List of satellite cities by population

• Satellite cities are generally suburbs or bedroom communities but not always; an example is a capital that is dwarfed by a megacity. Large satellite cities may be as densely populated as a megacity.
• Cities in mainland China are often defined as prefectures or counties; for the sake of simplicity, they are listed in a separate list as explained in the respective section.
• The Taiwan municipalities of Taichung, Taoyuan, New Taipei, Tainan, and Kaohsiung are usually considered large in area, as they merged with their respective surrounding suburban counties in December 2010, thus becoming direct-controlled municipalities.
• The city of Pretoria, South Africa has an exceedingly large area of 6,298 km² (2,432 sq mi), and as a national capital, it is hard to determine the boundaries between Pretoria's suburban areas and the suburbs of the nearby city of Johannesburg. Therefore, it is excluded here.
• Malaysia has multiple types of local government, which confusingly overlap as the system was partially but not completely overhauled.
• Local data may be outdated for many of the least-developed nations, and as such may not be comparable.

Rank	City	Population	Pop date	Metropolitan area	Nation
1	Giza (informal)	5,094,000	2017C	Greater Cairo	Egypt[1]
2	New Taipei City (agglo)	3,979,208	2016E	Taipei	Taiwan[2]
3	Yokohama	3,778,718	2020C	Tokyo	Japan[3]
4	Ekurhuleni (agglo)	3,379,104	2016E	Johannesburg	South Africa[4]
5	Incheon	3,209,295	2019E	Seoul	South Korea[5]
6	Quezon City	2,960,048	2020C	Manila	Philippines[6]
7	Bekasi	2,714,800	2015E	Greater Jakarta	Indonesia[7]
8	Ghaziabad	2,358,525	2011C	Central NCR	India[8]
9	Taoyuan	2,147,763	2016E	Taipei	Taiwan[2]
10	Depok	2,106,100	2014E	Greater Jakarta	Indonesia[7]
11	Tangerang	2,047,105	2015E	Greater Jakarta	Indonesia[9]
12	Viana	1,964,262	2020E	Greater Luanda	Angola[10]
13	Omdurman	1,849,659	2008C	Khartoum	Sudan[11]
14	La Matanza	1,837,774	2022C	Buenos Aires	Argentina[12]
15	Thane	1,818,872	2011C	Mumbai Metropolitan Region	India[8]
16	Pimpri-Chinchwad	1,729,359	2011C	Pune	India[8]
17	Caloocan	1,661,583	2920C	Manila	Philippines[6]
18	Ecatepec de Morelos	1,645,352	2020C	Mexico City	Mexico[13]
19	Matola	1,616,267	2017C	Maputo	Mozambique[14]
20	Philadelphia	1,603,797	2020C	New York	United States
21	Karaj	1,592,492	2016C	Greater Tehran	Iran[15]
22	Narayanganj	1,572,386	2012C	Greater Dhaka	Bangladesh
23	South Tangerang	1,543,209	2015E	Greater Jakarta	Indonesia[9]
23	Kawasaki	1,539,081	2020C	Tokyo	Japan[3]
24	Kobe City	1,527,022	2020Cfja	Osaka	Japan[3]
25	Gurgaon	1,514,085	2011C	Central NCR	India[8]
26	Zapopan	1,476,491	2020C	Guadalajara	Mexico[13]
27	Faridabad	1,404,653	2011C	Central NCR	India[8]
28	Guarulhos	1,379,182	2019E	São Paulo	Brazil[16]
29	Saitama City	1,324,591	2020C	Tokyo	Japan[3]
30	Cacuaco	1,322,291	2020E	Greater Luanda	Angola[10]
31	Belas	1,319,394	2020E	Greater Luanda	Angola[10]
32	Sharjah	1,270,000	2015C	Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area	United Arab Emirates[17]
33	Kalyan-Dombivali	1,246,381	2011C	Mumbai Metropolitan Region	India[8]
34	Suwon	1,235,022	2016E	Seoul	South Korea[5]
48	Shubra El-Kheima	1,226,143	2020E	Cairo	Egypt
35	Vasai-Virar	1,221,223	2011C	Mumbai Metropolitan Region	India[8]
36	Gazipur	1,199,215	2011C	Greater Dhaka	Bangladesh
37	Ulsan	1,168,469	2019E	Busan-Ulsan	South Korea[5]
38	Navi Mumbai	1,119,477	2011C	Mumbai Metropolitan Region	India[8]
39	Changwon	1,080,133	2016E	Busan-Ulsan	South Korea[5]
40	Cazenga	1,080,694	2020E	Greater Luanda	Angola[10]
41	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl	1,077,208	2020C	Mexico City	Mexico[13]
42	Howrah	1,072,161	2011C	Kolkata	India[8]
43	Goyang	1,078,859	2019E	Seoul	South Korea[5]
44	Yongin	1,078,591	2019E	Seoul	South Korea[5]
45	Biên Hòa	1,055,404	2019C	Saigon	Vietnam[18]
45	Bogor	1,047,900	2015E	Greater Jakarta	Indonesia[7]
46	San Jose	1,013,240	2020C	San Francisco	United States
47	Callao	1,010,315	2015E	Greater Lima	Peru[19]
48	Khartoum North	1,012,211	2008C	Khartoum	Sudan[11]
49	Chiba City	975,210	2020C	Tokyo	Japan[3]
50	Seongnam	960,342	2019E	Seoul	South Korea[5]
51	El Alto	943,558	2019E	Greater La Paz	Bolivia[20]
52	São Gonçalo	929,446	2022CP	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil[16]
53	Hawalli	911,274	2014E	Kuwait City	Kuwait[21]
54	Santo Domingo Este	891,952	2019E	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic[22]
55	Salé	890,403	2014C	Rabat	Morocco[23]
56	Antipolo	887,399	2020C	Manila	Philippines[6]
57	Taguig	886,722	2020C	Manila	Philippines[6]
58	Bucheon	855,685	2019E	Seoul	South Korea[5]
59	Hwaseong	855,949	2019E	Seoul	South Korea[5]
60	Cheongju	853,714	2019E	Daejeon	South Korea[5]
61	São Bernardo do Campo	838,936	2015E	São Paulo	Brazil[16]
62	Naucalpan de Juárez	834,434	2020C	Mexico City	Mexico[13]
63	Sakai	826,447	2020C	Osaka	Japan[3]
64	Soacha	826,700	2023E	Bogota	Colombia[24]
65	Seberang Perai	818,197	2010C	Penang	Malaysia[25]
66	Farwaniya	816,015	2015E	Kuwait City	Kuwait[21]
67	Mira-Bhayander	814,655	2011C	Mumbai Metropolitan Region	India[8]
68	Nova Iguaçu	821,128	2019E	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil[16]
69	Pasig	803,159	2020C	Manila	Philippines[6]
70	Kajang	795,522	2010C	Greater Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia[25]
71	Duque de Caxias	782,799	2022CP	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil[16]
72	Osasco	777,048	2022CP	São Paulo	Brazil[16]
73	Santo André	776,640	2022CP	São Paulo	Brazil[16]
74	La Plata	772,618	2022C	Buenos Aires	Argentina[26]
75	Hempstead	770,367	2016C	New York	United States[27]
76	Ansan	707,385	2019E	Seoul	South Korea[5]
77	Noida/Greater Noida	750,057	2011C	Central NCR	India[8]
78	Klang	744,062	2010C	Greater Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia[25]
79	Tlajomulco de Zúñiga	727,750	2020C	Greater Guadalajara	Mexico[13]
80	Sagamihara	725,302	2017E	Tokyo	Japan[3]
81	Emfuleni	733,445	2016E	Johannesburg	South Africa[4]
82	Mississauga	721,599	2016C	Greater Toronto Area	Canada[28][29]
83	Valenzuela	714,978	2020C	Manila	Philippines[6]
84	Bhiwandi	711,329	2011C	Mumbai Metropolitan Region	India[8]
85	Parañaque	714,978	2020C	Manila	Philippines[6]
86	Namyangju	709,307	2019E	Seoul	South Korea[5]
87	Subang Jaya	708,296	2010C	Greater Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia[25]
88	Chimalhuacán	705,153	2020C	Greater Mexico City	Mexico[13]
89	Dasmariñas	703,131	2020C	Manila	Philippines[6]
90	Tolyatti	699,367	2020C	Samara-Tolyatti-Syzran metropolitan area	Russia
91	Lomas de Zamora	698,418	2022C	Buenos Aires	Argentina[30]
92	Jaboatão dos Guararapes	702,298	2019E	Recife	Brazil[16]
93	Tlaquepaque	687,127	2020C	Greater Guadalajara	Mexico[13]
94	Tlalnepantla de Baz	672,202	2020C	Greater Mexico City	Mexico[13]
95	Soledad	691,900	2023E	Barranquilla	Colombia[24]
96	Contagem	663,855	2019E	Belo Horizonte	Brazil[16]
97	Bacoor	664,625	2020C	Manila	Philippines[6]
98	Apodaca	656,454	2020C	Greater Monterrey	Mexico[13]
99	San Jose del Monte	651,813	2020C	Manila	Philippines[6]
100	Gold Coast	650,000	2016E	Brisbane	Australia[31]

