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Major urban areas - population was published in 15 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2011 to 2025. The 2025 edition carries it in 225 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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World

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World

ten largest urban agglomerations:
  • Tokyo (Japan) - 37,393,000;
  • New Delhi (India) - 30,291,000;
  • Shanghai (China) - 27,058,000;
  • Sao Paulo (Brazil) - 22,043,000;
  • Mexico City (Mexico) - 21,782,000;
  • Dhaka (Bangladesh) - 21,006,000;
  • Cairo (Egypt) - 20,901,000;
  • Beijing (China) - 20,463,000;
  • Mumbai (India) - 20,411,000;
  • Osaka (Japan) - 19,165,000 (2020)
ten largest urban agglomerations, by continent:
  • Africa - Cairo (Egypt) - 20,901,000;
  • Lagos (Nigeria) - 134,368,000;
  • Kinshasha (DRC) - 14,342,000;
  • Luanda (Angola) - 8,330,000;
  • Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania) - 6,702,000;
  • Khartoum (Sudan) - 5,829,000;
  • Johannesburg (South Africa) - 5,783,000;
  • Alexandria (Egypt) - 5,281,000;
  • Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire) - 5,203,000;
  • Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) - 4,794,000
  • Asia - Tokyo (Japan) - 37,393,000;
  • New Delhi (India) - 30,291,000;
  • Shanghai (China) - 27,058,000;
  • Dhaka (Bangladesh) - 21,006,000;
  • Beijing (China) - 20,463,000;
  • Mumbai (India) - 20,411,000;
  • Osaka (Japan) - 19,165,000;
  • Karachi (Pakistan) - 16,094,000;
  • Chongqing (China) - 15,872,000;
  • Istanbul (Turkey) - 15,190,000
  • Europe - Moscow (Russia) - 12,538,000;
  • Paris (France) - 11,017,000;
  • London (United Kingdom) - 9,304,000;
  • Madrid (Spain) - 6,618,000;
  • Barcelona (Spain) - 5,586,000, Saint Petersburg (Russia) - 5,468,000;
  • Rome (Italy) - 4,257,000;
  • Berlin (Germany) - 3,562,000;
  • Athens (Greece) - 3,153,000;
  • Milan (Italy) - 3,140,000
  • North America - Mexico City (Mexico) - 21,782,000;
  • New York-Newark (United States) - 18,804,000;
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana (United States) - 12,447,000;
  • Chicago (United States) - 8,865,000;
  • Houston (United States) - 6,371,000;
  • Dallas-Fort Worth (United States) - 6,301,000;
  • Toronto (Canada) - 6,197,000;
  • Miami (United States) - 6,122,000;
  • Atlanta (United States) - 5,803,000;
  • Philadelphia (United States) - 5,717,000
  • Oceania - Melbourne (Australia) - 4,968,000, Sydney (Australia) - 4,926,000;
  • Brisbane (Australia) - 2,406,000;
  • Perth (Australia) - 2,042,000;
  • Auckland (New Zealand) - 1,607,000;
  • Adelaide (Australia) - 1,336,000;
  • Gold Coast-Tweed Head (Australia) - 699,000;
  • Canberra (Australia) - 457,000;
  • Newcastle-Maitland (Australia) - 450,000;
  • Wellington (New Zealand) - 415,000
  • South America - Sao Paulo (Brazil) - 22,043,000;
  • Buenos Aires (Argentina) - 15,154,000;
  • Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) - 13,458,000;
  • Bogota (Colombia) - 10,978,000;
  • Lima (Peru) - 10,719,000;
  • Santiago (Chile) - 6,767,000;
  • Belo Horizonte (Brazil) - 6,084,000;
  • Brasilia (Brazil) - 4,646,000;
  • Porto Alegre (Brazil) - 4,137,000;
  • Recife (Brazil) - 4,127,000 (2020)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

  • 2.902 million ALGIERS (capital), 936,000 Oran (2022)

Angola

9.292 million LUANDA (capital), 959,000 Lubango, 905,000 Cabinda, 809,000 Benguela, 783,000 Malanje (2023)

Benin

285,000 PORTO-NOVO (capital) (2018); 1.253 million Abomey-Calavi, 722,000 COTONOU (seat of government) (2022)

Botswana

  • 269,000 GABORONE (capital) (2018)

Burkina Faso

  • 3.204 million OUAGADOUGOU (capital), 1.129 million Bobo-Dioulasso (2023)

