Las ciudades más pobladas del mundo
Shanghai es una de las ciudades más pobladas del mundo, con unos 22,315,474 habitantes.
Todas las ciudades indexadas con datos disponibles; se muestran 100 ciudades.
Ranking de ciudades por Población
| # | Ciudad | País | Población |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Shanghai | China | 22,315,474 |
| 🥈 | Beijing | China | 21,540,000 |
| 🥉 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 21,000,000 |
| 4 | Cairo | Egypt | 20,000,000 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | China | 17,494,398 |
| 6 | Guangzhou | China | 16,096,724 |
| 7 | Lagos | Nigeria | 15,388,000 |
| 8 | Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of Congo | 14,970,000 |
| 9 | Istanbul | Türkiye | 14,804,116 |
| 10 | Tokyo | Japan | 13,960,000 |
| 11 | Chengdu | China | 13,568,357 |
| 12 | Mumbai | India | 12,691,836 |
| 13 | Moscow | Russia | 12,500,000 |
| 14 | São Paulo | Brazil | 12,400,232 |
| 15 | Karachi | Pakistan | 11,624,219 |
| 16 | Tianjin | China | 11,090,314 |
| 17 | Delhi | India | 10,927,986 |
| 18 | Jakarta | Indonesia | 10,560,000 |
| 19 | Bangkok | Thailand | 10,500,000 |
| 20 | Wuhan | China | 10,392,693 |
| 21 | Lima | Peru | 9,750,000 |
| 22 | Seoul | South Korea | 9,700,000 |
| 23 | Dongguan | China | 9,644,871 |
| 24 | Xi’an | China | 9,600,000 |
| 25 | Nanjing | China | 9,314,685 |
| 26 | Hangzhou | China | 9,236,032 |
| 27 | Mexico City | Mexico | 9,200,000 |
| 28 | Tehran | Iran | 9,100,000 |
| 29 | Foshan | China | 9,042,509 |
| 30 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 8,993,082 |
| 31 | London | United Kingdom | 8,980,000 |
| 32 | New York City | United States | 8,804,190 |
| 33 | Bengaluru | India | 8,443,675 |
| 34 | Luanda | Angola | 8,330,000 |
| 35 | Hanoi | Vietnam | 8,000,000 |
| 36 | Bogota | Colombia | 7,740,000 |
| 37 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 7,600,000 |
| 38 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 7,500,000 |
| 39 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 7,491,609 |
| 40 | Chongqing | China | 7,457,599 |
| 41 | Baghdad | Iraq | 7,200,000 |
| 42 | Qingdao | China | 7,172,451 |
| 43 | Shenyang | China | 7,050,000 |
| 44 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 6,747,815 |
| 45 | Suzhou | China | 6,715,559 |
| 46 | Ahmedabad | India | 6,357,693 |
| 47 | Abidjan | Côte d'Ivoire | 6,321,017 |
| 48 | Lahore | Pakistan | 6,310,888 |
| 49 | Santiago | Chile | 6,150,000 |
| 50 | Singapore | Singapore | 5,680,000 |
| 51 | Singapore | Singapore | 5,638,700 |
| 52 | Johannesburg | South Africa | 5,635,127 |
| 53 | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 5,383,728 |
| 54 | Saint Petersburg | Russia | 5,351,935 |
| 55 | Alexandria | Egypt | 5,263,542 |
| 56 | Harbin | China | 5,242,897 |
| 57 | Sydney | Australia | 5,231,147 |
| 58 | Khartoum | Sudan | 5,200,000 |
| 59 | Ankara | Türkiye | 5,100,000 |
| 60 | Hefei | China | 5,050,000 |
| 61 | Melbourne | Australia | 4,917,750 |
| 62 | Dalian | China | 4,913,879 |
| 63 | Kano | Nigeria | 4,910,000 |
| 64 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 4,800,000 |
| 65 | Changchun | China | 4,714,996 |
| 66 | Cape Town | South Africa | 4,710,000 |
| 67 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 4,697,000 |
| 68 | Chennai | India | 4,681,087 |
| 69 | Kolkata | India | 4,631,392 |
| 70 | Xiamen | China | 4,617,251 |
| 71 | Surat | India | 4,591,246 |
| 72 | Yangon | Myanmar | 4,477,638 |
| 73 | Nairobi | Kenya | 4,400,000 |
| 74 | Wuxi | China | 4,396,835 |
| 75 | Giza | Egypt | 4,367,343 |
| 76 | Jinan | China | 4,335,989 |
| 77 | Taiyuan | China | 4,303,673 |
| 78 | Kabul | Afghanistan | 4,273,000 |
| 79 | Zhengzhou | China | 4,253,913 |
| 80 | Amman | Jordan | 4,000,000 |
| 81 | Shijiazhuang | China | 3,938,513 |
| 82 | Chattogram | Bangladesh | 3,920,222 |
| 83 | Los Angeles | United States | 3,898,747 |
| 84 | Kunming | China | 3,855,346 |
| 85 | Zhongshan | China | 3,841,873 |
| 86 | Nanning | China | 3,839,800 |
| 87 | Shantou | China | 3,838,900 |
| 88 | Yaounde | Cameroon | 3,820,000 |
| 89 | Yokohama | Japan | 3,761,630 |
| 90 | Ningbo | China | 3,731,203 |
| 91 | Busan | South Korea | 3,678,555 |
| 92 | Casablanca | Morocco | 3,665,954 |
| 93 | Ibadan | Nigeria | 3,649,000 |
| 94 | Berlin | Germany | 3,645,000 |
| 95 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 3,478,300 |
| 96 | Shiyan | China | 3,460,000 |
| 97 | Algiers | Algeria | 3,415,000 |
| 98 | Tangshan | China | 3,372,102 |
| 99 | Madrid | Spain | 3,300,000 |
| 100 | Changzhou | China | 3,290,918 |
Metodología: Población, coordenadas y altitud proceden del índice geográfico de Time.now; las cifras usan límites municipales, no áreas metropolitanas.
¿Qué hace de estas las ciudades más grandes del mundo?
Las ciudades más grandes del mundo son motores económicos y culturales que concentran decenas de millones de personas en densas regiones metropolitanas. La mayoría de las más grandes están ahora en Asia, reflejo de décadas de urbanización rápida. Las cifras de población varían según cómo se delimite una ciudad.
Estas megaciudades afrontan enormes retos de vivienda, transporte y medio ambiente, junto a inmensas oportunidades. La ciudad más poblada de esta lista es Shanghai, con unos 22,315,474 habitantes.