Megacity

The conventional 5-million-plus threshold for a megacity. Population alone does not produce score dominance in the composite ranking, but it does set the stage for every other dimension to compound. Sorted by metro population.

179 qualifying metrosMethodology →
RankMetroPopulationTier
#11GuangzhouChina63.0MWorld City
#9ShanghaiChina50.4MGlobal Capital
#4TokyoJapan40.3MGlobal Capital
#45JakartaIndonesia36.2MMajor Metro
#51DelhiIndia33.4MMajor Metro
#43ManilaPhilippines28.3MMajor Metro
#161DhakaBangladesh26.5MRegional Hub
#27Mexico CityMexico26.4MWorld City
#8SeoulSouth Korea26.0MGlobal Capital
#92CalcuttaIndia24.9MMajor Metro
#52CairoEgypt23.7MMajor Metro
#37MumbaiIndia23.1MWorld City
#6BeijingChina22.6MGlobal Capital
#1New YorkUnited States22.3MGlobal Capital
#23Sao PauloBrazil22.3MWorld City
#71ChongqingChina21.6MMajor Metro
#17MoscowRussia21.5MWorld City
#50ChengduChina20.9MMajor Metro
#182LagosNigeria19.9MRegional Hub
#78TianjinChina19.3MMajor Metro
#7Los AngelesUnited States18.5MGlobal Capital
#14Osaka-Kyoto-KobeJapan18.1MWorld City
#36BangkokThailand17.3MWorld City
#63HangzhouChina17.2MMajor Metro
#69Xi'anChina17.2MMajor Metro
#187KarachiPakistan17.0MRegional Hub
#73ChangshaChina16.7MMajor Metro
#22IstanbulTurkey16.3MWorld City
#2LondonUnited Kingdom16.0MGlobal Capital
#99TehranIran16.0MMajor Metro
#40Buenos AiresArgentina15.2MWorld City
#49JohannesburgSouth Africa15.1MMajor Metro
#272KinshasaCongo DR15.0MEstablished City
#215LahorePakistan14.6MRegional Hub
#395ShantouChina13.6MEstablished City
#57WuhanChina13.5MMajor Metro
#168BangaloreIndia13.2MRegional Hub
#64Rio de JaneiroBrazil12.9MMajor Metro
#3ParisFrance12.9MGlobal Capital
#124ZhengzhouChina12.6MMajor Metro
#123Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam12.1MMajor Metro
#181ChennaiIndia11.5MRegional Hub
#139LimaPeru11.3MMajor Metro
#176ShijiazhuangChina11.2MRegional Hub
#24Rhine-RuhrGermany11.1MWorld City
#552LinyiChina11.0MEmerging City
#116BogotaColombia11.0MMajor Metro
#87NagoyaJapan10.6MMajor Metro
#320BaghdadIraq10.5MEstablished City
#10Washington-BaltimoreUnited States10.2MWorld City
#83QingdaoChina10.1MMajor Metro
#156HarbinChina10.0MRegional Hub
#12ChicagoUnited States9.9MWorld City
#204SurabayaIndonesia9.9MRegional Hub
#590NanyangChina9.7MEmerging City
#39Kuala LumpurMalaysia9.7MWorld City
#475BandungIndonesia9.6MEmerging City
#230WenzhouChina9.6MRegional Hub
#237PuneIndia9.4MRegional Hub
#470HandanChina9.4MEmerging City
#148NingboChina9.4MRegional Hub
#601WeifangChina9.4MEmerging City
#130HefeiChina9.4MMajor Metro
#44NanjingChina9.3MMajor Metro
#133NairobiKenya9.3MMajor Metro
#58TaipeiTaiwan9.3MMajor Metro
#134JinanChina9.2MMajor Metro
#412ChittagongBangladesh9.2MEstablished City
#329XuzhouChina9.1MEstablished City
#115ShenyangChina9.1MMajor Metro
#174ChangchunChina9.1MRegional Hub
#656ZhoukouChina9.0MEmerging City
#140HanoiVietnam9.0MMajor Metro
#375GanzhouChina9.0MEstablished City
#392LuandaAngola8.9MEstablished City
#175HyderabadIndia8.8MRegional Hub
#671HezeChina8.8MEmerging City
#357QuanzhouChina8.8MEstablished City
#147NanningChina8.7MRegional Hub
#32DallasUnited States8.7MWorld City
#155KunmingChina8.5MRegional Hub
#647JiningChina8.4MEmerging City
#94SantiagoChile8.3MMajor Metro
#149FuzhouChina8.3MRegional Hub
#698FuyangChina8.2MEmerging City
#76Busan-UlsanSouth Korea8.1MMajor Metro