Cities in the People's Republic of China and Republic of China are often defined in way as prefectures/counties. Their prefecture/county limits often are physically more extensive than entire metropolitan areas, encompassing large rural areas and outright separate cities. "Satellite city" may be located both within the municipality and/or adjacent to it, depending on how the area agglomerated. Some urban districts, as in the case of Wanzhou Urban District in Chongqing Municipality (Province Level), are separated by farmlands from the core metropolitan area and functions as a satellite city in spite of naming.

As to what constitutes a "city" in the PRC, there exist other definitions of city limits are in actual usage, such as combination of several districts where urban area of the central city is dominant, or roads, railways, natural boundaries, or a combination thereof. This is commonly designated by the central statistics bureaus as "urban districts", however some counties are also included, as well as some cities opt for towns rather than counties. Some counties/districts (e.g. Handan County, Handan City(Prefecture level)) are indeed satellites of their respective central cities (e.g. Congtai, Hanshan, Fuxing districts of Handan City(Prefecture level) are a common definition of true urban area of Handan, although this definition now often also involves Handan County as the city expands).

In the case of Chaoshan Metropolitan Area, Jieyang (Prefecture-level city) urban districts border that of the central city of Shantou (Prefecture-level city), effectively spanning neighboring municipalities. Complicating the matter is the nesting of city structures, as Jieyang municipality itself is a satellite of Shantou, even though Puning city (County level city, and can be a satellite of Shantou) lies within Jieyang's jurisdiction.