Largest cities in the world and their mayors in 2011 (M-R) (original) (raw)
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world and their mayors Cities listed in alphabetical order M to R
The tables list cities in alphabetical order. They provide city and metro population date. The column ‘mayor’ names the men and women who are carry out political and executive functions. They include elected and appointed mayors, city governors and executive city council leaders. Capital letters denote national capital cities.
The research was carried out in 2010 and 2011. For the population data City Mayors consulted numerous national and international sources and in cases of large statistical inconsistencies elected to publish cautious averages. Readers and scholars are invited to inform of any discrepancies and/or provide missing facts and figures. The data is updated monthly. Please insert ‘Largest cities 2011’ in the subject line of any email.
2017 UPDATE Introduction
TABLES:
By size of cities: 1 to 150 | 151 to 300 | 301 to 450 | 451 to 600 |
City by city: A to D | E to L | M to R | S to Z |
Country by country: A to D | E to L | M to R | S to Z |
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Largest cities and their mayors in 2011 (M to R)
NB Metro population figures for China are often those of their prefectures; n/r = not ranked
| World rank | City | Country | City population | Metro population | Mayor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/r | MacAllen | USA | 110,000 | 1,058,000 | n/k |
| 437 | Maceio | Brazil | 922,000 | 1,100,000 | José Cícero Soares de Almeida |
| 152 | Macheng | China | 1,880,000 | n/k | |
| 73 | MADRID | Spain | 3,213,000 | 5,300,000 | Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón |
| 355 | Madurai | India | 1,130,000 | Thenmozhi Gopinathan | |
| n/r | Magdeburg | Germany | 230,000 | Lutz Trümper | |
| 324 | Maiduguri | Nigeria | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | n/k |
| 360 | Makasar | Indonesia | 1,113,000 | Ilham Arief Sirajuddin | |
| 523 | Malang | Indonesia | 742,000 | 921,000 | n/k |
| n/r | Malmo | Sweden | 244,000 | 1,340,000 | Ilmar Reepalu |
| 332 | MANAGUA | Nicaragua | 1,185,000 | 1,342,000 | Daisy Torres |
| 173 | Manaus | Brazil | 1,739,000 | 1,924,000 | Amazonino Mendes |
| n/r | Manchester | UK | 464,000 | 2,240,230 | Mavis Smitheman |
| 425 | Mandalay | Myanmar (Burma) | 961,000 | 1,300,000 | Phone Zaw Han |
| 7 | MANILA METRO | Philippines | 11,550,000 | 13,503,000 | Alfredo S Lim |
| n/r | Mannheim | Germany | 311,000 | 1,456,000 | Peter Kurz |
| 313 | MAPUTO | Mozambique | 1,244,000 | 1,640,000 | David Simango |
| 164 | Maracaibo | Venezuela | 1,799,000 | 1,868,000 | Eveling Trejo |
| n/r | Maracay | Venezuela | 479,000 | 1,125,000 | Humberto Prieto |
| 380 | Marrakech | Morocco | 1,071,000 | n/k | |
| 464 | Marseille | France | 852,000 | 1,605,000 | Jean-Claude Gaudin |
| 81 | Mashhad | Iran | 2,910,000 | 3,000,000 | Mohammad Pejman |
| 511 | Masqat-Matrah | Oman | 776,000 | 776,000 | n/k |
