Brontekst bekijken van Lijst van grootste steden

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Deze '''lijst bevat de 90 grootste [[Stad (hoofdbetekenis)|steden]]''' naar inwonertal (peildatum 2016). In deze lijsten zijn alleen de inwoners binnen de juridische of politieke stadsgrenzen meegenomen, dus niet de inwoners in de [[agglomeratie]], het [[stedelijk gebied]] of in de [[voorsteden]]. 

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| width=250px
| afb1 = PudongSkyline-pjt_(cropped).jpg
| caption1 = 1. [[Shanghai]]
| afb2 = Karachi_downtown.jpeg
| caption2 = 2. [[Karachi]]
| afb3 = View of Beijing.jpg
| caption3 = 3. [[Peking]]
| afb4 = Lagos Island.jpg
| caption4 = 4. [[Lagos (Nigeria)|Lagos]]
| afb5 = LotusDelhi.jpg
| caption5 = 5. [[Delhi (stad)|Delhi]]
| afb6 = 炫彩津门99海河夜景.jpg
| caption6 = 6. [[Tianjin]]
| afb7 = Halic.png
| caption7 = 7. [[Istanboel]]
| afb8 = Skyscrapers_of_Shinjuku_2009_January_(revised).jpg
| caption8 = 8. [[Tokio]]
| afb9 = Guangzhou_skyline.jpg
| caption9 = 9. [[Guangzhou]]
| afb10 = Mumbai_03-2016_77_sunset_at_Marine_Drive.jpg
| caption10 = 10. [[Mumbai]]
| afb11 = Moscow-city_(8293712287).jpg
| caption11 = 11. [[Moskou]]
| afb12 = Ponte_estaiada_Octavio_Frias_-_Sao_Paulo.jpg
| caption12 = 12. [[São Paulo (stad)|São Paulo]]
| afb13 = Shenzhen_CBD_and_River.jpg
| caption13 = 13. [[Shenzhen]]
| afb14 = Jakarta_City_Skyline.jpg
| caption14 = 14. [[Jakarta]]
| afb15 = View_of_YangJe-Cheon.jpg
| caption15 = 15. [[Seoel]]
| afb16 = Kinshasa-Gombe,_from_CCIC.JPG
| caption16 = 16. [[Kinshasa]] 
| 
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rang
!Metropool gebiedsnaam
!Land
!Bevolking
|-
|1
|[[Shanghai]]
|{{CN}}
|24.256.800
|-
|2
|[[Karachi]]
|{{PK}}
|23.500.000
|-
|3
|[[Peking]]
|{{CN}}
|21.516.000
|-
|4
|[[Lagos (Nigeria)|Lagos]]
|{{NG}}
|21.000.000
|-
|5
|[[Delhi (stad)|Delhi]]
|{{IN}}
|16.787.900
|-
|6
|[[Tianjin]]
|{{CN}}
|15.200.000
|-
|7
|[[Istanboel]]
|{{TR}}
|14.160.500
|-
|8
|[[Tokio]]
|{{JP}}
|13.297.600
|-
|9
|[[Guangzhou]]
|{{CN}}
|13.080.500
|-
|10
|[[Mumbai]]
|{{IN}}
|12.478.400
|-
|11
|[[Moskou]]
|{{RU}}
|12.197.600
|-
|12
|[[São Paulo (stad)|São Paulo]]
|{{BR}}
|11.895.900
|-
|13
|[[Shenzhen]]
|{{CN}}
|10.467.400
|-
|14
|[[Jakarta]]
|{{ID}}
|10.075.300
|-
|15
|[[Seoel]]
|{{KR}}
|10.048.900
|-
|16
|[[Kinshasa]]
|{{CD}}
|9.735.000
|-
|17
|[[Caïro (stad)|Caïro]]
|{{EG}}
|9.278.400
|-
|18
|[[Mexico-Stad]]
|{{MX}}
|8.874.700
|-
|19
|[[Lima (stad)|Lima]]
|{{PE}}
|8.693.400
|-
|20
|[[New York (stad)|New York]]
|{{VS}}
|8.550.405
|-
|21
|[[Londen]]
|{{GB}}
|8.538.700
|-
|22
|[[Bangalore]]
|{{IN}}
|8.426.000
|-
|23
|[[Bangkok]]
|{{TH}}
|8.280.900
|-
|24
|[[Ho Chi Minhstad]]
|{{VN}}
|8.224.400
|-
|25
|[[Dongguan]]
|{{CN}}
|8.220.200
|-
|26
|[[Chongqing]]
|{{CN}}
|8.189.800
|-
|27
|[[Nanjing]]
|{{CN}}
|8.187.800
|-
|28
|[[Teheran]]
|{{IR}}
|8.154.100
|-
|29
|[[Shenyang]]
|{{CN}}
|8.106.200
|-
|30
