,000
- Taipei, Taiwan – Population: ~9,662,000
- Hangzhou, China – Population: ~9,618,000
- Nagoya, Japan – Population: ~9,439,000
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Population: ~9,387,000
- Chicago, United States – Population: ~8,954,000
- Nanjing, China – Population: ~8,507,000
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Population: ~8,309,000
- Shenyang–Fushun, China – Population: ~8,044,000
- Ahmedabad, India – Population: ~8,006,000
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – Population: ~7,965,000
- Washington–Baltimore, United States – Population: ~7,853,000
- Boston–Providence, United States – Population: ~7,429,000
- Onitsha, Nigeria – Population: ~7,205,000
- Bandung, Indonesia – Population: ~7,203,000
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Population: ~7,185,000
- Khartoum, Sudan – Population: ~7,155,000
- Bangkok, Thailand – Population: ~7,105,000
- Cebu, Philippines – Population: ~6,952,000
- Algiers, Algeria – Population: ~6,944,000
- Casablanca, Morocco – Population: ~6,903,000
- Kinshasa, DR Congo – Population: ~6,898,000
- Dhaka, Bangladesh – Population: ~6,842,000
- Accra, Ghana – Population: ~6,805,000
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Population: ~6,775,000
- Lima, Peru – Population: ~6,703,000
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Population: ~6,672,000
- Nairobi, Kenya – Population: ~6,573,000
- Cairo, Egypt – Population: ~6,500,000
- Managua, Nicaragua – Population: ~6,505,000
- São Paulo, Brazil – Population: ~6,400,000
- Caracas, Venezuela – Population: ~6,300,000
- Bucaramanga, Colombia – Population: ~6,005,000
- Medellín, Colombia – Population: ~5,870,000
- Quito, Ecuador – Population: ~5,600,000
- Guatemala City, Guatemala – Population: ~5,480,000
- San Salvador, El Salvador – Population: ~5,410,000
- San José, Costa Rica – Population: ~5,300,000
- Salvador, Brazil – Population: ~5,250,000
- Tegucigalpa, Honduras – Population: ~5,000,000
- Lagos, Nigeria – Population: ~4,890,000
- Douala, Cameroon – Population: ~4,853,000
- Kigali, Rwanda – Population: ~4,800,000
- Lima, Peru – Population: ~4,758,000
- Lima, Peru – Population: ~4,720,000
- Jakarta, Indonesia – Population: ~4,680,000
- Santiago, Chile – Population: ~4,630,000
- La Paz, Bolivia – Population: ~4,590,000
- Cali, Colombia – Population: ~4,505,000
- Caracas, Venezuela – Population: ~4,397,000
- Montevideo, Uruguay – Population: ~4,320,000
- Guayaquil, Ecuador – Population: ~4,280,000
- Porto Alegre, Brazil – Population: ~4,200,000
- Brasília, Brazil – Population: ~4,110,000
- Ankara, Turkey – Population: ~4,020,000
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Population: ~3,900,000
- Kanpur, India – Population: ~3,880,000
- Barcelona, Spain – Population: ~3,850,000
- Abidjan, Ivory Coast – Population: ~3,820,000
- Almaty, Kazakhstan – Population: ~3,780,000
- Recife, Brazil – Population: ~3,750,000
- Mashhad, Iran – Population: ~3,710,000
- Faisalabad, Pakistan – Population: ~3,680,000
- Busan, South Korea – Population: ~3,640,000
- Aleppo, Syria – Population: ~3,600,000
- Vienna, Austria – Population: ~3,580,000
- Damascus, Syria – Population: ~3,570,000
- Tashkent, Uzbekistan – Population: ~3,550,000
- Pune, India – Population: ~3,520,000
- Havana, Cuba – Population: ~3,490,000
- Rome, Italy – Population: ~3,450,000
- Sapporo, Japan – Population: ~3,430,000
- Doha, Qatar – Population: ~3,410,000
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – Population: ~3,390,000
- Medan, Indonesia – Population: ~3,370,000
- Minneapolis–Saint Paul, United States – Population: ~3,350,000
- Milan, Italy – Population: ~3,330,000
