The CIA World Factbook Edition 2012 People and Society
Major urban areas - population In 15 editions of 36.
Major urban areas - population was published in 15 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2011 to 2025. The 2012 edition carries it in 204 entries, in its People and Society section, under the heading “Major cities - population”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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the first edition with it 2011
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As the CIA ranked them
Africa 57 entries
ALGIERS (capital) 2.74 million; Oran 770,000 (2009)
LUANDA (capital) 4.511 million; Huambo 979,000 (2009)
COTONOU (seat of government) 815,000; PORTO-NOVO (capital) 276,000 (2009)
GABORONE (capital) 196,000 (2009)
OUAGADOUGOU (capital) 1.777 million (2009)
BUJUMBURA (capital) 455,000 (2009)
PRAIA (capital) 125,000 (2009)
Douala 2.053 million; YAOUNDE (capital) 1.739 million (2009)
BANGUI (capital) 702,000 (2009)
N'DJAMENA (capital) 808,000 (2009)
MORONI (capital) 49,000 (2009)
KINSHASA (capital) 8.401 million; Lubumbashi 1.543 million; Mbuji-Mayi 1.488 million; Kananga 878,000; Kisangani 812,000 (2009)
BRAZZAVILLE (capital) 1.292 million (2009)
ABIDJAN (seat of government) 4.009 million; YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) 808,000 (2009)
DJIBOUTI (capital) 567,000 (2009)
CAIRO (capital) 10.902 million; Alexandria 4.387 million (2009)
MALABO (capital) 128,000 (2009)
ASMARA (capital) 649,000 (2009)
MBABANE (capital) 74,000 (2009)
ADDIS ABABA (capital) 2.863 million (2009)
LIBREVILLE (capital) 619,000 (2009)
BANJUL (capital) 436,000 (2009)
ACCRA (capital) 2.269 million; Kumasi 1.773 million (2009)
CONAKRY (capital) 1.597 million (2009)
BISSAU (capital) 302,000 (2009)
NAIROBI (capital) 3.375 million; Mombassa 966,000 (2009)
MASERU (capital) 220,000 (2009)
MONROVIA (capital) 882,000 (2009)
TRIPOLI (capital) 1.095 million (2009)
ANTANANARIVO (capital) 1.816 million (2009)
Blantyre 856,000; LILONGWE (capital) 821,000 (2009)
BAMAKO (capital) 1.628 million (2009)
NOUAKCHOTT (capital) 709,000 (2009)
PORT LOUIS (capital) 149,000 (2009)
MAMOUDZOU (capital) 6,000 (2009)
Casablanca 3.245 million; RABAT (capital) 1.77 million; Fes 1.044 million; Marrakech 909,000; Tangier 768,000 (2009)
MAPUTO (capital) 1.589 million; Matola 761,000 (2009)
WINDHOEK (capital) 342,000 (2009)
NIAMEY (capital) 1.004 million (2009)
Lagos 10.203 million; Kano 3.304 million; Ibadan 2.762 million; ABUJA (capital) 1.857 million; Kaduna 1.519 million (2009)
KIGALI (capital) 909,000 (2009)
JAMESTOWN (capital) 1,000 (2009)
SAO TOME (capital) 60,000 (2009)
DAKAR (capital) 2.777 million (2009)
VICTORIA (capital) 26,000 (2009)
FREETOWN (capital) 875,000 (2009)
MOGADISHU (capital) 1.353 million (2009)
Johannesburg 3.607 million; Cape Town 3.353 million; Ekurhuleni (East Rand) 3.144 million; Durban 2.837 million; PRETORIA (capital) 1.404 million (2009)
JUBA (capital) 250,000 (2008 est.)
