Largest U.S. Cities by Population
2025 Metro Area Rankings
Rank City Name Population
1 New York City 19,154,000
2 Los Angeles 12,678,000
3 Chicago 9,042,000
4 Houston 6,890,000
5 Dallas-Fort Worth 6,732,000
6 Miami 6,372,000
7 Atlanta 6,272,000
8 Philadelphia 5,861,000
9 Washington DC 5,600,000
10 Phoenix 4,834,000
11 Boston 4,396,000
12 Seattle 3,581,000
13 Detroit 3,543,000
14 San Diego 3,373,000
15 San Francisco 3,363,000
16 Tampa 3,040,000
17 Minneapolis 3,039,000
18 Las Vegas 3,000,000
19 Denver 2,995,000
20 Riverside-San Bernardino 2,664,000
21 San Antonio 2,525,000
22 Baltimore 2,387,000
23 Charlotte 2,367,000
24 Austin 2,313,000
25 Sacramento 2,269,000
26 Portland 2,265,000
27 St. Louis 2,256,000
28 Orlando 2,129,000
29 Indianapolis 1,925,000
30 San Jose 1,848,000
31 Cincinnati 1,801,000
32 Cleveland 1,780,000
33 Kansas City 1,754,000
34 Columbus 1,746,000
35 Pittsburgh 1,716,000
36 Raleigh 1,661,000
37 Virginia Beach 1,505,000
38 Milwaukee 1,473,000
39 Jacksonville 1,360,000
40 Nashville 1,350,000
41 Salt Lake City 1,226,000
42 Providence 1,217,000
43 Memphis 1,188,000
44 Richmond 1,162,000
45 Louisville 1,136,000
46 McAllen 1,116,000
47 Oklahoma City 1,037,000
48 Tucson 1,034,000
49 Hartford 1,032,000
50 New Orleans 1,030,000
51 Temecula-Murrieta 1,019,000
52 El Paso 1,006,000
53 Albuquerque 978,000
54 Cape Coral 975,000
55 Bridgeport-Stamford 973,000
56 Honolulu 928,000
57 Buffalo 890,000
58 Birmingham 879,000
59 Omaha 876,000
60 Provo-Orem 875,000
61 Fresno 811,000
62 Knoxville 807,000
63 Tulsa 807,000
64 Allentown 800,000
65 Baton Rouge 785,000
66 Columbia, South Carolina 777,000
67 Sarasota-Bradenton 772,000
68 Ogden-Layton 771,000
69 Charleston-North Charleston 765,000
70 Rochester 758,000
71 Dayton 754,000
72 Bakersfield 751,000
73 The Woodlands 723,000
74 Concord 710,000
75 Colorado Springs 709,000
76 Springfield 691,000
77 Mission Viejo 658,000
78 Albany 647,000
79 Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley 619,000
80 Grand Rapids 614,000
81 Kissimmee 612,000
82 New Haven 608,000
83 Fayetteville-Springdale 587,000
84 Des Moines 579,000
85 Harrisburg 578,000
86 Greenville 576,000
87 Port St. Lucie 574,000
88 Worcester 572,000
89 Akron 571,000
90 Winston-Salem 552,000
91 Wichita 548,000
92 Lancaster-Palmdale 546,000
93 Reno 545,000
94 Little Rock 545,000
95 Palm Bay-Melbourne 544,000
96 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh 538,000
97 Lancaster 532,000
98 Daytona Beach-Port Orange 522,000
99 Madison 519,000
100 Toledo 516,000
101 Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs 511,000
102 Boise City 482,000
103 Bonita Springs-Naples 479,000
104 Visalia 475,000
105 Denton-Lewisville 474,000
106 Spokane 470,000
107 Augusta-Richmond County 465,000
108 Stockton 461,000
109 Jackson, Mississippi 446,000
110 Durham 444,000
111 Santa Clarita 442,000
112 Myrtle Beach 441,000
113 Chattanooga 437,000
114 Modesto 431,000
115 Syracuse 427,000
116 Huntsville 420,000
117 Oxnard 410,000
118 Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake 399,000
119 Lafayette 396,000
120 Montgomery 385,000
121 Asheville 381,000
122 Greensboro 380,000
123 Antioch 380,000
124 Scranton 378,000
125 Springfield, Missouri 374,000
126 Lakeland 374,000
127 Fort Collins 363,000
128 Pensacola 363,000
129 Fayetteville 361,000
130 Corpus Christi 358,000
131 Youngstown 354,000
132 Fort Wayne 351,000
133 Lexington-Fayette 351,000
134 Flint 347,000
135 Savannah 347,000
136 Laredo 344,000
137 Santa Rosa 341,000
138 Trenton 341,000
139 Mobile 339,000
140 Ann Arbor 338,000
141 Rockford 336,000
142 Lansing 333,000
143 Shreveport 332,000
Largest World Cities by Population
2025 Metro Area Rankings
Rank City Country Population
1 Tokyo Japan 37,036,000
2 Delhi India 34,666,000
3 Shanghai China 30,482,000
4 Dhaka Bangladesh 24,653,000
5 Cairo Egypt 23,074,000
6 Sao Paulo Brazil 22,990,000
7 Mexico City Mexico 22,752,000
8 Beijing China 22,596,000
9 Mumbai India 22,089,000
10 New York City United States 19,154,000
11 Osaka Japan 18,922,000
12 Chongqing China 18,171,000
13 Karachi Pakistan 18,077,000
14 Kinshasa Republic of Congo 17,778,000
15 Lagos Nigeria 17,156,000
16 Istanbul Turkey 16,237,000
17 Calcutta India 15,845,000
18 Buenos Aires Argentina 15,752,000
19 Manila Philippines 15,231,000