- Damman, Saudi Arabia – Population: ~3,310,000
- Yaoundé, Cameroon – Population: ~3,290,000
- Athens, Greece – Population: ~3,270,000
- San Francisco Bay Area, United States – Population: ~3,250,000
- Nagpur, India – Population: ~3,240,000
- Islamabad–Rawalpindi, Pakistan – Population: ~3,230,000
- Hanoi, Vietnam – Population: ~3,210,000
- Brasília, Brazil – Population: ~3,190,000
- Mashhad, Iran – Population: ~3,170,000
- Cape Town, South Africa – Population: ~3,160,000
- Lucknow, India – Population: ~3,150,000
- Chicago, United States – Population: ~3,130,000
- Kano, Nigeria – Population: ~3,120,000
- Urumqi, China – Population: ~3,110,000
- Xiamen, China – Population: ~3,100,000
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Population: ~3,090,000
- Yokohama, Japan – Population: ~3,070,000
- Izmir, Turkey – Population: ~3,060,000
- Changsha, China – Population: ~3,050,000
- Copenhagen, Denmark – Population: ~3,040,000
- Brazzaville, Republic of Congo – Population: ~3,030,000
- Jinan, China – Population: ~3,020,000
- Berlin, Germany – Population: ~3,010,000
- Montreal, Canada – Population: ~3,000,000
- Medina, Saudi Arabia – Population: ~2,990,000
- Detroit, United States – Population: ~2,980,000
- Tripoli, Libya – Population: ~2,970,000
- Mashhad, Iran – Population: ~2,960,000
- Tijuana, Mexico – Population: ~2,950,000
- Port Harcourt, Nigeria – Population: ~2,940,000
- Zhongshan, China – Population: ~2,920,000
- Durban, South Africa – Population: ~2,900,000
- Bamako, Mali – Population: ~2,890,000
- Patna, India – Population: ~2,870,000
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – Population: ~2,850,000
- Kampala, Uganda – Population: ~2,840,000
- Harare, Zimbabwe – Population: ~2,820,000
- Zibo, China – Population: ~2,810,000
- Tangshan, China – Population: ~2,800,000
- Surabaya, Indonesia – Population: ~2,790,000
- Rangoon (Yangon), Myanmar – Population: ~2,780,000
- Valencia, Venezuela – Population: ~2,760,000
- Fortaleza, Brazil – Population: ~2,750,000
- Benin City, Nigeria – Population: ~2,730,000
- Lubumbashi, DR Congo – Population: ~2,710,000
- Sendai, Japan – Population: ~2,690,000
- Baku, Azerbaijan – Population: ~2,680,000
- Gaziantep, Turkey – Population: ~2,670,000
- Lusaka, Zambia – Population: ~2,660,000
- Taichung, Taiwan – Population: ~2,650,000
- Colombo, Sri Lanka – Population: ~2,630,000
- Barcelona, Venezuela – Population: ~2,610,000
- Kigali, Rwanda – Population: ~2,600,000
- Port Elizabeth, South Africa – Population: ~2,590,000
- Kermanshah, Iran – Population: ~2,580,000
- Thessaloniki, Greece – Population: ~2,570,000
- Douala, Cameroon – Population: ~2,550,000
- Bhopal, India – Population: ~2,540,000
- Nanning, China – Population: ~2,520,000
- Kobe, Japan – Population: ~2,500,000
- Brasov, Romania – Population: ~2,490,000
- Conakry, Guinea – Population: ~2,480,000
- Cotonou, Benin – Population: ~2,460,000
- Asunción, Paraguay – Population: ~2,450,000
- Varanasi, India – Population: ~2,430,000
- Barranquilla, Colombia – Population: ~2,410,000
- Guadalajara, Mexico – Population: ~2,400,000
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Population: ~2,390,000
- Fukuoka, Japan – Population: ~2,380,000
- Kaohsiung, Taiwan – Population: ~2,360,000
- Antananarivo, Madagascar – Population: ~2,350,000
- Basra, Iraq – Population: ~2,340,000
- Bursa, Turkey – Population: ~2,320,000
- Columbus, United States – Population: ~2,310,000
- Bhubaneswar, India – Population: ~2,290,000
- Quezon City, Philippines – Population: ~2,280,000
- Multan, Pakistan – Population: ~2,260,000
- Kuwait City, Kuwait – Population: ~2,250,000
- Gujranwala, Pakistan – Population: ~2,240,000