Largest cities and their mayors in 2011
|
World rank
|
Country
|
City
population |
Metro
population |
Mayor
|
|
|
1
|
Karachi | Pakistan |
15,500,000
|
18,000,000
|
Fazlur Rehman |
|
2
|
Shanghai | China |
14,900,000
|
19,200,000
|
Han Zheng |
|
3
|
Mumbai (Bombay) | India |
13,900,000
|
21,200,000
|
Shraddha Jadhav |
|
4
|
BEIJING | China |
12,460,000
|
17,550,000
|
Guo Jinlong |
|
5
|
DELHI | India |
12,100,000
|
16,713,000
|
Kanwar Sain |
|
6
|
BUENOS AIRES | Argentina |
11,655,000
|
12,924,000
|
Mauricio Macri |
|
7
|
MANILA METRO | Philippines |
11,550,000
|
13,503,000
|
Alfredo S Lim |
|
8
|
SEOUL | South Korea |
11,153,000
|
24,472,000
|
Oh Se-hoon |
|
9
|
Sao Paulo | Brazil |
11,038,000
|
19,890,000
|
Gilberto Kassab |
|
10
|
MOSCOW | Russia |
10,524,000
|
14,800,000
|
Sergei Sobyanin |
|
11
|
JAKARTA | Indonesia |
10,100,000
|
24,100,000
|
Fauzi Bowo |
|
12
|
Istanbul | Turkey |
9,560,000
|
12,600,000
|
Kadir Topbas |
|
13
|
BANGKOK | Thailand |
9,100,000
|
11,970,000
|
Sukhumbhand Paribatra |
|
14
|
MEXICO CITY | Mexico |
8,841,000
|
21,163,000
|
Marcelo Ebrard |
|
15
|
TOKYO | Japan |
8,653,000
|
31,036,000
|
Shintaro Ishihara |
|
16
|
TEHRAN | Iran |
8,430,000
|
13,450,000
|
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf |
|
17
|
New York City | USA |
8,364,000
|
20,090,000
|
Michael Bloomberg |
|
18
|
KINSHASA | Congo D.R. |
8,200,000
|
10,100,000
|
André Kimbuta Yango |
|
19
|
DHAKA | Bangladesh |
7,940,000
|
12,797,000
|
Sadeque Hossain Khosa |
|
20
|
Lagos | Nigeria |
7,938,000
|
9,123,000
|
n/k |
|
21
|
CAIRO | Egypt |
7,764,000
|
15,546,000
|
Abdul Azim Wazir |
|
22
|
LIMA | Peru |
7,606,000
|
8,473,000
|
Susana Villaran |
|
23
|
LONDON | UK |
7,557,000
|
12,200,000
|
Boris Johnson |
|
24
|
Tianjin | China |
7,500,000
|
11,750,000
|
Huang Xingguo |
|
25
|
BOGOTA | Colombia |
7,320,000
|
8,361,000
|
Samuel Moreno Rojas |
|
26
|
Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam |
7,100,000
|
Pham Phuong Thao | |
|
27
|
Hong Kong | China |
7,055,000
|
Donald Tsang | |
|
28
|
Guangzhou | China |
6,458,000
|
10,182,000
|
Wan Qingliang |
|
29
|
Dongguan | China |
6,446,000
|
7,650,000
|
Li Yuquan |
|
30
|
Lahore | Pakistan |
6,100,000
|
8,600,000
|
Mian Amir Mahmood |
|
31
|
Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
6,093,000
|
14,387,000
|
Eduardo Paes |
|
32
|
Baghdad | Iraq |
6,050,000
|
6,500,000
|
Sabir al-Issawi |
|
33
|
Bangalore | India |
5,840,000
|
6,562,000
|
SK Nataraj |
|
34
|
Surat | India |
5,390,000
|
6,347,000
|
Rajendra Desai |
|
35
|
SANTIAGO | Chile |
5,278,000
|
6,677,000
|
Pablo Zalaquett Said |
|
36
|
Kolkata | India |
