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Countries by Population in largest city (2025)

Population in largest city in 2025: highest in Japan (37.04 million), lowest in Bosnia and Herzegovina (348,404), median 2.379 million across the 153 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Population in largest city across 153 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

153 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1960–2025

Highest Population in largest city, 2025

  1. 1.Japan37.04 million
  2. 2.India34.67 million
  3. 3.China30.48 million
  4. 4.Bangladesh24.65 million
  5. 5.Egypt23.07 million
  6. 6.Brazil22.99 million
  7. 7.Mexico22.75 million
  8. 8.United States19.15 million
  9. 9.Pakistan18.08 million
  10. 10.DR Congo17.78 million

Lowest Population in largest city, 2025

  1. 144.Albania535,702
  2. 145.Equatorial Guinea512,750
  3. 146.Namibia511,369
  4. 147.The Gambia510,303
  5. 148.South Sudan500,088
  6. 149.Moldova484,352
  7. 150.Estonia457,657
  8. 151.Slovakia443,679
  9. 152.Papua New Guinea431,903
  10. 153.Bosnia and Herzegovina348,404

All 153 ranked countries, 2025— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Population in largest city trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

JapanRank 1 of 153IndiaRank 2 of 153ChinaRank 3 of 153BangladeshRank 4 of 153EgyptRank 5 of 153BrazilRank 6 of 153MexicoRank 7 of 153United StatesRank 8 of 153PakistanRank 9 of 153DR CongoRank 10 of 153NigeriaRank 11 of 153TurkeyRank 12 of 153ArgentinaRank 13 of 153PhilippinesRank 14 of 153RussiaRank 15 of 153ColombiaRank 16 of 153IndonesiaRank 17 of 153PeruRank 18 of 153ThailandRank 19 of 153FranceRank 20 of 153AngolaRank 21 of 153South KoreaRank 22 of 153United KingdomRank 23 of 153VietnamRank 24 of 153IranRank 25 of 153MalaysiaRank 26 of 153TanzaniaRank 27 of 153IraqRank 28 of 153Saudi ArabiaRank 29 of 153Hong KongRank 30 of 153ChileRank 31 of 153SpainRank 32 of 153SudanRank 33 of 153CanadaRank 34 of 153South AfricaRank 35 of 153SingaporeRank 36 of 153Cote d'IvoireRank 37 of 153EthiopiaRank 38 of 153MyanmarRank 39 of 153KenyaRank 40 of 153AustraliaRank 41 of 153AfghanistanRank 42 of 153CameroonRank 43 of 153IsraelRank 44 of 153ItalyRank 45 of 153UgandaRank 46 of 153MadagascarRank 47 of 153GhanaRank 48 of 153MoroccoRank 49 of 153SenegalRank 50 of 153Dominican RepublicRank 51 of 153ParaguayRank 52 of 153GermanyRank 53 of 153YemenRank 54 of 153Burkina FasoRank 55 of 153ZambiaRank 56 of 153KuwaitRank 57 of 153EcuadorRank 58 of 153GuatemalaRank 59 of 153North KoreaRank 60 of 153MaliRank 61 of 153GreeceRank 62 of 153HaitiRank 63 of 153United Arab EmiratesRank 64 of 153PortugalRank 65 of 153UkraineRank 66 of 153VenezuelaRank 67 of 153AlgeriaRank 68 of 153SomaliaRank 69 of 153Republic of the CongoRank 70 of 153Syrian Arab RepublicRank 71 of 153UzbekistanRank 72 of 153TunisiaRank 73 of 153AzerbaijanRank 74 of 153Puerto RicoRank 75 of 153CambodiaRank 76 of 153LebanonRank 77 of 153JordanRank 78 of 153GuineaRank 79 of 153CubaRank 80 of 153BelgiumRank 81 of 153TogoRank 82 of 153BelarusRank 83 of 153PanamaRank 84 of 153KazakhstanRank 85 of 153AustriaRank 86 of 153BoliviaRank 87 of 153MozambiqueRank 88 of 153PolandRank 89 of 153LiberiaRank 90 of 153UruguayRank 91 of 153HungaryRank 92 of 153RomaniaRank 93 of 153SwedenRank 94 of 153MongoliaRank 95 of 153ChadRank 96 of 153New ZealandRank 97 of 153OmanRank 98 of 153NepalRank 99 of 153HondurasRank 100 of 153ZimbabweRank 101 of 153MauritaniaRank 102 of 153NigerRank 103 of 153Costa RicaRank 104 of 153SwitzerlandRank 105 of 153SerbiaRank 106 of 153DenmarkRank 107 of 153MalawiRank 108 of 153Sierra LeoneRank 109 of 153BeninRank 110 of 153FinlandRank 111 of 153BurundiRank 112 of 153Czech RepublicRank 113 of 153RwandaRank 114 of 153IrelandRank 115 of 153BulgariaRank 116 of 153LibyaRank 117 of 153NetherlandsRank 118 of 153EritreaRank 119 of 153Kyrgyz RepublicRank 120 of 153El SalvadorRank 121 of 153NicaraguaRank 122 of 153NorwayRank 123 of 153ArmeniaRank 124 of 153GeorgiaRank 125 of 153TajikistanRank 126 of 153Central African RepublicRank 127 of 153TurkmenistanRank 128 of 153GabonRank 129 of 153QatarRank 130 of 153West Bank and GazaRank 131 of 153Lao PDRRank 132 of 153BahrainRank 133 of 153Guinea-BissauRank 134 of 153MacaoRank 135 of 153CroatiaRank 136 of 153Sri LankaRank 137 of 153North MacedoniaRank 138 of 153DjiboutiRank 139 of 153LatviaRank 140 of 153JamaicaRank 141 of 153Trinidad and TobagoRank 142 of 153LithuaniaRank 143 of 153AlbaniaRank 144 of 153Equatorial GuineaRank 145 of 153NamibiaRank 146 of 153The GambiaRank 147 of 153South SudanRank 148 of 153MoldovaRank 149 of 153EstoniaRank 150 of 153SlovakiaRank 151 of 153Papua New GuineaRank 152 of 153Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 153 of 153

Population in largest city Data Coverage

This page lists 153 countries with available Population in largest city data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.