This is a list of towns and cities in the world believed to have 100,000 or more inhabitants , sorted by countries beginning with letters between L and O. Unless otherwise noted, populations are based on United Nations estimates from 2016.[1]
Index
Laos [ ]
Population figures of districts from 2015 Laos Census.[2]
City
Province/Prefecture
Population (2015)
Champhone
Savannakhet
109,200
Kaysone Phomvihane
Savannakhet
125,600
Salavan
Salavan
100,900
Songkhone
Savannakhet
100,000
Vientiane
Vientiane
820,900
Latvia [ ]
City
State City
Population (2015)
Riga
Riga
640,300
Lebanon [ ]
City
Governorate
Population (2011)
Beirut
Beirut
363,000
Lesotho [ ]
City
District
Population (2006)
Maseru
Maseru
432,000
Liberia [ ]
City
County
Population (2008)
Monrovia
Montserrado
970,800
Libya [ ]
Figures below are 2021 estimates from World Population Review.[3]
City
District
Population (2021)
Ajdabiya
Al Wahat
134,400
Al Jadid
Sabha
126,400
Al Khums
Murqub
201,900
Az Zawiyah
Zawiya
200,000
Benghazi
Benghazi
650,600
Misratah
Misrata
386,100
Sabha
Sabha
130,000
Sabratah
Zawiya
102,000
Sirte
Sirte
128,100
Tagiura
Tajura
100,000
Tarhuna
Murqub
210,700
Tobruk
Butnan
121,100
Tripoli
Tripoli
1,151,000
Zliten
Murqub
110,000
Lithuania [ ]
Luxembourg [ ]
City
Canton
Population (2016)
Luxembourg-Ville
Luxembourg
115,200
Madagascar [ ]
Malawi [ ]
City
Region
Population (2016)
Blantyre
Southern
920,200
Lilongwe
Central
1,098,200
Mzuzu
Northern
239,000
Zomba
Southern
147,100
Malaysia [ ]
City
State
Population (2000)[6]
Alor Gajah
Melaka
173,700
Alor Setar
Kedah
405,500
Ampang Jaya
Selangor
469,000
Baling
Kedah
132,300
Batu Pahat
Johor
209,500
Beluran
Sabah
104,500
Bentong
Pahang
114,400
Besut
Terengganu
136,600
Dungun
Terengganu
149,900
Ipoh
Perak
657,900
Jasin
Melaka
131,500
Johor Bahru
Johor
497,100
Johor Bahru Tengah
Johor
529,100
Kajang
Selangor
796,500
Kangar
Perlis
225,600
Kapit
Sarawak
110,700
Kemaman
Terengganu
166,800
Keningau
Sabah
173,100
Kerian
Perak
120,200
Kinabatangan
Sabah
182,300
Klang
Selangor
744,100
Kluang
Johor
167,800
Kota Bharu Bandaraya Islam
Kelantan
315,000
Kota Kinabalu
Sabah
452,100
Kota Marudu / Pitas
Sabah
104,200
Kuala Kangsar
Pahang
529,100
Kuala Langat
Selangor
220,200
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
1,588,800
Kuala Selangor
Selangor
205,300
Kuala Terengganu
Terengganu
337,600
Kuantan
Pahang
427,500
Kubang Pasu
Kedah
214,500
Kuching Selatan
Sarawak
159,500
Kuching Utara
Sarawak
165,600
Kulai
Johor
234,500
Kulim
Kedah
281,300
Lahad Datu
Sabah
199,800
Manjung
Pahang
211,100
Maran
Pahang
111,100
Melaka Bandraya Bersejarah
Melaka
484,900
Miri
Sarawak
234,500
Muar
Johor
201,100
Nilai
Negeri Sembilan
201,000
Padawan
Sarawak
273,500
Papar
Sabah
124,400
Pasir Mas
Kelantan
180,900
Pasir Puteh
Kelantan
113,200
Pekan
Pahang
103,800
Penampang
Sabah
111,100
Petaling Jaya
Selangor
614,000
Port Dickson
Negeri Sembilan
101,100
Rompin
Pahang
109,600
Samarahan
Sarawak
116,700
Sandakan
Sabah
396,300
Seberang Perai
Pulau Pinang
818,200
Segamat
Johor
103,000
Selayang
Selangor
542,400
Semporna
Sabah
133,200
Sepang
Selangor
207,400
Seremban
Negeri Sembilan
314,500
Shah Alam
Selangor
