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Number of cities with 5 to 10 million people

Name: Number of cities with 5 to 10 million people by country, 2035
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186 countries · 2035

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Number of cities with 5 to 10 million people league table
#	Country	number of cities	Region	Income
1	China	18	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
2	United States	8	North America	High income
3	India	5	South Asia	Lower middle income
4	Nigeria	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
5	Spain	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Japan	2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
7	Brazil	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
8	Cameroon	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
9	Saudi Arabia	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
10	Mexico	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
11	Australia	2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
12	South Africa	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
13	Uganda	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Zambia	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Turkiye	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
16	Viet Nam	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
17	Ethiopia	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
18	Israel	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
19	Canada	1	North America	High income
20	Afghanistan	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
21	Kenya	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
22	Senegal	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
23	Ghana	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
24	Bangladesh	1	South Asia	Lower middle income
25	Russian Federation	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
26	Madagascar	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
27	Chile	1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
28	Myanmar	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
29	Egypt, Arab Rep.	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
30	Hong Kong SAR, China	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
31	Burkina Faso	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
32	Sudan	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
33	Cote d'Ivoire	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Singapore	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
35	Moldova	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
36	Armenia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
37	Guyana	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
38	Estonia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
39	Austria	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	Bahamas, The	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
41	Suriname	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
42	Gambia, The	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
43	Jamaica	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
44	Eswatini	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
45	Korea, Rep.	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
46	Peru	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
47	Central African Republic	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
48	Argentina	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
49	Mauritius	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
50	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
51	Hungary	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	Rwanda	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
53	Maldives	0	South Asia	Upper middle income
54	Cyprus	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
55	Haiti	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
56	Belarus	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
57	Switzerland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	Seychelles	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
59	Oman	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
60	Guinea-Bissau	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
61	Kiribati	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
62	Nepal	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
63	Eritrea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
64	United Arab Emirates	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
65	France	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	Germany	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
67	Malaysia	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
68	Luxembourg	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
69	Slovak Republic	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
70	Norway	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
71	Finland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
72	Iraq	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
73	Bulgaria	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
74	Philippines	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
75	Lebanon	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
76	Cabo Verde	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
77	Lao PDR	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
78	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
79	Iceland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
80	Latvia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
81	Slovenia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
82	Fiji	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
83	Antigua and Barbuda	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
84	Jordan	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
85	Bahrain	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
86	Italy	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
87	Mauritania	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
88	Guinea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
89	Morocco	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
90	Kuwait	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
91	Czechia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
92	Lithuania	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
93	Sweden	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
94	Sierra Leone	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
95	Algeria	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
96	West Bank and Gaza	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
97	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
98	Honduras	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
99	Togo	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
100	Sri Lanka	0	South Asia	Upper middle income
101	Barbados	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
102	Malta	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
103	Paraguay	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	Grenada	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
105	Dominican Republic	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
106	Belgium	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
107	Azerbaijan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
108	Libya	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
109	Brunei Darussalam	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
110	Portugal	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Niger	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
112	Thailand	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
113	Indonesia	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
114	Denmark	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	United Kingdom	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Namibia	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
117	Colombia	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
118	Pakistan	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
119	Guatemala	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
120	Kazakhstan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
121	Bhutan	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
122	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
123	Serbia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
124	Croatia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Montenegro	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
126	South Sudan	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
127	Gabon	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
128	St. Lucia	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
129	Burundi	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
130	Papua New Guinea	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
131	Congo, Rep.	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
132	Botswana	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
133	Netherlands	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
134	New Zealand	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
135	Djibouti	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
136	Mongolia	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
137	Ireland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
138	Costa Rica	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
139	Poland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
141	Solomon Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
142	Belize	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
143	Liberia	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
144	Georgia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
145	Syrian Arab Republic	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
146	Romania	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
147	Comoros	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
148	Equatorial Guinea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
149	Cambodia	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
150	Albania	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
151	Panama	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
152	Mozambique	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
153	El Salvador	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
154	Lesotho	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
155	Benin	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
156	Bolivia	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
157	North Macedonia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
158	Ecuador	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
159	Malawi	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
160	Chad	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
161	Qatar	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
162	Sao Tome and Principe	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
163	Nicaragua	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
164	Cuba	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
165	Greece	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	Kyrgyz Republic	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
167	Angola	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
168	Mali	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
169	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
170	Zimbabwe	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
171	Timor-Leste	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
172	Yemen, Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
173	Venezuela, RB	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
174	Trinidad and Tobago	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
175	Tunisia	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
176	Uzbekistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
177	Tanzania	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
178	Samoa	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
179	Taiwan	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
180	Ukraine	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
181	Uruguay	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
182	Turkmenistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
183	Tajikistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
184	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
185	Vanuatu	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
186	Tonga	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income

Number of cities with 5 to 10 million people