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

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
10 million

Hyderabad, India
10 million

Xiamen, China
10 million

Chengdu, China
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