541,300
Sibu
Sarawak
162,700
Subang Jaya
Selangor
708,300
Sungai Petani
Kedah
443,500
Taiping
Pahang
245,200
Tanah Merah
Kelantan
115,900
Tangkak
Johor
131,900
Tawau
Sabah
397,700
Teluk Intan
Pahang
128,100
Temerloh
Pahang
158,700
Tuaran
Sabah
102,400
Tumpat
Kelantan
143,800
Ulu Selangor
Selangor
194,400
Maldives [ ]
City
Atoll
Population (2014)
Malé
Kaafu
153,900
Mali [ ]
City
Region
Population (2009)
Bamako
Bamako
1,810,400
Kayes
Kayes
149,100
Koutiala
Sikasso
141,400
Mopti
Mopti
120,800
Ségou
Ségou
133,500
Malta [ ]
No city in Malta has 100,000 or more inhabitants. The table below shows the population of Valletta metropolitan area in 2015, as per Eurostat.[7]
Name
Population (2015)
Valletta
393,938
Mauritania [ ]
City
Region/Capital District
Population (2013)[8]
Nouadhibou
Dakhlet Nouadhibou
118,200
Nouakchott
Nouakchott
958,400
Mauritius [ ]
Mexico [ ]
City
State
Population (2020)[9]
Acapulco
Guerrero
658,600
Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes
863,900
Apatzingán
Michoacán
102,400
Apodaca
Nuevo León
536,400
Buenavista
Estado de México
216,800
Cabo San Lucas
Baja California Sur
202,700
Campeche
Campeche
249,600
Cancún
Quintana Roo
888,800
Celaya
Guanajuato
378,100
Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias
Estado de México
174,700
Chetumal
Quintana Roo
169,000
Chicoloapan de Juárez
Estado de México
193,500
Chihuahua
Chihuahua
925,800
Chilpancingo
Guerrero
225,700
Chimalhuacán
Estado de México
703,200
Cholula de Rivadabia
Puebla
102,300
Ciudad Acuña
Coahuila
160,200
Ciudad Benito Juárez
Nuevo León
308,300
Ciudad Cuauhtémoc
Chihuahua
135,600
Ciudad de México
Ciudad de México
9,209,900
Ciudad del Carmen
Campeche
191,200
Ciudad Guzmán
Jalisco
112,000
Ciudad Juárez
Chihuahua
1,501,600
Ciudad López Mateos
Estado de México
523,100
Ciudad Madero
Tamaulipas
205,900
Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl
Estado de México
1,072,700
Ciudad Nicolás Romero
Estado de México
323,500
Ciudad Obregón
Sonora
329,400
Ciudad Valles
San Luis Potosí
136,400
Ciudad Victoria
Tamaulipas
332,100
Coatzacoalcos
Veracruz
212,500
Colima
Colima
147,000
Comitán
Chiapas
113,500
C��rdoba
Veracruz
139,100
Cuautitlán
Estado de México
118,000
Cuautitlán Izcalli
Estado de México
515,400
Cuautla
Morelos
157,300
Cuernavaca
Morelos
341,000
Culiacán
Sinaloa
808,400
Delicias
Chihuahua
128,600
Durango
Durango
616,100
Ecatepec
Estado de México
1,643,600
Querétaro
115,300
Ensenada
Baja California
330,700
Fresnillo
Zacatecas
143,300
García
Nuevo León
234,700
General Escobedo
Nuevo León
455,000
Gómez Palacio
Durango
301,700
Guadalajara
Jalisco
1,385,600
Guadalupe
Nuevo León
635,900
Guadalupe
Zacatecas
170,000
Guaymas
Sonora
117,300
Jalisco
139,200
Hermosillo
Sonora
855,600
Iguala
Guerrero
132,900
Irapuato
Guanajuato
452,100
Ixtapaluca
Estado de México
368,600
Jiutepec
Morelos
174,600
Kanasín
Yucatán
139,800
Lagos de Moreno
Jalisco
111,600
La Paz
Baja California Sur
250,100
León
Guanajuato
1,579,800
Los Mochis
Sinaloa
298,000
Manzanillo
Colima
159,900
Matamoros
Tamaulipas
510,700
Mazatlán
Sinaloa
442,000
Mérida
Yucatán
921,800
Mexicali
Baja California
854,200
Minatitlán
Veracruz