KHARTOUM (capital) 5.021 million (2009)
DAR ES SALAAM (capital) 3.207 million (2009)
LOME (capital) 1.593 million (2009)
TUNIS (capital) 759,000 (2009)
KAMPALA (capital) 1.535 million (2009)
LUSAKA (capital) 1.413 million (2009)
HARARE (capital) 1.606 million (2009)
Arctic Region 2 entries
NUUK (capital) 15,000 (2009)
REYKJAVIK (capital) 198,000 (2009)
Asia 21 entries
KABUL (capital) 3.573 million (2009)
YEREVAN (capital) 1.11 million (2009)
BAKU (capital) 1.95 million (2009)
DHAKA (capital) 14.251 million; Chittagong 4.816 million; Khulna 1.636 million; Rajshahi 853,000 (2009)
THIMPHU (capital) 89,000 (2009)
Shanghai 16.575 million; BEIJING (capital) 12.214 million; Chongqing 9.401 million; Shenzhen 9.005 million; Guangzhou 8.884 million (2009)
TBILISI (capital) 1.115 million (2009)
NEW DELHI (capital) 21.72 million; Mumbai 19.695 million; Kolkata 15.294 million; Chennai 7.416 million; Bangalore 7.079 million (2009)
TOKYO (capital) 36.507 million; Osaka-Kobe 11.325 million; Nagoya 3.257 million; Fukuoka-Kitakyushu 2.809 million; Sapporo 2.673 million (2009)
Almaty 1.383 million; ASTANA (capital) 650,000 (2009)
SEOUL (capital) 9.778 million; Busan (Pusan) 3.439 million; Incheon (Inch'on) 2.572 million; Daegu (Taegu) 2.458 million; Daejon (Taejon) 1.497 million (2009)
BISHKEK (capital) 854,000 (2009)
MALE (capital) 120,000 (2009)
ULAANBAATAR (capital) 949,000 (2009)
KATHMANDU (capital) 990,000 (2009)
Karachi 13.125 million; Lahore 7.132 million; Faisalabad 2.849 million; Rawalpindi 2.026 million; ISLAMABAD (capital) 832,000 (2009)
MOSCOW (capital) 10.523 million; Saint Petersburg 4.575 million; Novosibirsk 1.397 million; Yekaterinburg 1.344 million; Nizhniy Novgorod 1.267 million (2009)
COLOMBO (capital) 681,000 (2009)
DUSHANBE (capital) 704,000 (2009)
ASHGABAT (capital) 637,000 (2009)
TASHKENT (capital) 2.201 million (2009)
Central America and the Caribbean 27 entries
THE VALLEY (capital) 2,000 (2009)
SAINT JOHN'S (capital) 27,000 (2009)
ORANJESTAD (capital) 33,000 (2009)
NASSAU (capital) 248,000 (2009)
BRIDGETOWN (capital) 112,000 (2009)
BELMOPAN (capital) 20,000 (2009)
ROAD TOWN (capital) 9,000 (2009)
GEORGE TOWN (capital) 32,000 (2009)
SAN JOSE (capital) 1.416 million (2009)
HAVANA (capital) 2.14 million (2009)
ROSEAU (capital) 14,000 (2009)
SANTO DOMINGO (capital) 2.138 million (2009)
SAN SALVADOR (capital) 1.534 million (2009)
SAINT GEORGE'S (capital) 40,000 (2009)
GUATEMALA CITY (capital) 1.075 million (2009)
PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) 2.143 million (2010)
TEGUCIGALPA (capital) 1 million (2009)
KINGSTON (capital) 580,000 (2009)
MANAGUA (capital) 934,000 (2009)
PANAMA CITY (capital) 1.346 million (2009)
SAN JUAN (capital) 2.73 million (2009)
BASSETERRE (capital) 13,000 (2009)
CASTRIES (capital) 15,000 (2009)
KINGSTOWN (capital) 28,000 (2009)
PORT-OF-SPAIN (capital) 57,000 (2009)
GRAND TURK (capital) 6,000 (2009)
CHARLOTTE AMALIE (capital) 54,000 (2009)
Europe 40 entries
TIRANA (capital) 433,000 (2009)
ANDORRA LA VELLA (capital) 25,000 (2009)
VIENNA (capital) 1.693 million (2009)
MINSK (capital) 1.837 million (2009)
