Top 500 Cities in the World

This is based in part on my previous Top 450 Cities.  The biggest factor here is population, which probably overstates the importance of some poor cities, but estimated GDP is also taken into account. The skyline rating is also taken into account.  The number following the city is the number of points it has based on a complicated formula.

1 Tokyo Japan 3393
2 New York, US 3090
3 Seoul-Incheon South Korea 2599
4 Los Angeles US 2593
5 London UK 2549
6 Paris France 2448
7 Shanghai China 2358
8 Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Japan 2354
9 Chicago US 2332
10 Moscow Russia 2308
11 Sao Paolo Brazil 2300
12 Guangzhou-Foshan China 2246
13 Beijing China 2229
14 Hong Kong China 2160
15 Houston US 2138
16 Mexico City, Mexico 2123
17 Singapore Singapore 2111
18 Washington DC US 2093
19 Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX US 2085
20 Buenos Aires Argentina 2068
21 Istanbul Turkey 2037
22 Shenzhen China 2034
23 San Francisco/San Jose US 2015
24 Toronto Canada 2010
25 Sydney Australia 2005
26 Tianjin China 1997
27 Rhine-Ruhr Germany 1974 
28 Boston US 1972 
29 Philadelphia US 1970 
30 Taipei Taiwan 1968 
31 Bangkok Thailand 1962 
32 Miami US 1948 
33 Nagoya Japan 1946 
34 Chongqing China 1945 
35 Atlanta, GA US 1938 
36 Melbourne Australia 1935 
37 Mumbai India 1902 
38 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1899 
39 Jakarta Indonesia 1884 
40 Madrid Spain 1858 
41 Randstad (Amsterdam-Rotterdam) Netherlands 1847 
42 Milan Italy 1835 
43 Busan South Korea 1793 
44 Delhi India 1791 
45 Hangzhou China 1760 
46 Chengdu China 1752 
47 Suzhou China 1740 
48 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1731 
49 Manila, Philippines 1727 
50 Kuwait City Kuwait 1722 
51 Qingdao China 1715 
52 Santiago Chile 1711 
53 Barcelona Spain 1693 
54 Wuhan China 1692 
55 Dalian China 1688 
56 Montreal Canada 1685 
57 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 1678 
58 Dubai/Sharjah UAE 1668 
59 Lima Peru 1665 
60 Frankfurt Germany 1664 
61 Berlin Germany 1659 
62 Tel Aviv/Jaffa Israel 1658 
63 Nanjing China 1655 
64 Rome Italy 1637 
65 Seattle US 1629 
66 Phoenix US 1615 
67 Shenyang China 1585 
68 Tehran Iran 1577 
69 Fukuoka Japan 1575 
70 Cairo Egypt 1570 
71 St Petersburg Russia 1564 
72 Wuxi China 1562 
73 Johannesburg South Africa 1554 
74 Monterrey Mexico 1553 
75 Athens Greece 1552 
76 Detroit, MI US 1542 
77 San Diego US 1532 
78 Karachi Pakistan 1521 
79 Belo Horizonte Brazil 1519 
80 Lisbon Portugal 1516 
81 Vienna Austria 1513 
82 Dongguan China 1511 
83 Minneapolis/St. Paul US 1496 
84 Birmingham UK 1495 
85 Bogota Colombia 1487 
86 Dhaka Bangladesh 1485
87 Hamburg Germany 1484 
88 Brussels Belgium 1483 
89 Bangalore India 1479 
90 Kolkota India 1479 
91 Jiddah (Jeddah) Saudi Arabia 1474 
92 Ankara Turkey 1472 
93 Denver US 1455 
94 Chennai India 1454 
95 Ho Chi Min City Vietnam 1448 
96 Lagos Nigeria 1448 
97 Hyderabad India 1438 
98 Stockholm Sweden 1436
 99 Brasilia Brazil 1431 
100 Ningbo China 1429 
101 Naples Italy 1427 
102 Cape Town South Africa 1417 
103 Harbin China 1414 
104 Xi'an (Xian) China 1402
105 Jinan China 1400
106 Tampa/St. Petersburg US 1398
107 Vancouver Canada 1396
108 Ahmedabad India 1395
109 Changsha China 1390
110 Baltimore US 1387
111 Recife Brazil 1385
112 Warsaw Poland 1385
