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List of cities in Alberta
Cities in Alberta: 19 urban municipalities with city status under the Municipal Government Act, requiring 10,000+ residents; largest are Calgary and Edmonton.
List of cities in Argentina
List of cities in Argentina: INDEC statistical localities and agglomerations versus provincially created local governments. 116 agglomerations in the 2022 census; Buenos Aires primate city with 31.9% of the national population.
List of cities in Australia
List of cities in Australia: no official ABS list exists; cities are instead enumerated via statistical geographies such as Urban Centres and Localities (1,000+ people), Significant Urban Areas (10,000+), and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas.
List of cities in Australia by population
List of cities in Australia by population: Australia has no official city list; ABS geographies (Urban Centres, Significant Urban Areas, GCCSAs) give different rankings, with Sydney and Melbourne the largest capitals at June 2025.
List of cities in Bihar by population
List of cities in Bihar by population ranks Bihar's 26 Census 2011 cities above 1 lakh, led by Patna (16,84,222; UA 20,49,156), then Gaya, Bhagalpur, and Muzaffarpur, with census definitions and urbanization context.
List of cities in Brazil by population
List of cities in Brazil by population: official IBGE municipal estimates (July 1 reference date), covering 5,570 municipalities; São Paulo largest at 12,005,878 (2026), followed by Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Fortaleza, and Salvador.
List of cities in Canada
List of cities in Canada: no single national definition; each province legislates city status. Cities are tracked by Statistics Canada as census subdivisions (5,161 in SGC 2021); Toronto, at 2.8 million, is the largest municipality.
List of cities in China
Cities in China (建制市, jianzhi shi) are legally designated administrative units at province, prefecture, and county levels, not built-up urban areas; 681 existed in 2020, up from 164 in 1955, shaped by county-to-city conversion and the city-leading-counties system.
List of cities in China by population
List of cities in China by population: rankings of Chinese cities (城市人口) by urban population. Coverage depends on definition: urban districts versus municipality; 2020 census counted 901.99 million urban residents, 63.89 percent urban.
List of cities in Germany by population
The list of cities in Germany by population ranks the country's municipalities with city status by inhabitants; Germany is polycentric, with 15 cities above 500,000 people as of 2012.
List of cities in Israel
Cities of Israel: localities with municipal city status in the CBS classification. No formal statutory definition exists; the 2022 census highlights Jerusalem, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Haifa, and Be'er Sheva among 257 local authorities.
List of cities in Kansas
Cities in Kansas are incorporated municipalities organized by statute into first, second, and third classes by population. The article covers the class thresholds, the changing incorporation record-keepers from 1855 to 1886, Census Bureau and state-certified population lists, and the Dead Town List of extinct communities.
List of cities in Kentucky
Kentucky's incorporated cities, classified as first class or home rule class since 2015, registered with the Secretary of State; Louisville is largest, Lexington second, with boundary filings under KRS 81A.470.
List of cities in Madhya Pradesh by population
Ranked list of Madhya Pradesh cities by population from Census of India data: 32 cities over 100,000 in 2011, Indore largest (1,964,086), Bhopal capital, with 2001 and 1991 census rankings and agglomeration definitions.
List of cities in Malaysia
Cities in Malaysia are local authorities upgraded to City Council or City Hall status, requiring over 500,000 people and RM100 million annual revenue; Klang became the twentieth city in November 2023.
List of cities in Mexico
Cities in Mexico: INEGI counts localities of 2,500+ inhabitants as urban; metropolitan areas link municipalities around cores over 500,000. Largest urban areas are Mexico City (17.7 million, 2025 estimate), Guadalajara, and Monterrey.
List of cities in New Zealand
Cities in New Zealand: before 1989 a borough of 20,000 could be proclaimed a city; since then 50,000 is required. Covers the four main cities, provincial cities, and Stats NZ urban-area classifications.
List of cities in Portugal
List of cities in Portugal (cidades): legally designated urban settlements, 159 in 2023 per INE. City status requires over 8,000 voters plus collective facilities, granted by the Assembleia da República.
List of cities in Serbia
Cities (gradovi) in Serbia are constitutional local self-government units alongside municipalities and the City of Belgrade. Serbia has 174 such units: Belgrade, 23 cities, and 150 municipalities; largest are Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš, Kragujevac.
List of cities in South Korea
Cities in South Korea (si, 시) are local governments comprising 75 of the nation's 226 low-level divisions. They fall under eight top-level urban authorities, including Seoul and Sejong.
List of cities in Sweden
Sweden has no legally defined cities since the 1971 municipal reform; urban areas are measured as tätorter, 2,017 localities in 2023, with Stockholm the largest at about 1.65 million.
List of cities in Taiwan
Cities in Taiwan (直轄市, 市, 縣轄市) are urban local governments defined by the Local Government Act's population thresholds; the article covers the three city types and their evolution from 1896 through the 2010 special-municipality mergers.
List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits
Ranks EU cities by population within administrative city limits. Eurostat defines a city as an LAU whose majority population lives in an urban centre of at least 50,000; city-proper figures compare poorly across countries, so FUAs are preferred.
List of cities in the Netherlands by province
The list of cities in the Netherlands by province, also called a list of Dutch cities, arranges the country's 342 municipalities under its twelve provinces, ordered often by population.
List of cities in the United Kingdom
Official UK list of cities: city status granted by the Sovereign on ministers' advice; Cabinet Office list of 29 August 2022 covers UK, Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories, including eight Platinum Jubilee awards and Southend-on-Sea.
List of cities in the United States with the most skyscrapers
Ranks US cities by count of completed skyscrapers 150 m and taller, per CTBUH Skyscraper Center data: New York City leads with 324, then Chicago 137, Miami 68, Houston 40, and Los Angeles 31.
List of cities in Ukraine
Cities in Ukraine (місто): legal settlement category alongside towns and villages. Kyiv and Sevastopol have special constitutional status; 2024 Law No. 3285-IX reformed city classification; largest cities are Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa.
List of cities in Vietnam
List of cities in Vietnam: centrally governed cities (Hanoi, Hai Phong, Hue, Da Nang, Can Tho, Ho Chi Minh City) and former provincial cities, urban classification grades, and the 2025 reorganization to 34 provincial-level units.
List of cities in West Bengal by population
This list ranks the cities and urban agglomerations of West Bengal, India, by population from the 2011 census, with the Kolkata agglomeration largest at about 14 million.
List of cities on the Great Lakes
Cities on the Great Lakes: shoreline municipalities on Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario in the U.S. and Canada, including Chicago, Toronto, Detroit, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Thunder Bay.