101,300
Miramar
Tamaulipas
161,800
Monclova
Coahuila
237,200
Monterrey
Nuevo León
1,143,000
Morelia
Michoacán
743,300
Naucalpan
Estado de México
776,200
Naucalpan (Huixquilucan )
Estado de México
135,000
Navojoa
Sonora
120,900
Nogales
Sonora
261,100
Nuevo Laredo
Tamaulipas
416,100
Oaxaca
Oaxaca
258,900
Ojo de Agua
Estado de México
386,300
Orizaba
Veracruz
120,500
Pachuca
Hidalgo
297,800
Parral
Chihuahua
113,800
Piedras Negras
Coahuila
174,000
Playa del Carmen
Quintana Roo
304,900
Poza Rica
Veracruz
180,100
Puebla
Puebla
1,542,200
Puerto Vallarta
Jalisco
224,200
Querétaro
Querétaro
794,800
Ramos Arizpe
Coahuila
114,000
Reynosa
Tamaulipas
691,600
Río Bravo
Tamaulipas
111,300
Rosarito
Baja California
100,700
Salamanca
Guanajuato
160,700
Saltillo
Coahuila
864,400
San Cristóbal de las Casas
Chiapas
183,500
San Francisco Coacalco
Estado de México
293,200
San Juan Bautista
Oaxaca
103,600
San Juan del Río
Querétaro
177,700
San José del Cabo
Baja California Sur
136,300
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí
845,900
San Luis Río Colorado
Sonora
176,700
San Nicolás de los Garza
Nuevo León
412,200
San Pablo de las Salinas
Estado de México
158,000
San Pedro Garza García
Nuevo León
132,100
Santa Catarina
Nuevo León
304,100
Soledad de Graciano Sánchez
San Luis Potosí
310,200
Tampico
Tamaulipas
297,400
Tapachula
Chiapas
217,600
Tehuacán
Puebla
293,800
Temixco
Morelos
104,500
Tepexpan
Estado de México
120,800
Tepic
Nayarit
371,400
Tijuana
Baja California
1,810,600
Tlalnepantla
Estado de México
658,900
Tlaquepaque
Jalisco
650,100
Toluca
Estado de México
223,900
Tonalá
Jalisco
442,400
Torreón
Coahuila
690,200
Tulancingo
Hidalgo
106,200
Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Chiapas
578,800
Uruapan
Michoacán
299,500
Veracruz
Veracruz
406,000
Veracruz (Boca del Río )
Veracruz
132,000
Villa de Álvarez
Colima
147,500
Villahermosa
Tabasco
340,100
Xalapa-Enríquez
Veracruz
443,100
Xico
Estado de México
384,300
Zacatecas
Zacatecas
138,400
Zamora de Hidalgo
Michoacán
154,500
Zapopan
Jalisco
1,257,500
Moldova [ ]
Mongolia [ ]
City
Municipality
Population (2016)
Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar
1,810,400
Montenegro [ ]
Morocco [ ]
City
Region
Population (2014)
Agadir
Souss-Massa
505,800
Al Hoceima
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
137,000
Béni-Mellal
Béni Mellal-Khénifra
325,400
Berkane
Oriental
182,200
Berrechid
Casablanca-Settat
482,100
Casablanca
Casablanca-Settat
3,352,400
El Kelâa des Sraghna
Marrakesh-Safi
152,900
El-Jadida
Casablanca-Settat
311,000
Errachidia
Drâa-Tafilalet
193,700
Essaouira
Marrakesh-Safi
106,300
Fès
Fès-Meknès
1,126,600
Fquih Ben Salah
Béni Mellal-Khénifra
204,700
Guelmim
Guelmim-Oued Noun
138,800
Kénitra
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
604,200
Khemisset
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
279,900
Khénifra
Béni Mellal-Khénifra
228,500
Khouribga
Béni Mellal-Khénifra
376,800
Larache
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
264,800
Marrakech
Marrakesh-Safi
978,000
Meknès
Fès-Meknès
685,400
Mohammedia
Casablanca-Settat
288,100
Nador
Oriental
390,900
Ouarzazate
