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FAQ: World Urbanization

Where can I find worldwide city population information?

World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision Population Database can be accessed at the United Nations Population Division site.
Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants can be accessed at the United Nations Statistics Division site.
Statistical Agencies of countries can be accessed at the U.S. Census Bureau site.

Most Populous Urban Agglomerations 2005

Rank	City	Population (in millions)
1	Tokyo, Japan	35,197
2	Mexico City, Mexico	19,411
3	New York-Newark, USA	18,718
4	São Paulo, Brazil	18,333
5	Mumbai (Bombay), India	18,196
6	Delhi, India	15,048
7	Shanghai, China	14,503
8	Kolkata (Calcutta), India	14,277
9	Jakarta, Indonesia	13,215
10	Buenos Aires, Argentina	12,550
11	Dhaka, Bangladesh	12,430
12	Los Angeles-Long Beach- Santa Ana, USA	12,298
13	Karachi, Pakistan	11,608
14	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	11,469
15	Osaka-Kobe, Japan	11,268
16	Al-Qahirah (Cairo), Egypt	11,128
17	Lagos, Nigeria	10,886
18	Beijing, China	10,717
19	Manila, Philippines	10,686
20	Moskva (Moscow), Russian Federation	10,654
21	Paris, France	9,820
22	Istanbul, Turkey	9,712
23	Soul (Seoul), Republic of Korea	9,645
24	Chicago, USA	8,814
25	London, United Kingdom	8,505
26	Guangzhou, Guangdong, China	8,425
27	Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia	7,747
28	Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7,314
29	Shenzhen, China	7,233
30	Lima, Peru	7,186

Source: United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision, The 30 largest urban agglomerations ranked by population size, 1950-2015.