113 Brisbane Australia 1384
114 Sapporo Japan 1384
115 Porto Alegre Brazil 1373
116 Guadalajara Mexico 1369
117 Copenhagen Denmark 1366
118 Xiamen China 1366
119 Hefei China 1364
120 Pune India 1363
121 Curitiba Brazil 1362
122 St Louis US 1362
123 Fuzhou China 1355
124 Salvador Brazil 1347
125 Portland, OR US 1344
126 Luanda Angola 1342
127 Caracas Venezuela 1336
128 Durban South Africa 1328
129 Budapest Hungary 1327
130 Bandung Indonesia 1326
131 Changzhou China 1326
132 Abu Dhabi UAE 1325
133 Munich Germany 1323
134 Nairobi Kenya 1321
135 Medellin Colombia 1319
136 Fortaleza Brazil 1317
137 Las Vegas US 1317
138 Alexandria Egypt 1316
139 Kaohsiung City Taiwan 1313
140 Surabaya Indonesia 1303
141 Lahore Pakistan 1296
142 Orlando US 1295
143 Pittsburgh US 1287
144 Cleveland US 1286
145 Kinshasa DR Congo 1285
146 Panama City Panama 1285
147 Manchester UK 1282
148 Perth Australia 1271
149 Dublin Ireland 1269
150 Zhengzhou China 1269
151 Changchun China 1268
152 Sacramento US 1257
153 Baghdad Iraq 1255
154 Cincinnati, OH US 1252
155 Kiyev (Kiev) Ukraine 1244
156 Khartoum Sudan 1241
157 Jiangmen (near Guangzhou) China 1233
158 Surat India 1227
159 San Antonio, TX US 1226
160 Taiyuan China 1222
161 Taichung Taiwan 1217
162 Yangon (Rangoon) Myanmar 1217
163 Indianapolis US 1216
164 Kansas City US 1216
165 Algiers Algeria 1204
166 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 1202
167 Abidjan Ivory Coast 1200
168 Kunming China 1196
169 Accra Ghana 1191
170 Daegu South Korea 1190
171 Quanzhou China 1189
172 Casablanca Morocco 1187
173 Mecca Saudi Arabia 1186
174 Charlotte, NC US 1180
175 Leeds (West Yorkshire) UK 1179
176 Oslo Norway 1178
177 Shijiazhuang China 1176
178 Bucharest Romania 1170
179 Tangshan China 1170
180 Izmir Turkey 1168
181 Katowice Poland 1168
182 Columbus, OH US 1167
183 Austin, TX US 1165
184 Hanoi Vietnam 1164
185 Wenzhou China 1158
186 Kano Nigeria 1155
187 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 1153
188 Beirut Lebanon 1150
189 Nanchang China 1150
190 Virginia Beach/Norfolk, VA US 1150
191 Doha Qatar 1147
192 Abuja Nigeria 1145
193 Chittagong Bangladesh 1141
194 Milwaukee US 1139
195 Faisalabad Pakistan 1137
196 Aleppo Syria 1136
197 Kabul Afghanistan 1135
198 Campinas Brazil 1133
199 Jaipur India 1133
200 Rawalpindi-Islamabad Pakistan 1133
201 Kanpur India 1129
202 Dakar Senegal 1128
203 Nanning China 1122
204 Zhongshan China 1118
205 Lucknow India 1113
206 Mashdad (Mashhad) Iran 1112
207 Shantou China 1111
208 Damascus Syria 1106
209 Zurich Switzerland 1105
210 Lyon France 1103
211 Pretoria South Africa 1103
212 Ibadan Nigeria 1102
213 Prague Czech Republic 1101
214 Amman Jordan 1099
215 Puebla Mexico 1098
216 Almaty Kazakhstan 1091
217 Cali Colombia 1091
218 Colombo Sri Lanka 1087
219 Stuttgart Germany 1086
220 Pyongyang North Korea 1084
221 Salt Lake City, UT US 1083
222 Urumqi China 1083
223 Calgary Canada 1078
224 Guiyang China 1078
225 Auckland New Zealand 1068
226 Tunis Tunisia 1068
227 Nagpur India 1066
228 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 1061
229 Douala Cameroon 1057
230 Lanzhou China 1055
231 Medan Indonesia 1055
232 Guayaquil Ecuador 1053
233 Turin Italy 1053
234 Kumasi Ghana 1052
235 Xuzhou China 1052
236 Montevideo Uruguay 1045
237 Sana (Sana'a) Yemen 1043
238 Helsinki Finland 1042
239 Hyderabad Pakistan 1041