BRUSSELS (capital) 1.892 million; Antwerp 961,000 (2009)
SARAJEVO (capital) 392,000 (2009)
SOFIA (capital) 1.192 million (2009)
ZAGREB (capital) 685,000 (2009)
PRAGUE (capital) 1.162 million (2009)
COPENHAGEN (capital) 1.174 million (2009)
TALLINN (capital) 399,000 (2009)
HELSINKI (capital) 1.107 million (2009)
PARIS (capital) 10.41 million; Marseille-Aix-en-Provence 1.457 million; Lyon 1.456 million; Lille 1.028 million; Nice-Cannes 977,000 (2009)
BERLIN (capital) 3.438 million; Hamburg 1.786 million; Munich 1.349 million; Cologne 1.001 million (2009)
ATHENS (capital) 3.252 million; Thessaloniki 834,000 (2009)
BUDAPEST (capital) 1.705 million (2009)
DUBLIN (capital) 1.084 million (2009)
DOUGLAS (capital) 26,000 (2009)
ROME (capital) 3.357 million; Milan 2.962 million; Naples 2.27 million; Turin 1.662 million; Palermo 872,000 (2009)
RIGA (capital) 711,000 (2009)
VADUZ (capital) 5,000 (2009)
VILNIUS (capital) 546,000 (2009)
LUXEMBOURG (capital) 90,000 (2009)
VALLETTA (capital) 199,000 (2009)
CHISINAU (capital) 650,000 (2009)
PODGORICA (capital) 144,000 (2009)
AMSTERDAM (capital) 1.044 million; Rotterdam 1.008 million; The Hague (seat of government) 629,000 (2009)
Macedonia
now North Macedonia
SKOPJE (capital) 480,000 (2009)
OSLO (capital) 875,000 (2009)
WARSAW (capital) 1.71 million; Krakow 756,000 (2009)
LISBON (capital) 2.808 million; Porto 1.344 million (2009)
BUCHAREST (capital) 1.933 million (2009)
BELGRADE (capital) 1.115 million (2009)
BRATISLAVA (capital) 428,000 (2009)
LJUBLJANA (capital) 260,000 (2009)
MADRID (capital) 5.762 million; Barcelona 5.029 million; Valencia 812,000 (2009)
STOCKHOLM (capital) 1.279 million (2009)
Zurich 1.143 million; BERN (capital) 346,000 (2009)
KYIV (capital) 2.779 million; Kharkiv 1.455 million; Dnipropetrovsk 1.013 million; Odesa 1.009 million; Donetsk 971,000 (2009)
LONDON (capital) 8.615 million; Birmingham 2.296 million; Manchester 2.247 million; West Yorkshire 1.541 million; Glasgow 1.166 million (2009)
Middle East 15 entries
MANAMA (capital) 163,000 (2009)
NICOSIA (capital) 240,000 (2009)
TEHRAN (capital) 7.19 million; Mashhad 2.592 million; Esfahan 1.704 million; Karaj 1.531 million; Tabriz 1.459 million (2009)
BAGHDAD (capital) 5.751 million; Mosul 1.447 million; Erbil 1.009 million; Basra 923,000; As Sulaymaniyah 836,000 (2009)
Tel Aviv-Yafo 3.219 million; Haifa 1.027 million; JERUSALEM (capital) 768,000 (2009)
AMMAN (capital) 1.088 million (2009)
KUWAIT (capital) 2.23 million (2009)
BEIRUT (capital) 1.909 million (2009)
MUSCAT (capital) 634,000 (2009)
DOHA (capital) 427,000 (2009)
RIYADH (capital) 4.725 million; Jeddah 3.234 million; Mecca 1.484 million; Medina 1.104 million; Ad Dammam 902,000 (2009)
Aleppo 2.985 million; DAMASCUS (capital) 2.527 million; Hims 1.276 million; Hamah 854,000 (2009)
Istanbul 10.378 million; ANKARA (capital) 3.846 million; Izmir 2.679 million; Bursa 1.559 million; Adana 1.339 million (2009)
ABU DHABI (capital) 666,000 (2009)
SANAA (capital) 2.229 million (2009)
North America 5 entries
HAMILTON (capital) 12,000 (2009)
