Städte mit mehr als 1 Million Einwohnern im Jahr 2050

Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Abdullah Economy City (i) Saudi Arabia (i) 173 km² 100 %
4,000
10,000
350,000
1,050,000
1,550,000
1,510,000
Rongcheng (i) China (i) Hebei (i) 12 km² 50 %
42,000
69,000
1,370,000
2,050,000
2,150,000
2,030,000
Xiong'an (Xiongxian) (i) China (i) Hebei (i) 75 km² 50 %
***
135,000
1,370,000
2,050,000
2,150,000
2,030,000
Nusantara City (i) Indonesia (i) Kalimantan Timur 561 km² 30 %
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***
1,000,000
3,605,000
6,019,000
6,760,000
Gwadar (i) Pakistan (i) Beluchistan (i) 30 km² 20 %
128,000
163,000
650,000
1,500,000
3,000,000
4,200,000
Sharm El Sheikh (i) Egypt (i) 59 km² 15 %
48,000
73,000
123,000
850,000
1,200,000
1,250,000
Abuja (i) Nigeria (i) Federal Capital Territory 743 km² 13 %
2,500,000
4,431,000
7,636,000
21,570,000
30,508,000
40,811,000
Dodoma Tanzania (i) 186 km² 12.6 %
533,000
746,000
1,191,000
3,156,000
6,531,000
8,051,000
Gitega Burundi 28 km² 12 %
137,000
191,000
505,000
1,218,000
3,376,000
5,000,000
Kousseri Cameroon 15 km² 12 %
65,000
96,000
156,000
405,000
1,080,000
1,575,000
Jazan Saudi Arabia (i) 225 km² 12 %
155,000
213,000
338,000
830,000
1,125,000
1,313,000
Bosaso Somalia (i) 12 km² 12 %
208,000
330,000
536,000
1,252,000
2,524,000
2,670,000
Xinzheng Area (i) China (i) Henan (i) 140 km² 12 %
456,000
834,000
1,355,000
1,536,000
1,520,000
1,458,000
Sihanoukville/Kampong Som (i) Cambodia 35 km² 11 %
139,000
201,000
380,000
833,000
1,215,000
1,370,000
Gaziantep Türkiye (i) Südostanatolien (i) 195 km² 11 %
1,667,000
1,260,000
1,908,000
2,060,000
2,052,000
1,827,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Mekele Ethiopia (i) Tigray 39 km² 10 %
399,000
295,000
590,000
1,365,000
2,558,000
3,060,000
Yenagoa Nigeria (i) Bayelsa 94 km² 10 %
326,000
449,000
718,000
1,865,000
2,535,000
2,555,000
Adis Abeba (i) Ethiopia (i) Adis Abeba 624 km² 9 %
4,223,000
5,368,000
8,841,000
23,369,000
35,841,000
41,365,000
Tuduma Tanzania (i) 60 km² 8.8 %
164,000
***
360,000
886,000
1,107,000
1,205,000
Adama (i) Ethiopia (i) Oromia 48 km² 8.5 %
399,000
527,000
734,000
1,614,000
3,120,000
4,370,000
Dire Dawa-Melka Jebdu Ethiopia (i) Dire Dawa 34 km² 8.5 %
398,000
509,000
767,000
1,702,000
3,157,000
3,535,000
Dali China (i) Yunnan (i) 37 km² 8.5 %
407,000
501,000
711,000
1,002,000
1,123,000
1,150,000
Faizabad-Ayodhya India (i) Uttar Pradesh 24 km² 8.5 %
323,000
423,000
609,000
1,414,000
2,512,000
2,653,000
Sonipat (i) India (i) Haryana 100 km² 8.5 %
419,000
559,000
850,000
1,660,000
1,825,000
1,778,000
Dese Ethiopia (i) Amhara 19 km² 8.3 %
233,000
318,000
441,000
1,014,000
1,522,000
1,891,000
Gemena Congo - Kinshasa (i) 23 km² 8.3 %
200,000
263,000
368,000
690,000
1,375,000
1,595,000
Riad (i) Saudi Arabia (i) 1,403 km² 8.2 %
6,665,000
8,442,000
12,127,000
13,352,000
13,251,000
12,085,000
Roorkee (Rudrapur) India (i) Uttarkhand 30 km² 8.1 %
289,000
406,000
582,000
959,000
1,384,000
1,509,000
Hurghada Egypt (i) 59 km² 8 %
223,000
239,000
340,000
815,000
1,571,000
1,880,000
Bahir Dar (i) Ethiopia (i) Amhara 27 km² 8 %
307,000
414,000
609,000
1,375,000
2,890,000
4,000,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Jima/Jimma Ethiopia (i) Oromia 25 km² 8 %
220,000
299,000
427,000
939,000
1,561,000
1,872,000
Pingtan City (i) China (i) Fujian (i) 9 km² 8 %
207,000
298,000
750,000
1,100,000
1,200,000
1,250,000
Bhiwadi-Dharughera (i) India (i) Rajastan (i) 60 km² 8 %
288,000
395,000
523,000
1,100,000
1,550,000
1,674,000
Balikpapan (i) Indonesia (i) Kalimantan Timur 105 km² 8 %
688,000
867,000
1,231,000
2,105,000
2,775,000
3,125,000
Eldoret Kenya (i) 65 km² 8 %
484,000
657,000
930,000
1,524,000
1,752,000
1,857,000
Goma Congo - Kinshasa (i) 49 km² 8 %
1,240,000
1,622,000
2,295,000
3,633,000
4,351,000
5,170,000
Toliary/Toliara Madagascar 18 km² 8 %
195,000
268,000
390,000
861,000
1,259,000
1,607,000
Kayes Mali (i) 30 km² 8 %
241,000
338,000
475,000
935,000
1,342,000
1,381,000
Pemba Mozambique 30 km² 8 %
245,000
311,000
435,000
774,000
1,152,000
1,489,000
Salalah Oman 125 km² 8 %
278,000
341,000
506,000
831,000
1,210,000
1,273,000
Ndola Zambia 103 km² 8 %
561,000
685,000
877,000
1,825,000
2,207,000
2,538,000
Mbour Senegal (i) 67 km² 8 %
282,000
355,000
504,000
929,000
1,181,000
1,257,000
New Mirpur City (i) Pakistan (i) Azad Kashmir (i) 41 km² 8 %
159,000
200,000
283,000
730,000
1,125,000
1,545,000
Phu My-Ba Ria (i) Vietnam (i) 133 km² 8 %
194,000
252,000
357,000
805,000
1,065,000
887,000
Kigali Rwanda 195 km² 7.7 %
1,563,000
2,043,000
2,918,000
6,228,000
8,242,000
11,553,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Jijiga Ethiopia (i) Somali 28 km² 7.5 %
183,000
233,000
321,000
754,000
1,825,000
2,456,000
Moshi Tanzania (i) 42 km² 7.5 %
204,000
248,000
377,000
1,075,000
2,116,000
2,856,000
Arusha Tanzania (i) 80 km² 7.3 %
534,000
676,000
936,000
2,125,000
3,325,000
4,156,000
Huaihua China (i) Hunan (i) 52 km² 7.1 %
452,000
617,000
820,000
1,150,000
1,221,000
1,166,000
Hisar India (i) Haryana 58 km² 7.1 %
507,000
635,000
886,000
1,855,000
1,954,000
1,929,000
Silvassa (i) India (i) Dadra & Nagar Haveli 8 km² 7.1 %
195,000
260,000
2,000,000
2,734,000
3,175,000
3,385,000
Bukavu Congo - Kinshasa (i) 26 km² 7.1 %
901,000
1,157,000
1,637,000
2,619,000
3,505,000
4,155,000
Kampala (i) Uganda 857 km² 7.1 %
4,251,000
5,402,000
7,427,000
15,011,000
22,569,000
26,000,000
Herat Afghanistan (i) 65 km² 7 %
551,000
798,000
1,037,000
2,385,000
4,300,000
4,810,000
Awasa/Awassa (i) Ethiopia (i) YeDebub 48 km² 7 %
354,000
480,000
690,000
2,090,000
3,871,000
5,353,000
Cox Bazar Bangladesh (i) 15 km² 7 %
181,000
225,000
333,000
865,000
2,062,000
2,158,000