Burundi

  • 1.207 million BUJUMBURA (capital) (2023)

Cabo Verde

  • 168,000 PRAIA (capital) (2018)

Cameroon

  • 4.509 million YAOUNDE (capital), 4.063 million Douala (2023)

Central African Republic

  • 958,000 BANGUI (capital) (2023)

Chad

  • 1.592 million N'DJAMENA (capital) (2023)

Comoros

  • 62,000 MORONI (capital) (2018)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

16.316 million KINSHASA (capital), 2.892 million Mbuji-Mayi, 2.812 million Lubumbashi, 1.664 million Kananga, 1.423 million Kisangani, 1.249 million Bukavu (2023)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

  • 2.638 million BRAZZAVILLE (capital), 1.336 million Pointe-Noire (2023)

Cote d'Ivoire

231,000 YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) (2018), 5.686 million ABIDJAN (seat of government) (2023)

Djibouti

  • 600,000 DJIBOUTI (capital) (2023)

Egypt

22.183 million CAIRO (capital), 5.588 million Alexandria, 778,000 Bur Sa'id (2023)

Equatorial Guinea

  • 297,000 MALABO (capital) (2018)

Eritrea

  • 1.073 million ASMARA (capital) (2023)

Eswatini

  • 68,000 MBABANE (capital) (2018)

Ethiopia

  • 5.461 million ADDIS ABABA (capital) (2023)

Gabon

  • 870,000 LIBREVILLE (capital) (2023)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

  • 481,000 BANJUL (capital) (2023)

note: includes the local government areas of Banjul and Kanifing

Ghana

3.768 million Kumasi, 2.660 million ACCRA (capital), 1.078 million Sekondi Takoradi (2023)

Guinea

  • 2.111 million CONAKRY (capital) (2023)

Guinea-Bissau

  • 664,000 BISSAU (capital) (2023)

Kenya

  • 5.325 million NAIROBI (capital), 1.440 million Mombassa (2023)

Lesotho

  • 202,000 MASERU (capital) (2018)

Liberia

  • 1.678 million MONROVIA (capital) (2023)

Libya

  • 1.183 million TRIPOLI (capital), 984,000 Misratah, 859,000 Benghazi (2023)

Madagascar

  • 3.872 million ANTANANARIVO (capital) (2023)

Malawi

  • 1.276 million LILONGWE (capital), 1.031 million Blantyre-Limbe (2023)

Mali

  • 2.929 million BAMAKO (capital) (2023)

Mauritania

  • 1.492 million NOUAKCHOTT (capital) (2023)

Mauritius

  • 149,000 PORT LOUIS (capital) (2018)

Morocco

3.893 million Casablanca, 1.959 million RABAT (capital), 1.290 million Fes, 1.314 million Tangier, 1.050 million Marrakech, 979,000 Agadir (2023)

Mozambique

  • 1.852 million Matola, 1.163 million MAPUTO (capital), 969,000 Nampula (2023)

Namibia

  • 477,000 WINDHOEK (capital) (2023)

Niger

  • 1.437 million NIAMEY (capital) (2023)

Nigeria

15.946 million Lagos, 4.348 million Kano, 3.875 million Ibadan, 3.840 million ABUJA (capital), 3.480 million Port Harcourt, 1.905 million Benin City (2023)

Rwanda

  • 1.248 million KIGALI (capital) (2023)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  • 1,000 JAMESTOWN (capital) (2018)

Sao Tome and Principe

  • 80,000 SAO TOME (capital) (2018)

Senegal

  • 3.340 million DAKAR (capital) (2023)

Seychelles

  • 28,000 VICTORIA (capital) (2018)

Sierra Leone

  • 1.309 million FREETOWN (capital) (2023)

Somalia

  • 2.610 million MOGADISHU (capital), 1.127 million Hargeysa (2023)

South Africa

10.316 million Johannesburg (includes Ekurhuleni), 4.890 million Cape Town (legislative capital), 3.228 million Durban, 2.818 million PRETORIA (administrative capital), 1.296 million Port Elizabeth, 934,000 West Rand (2023)

South Sudan

  • 459,000 JUBA (capital) (2023)

Sudan

  • 6.344 million KHARTOUM (capital), 1.057 million Nyala (2023)

Tanzania

262,000 Dodoma (legislative capital) (2018), 7.776 million DAR ES SALAAM (administrative capital), 1.311 million Mwanza, 800,000 Zanzibar (2023)

