List of satellite cities by population

• Satellite cities are generally suburbs or bedroom community 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.
• Taiwan municipalities Taichung, Taoyuan, New Taipei, Tainan and Kaohsiung are usually large in area as they merged with their respective surrounding suburb counties in December 2010, thus becoming direct-controlled municipalities.
• The city of Pretoria, South Africa has an exceedingly large area of 6,298 km², 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• Local data may be outdated for many of least-developed nations, and as such may not be comparable.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	3,733,975	2017E	Tokyo	Japan[3]
4	Ekurhuleni (agglo)	3,379,104	2016E	Johannesburg	South Africa[4]
5	Incheon	3,002,172	2016E	Seoul	South Korea[5]
6	Quezon City	2,936,116	2015C	Manila	Philippines[6]
7	Bekasi	2,714,800	2015E	Greater Jakarta	Indonesia[7]
8	Ghaziabad	2,358,525	2011C	Delhi NCR	India[8]
9	Taoyuan	2,147,763	2016E	Taipei	Taiwan[2]
10	La Matanza	2,136,695	2017P	Buenos Aires	Argentina[9]
11	Depok	2,106,100	2014E	Greater Jakarta	Indonesia[7]
12	Tangerang	2,047,105	2015E	Greater Jakarta	Indonesia[10]
13	Omdurman	1,849,659	2008C	Khartoum	Sudan[11]
14	Thane	1,818,872	2011C	Mumbai Metropolitan Region	India[8]
15	Pimpri-Chinchwad	1,729,359	2011C	Pune	India[8]
16	Ecatepec de Morelos	1,685,806	2010C	Mexico City	Mexico[12]
17	Matola	1,616,267	2017C	Maputo	Mozambique[13]
18	Karaj	1,592,492	2016C	Greater Tehran	Iran[14]
19	Caloocan	1,583,978	2015C	Manila	Philippines[6]
20	Narayanganj	1,572,386	2012C	Greater Dhaka	Bangladesh
21	South Tangerang	1,543,209	2015E	Greater Jakarta	Indonesia[10]
22	Kobe City	1,533,923	2017E	Osaka	Japan[3]
23	Gurgaon	1,514,085	2011C	Delhi NCR	India[8]
24	Kawasaki	1,501,697	2017E	Tokyo	Japan[3]
25	Faridabad	1,404,653	2011C	Delhi/NCR	India[8]
26	Guarulhos	1,379,182	2019E	São Paulo	Brazil[15]
27	Saitama City	1,283,547	2017E	Tokyo	Japan[3]
28	Sharjah	1,270,000	2015C	Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area	United Arab Emirates[16]
28	Kalyan-Dombivali	1,246,381	2011C	Mumbai Metropolitan Region	India[8]
29	Suwon	1,231,224	2016E	Seoul	South Korea[5]
30	Vasai-Virar	1,221,223	2011C	Mumbai Metropolitan Region	India[8]
31	Ulsan	1,195,781	2016E	Busan-Ulsan	South Korea[5]
32	Gazipur	1,199,215	2011C	Greater Dhaka	Bangladesh
33	Zapopan	1,155,790	2010C	Guadalajara	Mexico[12]
34	Navi Mumbai	1,119,477	2011C	Mumbai Metropolitan Region	India[8]
35	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl	1,110,565	2010C	Mexico City	Mexico[12]
36	São Gonçalo	1,084,839	2019E	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil[15]
37	Changwon	1,080,133	2016E	Busan-Ulsan	South Korea[5]
38	Howrah	1,072,161	2011C	Kolkata	India[8]
39	Goyang	1,051,590	2016E	Seoul	South Korea[5]
40	Bogor	1,047,900	2015E	Greater Jakarta	Indonesia[7]
41	Shubra El-Kheima	1,016,722	2006C	Cairo	Egypt
42	Callao	1,010,315	2015E	Greater Lima	Peru[17]
43	Khartoum North	1,012,211	2008C	Khartoum	Sudan[11]
44	Yongin	1,008,012	2016E	Seoul	South Korea[5]
45	Seongnam	992,159	2016E	Seoul	South Korea[5]
46	Chiba City	974,943	2017E	Tokyo	Japan[3]
47	El Alto	912,206	2017E	Greater La Paz	Bolivia[18]
48	Hawalli	911,274	2014E	Kuwait City	Kuwait[19]
49	Santo Domingo Este	891,952	2017E	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic[20]
50	Salé	890,403	2014C	Rabat	Morocco[21]
51	Duque de Caxias	919,596	2019E	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil[15]
52	Bucheon	871,785	2016E	Seoul	South Korea[5]
53	Sakai	835,308	2017E	Osaka	Japan[3]
54	Naucalpan de Juárez	833,779	2010C	Mexico City	Mexico[12]
55	Seberang Perai	818,197	2010C	Penang	Malaysia[22]
55	São Bernardo do Campo	838,936	2015E	São Paulo	Brazil[15]
56	Farwaniya	816,015	2015E	Kuwait City	Kuwait[19]
57	Mira-Bhayander	814,655	2011C	Mumbai Metropolitan Region	India[8]
58	Nova Iguaçu	821,128	2019E	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil[15]
59	Taguig	804,915	2015C	Manila	Philippines[6]
60	Kajang	795,522	2010C	Greater Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia[22]
61	Antipolo	776,386	2015C	Manila	Philippines[6]
62	Hempstead	770,367	2016C	New York City	United States[23]
63	Soacha	753,548	2020P	Bogota	Colombia[24]
64	Ansan	744,356	2016E	Seoul	South Korea[5]
65	Pasig	755,300	2015C	Manila	Philippines[6]
66	Noida/Greater Noida	750,057	2011C	Delhi NCR	India[8]
67	Biên Hòa	749,000	2013E	Saigon	Vietnam[25]
68	Klang	744,062	2010C	Greater Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia[22]
69	Sagamihara	722,127	2017E	Tokyo	Japan[3]
70	Emfuleni	733,445	2016E	Johannesburg	South Africa[4]
71	Mississauga	721,599	2016C	Greater Toronto Area	Canada[26][27]
72	Bhiwandi	711,329	2011C	Mumbai Metropolitan Region	India[8]
73	Santo André	718,773	2019E	São Paulo	Brazil[15]
74	Subang Jaya	708,296	2010C	Greater Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia[22]
75	Jaboatão dos Guararapes	702,298	2019E	Recife	Brazil[15]
76	Tolyatti	699,367	2020C	Samara-Tolyatti-Syzran metropolitan area	Russia
77	Osasco	698,418	2019E	São Paulo	Brazil[15]
78	Soledad	665,021	2020P	Barranquilla	Colombia[24]
79	Contagem	663,855	2019E	Belo Horizonte	Brazil[15]
80	Gold Coast	650,000	2016E	Brisbane	Australia[28]
81	Puente Alto	645,909	2020P	Santiago	Chile[29]

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.