Bobo Dioulasso Burkina Faso (i) Hauts Bassins (i) 138 km² 7 %
905,000
1,159,000
1,587,000
2,808,000
4,165,000
4,560,000
Bijie (i) China (i) Guizhou (i) 26 km² 7 %
520,000
754,000
1,003,000
1,282,000
1,215,000
1,112,000
Sanya China (i) Hainan (i) 76 km² 7 %
494,000
658,000
925,000
1,527,000
1,865,000
2,020,000
Korhogo (i) Côte d’Ivoire 58 km² 7 %
324,000
451,000
620,000
1,159,000
1,393,000
1,601,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Garissa Kenya (i) 30 km² 7 %
166,000
220,000
316,000
662,000
1,068,000
885,000
Lichinga Mozambique 20 km² 7 %
293,000
375,000
517,000
935,000
1,376,000
1,502,000
Jalingo Nigeria (i) Taraba 44 km² 7 %
279,000
373,000
505,000
912,000
1,256,000
1,458,000
Ha Long Vietnam (i) 74 km² 7 %
282,000
362,000
497,000
900,000
1,058,000
1,128,000
Gisenyi Rwanda 12 km² 6.8 %
253,000
327,000
428,000
1,036,000
1,817,000
2,435,000
Chenzhou China (i) Hunan (i) 42 km² 6.7 %
505,000
647,000
864,000
1,123,000
1,201,000
1,153,000
Jiujiang (i) China (i) Jiangxi (i) 74 km² 6.7 %
518,000
651,000
861,000
1,056,000
1,110,000
1,066,000
Maradi (i) Niger (i) 24 km² 6.7 %
394,000
518,000
695,000
1,436,000
2,458,000
2,654,000
Gulu Uganda 61 km² 6.7 %
177,000
224,000
308,000
800,000
1,565,000
1,885,000
San Pedro Côte d’Ivoire 41 km² 6.6 %
210,000
265,000
353,000
772,000
1,263,000
1,661,000
Tamale (i) Ghana (i) 85 km² 6.6 %
753,000
988,000
1,269,000
1,680,000
1,807,000
1,870,000
Bunia Congo - Kinshasa (i) 33 km² 6.6 %
312,000
399,000
565,000
892,000
1,248,000
1,523,000
Jalalabad Afghanistan (i) 31 km² 6.5 %
260,000
414,000
544,000
1,196,000
2,280,000
2,802,000
Kandahar Afghanistan (i) 91 km² 6.5 %
505,000
660,000
907,000
1,890,000
2,510,000
2,350,000
Marsa Matruh Egypt (i) 39 km² 6.5 %
163,000
211,000
290,000
657,000
1,013,000
1,430,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Harer Ethiopia (i) Harari 13 km² 6.5 %
145,000
177,000
240,000
552,000
1,159,000
1,506,000
Maroua Cameroon 29 km² 6.5 %
377,000
500,000
675,000
1,035,000
1,509,000
1,750,000
Kindu Congo - Kinshasa (i) 34 km² 6.5 %
317,000
429,000
572,000
875,000
1,205,000
1,361,000
Likasi Congo - Kinshasa (i) 48 km² 6.5 %
557,000
679,000
940,000
1,332,000
1,596,000
1,731,000
Mzuzu Malawi 46 km² 6.5 %
247,000
323,000
431,000
911,000
1,557,000
1,759,000
Owerri Nigeria (i) Imo 76 km² 6.5 %
484,000
631,000
840,000
1,545,000
1,831,000
1,952,000
Songea Tanzania (i) 41 km² 6.5 %
255,000
320,000
431,000
740,000
1,138,000
1,335,000
Mubi Nigeria (i) Adamawa 30 km² 6.4 %
226,000
292,000
403,000
759,000
1,025,000
1,228,000
Koudougou Burkina Faso (i) Centre Ouest (i) 33 km² 6.3 %
160,000
207,000
277,000
581,000
1,155,000
1,220,000
Ganzhou (i) China (i) Jiangxi (i) 157 km² 6.3 %
1,256,000
1,636,000
2,135,000
2,401,000
2,515,000
2,421,000
Haikou (i) China (i) Hainan (i) 135 km² 6.3 %
1,552,000
2,033,000
2,605,000
3,126,000
3,365,000
3,307,000
Lhasa China (i) Tibet (i) 109 km² 6.3 %
545,000
719,000
959,000
1,566,000
2,080,000
2,432,000
Nanchong (i) China (i) Sichuan (i) 77 km² 6.3 %
825,000
1,044,000
1,369,000
1,870,000
1,845,000
1,547,000
Suining (i) China (i) Sichuan (i) 74 km² 6.3 %
670,000
835,000
1,089,000
1,361,000
1,355,000
1,288,000
Bouake (i) Côte d’Ivoire 111 km² 6.3 %
653,000
850,000
1,025,000
1,517,000
2,057,000
2,509,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Tumkur India (i) Karnataka 42 km² 6.3 %
410,000
500,000
662,000
1,406,000
1,661,000
1,871,000
Matadi Congo - Kinshasa (i) 37 km² 6.3 %
450,000
535,000
727,000
1,317,000
2,008,000
2,560,000
Antananarivo Madagascar 107 km² 6.3 %
1,348,000
1,630,000
2,205,000
4,512,000
8,839,000
10,695,000
Bamako Mali (i) 442 km² 6.3 %
4,441,000
5,867,000
7,615,000
10,933,000
13,250,000
13,810,000
Jimeta-Yola Nigeria (i) Adamawa 128 km² 6.3 %
387,000
528,000
713,000
1,459,000
1,605,000
2,052,000
Uyo Nigeria (i) Akwa Ibom 130 km² 6.3 %
366,000
463,000
636,000
1,579,000
3,082,000
3,778,000
Hargeysa Somalia (i) 51 km² 6.3 %
1,089,000
1,467,000
1,922,000
2,753,000
3,565,000
3,307,000
Morogoro Tanzania (i) 46 km² 6.3 %
400,000
519,000
687,000
1,248,000
1,806,000
2,082,000
Malindi Kenya (i) 13 km² 6.2 %
122,000
147,000
191,000
477,000
1,365,000
2,036,000
Abu Dhabi (i) United Arab Emirates (i) 780 km² 6.2 %
2,261,000
2,560,000
3,341,000
4,622,000
5,035,000
4,725,000
Bangui (i) Central African Republic 102 km² 6.2 %
1,377,000
1,689,000
2,152,000
2,991,000
3,769,000
4,290,000
Panipat India (i) Haryana 63 km² 6.1 %
670,000
822,000
1,125,000
1,710,000
2,063,000
2,310,000
Nakuru Kenya (i) 103 km² 6.1 %
579,000
717,000
952,000
1,653,000
2,520,000
2,835,000
Beira (i) Mozambique 105 km² 6.1 %
548,000
817,000
1,087,000
2,702,000
4,121,000
4,356,000
Niamey Niger (i) 161 km² 6.1 %
1,312,000
1,642,000
2,165,000
4,503,000
8,831,000
10,156,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Charikar Afghanistan (i) 15 km² 6 %
64,000
84,000
119,000
357,000
1,125,000
1,452,000
Mazar e Sharif Afghanistan (i) 93 km² 6 %
459,000
603,000
823,000
1,570,000
1,870,000
2,080,000
Gonder-Azezo Ethiopia (i) Amhara 27 km² 6 %
402,000
539,000
723,000
1,221,000
2,045,000
2,765,000
Khulna Bangladesh (i) 49 km² 6 %
703,000
776,000
1,081,000
2,670,000
3,337,000
2,887,000
Nanchang China (i) Jiangxi (i) 479 km² 6 %
3,305,000
4,250,000
5,510,000
7,218,000
7,722,000
7,467,000
Qujing China (i) Yunnan (i) 78 km² 6 %
624,000
829,000
1,085,000
1,573,000
1,620,000
1,555,000
Garoua Cameroon 48 km² 6 %
610,000
787,000
1,042,000
1,566,000
1,822,000
2,204,000
Bumba Congo - Kinshasa (i) 25 km² 6 %
194,000
246,000
327,000
608,000
1,005,000
1,385,000
Gandajika Congo - Kinshasa (i) 18 km² 6 %
208,000
276,000
365,000
630,000
1,266,000
1,550,000
Isiro Congo - Kinshasa (i) 35 km² 6 %
269,000
361,000
487,000
755,000
1,070,000
1,385,000
