Cities That Start With L

74 cities Places Checked 9 Oct 2026

These cities that start with L are the world's big cities with 300,000 or more people, 74 in all, ranked by population. A separate list covers 62 US cities that start with L, followed by capital cities.

L has 74 cities, and a striking number are national capitals. London, Lima, Luanda and Lusaka all lead their countries, while Lagos in Nigeria tops the size list. That makes L a good page for capital-city practice.

The US side opens with Los Angeles and Las Vegas, two names that come from Spanish and start with the Spanish word for the. Lincoln in Nebraska is a short, simple choice for younger children. Lexington appears in more than one form, which is worth noticing.

Big cities starting with L: 74
Largest: Lagos Nigeria
Largest in the US: Los Angeles California

Cities that start with L around the world

#	City	Country	Population
1	Lagos	Nigeria	15.4 million
2	Lahore	Pakistan	13.0 million
3	London	United Kingdom	9.0 million
4	Lima	Peru	7.7 million
5	Los Angeles	United States	3.8 million
6	Luliang	China	3.3 million
7	Lanzhou	China	3.0 million
8	Luanda	Angola	2.8 million
9	Linyi	China	2.7 million
10	Lucknow	India	2.5 million
11	Lubumbashi	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.2 million
12	Lusaka	Zambia	2.2 million
13	Lome	Togo	2.2 million
14	La Paz	Bolivia	2.0 million
15	Lianyungang	China	2.0 million
16	Luan	China	1.6 million
17	Ludhiana	India	1.6 million
18	Leon de los Aldama	Mexico	1.6 million
19	Liuzhou	China	1.4 million
20	Luoyang	China	1.4 million
21	Liupanshui	China	1.3 million
22	Luohe	China	1.3 million
23	Liaocheng	China	1.2 million
24	Luohu District	China	1.1 million
25	Lilongwe	Malawi	1.1 million
26	Longyan	China	1.0 million
27	Luzhou	China	998,900
28	Laiwu	China	989,535
29	Linfen	China	959,198
30	Laibin	China	910,282
31	Langfang	China	868,066
32	Libreville	Gabon	846,090
33	Lviv	Ukraine	717,273
34	Latakia	Syria	709,000
35	Liaoyang	China	687,890
36	Leshan	China	662,814
37	Las Vegas	United States	641,903
38	Likasi	Democratic Republic of the Congo	635,768
39	Louisville	United States	624,444
40	Las Pinas	Philippines	615,549
41	Lubango	Angola	600,751
42	Luancheng	China	597,130
43	Londrina	Brazil	581,382
44	Leeds	United Kingdom	536,280
45	Lyon	France	520,774
46	Lisbon	Portugal	517,802
47	Loni	India	516,082
48	Lipetsk	Russia	509,735
49	Leipzig	Germany	504,971
50	Lapu-Lapu City	Philippines	497,813
51	Loudi	China	497,171
52	Liverpool	United Kingdom	496,770
53	Long Beach	United States	474,140
54	Longshan	China	465,249
55	Lishui	China	451,418
56	Laval	Canada	438,366
57	Luxor	Egypt	422,407
58	London	Canada	422,324
59	Lekki	Nigeria	401,272
60	Luhansk	Ukraine	397,677
61	Lobito	Angola	393,079
62	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Spain	383,516
63	Latur	India	382,940
64	Leicester	United Kingdom	368,600
65	Larkana	Pakistan	364,033
66	Lhoka	China	353,700
67	Long Bien	Vietnam	347,829
68	Logan City	Australia	345,098
69	Laixi	China	341,470
70	Lublin	Poland	336,339
71	Lincang	China	323,708
72	Lexington	United States	320,347
73	Lexington-Fayette	United States	314,488
74	Lianshan	China	313,247

US cities that start with L

City	State	Population
Los Angeles	California	3.8 million
Las Vegas	Nevada	641,903
Louisville	Kentucky	624,444
Long Beach	California	474,140
Lexington	Kentucky	320,347
Lexington-Fayette	Kentucky	314,488
Lincoln	Nebraska	294,757
Laredo	Texas	256,153
Lubbock	Texas	249,042
Little Rock	Arkansas	202,591
Lancaster	California	161,103
Lakewood	Colorado	152,597
Lafayette	Louisiana	121,374
Lansing	Michigan	112,644
Lowell	Massachusetts	110,699
Lakeland	Florida	104,401
Lewisville	Texas	104,039
Las Cruces	New Mexico	101,643
League City	Texas	98,312
Lawton	Oklahoma	96,655
Lee's Summit	Missouri	95,094
Livonia	Michigan	94,635
Lawrence	Kansas	93,917
Lynn	Massachusetts	92,457
Longmont	Colorado	92,088
Livermore	California	88,126
Lehigh Acres	Florida	86,784
Lake Forest	California	82,492
Longview	Texas	82,287
Lakewood	California	81,611
Largo	Florida	81,000
Lawrence	Massachusetts	80,231
Lynchburg	Virginia	79,812
Lake Charles	Louisiana	76,070
Loveland	Colorado	75,182
Layton	Utah	74,143
Logan Square	Illinois	73,702
Lynwood	California	71,989
Lauderhill	Florida	71,579
Lafayette	Indiana	71,111
Lincoln Park	Illinois	66,959
Laguna Niguel	California	65,806
Lodi	California	64,596
Lorain	Ohio	63,647
La Habra	California	62,131
Lake Elsinore	California	61,981
Lakeville	Minnesota	60,633
La Mesa	California	60,089
Lakewood	Washington	59,829
Lancaster	Pennsylvania	59,339

Capital cities that start with L

Capital	Country
Libreville	Gabon
Lilongwe	Malawi
Lima	Peru
Lisbon	Portugal
Ljubljana	Slovenia
Lobamba	Eswatini
Lomé	Togo
London	United Kingdom
Luanda	Angola
Lusaka	Zambia
Luxembourg	Luxembourg

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Questions people ask

What is the biggest city that starts with L?

Lagos in Nigeria, with about 15.4 million people in the GeoNames count.

What US cities start with L?

The largest are Los Angeles, California, Las Vegas, Nevada, Louisville, Kentucky, Long Beach, California, Lexington, Kentucky.

What capital cities start with L?

Libreville (Gabon), Lilongwe (Malawi), Lima (Peru), Lisbon (Portugal), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Lobamba (Eswatini).

Which country has the most big cities starting with L?

China, with 27 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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