Country rankings
Most Cities by Country
Brazil has the highest # of Cities w/ Population 100k or Higher (346), followed by United States (334) and India (300). Barbados has the lowest (1).
Geography191 countries · 4 metricsUpdated Jan 24, 2025Original page
100 sources
- List of cities in Afghanistan - Wiki
- List of cities and towns in Albania - Wiki
- Cities in Algeria - TravelMath
- Towns and Villages in Andorra - Ordino Arcalis
- Cities in Angola - SimpleMaps
- Cities in Antigua and Barbuda - SimpleMaps
- Cities in Argentina by Population - Wiki
- Cities in Armenia - City Population
- Multiple pages - Geonames
- Cities in Austria - SimpleMaps
- Cities in Azerbaijan - Wiki
- Cities in The Bahamas - SimpleMaps
- Cities in Bahrain - SimpleMaps
- Cities in Bangladesh - Wiki
- Cities, Towns, and Villages in Barbados - Wiki
- Cities and Largest Towns in Belarus - Wiki
- Cities in Belgium - Wiki
- Municipalities in Belize - Wiki
- Cities in Benin - SimpleWikipedia
- Cities in Bhutan - SimpleMaps
- Cities in Bolivia - Wiki
- Municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wiki
- Cities in Botswana - Wiki
- Cities in Brazil by Population - Wiki
- Cities and Towns in Bulgaria - Wiki
- Cities in Burkina Faso - SimpleMaps
- Burundi - Wiki
- Cities and Towns in Cape Verde - Wiki
- Cities and Towns in Cambodia - Wiki
- Cities in Canada - Wiki
- List of cities in the Central African Republic - Wiki
- Cities in Chad - SimpleMaps
- Cities in Chile - Wiki
- Cities in China - Wiki
- Cities in Colombia by Population - Wiki
- Cities in Comoros - SimpleMaps
- Cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wiki
- Cities in Costa Rica - SimpleWikipedia
- Cities and Towns in Croatia - Wiki
- Cities in Cuba - Wiki
- Cities, Towns, and Villages in Cyprus - Wiki
- Cities in the Czech Republic - SimpleWikipedia
- Cities in Denmark - SimpleWikipedia
- Cities in Djibouti - SimpleMaps
- Cities in the Dominican Republic - Wiki
- Cities in Ecuador - Wiki
- Cities in DR Congo- SimpleWikipedia
- Cities in El Salvador - Wiki
- Cities in Equatorial Guinea - TravelMath
- Cities in Egypt - Wiki
- Cities in Eritrea - SimpleMaps
- Cities and Towns in Estonia - Wiki
- Urban Areas in Eswatini - Wiki
- Cities and Towns in Ethiopia - Wiki
- Cities and Towns in Fiji - Wiki
- Urban Areas in Finland by Population - Wiki
- Cities in France - SimpleWikipedia
- Cities in Gabon - SimpleWikipedia
- Cities in The Gambia - SimpleMaps
- Municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state) - Wiki
- Cities and Towns in Germany - Wiki
- Cities in Ghana - Wiki
- Cities in Greece - SimpleWikipedia
- Places in Guatemala - Wiki
- Cities in Guinea - SimpleMaps
- Cities in Guinea-Bissau - SimpleMaps
- Cities and Towns in Guyana - Wiki
- Cities in Haiti - SimpleMaps
- Vatican City - Wiki
- List of Cities in Honduras - SimpleWikipedia
- City with County Rights - Wiki
- Localities of Iceland - Wiki
- List of Cities in India by Population - Wiki
- List of Indonesian Cities by Population - Wiki
- List of Cities in Iran by Province - Wiki
- List of Largest Cities of Iraq - Wiki
- City Status in Ireland - Wiki
- List of Cities in Israel - Wiki
- List of Cities in Italy - Wiki
- List of Cities and Towns in Jamaica - Wiki
- List of Cities in Japan - Wiki
- List of Cities in Jordan - Wiki
- List of Cities in Kazakhstan - Wiki
- List of Cities and Towns in Kenya by Population - Wiki
- Cities in Kiribati - SimpleMaps
- Cities in Kuwait - SimpleMaps
- List of Cities in Kyrgyzstan - Wiki
- List of Cities in Laos - Wiki
- List of Cities and Towns in Latvia - Wiki
- List of Cities in Lebanon - SimpleWikipedia
- List of Cities in Lesotho - Wiki
- List of Cities in Liberia - Wiki
- List of Cities in Libya - SimpleWikipedia
- List of Cities in Lithuania - Wiki
- List of Cities in Luxembourg - SimpleWikipedia
- Cities in Madagascar - SimpleMaps
- Cities in Malawi - SimpleMaps
