The Most Dynamic Cities of 2025

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Population (millions) GDP (billions of U.S. dollars) Rank City Country 2010 2025 2010 2025 Total Growth % Growth 1 Shanghai China 22.3 30.9 $250.7 $1,112.2 $861.5 344% 2 Beijing China 18.8 29.6 206.2 1,027.9 821.7 398% 3 Tianjin China 11.1 15.2 128.8 624.4 495.7 385% 4 São Paulo Brazil 19.7 23.2 437.3 912.9 475.7 109% 5 Guangzhou China 11.1 14.9 146.1 573.0 426.9 292% 6 Shenzhen China 10.4 13.7 141.5 523.6 382.1 270% 7 New York United States 18.9 19.7 1,180.3 1,553.1 372.7 32% 8 Chongqing China 15.7 19.4 88.6 458.6 370.0 418% 9 Moscow Russia 11.6 12.7 325.8 688.5 362.7 111% 10 Tokyo Japan 36.4 36.7 1,874.7 2,218.6 343.9 18% 11 Wuhan China 9.8 13.1 82.2 414.4 332.2 404% 12 Los Angeles United States 12.9 15.0 731.8 1,051.5 319.7 44% 13 Foshan China 7.2 10.8 83.5 383.6 300.1 360% 14 Istanbul Turkey 11.0 14.9 188.2 479.7 291.5 155% 15 Nanjing China 7.2 9.9 68.5 343.9 275.4 402% 16 Chengdu China 7.7 11.2 57.8 309.6 251.7 435% 17 Hangzhou China 6.2 8.8 70.5 307.0 236.5 335% 18 Dongguan China 8.2 11.4 62.7 297.9 235.2 375% 19 Singapore Singapore 5.1 5.8 222.7 454.1 231.4 104% 20 Shenyang China 6.1 8.4 64.3 286.9 222.5 346% 21 London Britain 14.9 16.2 751.8 972.9 221.1 29% 22 Houston United States 6.0 7.7 341.1 559.9 218.8 64% 23 Dallas United States 6.4 8.6 324.9 541.2 216.3 67% 24 Xian China 6.5 9.1 40.6 253.3 212.6 523% 25 Washington United States 5.6 6.6 392.2 599.7 207.5 53% 26 Paris France 11.8 12.9 764.2 971.4 207.2 27% 27 Suzhou China 4.1 6.5 52.7 257.5 204.8 389% 28 Mexico City Mexico 20.1 21.6 255.1 459.5 204.4 80% 29 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 5.2 8.1 122.7 325.6 202.9 165% 30 Hong Kong China 7.1 8.2 224.5 423.6 199.1 89% 31 Bangkok Thailand 6.9 9.4 105.0 299.6 194.6 185% 32 Buenos Aires Argentina 13.1 15.2 191.7 384.3 192.6 100% 33 Doha Qatar 1.3 1.6 98.8 275.1 176.3 179% 34 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 11.8 13.6 180.9 356.1 175.2 97% 35 Dalian China 3.9 5.7 53.8 225.7 171.9 319% 36 Wuxi China 3.5 5.4 47.0 217.2 170.2 362% 37 Seoul South Korea 9.8 9.5 233.3 400.3 167.0 72% 38 Chicago United States 9.5 10.2 496.4 661.4 165.0 33% 39 Delhi India 16.3 21.4 47.6 211.4 163.9 344% 40 Ningbo China 3.5 5.1 45.0 205.7 160.8 358% 41 Jinan China 4.3 5.7 43.2 193.4 150.2 348% 42 Xiamen China 3.5 5.3 30.4 179.8 149.3 491% 43 Jakarta Indonesia 9.6 12.8 70.7 218.4 147.7 209% 44 Miami United States 5.6 7.2 235.9 380.2 144.34 61% 45 Kuwait City Kuwait 2.3 3.2 117.5 261.8 144.33 123% 46 Qingdao China 3.7 5.1 48.1 190.1 142.0 295% 47 Sydney Australia 4.6 5.8 268.9 410.6 141.8 53% 48 Atlanta United States 5.3 6.8 249.7 391.4 141.7 57% 49 Brasilia Brazil 3.7 5.0 101.6 242.6 141.03 139% 50 Taipei Taiwan 6.8 6.9 160.3 301.3 141.00 88% 51 Rhine-Ruhr Germany 11.3 11.1 484.6 625.0 140.4 29% 52 Toronto Canada 5.7 7.0 270.0 409.9 139.9 52% 53 Mumbai India 18.2 22.5 55.9 192.7 136.8 245% 54 Phoenix United States 4.2 5.9 181.6 317.5 135.9 75% 55 Harbin China 5.9 7.6 38.8 172.9 134.0 345% 56 Changzhou China 3.3 4.8 34.3 166.2 131.9 385% 57 San Francisco United States 4.3 5.0 283.3 410.7 127.3 45% 58 Hefei China 3.4 4.8 31.2 154.8 123.6 396% 59 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 3.5 5.2 75.9 196.9 121.0 159% 60 Melbourne Australia 4.1 5.2 221.4 341.7 120.3 54% 61 Luanda Angola 4.8 8.9 38.6 155.6 117.0 303% 62 Xuzhou China 3.1 4.5 22.4 134.1 111.7 499% 63 Tel Aviv-Jaffa Israel 3.3 4.3 114.8 225.9 111.0 97% 64 Changsha China 3.1 4.3 40.3 150.1 109.8 272% 65 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 0.8 1.6 67.1 175.9 108.8 162% 66 Lima Peru 9.2 11.8 77.3 184.7 107.3 139% 67 Belo Horizonte Brazil 5.4 6.6 78.5 185.3 106.9 136% 68 Fuzhou China 2.9 4.2 23.4 130.0 106.6 456% 69 Ankara Turkey 4.1 5.7 64.9 170.3 105.4 162% 70 San Diego United States 3.1 3.9 172.9 277.5 104.6 61% 71 Philadelphia United States 6.0 6.3 314.5 418.6 104.1 33% 72 Tangshan China 3.0 3.7 33.6 137.6 104.0 309% 73 Santiago Chile 6.1 7.3 93.0 196.8 103.8 112% 74 Seattle United States 3.4 4.1 211.0 314.3 103.3 49% 75 Bangalore India 8.2 11.3 28.6 128.8 100.2 350%

Ranked by projected absolute GDP growth 2012-2025 at predicted real exchange rates.
Source: McKinsey Global Institute Cityscope database 2.0.