240 Yaounde (Yaoundé) Cameron 1040
241 Tashkent Uzbekistan 1030
242 Ordos City, Mongolia China 1027
243 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1027
244 Baku Azerbaijan 1026
245 Maputo Mozambique 1019
246 Raleigh, NC US 1018
247 Bamako Mali 1017
248 Nashville, TN US 1017
249 Cebu Philippines 1016
250 Minsk Belarus 1007
251 Ascunsion (Asunción) Paraguay 1004
252 Haikou China 1004
253 Indore India 1002
254 Hohhot China 1000
255 Glasgow, Scotland UK 998
256 Coimbatore India 994
257 Hartford, CT/Springfield, MA US 992
258 Esfahan (Isfahan) Iran 991
259 San Juan, PR US 991
260 Maracaibo Venezuela 986
261 Patna India 985
262 Belem (Belém) Brazil 982
263 Valencia Venezuela 978
264 Goiania (Goiânia) Brazil 977
265 Zhuhai China 974
266 Havana Cuba 973
267 Antananarivo (Tananarive) Madagascar 970
268 Quito Ecuador 970
269 Harrare (Harare) Zimbabwe 961
270 New Orleans, LA US 961
271 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 954
272 Handan China 952
273 Bhopal India 951
274 Gujranwala Pakistan 950
275 Manaus Brazil 942
276 Honolulu US 940
277 Barranquilla Colombia 939
278 Raipur, India 939
279 Baotou China 932
280 Kitakyushu Japan 931
281 Providence RI US 926
282 Tripoli Libya 926
283 La Paz Bolivia 925
284 Kampala Uganda 924
285 Rabat Morocco 923
286 Zibo China 919
287 Yekaterinburg (Ekaterinburg) Russia 918
288 Toluca Mexico 917
289 Lusaka Zambia 911
290 Jacksonville, FL US 906
291 Tijuana Mexico 904
292 Agra India 901
293 Memphis, TN US 901
294 San Jose Costa Rica 899
295 Conakry Guinea 898
296 Santa Cruz Bolivia 896
297 San Salvador El Salvador 894
298 Leon Mexico 891
299 Anshan China 890
300 Penang Malaysia 884
301 Marseille France 882
302 Brazzaville Rep. Congo 879
303 Phhom Pehn (Phnom Penh) Cambodia 878
304 Adelaide Australia 874
305 Jilin China 871
306 Hiroshima Japan 867
307 Kalyan, India 866
308 Weifang Guatemala 864
309 Yerevan Armenia 864
310 Sofia Bulgaria 863
311 Huizhou China 858
312 Novosibersk (Novosibirsk) Russia 847
313 Daejeon South Korea 844
314 Johor-Bharu (Iskandar) Malaysia 842
315 Krakow Poland 841
316 Luoyang China 841
317 Yinchuan China 841
318 Ottawa Canada 835
319 Richmond, VA US 833
320 Zhangjiaggang-Jiangyin China 833
321 Louisville, KY US 830
322 Rosario Argentina 830
323 Guangju (Gwangju) South Korea 826
324 Kharkov Ukraine 826
325 Kochi India 821
326 Chaoyang-Chaonan China 819
327 Sendai Japan 819
328 Torreon Mexico 816
329 Yantai China 816
330 Weifang China 815
331 Ulaanbaatar (Ulan Bator) Mongolia 814
332 Belgrade Serbia 806
333 Linyi China 804
334 Kozhikode (Calicut) India 803
335 Nizhni Novgorod Russia 799
336 Shaoxing China 798
337 Tblisi (Tbilisi) Georgia 792
338 Port Harcourt Nigeria 791
339 Cuidad Juarez Mexico 786
340 Kathmandu Nepal 782
341 Vadodara India 780
342 Multan Pakistan 777
343 Lome Togo 776
344 Porto Portugal 775
345 Oklahoma City US 772
346 Yangzhou China 772
347 Tainan Taiwan 769
348 Geneva-Lausanne Switzerland 768
349 Huaiyin, JS China 767
350 Thrissur India 766
351 Semarang Indonesia 764
352 Qiqihar China 761
353 Thiruvananthapuram India 759
354 Visakhpatnam India 759
355 Santos Brazil 755
356 Liuzhou China 754
357 Bursa Turkey 753
358 Buffalo, NY US 751
359 Huainan, AH China 749
360 Shiraz Iran 748
361 Malappuram India 747
362 Lumumbashi DR Congo 746
363 Ludhiana India 742
364 Vittoria Brazil 740
365 Macau China 736
