List of cities proper by population
Rank	City	Population	Definition	Area (km²)	Country
1	Shanghai	13,831,900	Core districts + inner suburbs	1928	China
2	Mumbai	13,830,884	Municipal Corporation	603	India
3	Karachi	12,991,000	City District	3527	Pakistan
4	Delhi	12,565,901	Municipal Corporation	431,09	India
5	Istanbul	12,517,664	Metropolitan Municipality	1831	Turkey
6	São Paulo	11,244,369	Municipality	1523	Brazil
7	Moscow	10,563,038	City proper (includes Zelenograd)	1081	Russia
8	Seoul	10,464,051	Special City	605,25	South Korea
9	Beijing	10,123,000	Core districts + inner suburbs	1368,32	China
10	Jakarta	9,588,198	Special capital district	662,33	Indonesia
11	Tokyo	8,887,608	23 Special Wards	617,18	Japan
12	Mexico City	8,873,017	Federal District	1485,49	Mexico
13	Kinshasa	8,754,000	City-Province	2,016	Democratic Republic of the Congo
14	New York City	8,363,710	City proper	789,4	United States
15	Lagos	7,937,932	statistical area	999,6	Nigeria
16	London	7,753,600	Greater London	1580	United Kingdom
17	Lima	7,605,742	Province	2670,4	Peru
18	Bogotá	7,259,597	Capital district	1590	Colombia
19	Tehran	7,241,000	City proper	760	Iran
20	Ho Chi Minh City	7,162,864	Province-level municipality	2095,01	Vietnam