World's biggest cities
Tokyo, Japan
40 million
Jakarta, Indonesia
31 million
Guangzhou, China
30 million
New Delhi, India
30 million
Shanghai, China
27 million
Manila, Philippines
23 million
So close! I missed a connecting flight in Manila airport, so I had from 11pm until 5am to spend in the city. The airline provided me with a hotel room for free, so I slept most of it.
Mumbai, India
23 million
Sao Paulo, Brazil
22 million
Seoul, South Korea
22 million
Cairo, Egypt
21 million
So close! I visited Cairo as a kid, but my parents didn't let me explore the city. I do remember the museum and the souvenir shop.
Beijing, China
20 million
Dhaka, Bangladesh
20 million
New York City
20 million
Shenzhen
20 million
Lagos, Nigeria
19 million
Bangkok, Thailand
17 million
Moscow, Russia
17 million
Osaka, Japan
17 million
Buenos Aires, Argentina
16 million
Istanbul, Turkey
16 million
The meeting point of the world. It was part of the Silk Road and it is now the biggest city that is located on two continents. Every restaurant is a cat cafe.
Karachi, Pakistan
16 million
Kolkata, India
15 million
London, UK
15 million
A perfect mix of energy, architecture, science, art and entrepreneurship; a mix of big city vibes, historic villages and expansive green spaces. I believe London is the best place to live in the world.
Los Angeles, USA
15 million
Kinshasa, DRC
14 million
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
13 million
Tehran, Iran
13 million
Tianjin, China
13 million
Bangalore, India
12 million
Lahore, Pakistan
12 million
Xi'an, China
12 million
Chennai, India
11 million
Lima, Peru
11 million
Paris, France
11 million
Wuhan, China
11 million
Bogota, Colombia
10 million
Hyderabad, India
10 million
Xiamen, China
10 million
Chengdu, China
9 million
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
9 million
Johannesburg, South Africa
9 million
Nagoya, Japan
9 million
Nanjing, China
9 million
Ahmedabad, India
8 million
Bangalore, India
8 million
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
8 million
Luanda, Angola
8 million
Baghdad, Iraq
7 million
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
7 million
Hong Kong
7 million
Madrid, Spain
7 million
Pune, India
7 million
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
7 million
Santiago, Chile
7 million
Surat, India
7 million
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
6 million
Khartoum, Sudan
6 million
Singapore
6 million
Toronto, Canada
6 million
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
5 million
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
5 million
Alexandria, Egypt
5 million
Ankara, Turkey
5 million
Barcelona, Spain
5 million
Brasilia, Brazil
5 million
Chittagong, Bangladesh
5 million
Fukuoka, Japan
5 million
Guadalajara, Mexico
5 million
Hanoi, Vietnam
5 million
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
5 million
Melbourne, Australia
5 million
Nairobi, Kenya
5 million
Saint Petersburg, Russia
5 million
Sydney, Australia
5 million
Yangon, Myanmar
5 million
Cape Town, South Africa
4 million
Casablanca, Morocco
4 million
Kabul, Afghanistan
4 million
Kano, Nigeria
4 million
Montreal, Canada
4 million
Rome, Italy
4 million
Taipei, Taiwan
4 million
Tel Aviv, Israel
4 million
Algiers, Algeria
3 million
Antananarivo, Madagascar
3 million
Asuncion, Paraguay
3 million
Athens, Greece
3 million
Berlin, Germany
3 million
Big wide streets, big buildings, big Schwerbelastungskörper, big listening station on top of a big hill made from rubble. Berlin is the opposite of cramped. I'd like to spend more time there.
Busan, South Korea
3 million
Caracas, Venezuela
3 million
Dakar, Senegal
3 million
Douala, Cameroon
3 million
Dubai, UAE
3 million
So close! I changed planes in Dubai airport, but didn't have a chance to visit the city. There is an indoor garden with birds and butterflies in the airport.
Faisalabad, Pakistan
3 million
Guatemala City
3 million
Guayaquil, Ecuador
3 million
Kampala, Uganda
3 million
Kumasi, Ghana
3 million
Kuwait City
3 million
Kyiv, Ukraine
3 million
Lisbon, Portugal
3 million
I arrived in Lisbon with a bad cold, the city being wet and cold in December didn't help. None of the food was vegetarian. I still enjoyed the city. I imagine I will appreciate it so much more when I visit next time.
Lusaka, Zambia
3 million
Mashhad, Iran
3 million
Milan, Italy
3 million
One of my favourite cities in the world. Great food, great architecture, great atmosphere, lovely neighborhoods and loads of places to enjoy. I've visited more than five times, and I will definitely visit many more times.
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
3 million
Port Au Prince, Haiti
3 million
Pyongyang, North Korea
3 million
Sana'a, Yemen
3 million
Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.
3 million
Yaounde, Cameroon
3 million
Accra, Ghana
2 million
Aleppo, Syria
2 million
Almaty, Kazakhstan
2 million
Amman, Jordan
2 million
Baku, Azerbaijan
2 million
Bamako, Mali
2 million
Beirut, Lebanon
2 million
Brazzaville, Rep. of the Congo
2 million
Brussels, Belgium
2 million
During my first visit there were protests going on, deafening explosions prevented me from fully enjoying an otherwise great falafel wrap. During my second visit, a revolution was going on in my own life. I don't like Brussels, but it's not the city's fault.
Bucharest, Romania
2 million
Budapest, Hungary
2 million
My memory of Budapest is observing locals having fun - enjoying parks, public baths, and open air cafes in the city center and in the neighbourhoods. I'd love to visit again.
