The largest cities of the Russian Federation among which. Rating of the largest cities in Russia

In Russia today there are about a thousand cities. All of them differ radically in area and number of residents.

The smallest city is Chekalin. It is located in the Suvorovsky district of the Tula region and has been known only since the end of the 19th century, but is, nevertheless, one of the historical cities of Russia. It is interesting that before the revolution in the city of Likhvin, Kaluga province (that is what the city was called until 1944, which received its name in honor of the partisan Alexander Chekalin) there were about 1,700 people.

According to the 2010 census, the city has a population of only 994 people. Despite such a number of indigenous inhabitants, the settlement still retains the name city. The status of the city was preserved due to the fact that during reporting activities on the liquidation of small towns, a sheet with cities that began with the letters Ch, Sh and Sh was lost.

The largest city in Russia by population

Moscow

Population - more than 15 million people.
Naturally, in terms of population, the largest city in our country is the capital. This metropolis is home to many more people than in a number of European countries, for example, than in Finland and Norway combined. And approximately the same number of inhabitants are located in the Czech Republic and Belgium. And this is only according to official data.

More than 15 million people live in Moscow. This quantity, by the way, is typical for such a small country as Kazakhstan. According to experts, only about 10 million people have a capital residence permit, and another million live with temporary registration. The rest are registered foreigners, visitors (migrant workers, guest workers, students) and illegal immigrants. There is a constant influx of population to Moscow, mainly residents of other regions come to the capital - Russians, and residents of other countries, come here in search of work. It is worth noting that more than 90 percent of the population of Moscow are Russians.

Saint Petersburg

Population - more than 5 million people.
The Northern capital accommodated three times fewer people than in the capital. The cultural center of the country is inhabited by approximately 5 million people. The five millionth resident of St. Petersburg was born in September 2012. In addition, St. Petersburg is the fourth largest city in Europe. By the way, in the northern capital there are more Russians in percentage terms than in Moscow.

The number of people living in other cities of Russia, which can be called large, ranges from 1-1.5 million people.

Novosibirsk

Population - more than 1.5 million people.
The city is quite young. It appeared just over a hundred years ago. The number of people living in the largest city in Siberia has already exceeded 1.5 million people. By the way, Novosibirsk is one of the few world record holders for turning a small town into a millionaire city. And in the 21st century, it became the first Russian city (of course, after two historical capitals) in which the population exceeded one and a half million. Despite the distance from the capital, the city of Novonikolaevsk, as Novosibirsk was formerly called, is home to more than 80 representatives of different nationalities. These include Germans, Tatars, Kazakhs, Finns, Koreans and Poles.

Ekaterinburg

Population - about 1.4 million people.
Yekaterinburg has every chance of displacing its predecessor from the pedestal. As of 2012, the capital of the Urals is home to almost 1.4 million people. The top five largest cities in Russia are completed by Nizhny Novgorod with a population of about 1.3 million people.

It is worth noting that Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Rostov-on-Don, Ufa, Volgograd, Samara and Kazan are among the million-plus cities. More recently, Perm was in the ranking, however, the city has lost the honorary title of a million-plus population. Its place was empty for a relatively short time; Krasnoyarsk became a city with a population of one million.

The largest cities in Russia by area

Sochi

Area - 3605 square kilometers.
Sochi is also a record holder among cities in another “nomination”. It is the longest city in Russia. The capital of the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2018 FIFA World Cup matches stretches along the Black Sea coast for 145 kilometers, and the lion's share of the distance, namely 118 kilometers, is the beach strip. The resort capital is divided into Central, Khostinsky, Lazarevsky and Adlersky districts.

or the largest cities in the world by area they occupy in square kilometers

What is a city?

The encyclopedic dictionary gives the following interpretation: « City- a settlement whose residents are usually employed outside of agriculture. The classification of a settlement as a “city” is formalized by law; At the same time, the criterion for the city's population varies - from 200 people in Iceland before 30 thousand people in Japan......In Russia, a city must have at least 12 thousand inhabitants and at least 85% of the population employed outside agriculture".