| n/r | Matamoros | Mexico | 370,000 | 780,000 | n/k |
| n/r | Mataram | Indonesia | 330,000 | 1,081,000 | n/k |
| 444 | Mbuji-Mayi | Congo D.R. | 905,000 | 1,054,000 | n/k |
| 177 | Mecca | Saudi Arabia | 1,700,000 | 2,500,000 | Osama Al-Bar |
| 141 | Medan | Indonesia | 1,990,000 | 2,390,000 | Rahudman Harahap |
| 128 | Medellin | Colombia | 2,223,000 | 3,312,000 | Alonso Salazar Jaramillo |
| 291 | Medina | Saudi Arabia | 1,300,000 | 1,300,000 | Abdulaziz Bin Majid |
| 306 | Meerut | India | 1,277,000 | n/k | |
| 61 | Melbourne | Australia | 3,635,000 | 3,3635,000 | Robert Doyle |
| 555 | Memphis | USA | 670,000 | 1,281,000 | AC Wharton |
| n/r | Mendoza | Argentina | 113,000 | 849,000 | Víctor Fayad |
| 525 | Merida | Mexico | 734,000 | 890,000 | César Bojórquez Zapata |
| 411 | Mexicali | Mexico | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | n/k |
| 14 | MEXICO CITY | Mexico | 8,841,000 | 21,163,000 | Miguel Angel Mancera |
| n/r | Miami | USA | 386,000 | 5,413,000 | Tomás Regalado |
| 292 | Mianyang | China | 1,300,000 | 5,200,000 | Liu Dong |
| 289 | Milan | Italy | 1,302,000 | 4,051,000 | Giuliano Pisapia |
| 569 | Milwaukee | USA | 604,000 | 1,740,000 | Tom Barrett |
| n/r | Minneapolis | USA | 392,000 | 3,503,000 | R T Rybak |
| 155 | MINSK | Belarus | 1,831,000 | Nikolai Ladutko | |
| 370 | Mirat | India | 1,095,000 | 1,095,000 | n/k |
| 218 | MOGADISHU | Somalia | 1,500,000 | 2,500,000 | Mohamud Ahmed Tarzan |
| 458 | Mombasa | Kenia | 880,000 | Ahmed Abubakar Mohdhar | |
| 594 | MONROVIA | Liberia | 543,000 | 1,010,000 | Ophelia Hoff Saytumah |
| 137 | Monterrey | Mexico | 2,057,000 | 3,650,000 | Fernando Larrazabal |
| 285 | MONTEVIDEO | Uruguay | 1,326,000 | 1,723,000 | Ana Olivera |
| n/r | Montpellier | France | 252,000 | Hélène Mandroux-Colas | |
| 189 | Montreal | Canada | 1,621,000 | 3,636,000 | Gérald Tremblay |
| 10 | MOSCOW | Russia | 10,524,000 | 14,800,000 | Sergei Sobyanin |
| 348 | Mosul | Iraq | 1,139,000 | 1,139,000 | n/k |
| 402 | Mudanjiang | China | 1,014,000 | 2,707,000 | n/k |
| 243 | Multan | Pakistan | 1,424,000 | 1,500,000 | Mian Faisal Mukhtar |
| 3 | Mumbai (Bombay) | India | 13,900,000 | 21,200,000 | Shraddha Jadhav |
| 271 | Munich | Germany | 1,367,000 | 2,600,000 | Christian Ude |
| n/r | Münster | Germany | 274,000 | Markus Lewe | |
| 501 | Mysore | India | 799,000 | Purushotham | |
| 125 | Nagoya | Japan | 2,260,000 | 9,250,000 | Takashi Kawamura |
| 117 | Nagpur | India | 2,420,000 | Archana Dehankar | |
| 74 | NAIROBI | Kenya | 3,130,000 | 3,300,000 | Geoffrey Majiwa |
| 224 | Nanan | China | 1,480,000 | Chen Law | |
| 154 | Nanchang | China | 1,844,000 | 3.790,000 | Hu Xian |
| 144 | Nanchong | China | 1,950,000 | 7,300,000 | Liu Hongjian |
| 51 | Nanjing | China | 4,150,000 | 7,600,000 | Ji Jianye |
| 115 | Nanning | China | 2,450,000 | 6,480,000 | Huang Fangfang |
| n/r | Nantes | France | 283,000 | 804,000 | Jean-Marc Ayrault |
| 500 | Nanyang | China | 800,000 | 10,700,000 | Huang Xingwei |
| 423 | Naples | Italy | 963,000 | 3,000,000 | Luigi di Magistris |
