Lijst van grootste steden ter wereld

rank	stad	inwoners	land
1	Shanghai	24.256.800	Japan
2	Karachi	23.500.000	Pakistan
3	Beijing	21.516.000	China
4	Lagos	21.000.000	Nigeria
5	Delhi	16.787.900	India
6	Tianjin	15.200.000	China
7	Istanbul	14.160.500	Turkije
8	Tokio	13.297.600	Japan
9	Guangzhou	13.080.500	China
10	Mumbai	12.478.400	India
11	Moskou	12.197.600	Rusland
12	São Paulo	11.895.900	Brazilie
13	Shenzhen	10.467.400	China
14	Jakarta	10.075.300	Indonesie
15	Seoel	10.048.900	Zuid-Korea
16	Kinshasa	9.735.000	Kongo-Kinshasa
17	Caïro	9.278.400	Egypte
18	Mexico-Stad	8.874.700	Mexico
19	Lima	8.693.400	Peru
20	New York	8.550.405	VS
21	Londen	8.538.700	Verenigd Koninkrijk
22	Bangalore	8.426.000	India
23	Bangkok	8.280.900	Thailand
24	Ho Chi Minhstad	8.224.400	Vietnam
25	Dongguan	8.220.200	China
26	Chongqing	8.189.800	China
27	Nanjing	8.187.800	China
28	Teheran	8.154.100	Iran
29	Shenyang	8.106.200	China
30	Bogota	7.776.800	Colombia
31	Ningbo		China
32	Hong Kong		Hong Kong
33	Hanoi		Vietnam
34	Bagdad		Irak
35	Changsha		China
36	Dhaka		Bangladesh
37	Wuhan		China
38	Haiderabad		India
39	Rio de Janeiro		Brazilië
40	Faisalabad		Pakistan
41	Lahore		Pakistan