2015 Megacities Population

The population of world megacities for the year 2015.

2015 Top 10 Megacity Population
RankCityCountryPopulation
1TokyoJapan37,256,108
2DelhiIndia25,865,875
3ShanghaiChina23,482,181
4Ciudad de México (Mexico City)Mexico21,339,781
5São PauloBrazil20,883,046
6Mumbai (Bombay)India19,315,737
7Kinki M.M.A. (Osaka)Japan19,304,722
8Al-Qahirah (Cairo)Egypt18,820,072
9New York-NewarkUnited States of America18,647,626
10BeijingChina18,421,198

Please see also 2010 Megacities and 2020 Megacities.

2015 Megacities Population
RankCityCountryPopulation
11DhakaBangladesh17,597,177
12Buenos AiresArgentina14,705,533
13Kolkata (Calcutta)India14,422,670
14KarachiPakistan14,289,159
15IstanbulTurkey14,126,772
16ChongqingChina13,372,015
17Rio de JaneiroBrazil12,940,796
18ManilaPhilippines12,860,058
19TianjinChina12,516,041
20Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa AnaUnited States of America12,345,218
21LagosNigeria12,239,206
22Moskva (Moscow)Russian Federation12,049,135
23Guangzhou, GuangdongChina11,694,882
24KinshasaDemocratic Republic of the Congo11,597,706
25ShenzhenChina11,275,390
26ParisFrance10,733,502
27LahorePakistan10,369,137
28JakartaIndonesia10,173,388
29BangaloreIndia10,141,080
30SeoulRepublic of Korea9,896,859

Data is from United Nations - World Urbanization Prospects 2018.

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