Kikwit Congo - Kinshasa (i) 65 km² 6 %
591,000
783,000
1,025,000
1,476,000
1,845,000
2,185,000
Taomasina Madagascar 51 km² 6 %
415,000
533,000
706,000
1,569,000
2,534,000
3,069,000
Tete (i) Mozambique 55 km² 6 %
367,000
479,000
755,000
1,187,000
1,530,000
1,875,000
Gu'an (i) China (i) Hebei (i) 50 km² 6 %
335,000
509,000
850,000
1,133,000
1,152,000
1,110,000
Jiaozhou (i) China (i) Shandong (i) 65 km² 6 %
515,000
623,000
751,000
1,013,000
1,166,000
1,085,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Ürümqi China (i) Xinjiang (i) 273 km² 5.8 %
3,276,000
4,061,000
5,236,000
6,087,000
6,573,000
6,393,000
Muzafferpur India (i) Bihar 43 km² 5.8 %
520,000
630,000
830,000
1,818,000
3,174,000
3,567,000
Ranchi India (i) Jharkhand 220 km² 5.8 %
1,605,000
2,006,000
2,636,000
5,268,000
8,475,000
10,245,000
Damar Yemen (i) 28 km² 5.8 %
224,000
259,000
350,000
757,000
1,059,000
1,156,000
Lilongwe Malawi 153 km² 5.8 %
1,262,000
1,628,000
2,215,000
3,987,000
6,158,000
7,075,000
Epe Nigeria (i) Lagos 22 km² 5.8 %
193,000
232,000
307,000
735,000
1,208,000
1,325,000
Bhubaneshwar (i) India (i) Odisha/Orissa 123 km² 5.7 %
1,163,000
1,408,000
1,823,000
4,010,000
8,625,000
10,218,000
Jaipur (i) India (i) Rajastan (i) 560 km² 5.7 %
4,142,000
5,100,000
6,630,000
13,186,000
18,890,000
18,581,000
Kohat (i) Pakistan (i) Khyber Pakhtunkawa & FATA (i) 67 km² 5.7 %
255,000
324,000
426,000
803,000
1,328,000
1,551,000
Maisuru/Mysore India (i) Karnataka 133 km² 5.6 %
1,295,000
1,573,000
2,053,000
2,913,000
3,183,000
3,437,000
Shiliguri India (i) West Bengal 98 km² 5.6 %
1,071,000
1,308,000
1,700,000
3,742,000
6,062,000
7,127,000
Kisumu Kenya (i) 56 km² 5.6 %
405,000
499,000
641,000
1,163,000
1,628,000
1,872,000
Mombasa Kenya (i) 112 km² 5.6 %
1,218,000
1,465,000
1,887,000
3,952,000
6,074,000
6,890,000
Maputo Mozambique 695 km² 5.6 %
2,428,000
3,013,000
4,007,000
7,511,000
10,693,000
12,083,000
Touba-Mbake Senegal (i) 173 km² 5.6 %
1,036,000
1,315,000
1,676,000
2,360,000
2,619,000
2,410,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Aleppo Syria (i) 360 km² 5.6 %
1,743,000
2,082,000
2,456,000
2,726,000
2,880,000
2,852,000
Lira Uganda 27 km² 5.6 %
116,000
142,000
186,000
427,000
1,022,000
1,451,000
Kunduz Afghanistan (i) 25 km² 5.5 %
181,000
240,000
324,000
713,000
1,565,000
1,805,000
Bujumbura Burundi 80 km² 5.5 %
1,155,000
1,483,000
1,985,000
4,259,000
8,827,000
10,128,000
Yamousoukro Côte d’Ivoire 57 km² 5.5 %
242,000
293,000
403,000
1,209,000
2,521,000
3,345,000
Cape Coast-Moree Ghana (i) 55 km² 5.5 %
297,000
361,000
473,000
806,000
1,057,000
1,331,000
Darbhanga India (i) Bihar 32 km² 5.5 %
395,000
489,000
633,000
1,351,000
2,517,000
3,156,000
Patna India (i) Bihar 128 km² 5.5 %
2,805,000
3,391,000
4,374,000
9,712,000
22,352,000
25,870,000
Raipur (i) India (i) Chhattisgarh 103 km² 5.5 %
1,658,000
2,051,000
2,575,000
7,158,000
9,100,000
8,958,000
Rohtak India (i) Haryana 79 km² 5.5 %
508,000
620,000
806,000
1,635,000
2,158,000
2,273,000
Nairobi (i) Kenya (i) 733 km² 5.5 %
6,258,000
7,817,000
9,887,000
16,180,000
22,089,000
23,675,000
Antsirabe Madagascar 18 km² 5.5 %
273,000
343,000
446,000
756,000
1,133,000
1,303,000
Sikasso Mali (i) 55 km² 5.5 %
357,000
455,000
598,000
1,230,000
1,835,000
2,023,000
Nampula Mozambique 93 km² 5.5 %
772,000
1,031,000
1,324,000
2,181,000
2,600,000
2,866,000
Kathmandu (i) Nepal (i) 358 km² 5.5 %
2,367,000
3,112,000
4,059,000
8,241,000
11,460,000
12,135,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Tahoua Niger (i) 21 km² 5.5 %
183,000
231,000
308,000
734,000
1,586,000
1,860,000
Zinder Niger (i) 26 km² 5.5 %
310,000
392,000
529,000
1,043,000
2,113,000
1,965,000
Abakaliki (i) Nigeria (i) Ebonyi 46 km² 5.5 %
393,000
500,000
653,000
1,115,000
1,533,000
1,672,000
Berbera Somalia (i) 6 km² 5.5 %
52,000
67,000
89,000
225,000
1,155,000
1,380,000
Mogadischu Somalia (i) 163 km² 5.5 %
2,305,000
3,033,000
3,882,000
5,309,000
6,659,000
7,142,000
Juba South Sudan 144 km² 5.5 %
627,000
814,000
1,082,000
2,229,000
3,120,000
4,046,000
Damaskus Syria (i) 310 km² 5.5 %
2,972,000
3,274,000
4,189,000
4,779,000
5,041,000
5,127,000
Iringa Tanzania (i) 33 km² 5.5 %
181,000
221,000
292,000
632,000
1,053,000
1,284,000
Mbeya-Mbalizi-Uyole Tanzania (i) 100 km² 5.5 %
476,000
602,000
788,000
1,523,000
2,197,000
2,690,000
N'Djamena Chad (i) 193 km² 5.5 %
1,544,000
1,953,000
2,529,000
4,387,000
8,081,000
10,156,000
Kasese Uganda 12 km² 5.5 %
115,000
135,000
174,000
452,000
1,051,000
1,407,000
Gombe Nigeria (i) Gombe 48 km² 5.4 %
494,000
632,000
805,000
1,207,000
1,692,000
1,920,000
Maiduguri Nigeria (i) Borno 164 km² 5.4 %
933,000
1,253,000
1,603,000
3,069,000
4,583,000
5,223,000
Sokoto Nigeria (i) Sokoto 91 km² 5.4 %
875,000
1,178,000
1,525,000
2,513,000
3,384,000
3,800,000
Islamabad-Metropole (i) Pakistan (i) Islamabad (i) 652 km² 5.4 %
5,435,000
6,592,000
8,602,000
18,251,000
25,580,000
29,123,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Lusaka Zambia 495 km² 5.4 %
2,429,000
2,985,000
3,835,000
6,107,000
8,535,000
10,104,000
Mianyang (i) China (i) Sichuan (i) 182 km² 5.3 %
1,193,000
1,497,000
1,932,000
2,473,000
2,547,000
2,443,000
Xiangtan China (i) Hunan (i) 76 km² 5.3 %
646,000
797,000
1,056,000
1,499,000
1,575,000
1,478,000
Erbil Iraq (i) 74 km² 5.3 %
1,135,000
1,414,000
1,947,000
2,768,000
3,273,000
3,535,000
Bukoba Tanzania (i) 23 km² 5.3 %
134,000
165,000
214,000
470,000
1,029,000
1,389,000
Dar es Salaam Tanzania (i) 1,130 km² 5.3 %
5,351,000
6,467,000
8,277,000
14,568,000
20,395,000
23,617,000
Tanga Tanzania (i) 55 km² 5.3 %
328,000
425,000
537,000
875,000
1,331,000
1,690,000
Dhaka (i) Bangladesh (i) 435 km² 5.2 %
17,313,000
20,752,000
26,159,000
39,824,000
42,505,000
38,834,000
