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Population in largest city

Compare population in largest city across 153 countries using the latest fixed-year World Bank WDI observations for 2025.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•153 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
4,975,562.0people
Median: 2,379,326.0people
Countries Covered
153
with available data
Highest
Japan
37,036,204.0people
Lowest
Bosnia and Herzegovina
348,404.0people
Top 5 Countries
1Japan37,036,204.0people
2India34,665,569.0people
3People's Republic of China30,482,140.0people
4Bangladesh24,652,864.0people
5Egypt23,074,225.0people
By Region
North America12,906,865.0people(4 countries)
Asia10,746,471.3people(26 countries)
South America10,583,974.6people(7 countries)
Africa8,831,047.2people(9 countries)
Oceania3,551,506.5people(2 countries)
Key Findings
  • •153 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
  • •Japan has the highest published value (3.70362e+07 people).
  • •Bosnia and Herzegovina has the lowest published value (348404 people).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (348,404.0people)High (37,036,204.0people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 4,975,562.0people)

North America (4)
Asia (26)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Oceania (2)
Other (77)
Europe (28)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Values use one fixed 2025 reference year from World Development Indicators series EN.URB.LCTY. MapTheory excludes aggregates, missing/non-finite values, and geographies without an ISO 3166-1 numeric mapping; it does not interpolate missing countries.

Methodology

Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Japan37,036,204.0people
2India34,665,569.0people
3People's Republic of China30,482,140.0people
4Bangladesh24,652,864.0people
5Egypt23,074,225.0people
6Brazil22,990,007.0people
7Mexico22,752,414.0people
8United States of America19,154,024.0people
9Pakistan18,076,794.0people
10Democratic Republic of the Congo17,778,474.0people
11Nigeria17,156,393.0people
12Türkiye16,236,703.0people
13Argentina15,752,275.0people
14Philippines15,230,559.0people
15Russian Federation12,737,356.0people
16Colombia11,795,829.0people
17Indonesia11,634,078.0people
18Peru11,517,333.0people
19Thailand11,391,704.0people
20France11,346,802.0people
21Angola10,027,897.0people
22South Korea10,025,770.0people
23United Kingdom9,840,742.0people
24Vietnam9,816,318.0people
25Islamic Republic of Iran9,729,742.0people
26Malaysia9,000,280.0people
27United Republic of Tanzania8,561,525.0people
28Iraq8,141,119.0people
29Saudi Arabia7,952,861.0people
30Hong Kong7,768,510.0people
31Chile6,999,457.0people
32Spain6,810,530.0people
33Sudan6,754,180.0people
34Canada6,491,286.0people
35South Africa6,444,575.0people
36Singapore6,157,267.0people
37Cote d'Ivoire6,056,877.0people
38Ethiopia5,956,679.0people
39Myanmar5,813,186.0people
40Kenya5,766,989.0people
41Australia5,391,886.0people
42Afghanistan4,877,024.0people
43Cameroon4,854,255.0people
44Israel4,568,533.0people
45Italy4,347,104.0people
46Uganda4,265,162.0people
47Madagascar4,228,984.0people
48Ghana4,036,227.0people
49Morocco4,012,307.0people
50Senegal3,658,643.0people
51Dominican Republic3,648,106.0people
52Paraguay3,627,225.0people
53Germany3,580,188.0people
54Yemen3,527,434.0people
55Burkina Faso3,520,821.0people
56Zambia3,470,866.0people
57Kuwait3,404,995.0people
58Ecuador3,244,749.0people
59Guatemala3,229,736.0people
60North Korea3,209,302.0people
61Mali3,180,343.0people
62Greece3,155,318.0people
63Haiti3,133,076.0people
64United Arab Emirates3,094,643.0people
65Portugal3,028,268.0people
66Ukraine3,018,156.0people
67Venezuela3,015,111.0people
68Algeria3,004,133.0people
69Somalia2,846,418.0people
70Republic of the Congo2,813,478.0people
71Syrian Arab Republic2,799,964.0people
72Uzbekistan2,665,076.0people
73Tunisia2,545,034.0people
74Azerbaijan2,496,495.0people
75Puerto Rico2,433,680.0people
76Cambodia2,425,801.0people
77Lebanon2,379,326.0people
78Jordan2,273,237.0people
79Guinea2,251,591.0people
80Cuba2,156,350.0people
81Belgium2,141,515.0people
82Togo2,108,740.0people
83Belarus2,070,934.0people
84Panama2,054,541.0people
85Kazakhstan2,042,036.0people
86Austria2,005,497.0people
87Bolivia1,997,368.0people
88Mozambique1,984,662.0people
89Poland1,800,233.0people
90Liberia1,794,648.0people
91Uruguay1,788,172.0people
92Hungary1,782,243.0people
93Romania1,758,699.0people
94Sweden1,737,765.0people
95Mongolia1,724,894.0people
96Chad1,722,784.0people
97New Zealand1,711,127.0people
98Oman1,702,506.0people
99Nepal1,672,903.0people
100Honduras1,650,284.0people
101Zimbabwe1,633,019.0people
102Mauritania1,612,940.0people
103Niger1,561,491.0people
104Costa Rica1,502,635.0people
105Switzerland1,455,098.0people
106Serbia1,412,952.0people
107Denmark1,400,736.0people
108Malawi1,393,006.0people
109Sierra Leone1,387,356.0people
110Benin1,375,217.0people
111Finland1,354,892.0people
112Burundi1,350,147.0people
113Czech Republic1,331,935.0people
114Rwanda1,329,829.0people
115Ireland1,299,109.0people
116Bulgaria1,286,460.0people
117Libya1,203,391.0people
118Netherlands1,189,205.0people
119Eritrea1,152,176.0people
120Kyrgyzstan1,151,223.0people
121El Salvador1,132,425.0people
122Nicaragua1,120,897.0people
123Norway1,115,584.0people
124Armenia1,100,237.0people
125Georgia1,087,022.0people
126Tajikistan1,039,903.0people
127Central African Republic1,016,148.0people
128Turkmenistan941,130.0people
129Gabon899,225.0people
130Qatar831,689.0people
131State of Palestine823,407.0people
132Lao People's Democratic Republic755,941.0people
133Bahrain743,066.0people
134Guinea-Bissau709,092.0people
135Macao701,381.0people
136Croatia684,359.0people
137Sri Lanka647,557.0people
138The Republic of North Macedonia620,825.0people
139Djibouti616,332.0people
140Latvia615,764.0people
141Jamaica603,770.0people
142Trinidad and Tobago546,564.0people
143Lithuania541,517.0people
144Albania535,702.0people
145Equatorial Guinea512,750.0people
146Namibia511,369.0people
147Republic of The Gambia510,303.0people
148South Sudan500,088.0people
149Moldova, Republic of484,352.0people
150Estonia457,657.0people
151Slovakia443,679.0people
152Papua New Guinea431,903.0people
153Bosnia and Herzegovina348,404.0people
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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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