366 Tabriz Iran 736
367 Kannur India 734
368 Chandigarh India 731
369 Mogadishu Somalia 731
370 Nashik India 730
371 Nuremberg (Nurnberg) Germany 724
372 Datong China 722
373 Kaduna Nigeria 721
374 Cordoba Argentina 720
375 Peshawar Pakistan 720
376 Ulsan South Korea 720
377 Makassar Indonesia 718
378 Damman (Dammam) Saudi Arabia 716
379 Kunshan China 716
380 Queretero Mexico 716
381 Mosul Iraq 711
382 Zagreb Croatia 711
383 Vijayawada India 709
384 Jerusalem Israel 708
385 Muscat Oman 705
386 Palembang Indonesia 704
387 Adana Turkey 699
388 Varanasi India 699
389 Davao Philippines 698
390 Madurai India 697
391 Meerut India 697
392 Rajkot India 695
393 Merida Mexico 693
393 Tegucigalpa Honduras 691
394 Xining China 690
395 Edmonton, AB Canada 689
396 Benin Nigeria 688
397 Fushun China 688
398 Natal Brazil 688
399 Hannover Germany 686
400 Samara Russia 681
401 San Luis Potosi Mexico 680
402 Birmingham, AL US 678
403 Mjubi Mayi (Bakwanga) DR Congo 678
404 Sao Luis Brazil 678
405 Valencia Spain 678
406 Baoding China 677
407 Srinigar India 676
408 Gold Coast City Australia 675
409 Jabalpur India 675
410 Jamshedpur India 675
411 Lille France 674
412 Asansol India 673
413 Volgograd Russia 668
414 Yogyakarta Indonesia 664
415 Xiangyang China 660
416 Allahabad India 659
417 Rostov-on-Don Russia 659
418 Barquisimeto Venezuela 658
419 Omaha, NE US 654
420 Dhanbad India 648
421 Aurangabad India 645
422 Ahvaz Iran 644
423 Amritsar India 643
424 El Paso TX US 640
425 Freetown Sierra Leone 637
426 Maceio Brazil 636
427 Wuhi China 634
428 Managua Nicaragua 633
429 Gaziantep Turkey 632
430 Ufa Russia 631
431 Hamamatsu Japan 629
432 Zhangzhou China 628
433 Niamey Niger 627
434 Joao Pessoa Brazil 626
435 Anyang China 625
436 Rochester, NY US 625
437 Jodhpur India 624
438 Tucson, AZ US 624
439 Riga Latvia 624
440 Khulna Bangladesh 621
441 Ranchi India 620
442 Huambo Angola 618
443 Medina Saudi Arabia 617
444 Durg-Bhilainagar (Bhilai) India 616
445 Putian China 615
446 Omsk Russia 614
447 Vasai-Virar India 613
448 Cartagena Colombia 613
449 Gwalior India 612
450 Zhangjaikou China 610
451 Kingston Jamaica 610
452 Chelyabinsk Russia 609
453 Kazan Russia 609
454 Bucaramanga Colombia 607
455 Maracay Venezuela 606
456 Zhuzhou China 606
457 Fez Morocco 605
458 Haifa Israel 602
459 Liverpool UK 598
460 Kollam India 598
461 Mandalay Myanmar 597
462 Joinville Brazil 596
463 Nay Pyi Taw Myanmar 595
464 Florianopolis Brazil 593
465 Chifeng China 592
466 Jiamusi China 591
467 Tulsa OK US 585
468 Kigali Rwanda 581
469 Erbil Iraq 581
470 Port Elizabeth South Africa 579
471 Manama Bahrain 578
472 Bishkek Kyrgyzstan 577
473 Jiaxing China 574
474 Albuquerque, NM US 573
475 Nantong China 570
476 Xiangtan China 559
477 Nice France 558
478 Monaco 557
479 Monrovia Liberia 554
480 Zhenjiang China 547
481 Donetsk Ukraine 540
482 Weihai (Weihei) China 533
483 Gaza Palestinian Territories 532
484 Seville (Sevilla) Spain 529
485 McAllen TX US 516
486 Padang Indonesia 516
487 Antalya Turkey 510
488 Puning China 509
489 Florence Italy 501
490 Fresno, CA US 489
491 Astana Kazakhstan 481
492 Vilnius Lithuania 470
493 Sheffield UK 459
494 Strasbourg France 454
495 Edinburgh, Scotland UK 451
496 Bilboa Spain 436
497 Colorado Springs US 423
498 Ashgabad (Ashgabat) Turkmenistan 421
499 Acapulco Mexico 411
500 Mannheim Germany 409