The world has reached 8 billion people in 2023. In the year 1804 it was only 1 billion. In the year 1960 it reached 3 billion. More people means an increased demand for housing and transportation. The cities of the world are now having to look skyward for this. Rows of new higher skyscrapers and new highway construction. Cities around the world are taking on a new look as the skyscraper is taking over the skies. Explore below and travel around the world as we see how fast the cities of the world are changing every year. The cities in China are reaching for the sky as fast as they can build them, and growing at a phenomenal rate.
2023 Population Totals Cities Over 2 Million
Toronto Canada 5,429,524 Montreal Canada 3,519,595
Vancouver Canada 2,264,823 New York United States 18,972,871
Los Angeles United States 12,121,244 Chicago United States 8,595,181
Miami United States 5,711,945 Dallas United States 5,668,165
Houston United States 5,650,910 Philadelphia United States 5,512,873
Atlanta United States 5,046,555 Washington United States 4,810,669
Boston United States 4,208,580 Phoenix United States 4,047,095
Detroit United States 3,522,856 Seattle United States 3,438,221
San Francisco United States 3,290,197 San Diego United States 3,084,174
Minneapolis United States 2,856,952 Brooklyn United States 2,736,074
Tampa United States 2,683,956 Denver United States 2,650,725
Queens United States 2,405,464 Baltimore United States 2,205,092
Las Vegas United States 2,150,373 St Louis United States 2,092,481
Portland United States 2,036,875 Mexico City Mexico 21,804,000
Guadalajara Mexico 5,525,000 Monterrey Mexico 5,341,171
Tijuana Mexico 2,002,000 Guatemala City Guatemala 2,934,841
Havana Cuba 2,141,652 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 2,581,827
2023 Population Totals Cities Over 2 Million
Caracas Venezuela 2,245,744 Guayaquil Ecuador 2,723,665
Quito Ecuador 2,011,388 Bogota Colombia 7,968,095
Timbio Colombia 4,444,444 Medellin Colombia 2,529,403
Cali Colombia 2,471,474 Sao Paulo Brazil 23,086,000
Rio de Janeiro Brazil 12,592,000 Belo Horizonte Brazil 5,328,000
Brasilia Brazil 3,039,444 Salvador Brazil 2,886,698
Fortaleza Brazil 2,452,185 Manaus Brazil 2,219,580
Lima Peru 10,320,000 Buenos Aires Argentina 16,710,000
Santiago Chile 7,171,000 Santa Cruz Bolivia 3,151,676
Maracaibo Venezuela 2,658,355 La Paz Bolivia 2,867,504
2023 Population Totals Cities Over 2 Million
Vienna Austria 2,000,400 Minsk Belarus 2,009,786
Paris France 11,060,000 Berlin Germany 4,473,101
Stuttgart Germany 2,787,724 Munich Germany 2,606,021
Hamburg Germany 2,484,800 Athens Greece 3,041,131
Budapest Hungary 2,997,958 Rome Italy 2,872,800
Lisbon Portugal 2,719,000 Moscow Russia 17,332,000
Saint Petersburg Russia 5,384,342 Madrid Spain 6,211,000
Barcelona Spain 4,800,000 Birmingham United Kingdom 2,919,600
London United Kingdom 11,262,000 Kyiv Ukraine 2,963,199
Birmingham United Kingdom 2,919,600 Manchester United Kingdom 2,705,000
2023 Population Totals Cities Over 2 Million
