Largest U.S. Cities by Population
2024 Metro Area Rankings
Rank City Name Population
1 New York City 19,034,000
2 Los Angeles 12,598,000
3 Chicago 8,984,000
4 Houston 6,802,000
5 Dallas-Fort Worth 6,655,000
6 Miami 6,317,000
7 Atlanta 6,193,000
8 Philadelphia 5,821,000
9 Washington DC 5,545,000
10 Phoenix 4,777,000
11 Boston 4,367,000
12 Seattle 3,549,000
13 Detroit 3,528,000
14 San Diego 3,345,000
15 San Francisco 3,343,000
16 Minneapolis 3,014,000
17 Tampa 3,009,000
18 Denver 2,963,000
19 Las Vegas 2,953,000
20 Riverside-San Bernardino 2,631,000
21 San Antonio 2,491,000
22 Baltimore 2,370,000
23 Charlotte 2,321,000
24 Austin 2,274,000
25 Sacramento 2,243,000
26 Portland 2,243,000
27 St. Louis 2,242,000
28 Orlando 2,101,000
29 Indianapolis 1,903,000
30 San Jose 1,834,000
31 Cincinnati 1,787,000
32 Cleveland 1,771,000
33 Kansas City 1,739,000
34 Columbus 1,727,000
35 Pittsburgh 1,708,000
36 Raleigh 1,629,000
37 Virginia Beach 1,496,000
38 Milwaukee 1,463,000
39 Jacksonville 1,345,000
40 Nashville 1,333,000
41 Salt Lake City 1,214,000
42 Providence 1,210,000
43 Memphis 1,179,000
44 Richmond 1,151,000
45 Louisville 1,126,000
46 McAllen 1,100,000
47 Oklahoma City 1,027,000
48 Tucson 1,024,000
49 Hartford 1,024,000
50 New Orleans 1,021,000
51 El Paso 996,000
52 Temecula-Murrieta 994,000
53 Albuquerque 967,000
54 Bridgeport-Stamford 967,000
55 Cape Coral 957,000
56 Honolulu 920,000
57 Buffalo 886,000
58 Birmingham 871,000
59 Omaha 868,000
60 Provo-Orem 859,000
61 Fresno 803,000
62 Tulsa 799,000
63 Knoxville 796,000
64 Allentown 793,000
65 Baton Rouge 776,000
66 Columbia, South Carolina 766,000
67 Sarasota-Bradenton 765,000
68 Ogden-Layton 761,000
69 Charleston-North Charleston 756,000
70 Rochester 753,000
71 Dayton 750,000
72 Bakersfield 741,000
73 Concord 704,000
74 Colorado Springs 701,000
75 The Woodlands 701,000
76 Springfield 685,000
77 Mission Viejo 653,000
78 Albany 642,000
79 Grand Rapids 610,000
80 Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley 607,000
81 New Haven 604,000
82 Kissimmee 600,000
83 Fayetteville-Springdale 575,000
84 Des Moines 573,000
85 Harrisburg 572,000
86 Greenville 568,000
87 Akron 568,000
88 Worcester 567,000
89 Port St. Lucie 565,000
90 Winston-Salem 545,000
91 Wichita 544,000
92 Little Rock 539,000
93 Palm Bay-Melbourne 539,000
94 Reno 538,000
95 Lancaster-Palmdale 538,000
96 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh 533,000
97 Lancaster 526,000
98 Daytona Beach-Port Orange 514,000
99 Toledo 513,000
100 Madison 513,000
101 Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs 504,000
102 Boise City 476,000
103 Bonita Springs-Naples 472,000
104 Denton-Lewisville 469,000
105 Visalia 465,000
106 Spokane 465,000
107 Augusta-Richmond County 461,000
108 Stockton 456,000
109 Jackson, Mississippi 441,000
110 Durham 439,000
111 Santa Clarita 434,000
112 Chattanooga 433,000
113 Myrtle Beach 432,000
114 Modesto 427,000
115 Syracuse 425,000
116 Huntsville 414,000
117 Oxnard 407,000
118 Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake 394,000
119 Lafayette 390,000
120 Montgomery 380,000
121 Greensboro 376,000
122 Asheville 376,000
123 Scranton 376,000
124 Antioch 376,000
125 Springfield, Missouri 369,000
126 Lakeland 369,000
127 Pensacola 361,000
128 Fort Collins 359,000
129 Fayetteville 358,000
130 Corpus Christi 355,000
131 Youngstown 353,000
132 Fort Wayne 348,000
133 Lexington-Fayette 347,000
134 Flint 345,000
135 Savannah 343,000
136 Laredo 340,000
137 Santa Rosa 339,000
138 Trenton 339,000
139 Mobile 337,000
140 Ann Arbor 336,000
141 Rockford 333,000
142 Lansing 331,000
143 Shreveport 329,000
Largest World Cities by Population
2024 Metro Area Rankings
Rank City Country Population
1 Tokyo Japan 37,115,000
2 Delhi India 33,807,000
3 Shanghai China 29,868,000
4 Dhaka Bangladesh 23,936,000
5 Sao Paulo Brazil 22,807,000
6 Cairo Egypt 22,624,000
7 Mexico City Mexico 22,505,000
8 Beijing China 22,189,000
9 Mumbai India 21,673,000
10 New York City United States 19,034,000
11 Osaka Japan 18,967,000
12 Chongqing China 17,774,000
13 Karachi Pakistan 17,649,000
14 Kinshasa Republic of Congo 17,032,000
15 Lagos Nigeria 16,536,000
16 Istanbul Turkey 16,047,000
17 Buenos Aires Argentina 15,618,000
18 Calcutta India 15,571,000
19 Manila Philippines 14,942,000
