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List of metropolitan areas by population
This page lists the 101 largest metropolitan areas of the world by population. This is a controversial and difficult to define quantity. These figures include suburban areas immediately surrounding a major city and sometimes multiple major cities which may be close enough together to function essentially as one area (e.g. Washington-Baltimore).
Figures are all rounded to the nearest 10,000, as these can only be rough estimates based on population changes and rates.
| Rank |
Metropolitan area name |
Population estimate |
| 1 |
Tokyo-Yokohama-Kawasaki-Chiba, Japan (Greater Tokyo Area)
|
33,750,000 |
| 2 |
Mexico City-Nezahualcóyotl-Ecatepec-Naucalpan, Mexico
|
22,150,000 |
| 3 |
Seoul-Incheon-Bucheon-Goyang-Seongnam-Suweon, South Korea (Capital Metropolitan Area)
|
22,000,000 |
| 4 |
New York City, New York-Newark, New Jersey-Paterson, New Jersey, United States (New York Metropolitan Area)
|
21,750,000 |
| 5 |
São Paulo-Guarulhos-Santo André-Osasco, Brazil
|
20,200,000 |
| 6 |
Mumbai-Navi Mumbai-Kalyan-Thane-Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra, India (Brihanmumbai/Greater Mumbai )
|
18,800,000 |
| 7 |
Delhi, Delhi-Faridabad, Haryana-Ghaziabad , Uttar Pradesh, India
|
18,100,000 |
| 8 |
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Japan (Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto)
|
16,567,000 |
| 9 |
Los Angeles-Riverside-Anaheim,California United States (The Southland)
|
16,450,000 |
| 10 |
Jakarta-Bekasi -Bogor-Depok-Tangerang, Indonesia (Daerah Jabotabek/Jabotabek Area)
|
16,400,000 |
| 11 |
Moscow, Russia
|
15,350,000 |
| 12 |
Tehran-Karaj, Iran
|
15,300,000 |
| 13 |
Greater Cairo, Al Qahirah-Al Jizah-Al Qalyubiyah Governorates, the Arab Republic of Egypt
|
15,200,000 |
| 14 |
Kolkata-Howrah, West Bengal, India
|
14,950,000 |
| 15 |
Manila-Caloocan City-Quezon City, Philippines (Metro Manila)
|
14,000,000 |
| 16 |
London, United Kingdom (London commuter belt)
|
13,900,000 |
| 17 |
Buenos Aires-San Justo -La Plata, Argentina
|
13,900,000 |
| 18 |
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
|
13,100,000 |
| 19 |
Shanghai Municipality, People's Republic of China
|
12,500,000 |
| 20 |
Busan-Ulsan-Changwon-Koje -Pohang-Gimhae , South Korea (Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region)
|
12,250,000 |
| 21 |
Rio De Janeiro-Nova Iguaçu -São Gonçalo -Niterói, Brazil
|
12,150,000 |
| 22 |
Dhaka, Bangladesh
|
12,050,000 |
| 23 |
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
|
11,200,000 |
| 24 |
Istanbul, Turkey
|
10,900,000 |
| 25 |
Beijing Municipality, People's Republic of China
|
9,800,000 |
| 26 |
Chicago, Illinois-Gary, Indiana-Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States (Chicagoland)
|
9,750,000 |
| 27 |
Lagos, Nigeria
|
9,600,000 |
| 28 |
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region-Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
|
8,600,000 |
| 29 |
Lima, Peru
|
8,150,000 |
| 30 |
Bogotá, Colombia
|
8,000,000 |
| 31 |
Johannesburg-Soweto-East Rand-West Rand, South Africa (Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area)
|
7,900,000 |
| 32 |
Washington, DC-Baltimore, Maryland, United States (Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area)
|
7,700,000 |
| 33 |
Bangkok, Thailand
|
7,650,000 |
| 34 |
Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China
|
7,650,000 |
| 35 |
Chennai-Tambaram -Avadi -Manali, Tamil Nadu, India
|
7,300,000 |
| 36 |
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, California, United States (San Francisco Bay Area)
|
7,150,000 |
| 37 |
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
6,950,000 |
| 38 |
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
|
6,950,000 |
| 39 |
Taipei-Keelung, Taiwan, Republic of China (Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area)
|
6,800,000 |
| 40 |
Toronto-Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Golden Horseshoe)
|
6,700,000 |
| 41 |
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
|
6,650,000 |
| 42 |
Hyderabad-Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
|
6,350,000 |
| 43 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Delaware Valley)
|
5,950,000 |
| 44 |
Saint Petersburg, Russia
|
5,850,000 |
| 45 |
Tianjin Municipality, People's Republic of China
|
5,580,000 |
| 46 |
Essen-Bochum-Dortmund-Wuppertal, Germany (Ruhr area)
|
5,800,000 |
| 47 |
Detroit, Michigan, United States-Windsor, Ontario, Canada (Metro Detroit)