Moreover, from the general rules there are always exceptions, in particular in Russia until now smallest in population and wherein with city status is a new city Innopolis, with a population at the time of receiving city status in 2012 of only 10 people, and as of January 1, 2016 with a population of 96 people.

What territory is included in the concept of “largest city”?

The main sources of data on the size of urban areas are statistical authorities, and for statistical purposes, each city is primarily an administrative unit (municipal entity).

In other words - territory controlled by the city administration and is called a city or urban district.

This is where situations arise when in 1st place among largest cities in the world by territory is a Chinese city Chongqing, in which most of the territory is agricultural land, around the former city border. In this case, the expansion of the administrative boundaries of the city is associated with the desire of the administration to urbanize rural areas, increasing population density.

Chongqing (China). Largest city in the world by area

Therefore, in the list of the largest cities in terms of the area occupied by the territory one can find very small cities with a population of 20,000 - 30,000 people, and at the same time the territory occupied by them is comparable to multimillion-dollar cities- the only difference is that in cities with a population of millions there is a high population density over the entire or most of the city’s territory, and in cities with a small population, this is usually the area around the main building with a low population density.

What is included in the city territory. Examples.

The largest cities in the world by area in square kilometers may include within their administrative boundaries, in addition to land territory, Also water area. This is most typical for cities on the water, in particular in the American New York, where the water area is more than 35% of the total area of ​​the city.

New York (USA). More than 35% of the city's territory is water

Also a frequent option for large cities, but with a small population, are cities with one main source of income (mining coal, ore and other minerals), when a relatively large mining area, where few people live, is included in administrative boundaries of the city.

A similar example is mountain ranges, territories of nature reserves, natural parks adjacent to the territory of the city, as well as cities in which residents live mainly in private houses and, accordingly, have a low population density, typical for cities Australia.

Brisbane (Australia). Most of the residents of this city of 2 million live in private houses K:Wikipedia:Pages on KU (type: not specified)

List of cities in the world by population with a population of more than 4 million people as of January 2015. There are 3 cities with a population of more than 20 million people and 16 cities with a population of more than 10 million people. The largest cities are Shanghai (24,150,000 people), Karachi (23,500,000) and Beijing (21,150,000). Among the largest cities there are two Russian ones: Moscow (10th place) and St. Petersburg (43rd place). The table shows the population of cities excluding suburbs.