Kunming China (i) Yunnan (i) 403 km² 5.2 %
3,570,000
4,521,000
5,761,000
6,817,000
6,991,000
6,782,000
Nanning China (i) Guangxi (i) 387 km² 5.2 %
4,389,000
5,206,000
6,506,000
7,574,000
8,272,000
8,259,000
Yibin (i) China (i) Sichuan (i) 77 km² 5.2 %
616,000
763,000
985,000
1,381,000
1,453,000
1,450,000
Zhuozhou China (i) Hebei (i) 46 km² 5.2 %
461,000
555,000
707,000
1,025,000
1,177,000
1,129,000
Lakhnau (i) India (i) Uttar Pradesh 385 km² 5.2 %
4,077,000
5,006,000
6,458,000
12,016,000
17,173,000
18,845,000
Tirupati India (i) Andhra Pradesh 46 km² 5.2 %
648,000
789,000
997,000
1,702,000
1,832,000
1,828,000
Dera Ghazi Khan (i) Pakistan (i) Punjab (i) 25 km² 5.2 %
458,000
553,000
705,000
1,007,000
1,339,000
1,378,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Kitwe Zambia 108 km² 5.2 %
595,000
723,000
921,000
1,703,000
2,054,000
2,331,000
Mutare Zimbabwe 67 km² 5.2 %
209,000
246,000
320,000
736,000
1,155,000
1,576,000
Mwanza Tanzania (i) 214 km² 5.2 %
939,000
1,185,000
1,537,000
2,674,000
3,770,000
4,514,000
Xingyi (i) China (i) Guizhou (i) 54 km² 5.2 %
552,000
732,000
928,000
1,170,000
1,125,000
1,035,000
Indore (i) India (i) Madhya Pradesh 221 km² 5.1 %
3,009,000
3,660,000
5,297,000
9,567,000
10,721,000
10,343,000
Saharanpur India (i) Uttar Pradesh 51 km² 5.1 %
1,092,000
1,316,000
1,691,000
2,621,000
3,058,000
3,050,000
Jayapura Indonesia (i) Papua 33 km² 5.1 %
351,000
433,000
545,000
855,000
1,258,000
1,505,000
Uvira Congo - Kinshasa (i) 23 km² 5.1 %
552,000
683,000
871,000
1,157,000
1,569,000
1,804,000
Ijebu Ode Nigeria (i) Ogun 46 km² 5.1 %
310,000
406,000
517,000
1,061,000
1,583,000
2,122,000
Ha Noi Vietnam (i) 303 km² 5.1 %
3,668,000
4,345,000
5,518,000
8,662,000
10,125,000
10,057,000
Kabul Afghanistan (i) 325 km² 5 %
4,326,000
5,323,000
6,621,000
12,603,000
15,260,000
17,115,000
Bata Equatorial Guinea (i) 68 km² 5 %
336,000
412,000
515,000
804,000
1,170,000
1,427,000
Chittagong Bangladesh (i) 138 km² 5 %
3,020,000
3,677,000
4,890,000
10,269,000
15,185,000
13,740,000
Feni Bangladesh (i) 12 km² 5 %
211,000
260,000
351,000
807,000
1,288,000
1,418,000
Parakou Benin 90 km² 5 %
367,000
472,000
627,000
1,181,000
1,956,000
2,535,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Hengyang China (i) Hunan (i) 85 km² 5 %
807,000
940,000
1,198,000
1,617,000
1,782,000
1,729,000
Liupanshui (i) China (i) Guizhou (i) 68 km² 5 %
1,027,000
1,301,000
1,635,000
1,688,000
1,617,000
1,480,000
Sunyani Ghana (i) 95 km² 5 %
423,000
513,000
628,000
828,000
1,010,000
1,145,000
Nzerecore Guinea (i) 47 km² 5 %
256,000
325,000
418,000
710,000
1,030,000
1,217,000
Haridwar (i) India (i) Uttarkhand 48 km² 5 %
471,000
586,000
747,000
1,570,000
2,229,000
2,574,000
Palwal India (i) Haryana 21 km² 5 %
205,000
250,000
331,000
889,000
1,335,000
1,360,000
Sulamaniya Iraq (i) 43 km² 5 %
808,000
984,000
1,258,000
1,541,000
1,801,000
2,000,000
Butembo Congo - Kinshasa (i) 72 km² 5 %
574,000
702,000
890,000
1,217,000
1,587,000
1,822,000
Kisangani Congo - Kinshasa (i) 75 km² 5 %
1,059,000
1,342,000
1,690,000
2,330,000
3,356,000
4,185,000
Tshikapa Congo - Kinshasa (i) 27 km² 5 %
506,000
643,000
855,000
1,505,000
2,043,000
2,518,000
Nacala Mozambique 40 km² 5 %
300,000
365,000
485,000
1,116,000
1,723,000
2,188,000
Maskat-As Sib Oman 410 km² 5 %
1,063,000
1,305,000
1,616,000
2,376,000
2,705,000
2,752,000
Thies Senegal (i) 54 km² 5 %
344,000
416,000
529,000
818,000
1,070,000
1,038,000
Freetown (i) Sierra Leone (i) 187 km² 5 %
1,043,000
1,303,000
1,648,000
2,504,000
3,851,000
4,507,000
Kismayo Somalia (i) 15 km² 5 %
299,000
380,000
485,000
1,051,000
1,523,000
1,560,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Wau South Sudan 25 km² 5 %
300,000
380,000
487,000
953,000
1,388,000
1,517,000
Kigoma Tanzania (i) 40 km² 5 %
220,000
258,000
333,000
721,000
1,513,000
1,897,000
Moundou Chad (i) 23 km² 5 %
201,000
244,000
312,000
655,000
1,243,000
1,864,000
Sarh Chad (i) 16 km² 5 %
163,000
198,000
252,000
588,000
1,113,000
1,558,000
Da Nang Vietnam (i) 220 km² 5 %
1,023,000
1,202,000
1,517,000
2,121,000
2,452,000
2,365,000
Dundo Angola 29 km² 5 %
232,000
297,000
443,000
686,000
1,063,000
1,222,000
Sanhe-Yanjiao-Xianghe Area (i) China (i) Hebei (i) 680 km² 5 %
1,356,000
1,642,000
1,875,000
2,218,000
2,230,000
2,085,000
Mansehra (i) Pakistan (i) Khyber Pakhtunkawa & FATA (i) 32 km² 5 %
256,000
315,000
397,000
1,050,000
1,550,000
1,870,000
Vapi (i) India (i) Gujarat 23 km² 5 %
285,000
350,000
2,000,000
2,734,000
3,175,000
3,385,000
Guwahati India (i) Assam 112 km² 4.9 %
1,221,000
1,344,000
1,703,000
3,576,000
7,366,000
9,575,000
Cotonou Benin 266 km² 4.8 %
1,465,000
1,796,000
2,263,000
3,575,000
5,051,000
6,563,000
Dehra Dun India (i) Uttarkhand 116 km² 4.8 %
966,000
1,162,000
1,469,000
2,521,000
3,387,000
5,153,000
Purnia India (i) Bihar 23 km² 4.8 %
414,000
496,000
616,000
1,166,000
1,676,000
1,741,000
Yaounde Cameroon 258 km² 4.8 %
3,230,000
3,881,000
4,785,000
6,935,000
9,135,000
10,830,000
Zanzibar City/Sansibar Tanzania (i) 78 km² 4.8 %
634,000
775,000
972,000
1,516,000
2,587,000
3,035,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Luxor (i) Egypt (i) 12 km² 4.7 %
250,000
301,000
378,000
1,215,000
1,581,000
1,505,000
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso (i) Centre 486 km² 4.7 %
2,721,000
3,319,000
4,341,000
7,439,000
8,891,000
10,580,000
Changde China (i) Hunan (i) 69 km² 4.7 %
561,000
676,000
831,000
1,106,000
1,151,000
1,095,000
Guilin (i) China (i) Guangxi (i) 161 km² 4.7 %
1,388,000
1,648,000
2,068,000
2,833,000
3,085,000
3,240,000
Jingdezhen China (i) Jiangxi (i) 63 km² 4.7 %
567,000
741,000
907,000
1,050,000
1,056,000
996,000
Bihar Sharif India (i) Bihar 18 km² 4.7 %
398,000
481,000