5,100,000
|
15,420,000
|
Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya |
|
37
|
Shenyang | China |
5,090,000
|
7,760,000
|
Li Yingjie |
|
38
|
Chongqing | China |
5,087,000
|
9,700,000
|
Huang Qifan |
|
39
|
SINGAPORE | Singapore |
4,988,000
|
Lee Hsien Loong | |
|
40
|
RIYADH | Saudi Arabia |
4,950,000
|
5,855,000
|
Abdul Aziz ibn ‘Ayyaf Al Migrin |
|
41
|
LUANDA | Angola |
4,799,000
|
5,500,000
|
José Maria Ferraz dos Santos |
|
42
|
Harbin | China |
4,755,000
|
9,874,000
|
Zhang Xiaolian |
|
43
|
St Petersburg | Russia |
4,661,000
|
4,900,000
|
Valentina Matviyenko |
|
44
|
Chennai | India |
4,600,000
|
7,330,000
|
M Subramaniam |
|
45
|
Ahmadabad | India |
4,525,000
|
6,168,000
|
Kanaji Thakor |
|
46
|
Wuhan | China |
4,500,000
|
6,200,000
|
Ruan Chengfa |
|
47
|
Yangon | Myanmar (Burma) |
4,468,000
|
5.500,000
|
Aung Thein Lynn |
|
48
|
Sydney | Australia |
4,400,000
|
Clover Moore | |
|
49
|
Chengdu | China |
4,334,000
|
11,000,000
|
Ge Honglin |
|
50
|
Shenzhen | China |
4,320,000
|
8,616,000
|
Xy Qin |
|
51
|
Nanjing | China |
4,150,000
|
7,600,000
|
Ji Jianye |
|
52
|
Alexandria | Egypt |
4,110,000
|
4,350,000
|
Adel Labib |
|
53
|
Johannesburg | South Africa |
3,888,000
|
10,268,000
|
Amos Masondo |
|
54
|
Jeddah | Saudi Arabia |
3,856,000
|
4,500,000
|
Adil Faqeeh |
|
55
|
Los Angeles | USA |
3,834,000
|
12,890,000
|
Antonio Villaraigosa |
|
56
|
Abidjan | Ivory Coast |
3,800,000
|
4,000,000
|
Pierre Djédji Amondji |
|
57
|
ANKARA | Turkey |
3,764,000
|
4,000,000
|
Melih Gökçek |
|
58
|
Casablanca | Morocco |
3,673,000
|
3,850,000
|
Mohammed Sajid |
|
59
|
Yokohama | Japan |
3,655,000
|
Fumiko Hayashi | |
|
60
|
Hyderabad | India |
3,637,000
|
6,290,000
|
Banda Karthika Reddy |
|
61
|
Melbourne | Australia |
3,635,000
|
Robert Doyle | |
|
62
|
Kano | Nigeria |
3,626,000
|
3,900,000
|
Ibrahim Shekarau |
|
63
|
Busan | South Korea |
3,600,000
|
4,292,000
|
Hur Nam-sik |
|
64
|
KABUL | Afghanistan |
3,586,000
|
4,000,000
|
Mohammad Yunus Noandesh |
|
65
|
Changchun | China |
3,581,000
|
7,460,000
|
Cui Jie |
|
66
|
Cape Town | South Africa |
3,497,000
|
7,280,000
|
Patricia de Lille |
|
67
|
Guiyang | China |
3,450,000
|
Yuan Zhou | |
|
68
|
BERLIN | Germany |
3,432,000
|
3,943,000
|
Klaus Wowereit |
|
69
|
Hangzhou | China |
3,408,000
|
6,776,000
|
Cai Qi |
|
70
|
ADDIS ABABA | Ethiopia |
3,385,000
|
4,568,000
|
Kuma Demeksa |
|
71
|
Pune | India |
3,337,000
|
4,470,000
|
Mohansingh Rajpal |
|
72
|
PYONGYANG | North Korea |
3,255,000
|
3,400,000
|
n/k |
|
73
|
MADRID | Spain |
3,213,000
|
5,300,000
|
Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón |
