Top 10 Largest Cities in the World

There are 192 independent countries in the world and 37102 cities some are small and some are very big. But in todays writing i share the list of top 10 largest cities in the world with population and GDP rate. Details are below:

1. Shanghai (1st in Top 10 Largest Cities in the World)

Country: China
Area: 6,340 km
Population: 24,000,000
Type: Municipality
Disctricts: 9
Mayor: Yang Xiong
GDP: $14,000
Gentilic: Shanghainese

 

2. Karachi

Country: Pakistan
Area: 3,500 km
Population: 23,500,000
Type: Metropolitan city
Disctricts: 6
Mayor: Mustufa Kamal
GDP: $5,000

 

3. Beijing

Country: China
Area: 16,410.54
Population: 21,150,000
Type: Municipality
Disctricts: 7
Mayor: Wang Anshun
GDP: $15,400

 

4. Lagos

Country: Nigeria
Area: 999.00
Population: 17,060,000
Type: Metropolitan city
Governor: Babatunde Fashola
GDP: $11,000
Gentilic: Lagosian

 

5. Istanbul

Country: Turkey
Area: 2,190
Population: 14,160,500
Type: Metropolitan Municipality
Disctricts: 39
Mayor: Kadir Topbas
GDP: $9,000
Gentilic: Istanbulite

 

6. Guangzhou

Country: China
Area: 3,843
Population: 12,700,800
Type: Sub-provincial city
Mayor: Chen Jianhua
GDP: $19,400
Gentilic: Guangzhouese

 

7. Mumbai

Country: India
Area: 603 km
Population: 12,478,450
Type: Mayor council
Disctricts: 25
Mayor: Snehal Ambekar
GDP: $9,500
Gentilic: Mumbaikar

 

8. Moscow

Country: Russia
Area: 2,510
Population: 12,111,198
Type: Federal government
Mayor: Sergey Sobyanin
GDP: $35,000

 

9. Dhaka

Country: Bangladesh
Area: 305 km
Population: 12,043,000
Type: City corporation
Disctricts: 30
Mayor: Sadeque Hossain Khoka
GDP: $8,000
Gentilic: Dhakaiya

 

10. Cairo

Country: Egypt
Area: 3,100 km
Population: 11,922,000
Type: Governorate
Governor: Galal Saeed
GDP: $10,000
Gentilic: Cairoen