Togo

  • 1.982 million LOME (capital) (2023)

Tunisia

  • 2.475 million TUNIS (capital) (2023)

Uganda

  • 3.846 million KAMPALA (capital) (2023)

Zambia

  • 3.181 million LUSAKA (capital), 763,000 Kitwe (2023)

Zimbabwe

  • 1.578 million HARARE (capital) (2023)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

  • 18,000 NUUK (capital) (2018)

Iceland

  • 216,000 REYKJAVIK (capital) (2018)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

  • 4.589 million KABUL (capital) (2023)

Armenia

  • 1.095 million YEREVAN (capital) (2023)

Azerbaijan

  • 2.432 million BAKU (capital) (2023)

Bangladesh

23.210 million DHAKA (capital), 5.380 million Chittagong, 955,000 Khulna, 962,000 Rajshahi, 964,000 Sylhet, 906,000 Bogra (2023)

Bhutan

  • 203,000 THIMPHU (capital) (2018)

China

29.211 million Shanghai, 21.766 million BEIJING (capital), 17.341 million Chongqing, 14.284 million Guangzhou, 14.239 million Tianjin, 13.073 million Shenzhen (2023)

Georgia

  • 1.082 million TBILISI (capital) (2023)

India

32.941 million NEW DELHI (capital), 21.297 million Mumbai, 15.333 million Kolkata, 13.608 million Bangalore, 11.776 million Chennai, 10.801 million Hyderabad (2023)

Japan

37.194 million TOKYO (capital), 19.013 million Osaka, 9.569 million Nagoya, 5.490 million Kitakyushu-Fukuoka, 2.937 million Shizuoka-Hamamatsu, 2.666 million Sapporo (2023)

Kazakhstan

1.987 million Almaty, 1.291 million NUR-SULTAN (capital), 1.155 million Shimkent (2023)

Korea, North now North Korea

  • 3.158 million PYONGYANG (capital) (2023)

Korea, South now South Korea

9.988 million SEOUL (capital), 3.472 million Busan, 2.849 million Incheon, 2.181 million Daegu (Taegu), 1.577 million Daejon (Taejon), 1.529 million Gwangju (Kwangju) (2023)

Kyrgyzstan

  • 1.105 million BISHKEK (capital) (2023)

Maldives

  • 177,000 MALE (capital) (2018)

Mongolia

  • 1.673 million ULAANBAATAR (capital) (2023)

Nepal

  • 1.571 million KATHMANDU (capital) (2023)

Pakistan

17.236 million Karachi, 13.979 million Lahore, 3.711 million Faisalabad, 2.415 million Gujranwala, 2.412 million Peshawar, 1.232 million ISLAMABAD (capital) (2023)

Russia

12.680 million MOSCOW (capital), 5.561 million Saint Petersburg, 1.695 million Novosibirsk, 1.528 million Yekaterinburg, 1.292 million Kazan, 1.251 million Nizhniy Novgorod (2023)

Sri Lanka

103,000 Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) (2018), 633,000 COLOMBO (capital) (2023)

Tajikistan

  • 987,000 DUSHANBE (capital) (2023)

Turkmenistan

  • 902,000 ASHGABAT (capital) (2023)

Uzbekistan

  • 2.603 million TASHKENT (capital) (2023)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

  • 1,000 THE VALLEY (capital) (2018)

Antigua and Barbuda

  • 21,000 SAINT JOHN'S (capital) (2018)

Aruba

  • 30,000 ORANJESTAD (capital) (2018)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

  • 280,000 NASSAU (capital) (2018)

Barbados

  • 89,000 BRIDGETOWN (capital) (2018)

Belize

  • 23,000 BELMOPAN (capital) (2018)

British Virgin Islands

  • 15,000 ROAD TOWN (capital) (2018)

Cayman Islands

  • 35,000 GEORGE TOWN (capital) (2018)

Costa Rica

  • 1.462 million SAN JOSE (capital) (2023)

Cuba

  • 2.149 million HAVANA (capital) (2023)

Curacao

  • 144,000 WILLEMSTAD (capital) (2018)

Dominica

  • 15,000 ROSEAU (capital) (2018)

Dominican Republic

  • 3.524 million SANTO DOMINGO (capital) (2023)

El Salvador

  • 1.116 million SAN SALVADOR (capital) (2023)

Grenada

  • 39,000 SAINT GEORGE'S (capital) (2018)

