World Municipalities over 7,000,000 Population

Rank	Municipality	Population	Area: Square Miles	Population per Square Mile	Population per Square Kilometer	Date of Estimate or Census		Notes
1	Chongquing	30,904,000	31,815	971	375	1998		Municipality contains large rural areas
2	Shanghai	14,735,000	2,561	5,754	2,220	1998		Municipality contains large rural areas
3	Beijing	12,620,000	6,486	1,946	751	1998		Municipality contains large rural areas
4	Mumbai	11,914,000	239	49,849	19,232	2001
5	Sao Paulo	10,406,000	576	18,066	6,970	2000		Municipality contains rural areas
6	Seoul	10,323,000	233	44,227	17,063	1999		Municipality contains rural areas
7	Tianjin	9,665,000	2,184	4,425	1,707	1998		Municipality contains large rural areas
8	Istanbul	9,200,000	2,204	4,175	1,611	1997		Municipality contains large rural areas
9	Jakarta	9,113,000	228	39,969	15,420	1995
10	Mexico City	8,591,000	579	14,838	5,724	2000		Municipality contains rural areas
11	Moscow	8,405,000	339	24,794	9,565	1997
12	New York	8,008,000	309	25,916	9,998	2000
13	London	7,187,000	632	11,372	4,387	1998		Reconstituted as municipality in 2000
Notes: Tokyo's 23 wards are often considered a municipality, but there is no Tokyo municipality. It was merged with Tokyo prefecture during World War II. New Delhi was formerly shown on this list, but is not a municipality, but rather a Union Territory