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100 Examples of World Cities

John Spacey, July 25, 2022

A world city is a city that is well known or notable on a global basis. These are the cities that are common knowledge such that most or many people know a few basic facts about each. World cities include cosmopolitan cities such as New York, London, Paris, San Francisco, Toronto, Sydney, Singapore and Amsterdam that are large cities with a diverse structure such that they serve as hubs of global industry and culture. Also included are cities with a large economy, high population or that are capitals of major nations. The following are illustrative examples of world cities.

Alexandria, Egypt	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Athens, Greece	Atlanta, United States
Baghdad, Iraq	Bangalore, India
Bangkok, Thailand	Barcelona, Spain
Beijing, China	Beirut, Lebanon
Berlin, Germany	Bern, Switzerland
Bogota, Colombia	Boston, United States
Brussels, Belgium	Budapest, Hungary
Buenos Aires, Argentina	Cairo, Egypt
Caracas, Venezuela	Chengdu, China
Chicago, United States	Chongqing, China
Copenhagen, Denmark	Dallas, United States
Delhi, India	Dublin, Ireland
Fukuoka, Japan	Guangzhou, China
Hanoi, Vietnam	Havana, Cuba
Helsinki, Finland	Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China	Honolulu, United States
Houston, United States	Hyderabad, India
Istanbul, Turkey	Jakarta, Indonesia
Jerusalem, Israel	Johannesburg, South Africa
Karachi, Pakistan	Kiev, Ukraine
Kingston, Jamaica	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lagos, Nigeria	Lisbon, Portugal
London, UK	Los Angeles, United States
Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Madrid, Spain
Manila, Philippines	Melbourne, Australia
Mexico City, Mexico	Miami, United States
Milan, Italy	Monaco, Monaco
Montreal, Canada	Moscow, Russia
Mumbai, India	Munich, Germany
Nagoya, Japan	Nairobi, Kenya
New York, United States	Osaka, Japan
Oslo, Norway	Ottawa, Canada
Paris, France	Philadelphia, United States
Phoenix, United States	Prague, Czech Republic
Pyongyang, North Korea	Reykjavik, Iceland
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Rome, Italy	Saint Petersburg, Russia
San Antonio, United States	San Diego, United States
San Francisco, United States	Santiago, Chile
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Sao Paulo, Brazil
Seattle, United States	Seoul, South Korea
Shanghai, China	Shenzhen, China
Singapore, Singapore	Stockholm, Sweden
Suzhou, China	Sydney, Australia
Taipei, Republic of China	Tehran, Iran
Tokyo, Japan	Toronto, Canada
Vancouver, Canada	Vienna, Austria
Warsaw, Poland	Washington, United States
Wellington, New Zealand	Wuhan, China