Bursting at the seams: 20 cities with the highest population in 2024
These cities are bursting at the seams
Some time ago the planet surpassed the barrier of 8 billion inhabitants, a figure that will continue to increase in the coming years, until reaching 10 billion in 2050.
The World Ranking
Faced with such a panorama, it is worth finding out which are the cities with the largest number of inhabitants on the entire planet, according to information collected by the website specialized in statistics 'The World Ranking'.
1.- Tokyo (Japan)
37.2 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Kvnga
2.- Delhi (India)
33.8 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Matthew Tenbruggencate
3.- Shanghai (China)
29.8 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Xingye Jiang
4.- Dhaka (Bangladesh)
23.9 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Towfiq Islam
5.- Sao Paulo (Brazil)
22.8 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Heron Rossato
6.- Mexico City (Mexico)
22.5 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Jezael Melgoza
7.- Cairo (Egypt)
22.6 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Tienko Dima
8.- Beijing (China)
22.1 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Serg Balak
9.- Mumbai (India)
21.6 million inhabitants
Photo: Pexels - Vijit Bagh
10.- Osaka (Japan)
19 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Hyunwon Jang
11.- Chongqing (China)
17.7 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Jerry Wang
12.- Karachi (Pakistan)
17.6 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Hassan Anwer
13.- Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
17 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Johnnathan Tshibangu
14.- Lagos (Nigeria)
16.5 million inhabitants
15.- Istanbul (Türkiye)
16 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Oziel Gomez
16.- Buenos Aires (Argentina)
15.6 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Emiliano Cicero
17.- Calcutta (India)
15.5 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Dibakar Roy
18.- Manila (Philippines)
14.9 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Wander Fleur
19.- Guangzhou (China)
14.5 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Shawn Rain
20.- Tianjin (China)
14.5 million inhabitants
Photo: Unsplash - Nilanka Kariyawasam
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