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This is a list of the most populous cities of the world defined according to the concept of city proper. The list ranks the world's urban municipal units (or well-defined statistical groupings of such units) according to population. Note that the populations listed are for the city proper and not for the urban area nor the metropolitan area. For a list of the most populous urban and metropolitan areas, see List of urban areas by population and List of metropolitan areas by population. Statistical definitions for each city and approximate surface area are also indicated.

Rank	City	Population	Definition	Area (km²)	Population density (/km²)	Population × Population Density (10⁹ people²/km²)
1	Mumbai	13,073,926	Municipal corporation	603.45	21,665	377
2	Karachi	11,608,000	City District	3,530	3,957	47
3	Delhi	11,505,196	City proper	1,970	5,137	51
5	São Paulo	11,016,703	City proper	1,520	7,247	79
6	Moscow	10,654,000	Special City	605.41	17,213	179
8	Shanghai	9,838,400 (2001-12-31)	Core districts + inner suburbs	1,600	6,775	72
9	Lagos	9,229,944	23 special wards area	620	13,682	114
13	New York City	8,250,567	City proper	780	10,578	87
14	Cairo	7,933,236	City proper	760	10,260	80
16	London	7,554,236 (2001-12-31)	Core districts + inner suburbs	1,370	5,650	43
18	Bogotá	7,363,494 (2001-12-31)	Urban Area
29	Yangon	4,668,755 (2002)
31	Kolkata	4,643,011 (2001-12-31)	Urban area	400	12,868	65
33	Chennai	4,376,400 (2001-12-31)
37	Saint Petersburg	3,990,267 (2001-12-31)
39	Shenyang	3,981,000 (2001-12-31)
40	Chittagong	3,920,222	City proper	1,290	2,980	11
43	Ahmedabad	3,819,497	Metropolitan City	763.46	4,791	16
46	Yokohama	3,600,175	City proper	440	8,182	29
47	Ankara	3,641,931	Municipality	2,500	1,424	5
48	Abidjan	3,577,000
49	Ho Chi Minh City	3,525,282	City core (old city proper)
50	Berlin	3,389,000	State	892	3,818	13

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