Guatemala

  • 3.095 million GUATEMALA CITY (capital) (2023)

Haiti

  • 2.987 million PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) (2023)

Honduras

  • 1.568 million TEGUCIGALPA (capital), 982,000 San Pedro Sula (2023)

Jamaica

  • 597,000 KINGSTON (capital) (2023)

Nicaragua

  • 1.095 million MANAGUA (capital) (2023)

Panama

  • 1.977 million PANAMA CITY (capital) (2023)

Puerto Rico

  • 2.440 million SAN JUAN (capital) (2023)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • 14,000 BASSETERRE (capital) (2018)

Saint Lucia

  • 22,000 CASTRIES (capital) (2018)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • 27,000 KINGSTOWN (capital) (2018)

Sint Maarten

  • 1,327 PHILIPSBURG (capital) (2011)

Trinidad and Tobago

  • 545,000 PORT-OF-SPAIN (capital) (2023)

Turks and Caicos Islands

  • 5,000 GRAND TURK (capital) (2018)

Virgin Islands

  • 52,000 CHARLOTTE AMALIE (capital) (2018)

Europe

48 entries

Albania

  • 520,000 TIRANA (capital) (2023)

Andorra

  • 23,000 ANDORRA LA VELLA (capital) (2018)

Austria

  • 1.975 million VIENNA (capital) (2023)

Belarus

  • 2.057 million MINSK (capital) (2023)

Belgium

  • 2.122 million BRUSSELS (capital), 1.057 million Antwerp (2023)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • 346,000 SARAJEVO (capital) (2023)

Bulgaria

  • 1.288 million SOFIA (capital) (2023)

Croatia

  • 684,000 ZAGREB (capital) (2023)

Czechia

  • 1.323 million PRAGUE (capital) (2023)

Denmark

  • 1.381 million COPENHAGEN (capital) (2023)

Estonia

  • 454,000 TALLINN (capital) (2023)

Faroe Islands

  • 21,000 TORSHAVN (capital) (2018)

Finland

  • 1.338 million HELSINKI (capital) (2023)

France

11.208 million PARIS (capital), 1.761 million Lyon, 1.628 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.079 million Lille, 1.060 million Toulouse, 1.000 million Bordeaux (2023)

Germany

3.574 million BERLIN (capital), 1.788 million Hamburg, 1.576 million Munich, 1.144 million Cologne, 796,000 Frankfurt (2023)

Gibraltar

  • 35,000 GIBRALTAR (capital) (2018)

Greece

  • 3.154 million ATHENS (capital), 815,000 Thessaloniki (2023)

Guernsey

  • 16,000 SAINT PETER PORT (capital) (2018)

Holy See (Vatican City)

  • 1,000 VATICAN CITY (capital) (2018)

Hungary

  • 1.778 million BUDAPEST (capital) (2023)

Ireland

  • 1.270 million DUBLIN (capital) (2023)

Isle of Man

  • 27,000 DOUGLAS (capital) (2018)

Italy

4.316 million ROME (capital), 3.155 million Milan, 2.179 million Naples, 1.802 million Turin, 913,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2023)

Jersey

  • 34,000 SAINT HELIER (capital) (2018)

Kosovo

  • 218,782 PRISTINA (capital) (2020)

Latvia

  • 621,000 RIGA (capital) (2023)

Liechtenstein

  • 5,000 VADUZ (capital) (2018)

Lithuania

  • 541,000 VILNIUS (capital) (2023)

Luxembourg

  • 120,000 LUXEMBOURG (capital) (2018)

Malta

  • 213,000 VALLETTA (capital) (2018)

Moldova

  • 488,000 CHISINAU (capital) (2023)

Monaco

  • 39,000 MONACO (capital) (2018)

Montenegro

  • 177,000 PODGORICA (capital) (2018)

Netherlands

  • 1.174 million AMSTERDAM (capital), 1.018 million Rotterdam (2023)

North Macedonia

  • 611,000 SKOPJE (capital) (2023)

Norway

  • 1.086 million OSLO (capital) (2023)

Poland

  • 1.798 million WARSAW (capital), 769,000 Krakow (2023)

Portugal

  • 3.001 million LISBON (capital), 1.325 million Porto (2023)

Romania

  • 1.776 million BUCHAREST (capital) (2023)

San Marino

4,000 SAN MARINO (2018)

Serbia

  • 1.408 million BELGRADE (capital) (2023)

Slovakia

  • 441,000 BRATISLAVA (capital) (2023)

