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The biggest cities in the world

The 100 biggest cities in the world by population, from Tokyo to Athens. Fly over each one in Skydex and tick it off: every city you visit counts towards the Top 10 / 50 / 100 achievements.

A city counts as visited after three minutes in the air inside its boundary.

31 pilots have visited at least one place on this list.

Top 10

Places 1 to 10. Visit all 10 to earn 5 Tridents.

  1. Tokyo, Japan: 35,676,000 people · 4 pilots visited · Fly here
  2. New York, United States of America: 19,040,000 people · 5 pilots visited · Fly here
  3. Mexico City, Mexico: 19,028,000 people · Fly here
  4. Mumbai, India: 18,978,000 people · 2 pilots visited · Fly here
  5. São Paulo, Brazil: 18,845,000 people · 2 pilots visited · Fly here
  6. Delhi, India: 15,926,000 people · Fly here
  7. Shanghai, China: 14,987,000 people · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
  8. Kolkata, India: 14,787,000 people · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
  9. Dhaka, Bangladesh: 12,797,394 people · Fly here
  10. Buenos Aires, Argentina: 12,795,000 people · 2 pilots visited · Fly here

Top 50

Places 11 to 50. Visit all 50 to earn 15 Tridents and the title Metropolitan.

  1. Los Angeles, United States of America: 12,500,000 people · 3 pilots visited · Fly here
  2. Karachi, Pakistan: 12,130,000 people · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
  3. Cairo, Egypt: 11,893,000 people · Fly here
  4. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 11,748,000 people · 2 pilots visited · Fly here
  5. Ōsaka, Japan: 11,294,000 people · Fly here
  6. Beijing, China: 11,106,000 people · Fly here
  7. Manila, Philippines: 11,100,000 people · Fly here
  8. Moscow, Russia: 10,452,000 people · Fly here
  9. Istanbul, Turkey: 10,061,000 people · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
  10. Paris, France: 9,904,000 people · 8 pilots visited · Fly here
  11. Seoul, South Korea: 9,796,000 people · Fly here
  12. Lagos, Nigeria: 9,466,000 people · Fly here
  13. Jakarta, Indonesia: 9,125,000 people · Fly here
  14. Chicago, United States of America: 8,990,000 people · 2 pilots visited · Fly here
  15. Guangzhou, China: 8,829,000 people · Fly here
  16. London, United Kingdom: 8,567,000 people · 8 pilots visited · Fly here
  17. Lima, Peru: 8,012,000 people · Fly here
  18. Tehran, Iran: 7,873,000 people · Fly here
  19. Kinshasa, Congo (Kinshasa): 7,843,000 people · Fly here
  20. Bogota, Colombia: 7,772,000 people · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
  21. Shenzhen, China: 7,581,000 people · Fly here
  22. Wuhan, China: 7,243,000 people · Fly here
  23. Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R.: 7,206,000 people · Fly here
  24. Tianjin, China: 7,180,000 people · Fly here
  25. Chennai, India: 7,163,000 people · Fly here
  26. Taipei, Taiwan: 6,900,273 people · Fly here
  27. Bengaluru, India: 6,787,000 people · Fly here
  28. Bangkok, Thailand: 6,704,000 people · Fly here
  29. Lahore, Pakistan: 6,577,000 people · Fly here
  30. Chongqing, China: 6,461,000 people · Fly here
  31. Hyderabad, India: 6,376,000 people · Fly here
  32. Amaravati, India: 5,800,000 people · Fly here
  33. Santiago, Chile: 5,720,000 people · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
  34. Miami, United States of America: 5,585,000 people · Fly here
  35. Belo Horizonte, Brazil: 5,575,000 people · Fly here
  36. Madrid, Spain: 5,567,000 people · 2 pilots visited · Fly here
  37. Philadelphia, United States of America: 5,492,000 people · Fly here
  38. Ahmedabad, India: 5,375,000 people · Fly here
  39. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: 5,314,000 people · Fly here
  40. Toronto, Canada: 5,213,000 people · 2 pilots visited · Fly here

Top 100

Places 51 to 100. Visit all 100 to earn 30 Tridents, the title Big City Flyer and a profile frame.