- List of Cities in Malaysia - Wiki
- Cities, Towns, and Villages in the Maldives - Wiki
- Cities in Mali - Wiki
166 of 235 countries
# of Cities w/ Population 100k or Higher
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 166 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
8
Middle half 2.25 – 21.75
Average
26.38
166 countries
Highest
346
Brazil
Lowest
1
Barbados
Data
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191 countries · # = rank by # of Cities w/ Population 100k or Higher
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brazil | 346 | 331 | 15 | 2024 |
| 2 |  United States | 334 | 325 | 9 | 2023 |
| 3 |  India | 300 | 254 | 46 | 2011 |
| 4 |  Japan | 288 | 275 | 13 | 2025 |
| 5 |  China | 182 | 77 | 105 | 2020 |
| 6 |  Russia | 172 | 156 | 16 | 2021 |
| 7 |  Pakistan | 124 | 114 | 10 | 2023 |
| 8 |  Philippines | 123 | 118 | 5 | 2020 |
| 9 |  Mexico | 109 | 99 | 10 | 2023 |
| 10 |  Iran | 98 | 90 | 8 | 2016 |
| 11 |  Indonesia | 94 | 80 | 14 | 2020 |
| 12 |  Nigeria | 81 | 75 | 6 | 2006 |
| 13 |  Germany | 80 | 76 | 4 | 2021 |
| 14 |  Vietnam | 76 | 69 | 7 | 2017 |
| 15 |  South Korea | 75 | 65 | 10 | 2017 |
| 16 |  Turkey | 67 | 60 | 7 | 2009 |
| 16 |  Spain | 67 | 63 | 4 | 2025 |
| 18 |  Colombia | 65 | 60 | 5 | 2018 |
| 19 |  Venezuela | 64 | 59 | 5 | 2002 |
| 20 |  Argentina | 63 | 60 | 3 | 2010 |
| 21 |  United Kingdom | 54 | 53 | 1 | 2023 |
| 22 |  Bangladesh | 47 | 44 | 3 | 2022 |
| 22 |  Canada | 47 | 42 | 5 | 2021 |
| 24 |  Chile | 45 | 44 | 1 | 2002 |
| 25 |  Italy | 44 | 42 | 2 | 2021 |
| 26 |  South Africa | 43 | 40 | 3 | 2025 |
| 26 |  Ukraine | 43 | 40 | 3 | 2022 |
| 26 |  Somalia | 43 | 41 | 2 | 2023 |
| 29 |  Egypt | 41 | 37 | 4 | 2008 |
| 29 |  France | 41 | 40 | 1 | 2013 |
| 31 |  Algeria | 40 | 39 | 1 | 2008 |
| 32 |  Iraq | 36 | 32 | 4 | 2018 |
| 33 |  Morocco | 34 | 32 | 2 | 2014 |
| 34 |  Poland | 31 | 30 | 1 | 2022 |
| 35 |  Saudi Arabia | 28 | 23 | 5 | 2022 |
| 36 |  DR Congo | 27 | 23 | 4 | 2010 |
| 36 |  North Korea | 27 | 26 | 1 | 2008 |
| 38 |  Peru | 25 | 23 | 2 | 2017 |
| 39 |  Tanzania | 24 | 23 | 1 | 2012 |
| 39 |  Romania | 24 | 23 | 1 | 2005 |
| 39 |  Haiti | 24 | 24 | — | 2025 |
| 42 |  Malaysia | 22 | 20 | 2 | 2024 |
| 43 |  Ethiopia | 21 | 19 | 2 | 2016 |
| 43 |  Kazakhstan | 21 | 18 | 3 | 2023 |
| 45 |  Kenya | 20 | 18 | 2 | 2019 |
| 45 |  Australia | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2024 |
| 45 |  Netherlands | 20 | 20 | — | 2023 |
| 48 |  Uzbekistan | 19 | 18 | 1 | 2024 |
| 49 |  Myanmar | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2014 |
| 49 |  Israel | 18 | 18 | — | 2022 |
| 51 |  Guatemala | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2018 |
| 52 |  Cameroon | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2021 |
| 53 |  Ecuador | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2010 |
| 54 |  Afghanistan | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2018 |
| 54 |  Mozambique | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2018 |
| 54 |  Ghana | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2013 |
| 57 |  Dominican Republic | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2010 |
| 57 |  Cuba | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2022 |
| 59 |  Thailand | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2020 |
| 59 |  Uganda | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2014 |
| 59 |  Angola | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2018 |
| 59 |  Ivory Coast | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2014 |
| 59 |  Bolivia | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2012 |
| 59 |  Belarus | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2012 |
| 65 |  Syria | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2004 |
| 65 |  Jordan | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2021 |