20 Guangzhou, Guangdong China 14,879,000
21 Lahore Pakistan 14,826,000
22 Tianjin China 14,704,000
23 Bangalore India 14,395,000
24 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 13,923,000
25 Shenzhen China 13,545,000
26 Moscow Russia 12,737,000
27 Los Angeles United States 12,678,000
28 Madras India 12,336,000
29 Bogota Colombia 11,796,000
30 Jakarta Indonesia 11,634,000
31 Lima Peru 11,517,000
32 Bangkok Thailand 11,392,000
33 Paris France 11,347,000
34 Hyderabad India 11,338,000
35 Nanjing, Jiangsu China 10,175,000
36 Luanda Angola 10,028,000
37 Seoul South Korea 10,026,000
38 Chengdu China 9,999,000
39 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 9,816,000
40 Tehran Iran 9,730,000
41 Nagoya Japan 9,535,000
42 Xian, Shaanxi China 9,222,000
43 Ahmadabad India 9,062,000
44 Chicago United States 9,042,000
45 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 9,000,000
46 Wuhan China 8,986,000
47 Suzhou, Jiangsu China 8,593,000
48 Hangzhou China 8,591,000
49 Surat India 8,582,000
50 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 8,562,000
51 Baghdad Iraq 8,141,000
52 Shenyang China 7,974,000
53 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 7,953,000
54 Foshan China 7,817,000
55 Dongguan China 7,773,000
56 Hong Kong Hong Kong 7,769,000
57 Poona India 7,526,000
58 Haerbin China 7,067,000
59 Santiago Chile 6,999,000
60 Houston United States 6,890,000
61 Madrid Spain 6,811,000
62 Khartoum Sudan 6,754,000
63 Dallas-Fort Worth United States 6,732,000
64 Toronto Canada 6,491,000
65 Johannesburg South Africa 6,445,000
66 Miami United States 6,372,000
67 Belo Horizonte Brazil 6,352,000
68 Dalian China 6,347,000
69 Atlanta United States 6,272,000
70 Qingdao China 6,218,000
71 Singapore Singapore 6,157,000
72 Zhengzhou China 6,156,000
73 Jinan, Shandong China 6,066,000
74 Abidjan Cote dIvoire 6,057,000
75 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 5,957,000
76 Philadelphia United States 5,861,000
77 Yangon Myanmar 5,813,000
78 Alexandria Egypt 5,807,000
79 Nairobi Kenya 5,767,000
80 Barcelona Spain 5,733,000
81 Chittagong Bangladesh 5,653,000
82 Ha Noi Vietnam 5,602,000
83 Washington DC United States 5,600,000
84 Saint Petersburg Russia 5,597,000
85 Guadalajara Mexico 5,579,000
86 Ankara Turkey 5,550,000
87 Kitakyushu-Fukuoka Japan 5,466,000
88 Melbourne Australia 5,392,000
89 Monterrey Mexico 5,272,000
90 Sydney Australia 5,249,000
91 Wulumqi China 5,132,000
92 Changsha China 5,128,000
93 Cape Town South Africa 5,064,000
94 Jiddah Saudi Arabia 5,022,000
95 Brasilia Brazil 4,991,000
96 Kunming China 4,956,000
97 Changchun China 4,891,000
98 Kabul Afghanistan 4,877,000
99 Yaounde Cameroon 4,854,000
100 Phoenix United States 4,834,000
101 Hefei China 4,830,000
102 Ningbo China 4,770,000
103 Shantou China 4,738,000
104 Kano Nigeria 4,645,000
105 Tel Aviv-Jaffa Israel 4,569,000
106 Xinbei Taiwan 4,564,000
107 Shijiazhuang China 4,535,000
108 Jaipur India 4,411,000
109 Boston United States 4,396,000
110 Calicut India 4,387,000
111 Nanning China 4,384,000
112 Montreal Canada 4,377,000
113 Rome Italy 4,347,000
114 Douala Cameroon 4,346,000
115 Recife Brazil 4,344,000
116 Malappuram India 4,344,000
117 Taiyuan, Shanxi China 4,305,000
118 Fortaleza Brazil 4,284,000
119 Porto Alegre Brazil 4,269,000
120 Kampala Uganda 4,265,000
121 Ekurhuleni South Africa 4,262,000
122 Antananarivo Madagascar 4,229,000
123 Abuja Nigeria 4,210,000
124 Changzhou, Jiangsu China 4,180,000
125 Medellin Colombia 4,173,000
126 Ibadan Nigeria 4,144,000
127 Lucknow India 4,133,000
128 Nanchang China 4,104,000
129 Wenzhou China 4,093,000
130 Xiamen China 4,078,000
131 Fuzhou, Fujian China 4,072,000
132 Kumasi Ghana 4,036,000
133 Salvador Brazil 4,030,000
134 Tangshan, Hebei China 4,024,000
135 Casablanca Morocco 4,012,000
136 Bekasi Indonesia 3,926,000
137 Faisalabad Pakistan 3,893,000
138 Curitiba Brazil 3,889,000
139 Port Harcourt Nigeria 3,794,000
140 Guiyang China 3,737,000
141 Thrissur India 3,720,000
142 Dakar Senegal 3,659,000
143 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 3,648,000
144 Asuncion Paraguay 3,627,000
145 Cochin India 3,605,000
146 Seattle United States 3,581,000
147 Berlin Germany 3,580,000
148 Wuxi, Jiangsu China 3,559,000
149 Detroit United States 3,543,000
150 Sanaa Yemen 3,527,000