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Number of cities with more than 1 million people

Name: Number of cities with more than 1 million people by country, 2035
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186 countries · 2035

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

Number of cities with more than 1 million people