| 65 |  Oman | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2025 |
| 68 |  Sudan | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2008 |
| 68 |  Tunisia | 10 | 10 | — | 2014 |
| 68 |  Sweden | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2018 |
| 71 |  Benin | 9 | 9 | — | 2023 |
| 71 |  Libya | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2012 |
| 73 |  Yemen | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2005 |
| 73 |  Mali | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2009 |
| 73 |  Senegal | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2005 |
| 73 |  Zimbabwe | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2022 |
| 73 |  Belgium | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2017 |
| 73 |  Honduras | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2023 |
| 73 |  Czechia | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2009 |
| 73 |  Greece | 8 | 8 | — | 2011 |
| 73 |  Hungary | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2022 |
| 73 |  Nicaragua | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2021 |
| 73 |  Lebanon | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2006 |
| 73 |  Palestine | 8 | 8 | — | 2015 |
| 73 |  Georgia | 8 | 8 | — | 2020 |
| 86 |  Madagascar | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2001 |
| 86 |  Nepal | 7 | 7 | — | 2005 |
| 86 |  Sri Lanka | 7 | 7 | — | 2012 |
| 86 |  Guinea | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2014 |
| 86 |  United Arab Emirates | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| 86 |  Portugal | 7 | 7 | — | 2021 |
| 86 |  Paraguay | 7 | 7 | — | 2002 |
| 86 |  El Salvador | 7 | 7 | — | 2024 |
| 86 |  New Zealand | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2024 |
| 95 |  Austria | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2023 |
| 95 |  Switzerland | 6 | 6 | — | 2020 |
| 95 |  Bulgaria | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2021 |
| 95 |  Finland | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2019 |
| 95 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | 6 | — | 2013 |
| 100 |  Niger | 5 | 5 | — | 2012 |
| 100 |  Zambia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2010 |
| 100 |  South Sudan | 5 | 5 | — | 2010 |
| 100 |  Azerbaijan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2018 |
| 100 |  Sierra Leone | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2015 |
| 100 |  Turkmenistan | 5 | 5 | — | 2010 |
| 100 |  Bahrain | 5 | 5 | — | 2024 |
| 107 |  Malawi | 4 | 4 | — | 2022 |
| 107 |  Tajikistan | 4 | 4 | — | 2020 |
| 107 |  Serbia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2022 |
| 107 |  Republic of the Congo | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 107 |  Denmark | 4 | 4 | — | 2010 |
| 107 |  Norway | 4 | 4 | — | 2023 |
| 107 |  Ireland | 4 | 4 | — | 2019 |
| 107 |  Panama | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2016 |
| 107 |  Moldova | 4 | 4 | — | 2004 |
| 107 |  Lithuania | 4 | 4 | — | 2024 |
| 107 |  Eswatini | 4 | 4 | — | 2017 |
| 118 |  Chad | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| 118 |  Cambodia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| 118 |  Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| 118 |  Kuwait | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| 118 |  Croatia | 3 | 3 | — | 2021 |
| 118 |  Namibia | 3 | 3 | — | 2023 |
| 118 |  Jamaica | 3 | 3 | — | 2011 |
| 125 |  Burkina Faso | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 125 |  Rwanda | 2 | 2 | — | 2012 |
| 125 |  Burundi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 125 |  Papua New Guinea | 2 | 2 | — | 2000 |
| 125 |  Laos | 2 | 2 | — | 2024 |
| 125 |  Central African Republic | 2 | 2 | — | 2003 |
| 125 |  Slovakia | 2 | 2 | — | 2019 |
| 125 |  Eritrea | 2 | 2 | — | 2010 |
| 125 |  Uruguay | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2011 |
