Cities That Start With P

97 cities Places Checked 9 Oct 2026

These cities that start with P are the world's big cities with 300,000 or more people, 97 in all, ranked by population. A separate list covers 64 US cities that start with P, followed by capital cities.

P has 97 cities. The top two, Puxi and Pudong, are the two sides of Shanghai, split by a river. Paris in France, Pune in India and Perth in Australia show how widely the letter spreads across continents.

The US list offers good phonics practice. Phoenix and Philadelphia open with a Ph that is said like an F, while Pittsburgh has the plain P sound and a silent h at the end. These make a simple mini lesson on how the same letter can sound different.

Big cities starting with P: 97
Largest: Puxi China
Largest in the US: Phoenix Arizona

Cities that start with P around the world

#	City	Country	Population
1	Puxi	China	6.7 million
2	Pudong	China	5.7 million
3	Peshawar	Pakistan	4.8 million
4	Puyang	China	3.6 million
5	Pyongyang	North Korea	3.2 million
6	Pune	India	3.1 million
7	Perth	Australia	2.4 million
8	Paris	France	2.1 million
9	Port Harcourt	Nigeria	2.1 million
10	Pretoria	South Africa	2.1 million
11	Palembang	Indonesia	1.8 million
12	Pimpri-Chinchwad	India	1.7 million
13	Puebla	Mexico	1.7 million
14	Patna	India	1.7 million
15	Phoenix	United States	1.7 million
16	Philadelphia	United States	1.6 million
17	Phnom Penh	Cambodia	1.6 million
18	Putian	China	1.5 million
19	Porto Alegre	Brazil	1.5 million
20	Pimpri	India	1.3 million
21	Putuo	China	1.2 million
22	Port-au-Prince	Haiti	1.2 million
23	Pikine	Senegal	1.2 million
24	Pekanbaru	Indonesia	1.2 million
25	Panjin	China	1.2 million
26	Prague	Czechia	1.2 million
27	Prayagraj	India	1.1 million
28	Pointe-Noire	Republic of the Congo	1.0 million
29	Pest	Hungary	1.0 million
30	Perm	Russia	982,419
31	Pingdingshan	China	979,130
32	Padang	Indonesia	942,938
33	Pingxiang	China	893,550
34	Puning	China	874,954
35	Pasig City	Philippines	853,050
36	Pietermaritzburg	South Africa	839,327
37	Petaling Jaya	Malaysia	807,879
38	Panzhihua	China	787,177
39	Port Said	Egypt	780,515
40	Paranaque City	Philippines	703,245
41	Pontianak	Indonesia	686,019
42	Puducherry	India	657,209
43	Portland	United States	652,503
44	Palermo	Italy	648,260
45	Piura	Peru	630,000
46	Panshan	China	625,040
47	Pokhara	Nepal	600,051
48	Pallabi	Bangladesh	597,574
49	Pelentong	Malaysia	583,640
50	Puente Alto	Chile	568,106
51	Pristina	Kosovo	550,000
52	Porto Velho	Brazil	548,952
53	Pingdu	China	542,234
54	Poznan	Poland	536,151
55	Pasir Gudang	Malaysia	534,659
56	Penza	Russia	523,553
57	Pingliang	China	504,848
58	Pindi Bhattian	Pakistan	493,222
59	Pohang	South Korea	492,041
60	Port Sudan	Sudan	489,725
61	Pereira	Colombia	467,269
62	Patiala	India	446,246
63	Palma	Spain	438,234
64	Pasay	Philippines	416,522
65	Panama City	Panama	408,168
66	Piracicaba	Brazil	407,252
67	Pasto	Colombia	392,930
68	Palu	Indonesia	389,959
69	Petrolina	Brazil	386,791
70	Panihati	India	378,705
71	Petionville	Haiti	376,834
72	Puchong	Malaysia	375,181
73	Puerto La Cruz	Venezuela	370,000
74	Pyeongtaek	South Korea	364,694
75	Petare	Venezuela	364,684
76	Pravyi Bereh	Ukraine	352,088
77	Pengze	China	350,000
78	Punasa	India	350,000
79	Praia Grande	Brazil	349,935
80	Pizhou	China	343,421

US cities that start with P

City	State	Population
Phoenix	Arizona	1.7 million
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1.6 million
Portland	Oregon	652,503
Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	304,391
Plano	Texas	283,558
Paradise	Nevada	223,167
Peoria	Arizona	190,985
Providence	Rhode Island	190,934
Pembroke Pines	Florida	166,611
Port Saint Lucie	Florida	164,603
Palmdale	California	158,351
Pasadena	Texas	153,784
Pomona	California	153,266
Paterson	New Jersey	147,754
Pasadena	California	142,250
Palm Bay	Florida	119,760
Provo	Utah	115,162
Peoria	Illinois	115,070
Pueblo	Colorado	109,412
Pearland	Texas	108,821
Pompano Beach	Florida	107,762
Portsmouth Heights	Virginia	99,049
Portsmouth	Virginia	96,201
Plantation	Florida	92,560
Palm Coast	Florida	82,893
Parma	Ohio	79,937
Pleasanton	California	79,510
Pharr	Texas	76,538
Plymouth	Minnesota	75,907
Perris	California	74,971
Pawtucket	Rhode Island	71,591
Passaic	New Jersey	71,085
Pasco	Washington	69,451
Pittsburg	California	69,424
Palatine	Illinois	69,308
Portland	Maine	66,881
Palo Alto	California	66,853
Parkchester	New York	65,876
Park Slope	New York	65,047
Portage Park	Illinois	64,841
Pico Rivera	California	64,218
Petaluma	California	60,438
Pine Hills	Florida	60,076
Pontiac	Michigan	59,917
Port Orange	Florida	59,866
Palm Harbor	Florida	57,439
Pflugerville	Texas	57,122
Porterville	California	56,058
Piscataway	New Jersey	56,044
Paramount	California	55,412

Capital cities that start with P

Capital	Country
Palikir	Micronesia
Panama City	Panama
Paramaribo	Suriname
Paris	France
Phnom Penh	Cambodia
Podgorica	Montenegro
Port Louis	Mauritius
Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea
Port Vila	Vanuatu
Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago
Port-au-Prince	Haiti
Porto-Novo	Benin
Prague	Czechia
Praia	Cape Verde
Pretoria	South Africa
Pyongyang	North Korea

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Questions people ask

What is the biggest city that starts with P?

Puxi in China, with about 6.7 million people in the GeoNames count.

What US cities start with P?

The largest are Phoenix, Arizona, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Portland, Oregon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Plano, Texas.

What capital cities start with P?

Palikir (Micronesia), Panama City (Panama), Paramaribo (Suriname), Paris (France), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Podgorica (Montenegro).

Which country has the most big cities starting with P?

China, with 15 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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