|
74
|
NAIROBI | Kenya |
3,130,000
|
3,300,000
|
Geoffrey Majiwa |
|
75
|
Kanpur | India |
3,100,000
|
4,865,000
|
Ravindra Patani |
|
76
|
Kunming | China |
3,100,000
|
6,800,000
|
Zhang Zulin |
|
77
|
Surabaya | Indonesia |
3,100,000
|
3,700,000
|
Bambang D H |
|
78
|
Jaipur | India |
3,050,000
|
5,690,000
|
Jyoti Khandelwal |
|
79
|
Salvador da Bahia | Brazil |
2,998,000
|
3,173,000
|
João Henrique Carneiro |
|
80
|
SANTO DOMINGO | Dominican Republic |
2,989,000
|
3,813,000
|
Roberto Salcedo |
|
81
|
Mashhad | Iran |
2,910,000
|
3,000,000
|
Mohammad Pejman |
|
82
|
Chicago | USA |
2,853,000
|
8,770,000
|
Rahm Emanuel |
|
83
|
Zibo | China |
2,850,000
|
4,200,000
|
Liu Huiyan |
|
84
|
KIEV | Ukraine |
2,820,000
|
3,300,000
|
Alexander Popov |
|
85
|
Durg | India |
2,810,000
|
Dr Shiv Kumar Tamer | |
|
86
|
Huludao | China |
2,787,000
|
Sun Zhaolin | |
|
87
|
CARACAS | Venezuela |
2,762,000
|
3,478,000
|
Antonio Ledezma |
|
88
|
Qingdao | China |
2,755,000
|
7,580,000
|
Xia Geng |
|
89
|
Changsha | China |
2,744,000
|
6,140,000
|
Zhang Jiangfei |
|
90
|
ROME | Italy |
2,732,000
|
3,555,000
|
Gianni Alemanno |
|
91
|
Fuzhou (Fujian) | China |
2,710,000
|
6,630,000
|
Yuan Rongxiang |
|
92
|
Quezon City | Philippines |
2,680,000
|
Herbert M Bautis | |
|
93
|
Xian | China |
2,670,000
|
4,480,000
|
Chen Baogen |
|
94
|
Port Harcourt | Nigeria |
2,667,000
|
3,761,000
|
Azubuike Nmerukini |
|
95
|
Osaka | Japan |
2,647,000
|
17,590,000
|
Kunio Hiramatsu |
|
96
|
Incheon | South Korea |
2,630,000
|
2,630,000
|
Song Young-gil |
|
97
|
Shijiazhuang | China |
2,630,000
|
9,600,000
|
Ai Wenli |
|
98
|
TAIPEI | Taiwan |
2,620,000
|
6,753,000
|
Hau Lung-pin |
|
99
|
Zhengzhou | China |
2,600,000
|
4,510,000
|
Zhao Jiancai |
|
100
|
Chittagong | Bangladesh |
2,580,000
|
3,858,000
|
Mohammed Manjur Alam |
|
101
|
Toronto | Canada |
2,571,000
|
5,100,000
|
Rob Ford |
|
102
|
Ibadan | Nigeria |
2,550,000
|
3,000,000
|
Adebayo Alao-Akala |
|
103
|
Taiyuan | China |
2,550,000
|
3,400,000
|
Zhang Bingsheng |
|
104
|
Cali | Colombia |
2,525,000
|
2,801,000
|
Jorge Ivan Ospina |
|
105
|
Daegu | South Korea |
2,512,000
|
Kim Bum-il | |
|
106
|
Bandung | Indonesia |
2,510,000
|
3,829,000
|
Dada Rosada |
|
107
|
Faisalabad | Pakistan |
2,510,000
|
5,081,000
|
Rana Zahid Tauseef |
|
108
|
Fortaleza | Brazil |
2,506,000
|
3,415,000
|
Luizianne Lins |
|
109
|
Baoshan | China |
2,500,000
|
Xiong Qinghua | |
|
110
|
DAR ES SALAAM | Tanzania |
2,498,000
|
2,700,000
|
Adam Kimbisa |
|
111
|
Zhongshan | China |
2,495,000
|
n/k | |
|
112
|
Xiamen | China |
2,490,000
|
Liu Cigui | |
|
113
|