| 125 |  Armenia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 125 |  Gambia | 2 | 2 | — | 2025 |
| 125 |  Albania | 2 | 2 | — | 2023 |
| 125 |  Gabon | 2 | 2 | — | 2006 |
| 125 |  Botswana | 2 | 2 | — | 2022 |
| 125 |  Equatorial Guinea | 2 | 2 | — | 2005 |
| 125 |  Cyprus | 2 | 2 | — | 2021 |
| 141 |  Togo | 1 | — | 1 | 2010 |
| 141 |  Singapore | 1 | 1 | — | 2018 |
| 141 |  Liberia | 1 | — | 1 | 2008 |
| 141 |  Mauritania | 1 | 1 | — | 2005 |
| 141 |  Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | — | 2025 |
| 141 |  Mongolia | 1 | — | 1 | 2010 |
| 141 |  Qatar | 1 | 1 | — | 2010 |
| 141 |  Lesotho | 1 | 1 | — | 2016 |
| 141 |  Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1 | — | 2009 |
| 141 |  Slovenia | 1 | 1 | — | 2024 |
| 141 |  Latvia | 1 | 1 | — | 2024 |
| 141 |  North Macedonia | 1 | 1 | — | 2002 |
| 141 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1 | — | 2011 |
| 141 |  Estonia | 1 | 1 | — | 2018 |
| 141 |  Mauritius | 1 | 1 | — | 2015 |
| 141 |  Djibouti | 1 | 1 | — | 2009 |
| 141 |  Fiji | 1 | 1 | — | 2024 |
| 141 |  Guyana | 1 | 1 | — | 2021 |
| 141 |  Bhutan | 1 | 1 | — | 2017 |
| 141 |  Suriname | 1 | 1 | — | 2020 |
| 141 |  Montenegro | 1 | 1 | — | 2023 |
| 141 |  Maldives | 1 | 1 | — | 2025 |
| 141 |  Cape Verde | 1 | 1 | — | 2010 |
| 141 |  Bahamas | 1 | 1 | — | 2025 |
| 141 |  Iceland | 1 | 1 | — | 2018 |
| 141 |  Barbados | 1 | 1 | — | 2025 |
| — |  Comoros | — | — | — | 2025 |
| — |  Solomon Islands | — | — | — | 1999 |
| — |  Luxembourg | — | — | — | 2005 |
| — |  Malta | — | — | — | 2014 |
| — |  Brunei | — | — | — | 2021 |
| — |  Belize | — | — | — | 2010 |
| — |  Vanuatu | — | — | — | 2025 |
| — |  Sao Tome and Principe | — | — | — | 2005 |
| — |  Samoa | — | — | — | 2025 |
| — |  Saint Lucia | — | — | — | 2021 |
| — |  Kiribati | — | — | — | 2025 |
| — |  Seychelles | — | — | — | 2003 |
| — |  Micronesia | — | — | — | 2025 |
| — |  Tonga | — | — | — | 2025 |
| — |  Antigua and Barbuda | — | — | — | 2024 |
| — |  Andorra | — | — | — | 2025 |
| — |  Dominica | — | — | — | 2009 |
| — |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | — | — | 2011 |
| — |  Monaco | — | — | — | 2025 |
| — |  Marshall Islands | — | — | — | 2005 |
| — |  San Marino | — | — | — | 2025 |
| — |  Palau | — | — | — | 2020 |
| — |  Nauru | — | — | — | 2025 |
| — |  Tuvalu | — | — | — | 2017 |
| — |  Vatican City | — | — | — | 2023 |
What correlates with # of Cities w/ Population 100k or Higher?
Pearson r against 1,463 other country metrics sharing at least 100 countries. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher # of Cities w/ Population 100k or Higher tend to score higher on these
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- Total Sugars and Sweeteners Available for ConsuptionSugar Consumption by CountryPlotr = +0.89 · very strong · n = 144
- Total Sugar Available for Consumption (Raw Equivalent)Sugar Consumption by CountryPlotr = +0.85 · very strong · n = 144
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Opposite directions
Places that have a higher # of Cities w/ Population 100k or Higher tend to score lower on these
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest # of Cities w/ Population 100k or Higher?
- Brazil has the highest # of Cities w/ Population 100k or Higher, at 346, followed by United States (334) and India (300).
- Which country has the lowest # of Cities w/ Population 100k or Higher?
- Barbados has the lowest # of Cities w/ Population 100k or Higher, at 1.
- What is the median # of Cities w/ Population 100k or Higher across countries?
- The median is 8 across the 166 countries with data.
- Where does this most cities by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: List of cities in Afghanistan - Wiki; List of cities and towns in Albania - Wiki; Cities in Algeria - TravelMath; Towns and Villages in Andorra - Ordino Arcalis.