| 190 | Nashik | India | 1,620,000 | Nayana Gholap | |
| 565 | Nashville | USA | 626,000 | 1,633,000 | Karl Dean |
| 503 | Natal | Brazil | 790,000 | 1,100,000 | n/k |
| 478 | Naucalpan | Mexico | 822,000 | 835,000 | Azucena Olivares Villagómez |
| 201 | Neijiang | China | 1,560,000 | n/k | |
| n/r | New Orleans | USA | 488,000 | 1,350,000 | Mitch Landrieu |
| 17 | New York City | USA | 8,364,000 | 20,090,000 | Michael Bloomberg |
| n/r | Newcastle upon Tyne | UK | 234,000 | 800,000 | n/k |
| 346 | Nezahualcoyotl | Mexico | 1,141,000 | 1,150,000 | Edgar Cesáreo Navarro Sánchez |
| n/r | Nice | France | 347,000 | 943,000 | Christian Estrosi |
| 486 | Niigata | Japan | 812,000 | Akira Shinoda | |
| 130 | Ningbo | China | 2,201,000 | 5,600,000 | Mao Guanglie |
| 304 | Nizhniy Novgorod | Russia | 1,280,000 | 1,900,000 | Vadim Bulavinov |
| 466 | Norfolk | USA | 850,000 | 1,616,000 | Paul D Fraim |
| 469 | Nova Iguacu | Brazil | 846,000 | 959,000 | Lindberg Farias |
| 258 | Novosibirsk | Russia | 1,396,000 | 1,429,000 | Vladimir Gorodetsky |
| n/r | Nuremberg | Germany | 504,000 | 1,008,000 | Ulrich Maly |
| n/r | Oakland | USA | 446,900 | Jean Quan | |
| n/r | Oberhausen | Germany | 216,000 | Klaus Wehling | |
| 377 | Odessa | Ukraine | 1,080,000 | 1,200,000 | Eduard Gurwits |
| 527 | Ogbomosho | Nigeria | 726,000 | 985,000 | n/k |
| 539 | Okayama | Japan | 700,000 | 1,250,000 | Shigeo Takaya |
| n/r | Okinawa | Japan | 129,000 | Kita Kurose | |
| 588 | Oklahoma City | USA | 551,000 | 1,276,000 | Mick Cornett |
| 118 | Omdurman | Sudan | 2,400,000 | Al-Fatih Az-ddin | |
| 350 | Omsk | Russia | 1,137,000 | 1,145,000 | Viktor Shreyder |
| n/r | Onitsha | Nigeria | 509,000 | 1,001,000 | n/k |
| 547 | Oran | Algeria | 683,000 | 772,000 | Saddek Benkada |
| n/r | Orlando | USA | 231,000 | 2,055,000 | Buddy Dyer |
| 95 | Osaka | Japan | 2,647,000 | 17,590,000 | Toru Hashimoto |
| n/r | Osh | Kyrgyztan | 230,000 | Melis Myrzakmatov | |
| n/r | Oshogbo | Nigeria | 421,000 | 1,309,000 | n/k |
| 575 | OSLO | Norway | 584,000 | 876,000 | Fabian Stang |
| 483 | OTTAWA | Canada | 815,000 | 1,131,000 | Larry O'Brien |
| 225 | OUAGADOUGOU | Burkina Faso | 1,475,000 | 1,727,000 | Simon Compaoré |
| 481 | Padang | Indonesia | 820,000 | 900,000 | Fauzi Bahar |
| 195 | Palembang | Indonesia | 1,600,000 | Eddy Santana Putra | |
| 546 | Palermo | Italy | 684,000 | 947,000 | Leoluca Orlando |
| 467 | PANAMA CITY | Panama | 850,000 | 1,220,000 | Bosco Vallarino |
| n/r | Panzhihua | China | 478,000 | 771,000 | n/k |
| 133 | PARIS | France | 2,113,000 | 11,769,000 | Bertrand Delanoë |
| 160 | Patna | India | 1,800,000 | 2,500,000 | GhanShyam Kumar |
| 404 | Perm | Russia | 1,010,000 | 1,200,000 | Igor Shubin |
| 193 | Perth | Australia | 1,603,000 | Lisa Scaffidi | |
| 367 | Peshawar | Pakistan | 1,100,000 | 3,100,000 | Muhammad Umar Khan |
| 205 | Philadelphia | USA | 1,540,000 | 5,345,000 | Michael Nutter |
| 314 | PHNOM PENH | Cambodia | 1,242,000 | 2,001,000 | Keb Chutema |
| 199 | Phoenix | USA | 1,568,000 | 4,282,000 | Phil Gordon |