606,000
1,390,000
2,270,000
2,745,000
Gulbarga India (i) Karnataka 69 km² 4.7 %
713,000
844,000
1,080,000
1,386,000
1,524,000
1,565,000
Jalna India (i) Maharashtra 27 km² 4.7 %
362,000
424,000
543,000
983,000
1,047,000
965,000
Mosul Iraq (i) 140 km² 4.7 %
1,457,000
1,733,000
2,097,000
2,531,000
2,520,000
2,205,000
Windhuk Namibia 115 km² 4.7 %
425,000
513,000
644,000
1,191,000
2,105,000
3,000,000
Shekhupura (i) Pakistan (i) Punjab (i) 56 km² 4.7 %
521,000
618,000
778,000
1,581,000
2,263,000
2,225,000
Latakia (i) Syria (i) 41 km² 4.7 %
821,000
942,000
1,155,000
1,443,000
1,595,000
1,698,000
Hai Phong Vietnam (i) 113 km² 4.7 %
869,000
1,050,000
1,338,000
2,180,000
2,503,000
2,348,000
Saigon (i) Vietnam (i) 1,388 km² 4.7 %
9,825,000
11,332,000
14,175,000
19,151,000
18,871,000
16,051,000
Baku (i) Azerbaijan (i) 915 km² 4.6 %
3,282,000
3,682,000
4,600,000
5,190,000
5,360,000
5,060,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Haidarabad India (i) Telangana 1,142 km² 4.6 %
11,200,000
13,840,000
17,042,000
21,732,000
25,042,000
28,128,000
Purwakarta Indonesia (i) Jawa Barat 29 km² 4.6 %
263,000
312,000
408,000
673,000
1,035,000
1,305,000
Beni Congo - Kinshasa (i) 46 km² 4.6 %
271,000
326,000
412,000
723,000
1,121,000
1,275,000
Onitsha-Asaba Nigeria (i) Anambra 139 km² 4.6 %
966,000
1,283,000
1,616,000
2,568,000
3,466,000
3,899,000
Umuaia Nigeria (i) Abia 52 km² 4.6 %
329,000
413,000
520,000
1,016,000
1,125,000
1,331,000
Kasur (i) Pakistan (i) Punjab (i) 27 km² 4.6 %
385,000
465,000
583,000
1,031,000
2,024,000
2,256,000
Mingora/Mingaora (i) Pakistan (i) Khyber Pakhtunkawa & FATA (i) 19 km² 4.6 %
366,000
443,000
558,000
1,139,000
1,841,000
2,252,000
Sahiwal (i) Pakistan (i) Punjab (i) 49 km² 4.6 %
430,000
510,000
647,000
1,188,000
1,603,000
1,719,000
Benguela - 2030 mit Lobito fusioniert* Angola 108 km² 4.5 %
575,000
711,000
1,568,000
2,319,000
3,130,000
4,090,000
Rangpur Bangladesh (i) 24 km² 4.5 %
432,000
493,000
653,000
1,256,000
1,675,000
1,850,000
Doumen-Jinwan China (i) Guangdong (i) 64 km² 4.5 %
544,000
679,000
835,000
1,058,000
1,216,000
1,225,000
Liaocheng China (i) Shandong (i) 76 km² 4.5 %
684,000
846,000
1,026,000
1,282,000
1,244,000
1,175,000
Rizhao China (i) Shandong (i) 101 km² 4.5 %
808,000
987,000
1,233,000
1,751,000
1,886,000
1,811,000
Shangqiu China (i) Henan (i) 120 km² 4.5 %
1,023,000
1,281,000
1,535,000
1,608,000
1,551,000
1,482,000
Shaoxing-Keqiao (i) China (i) Zhejiang (i) 215 km² 4.5 %
1,290,000
1,481,000
1,686,000
1,815,000
1,802,000
1,737,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 2060
Wanzhou (i) China (i) Chongqing (i) 60 km² 4.5 %
928,000
1,116,000
1,367,000
1,618,000
1,658,000
1,572,000
Xinxiang China (i) Henan (i) 108 km² 4.5 %
865,000
1,035,000
1,258,000
1,400,000
1,321,000
1,231,000
Yinning (Gulja) China (i) Xinjiang (i) 83 km² 4.5 %
539,000
667,000
837,000
1,130,000
1,336,000
1,304,000
Zhuhai China (i) Guangdong (i) 237 km² 4.5 %
1,501,000
1,781,000
2,185,000
2,862,000
3,175,000
3,150,000
Sekondi-Takoradi Ghana (i) 140 km² 4.5 %
841,000
1,006,000
1,228,000
1,873,000
2,243,000
2,592,000
Kankan Guinea (i) 37 km² 4.5 %
234,000
284,000
358,000
595,000
1,085,000
1,371,000
Bilaspur India (i) Chhattisgarh 55 km² 4.5 %
595,000
693,000
859,000
1,387,000
1,743,000
1,750,000
Dewas India (i) Madhya Pradesh 24 km² 4.5 %
380,000
452,000
578,000
1,191,000
1,703,000
1,758,000
Karnal India (i) Haryana 40 km² 4.5 %
413,000
492,000
618,000
938,000
1,185,000
1,355,000
Samarinda Indonesia (i) Kalimantan Timur 60 km² 4.5 %
827,000
949,000
1,170,000
1,836,000
2,270,000
2,535,000
Bagdad Iraq (i) 704 km² 4.5 %
7,122,000
8,428,000
10,755,000
14,150,000
15,133,000
14,301,000
Ngaoundere Cameroon 43 km² 4.5 %
322,000
420,000
522,000
736,000
1,008,000
1,230,000
Kananga Congo - Kinshasa (i) 67 km² 4.5 %
974,000
1,196,000
1,483,000
2,165,000
2,727,000
3,259,000
Kolwezi Congo - Kinshasa (i) 78 km² 4.5 %
523,000
599,000
771,000
1,021,000
1,300,000
1,526,000
Hadejia Nigeria (i) Jigawa 15 km² 4.5 %
225,000
279,000
351,000
752,000
1,272,000
1,517,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
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Jos Nigeria (i) Plateau 147 km² 4.5 %
903,000
1,160,000
1,432,000
2,381,000
3,138,000
3,641,000
Katsina Nigeria (i) Katsina 106 km² 4.5 %
563,000
820,000
1,025,000
2,291,000
3,207,000
3,525,000
Ogbomosho Nigeria (i) Oyo 50 km² 4.5 %
375,000
477,000
591,000
872,000
1,286,000
1,466,000
Zaria Nigeria (i) Kaduna 130 km² 4.5 %
887,000
1,093,000
1,355,000
2,145,000
2,634,000
2,665,000
Gujrat (i) Pakistan (i) Punjab (i) 39 km² 4.5 %
428,000
509,000
633,000
1,087,000
1,661,000
1,795,000
Jhelum (i) Pakistan (i) Punjab (i) 46 km² 4.5 %
270,000
319,000
405,000
729,000
1,221,000
1,477,000
Livingston Zambia 29 km² 4.5 %
163,000
192,000
240,000
528,000
1,082,000
1,461,000
Shinyanga Tanzania (i) 25 km² 4.5 %
124,000
151,000
193,000
443,000
1,060,000
1,269,000
Chiang Mai (i) Thailand (i) 333 km² 4.5 %
948,000
1,173,000
1,454,000
1,897,000
2,182,000
2,271,000
Mbarara Uganda 48 km² 4.5 %
221,000
259,000
334,000
664,000
1,460,000
2,082,000
Dera Ismail Khan Pakistan (i) Khyber Pakhtunkawa & FATA (i) 57 km² 4.5 %
264,000
346,000
469,000
885,000
1,240,000
1,165,000
Porto Novo Benin 118 km² 4.5 %
403,000
488,000
644,000
1,352,000
2,231,000
2,771,000
Luzhou (i) China (i) Sichuan (i) 104 km² 4.4 %
603,000
739,000
935,000
1,310,000
1,353,000
1,295,000
Kota India (i) Rajastan (i) 106 km² 4.4 %
1,343,000
1,606,000
1,983,000
3,531,000
3,672,000
3,457,000
Varanasi (i) India (i) Uttar Pradesh 196 km² 4.4 %
2,057,000
2,403,000
2,979,000
6,878,000
12,125,000
14,000,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
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Basra Iraq (i) 105 km² 4.4 %
