India

AsiaCapital: DelhiMost important metro: Mumbai

2026 population

1417.5M

Rank #1 globally

Area

3.3M km²

Metros tracked

24% of population in metros

Composite score

312.8

Rank #8 globally

86 tracked metros

Rank	Metro	Population	Score	Tier
#37	Mumbai	23.1M	54.0	World City
#51	Delhi★ Capital▲ Largest	33.4M	45.6	Major Metro
#92	Calcutta	24.9M	29.6	Major Metro
#168	Bangalore	13.2M	16.3	Regional Hub
#175	Hyderabad	8.8M	15.4	Regional Hub
#181	Chennai	11.5M	15.0	Regional Hub
#226	Ahmedabad	7.0M	12.1	Regional Hub
#237	Pune	9.4M	11.5	Regional Hub
#385	Lucknow	4.6M	6.2	Established City
#396	Jaipur	3.7M	5.9	Established City
#465	Chandigarh	2.1M	4.9	Emerging City
#467	Kochi	3.3M	4.9	Emerging City
#491	Surat	6.1M	4.6	Emerging City
#555	Nagpur	4.7M	3.9	Emerging City
#576	Kanpur	4.6M	3.7	Emerging City
#650	Visakhapatnam	2.0M	3.1	Emerging City
#664	Patna	5.8M	2.9	Emerging City
#676	Agra	4.4M	2.9	Emerging City
#731	Bhubaneswar	2.3M	2.5	Emerging City
#779	Vijayawada	6.0M	2.3	Emerging City
#822	Bhopal	2.4M	2.1	Emerging City
#836	Indore	3.3M	2.0	Emerging City
#848	Allahabad	6.0M	2.0	Emerging City
#865	Panaji	818K	1.9	Emerging City
#869	Coimbatore	3.5M	1.9	Emerging City
#926	Amritsar	2.5M	1.7	Emerging City
#948	Mysore	3.0M	1.7	Emerging City
#955	Tirupati	2.2M	1.6	Emerging City
#969	Vellore	1.5M	1.6	Emerging City
#977	Kharagpur	4.8M	1.6	Emerging City
#1013	Bareilly	4.4M	1.5	Emerging City
#1016	Varanasi	3.7M	1.5	Emerging City
#1019	Ranchi	2.9M	1.5	Emerging City
#1035	Solapur	4.3M	1.4	Emerging City
#1070	Malappuram	4.1M	1.4	Emerging City
#1075	Margao	641K	1.4	Emerging City
#1081	Thiruvananthapuram	3.3M	1.4	Emerging City
#1115	Vadodara	3.1M	1.3	Emerging City
#1135	Kozhikode	3.1M	1.3	Emerging City
#1143	Madurai	3.0M	1.3	Emerging City
#1146	Rajkot	3.0M	1.3	Emerging City
#1157	Aligarh	3.7M	1.2	Emerging City
#1182	Ludhiana	3.5M	1.2	Emerging City
#1186	Salem (India)	3.5M	1.2	Emerging City
#1188	Saharanpur	3.5M	1.2	Emerging City
#1206	Ghaziabad	3.3M	1.1	Emerging City
#1220	Kannur	2.5M	1.1	Emerging City
#1268	Moradabad	3.1M	1.0	Emerging City
#1272	Thrissur	3.1M	1.0	Emerging City
#1304	Jamshedpur	2.3M	1.0	Emerging City
#1340	Asansol	2.9M	1.0	Emerging City
#1357	Mangaluru	2.1M	0.9	Local City
#1380	Guwahati	1.3M	0.9	Local City
#1388	Tiruchirappalli	2.7M	0.9	Local City
#1393	Dhanbad	2.7M	0.9	Local City
#1405	Kollam	2.6M	0.9	Local City
#1414	Udaipur	2.5M	0.9	Local City
#1429	Aurangabad	2.5M	0.8	Local City
#1453	Tiruppur	2.5M	0.8	Local City
#1456	Nellore	2.5M	0.8	Local City
#1457	Jabalpur	2.5M	0.8	Local City
#1473	Bhavnagar	2.4M	0.8	Local City
#1492	Siliguri	1.6M	0.8	Local City
#1519	Nashik	2.2M	0.7	Local City
#1524	Jalandhar	2.2M	0.7	Local City
#1530	Raipur	2.2M	0.7	Local City
#1567	Gwalior	2.0M	0.7	Local City
#1585	Srinagar	1.2M	0.7	Local City
#1602	Kota	2.0M	0.7	Local City
#1623	Roorkee	1.9M	0.6	Local City
#1629	Dehradun	1.7M	0.6	Local City
#1638	Hubli-Dharwar	1.8M	0.6	Local City
#1686	Bhilai	1.7M	0.6	Local City
#1713	Imphal	930K	0.6	Local City
#1759	Bilaspur	1.6M	0.5	Local City
#1764	Gurdaspur	1.6M	0.5	Local City
#1863	Jammu	1.5M	0.5	Local City
#1909	Gandhinagar	1.4M	0.5	Local City
#1914	Jodhpur	1.4M	0.5	Local City
#2212	Puducherry	950K	0.3	Local City
#2272	Warangal	918K	0.3	Local City
#2574	Shillong	826K	0.3	Local City
#2896	Rupnagar	677K	0.2	Local City
#3011	Aizawl	387K	0.1	Local City
#3200	Kohima	211K	0.1	Local City
#3274	Itanagar	177K	0.1	Local City