Slovenia

  • 286,000 LJUBLJANA (capital) (2018)

Spain

  • 6.751 million MADRID (capital), 5.687 million Barcelona, 838,000 Valencia (2023)

Sweden

  • 1.700 million STOCKHOLM (capital) (2023)

Switzerland

  • 1.432 million Zurich, 441,000 BERN (capital) (2023)

Ukraine

3.017 million KYIV (capital), 1.421 million Kharkiv, 1.008 million Odesa, 942,000 Dnipropetrovsk, 888,000 Donetsk (2023)

United Kingdom

9.648 million LONDON (capital), 2.791 million Manchester, 2.665 million Birmingham, 1.929 million West Yorkshire, 1.698 million Glasgow, 952,000 Southampton/Portsmouth (2023)

Middle East

16 entries

Bahrain

  • 709,000 MANAMA (capital) (2023)

Cyprus

  • 269,000 NICOSIA (capital) (2018)

Gaza Strip

778,000 Gaza (2023)

Iran

9.500 million TEHRAN (capital), 3.368 million Mashhad, 2.258 million Esfahan, 1.721 million Shiraz, 1.661 million Tabriz, 1.594 million Karaj (2023)

Iraq

7.711 million BAGHDAD (capital), 1.792 million Mosul, 1.448 million Basra, 1.075 million Kirkuk, 958,000 Najaf, 897,000 Erbil (2023)

Israel

4.421 million Tel Aviv-Yafo, 1.174 million Haifa, 970,000 JERUSALEM (capital) (2023)

Jordan

  • 2.232 million AMMAN (capital) (2023)

Kuwait

  • 3.298 million KUWAIT (capital) (2023)

Lebanon

  • 2.421 million BEIRUT (capital) (2023)

Oman

  • 1.650 million MUSCAT (capital) (2023)

Qatar

  • 798,000 Ar-Rayyan, 658,000 DOHA (capital) (2023)

Saudi Arabia

7.682 million RIYADH (capital), 4.863 million Jeddah, 2.150 million Mecca, 1.573 million Medina, 1.329 million Ad Dammam, 872,000 million Hufuf-Mubarraz (2023)

Syria

2.585 million DAMASCUS (capital), 2.203 million Aleppo, 1.443 million Hims (Homs), 996,000 Hamah (2023)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

15.848 million Istanbul, 5.397 million ANKARA (capital), 3.088 million Izmir, 2.086 million Bursa, 1.836 million Adana, 1.805 million Gaziantep (2023)

United Arab Emirates

3.008 million Dubai, 1.831 million Sharjah, 1.567 million ABU DHABI (capital) (2023)

Yemen

3.292 million SANAA (capital), 1.080 million Aden, 941,000 Taiz, 772,000 Ibb (2023)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

  • 10,000 HAMILTON (capital) (2018)

Canada

6.372 million Toronto, 4.308 million Montreal, 2.657 million Vancouver, 1.640 million Calgary, 1.544 million Edmonton, 1.437 million OTTAWA (capital) (2023)

Mexico

22.281 million MEXICO CITY (capital), 5.420 million Guadalajara, 5.117 million Monterrey, 3.345 million Puebla, 2.626 million Toluca de Lerdo, 2.260 million Tijuana (2023)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  • 6,000 SAINT-PIERRE (capital) (2018)

United States

18.937 million New York-Newark, 12.534 million Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, 8.937 million Chicago, 6.707 million Houston, 6.574 million Dallas-Fort Worth, 5.490 million WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) (2023)

Oceania

20 entries

American Samoa

  • 49,000 PAGO PAGO (capital) (2018)

Australia

5.235 million Melbourne, 5.121 million Sydney, 2.505 million Brisbane, 2.118 million Perth, 1.367 million Adelaide, 472,000 CANBERRA (capital) (2023)

Fiji

  • 178,000 SUVA (capital) (2018)

French Polynesia

  • 136,000 PAPEETE (capital) (2018)

Guam

  • 147,000 HAGATNA (capital) (2018)

Kiribati

  • 64,000 TARAWA (capital) (2018)

Marshall Islands

  • 31,000 MAJURO (capital) (2018)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

  • 7,000 PALIKIR (capital) (2018)

New Caledonia

  • 198,000 NOUMEA (capital) (2018)

New Zealand

  • 1.673 million Auckland, 422,000 WELLINGTON (capital) (2023)