1,562,000
1,855,000
2,415,000
3,091,000
3,050,000
2,583,000
Al Mukalla (i) Yemen (i) 33 km² 4.4 %
165,000
191,000
243,000
608,000
1,155,000
1,250,000
Brazzaville Congo - Brazzaville 226 km² 4.4 %
1,899,000
2,271,000
2,796,000
4,161,000
5,352,000
6,603,000
Lubumbashi Congo - Kinshasa (i) 338 km² 4.4 %
2,409,000
2,944,000
3,560,000
5,022,000
6,528,000
8,370,000
Taunggyi (i) Myanmar (Burma) (i) 41 km² 4.4 %
403,000
477,000
560,000
1,036,000
1,305,000
1,441,000
Kano Nigeria (i) Kano 343 km² 4.4 %
4,203,000
5,428,000
6,672,000
10,335,000
13,066,000
13,709,000
Hyderabad (i) Pakistan (i) Sindh (i) 121 km² 4.4 %
2,248,000
2,719,000
3,371,000
5,062,000
5,528,000
4,875,000
Vung Tau Vietnam (i) 84 km² 4.4 %
347,000
391,000
477,000
864,000
1,169,000
1,151,000
Luanda Angola 1,287 km² 4.3 %
8,245,000
10,109,000
12,339,000
16,543,000
21,289,000
24,482,000
Baoji China (i) Shaanxi (i) 76 km² 4.3 %
858,000
1,026,000
1,256,000
1,407,000
1,351,000
1,249,000
Guiyang (i) China (i) Guizhou (i) 478 km² 4.3 %
4,334,000
5,376,000
6,451,000
7,225,000
7,038,000
6,602,000
Huangshi-Daye (i) China (i) Hubei (i) 160 km² 4.3 %
821,000
951,000
1,209,000
1,547,000
1,589,000
1,516,000
Luoyang China (i) Henan (i) 190 km² 4.3 %
1,442,000
1,739,000
2,109,000
2,551,000
2,627,000
2,482,000
Qingyuan China (i) Guangdong (i) 86 km² 4.3 %
731,000
881,000
1,101,000
1,369,000
1,420,000
1,371,000
Yichang (i) China (i) Hubei (i) 118 km² 4.3 %
1,533,000
1,809,000
2,224,000
2,577,000
2,650,000
2,531,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
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Yinchuan (i) China (i) Ningxia Huizhou (i) 210 km² 4.3 %
1,662,000
2,009,000
2,440,000
2,818,000
2,825,000
2,537,000
Yulin China (i) Guangxi (i) 74 km² 4.3 %
771,000
930,000
1,075,000
1,376,000
1,357,000
1,300,000
Bhilwara India (i) Rajastan (i) 33 km² 4.3 %
465,000
547,000
672,000
1,025,000
1,240,000
1,255,000
Meerut India (i) Uttar Pradesh 255 km² 4.3 %
1,829,000
2,174,000
2,668,000
4,693,000
6,656,000
6,457,000
Udaipur (i) India (i) Rajastan (i) 100 km² 4.3 %
639,000
754,000
919,000
1,681,000
2,680,000
2,838,000
Kinshasa Congo - Kinshasa (i) 563 km² 4.3 %
13,787,000
16,739,000
20,466,000
31,805,000
40,258,000
48,550,000
Nawakshut Mauritania (i) 174 km² 4.3 %
1,153,000
1,440,000
1,756,000
2,432,000
3,077,000
3,185,000
Chimoio Mozambique 54 km² 4.3 %
423,000
524,000
635,000
952,000
1,331,000
1,514,000
Akure (i) Nigeria (i) Ondo 90 km² 4.3 %
665,000
806,000
981,000
1,465,000
1,632,000
1,750,000
Bauchi Nigeria (i) Bauchi 93 km² 4.3 %
474,000
588,000
731,000
1,328,000
2,272,000
2,545,000
Gusau Nigeria (i) Zamfara 54 km² 4.3 %
318,000
387,000
477,000
896,000
1,605,000
1,850,000
Minna Nigeria (i) Niger 51 km² 4.3 %
357,000
469,000
579,000
885,000
1,212,000
1,478,000
Lahore (i) Pakistan (i) Punjab (i) 914 km² 4.3 %
12,454,000
14,671,000
18,116,000
25,261,000
27,542,000
27,825,000
Peshawar (i) Pakistan (i) Khyber Pakhtunkawa & FATA (i) 323 km² 4.3 %
2,278,000
2,713,000
3,459,000
7,563,000
13,327,000
15,670,000
Jinja-Njeru (i) Uganda 60 km² 4.3 %
378,000
437,000
546,000
1,158,000
2,107,000
2,665,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
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Dubai Metropole (i) United Arab Emirates (i) 1,460 km² 4.3 %
5,953,000
6,742,000
8,102,000
11,052,000
12,065,000
11,385,000
Rajshahi Bangladesh (i) 39 km² 4.2 %
508,000
606,000
803,000
1,654,000
2,563,000
2,413,000
Beihai China (i) Guangxi (i) 82 km² 4.2 %
828,000
985,000
1,226,000
1,653,000
1,728,000
1,701,000
Deyang (i) China (i) Sichuan (i) 85 km² 4.2 %
520,000
620,000
762,000
1,107,000
1,239,000
1,177,000
Dezhou China (i) Shandong (i) 102 km² 4.2 %
715,000
875,000
1,040,000
1,206,000
1,188,000
1,095,000
Lanzhou China (i) Gansu (i) 231 km² 4.2 %
2,597,000
3,056,000
3,711,000
4,536,000
4,370,000
4,012,000
Xining China (i) Qinghai (i) 85 km² 4.2 %
1,027,000
1,245,000
1,525,000
2,082,000
2,252,000
2,350,000
Abidjan (i) Côte d’Ivoire 488 km² 4.2 %
5,358,000
6,475,000
7,827,000
10,383,000
12,118,000
13,959,000
Accra-Tema (i) Ghana (i) 1,380 km² 4.2 %
4,855,000
5,905,000
7,115,000
9,533,000
11,355,000
12,720,000
Kumasi Ghana (i) 570 km² 4.2 %
2,208,000
2,647,000
3,234,000
4,225,000
5,156,000
6,826,000
Kadapa/Cuddapah (i) India (i) Andhra Pradesh 23 km² 4.2 %
443,000
518,000
625,000
965,000
1,115,000
1,055,000
Mathura (i) India (i) Uttar Pradesh 69 km² 4.2 %
579,000
674,000
813,000
2,019,000
3,042,000
3,210,000
Nellore-Kovur India (i) Andhra Pradesh 51 km² 4.2 %
741,000
885,000
1,063,000
1,389,000
1,288,000
1,105,000
Pune India (i) Maharashtra 724 km² 4.2 %
7,275,000
8,641,000
10,503,000
14,838,000
16,256,000
17,072,000
Phnom Penh Cambodia 241 km² 4.2 %
2,360,000
2,860,000
3,475,000
4,552,000
5,690,000
6,152,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
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Boma Congo - Kinshasa (i) 23 km² 4.2 %
210,000
343,000
420,000
691,000
1,215,000
1,560,000
Vientiane/Viangshan Laos 182 km² 4.2 %
674,000
780,000
947,000
1,439,000
1,891,000
2,086,000
Lome Togo 287 km² 4.2 %
1,942,000
2,346,000
2,853,000
3,909,000
5,121,000
5,965,000
Pachuca de Soto (i) Mexico (i) Hidalgo (i) 150 km² 4.2 %
441,000
499,000
626,000
1,027,000
1,431,000
1,485,000
Changsha China (i) Hunan (i) 421 km² 4.1 %
5,283,000
6,360,000
7,785,000
9,900,000
10,395,000
10,032,000
Hefei China (i) Anhui (i) 888 km² 4.1 %
5,236,000
6,213,000
7,308,000
8,424,000
8,353,000
7,886,000
Langfang China (i) Hebei (i) 166 km² 4.1 %
1,113,000
1,398,000
1,703,000
2,128,000
2,255,000
2,143,000
Shaoguan China (i) Guangdong (i) 67 km² 4.1 %
641,000
752,000
903,000
1,127,000
1,125,000
1,078,000
Serekunda-Brikama Gambia (i) 220 km² 4.1 %