|[[Bogota (stad)|Bogota]]
|{{CO}}
|7.776.800
|-
|31
|[[Ningbo]]
|{{CN}}
|7.605.700
|-
|32
|[[Hongkong]]
|{{HK}}
|7.298.600
|-
|33
|[[Hanoi]]
|{{VN}}
|7.232.700
|-
|34
|[[Bagdad]]
|{{IQ}}
|7.180.900
|-
|35
|[[Changsha]]
|{{CN}}
|7.044.100
|-
|36
|[[Dhaka (stad)|Dhaka]]
|{{BD}}
|6.970.100
|-
|37
|[[Wuhan]]
|{{CN}}
|6.886.300
|-
|38
|[[Haiderabad (Telangana)|Haiderabad]]
|{{IN}}
|6.810.000
|-
|39
|[[Rio de Janeiro (stad)|Rio de Janeiro]]
|{{BR}}
|6.429.900
|-
|40
|[[Faisalabad]]
|{{PK}}
|6.418.700
|-
|41
|[[Lahore]]
|{{PK}}
|6.318.700
|-
|42
|[[Foshan]]
|{{CN}}
|6.151.622
|-
|43
|[[Zunyi]]
|{{CN}}
|6.127.000
|-
|44
|[[Santiago (Chili)|Santiago]]
|{{CL}}
|5.743.700
|-
|45
|[[Riyad (stad)|Riyad]]
|{{SA}}
|5.676.621
|-
|46
|[[Ahmedabad (stad)|Ahmedabad]]
|{{IN}}
|5.570.600
|-
|47
|[[Singapore]]
|{{SG}}
|5.535.000
|-
|48
|[[Shantou]]
|{{CN}}
|5.391.000
|-
|49
|[[Yangon (stad)|Yangon]]
|{{MM}}
|5.214.000
|-
|50
|[[Sint-Petersburg]]
|{{RU}}
|5.191.700
|-
|51
|[[Chennai]]
|{{IN}}
|4.792.900
|-
|52
|[[Abidjan]]
|{{CI}}
|4.765.000
|-
|53
|[[Chengdu]]
|{{CN}}
|4.741.900
|-
|54
|[[Alexandrië]]
|{{EG}}
|4.616.600
|-
|55
|[[Calcutta]]
|{{IN}}
|4.486.700
|-
|56
|[[Ankara]]
|{{TR}}
|4.470.800
|-
|57
|[[Xi'an]]
|{{CN}}
|4.467.800
|-
|58
|[[Surat (stad)|Surat]]
|{{IN}}
|4.462.000
|-
|59
|[[Johannesburg]]
|{{ZA}}
|4.434.800
|-
|60
|[[Dar es Salaam (stad)|Dar es Salaam]]
|{{TZ}}
|4.364.500
|-
|61
|[[Suzhou (Jiangsu)|Suzhou]]
|{{CN}}
|4.327.100
|-
|62
|[[Harbin]]
|{{CN}}
|4.280.700
|-
|63
|[[Gizeh (stad)|Gizeh]]
|{{EG}}
|4.240.000
|-
|64
|[[Zhengzhou]]
|{{CN}}
|4.122.100
|-
|65
|[[Nieuw Taipei]]
|{{TW}}
|3.954.900
|-
|66
|[[Los Angeles]]
|{{US}}
|3.884.300
|-
|67
|[[Kaapstad]]
|{{ZA}}
|3.740.000
|-
|68
|[[Yokohama (stad)|Yokohama]]
|{{JP}}
|3.680.300
|-
|69
|[[Busan]]
|{{KR}}
|3.590.100
|-
|70
|[[Hangzhou]]
|{{CN}}
|3.560.400
|-
|71
|[[Xiamen]]
|{{CN}}
|3.531.300
|-
|72
|[[Quanzhou]]
|{{CN}}
|3.520.800
|-
|73
|[[Berlijn]]
|{{DE}}
|3.517.400
|-
|74
|[[Rawalpindi]]
|{{IN}}
|3.510.000
|-
|75
|[[Jeddah]]
|{{SA}}
|3.456.300
|-
|76
|[[Durban (Zuid-Afrika)|Durban]]
|{{ZA}}
|3.442.400
|-
|77
|[[Hyderabad (Pakistan)|Hyderabad]]
|{{PK}}
|3.429.500
|-
|78
|[[Kabul (stad)|Kabul]]
|{{AF}}
|3.414.100
|-
|79
|[[Casablanca (stad)|Casablanca]]
|{{MA}}
|3.359.800
|-
|80
|[[Hefei]]
|{{CN}}
|3.352.100
|-
|81
|[[Pyongyang]]
|{{KP}}
|3.255.400
|-
|82
|[[Madrid (stad)|Madrid]]
|{{ES}}
|3.207.200
|-
|83
|[[Pesjawar]]
|{{PK}}
|3.201.000
|-
|84
|[[Oost-Rand]]
|{{ZA}}
|3.178.500
|-
|85
|[[Nairobi]]
|{{KE}}
|3.138.400
|-
|86
|[[Zhongshan (stadsprefectuur)|Zhongshan]]
|{{CN}}
|3.121.300
|-
|87
|[[Pune (stad)|Pune]]
|{{IN}}
|3.115.400
|-
|88
|[[Addis Abeba]]
|{{ET}}
|3.103.700
|-
|89
|[[Jaipur (stad)|Jaipur]]
|{{IN}}
|3.073.400
|-
|90
|[[Buenos Aires (stad)|Buenos Aires]]
|{{AR}}
|3.054.300
|-
|}

== Zie ook ==
* [[Lijst van grootste metropolen]]

[[Categorie:Lijsten van plaatsen| ]]
[[Categorie:Stad| ]]