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2010 Megacities

Megacity population and rank for world cities for the year 2010

Rank
Megacity
Country
Population
1TokyoJapan36,859,626
2DelhiIndia21,987,895
3ShanghaiChina20,314,309
4Ciudad de México (Mexico City)Mexico20,136,681
5São PauloBrazil19,659,808
6Kinki M.M.A. (Osaka)Japan19,312,646
7New York-NewarkUnited States of America18,365,262
8Mumbai (Bombay)India18,257,413
9Al-Qahirah (Cairo)Egypt16,899,015
10BeijingChina16,441,251
11DhakaBangladesh14,730,537
12Buenos AiresArgentina14,245,871
13Kolkata (Calcutta)India14,002,798
14KarachiPakistan12,611,924
15IstanbulTurkey12,584,885
16Rio de JaneiroBrazil12,373,884
17Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa AnaUnited States of America12,160,151
18ManilaPhilippines11,887,189
19Moskva (Moscow)Russian Federation11,461,264
20ChongqingChina11,243,667
21ParisFrance10,460,118
22LagosNigeria10,441,182
23Guangzhou, GuangdongChina10,278,197
24ShenzhenChina10,222,916
25TianjinChina10,150,076
26SeoulRepublic of Korea9,796,045
27JakartaIndonesia9,625,579
28KinshasaDemocratic Republic of the Congo9,381,673
29Chukyo M.M.A. (Nagoya)Japan9,098,050
30LimaPeru8,919,759
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Data from UN World Urbanization Prospects