860,000
1,025,000
1,230,000
1,623,000
2,126,000
2,593,000
Conakry (i) Guinea (i) 294 km² 4.1 %
2,618,000
3,182,000
3,842,000
5,081,000
5,622,000
6,211,000
Aligarh India (i) Uttar Pradesh 71 km² 4.1 %
1,210,000
1,427,000
1,730,000
2,826,000
3,485,000
3,407,000
Chandigarh-Metropole (i) India (i) Chandigarh 288 km² 4.1 %
2,376,000
2,758,000
3,349,000
4,856,000
6,078,000
6,858,000
Jamshedpur India (i) Jharkhand 131 km² 4.1 %
1,718,000
1,988,000
2,425,000
3,758,000
4,697,000
4,538,000
Jodhpur (i) India (i) Rajastan (i) 171 km² 4.1 %
1,493,000
1,738,000
2,171,000
3,410,000
3,351,000
2,860,000
Karnul/Kurnool (i) India (i) Andhra Pradesh 27 km² 4.1 %
662,000
784,000
982,000
1,355,000
1,595,000
1,524,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
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Ludhiana India (i) Punjab (i) 222 km² 4.1 %
2,203,000
2,546,000
3,106,000
4,440,000
4,656,000
4,377,000
Moradabad (i) India (i) Uttar Pradesh 59 km² 4.1 %
1,251,000
1,470,000
1,785,000
2,873,000
3,326,000
3,200,000
Nashik India (i) Maharashtra 130 km² 4.1 %
2,073,000
2,429,000
2,936,000
4,089,000
4,571,000
4,730,000
Point Noire Congo - Brazzaville 209 km² 4.1 %
1,204,000
1,493,000
1,821,000
2,567,000
3,208,000
4,043,000
Blantyre Malawi 154 km² 4.1 %
1,021,000
1,204,000
1,456,000
2,562,000
4,221,000
4,785,000
Gboko Nigeria (i) Benue 49 km² 4.1 %
327,000
399,000
491,000
990,000
1,321,000
1,566,000
Rahimyar Khan (i) Pakistan (i) Punjab (i) 49 km² 4.1 %
464,000
539,000
657,000
1,036,000
1,347,000
1,325,000
Sargodha (i) Pakistan (i) Punjab (i) 87 km² 4.1 %
705,000
826,000
1,011,000
1,679,000
2,015,000
2,180,000
Dakar Senegal (i) 278 km² 4.1 %
3,571,000
4,263,000
5,127,000
7,437,000
9,668,000
10,055,000
Ismailia Egypt (i) 43 km² 4 %
399,000
472,000
571,000
919,000
1,152,000
1,140,000
Sylhet Bangladesh (i) 27 km² 4 %
506,000
578,000
753,000
1,656,000
2,566,000
2,890,000
Zhaoqing-Dinghu-Gaoyao China (i) Guangdong (i) 144 km² 4 %
1,150,000
1,358,000
1,616,000
1,721,000
1,677,000
1,588,000
Zigong (i) China (i) Sichuan (i) 103 km² 4 %
544,000
644,000
792,000
1,195,000
1,222,000
1,159,000
Agra (i) India (i) Uttar Pradesh 155 km² 4 %
2,322,000
2,692,000
3,243,000
5,869,000
8,161,000
8,389,000
Amaravati-Vijaijavada (i) India (i) Andhra Pradesh 320 km² 4 %
2,206,000
2,551,000
3,137,000
6,092,000
6,629,000
6,809,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
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Anantapur (i) India (i) Andhra Pradesh 31 km² 4 %
462,000
530,000
651,000
1,052,000
1,318,000
1,360,000
Bangalore (i) India (i) Karnataka 1,082 km² 4 %
12,943,000
15,222,000
18,910,000
23,275,000
25,681,000
28,050,000
Bhopal India (i) Madhya Pradesh 168 km² 4 %
2,420,000
2,790,000
3,407,000
7,071,000
8,531,000
8,251,000
Katihar India (i) Bihar 21 km² 4 %
306,000
362,000
445,000
750,000
1,245,000
1,346,000
Nawada India (i) Bihar 9 km² 4 %
158,000
187,000
235,000
539,000
1,172,000
1,253,000
Patiala India (i) Punjab (i) 84 km² 4 %
595,000
694,000
847,000
1,065,000
1,066,000
969,000
Vijaiyavada-Amaravati (i) India (i) Andhra Pradesh 320 km² 4 %
2,206,000
2,551,000
3,137,000
6,092,000
6,629,000
6,809,000
Batam City Indonesia (i) Riau Kepuluan 148 km² 4 %
1,158,000
1,373,000
1,668,000
2,090,000
2,503,000
2,615,000
Denpasar-Kuta Indonesia (i) Bali 276 km² 4 %
1,075,000
1,199,000
1,402,000
1,865,000
2,118,000
2,343,000
Padang Indonesia (i) Sumatera Barat 164 km² 4 %
819,000
941,000
1,149,000
1,803,000
2,517,000
2,605,000
Astana (i) Kazakhstan (i) 285 km² 4 %
1,195,000
1,472,000
1,772,000
2,235,000
2,821,000
3,311,000
Mbandaka Congo - Kinshasa (i) 31 km² 4 %
447,000
542,000
667,000
970,000
1,290,000
1,605,000
Muanda Congo - Kinshasa (i) 26 km² 4 %
120,000
142,000
175,000
430,000
1,205,000
1,855,000
Mwene Ditu Congo - Kinshasa (i) 34 km² 4 %
261,000
315,000
384,000
627,000
1,035,000
1,488,000
Mahajanga Madagascar 17 km² 4 %
275,000
328,000
413,000
725,000
1,006,000
950,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
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Agadez (i) Niger (i) 21 km² 4 %
245,000
308,000
403,000
725,000
1,131,000
1,025,000
Birnin Kebbi Nigeria (i) Kebbi 37 km² 4 %
208,000
250,000
307,000
762,000
1,211,000
1,380,000
Kaduna Nigeria (i) Kaduna 171 km² 4 %
1,606,000
2,017,000
2,457,000
3,439,000
4,195,000
4,446,000
Bahawalpur (i) Pakistan (i) Punjab (i) 74 km² 4 %
843,000
999,000
1,215,000
1,547,000
1,732,000
1,725,000
Chaman (i) Pakistan (i) Beluchistan (i) 32 km² 4 %
236,000
239,000
307,000
621,000
1,024,000
1,460,000
Larkana (i) Pakistan (i) Sindh (i) 32 km² 4 %
488,000
581,000
708,000
1,102,000
1,388,000
1,353,000
Mardan-Nowshera Area (i) Pakistan (i) Khyber Pakhtunkawa & FATA (i) 145 km² 4 %
602,000
689,000
861,000
1,958,000
2,822,000
3,521,000
Jeddah Saudi Arabia (i) 1,008 km² 4 %
3,540,000
4,072,000
4,906,000
7,556,000
9,221,000
9,253,000
Mekka Saudi Arabia (i) 427 km² 4 %
2,215,000
2,638,000
3,165,000
3,931,000
4,750,000
5,205,000
Tabora Tanzania (i) 46 km² 4 %
195,000
236,000
298,000
667,000
1,206,000
1,540,000
Odessa (i) Ukraine (i) 212 km² 4 %
1,073,000
850,000
1,023,000
1,155,000
1,218,000
1,388,000
Douala Cameroon 214 km² 3.9 %
3,166,000
3,790,000
4,563,000
6,205,000
8,062,000
8,677,000
Lagos (i) Nigeria (i) Lagos 1,617 km² 3.9 %
24,905,000
29,425,000
35,170,000
45,671,000
51,070,000
52,250,000
Assuan Egypt (i) 20 km² 3.8 %
349,000
424,000
531,000
929,000
1,395,000
1,538,000
Kaifeng China (i) Henan (i) 150 km² 3.8 %
1,178,000
1,391,000
1,646,000
1,892,000
1,881,000
1,759,000
Stadt (⇳) Staat (⇳) Region (⇳) Fläche (⇳) akt. Wachstum 2025 (⇳) Einwohner
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Bissau Guinea-Bissau (i) 60 km² 3.8 %
641,000
755,000