Chaoyang | China |
2,471,000
|
Zhang Tiemin | |
|
114
|
Belo Horizonte | Brazil |
2,453,000
|
5,397,000
|
Marcio Lacerda |
|
115
|
Nanning | China |
2,450,000
|
6,480,000
|
Huang Fangfang |
|
116
|
HAVANA | Cuba |
2,430,000
|
3,700,000
|
Juan Contino Aslán |
|
117
|
Nagpur | India |
2,420,000
|
Archana Dehankar | |
|
118
|
Omdurman | Sudan |
2,400,000
|
Al-Fatih Az-ddin | |
|
119
|
Suzhou | China |
2,383,000
|
6,298,000
|
Yan Li |
|
120
|
Aleppo | Syria |
2,360,000
|
3,000,000
|
Ma’an Al-Shibli |
|
121
|
Lucknow | India |
2,342,000
|
2,686,000
|
Dinesh Sharma |
|
122
|
Izmir | Turkey |
2,330,000
|
3,796,000
|
Aziz Kocaoglu |
|
123
|
Linyi | China |
2,300,000
|
10,080,000
|
Lian Chengmin |
|
124
|
Dalian | China |
2,270,000
|
3,478,000
|
Li Wancai |
|
125
|
Nagoya | Japan |
2,260,000
|
9,250,000
|
Takashi Kawamura |
|
126
|
Houston | USA |
2,242,000
|
5,728,000
|
Annise Parker |
|
127
|
Giza | Egypt |
2,225,000
|
2,600,000
|
n/k |
|
128
|
Medellin | Colombia |
2,223,000
|
3,312,000
|
Alonso Salazar Jaramillo |
|
129
|
KHARTOUM | Sudan |
2,208,000
|
7,500,000
|
Abdul Rahman Alkheder |
|
130
|
Ningbo | China |
2,201,000
|
5,600,000
|
Mao Guanglie |
|
131
|
Guayaquil | Ecuador |
2,196,000
|
2,686,000
|
Jaime Nebot |
|
132
|
TASHKENT | Uzbekistan |
2,180,000
|
3,400,000
|
Abdukahar Tuhtayev |
|
133
|
PARIS | France |
2,113,000
|
11,769,000
|
Bertrand Delanoë |
|
134
|
BRASILIA | Brazil |
2,089,000
|
2,090,000
|
José Roberto Arruda |
|
135
|
Lanzhou | China |
2,088,000
|
3,300,000
|
Zhang Jinliang |
|
136
|
Changzhou | China |
2,086,000
|
3,570,000
|
Wang Weicheng |
|
137
|
Monterrey | Mexico |
2,057,000
|
3,650,000
|
Fernando Larrazabal |
|
138
|
BAKU | Azerbaijan |
2,040,000
|
2,072,000
|
Hajibala Abutalybov |
|
139
|
Kowloon | China |
2,020,000
|
2,200,000
|
Wong Kwok-keung |
|
140
|
BUCHAREST | Romania |
1,994,000
|
2,151,000
|
Sorin Oprescu |
|
141
|
Medan | Indonesia |
1,990,000
|
2,390,000
|
Rahudman Harahap |
|
142
|
Tangshan | China |
1,980,000
|
7,100,000
|
Zhang Guodong |
|
143
|
Jilin | China |
1,953,000
|
4,523,000
|
Zhang Xiaopei |
|
144
|
Nanchong | China |
1,950,000
|
7,300,000
|
Liu Hongjian |
|
145
|
CONAKRY | Guinea |
1,931,000
|
Mamadou Wasco Camara | |
|
146
|
AMMAN | Jordan |
1,919,000
|
2,524,000
|
Omar Maani |
|
147
|
Indore | India |
1,912,000
|
1,920,000
|
Krishna Murari Moghe |
|
148
|
Sapporo | Japan |
1,906,000
|
2,130,000
|
Fumio Ueda |
|
149
|
Jinan | China |
1,900,000
|
2,444,000
|
Zhang Jianguo |
|
150
|
Puebla | Mexico |
1,888,000
|
2,500,000
|
Blanca Alcala Ruiz |
source: www.citymayors.com…
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