All🏙️ Largest National Primate Cities
Population of each country's largest city or urban agglomeration.
- Asia43% · 45 entries
- Africa24% · 46 entries
- Americas20% · 25 entries
- Europe12% · 34 entries
- Oceania1% · 3 entries
1
🇯🇵Japan
37.0M
2
🇮🇳India
34.7M
3
🇨🇳China
30.5M
4
🇧🇩Bangladesh
24.7M
5
🇪🇬Egypt
23.1M
6
🇧🇷Brazil
23.0M
7
🇲🇽Mexico
22.8M
8
🇺🇸United States
19.2M
9
🇵🇰Pakistan
18.1M
10
🇨🇩DR Congo
17.8M
11
🇳🇬Nigeria
17.2M
12
🇹🇷Türkiye
16.2M
13
🇦🇷Argentina
15.8M
14
🇵🇭Philippines
15.2M
15
🇷🇺Russia
12.7M
16
🇨🇴Colombia
11.8M
17
🇮🇩Indonesia
11.6M
18
🇵🇪Peru
11.5M
19
🇹🇭Thailand
11.4M
20
🇫🇷France
11.3M
21
🇦🇴Angola
10.0M
22
🇰🇷South Korea
10.0M
23
🇬🇧United Kingdom
9.8M
24
🇻🇳Vietnam
9.8M
25
🇮🇷Iran
9.7M
26
🇲🇾Malaysia
9.0M
27
🇹🇿Tanzania
8.6M
28
🇮🇶Iraq
8.1M
29
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
8.0M
30
🇭🇰Hong Kong
7.8M
31
🇨🇱Chile
7.0M
32
🇪🇸Spain
6.8M
33
🇸🇩Sudan
6.8M
34
🇨🇦Canada
6.5M
35
🇿🇦South Africa
6.4M
36
🇸🇬Singapore
6.2M
37
🇨🇮Ivory Coast
6.1M
38
🇪🇹Ethiopia
6.0M
39
🇲🇲Myanmar
5.8M
40
🇰🇪Kenya
5.8M
41
🇦🇺Australia
5.4M
42
🇦🇫Afghanistan
4.9M
43
🇨🇲Cameroon
4.9M
44
🇮🇱Israel
4.6M
45
🇮🇹Italy
4.3M
46
🇺🇬Uganda
4.3M
47
🇲🇬Madagascar
4.2M
48
🇬🇭Ghana
4.0M
49
🇲🇦Morocco
4.0M
50
🇸🇳Senegal
3.7M
Highlights
As of 2025, Japan ranks first with 37.0M, followed by India (34.7M) and China (30.5M).
Across 153 countries and territories, values run from 37.0M (Japan) to 0.3M (Bosnia and Herzegovina), with a median of 2.4M.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Asia, 3 from the Americas and 2 from Africa.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Population in largest city, 2025. Unit: million people.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Population in largest city · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026