Second Largest Cities by Country

This table lists the commonly accepted second-largest city for every recognized country. Note that rankings can vary slightly based on how city limits (city proper vs. metropolitan area) are defined.

CountrySecond Largest City
AfghanistanKandahar
AlbaniaDurrës
AlgeriaOran
AndorraLes Escaldes
AngolaLubango
Antigua and BarbudaAll Saints
ArgentinaCórdoba
ArmeniaGyumri
AustraliaMelbourne
AustriaGraz
AzerbaijanGanja
BahamasFreeport
BahrainRiffa
BangladeshChattogram (Chittagong)
BarbadosSpeightstown
BelarusGomel
BelgiumAntwerp
BelizeSan Ignacio
BeninPorto-Novo
BhutanPhuntsholing
BoliviaEl Alto
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBanja Luka
BotswanaFrancistown
BrazilRio de Janeiro
BruneiKuala Belait
BulgariaPlovdiv
Burkina FasoBobo-Dioulasso
BurundiGitega
Cabo VerdeMindelo
CambodiaBattambang
CameroonYaoundé
CanadaMontreal
Central African RepublicBimbo
ChadMoundou
ChileConcepción
ChinaBeijing
ColombiaMedellín
ComorosMutsamudu
Democratic Republic of the CongoLubumbashi
Republic of the CongoPointe-Noire
Costa RicaPuerto Limón
CroatiaSplit
CubaSantiago de Cuba
CyprusLimassol
Czech RepublicBrno
DenmarkAarhus
DjiboutiAli Sabieh
DominicaPortsmouth
Dominican RepublicSantiago de los Caballeros
EcuadorQuito (or Guayaquil, depending on metric)
EgyptAlexandria
El SalvadorSanta Ana
Equatorial GuineaBata
EritreaKeren
EstoniaTartu
EswatiniManzini
EthiopiaDire Dawa
FijiLautoka
FinlandEspoo
FranceMarseille
GabonPort-Gentil
GambiaBrikama
GeorgiaBatumi
GermanyHamburg
GhanaKumasi
GreeceThessaloniki
GrenadaGouyave
GuatemalaQuetzaltenango
GuineaNzérékoré
Guinea-BissauBafatá
GuyanaLinden
HaitiCap-Haïtien
HondurasSan Pedro Sula
HungaryDebrecen
IcelandKópavogur
IndiaDelhi
IndonesiaSurabaya
IranMashhad
IraqBasra
IrelandCork
IsraelTel Aviv
ItalyMilan
Ivory CoastBouaké
JamaicaMontego Bay
JapanYokohama
JordanIrbid
KazakhstanAstana
KenyaMombasa
KiribatiBairiki
KosovoPrizren
KuwaitAl Ahmadi
KyrgyzstanOsh
LaosPakse
LatviaDaugavpils
LebanonTripoli
LesothoHlotse
LiberiaGbarnga
LibyaBenghazi
LiechtensteinVaduz
LithuaniaKaunas
LuxembourgEsch-sur-Alzette
MadagascarToamasina
MalawiBlantyre
MalaysiaGeorge Town (Penang)
MaldivesAddu City
MaliSikasso
MaltaBirkirkara
Marshall IslandsEbeye
MauritaniaNouadhibou
MauritiusBeau Bassin-Rose Hill
MexicoGuadalajara
MicronesiaWeno
MoldovaTiraspol
MonacoMonte Carlo
MongoliaErdenet
MontenegroNikšić
MoroccoFez
MozambiqueBeira
MyanmarMandalay
NamibiaRundu
NauruDenigomodu
NepalPokhara
NetherlandsRotterdam
New ZealandChristchurch
NicaraguaLeón
NigerZinder
NigeriaKano
North KoreaHamhung
North MacedoniaBitola
NorwayBergen
OmanSalalah
PakistanLahore
PalauMeyuns
PalestineHebron
PanamaSan Miguelito
Papua New GuineaLae
ParaguayCiudad del Este
PeruArequipa
PhilippinesCebu City (or Davao City)
PolandKraków
PortugalPorto
QatarAl Rayyan
RomaniaCluj-Napoca
RussiaSaint Petersburg
RwandaButare
Saint Kitts and NevisCharlestown
Saint LuciaVieux Fort
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesGeorgetown
SamoaAfega
San MarinoBorgo Maggiore
São Tomé and PríncipeSanto Amaro
Saudi ArabiaJeddah
SenegalThiès
SerbiaNovi Sad
SeychellesAnse Boileau
Sierra LeoneBo
SingaporeN/A (City-state)
SlovakiaKošice
SloveniaMaribor
Solomon IslandsAuki
SomaliaHargeisa
South AfricaCape Town
South KoreaBusan
South SudanWau
SpainBarcelona
Sri LankaKandy
SudanOmdurman
SurinameLelydorp
SwedenGothenburg
SwitzerlandGeneva
SyriaAleppo
TaiwanTaichung
TajikistanKhujand
TanzaniaMwanza
ThailandChiang Mai
Timor-LesteBaucau
TogoKara
TongaNeiafu
Trinidad and TobagoSan Fernando
TunisiaSfax
TurkeyAnkara
TurkmenistanTürkmenabat
TuvaluAsau
UgandaGulu
UkraineKharkiv
United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
United KingdomBirmingham
United StatesLos Angeles
UruguaySalto
UzbekistanSamarkand
VanuatuLuganville
Vatican CityN/A (City-state)
VenezuelaMaracaibo
VietnamHanoi
YemenAden
ZambiaKitwe
ZimbabweBulawayo