Cities by population

#	City	Population (persons)	City area (km 2)	Population density (persons/km 2)	A country
1	Shanghai	24,150,000 (with rural suburbs)	6 340,50	3 809	PRC PRC
2	Karachi	23 500 000	3 527,00	6 663	Pakistan Pakistan
3	Beijing	21,516,000 (with rural suburbs)	16 410,54	1 311	PRC PRC
4	Delhi	16 314 838	1 484,00	7 846	India India
5	Lagos	15 118 780	999,58	17 068	Nigeria Nigeria
6	Istanbul	13 854 740	5 461,00	6 467	Turkey Turkey
7	Guangzhou	13 080 500	3 843,43	3 305	PRC PRC
8	Mumbai	12 478 447	603,40	20 680	India India
9	Tokyo	13 370 198	622,99	14 562	Japan Japan
10	Moscow	12 197 596	2 561,50	4 814	Russia, Russia
11	Dhaka	12 043 977	815,80	14 763	Bangladesh Bangladesh
12	Cairo	11 922 949	3 085,10	3 864	Egypt Egypt
13	Sao Paulo	11 895 893	1 521,11	7 762	Brazil Brazil
14	Lahore	11 318 745	1 772,00	3 566	Pakistan Pakistan
15	Shenzhen	10 467 400	1 991,64	5 255	PRC PRC
16	Seoul	10 388 055	605,21	17 164	The Republic of Korea The Republic of Korea
17	Jakarta	9 988 329	664,12	15 040	Indonesia Indonesia
18	Kinshasa	9 735 000	1 117,62	8 710	Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo
19	Tianjin	9 341 844	4 037,00	2 314	PRC PRC
20	Mexico City	8 874 724	1 485,49	5 974	Mexico Mexico
21	Lima	8 693 387	2 672,30	3 253	Peru Peru
22	Bangalore	8 425 970	709,50	11 876	India India
23	London	8 416 535	1 572,15	5 354	UK UK
24	NY	8 405 837	783,84	10 724	USA USA
25	Bangkok	8 280 925	1 568,74	5 280	Thailand Thailand
26	Dongguan	8 220 207	2 469,40	3 329	PRC PRC
27	Tehran	8 154 051	686,00	11 886	Iran Iran
28	Ahmedabad	8 029 975	475,00	11 727	India India
29	Bogota	7 776 845	859,11	9 052	Colombia Colombia
30	Ho Chi Minh City	7 681 700	2 095,60	3 667	Vietnam Vietnam
31	Hong Kong	7 219 700	1 104,43	6 537	PRC PRC
32	Baghdad	7 180 889	4 555,00	1 577	Iraq Iraq
33	Wuhan	6 886 253	1 327,61	5 187	PRC PRC
34	Hyderabad	6 809 970	621,48	10 958	India India
35	Hanoi	6 844 100	3 323,60	2 059	Vietnam Vietnam
36	Luanda	6 542 944	2 257,00	2 899	Angola Angola
37	Rio de Janeiro	6 429 923	1 200,27	5 357	Brazil Brazil
38	Foshan	6 151 622	2 034,62	3 023	PRC PRC
39	Santiago	5 743 719	1 249,90	4 595	Chile Chile
40	Riyadh	5 676 621	1 233,98	4 600	Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
41	Singapore	5 399 200	712,40	7 579	Singapore Singapore
42	Shantou	5 391 028	2 064,42	2 611	PRC PRC
43	Saint Petersburg	5 225 690	1 439,00	3 631	Russia, Russia
44	Pune	5 049 968	450,69	6 913	India India
45	Ankara	5 045 083	1 910,92	2 282	Turkey Turkey
46	Chennai	4 792 949	426,51	21 057	India India
47	Abidjan	4 765 000	2 119,00	2 249	Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire
48	Chengdu	4 741 929	421,00	11 260	PRC PRC
49	Yangon	4 714 000	598,75	7 873	Myanmar Myanmar
50	Alexandria	4 616 625	2 300,00	2 007	Egypt Egypt
51	Chongqing	4 513 137	1 435,07	3 145	PRC PRC
52	Calcutta	4 486 679	200,70	24 252	India India
53	Xi'an	4 467 837	832,17	5 388	China Links . geogoroda.ru. Retrieved July 14, 2016. An excerpt characterizing the List of cities in the world by population Napoleon enters Moscow after a brilliant victory de la Moskowa; there can be no doubt about victory, since the battlefield remains with the French. The Russians retreat and give up the capital. Moscow, filled with provisions, weapons, shells and untold riches, is in the hands of Napoleon. The Russian army, twice as weak as the French, did not make a single attack attempt for a month. Napoleon's position is most brilliant. In order to fall with double forces on the remnants of the Russian army and destroy it, in order to negotiate an advantageous peace or, in case of refusal, to make a threatening move towards St. Petersburg, in order to even, in case of failure, return to Smolensk or Vilna , or stay in Moscow - in order, in a word, to maintain the brilliant position in which the French army was at that time, it would seem that no special genius is needed. To do this, it was necessary to do the simplest and easiest thing: to prevent the troops from looting, to prepare winter clothes, which would be enough in Moscow for the entire army, and to properly collect the provisions that were in Moscow for more than six months (according to French historians) for the entire army. Napoleon, this most brilliant of geniuses and who had the power to control the army, as historians say, did nothing