Luanda Angola 9,051,000 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 2,453,496
Douala Cameroon 5,768,400 Yaounde Cameroon 2,440,462
Bamenda Cameroon 2,000,000 Kananga Republic Congo 2,000,700
Kinshasa Republic Congo 12,836,000 Mbuji-Mayi Republic Congo 2,643,000
Mogadishu Somalia 4,249,083 Boosaaso Somalia 2,000,000
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire 4,980,000 Cairo Egypt 20,296,000
Giza Egypt 5,598,402 Alexandria Egypt 4,870,000
Addis Ababa Ethiopia 3,041,002 Boankra Ghana 3,348,000
Accra Ghana 2,388,000 Kumasi Ghana 2,069,350
Nairobi Kenya 5,545,000 Antananarivo Madagascar 2,610,000
Bamako Mali 2,009,109 Casablanca Morocco 4,370,000
Lagos Nigeria 16,637,000 Kano Nigeria 3,848,885
Abuja Nigeria 3,770,000 Ibadan Nigeria 3,552,000
Johannesburg South Africa 8,000,000 Khartoum Sudan 7,869,000
Omdurman Sudan 2,805,396 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 7,962,000
Lusaka Zambia 2,467,563 Algiers Algeria 3,415,811
Harare Zimbabwe 2,150,000
2023 Population Totals Cities Over 2 Million
Kabul Afghanistan 4,273,156 Baku Azerbaijan 2,300,500
Delhi India 32,226,000 Mumbai India 24,973,000
Calcutta India 18,502,000 Bangalore India 15,386,000
Chennai India 12,395,000 Hyderabad India 10,494,000
Pune India 8,231,000 Ahmedabad India 8,009,000
Sarat India 6,538,000 Prayagraj India 5,954,391
Lucknow India 3,382,000 Jaipur India 3,073,350
Cawnpore India 2,701,324 Mirzapur India 2,496,970
Nagpur India 2,405,665 Ghaziabad India 2,375,820
Vadodara India 2,065,771 Vishakhapatnam India 2,035,922
Tehran Iran 14,148,000 Kashan Iran 5,000,000
Mashhad Iran 3,372,090 Esfahan Iran 2,219,343
Baghdad Iraq 6,183,000 Amman Jordan 4,007,526
Kuwait City Kuwait 3,000,000 Karachi Pakistan 15,738,000
Lahore Pakistan 12,306,000 Faisalabad Pakistan 3,203,846
Rawalpindi Pakistan 2,098,231 Gujranwala Pakistan 2,027,001
Riyadh Saudi Arabia 7,237,000 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 3,976,000
Aleppo Syria 2,000,000 Istanbul Turkey 16,079,000
Ankara Turkey 5,503,985 Izmir Turkey 4,320,519
Bursa Turkey 2,901,396 Antalya Turkey 2,426,356
Konya Turkey 2,232,374 Gaziantep Turkey 2,028,563
Tashkent Uzbekistan 2,571,668 Sanaa Yemen 2,957,000
Dubai United Arab Emirates 3,331,420
2023 Population Totals Cities Over 2 Million
Dhaka Bangladesh 18,627,000 Chattogram Bangladesh 7,000,000
Phnom Penh Cambodia 2,129,371 Guangzhou China 26,940,000
Shanghai China 24,073,000 Beijing China 18,522,000
Shenzhen China 17,619,000 Chengdu China 14,645,000
Xian China 12,328,000 Chongqing China 12,135,000
Baoding China 11,860,000 Linyi China 11,018,365
Dongguan China 10,646,000 Tianjin China 10,368,000
Wuhan China 10,251,000 Nanyang China 10,013,600
Hangzhou China 9,523,000 Foshan China 9,498,863
Tongshan China 9,083,790 Zhoukou China 9,026,015
Ganzhou China 8,970,014 Heze China 8,795,939
Quanzhou China 8,782,285 Nanjing China 8,422,000
Jining China 8,357,897 Fuyang China 8,200,264
Shenyang China 7,964,000 Shangqiu China 7,816,831
Cangzhou China 7,544,300 Shaoyang China 7,370,500
