Top 100 most populous cities = 977,111,635 people

rank	Name	Country	2022 Population	2021 Population
1	Tokyo	Japan	37274000	37339804
2	Delhi	India	32065760	31181376
3	Shanghai	China	28516904	27795702
4	Dhaka	Bangladesh	22478116	21741090
5	Sao Paulo	Brazil	22429800	22237472
6	Mexico City	Mexico	22085140	21918936
7	Cairo	Egypt	21750020	21322750
8	Beijing	China	21333332	20896820
9	Mumbai	India	20961472	20667656
10	Osaka	Japan	19059856	19110616
11	Chongqing	China	16874740	16382376
12	Karachi	Pakistan	16839950	16459472
13	Istanbul	Turkey	15636243	15415197
14	Kinshasa	DR Congo	15628085	14970460
15	Lagos	Nigeria	15387639	14862111
16	Buenos Aires	Argentina	15369919	15257673
17	Kolkata	India	15133888	14974073
18	Manila	Philippines	14406059	14158573
19	Tianjin	China	14011828	13794450
20	Guangzhou	China	13964637	13635397
21	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	13634274	13544462
22	Lahore	Pakistan	13541764	13095166
23	Bangalore	India	13193035	12764935
24	Shenzhen	China	12831330	12591696
25	Moscow	Russia	12640818	12593252
26	Chennai	India	11503293	11235018
27	Bogota	Colombia	11344312	11167392
28	Paris	France	11142303	11078546
29	Jakarta	Indonesia	11074811	10915364
30	Lima	Peru	11044607	10882757
31	Bangkok	Thailand	10899698	10722815
32	Hyderabad	India	10534418	10268653
33	Seoul	South Korea	9975709	9967677
34	Nagoya	Japan	9571596	9565642
35	London	United Kingdom	9540576	9425622
36	Chengdu	China	9478521	9305116
37	Nanjing	China	9429381	9143980
38	Tehran	Iran	9381546	9259009
39	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	9077158	8837544
40	Luanda	Angola	8952496	8631876
41	New York City	United States	8930002	8867096
42	Wuhan	China	8591611	8473405
43	Xi-an Shaanxi	China	8537646	8274651
44	Ahmedabad	India	8450228	8253226
45	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	8419566	8210745
46	Hangzhou	China	8044878	7845501
47	Surat	India	7784276	7489742
48	Suzhou	China	7764499	7427096
49	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	7643256	7598189
50	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	7538200	7387817
51	Shenyang	China	7527975	7373655
52	Baghdad	Iraq	7511920	7323079
53	Dongguan	China	7511851	7451889
54	Foshan	China	7497263	7406751
55	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	7404689	7046892
56	Pune	India	6987077	6807984
57	Santiago	Chile	6856939	6811595
58	Madrid	Spain	6713557	6668865
59	Haerbin	China	6665951	6526439
60	Toronto	Canada	6312974	6254571
61	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	6194292	6139774
62	Khartoum	Sudan	6160327	5989024
63	Johannesburg	South Africa	6065354	5926668
64	Singapore	Singapore	6039577	5991801
65	Dalian	China	5930140	5775938
66	Qingdao	China	5865232	5742486
67	Zhengzhou	China	5690312	5510341
68	Ji-nan Shandong	China	5663015	5513597
69	Barcelona	Spain	5658472	5624498
70	Saint Petersburg	Russia	5535556	5504305
71	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	5515790	5354826
72	Yangon	Myanmar	5514454	5421806
73	Fukuoka	Japan	5502591	5516158
74	Alexandria	Egypt	5483605	5381101
75	Guadalajara	Mexico	5339583	5259296
76	Ankara	Turkey	5309690	5215747
77	Chittagong	Bangladesh	5252842	5132751
78	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	5227794	5005524
79	Melbourne	Australia	5150766	5061439
80	Nairobi	Kenya	5118844	4922192
81	Hanoi	Vietnam	5067352	4874982
82	Sydney	Australia	5056571	4991654
83	Monterrey	Mexico	5036535	4955506
84	Changsha	China	4809887	4694722
85	Brasilia	Brazil	4803877	4727902
86	Cape Town	South Africa	4800954	4709990
87	Jiddah	Saudi Arabia	4780740	4696535
88	Urumqi	China	4710203	4543684
89	Kunming	China	4657381	4550831
90	Changchun	China	4616002	4520695
91	Hefei	China	4496456	4371005
92	Shantou	China	4490411	4407928
93	Xinbei	Taiwan	4470672	4434905
94	Kabul	Afghanistan	4457882	4335770
95	Ningbo	China	4405292	4263843
96	Tel Aviv	Israel	4343584	4263745
97	Yaounde	Cameroon	4336670	4164167
98	Rome	Italy	4297877	4278350
99	Shijiazhuang	China	4285135	4199392
100	Montreal	Canada	4276526	4247446
			977111635	958840038
			101.91%

we can all learn something here, perhaps