of this. Not only did he not do any of this, but, on the contrary, he used his power to choose from all the paths of activity that presented itself to him that which was the stupidest and most destructive of all. Of all the things that Napoleon could do: winter in Moscow, go to St. Petersburg, go to Nizhny Novgorod, go back, north or south, the way that Kutuzov later went - well, whatever he could come up with, was stupider and more destructive than what he did Napoleon, that is, to remain in Moscow until October, leaving the troops to plunder the city, then, hesitating, to leave or not to leave the garrison, to leave Moscow, to approach Kutuzov, not to start a battle, to go to the right, to reach Maly Yaroslavets, again without experiencing the chance of breaking through , to go not along the road that Kutuzov took, but to go back to Mozhaisk and along the devastated Smolensk road - nothing more stupid than this, nothing more destructive for the army could be imagined, as the consequences showed. Let the most skillful strategists come up with, imagining that Napoleon’s goal was to destroy his army, come up with another series of actions that would, with the same certainty and independence from everything that the Russian troops did, would destroy the entire French army, like what Napoleon did. The genius Napoleon did it. But to say that Napoleon destroyed his army because he wanted it, or because he was very stupid, would be just as unfair as to say that Napoleon brought his troops to Moscow because he wanted it, and because that he was very smart and brilliant. In both cases, his personal activity, which had no more power than the personal activity of each soldier, only coincided with the laws according to which the phenomenon took place. It is completely false (only because the consequences did not justify Napoleon’s activities) that historians present to us Napoleon’s forces as weakened in Moscow. He, just as before and after, in the 13th year, used all his skill and strength to do the best for himself and his army. Napoleon's activities during this time were no less amazing than in Egypt, Italy, Austria and Prussia. We do not know truly the extent to which Napoleon’s genius was real in Egypt, where forty centuries they looked at his greatness, because all these great exploits were described to us only by the French. We cannot correctly judge his genius in Austria and Prussia, since information about his activities there must be drawn from French and German sources; and the incomprehensible surrender of corps without battles and fortresses without siege should incline the Germans to recognize genius as the only explanation for the war that was waged in Germany. But, thank God, there is no reason for us to recognize his genius in order to hide our shame. We paid for the right to look at the matter simply and directly, and we will not give up this right. His work in Moscow is as amazing and ingenious as everywhere else. Orders after orders and plans after plans emanate from him from the time he entered Moscow until he left it. The absence of residents and deputations and the very fire of Moscow do not bother him. He does not lose sight of the welfare of his army, nor the actions of the enemy, nor the welfare of the peoples of Russia, nor the administration of the valleys of Paris, nor diplomatic considerations about the upcoming conditions of peace. In military terms, immediately upon entering Moscow, Napoleon strictly orders General Sebastiani to monitor the movements of the Russian army, sends corps along different roads and orders Murat to find Kutuzov. Then he diligently gives orders to strengthen the Kremlin; then he makes an ingenious plan for a future campaign across the entire map of Russia. In terms of diplomacy, Napoleon calls to himself the robbed and ragged captain Yakovlev, who does not know how to get out of Moscow, sets out to him in detail all his policies and his generosity and, writing a letter to Emperor Alexander, in which he considers it his duty to inform his friend and brother that Rastopchin made bad decisions in Moscow, he sends Yakovlev to St. Petersburg. Having outlined his views and generosity in the same detail to Tutolmin, he sends this old man to St. Petersburg for negotiations.

