Cities That Start With B

167 cities Places Checked 9 Oct 2026

These cities that start with B are the world's big cities with 300,000 or more people, 167 in all, ranked by population. A separate list covers 69 US cities that start with B, followed by capital cities.

B offers 167 cities, one of the strongest totals on the site. The big names are spread wide: Beijing in China, Buenos Aires in Argentina, and Bengaluru in India. Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, is another one most people know.

In the US list, Boston and Buffalo give young learners short, easy spellings, while Baton Rouge adds a French-sounding name from Louisiana. Brooklyn shows up as well, since the list treats it as a place in its own right rather than only part of New York City.

Big cities starting with B: 167
Largest: Beijing China
Largest in the US: Brooklyn New York

Cities that start with B around the world

#	City	Country	Population
1	Beijing	China	19.0 million
2	Bengaluru	India	8.5 million
3	Bogota	Colombia	7.7 million
4	Baghdad	Iraq	7.2 million
5	Bangkok	Thailand	5.1 million
6	Bao'an	China	4.5 million
7	Bamako	Mali	4.2 million
8	Berlin	Germany	3.4 million
9	Busan	South Korea	3.3 million
10	Bursa	Turkey	3.1 million
11	Buenos Aires	Argentina	2.9 million
12	Brisbane	Australia	2.8 million
13	Baoding	China	2.7 million
14	Brooklyn	United States	2.7 million
15	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	2.7 million
16	Bazhong	China	2.7 million
17	Bekasi	Indonesia	2.6 million
18	Bandung	Indonesia	2.5 million
19	Baku	Azerbaijan	2.4 million
20	Baoshan	China	2.3 million
21	Brasilia	Brazil	2.2 million
22	Baotou	China	2.1 million
23	Brazzaville	Republic of the Congo	2.0 million
24	Beirut	Lebanon	1.9 million
25	Bucharest	Romania	1.9 million
26	Bhopal	India	1.8 million
27	Benin City	Nigeria	1.8 million
28	Bayan Nur	China	1.8 million
29	Budapest	Hungary	1.7 million
30	Barcelona	Spain	1.7 million
31	Belem	Brazil	1.5 million
32	Baoji	China	1.4 million
33	Bozhou	China	1.4 million
34	Bannu	Pakistan	1.4 million
35	Basrah	Iraq	1.3 million
36	Batam	Indonesia	1.3 million
37	Budta	Philippines	1.3 million
38	Belgrade	Serbia	1.3 million
39	Bien Hoa	Vietnam	1.3 million
40	Barquisimeto	Venezuela	1.2 million
41	Barranquilla	Colombia	1.2 million
42	Bandar Lampung	Indonesia	1.2 million
43	Birmingham	United Kingdom	1.2 million
44	Bijie	China	1.1 million
45	Bogor	Indonesia	1.1 million
46	Brussels	Belgium	1.0 million
47	Benxi	China	987,717
48	Bengbu	China	972,784
49	Bobo-Dioulasso	Burkina Faso	904,920
50	Bahawalpur	Pakistan	903,795
51	Blantyre	Malawi	902,588
52	Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	900,000
53	Bhubaneswar	India	885,363
54	Bhiwandi	India	874,032
55	Bucheon-si	South Korea	850,731
56	Bouake	Ivory Coast	832,371
57	Bukavu	Democratic Republic of the Congo	816,811
58	Barcelona	Venezuela	815,141
59	Bangui	Central African Republic	812,407
60	Bhayandar	India	809,378
61	Bujumbura	Burundi	769,317
62	Benghazi	Libya	757,490
63	Bareilly	India	745,435
64	Buraydah	Saudi Arabia	745,353
65	Bagclar	Turkey	740,069
66	Battagram	Pakistan	700,000
67	Balikpapan	Indonesia	695,287
68	Bauchi	Nigeria	693,700
69	Beira	Mozambique	687,764
70	Baise	China	686,078
71	Binzhou	China	682,717
72	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe	665,952
73	Banjarmasin	Indonesia	657,663
74	Brampton	Canada	656,480
75	Boston	United States	653,833
76	Bikaner	India	644,406
77	Barnaul	Russia	632,372
78	Bhilai	India	627,734
79	Borivli	India	609,617
80	Bukit Rahman Putra	Malaysia	607,000

US cities that start with B

City	State	Population
Brooklyn	New York	2.7 million
Boston	Massachusetts	653,833
Baltimore	Maryland	585,708
Bakersfield	California	373,640
Buffalo	New York	258,071
Boise	Idaho	235,684
Baton Rouge	Louisiana	227,470
Birmingham	Alabama	196,357
Brownsville	Texas	186,738
Borough Park	New York	149,248
Bridgeport	Connecticut	147,629
Bellevue	Washington	139,820
Berkeley	California	120,972
Billings	Montana	117,116
Beaumont	Texas	115,282
Bushwick	New York	112,620
Boulder	Colorado	106,803
Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	106,563
Burbank	California	105,319
Brandon	Florida	103,483
Beaverton	Oregon	96,577
Brockton	Massachusetts	95,314
Boca Raton	Florida	93,235
Boyle Heights	California	92,785
Bend	Oregon	87,014
Bloomington	Minnesota	86,435
Bellingham	Washington	85,146
Bloomington	Indiana	84,067
Buena Park	California	83,270
Bryan	Texas	82,118
Belmont Cragin	Illinois	79,159
Brooklyn Park	Minnesota	79,149
Bellflower	California	78,441
Bloomington	Illinois	78,292
Baldwin Park	California	77,071
Baytown	Texas	76,335
Brick	New Jersey	76,021
Bismarck	North Dakota	75,092
Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	74,892
Brownsville	New York	74,497
Bolingbrook	Illinois	74,306
Boynton Beach	Florida	73,966
Bossier City	Louisiana	68,094
Bayside	New York	66,455
Bayonne	New Jersey	66,311
Broomfield	Colorado	65,065
Bowling Green	Kentucky	63,616
Blaine	Minnesota	62,124
Burnsville	Minnesota	61,481
Bethesda	Maryland	60,858

Capital cities that start with B

Capital	Country
Baghdad	Iraq
Baku	Azerbaijan
Bamako	Mali
Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei
Bangkok	Thailand
Bangui	Central African Republic
Banjul	Gambia
Basseterre	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Beijing	China
Beirut	Lebanon
Belgrade	Serbia
Belmopan	Belize
Berlin	Germany
Bern	Switzerland
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan
Bissau	Guinea-Bissau
Bloemfontein	South Africa
Bogotá	Colombia
Brasília	Brazil
Bratislava	Slovakia
Brazzaville	Congo
Bridgetown	Barbados
Brussels	Belgium
Bucharest	Romania
Budapest	Hungary
Buenos Aires	Argentina

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Questions people ask

What is the biggest city that starts with B?

Beijing in China, with about 19.0 million people in the GeoNames count.

What US cities start with B?

The largest are Brooklyn, New York, Boston, Massachusetts, Baltimore, Maryland, Bakersfield, California, Buffalo, New York.

What capital cities start with B?

Baghdad (Iraq), Baku (Azerbaijan), Bamako (Mali), Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei), Bangkok (Thailand), Bangui (Central African Republic).

Which country has the most big cities starting with B?

India, with 20 of the cities on this list.

Source: the GeoNames database: world cities with 300,000 or more people and US cities with 50,000 or more. Population figures are the latest GeoNames counts and can lag behind new census results.

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