| 325 | Pikine-Guediawaye | Senegal | 1,200,000 | n/k | |
| 213 | Pimpri Chinchwad | India | 1,515,000 | Yogesh Behl | |
| 316 | Pingdingshan | China | 1,230,000 | 5,200,000 | Deng Yongjian |
| 281 | Pingdu | China | 1,340,000 | n/k | |
| n/r | Pittsburgh | USA | 335,000 | 2,411,000 | Luke Ravenstahl |
| n/r | Pointe Noire | Congo Br | 527,000 | 789,000 | n/k |
| 471 | Port Elizabeth | South Africa | 833,000 | 1,245,000 | Nondumiso Maphasi |
| 94 | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 2,667,000 | 3,761,000 | Azubuike Nmerukini |
| 376 | PORT-AU-PRINCE | Haiti | 1,083,000 | 1,728,000 | Jean Yves Jason |
| 596 | Portland | USA | 542,000 | 2,255,000 | Sam Adams |
| n/r | Porto | Portugal | 263,000 | 1,210,000 | Rui Rio |
| 273 | Porto Alegre | Brazil | 1,355,000 | 3,646,000 | José Fortunati |
| 315 | PRAGUE | Czech Republic | 1,242,000 | 1,900,000 | Zdenek Tuma |
| 150 | Puebla | Mexico | 1,888,000 | 2,500,000 | Blanca Alcala Ruiz |
| 71 | Pune | India | 3,337,000 | 4,470,000 | Mohansingh Rajpal |
| 72 | PYONGYANG | North Korea | 3,255,000 | 3,400,000 | n/k |
| 330 | Qianjiang | China | 1,190,000 | n/k | |
| 342 | Qidong | China | 1,160,000 | n/k | |
| 88 | Qingdao | China | 2,755,000 | 7,580,000 | Xia Geng |
| 240 | Qiqihaer | China | 1,439,000 | 6,011,000 | Liu Gang |
| 393 | Qom | Iran | 1,042,000 | n/k | |
| 220 | Quanzhou | China | 1,490,000 | 7,790,000 | Zhu Ming |
| n/r | Québec | Canada | 495,000 | 717,000 | Régis Labeaume |
| 92 | Quezon City | Philippines | 2,680,000 | Herbert M Bautis | |
| 187 | QUITO | Ecuador | 1,648,000 | 1,842,000 | Augusto Barrera |
| 564 | RABAT | Morocco | 627,000 | 1,790,000 | Omar El Bahraoui |
| 283 | Rajkot | India | 1,336,000 | Sandhya Vyas | |
| n/r | Raleigh | USA | 393,000 | 1,691,000 | Charles Meeker |
| 298 | Ranchi | India | 1,290,000 | Rama Khalkho | |
| 202 | Rawalpindi | Pakistan | 1,558,000 | 2,548,000 | Raja Hamid Nawaz |
| 200 | Recife | Brazil | 1,561,000 | 3,769,000 | João da Costa Bezerra Filho |
| n/r | Rennes | France | 206,000 | Daniel Delaveau | |
| 591 | Ribeirao Preto | Brazil | 547,000 | 789,000 | Dárcy Vera |
| n/r | Richmond | USA | 200,000 | 1,213,000 | Dwight Clinton Jones |
| 528 | RIGA | Latvia | 725,000 | 878,000 | Nils Usakovs |
| 31 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 6,093,000 | 14,387,000 | Eduardo Paes |
| 40 | RIYADH | Saudi Arabia | 4,950,000 | 5,855,000 | Abdul Aziz ibn 'Ayyaf Al Migrin |
| 299 | Rizhao | China | 1,290,000 | Zhao Xiaowei | |
| n/r | Rochester | USA | 220,000 | 1,100,000 | n/k |
| 90 | ROME | Italy | 2,732,000 | 3,555,000 | Gianni Alemanno |
| 343 | Rosario | Argentina | 1,160,000 | 1,358,000 | Miguel Lifschitz |
| n/r | Rostock | Germany | 201,000 | Roland Methling | |
| 382 | Rostov on Don | Russia | 1,068,000 | 1,250,000 | Mikhail Chernyshyov |
| 572 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 590,000 | 1,187,000 | Ahmed Aboutaleb |
| 232 | Rugao | China | 1,453,000 | Ding Dawei | |
| 311 | Ruian | China | 1,250,000 | n/k |
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