🏙️ All the Cities in the World Larger Than New York

What We’re Showing:

This chart ranks the world’s largest urban agglomerations by population, highlighting those more populous than NYC.

Data is sourced from the UN’s World Urbanisation Prospects using 2025 estimates.

What is an Urban Agglomeration?

It’s the total population living in a continuous urban area, regardless of city or local boundaries.

Key Takeaways

There are nine cities larger than NYC in the world. Of them, six are found in Asia, along with one each in Africa, North America, and South America.

Mexico City takes the crown from NYC as North America’s largest city.

When looking at just the five boroughs of NYC (the official city limits), its population drops to 8.3 million.