887,000
1,145,000
1,383,000
1,548,000
Aurangabad (i) India (i) Maharashtra 111 km² 3.8 %
1,812,000
2,106,000
2,552,000
3,470,000
3,885,000
3,726,000
Dhanbad (i) India (i) Jharkhand 120 km² 3.8 %
961,000
1,112,000
1,352,000
2,258,000
2,720,000
2,581,000
Jalandhar India (i) Punjab (i) 120 km² 3.8 %
1,192,000
1,383,000
1,669,000
2,107,000
2,069,000
1,975,000
Solapur India (i) Maharashtra 59 km² 3.8 %
1,216,000
1,403,000
1,658,000
2,072,000
2,175,000
2,088,000
Bandar Lampung Indonesia (i) Lampung 117 km² 3.8 %
1,166,000
1,345,000
1,614,000
2,195,000
2,458,000
2,430,000
Pekanbaru Indonesia (i) Riau 192 km² 3.8 %
885,000
1,024,000
1,247,000
1,770,000
1,947,000
1,870,000
Ibb Yemen (i) 25 km² 3.8 %
308,000
343,000
411,000
873,000
1,183,000
1,151,000
Sanaa Yemen (i) 320 km² 3.8 %
3,282,000
3,827,000
4,554,000
6,800,000
8,623,000
9,543,000
Mbuji Mayi Congo - Kinshasa (i) 95 km² 3.8 %
2,262,000
2,695,000
3,225,000
4,188,000
5,119,000
6,000,000
Abeokuta (i) Nigeria (i) Ogun 64 km² 3.8 %
671,000
805,000
974,000
2,178,000
3,105,000
4,065,000
Lokoja Nigeria (i) Kogi 52 km² 3.8 %
251,000
294,000
360,000
695,000
1,018,000
1,204,000
Ondo Nigeria (i) Ondo 27 km² 3.8 %
340,000
410,000
500,000
1,071,000
1,627,000
1,819,000
Karachi (i) Pakistan (i) Sindh (i) 825 km² 3.8 %
18,166,000
21,685,000
26,328,000
37,576,000
43,185,000
45,585,000
Sialkot (i) Pakistan (i) Punjab (i) 114 km² 3.8 %
720,000
836,000
1,019,000
1,802,000
2,270,000
2,395,000
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Dammam Metropole (i) Saudi Arabia (i) 611 km² 3.8 %
2,355,000
2,837,000
3,274,000
3,662,000
3,586,000
3,185,000
Tabuk Saudi Arabia (i) 190 km² 3.8 %
572,000
656,000
787,000
1,062,000
1,131,000
1,041,000
Tanta Egypt (i) 28 km² 3.7 %
536,000
628,000
747,000
1,063,000
1,382,000
1,357,000
Heze China (i) Shandong (i) 138 km² 3.7 %
884,000
1,069,000
1,256,000
1,305,000
1,212,000
1,106,000
Shangrao China (i) Jiangxi (i) 66 km² 3.7 %
627,000
765,000
899,000
1,051,000
1,029,000
957,000
Ahmadnagar (i) India (i) Maharashtra 64 km² 3.7 %
455,000
525,000
653,000
1,181,000
1,329,000
1,350,000
Fatehpur India (i) Uttar Pradesh 17 km² 3.7 %
252,000
292,000
352,000
640,000
1,025,000
1,053,000
Aden (i) Yemen (i) 84 km² 3.7 %
950,000
1,083,000
1,305,000
2,128,000
3,059,000
3,326,000
Bamenda Cameroon 53 km² 3.7 %
660,000
691,000
829,000
1,202,000
1,565,000
1,810,000
Gujranwala (i) Pakistan (i) Punjab (i) 298 km² 3.7 %
2,788,000
3,218,000
3,909,000
6,118,000
7,075,000
6,559,000
Assiut Egypt (i) 21 km² 3.6 %
510,000
619,000
765,000
1,185,000
1,287,000
1,158,000
Hohot China (i) Nei Mongol (i) 238 km² 3.6 %
1,904,000
2,255,000
2,640,000
2,811,000
2,713,000
2,388,000
Jining China (i) Shandong (i) 95 km² 3.6 %
1,045,000
1,237,000
1,453,000
1,468,000
1,391,000
1,273,000
Nantong China (i) Jiangsu (i) 149 km² 3.6 %
1,529,000
1,752,000
2,077,000
2,139,000
2,049,000
1,916,000
Yangzhou-Jiangdu China (i) Jiangsu (i) 183 km² 3.6 %
1,837,000
2,009,000
2,270,000
2,202,000
2,090,000
1,938,000
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Zhuzhou China (i) Hunan (i) 115 km² 3.6 %
935,000
1,103,000
1,304,000
1,711,000
1,767,000
1,652,000
Zunyi (i) China (i) Guizhou (i) 145 km² 3.6 %
1,432,000
1,783,000
2,050,000
2,357,000
2,287,000
2,150,000
Libreville Gabon 162 km² 3.6 %
983,000
1,195,000
1,405,000
2,037,000
2,891,000
3,558,000
Ambala India (i) Haryana 87 km² 3.6 %
558,000
647,000
757,000
1,007,000
1,187,000
1,092,000
Bareli India (i) Uttar Pradesh 75 km² 3.6 %
1,277,000
1,471,000
1,743,000
2,627,000
3,033,000
2,967,000
Bulandshar India (i) Uttar Pradesh 15 km² 3.6 %
305,000
354,000
425,000
909,000
1,362,000
1,385,000
Imphal India (i) Manipur 65 km² 3.6 %
485,000
563,000
691,000
1,091,000
1,508,000
1,840,000
Latur India (i) Maharashtra 45 km² 3.6 %
492,000
569,000
688,000
1,085,000
1,126,000
1,051,000
Nizamabad India (i) Telangana 25 km² 3.6 %
375,000
425,000
500,000
923,000
1,209,000
1,334,000
Yamunagar-Jagadhri India (i) Haryana 44 km² 3.6 %
500,000
576,000
682,000
961,000
1,145,000
1,150,000
Port Harcourt Nigeria (i) Rivers 262 km² 3.6 %
1,883,000
2,302,000
2,727,000
4,561,000
6,066,000
6,403,000
Multan (i) Pakistan (i) Punjab (i) 218 km² 3.6 %
2,040,000
2,370,000
2,826,000
4,225,000
4,158,000
3,703,000
Okara (i) Pakistan (i) Punjab (i) 25 km² 3.6 %
393,000
459,000
547,000
902,000
1,153,000
1,128,000
Angeles-San Fernando-Mabalakat (i) Philippines (i) 140 km² 3.6 %
1,430,000
1,630,000
1,972,000
3,024,000
3,753,000
3,884,000
Medina Saudi Arabia (i) 367 km² 3.6 %
1,333,000
1,541,000
1,822,000
2,308,000
2,531,000
2,304,000
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Chon Buri-Pattaya (i) Thailand (i) 797 km² 3.6 %
1,333,000
1,386,000
1,628,000
1,953,000
2,035,000
1,968,000
Kairo Metropole Egypt (i) 2,138 km² 3.5 %
21,072,000
22,831,000
27,131,000
34,585,000
37,227,000
33,653,000
Mahalla (i) Egypt (i) 30 km² 3.5 %
551,000
644,000
871,000
1,193,000
1,455,000
1,407,000
Mansura-Talkha Egypt (i) 39 km² 3.5 %
670,000
788,000
929,000
1,300,000
1,602,000
1,653,000
Cabinda Angola 80 km² 3.5 %
627,000
742,000
909,000
1,227,000
1,513,000
1,815,000
Luena Angola 75 km² 3.5 %
327,000
388,000
487,000
836,000
1,128,000
1,308,000
Manama Metropole Bahrain (i) 389 km² 3.5 %
1,516,000
1,690,000
2,086,000
3,112,000
3,144,000
2,767,000
Maimansingh Bangladesh (i) 19 km² 3.5 %
342,000
396,000
531,000
1,182,000
1,885,000
2,134,000
Gaborone Botswana 191 km² 3.5 %
553,000
633,000
794,000
1,290,000
1,871,000
2,485,000
Kashgar (i) China (i) Xinjiang (i) 94 km² 3.5 %
705,000
831,000
989,000
1,352,000
1,601,000
1,569,000
Pindingshan China (i) Henan (i) 135 km² 3.5 %
889,000
1,004,000
1,100,000
1,161,000
1,103,000
982,000
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