Top 20 largest cities in the world

What does "big city" mean to you? A million inhabitants, two, maybe ten or even thirty? See the photo gallery of the 20 largest cities in the world by population.

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1. In 20th place in terms of population is Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

2. Buenos Aires occupies 19th place, 14.3 million people live in the capital of Argentina.

3. 18th place: Kolkata is the largest city in India with 15.7 million people.

4. 17th place: Cairo - the capital of Egypt - the number of inhabitants is 17.3 million.

5. 16th place in the ranking of the largest cities is Moscow. 16.2 million people live in the capital of the largest state in the world.

6. Beijing has 16.4 million inhabitants, placing the Chinese capital in 15th place in the ranking.

7. 14th place: Osaka - one of the largest cities in Japan is home to 16.8 million people.

8. Los Angeles is in 13th place in terms of population with 17 million residents.

9. The capital of the Philippines - Manila - in 12th place among the largest cities in the world with 20.7 million inhabitants.

10. The Indian city of Bombay, which is home to 20.8 million people, ranks 11th in the ranking.

11. In 10th place is the largest city in Pakistan - Karachi. It is home to 21.1 million people.

12. 9th place: the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, it is home to 21.1 million people.

13. In 8th place in the ranking of the largest cities is New York (21.5 million inhabitants).

14. 7th place: Indian Delhi - 23 million inhabitants.

15. The 6th place in terms of population is occupied by the Mexican capital - Mexico City - 23.2 million inhabitants.

16. The 5th most populated city in the world is Shanghai. This largest Chinese city has 25.3 million inhabitants.

17. Ranked #4: Seoul is the capital of the Republic of Korea with a population of 25.3 million.

18. In 3rd place in the ranking is the capital of Indonesia - Jakarta. 25.3 million inhabitants.

19. In 2nd place, Guangzhou is the largest Chinese city with 25.8 million people.

20. The largest city in the world by population is Tokyo. The capital of Japan is home to 34.5 million people. Tokyo is the undisputed leader in our ranking and will remain so for a long time to come.