The list includes the largest cities in the world with a population of over 1 million people. The largest cities in the world are represented, where the population of the largest cities in the world is more than 1 billion people. Thus, the total population of the world's largest cities is 1,180,485,707 people.

The list shows the largest cities in the world, where the largest cities in the world by population are presented starting from the largest cities - the number of the largest cities in the world, the flag of the country, the name of the country and the name of the continent of each major city are indicated.

Population of the largest cities in the world in relation to the population of the Earth.

The population of the world's largest cities makes up 15.76% of the total world population (7.4 billion people), as of 2017. The largest cities in the world by population on our list begin with the largest city on planet Earth - the city of Chongqing in China with a population of 30,165,500 people. Other largest cities in the world are Shanghai in China (24,150,000 people), Beijing in China (21,148,000 people), Tianjin in China (14,425,000 people), Istanbul in Turkey with a population 13,854,740 people

Top 10 largest cities in the world.

The 10 largest cities in the world in descending order from the largest: Chongqing, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Istanbul, Guangzhou, Tokyo, Karachi, Mumbai, Moscow. At the same time, the city of Moscow is the only European city among the 10 largest cities in the world and is the largest city in Europe. The largest cities in the world by population on our list are the capitals and major cities of the world with over one million people (1,000,000 people).

Which countries have the most millionaire cities?

An interesting fact to note is that of all the millionaire cities on planet Earth, 15 millionaire cities are located in Russia. The number of the largest cities in the world differs in different countries: 123 cities with a population of over a million are located in China, 54 cities with a population of over one million people are in India, 17 cities with a population of over one million are in Indonesia, 14 cities with a population of over a million are located in Brazil, 12 cities with a population of over a million are located in Japan and 9 cities located in the USA.

Most of Russia's population is concentrated in cities. In total there are more than 1,100 thousand of them with official status. But only 160 of them have a population of more than 100,000 people. And a tenth of them - 15 of them - are millionaires, that is, they are home to more than one, but less than two million people. The two capitals - Moscow and St. Petersburg - are multi-million cities, that is, they are home to more than two million people. But not only these, but also other largest cities in Russia deserve a special story.

Moscow

Moscow is the capital of Russia, today and in some other periods of the country's history. It is the largest populated area in the world and one of the largest in the world. Now about 12 million people live in it, and the total agglomeration, including the suburbs, is even more - 15 million people. The total area is about 250 square kilometers. This means that the population density is 4823 people per square kilometer. It is difficult to say when this city was founded, but the first mentions of it date back to the beginning of the 12th century.

Moscow is a multinational city. In total, about 90% of its population, according to official data, are Russians. About 1.5% are Ukrainians, the same amount are Tatars, and slightly less are Armenians. Half a percent each - Belarusians, Azerbaijanis, Georgians. Dozens more nationalities have smaller diasporas. And although representatives of different nationalities do not always get along peacefully, Moscow has become a real home for millions of people.

St. Petersburg is often called the second capital of Russia, the northern or cultural capital, and so on. It also has many beautiful names and epithets - northern Palmyra, northern Venice. And although the population of this city is significantly inferior to Moscow (5 million versus 12), as well as its age (3 centuries versus 9), St. Petersburg is in no way inferior to it in fame and importance for the country. It is also inferior in area, population density and many other parameters. But St. Petersburg is one of the “longest cities” - it “embraces” the Gulf of Finland.

It is worth noting that St. Petersburg is unique in many ways. Of all the cities that are not the capital, it has the second largest number of inhabitants. During the years that this city was the capital of the empire, it became the most important for world culture. The Hermitage, Russian Museum, St. Isaac's Cathedral, Peterhof, Kunstkamera - this is only a small part of its attractions.

The list of the country's largest settlements continues with Novosibirsk - the administrative center of the Siberian Federal District, the most populated city in the northern part of the country. It is also a business, trade, industrial, cultural and scientific center not only of Siberia, but of all of Russia.

Novosibirsk has a million population, but it is home to significantly fewer people than the previous two cities - “only” a little more than one and a half million. At the same time, it must be taken into account that Novosibirsk was founded relatively recently - in 1893. This city is distinguished from others by its rather harsh climate with sharp transitions. In winter, temperatures can reach 50 degrees, while in summer the temperatures sometimes rise to 35 degrees. The total temperature difference throughout the year can reach a record 88 degrees.