Zhanjiang China 7,332,000 Yancheng China 7,260,240
Hengyang China 7,243,400 Zhumadian China 7,231,234
Xingtai China 7,111,106 Bijie China 6,899,636
Shangrao China 6,810,700 Zunyi China 6,606,675
Huanggang China 6,333,000 Maoming China 6,313,200
Nanchong China 6,278,614 Xinyang China 6,234,401
Qujing China 6,155,400 Jieyang China 6,089,400
Liaocheng China 5,952,128 Dalian China 5,871,474
Yulin China 5,849,700 Changde China 5,827,200
Qingdao China 5,818,255 Nangandao China 5,708,191
Pudong China 5,681,512 Xiangyang China 5,680,000
Zhengzhou China 5,621,593 Luan China 5,611,701
Dezhou China 5,611,194 Jinan China 5,606,374
Zhaotong China 5,591,000 Yichun China 5,573,200
Taian China 5,494,207 Dazhou China 5,468,097
Langfang China 5,464,087 Yongzhou China 5,452,100
Suihua China 5,418,153 Qiqihar China 5,367,003
Suzhou China 5,352,924 Weinan China 5,286,077
Zhangzhou China 5,140,000 Yuncheng China 5,134,779
Xianyang China 5,096,001 Guilin China 5,085,500
Taizhou China 5,031,000 Bozhou China 4,996,844
Suqian China 4,986,192 Huaihua China 4,979,600
Jian China 4,956,600 Xiaoganzhan China 4,921,000
Pingdingshan China 4,904,701 Jiujiang China 4,896,800
Mianyang China 4,868,243 Huanglongsi China 4,824,016
Changsha China 4,766,296 Chenzhou China 4,744,500
Anqing China 4,723,000 Jiangmen China 4,630,300
Xinpu China 4,599,360 Yibin China 4,588,804
Yangzhou China 4,559,797 Hengshui China 4,472,000
Kunming China 4,422,686 Yiyang China 4,413,800
Guigang China 4,409,200 Changchun China 4,408,154
Jiangguanchi China 4,379,998 Meizhou China 4,378,800
Zhangjiakou China 4,345,485 Chifeng China 4,341,245
Urumqi China 4,335,017 Suzhou China 4,330,000
Linfen China 4,316,610 Shantou China 4,312,192
Luzhou China 4,218,427 Hefei China 4,216,940
Liuzhou China 4,157,934 Zhaoqing China 4,151,700
Xiaoxita China 4,137,900 Shijiazhuang China 4,098,243
Ningbo China 4,087,523 Fuzhou China 4,047,200
Zhuzhou China 4,020,800 Chuzhou China 3,987,054
Qingyuan China 3,969,473 Loudi China 3,931,800
Binzhou China 3,928,568 Deyang China 3,877,000
Taiyuan China 3,875,053 Wuhu China 3,842,100
Nanning China 3,837,978 Harbin China 3,830,000
Baojishi China 3,738,700 Zaozhuang China 3,729,140
Xiamen China 3,707,090 Neijiang China 3,702,847
Fuzhou China 3,671,192 Baicheng China 3,669,400
Anshan China 3,645,884 Yulinshi China 3,634,750
Wenzhou China 3,604,446 Changzhou China 3,601,079
Puyang China 3,598,740 Jiaozuo China 3,590,700
Nanchang China 3,576,547 Hechi China 3,545,700
Hohhot China 3,446,100 Hanzhong China 3,416,196
Tangshan China 3,399,231 Shiyan China 3,398,000
Siping China 3,385,156 Changzhi China 3,334,565
Qinzhou China 3,304,400 Guiyang China 3,299,724
Bengbu China 3,296,408 Bazhou China 3,283,148
Qincheng China 3,262,549 Suining China 3,252,619
Wuxi China 3,245,179 Leshan China 3,235,759
Putian China 3,210,714 Zhenjiang China 3,210,418
Guangan China 3,205,476 Tongren China 3,168,800
Qinhuangdao China 3,146,300 Tongliao China 3,139,153
Jinzhou China 3,126,463 Heyuan China 3,093,900