Niue

  • 1,000 ALOFI (capital) (2018)

Northern Mariana Islands

  • 51,000 SAIPAN (capital) (2018)

Palau

  • 277 NGERULMUD (capital) (2018)

Papua New Guinea

  • 410,000 PORT MORESBY (capital) (2023)

Samoa

  • 36,000 APIA (capital) (2018)

Solomon Islands

  • 82,000 HONIARA (capital) (2018)

Tonga

23,000 NUKU'ALOFA (2018)

Tuvalu

  • 7,000 FUNAFUTI (capital) (2018)

Vanuatu

  • 53,000 PORT-VILA (capital) (2018)

Wallis and Futuna

  • 1,000 MATA-UTU (capital) (2018)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

15.490 million BUENOS AIRES (capital), 1.612 million Córdoba, 1.594 million Rosario, 1.226 million Mendoza, 1.027 million San Miguel de Tucumán, 914,000 La Plata (2023)

Bolivia

1.936 million LA PAZ (capital), 1.820 million Santa Cruz, 1.400 million Cochabamba (2022); 278,000 Sucre (constitutional capital) (2018)

Brazil

22.620 million São Paulo, 13.728 million Rio de Janeiro, 6.248 million Belo Horizonte, 4.873 million BRASÍLIA (capital), 4.264 million Recife, 4.212 million Porto Alegre (2023)

Chile

6.903 million SANTIAGO (capital), 1.009 million Valparaiso, 912,000 Concepcion (2023)

Colombia

11.508 million BOGOTA (capital), 4.102 million Medellin, 2.864 million Cali, 2.349 million Barranquilla, 1.381 million Bucaramanga, 1.088 million Cartagena (2023)

Ecuador

  • 3.142 million Guayaquil, 1.957 million QUITO (capital) (2023)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  • 2,000 STANLEY (capital) (2018)

Guyana

  • 110,000 GEORGETOWN (capital) (2018)

Paraguay

  • 3.511 million ASUNCION (capital) (2023)

Peru

  • 11.204 million LIMA (capital), 959,000 Arequipa, 904,000 Trujillo (2023)

Suriname

  • 239,000 PARAMARIBO (capital) (2018)

Uruguay

  • 1.774 million MONTEVIDEO (capital) (2023)

Venezuela

2.972 million CARACAS (capital), 2.368 million Maracaibo, 1.983 million Valencia, 1.254 million Barquisimeto, 1.243 million Maracay, 964,000 Ciudad Guayana (2023)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

  • 266,682 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (capital) (2021)

note: the boundaries of the capital city were expanded in 2007, greatly increasing the city area; the population of the capital increased tenfold

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

  • 5.610 million RANGOON (Yangon) (capital), 1.532 million Mandalay (2023)

Cambodia

  • 2.281 million PHNOM PENH (capital) (2023)

Hong Kong

7.685 million Hong Kong (2023)

Indonesia

11.249 million JAKARTA (capital), 3.729 million Bekasi, 3.044 million Surabaya, 3.041 million Depok, 2.674 million Bandung, 2.514 million Tangerang (2023)

Laos

  • 721,000 VIENTIANE (capital) (2023)

Macau

682,000 Macau (2023)

Malaysia

8.622 million KUALA LUMPUR (capital), 1.086 million Johor Bahru, 857,000 Ipoh (2023)

Philippines

14.667 million MANILA (capital), 1.949 million Davao, 1.025 million Cebu City, 931,000 Zamboanga, 960,000 Antipolo, 803,000 Cagayan de Oro City, 803,000 Dasmarinas (2023)

Singapore

  • 6.081 million SINGAPORE (capital) (2023)

Taiwan

4.504 million New Taipei City, 2.754 million TAIPEI (capital), 2.319 million Taoyuan, 1.553 million Kaohsiung, 1.369 million Taichung, 863,000 Tainan (2023)

Thailand

11.070 million BANGKOK (capital), 1.454 Chon Buri, 1.359 million Samut Prakan, 1.213 million Chiang Mai, 1.005 million Songkla, 1.001 million Nothaburi (2023)

Timor-Leste

  • 281,000 DILI (capital) (2018)

Vietnam

9.321 million Ho Chi Minh City, 5.253 million HANOI (capital), 1.865 million Can Tho, 1.423 million Hai Phong, 1.221 million Da Nang, 1.111 million Bien Hoa (2023)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2025, “Major urban areas - population”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/major-urban-areas-population.

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