Drâa-Tafilalet
113,200
Oujda
Oriental
504,500
Rabat
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
578,600
Safi
Marrakesh-Safi
345,600
Salé
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
913,000
Sefrou
Fès-Meknès
155,000
Settat
Casablanca-Settat
215,700
Sidi Kacem
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
168,300
Sidi Slimane
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
130,600
Skhirate-Témara
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
512,900
Tanger
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
999,000
Taourirt
Oriental
149,600
Taza
Fès-Meknès
207,700
Tétouan
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
396,800
Youssoufia
Marrakesh-Safi
100,600
Mozambique [ ]
City
Province
Population (2015)
Beira
Sofala
460,900
Chimoio
Manica
314,800
Lichinga
Niassa
214,600
Maputo
Maputo (city)
1,241,700
Matola
Maputo
927,100
Maxixe
Inhambane
127,400
Nacala
Nampula
241,100
Nampula
Nampula
622,400
Pemba
Cabo Delgado
199,500
Quelimane
Zambezia
241,100
Tete
Tete
213,400
Xai-Xai
Gaza
128,900
Myanmar (Burma) [ ]
City
Region/State/Union Territory
Population (2014)
Bago
Bago
491,100
Dawei
Tanintharyi
125,200
Hpa-an
Kayin
421,400
Loikaw
Kayah
128,800
Magway
Magway
288,900
Mandalay
Mandalay
1,225,100
Mawlamyine
Mon
288,100
Monywa
Sagaing
372,000
Myitkyina
Kachin
305,300
Nay Pyi Taw
Naypyidaw Union Territory
1,158,400
Pathein
Ayeyarwady
286,700
Sittway
Rakhine
149,300
Taunggyi
Shan
380,700
Yangon
Yangon
5,209,500
Namibia [ ]
City
Region
Population (2011)
Windhoek
Khomas
325,900
Nepal [ ]
City
Province
Population (2011)
Bharatpur
Bagmati
147,800
Bhimdatta
Sudurpashchim
106,700
Biratnagar
Province No. 1
204,900
Birgunj
Madhesh
139,100
Butwal
Lumbini Pradesh
121,000
Dhangadhi
Sudurpashchim
104,000
Dharan
Province No. 1
119,900
Kathmandu
Bagmati
1,003,300
Lalitpur
Bagmati
226,700
Pokhara
Gandaki
265,000
Netherlands [ ]
City
Province
Population (2015)
Alkmaar
North Holland
107,100
Almere
Flevoland
196,900
Alphen aan den Rijn
South Holland
107,400
Amersfoort
Utrecht
152,500
Amsterdam
North Holland
821,800
Apeldoorn
Gelderland
158,100
Arnhem
Gelderland
152,300
Breda
North Brabant
180,900
Delft
South Holland
101,000
Den Haag
South Holland
514,900
Dordrecht
South Holland
118,900
Ede
Gelderland
111,600
Eindhoven
North Brabant
223,200
Emmen
Drenthe
107,800
Enschede
Overijssel
158,600
Groningen
Groningen
200,300
Haarlem
North Holland
156,600
Haarlemmermeer
North Holland
144,200
Leeuwarden
Friesland
107,700
Leiden
South Holland
121,600
Maastricht
Limburg
122,400
Nijmegen
Gelderland
170,700
Rotterdam
South Holland
623,700
s-Hertogenbosch
North Brabant
150,900
Tilburg
North Brabant
211,600
Utrecht
Utrecht
334,200
Venlo
Limburg
100,500
Westland
South Holland
104,300
Zaanstad
North Holland
151,400
Zoetermeer
South Holland
124,000
Zwolle
Overijssel
123,900
New Zealand [ ]
City
Region
Population (2015)
Auckland
Auckland
1,614,400
Christchurch
Canterbury
374,900
Dunedin
Otago
127,000
Hamilton
Waikato
161,200
Lower Hutt
Wellington
103,400
Napier-Hastings
Hawke's Bay
131,000
Tauranga
Bay of Plenty
128,200
Wellington
Wellington
207,900
Nicaragua [ ]
City
Department