20 Guangzhou, Guangdong China 14,590,000
21 Tianjin China 14,471,000
22 Lahore Pakistan 14,407,000
23 Bangalore India 14,008,000
24 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 13,824,000
25 Shenzhen China 13,312,000
26 Moscow Russia 12,712,000
27 Los Angeles United States 12,598,000
28 Madras India 12,054,000
29 Bogota Colombia 11,658,000
30 Jakarta Indonesia 11,436,000
31 Lima Peru 11,362,000
32 Paris France 11,277,000
33 Bangkok Thailand 11,234,000
34 Hyderabad India 11,069,000
35 Seoul South Korea 10,005,000
36 Nanjing, Jiangsu China 9,948,000
37 Chengdu China 9,828,000
38 Luanda Angola 9,651,000
39 Tehran Iran 9,616,000
40 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 9,568,000
41 Nagoya Japan 9,557,000
42 Xian, Shaanxi China 9,014,000
43 Chicago United States 8,984,000
44 Ahmadabad India 8,854,000
45 Wuhan China 8,851,000
46 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 8,816,000
47 Hangzhou China 8,420,000
48 Suzhou, Jiangsu China 8,351,000
49 Surat India 8,331,000
50 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 8,161,000
51 Baghdad Iraq 7,921,000
52 Shenyang China 7,830,000
53 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 7,821,000
54 Hong Kong Hong Kong 7,726,000
55 Foshan China 7,705,000
56 Dongguan China 7,675,000
57 Poona India 7,346,000
58 Santiago Chile 6,951,000
59 Haerbin China 6,938,000
60 Houston United States 6,802,000
61 Madrid Spain 6,783,000
62 Dallas-Fort Worth United States 6,655,000
63 Khartoum Sudan 6,542,000
64 Toronto Canada 6,431,000
65 Johannesburg South Africa 6,324,000
66 Miami United States 6,317,000
67 Belo Horizonte Brazil 6,300,000
68 Dalian China 6,217,000
69 Atlanta United States 6,193,000
70 Singapore Singapore 6,119,000
71 Qingdao China 6,105,000
72 Zhengzhou China 6,015,000
73 Jinan, Shandong China 5,941,000
74 Abidjan Cote dIvoire 5,867,000
75 Philadelphia United States 5,821,000
76 Barcelona Spain 5,712,000
77 Yangon Myanmar 5,710,000
78 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 5,704,000
79 Alexandria Egypt 5,696,000
80 Saint Petersburg Russia 5,582,000
81 Washington DC United States 5,545,000
82 Nairobi Kenya 5,541,000
83 Chittagong Bangladesh 5,514,000
84 Guadalajara Mexico 5,500,000
85 Kitakyushu-Fukuoka Japan 5,478,000
86 Ankara Turkey 5,477,000
87 Ha Noi Vietnam 5,432,000
88 Melbourne Australia 5,316,000
89 Monterrey Mexico 5,195,000
90 Sydney Australia 5,185,000
91 Changsha China 5,028,000
92 Wulumqi China 5,006,000
93 Cape Town South Africa 4,978,000
94 Jiddah Saudi Arabia 4,943,000
95 Brasilia Brazil 4,935,000
96 Kunming China 4,861,000
97 Changchun China 4,802,000
98 Phoenix United States 4,777,000
99 Kabul Afghanistan 4,728,000
100 Hefei China 4,727,000
101 Yaounde Cameroon 4,682,000
102 Ningbo China 4,660,000
103 Shantou China 4,657,000
104 Xinbei Taiwan 4,535,000
105 Tel Aviv-Jaffa Israel 4,496,000
106 Kano Nigeria 4,491,000
107 Shijiazhuang China 4,454,000
108 Boston United States 4,367,000
109 Montreal Canada 4,342,000
110 Rome Italy 4,332,000
111 Jaipur India 4,309,000
112 Recife Brazil 4,305,000
113 Nanning China 4,291,000
114 Fortaleza Brazil 4,246,000
115 Calicut India 4,244,000
116 Porto Alegre Brazil 4,240,000
117 Taiyuan, Shanxi China 4,227,000
118 Douala Cameroon 4,203,000
119 Ekurhuleni South Africa 4,191,000
120 Malappuram India 4,185,000
121 Medellin Colombia 4,137,000
122 Changzhou, Jiangsu China 4,086,000
123 Kampala Uganda 4,051,000
124 Antananarivo Madagascar 4,049,000
125 Lucknow India 4,038,000
126 Abuja Nigeria 4,026,000
127 Nanchang China 4,016,000
128 Wenzhou China 4,010,000
129 Xiamen China 4,007,000
130 Ibadan Nigeria 4,004,000
131 Fuzhou, Fujian China 3,999,000
132 Salvador Brazil 3,995,000
133 Casablanca Morocco 3,950,000
134 Tangshan, Hebei China 3,925,000
135 Kumasi Ghana 3,903,000
136 Curitiba Brazil 3,852,000
137 Bekasi Indonesia 3,831,000
138 Faisalabad Pakistan 3,800,000
139 Guiyang China 3,661,000
140 Port Harcourt Nigeria 3,637,000
141 Thrissur India 3,605,000
142 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 3,587,000
143 Berlin Germany 3,577,000
144 Asuncion Paraguay 3,569,000
145 Seattle United States 3,549,000
146 Dakar Senegal 3,540,000
147 Detroit United States 3,528,000
148 Cochin India 3,507,000
149 Wuxi, Jiangsu China 3,499,000
150 Busan South Korea 3,477,000