#21HoustonUnited States8.0MWorld City
#5San Francisco-San JoseUnited States8.0MGlobal Capital
#507FaisalabadPakistan7.9MEmerging City
#20MilanItaly7.8MWorld City
#717ShangqiuChina7.8MEmerging City
#231NantongChina7.7MRegional Hub
#469TangshanChina7.7MEmerging City
#16TorontoCanada7.7MWorld City
#117DalianChina7.5MMajor Metro
#18Hong KongHong Kong7.4MWorld City
#379IslamabadPakistan7.4MEstablished City
#345YangonMyanmar7.4MEstablished City
#748CangzhouChina7.3MEmerging City
#29PhiladelphiaUnited States7.3MWorld City
#34AtlantaUnited States7.3MWorld City
#66RiyadhSaudi Arabia7.2MMajor Metro
#758XingtaiChina7.1MEmerging City
#277YantaiChina7.1MEstablished City
#291LuoyangChina7.1MEstablished City
#476JinhuaChina7.1MEmerging City
#226AhmedabadIndia7.0MRegional Hub
#766ZhumadianChina7.0MEmerging City
#274ZhanjiangChina7.0MEstablished City
#19MadridSpain6.9MWorld City
#772BijieChina6.9MEmerging City
#13BostonUnited States6.8MWorld City
#440YogyakartaIndonesia6.8MEstablished City
#596YanchengChina6.7MEmerging City
#792HengyangChina6.6MEmerging City
#686ZunyiChina6.6MEmerging City
#538SemarangIndonesia6.6MEmerging City
#796ShaoyangChina6.6MEmerging City
#26MiamiUnited States6.5MWorld City
#191AlexandriaEgypt6.5MRegional Hub
#802ShangraoChina6.5MEmerging City
#239Dar es SalaamTanzania6.4MRegional Hub
#401AbidjanCôte d'Ivoire6.3MEstablished City
#687BamakoMali6.3MEmerging City
#101St. PetersburgRussia6.3MMajor Metro
#157NanchangChina6.3MRegional Hub
#824XinxiangChina6.3MEmerging City
#825XinyangChina6.2MEmerging City
#162ColomboSri Lanka6.2MRegional Hub
#830CumillaBangladesh6.2MEmerging City
#380KhartoumSudan6.2MEstablished City
#833MaomingChina6.2MEmerging City
#374AccraGhana6.2MEstablished City
#38MunichGermany6.1MWorld City
#491SuratIndia6.1MEmerging City
#779VijayawadaIndia6.0MEmerging City
#47FrankfurtGermany6.0MMajor Metro
#171GuiyangChina6.0MRegional Hub
#848AllahabadIndia6.0MEmerging City
#849LiaochengChina6.0MEmerging City
#857MymensinghBangladesh5.9MEmerging City
#664PatnaIndia5.8MEmerging City
#153AnkaraTurkey5.8MRegional Hub
#670YulinChina5.8MEmerging City
#866QujingChina5.8MEmerging City
#33BarcelonaSpain5.7MWorld City
#30BerlinGermany5.7MWorld City
#35Dubai-SharjahUnited Arab Emirates5.7MWorld City
#25SingaporeSingapore5.7MWorld City
#224UrumqiChina5.7MRegional Hub
#880NanchongChina5.6MEmerging City
#102StuttgartGermany5.5MMajor Metro
#15SydneyAustralia5.5MWorld City
#244AmmanJordan5.5MRegional Hub
#589AnyangChina5.5MEmerging City
#896Tai'anChina5.5MEmerging City
#62DetroitUnited States5.4MMajor Metro
#28MelbourneAustralia5.4MWorld City
#334JiaxingChina5.4MEstablished City
#901DazhouChina5.4MEmerging City
#207Belo HorizonteBrazil5.4MRegional Hub
#160MonterreyMexico5.3MRegional Hub
#185TaiyuanChina5.3MRegional Hub
#568KampalaUganda5.3MEmerging City
#167GuadalajaraMexico5.3MRegional Hub
#695ChangdeChina5.3MEmerging City
#479XiangyangChina5.3MEmerging City
#108Cape TownSouth Africa5.2MMajor Metro
#77PhoenixUnited States5.2MMajor Metro
#122XiamenChina5.2MMajor Metro
#54MontrealCanada5.2MMajor Metro
#378CebuPhilippines5.2MEstablished City
#499KabulAfghanistan5.1MEmerging City
#742KanoNigeria5.1MEmerging City
#31SeattleUnited States5.1MWorld City
#222CaracasVenezuela5.1MRegional Hub
#438MedanIndonesia5.1MEstablished City
#704YueyangChina5.1MEmerging City
#801GujranwalaPakistan5.0MEmerging City