List of cities by population

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rank	City	Population	Area (km²)	Population density (/km²)	Country
1	Mumbai	13,073,926[1]	440	29,042	India
2	Karachi	11,608,000[2]	3,530	3,957	Pakistan
3	Delhi	11,505,196[1]	1,400	7,896	India
4	São Paulo	11,016,703[3]	1,520	7,247	Brazil
5	Moscow	10,654,000[2]	1,081	9,644	Russia
6	Seoul	10,297,004[4]	605.41	17,008	South Korea
7	Istanbul	10,291,102[1]	1,970	5,137	Turkey
8	Shanghai	9,838,400[5] (2001-12-31)	1,600	6,775	China
9	Lagos	9,229,944[1]			Nigeria
10	Mexico City	8,658,576[1]	1,550	5,626	Mexico
11	Jakarta	8,568,838[1]	660	12,738
12	Tokyo	8,483,140[6]	620	13,682	Japan
13	New York City	8,250,567[7]	780	10,578	United States
14	Cairo	7,933,236[1]	210	35,420	Egypt
15	Tehran	7,797,520[8]	760	10,260	Iran
16	London	7,554,236[1]	1,580	4,697	United Kingdom
17	Beijing	7,441,000[9] (2001-12-31)	1,370	5,650	China
18	Bogotá	7,363,494[1]	1,590	4,523	Colombia
19	Lima	7,186,000[2]			Peru
20	Hong Kong	7,041,000[2]	1092	6,183	Hong Kong
21	Dhaka	6,969,458 [1]	200	30,403	Bangladesh
22	Bangkok	6,593,000[2]	1,568.7	3,630	Thailand
23	Lahore	6,289,000[2]	1,010	6,329	Pakistan
24	Rio de Janeiro	6,136,652[3]	1,180	5,200	Brazil
25	Kinshasa	6,049,000[2]			Democratic Republic of the Congo
26	Baghdad	5,831,541[1]			Iraq
27	Bangalore	5,281,927[1]	230	22,426	India
28	Tianjin	5,095,900[10] (2001-12-31)			China
29	Yangon	4,668,755[1]			Myanmar
30	Santiago	4,656,690[11] (2002)			Chile
31	Kolkata	4,643,011[1]	185	24,760	India
32	Wuhan	4,488,900[12] (2001-12-31)	400	12,868	China
33	Chennai	4,376,400[1]			India
34	Singapore	4,326,000[2]	699	6,306	Singapore
35	Riyadh	4,193,000[2]	800	1,500	Saudi Arabia
36	Guangzhou	4,154,800[13] (2001-12-31)			China
37	Saint Petersburg	3,990,267[1]			Russia
38	Chongqing	3,934,200[14] (2001-12-31)			China
39	Shenyang	3,981,000[15] (2001-12-31)			China
40	Chittagong	3,920,222[1]			Bangladesh
41	Alexandria	3,917,082[1]	2,680	1,378	Egypt
42	Los Angeles	3,849,378[16]	1,290	2,980	United States
43	Ahmedabad	3,819,497[1]	190	19,979	India
44	Hyderabad	3,665,106[1]	170	21,293	India
45	Pusan	3,657,840[17]	763.46	4,791	South Korea
46	Yokohama	3,600,175[18]	440	8,182	Japan
47	Ankara	3,641,931[1]	2,500	1,424	Turkey
48	Abidjan	3,577,000[2]			Côte d'Ivoire
49	Ho Chi Minh City	3,525,282[1]			Vietnam
50	Berlin	3,389,000[2]	892	3,818	Germany

not bad for Jakarta, Indonesia.. rank no 11, known as the Macet City :-)