Population (2009)
Chinandega
Chinandega
106,600
León
León
156,000
Managua
Managua
985,100
Masaya
Masaya
110,500
Tipitapa
Managua
105,800
Niger [ ]
City
Region
Population (2012)[10]
Agadez
Agadez
110,500
Maradi
Maradi
267,200
Niamey
Niamey Urban Community
978,000
Tahoua
Tahoua
117,800
Zinder
Zinder
235,600
Nigeria [ ]
The following table lists fully defined incorporated cities in Nigeria , with a population of at least 100,000, as declared by the Nigerian National Population Commission in the 2006 National census.[11]
City
State
Population (2006)
Aba
Abia
534,300
Abakaliki
Ebonyi
151,700
Abeokuta
Ogun
451,600
Abuja
FCT
776,300
Ado Ekiti
Ekiti
308,600
Akure
Ondo
484,800
Asaba
Delta
149,600
Awka
Anambra
301,700
Badagry
Lagos
241,100
Bama
Borno
102,800
Bauchi
Bauchi
493,800
Benin City
Edo
1,147,200
Bida
Niger
188,200
Buguma
Rivers
124,200
Calabar
Cross River
371,000
Enugu
Enugu
722,700
Epe
Lagos
181,400
Funtua
Katsina
122,500
Garki
Jigawa
152,200
Gashua
Yobe
109,600
Gboko
Benue
166,400
Gbongan
Osun
117,300
Gombe
Gombe
230,900
Gusau
Zamfara
201,200 }
Ibadan
Oyo
2,559,900
Ife
Osun
509,000
Igboho
Oyo
115,000
Ijebu Ode
Ogun
186,700
Ijero
Ekiti
147,300
Ikare
Ondo
160,600
Ikeja
Lagos
313,200
Ikorodu
Lagos
535,600
Ikot Ekpene
Akwa Ibom
143,100
Ila
Osun
150,700
Ilawe Ekiti
Ekiti
160,700
Ilesa
Osun
233,900
Ilorin
Kwara
777,700
Ise Ekiti
Ekiti
167,100
Iseyin
Oyo
286,700
Iwo
Osun
191,400
Jalingo
Taraba
139,800
Jimeta
Adamawa
218,400
Jos
Plateau
821,600
Kaduna
Kaduna
760,100
Katsina
Katsina
318,500
Kano
Kano
2,828,900
Kisi
Oyo
130,800
Kukawa
Borno
203,900
Lafia
Nasarawa
330,700
Lagos
Lagos
8,048,400
Lavun
Niger
209,900
Maiduguri
Borno
543,000
Makurdi
Benue
249,000
Minna
Niger
348,800
Mokwa
Niger
244,900
Mubi
Adamawa
280,000
Nnewi
Anambra
391,200
Nsukka
Enugu
309,600
Obafemi Owode
Ogun
228,900
Ogbomosho
Oyo
299,500
Okene
Kogi
320,300
Okigwe
Imo
132,200
Okpoko
Anambra
152,900
Ondo City
Ondo
358,400
Onitsha
Anambra
261,600
Osogbo
Osun
156,700
Otukpo
Benue
136,800
Owerri
Imo
401,900
Owo
Ondo
218,900
Oyo
Oyo
428,800
Port Harcourt
Rivers
1,005,900
Potiskum
Yobe
205,900
Sagamu
Ogun
253,400
Sapele
Delta
151,000
Shaki
Oyo
150,300
Sokoto
Sokoto
427,800
Suleja
Niger
216,600
Ugep
Cross River
187,000
Umuahia
Abia
359,200
Uromi
Edo
101,400
Uyo
Akwa Ibom
427,900
Warri
Delta
557,400
Yenagoa
Bayelsa
352,300
Yola
Adamawa
392,900
Zaria
Kaduna
695,100
North Macedonia [ ]
Norway [ ]
City
County
Population (2021 Estimate)[12]
Bergen
Vestland
265,500
Drammen
Viken
110,200
Fredrikstad
Viken
117,700
Oslo
Oslo
1,043,200
Stavanger
Rogaland
229,900
Trondheim
Trøndelag
191,800
Oman [ ]
City
Region/Governorate
Population (2016)
Al Buraymi
Al Buraimi
104,100
Al Mudaybi
Ash Sharqiyah
112,100
Al Rustaq
Al Batinah South
117,600
As Seeb
Muscat
391,300
As Suwayq
Al Batinah
171,800
Barka
Al Batinah South
137,000
Bawshar
Muscat
424,100
Ibri
Ad Dhahirah
158,100
Muscat
Muscat
247,000
Mutrah
Muscat
249,400
Nizwa
Ad Dakhiliyah
118,600
Saham
Al Batinah
140,800
Salalah
Dhofar
355,700
Sohar
Al Batinah North
226,300
Sur
Ash Sharqiyah
116,100
See also [ ]
World largest cities
Cities portal
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