Cities That Start With G

58 cities Places Checked 9 Oct 2026

These cities that start with G are the world's big cities with 300,000 or more people, 58 in all, ranked by population. A separate list covers 34 US cities that start with G, followed by capital cities.

G has 58 cities. Guangzhou in southern China tops the list, and Giza in Egypt is famous for its pyramids. Latin America adds Guayaquil in Ecuador and Guadalajara in Mexico, two names with the soft, rolling sound of Spanish.

In the United States, two different Glendales appear, one in Arizona and one in California, which is a neat lesson in how place names repeat. Grand Rapids and Grand Prairie share a starting word too, and Greensboro is a simple compound to break into parts.

Big cities starting with G: 58
Largest: Guangzhou China
Largest in the US: Greensboro North Carolina

Cities that start with G around the world

#	City	Country	Population
1	Guangzhou	China	16.1 million
2	Giza	Egypt	4.4 million
3	Guiyang	China	3.0 million
4	Guayaquil	Ecuador	2.7 million
5	Gazipur	Bangladesh	2.7 million
6	Gujranwala	Pakistan	2.5 million
7	Gaziantep	Turkey	2.2 million
8	Ganzhou	China	2.0 million
9	Guilin	China	1.6 million
10	Goiania	Brazil	1.5 million
11	Gwangju	South Korea	1.4 million
12	Guadalajara	Mexico	1.4 million
13	Guankou	China	1.4 million
14	Gorakhpur	India	1.3 million
15	Ghaziabad	India	1.2 million
16	Gustavo Adolfo Madero	Mexico	1.2 million
17	Guarulhos	Brazil	1.2 million
18	Guigang	China	1.1 million
19	Goyang-si	South Korea	1.1 million
20	Gwalior	India	1.1 million
21	Gqeberha	South Africa	1.1 million
22	Guatemala City	Guatemala	994,938
23	Guwahati	India	962,334
24	Gurugram	India	886,519
25	Guangan	China	858,159
26	General Santos	Philippines	722,059
27	Guadalupe	Mexico	673,616
28	Guntur	India	670,073
29	Golfe	Angola	655,796
30	Gold Coast	Australia	640,778
31	Glasgow	United Kingdom	626,410
32	Gothenburg	Sweden	608,462
33	Genoa	Italy	580,097
34	Gujrat	Pakistan	574,240
35	Gombe	Nigeria	560,000
36	Guli	China	536,000
37	Guangyuan	China	516,424
38	Gdansk	Poland	487,371
39	Gaya	India	474,093
40	Gonder	Ethiopia	466,000
41	Goma	Democratic Republic of the Congo	432,587
42	Guyuan	China	411,854
43	Gaza	Palestinian Territory	410,000
44	Gujangbagh	China	408,894
45	Gumi	South Korea	404,691
46	Gifu	Japan	402,557
47	Gaomi	China	391,986
48	Grajau	Brazil	384,873
49	Gboko	Nigeria	365,000
50	Gwangmyeong	South Korea	357,545
51	Ganja	Azerbaijan	330,663
52	Guediawaye	Senegal	329,659
53	Guaruja	Brazil	322,750
54	Geita	Tanzania	318,006
55	Gia Lam	Vietnam	309,353
56	Graz	Austria	303,270
57	Gundupalaiyam	India	300,104
58	Gatineau	Canada	300,045

US cities that start with G

City	State	Population
Greensboro	North Carolina	285,342
Gilbert	Arizona	247,542
Glendale	Arizona	240,126
Garland	Texas	236,897
Glendale	California	201,020
Grand Rapids	Michigan	195,097
Grand Prairie	Texas	187,809
Garden Grove	California	175,393
Gainesville	Florida	145,214
Gravesend	New York	112,229
Gresham	Oregon	110,553
Greeley	Colorado	108,795
Green Bay	Wisconsin	105,207
Greenville	North Carolina	90,597
Greenburgh	New York	86,764
Germantown	Maryland	86,395
Goodyear	Arizona	79,003
Gary	Indiana	77,156
Gastonia	North Carolina	74,543
Gulfport	Mississippi	71,856
Glen Burnie	Maryland	67,639
Gaithersburg	Maryland	67,456
Greenville	South Carolina	64,579
Georgetown	Texas	63,716
Gardena	California	60,447
Grand Junction	Colorado	60,358
Great Falls	Montana	59,638
Grand Forks	North Dakota	57,011
Greenwood	Indiana	55,586
Gilroy	California	53,231
Glendora	California	52,009
Grand Island	Nebraska	51,440
Grapevine	Texas	51,404
Galveston	Texas	50,180

Capital cities that start with G

Capital	Country
Gaborone	Botswana
Georgetown	Guyana
Gitega	Burundi
Guatemala City	Guatemala

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Questions people ask

What is the biggest city that starts with G?

Guangzhou in China, with about 16.1 million people in the GeoNames count.

What US cities start with G?

The largest are Greensboro, North Carolina, Gilbert, Arizona, Glendale, Arizona, Garland, Texas, Glendale, California.

What capital cities start with G?

Gaborone (Botswana), Georgetown (Guyana), Gitega (Burundi), Guatemala City (Guatemala).

Which country has the most big cities starting with G?

China, with 12 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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