Yekaterinburg is considered not only one of the largest cities in the country, but also one of the most comfortable and comfortable for living. It is the center of the Ural Federal District and is often called the capital of the Urals.

Ekaterinburg can be classified as one of the oldest cities in the country. After all, it was founded in 1723 and was named in honor of Empress Catherine the First. In Soviet times it was renamed Sverdlovsk, but in 1991 it returned its name.

This is the case when Veliky Novgorod, older and more titled, is significantly inferior to its younger namesake - Nizhny Novgorod. Residents of Russia often simply call him Nizhny, for brevity and not to confuse him with the Great.

The city was founded in 1221 and during this time became the administrative center of the Nizhny Novgorod Federal District, a major economic, industrial and cultural center, home to 1,200 thousand people.

Kazan is the sixth city in the ranking in terms of population, but in many ways it surpasses even larger settlements. No wonder it is called the third capital of Russia and even registered this brand officially. It also has several unofficial titles, for example, “Capital of all Tatars of the world” or “capital of Russian federalism.”

This city with more than a thousand years of history was founded in 1005 and recently celebrated such a major anniversary. It is interesting that the population decline, which affected almost all cities, even many million-plus cities, did not affect Kazan, and it continues to increase its population. The national composition is also noteworthy - almost equally Russians and Tatars, approximately 48% each, as well as a few Chuvash, Ukrainians and Mari.

This city is familiar to many from the song “Ah, Samara-town”. But they forget that in terms of size this “town” ranks seventh in terms of population. If we talk about the agglomeration, then it is much larger than many other cities, and has 2.5 million residents, which is the third largest in the country, after Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Samara was founded in 1586 as a guard fortress by decree of Tsar Feodor. The location of the city turned out to be successful, and the city grew every year. During the Soviet years it was renamed Kuibyshev, but then the original name was returned.

The Internet is full of jokes about the harshest city in the country. A new round was opened by the fall of a meteorite, which occurred right in its center. But not everyone knows that this city is the most compact metropolis in the country, one of the leading metallurgical centers, and a city with excellent roads. In addition, it is among the TOP 15 cities in Russia in terms of living standards, TOP 20 in terms of environmental development, and TOP 5 in terms of the number of new buildings put into operation. It even ranks first in terms of housing affordability. And all this concerns the “harsh” Chelyabinsk.

It is worth noting that the city continues to develop. Until recently, it occupied ninth place in the ranking, and now it has risen to eighth with a population of 1,170 thousand people. Its national composition is quite diverse. The majority - 86% - are Russians, another 5% are Tatars, 3% are Bashkirs, 1.5% are Ukrainians, 0.6% are Germans, and so on.

Omsk is the ninth most populous city in the Russian Federation, but it was not always this way. When the small fortress was founded in 1716, only a few thousand people lived in it. But now there are more than 1,166 thousand of them. But, unlike many other millionaire cities, the Omsk agglomeration is extremely small - only about 20 thousand.

Like many other cities in Russia, representatives of a wide variety of nationalities live here. Most of all, of course, are Russians - 89%, another 3.5 are Kazakhs, 2% each are Ukrainians and Tatars, 1.5% are Germans.

Rostov-on-Don, like Nizhny Novgorod, which we talked about above, has its own “namesake” - Veliky Rostov. But Veliky is significantly inferior to it in size: Rostov-on-Don, although ranked last, is included in the TOP 10 largest cities in Russia. Veliky has only about 30 thousand inhabitants, although it is several times older than it.

Now you know what the largest city in Russia is, where it is located and how many people live in it. But in addition to the ten listed in the country, there are five more million-plus cities: Ufa, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Vladimir and Voronezh. The rest are trying very hard to be included in this prestigious list, and some may soon succeed.