Chicago, USA
2 million
Conakry, Guinea
2 million
Damascus, Syria
2 million
Havana, Cuba
2 million
La Paz, Bolivia
2 million
Lomé, Togo
2 million
Matola, Mozambique
2 million
Minsk, Belarus
2 million
Mogadishu, Somalia
2 million
Montevideo, Uruguay
2 million
Panama City
2 million
Visiting Panama canal and Soberanía national park from here are my most vivid memories. I was detained by the police twice - for "being alone in the dark" and for "walking down the street where everyone gets robbed".
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2 million
Quito, Ecuador
2 million
San Juan, Puerto Rico
2 million
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
2 million
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2 million
Tunis, Tunisia
2 million
Vienna, Austria
2 million
An architecturally amazing experience. I spent most of my week in a university. I can imagine myself staying for longer, enjoying the scientific life of the city and making the most of the transport links to surrounding countries.
Warsaw, Poland
2 million
I only had half a day to explore the city and I spent most of it indulging in local cuisine. Definitely an enjoyable city I'd love to visit again.
Cotonou, Benin
1 million
Amsterdam, Netherlands
1 million
As soon as you escape the touristy part of the city, a wonderful city unravels in all directions. Pretty neighborhoods and canals, all connected by free ferries. The city is also home to my favourite airport.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
1 million
Asmara, Eritrea
1 million
Auckland, New Zealand
1 million
Bangui, Central African Republic
1 million
Belgrade, Serbia
1 million
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
1 million
Bujumbura, Burundi
1 million
Colombo, Sri Lanka
1 million
Copenhagen, Denmark
1 million
The best place in the world for cinnamon rolls and New Nordic Cuisine. The architecture gems scattered around the city make for enjoyable walks, while high density of bakeries ensures you are always full of doughy goodness.
Doha, Qatar
1 million
Dublin, Ireland
1 million
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
1 million
Freetown, Sierra Leone
1 million
Gaza
1 million
Harare, Zimbabwe
1 million
Hargeisa
1 million
Helsinki, Finland
1 million
I spent a month in Helsinki doing a Finnish language course. The city is full of parks, harbours, islands and lakes. I never managed to make friends with anyone, so the over experience was lonely and cold despite it being summer.
Jerusalem
1 million
Kathmandu, Nepal
1 million
Kigali, Rwanda
1 million
Libreville, Gabon
1 million
Lilongwe, Malawi
1 million
Managua, Nicaragua
1 million
Monrovia, Liberia
1 million
Muscat, Oman
1 million
A long city stretched along the shore. An intangible division between "for tourists" and "not for tourists" areas and the car-centric nature of the city prevented me from getting a real feel for it.
N'Djamena, Chad
1 million
Niamey, Niger
1 million
Nouakchott, Mauritania
1 million
Oslo, Norway
1 million
A city designed to be enjoyed. In many apartment blocks you can swim from the front door into the harbour. Parks are for sunbathing and enjoying sculptures, the opera house is for walking on the roof. I have yet to visit in winter.
Prague, Czechia
1 million
San Jose, Costa Rica
1 million
San Salvador, El Salvador
1 million
Sofia, Bulgaria
1 million
A wonderful city with parks, world class food and cocktails, street art, great internet and a metro that works with any bank card. The city feels alive, evolving and exciting.
Stockholm, Sweden
1 million
Tbilisi, Georgia
1 million
A truly fascinating city. Get a tour guide to access the most fascinating examples of art and architecture. Since 2015 citizens of 90 countries may visit visa free for up to a year, hence the city is changing rapidly.
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1 million
Tripoli, Libya
1 million
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
1 million
Vientiane, Laos
1 million
Yerevan, Armenia
1 million
Zürich, Switzerland
1 million
The most dynamic and alive city in Switzerland. Beautiful architecture surrounded by snowy mountains. Locals enjoy swimming on their lunch breaks, hiking on the weekends and frequently indulging in cheese fondue.
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
0.5 million
Bratislava, Slovakia
0.5 million
I spent most of my time enjoying the local cuisine before sailing out of the country. Hrad Devín, located on a defendable rock not far from the city, is an obvious place for a country border, given the flatness of the surrounding area.
Chișinău, Moldova
0.5 million
Djibouti, Djibouti
0.5 million
Edinburgh, Scotland
0.5 million
One of the most exciting and beautiful historic cities on the planet, surrounded by the elegant new city. Scottish culture, castles, hiking opportunities and the best whisky in the world are some of the main highlights.
Kingston, Jamaica
0.5 million
Ljubljana, Slovenia
0.5 million
Manama, Bahrain
0.5 million
Riga, Latvia
0.5 million
I spent the first 18 years of my life in Riga. The city center is beautiful, though increasingly geared towards tourists. It is enjoyable to explore Riga for several days, as long as you don't speak both Latvian and Russian.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.5 million
A mix of different cultures, religions and architecture styles surrounded by majestic green hills. I only had half a day to explore the city, a more indepth visit is required.
Skopje, North Macedonia
0.5 million
The historic city centre, very different from the rest of the city, and the big fortress overlooking it, that stands completely abandoned, are my most vivid memories. I believe there is much more to explore.
Tallinn, Estonia
0.5 million
Tirana, Albania
0.5 million
A city full of history, both old and very recent. In 2019 it was going through abrupt changes - new bars serving "everything you'd find in Europe" and shiny new signs in English causing confusion to older residents.
Vilnius, Lithuania
0.5 million
Washington DC, USA
0.5 million
Zagreb, Croatia
0.5 million