List of satellite cities by population explained

The following is a list of the largest satellite cities worldwide, with over 500,000 people. A satellite city is defined as subordinate to a central city in a business or infrastructure sense, and it may or may not have more population than the central city due to arbitrary municipal definitions.

Excluded are transborder agglomerations. In the Pop date column, C stands for census, P for provisional result, E for estimate. Although the list is ordered by population for ease of reference, the figures are not comparable with each other due to different dates and lack of updates by respective countries.

Satellite cities by population

RankCityPopulationPop dateMetropolitan areaNation
1 Giza (informal) 5,094,000 2017C [1]
2 New Taipei City (agglo) 3,979,208 2016E [2]
3 3,778,7182020C [3]
4 Ekurhuleni (agglo) 3,379,104 2016E [4]
5 3,209,295 2019E [5]
6 2,960,048 2020C [6]
7 2,714,800 2015E [7]
8 Gazipur2,677,0002022CGreater Dhaka[8]
9 2,358,525 2011C
10 2,147,763 2016E
11 2,106,1002014E
12 2,047,105 2015E Greater Jakarta[9]
13 1,849,659 2008C [10]
14 1,837,774 2022C [11]
15 1,818,872 2011C
16 Narayanganj1,771,0002022CGreater Dhaka
17 1,729,359 2011C
18 1,661,583 2920C
19 1,645,352 2020C [12]
20 1,616,267 2017C [13]
21 1,592,492 2016C [14]
22 1,543,209 2015E
23 1,539,081 2020C
24 1,527,022 2020C
25 1,514,085 2011C
26 1,476,491 2020C
27 1,404,653 2011C
28 1,382,854 2014C [15]
29 1,379,182 2019E [16]
30 1,324,591 2020C
32 1,270,000 2015C [17]
33 1,246,381 2011C
34 1,235,022 2016E
48 1,226,143 2020E
35 1,221,223 2011C
37 1,168,469 2019E
38 1,151,206 2022E
39 1,119,477 2011C
40 1,080,133 2016E
41 1,077,208 2020C
42 1,072,161 2011C [18]
43 1,078,859 2019E
44 1,078,591 2019E
45 1,055,404 2019C [19]
45 1,047,900 2015E Greater Jakarta
47 1,010,315 2015E [20]
48 1,012,211 2008C
49 975,210 2020C
50 960,342 2019E
51 943,558 2019E [21]
52 929,446 2022CP
53 911,274 2014E
54 891,952 2019E Santo Domingo [22]
55 890,403 2014C Rabat [23]
56 887,399 2020C
57 886,722 2020C
58 855,685 2019E
59 855,949 2019E
60 853,714 2019E
61 838,936 2015E
62 834,434 2020C
63 826,447 2020C
64 826,700 2023E [24]
65 818,197 2010C [25]
66 816,015 2015E [26]
67 814,655 2011C
68 821,128 2019E
69 803,159 2020C
70 795,522 2010C
71 782,799 2022CP
72 777,048 2022CP
73 776,640 2022CP
74 772,618 2022C [27]
75 770,367 2016C[28]
76 707,385 2019E
77 750,057 2011C
78 744,062 2010C
79 727,750 2020C
80 725,302 2017E
81 733,445 2016E
82 721,599 2016C [29] [30]
83 714,978 2020C
84 711,329 2011C
85 714,978 2020C
86 709,307 2019E
87 708,296 2010C
88 705,153 2020C
89 703,131 2020C
90 699,367 2020C Samara-Tolyatti-Syzran metropolitan area
91 698,418 2022C [31]
92 702,298 2019E
93 687,127 2020C
94 672,202 2020C
95 691,900 2023E
96 663,855 2019E
97 664,625 2020C
98 656,454 2020C
99 651,813 2020C
100650,000 2016E [32]

Satellite cities in China and Taiwan

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.

RankCityPopulationPop dateTypeIncludesMetropolitan areaProvince/province-level municipality
1 2,054,703[33] 2010C County-level city within Jieyang entire city (Chinese: 县级市) Guangdong
2 1,899,394 2010C urban districts (Chinese: 市辖区) Guangdong
3 1,097,615 2010C County within Jieyang entire county (Chinese: 县) Guangdong
4 Wanzhou District 859,662[34] 2010C non contiguous urban district single district (Chinese: 市辖区) Chongqing
5 Changshu City 929,124[35] 2010C County-level city within Suzhou Entire city (Chinese: 县级市) Jiangsu

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