The world Mega City and Largest Cities

 This is the list of world's largest cities and metropolitan areas by population as of 2016

Rank	Megacity	Image	Country	Continent	Population
1	Tokyo		Japan	Asia	38,800,000
2	Greater Jakarta		Indonesia	Asia	31,500,000[3]
3	Seoul		South Korea	Asia	25,514,000[4]
4	Karachi		Pakistan	Asia	24,300,000[5]
5	Shanghai		China	Asia	24,152,700[6]
6	Manila		Philippines	Asia	24,124,000[7]
7	New York City		United States	North America	23,632,722[8]
8	Mumbai		India	Asia	23,614,000[9]
9	Mexico City		Mexico	North America	22,200,000
10	Delhi		India	Asia	21,753,486[10]
11	Beijing		China	Asia	21,516,000[11]
12	São Paulo		Brazil	South America	21,250,000
13	Lagos		Nigeria	Africa	21,000,000[12]
14	Wuhan		China	Asia	20,600,000[13]
14	Moscow		Russia	Europe	20,561,194[14]
15	Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe (Keihanshin)		Japan	Asia	20,260,000
16	Guangzhou		China	Asia	19,910,000[15]
17	Chongqing		China	Asia	19,384,100[16]
18	Cairo		Egypt	Africa	18,810,000
19	Los Angeles		United States	North America	18,550,288[17][18]
20	Chengdu		China	Asia	18,427,500
21	Dhaka		Bangladesh	Asia	18,250,000
23	Tianjin		China	Asia	15,469,500
24	Bangkok		Thailand	Asia	15,350,000
25	Istanbul		Turkey	Europe, Asia	14,800,000
26	Kolkata		India	Asia	14,766,000[19]
27	Rio de Janeiro		Brazil	South America	14,450,000
28	London		United Kingdom	Europe	13,842,667[20]
29	Buenos Aires		Argentina	South America	13,834,000[21]
30	Tehran		Iran	Asia	13,700,000
31	Kinshasa		Democratic Republic of Congo	Africa	12,500,000
32	Paris		France	Europe	12,405,426 [2]
33	Shenzhen		China	Asia	12,250,000[20]
34	Harbin		China	Asia	11,635,971[22]
35	Rhine-Ruhr		Germany	Europe	11,316,429[23]
36	Lahore		Pakistan	Asia	10,551,472[24]
37	Chennai		India	Asia	10,108,888