Xinzhou China 3,067,501 Lanzhou China 3,067,141
Wuzhou China 3,061,100 Chaoyang China 3,044,641
Shaoguan China 2,997,600 Shanwei China 2,993,600
Rizhao China 2,968,365 Meishan China 2,950,545
Ningde China 2,910,000 Zhongshan China 2,909,633
Weihai China 2,906,548 Daqing China 2,904,532
Haikou China 2,873,358 Xiangtan China 2,864,800
Mudanjiang China 2,798,723 Longyan China 2,723,637
Tieling China 2,717,732 Baotou China 2,709,378
Handan China 2,708,015 Dingxi China 2,698,624
Nanping China 2,690,000 Zigong China 2,678,899
Chaozhou China 2,656,600 Weifang China 2,636,154
Huaian China 2,632,788 Zibo China 2,631,647
Ankang China 2,629,906 Baoshan China 2,627,000
Huludao China 2,623,541 Gulou China 2,606,000
Yanjiang China 2,593,843 Sanming China 2,580,000
Longba China 2,567,718 Yangjiang China 2,555,600
Jiamusi China 2,552,097 Luohe China 2,544,266
Lincang China 2,536,000 Xuanzhou China 2,532,938
Yunfu China 2,526,900 Shaoxing China 2,521,964
Yantai China 2,511,053 Huizhou China 2,509,243
Lishui China 2,507,396 Guangyuan China 2,484,122
Huangshi China 2,471,700 Xining China 2,467,965
Dandong China 2,444,697 Zhuhai China 2,439,585
Yingkou China 2,428,534 Lianshan China 2,426,000
Jilin China 2,396,000 Yuxi China 2,386,000
Luoyang China 2,372,571 Anshun China 2,353,100
Shangzhou China 2,341,742 Huainan China 2,333,896
Kuaidamao China 2,324,439 Yanan China 2,282,581
Jincheng China 2,279,146 Nantong China 2,261,382
Sanmenxia China 2,234,018 Laibin China 2,233,900
Qinbaling China 2,211,191 Maanshan China 2,202,899
Shengli China 2,193,518 Gaoping China 2,174,000
Taizhou China 2,162,461 Puning China 2,118,200
Huaibei China 2,114,276 Qingyang China 2,111,000
Chongzuo China 2,099,400 Yushan China 2,092,496
Hezhou China 2,072,600 Pingliang China 2,068,033
Baicheng China 2,032,356 Fushun China 2,024,000
Hong Kong Hong Kong 7,450,000 Jakarta Indonesia 33,756,000
Surabaya Indonesia 6,499,000 Medan Indonesia 3,632,000
Malang Indonesia 2,795,209 Bekasi Indonesia 2,381,053
Depok Indonesia 2,330,333 Tangerang Indonesia 2,237,006
Tokyo Japan 37,732,000 Osaka Japan 15,126,000
Nagoya Japan 9,197,000 Yokohama Japan 3,757,630
Fukuoka Japan 2,286,000 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 8,911,000
Rangoon Myanmar 5,209,541 Pyongyang North Korea 2,863,000
Singapore Singapore 5,983,000 Taipei Taiwan 9,078,000
Taichung Taiwan 3,033,885 Kaohsiung Taiwan 2,733,566
Bangkok Thailand 18,007,000 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 15,136,000
Hanoi Vietnam 8,246,600 Haiphong Vietnam 2,103,500
2023 Population Totals Cities Over 2 Million
Sydney Australia 4,840,600 Melbourne Australia 4,529,500
Brisbane Australia 2,360,241 Perth Australia 2,141,834
Jakarta Indonesia 33,756,000 Surabaya Indonesia 6,499,000
Medan Indonesia 3,632,000 Malang Indonesia 2,795,209
Bekasi Indonesia 2,381,053 Depok Indonesia 2,330,333
Tangerang Indonesia 2,237,006 Manila Philippines 24,922,000
Quezon City Philippines 2,960,048
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