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Largest Cities of the world:
| Rank |
City |
Population |
year ¹ |
| 1. |
Mumbai (Bombay), India |
11,914,398 |
2001c |
| 2. |
São Paulo, Brazil |
10,406,166 |
2000c |
| 3. |
Seoul, South Korea |
9,981,649 |
2000e |
| 4. |
Delhi, India |
9,817,439 |
2001c |
| 5. |
Karachi, Pakistan |
9,269,265 |
1998c |
| 6. |
Shanghai, China |
9,220,000 |
1995e |
| 7. |
Jakarta, Indonesia |
9,122,700 |
1995c |
| 8. |
Mexico City, Mexico |
8,591,309 |
2000c |
| 9. |
Moscow, Russia |
8,305,000 |
2000e |
| 10. |
Istanbul, Turkey |
8,141,163 |
1997c |
| 11. |
Tokyo, Japan |
8,130,000 |
2000e |
| 12. |
New York City, USA |
8,008,278 |
2000c |
| 13. |
London, United Kingdom |
7,375,100 |
2000e |
| 14. |
Beijing, China |
6,970,000 |
1995e |
| 15. |
Cairo, Egypt |
6,789,479 |
1996c |
| 16. |
Teheran, Iran |
6,758,845 |
1996c |
| 17. |
Bogotá, Colombia |
6,712,247 |
2001e |
| 18. |
Bangkok, Thailand |
6,320,174 |
2000c |
| 19. |
Lima, Peru |
6,214,100 |
1996e |
| 20. |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
5,850,544 |
2000c |
| "e" means estimated and "c" means census figures. |
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