  1. Singapore, Singapore: 5,183,700 people · Fly here
  2. Luanda, Angola: 5,172,900 people · Fly here
  3. Baghdad, Iraq: 5,054,000 people · 2 pilots visited · Fly here
  4. Barcelona, Spain: 4,920,000 people · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
  5. Dallas, United States of America: 4,798,000 people · Fly here
  6. Shenyeng, China: 4,787,000 people · Fly here
  7. Khartoum, Sudan: 4,754,000 people · Fly here
  8. Pune, India: 4,672,000 people · Fly here
  9. Sydney, Australia: 4,630,000 people · 3 pilots visited · Fly here
  10. St. Petersburg, Russia: 4,553,000 people · Fly here
  11. Chattogram, Bangladesh: 4,529,000 people · Fly here
  12. Dongguan, China: 4,528,000 people · Fly here
  13. Atlanta, United States of America: 4,506,000 people · 3 pilots visited · Fly here
  14. Boston, United States of America: 4,467,000 people · 2 pilots visited · Fly here
  15. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: 4,465,000 people · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
  16. Houston, United States of America: 4,459,000 people · Fly here
  17. Hanoi, Vietnam: 4,378,000 people · Fly here
  18. Washington, D.C., United States of America: 4,338,000 people · Fly here
  19. Guadalajara, Mexico: 4,198,000 people · Fly here
  20. Melbourne, Australia: 4,170,000 people · 2 pilots visited · Fly here
  21. Alexandria, Egypt: 4,165,000 people · Fly here
  22. Chengdu, China: 4,123,000 people · Fly here
  23. Detroit, United States of America: 4,101,000 people · Fly here
  24. Yangon, Myanmar: 4,088,000 people · Fly here
  25. Xian, China: 4,009,000 people · Fly here
  26. Porto Alegre, Brazil: 3,917,000 people · Fly here
  27. Surat, India: 3,842,000 people · Fly here
  28. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: 3,802,000 people · Fly here
  29. Brasília, Brazil: 3,716,996 people · Fly here
  30. Ankara, Turkey: 3,716,000 people · Fly here
  31. Monterrey, Mexico: 3,712,000 people · Fly here
  32. Nanjing, China: 3,679,000 people · Fly here
  33. Montréal, Canada: 3,678,000 people · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
  34. Guiyang, China: 3,662,000 people · Fly here
  35. Recife, Brazil: 3,651,000 people · Fly here
  36. Harbin, China: 3,621,000 people · Fly here
  37. Fortaleza, Brazil: 3,602,319 people · Fly here
  38. Ürümqi, China: 3,575,000 people · Fly here
  39. Phoenix, United States of America: 3,551,000 people · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
  40. Salvador, Brazil: 3,484,000 people · Fly here
  41. Busan, South Korea: 3,480,000 people · Fly here
  42. San Francisco, United States of America: 3,450,000 people · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
  43. Johannesburg, South Africa: 3,435,000 people · Fly here
  44. Berlin, Germany: 3,406,000 people · Fly here
  45. Algiers, Algeria: 3,354,000 people · Fly here
  46. Rome, Italy: 3,339,000 people · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
  47. Pyongyang, North Korea: 3,300,000 people · Fly here
  48. Medellín, Colombia: 3,297,000 people · 1 pilot visited · Fly here
  49. Kabul, Afghanistan: 3,277,000 people · Fly here
  50. Athens, Greece: 3,242,000 people · 1 pilot visited · Fly here

Source

Source: Natural Earth populated places (as baked into Skydex)

This is the 2026 edition and it will not change. When a new ranking is published it becomes a new list with its own achievements, and what you collected here stays yours.

Questions

What is the biggest city in the world?

Tokyo in Japan, with about 35,676,000 people in its metropolitan area.

How do I visit a place from the list?

A city counts as visited after three minutes in the air inside its boundary. Use "Fly here" next to the place, or fly there yourself. A place counts once per day and any day counts, so you can collect the list in any order.

What do I get for finishing a list?

Visit all 10 to earn 5 Tridents. Visit all 50 to earn 15 Tridents and the title Metropolitan. Visit all 100 to earn 30 Tridents, the title Big City Flyer and a profile frame. The lower tiers of each achievement pay Feathers. Tridents count towards your prestige.

Do places I visited before count?

Yes. The counters are rebuilt from your visit history every hour, so places you flew to before the lists existed count too.

Where does the ranking come from?

The population numbers come from Natural Earth populated places, the same data our city pages use. Some of them are a few years old, so the order can differ from the newest census of a country.

Will the list change?

This is the 2026 edition and it will not change. When a new ranking is published it becomes a new list with its own achievements, and what you collected here stays yours.

How many pilots are collecting this list?

31 pilots have visited at least one place on this list.

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