Toronto 5.377 million; Montreal 3.75 million; Vancouver 2.197 million; OTTAWA (capital) 1.17 million; Calgary 1.16 million (2009)
MEXICO CITY (capital) 19.319 million; Guadalajara 4.338 million; Monterrey 3.838 million; Puebla 2.278 million; Tijuana 1.629 million (2009)
SAINT-PIERRE (capital) 5,000 (2009)
New York-Newark 19.3 million; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 12.675 million; Chicago 9.134 million; Miami 5.699 million; WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) 4.421 million (2009)
Oceania 14 entries
PAGO PAGO (capital) 60,000 (2009)
Sydney 4.429 million; Melbourne 3.853 million; Brisbane 1.97 million; Perth 1.599 million; CANBERRA (capital) 384,000 (2009)
SUVA (capital) 174,000 (2009)
PAPEETE (capital) 133,000 (2009)
HAGATNA (capital) 153,000 (2009)
TARAWA (capital) 43,000 (2009)
MAJURO (capital) 30,000 (2009)
PALIKIR (capital) 7,000 (2009)
NOUMEA (capital) 144,000 (2009)
Auckland 1.36 million; WELLINGTON (capital) 391,000 (2009)
SAIPAN (capital) NA (2009)
PORT MORESBY (capital) 314,000 (2009)
APIA (capital) 36,000 (2009)
HONIARA (capital) 72,000 (2009)
South America 13 entries
BUENOS AIRES (capital) 12.988 million; Cordoba 1.493 million; Rosario 1.231 million; Mendoza 917,000; San Miguel de Tucuman 831,000 (2009)
LA PAZ (capital) 1.642 million; Santa Cruz 1.584 million; Sucre 281,000 (2009)
Sao Paulo 19.96 million; Rio de Janeiro 11.836 million; Belo Horizonte 5.736 million; Porto Alegre 4.034 million; BRASILIA (capital) 3.789 million (2009)
SANTIAGO (capital) 5.883 million; Valparaiso 865,000 (2009)
BOGOTA (capital) 8.262 million; Medellin 3.497 million; Cali 2.352 million; Barranquilla 1.836 million; Bucaramanga 1.065 million (2009)
Guayaquil 2.634 million; QUITO (capital) 1.801 million (2009)
STANLEY (capital) 2,000 (2009)
GEORGETOWN (capital) 132,000 (2009)
ASUNCION (capital) 1.977 million (2009)
LIMA (capital) 8.769 million; Arequipa 778,000 (2009)
PARAMARIBO (capital) 259,000 (2009)
MONTEVIDEO (capital) 1.633 million (2009)
CARACAS (capital) 3.051 million; Maracaibo 2.153 million; Valencia 1.738 million; Barquisimeto 1.159 million; Maracay 1.04 million (2009)
Southeast Asia 10 entries
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (capital) 22,000 (2009)
Burma
now Burma (Myanmar)
RANGOON (capital) 4.259 million; Mandalay 1.009 million; Nay Pyi Taw 992,000 (2009)
PHNOM PENH (capital) 1.519 million (2009)
JAKARTA (capital) 9.121 million; Surabaya 2.509 million; Bandung 2.412 million; Medan 2.131 million; Semarang 1.296 million (2009)
VIENTIANE (capital) 799,000 (2009)
KUALA LUMPUR (capital) 1.493 million; Klang 1.071 million; Johor Bahru 958,000 (2009)
MANILA (capital) 11.449 million; Davao 1.48 million; Cebu City 845,000; Zamboanga 827,000 (2009)
BANGKOK (capital) 6.902 million (2009)
DILI (capital) 166,000 (2009)
Ho Chi Minh City 5.976 million; HANOI (capital) 2.668 million; Haiphong 1.941 million; Da Nang 807,000 (2009)
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2012, “Major urban areas - population”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/major-urban-areas-population/2012.