|
5,800,000 |
| 48 |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
|
5,700,000 |
| 49 |
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, United States (Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex)
|
5,700,000 |
| 50 |
Madrid, Spain
|
5,600,000 |
| 51 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States (South Florida)
|
5,400,000 |
| 52 |
Khartoum, Sudan
|
5,350,000 |
| 53 |
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
|
5,300,000 |
| 54 |
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
|
5,250,000 |
| 55 |
Santiago, Chile
|
5,250,000 |
| 56 |
Baghdad, Iraq
|
5,200,000 |
| 57 |
Houston-Conroe-Galveston, Texas, United States (Houston Metropolitan Area)
|
5,150,000 |
| 58 |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
|
5,150,000 |
| 59 |
Nagoya, Japan
|
5,130,000 |
| 60 |
Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah Governorate, Arab Republic of Egypt
|
5,050,000 |
| 61 |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (Atlanta Metropolitan Area)
|
4,850,000 |
| 62 |
Yangon, Myanmar
|
4,850,000 |
| 63 |
Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
|
4,800,000 |
| 64 |
Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
|
4,800,000 |
| 65 |
Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
|
4,550,000 |
| 66 |
Caracas, Venezuela
|
4,500,000 |
| 67 |
Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
|
4,450,000 |
| 68 |
Singapore City , Singapore
|
4,400,000 |
| 69 |
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
|
4,450,000 |
| 70 |
Pune-Pimpri-Chinchwad , Maharashtra, India
|
4,250,000 |
| 71 |
Algiers, Algeria
|
4,200,000 |
| 72 |
Guadalajara-Zapopan , Mexico
|
4,200,000 |
| 73 |
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
|
4,200,000 |
| 74 |
Berlin, Germany
|
4,150,000 |
| 75 |
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
|
4,050,000 |
| 76 |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|
4,050,000 |
| 77 |
Porto Alegre, Brazil
|
3,950,000 |
| 78 |
Chittacong, Bangladesh
|
3,900,000 |
| 79 |
Casablanca, Morocco
|
3,850,000 |
| 80 |
Barcelona, Spain
|
3,800,000 |
| 81 |
Milan, Italy
|
3,800,000 |
| 82 |
Monterrey, Mexico
|
3,800,000 |
| 83 |
Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
|
3,750,000 |
| 84 |
Kyiv, Ukraine
|
3,750,000 |
| 85 |
Recife, Brazil
|
3,750,000 |
| 86 |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
|
3,650,000 |
| 87 |
Phoenix, Arizona, United States (Valley of the Sun)
|
3,650,000 |
| 88 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington, United States
|
3,650,000 |
| 89 |
Ankara, Turkey
|
3,600,000 |
| 90 |
Montreal-Laval, Quebec, Canada
|
3,600,000 |
| 91 |
Pyongyang, North Korea
|
3,600,000 |
| 92 |
Medellín, Colombia
|
3,550,000 |
| 93 |
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
|
3,550,000 |
| 94 |
Athens, Greece
|
3,500,000 |
| 95 |
Salvador, Brazil
|
3,400,000 |
| 96 |
Brasília, Brazil
|
3,500,000 |
| 97 |
Surat, Gujarat, India
|
3,500,000 |
| 98 |
Izmir, Turkey
|
3,370,000 |
| 99 |
Fortaleza, Brazil
|
3,300,000 |
| 100 |
Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States (Twin Cities area)
|
3,300,000 |
| 101 |
Rome, Italy
|
3,300,000 |
See also Largest Cities of the European Union by population, Largest European cities, Largest urban areas of Western Europe, United States metropolitan area, Megacity, list of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada, List of the 15 largest metropolitan areas of France, List of the 20 largest metropolitan areas of Spain
Sources
- Citypopulation.de Largest Agglomerations http://www.citypopulation.de/World.html#i6201
- US Census Bureau: Population Estimates for Metropolitan Areas and Components http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/metro-city/ma99-03a.txt
- WorldAtlas.com: Top 100 Cities of the World - ranked by population http://www.worldatlas.com/citypops.htm
Other lists of metropolitan areas
- PopulationData.net: all 1M+ unhabitants Metropolitan areas http://www.populationdata.net/palmaresvilles.html
- Demographia.com: 50 Largest World Metropolitan Areas http://www.demographia.com/db-world-metro2000.htm
- Citypopulation.de: The Principal Agglomerations of the World http://www.citypopulation.de/Country.html?E+World
Further reading
- Largest Cities Through History http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm
Last updated: 02-19-2005 12:34:30
Last updated: 05-01-2005 03:48:41
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