Bare Facts!

I was casually chatting with Guillaume, (About to start his Ph.D. - from Grenoble - been to India), when the topic of IITs came up. I told his about IITs in Bombay, Kanpur - when he said he couldn't place Kanpur. I casually remarked - Kanpur is a small city in Northern India, without realising that his next question would stump me!
What is the population of Kanpur?

Looking up, facts - here are a few laid out (& will give you an idea, why the small wasn't in place):

Place	Population in Million
Europe	728
Maharastra	96.75
France	64.10
Mumbai	19.70
The Nedtherlands	16.57
Ile-de-France	11.50
Belgium	10.15
Austria	8.20
Switzerland	7.50
Pune	4.48
Kanpur	4.18
Paris	2.15
Amsterdam, Lyon, Zurich, Geneve	< 1