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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 issue rather difficult to quantify. 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 |
Country |
Population estimate |
| 1 |
Tokyo-Yokohama-Kawasaki-Chiba (Greater Tokyo Area)
|
Japan
|
33,750,000 |
| 2 |
São Paulo-Guarulhos-Santo André-Osasco
|
Brazil
|
22,700,000 |
| 3 |
Mexico City-Nezahualcóyotl-Ecatepec-Naucalpan
|
Mexico
|
22,150,000 |
| 4 |
Seoul-Incheon-Bucheon-Goyang-Seongnam-Suweon (Capital Metropolitan Area)
|
South Korea
|
22,000,000 |
| 5 |
New York City, New York-Newark, New Jersey-Paterson, New Jersey (New York Metropolitan Area)
|
United States
|
21,750,000 |
| 6 |
Mumbai-Navi Mumbai-Kalyan-Thane-Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra (Brihanmumbai/Greater Mumbai )
|
India
|
18,800,000 |
| 7 |
Delhi, National Capital Territory-Faridabad, Haryana, Gurgaon, Haryana-Ghaziabad , Uttar Pradesh-Noida, Uttar Pradesh
|
India
|
18,100,000 |
| 8 |
Los Angeles-Riverside-Anaheim (Southern California)
|
California, United States
|
16,710,000 |
| 9 |
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto (Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto or Keihanshin)
|
Japan
|
16,570,000 |
| 10 |
Jakarta-Bekasi -Bogor-Depok-Tangerang (Daerah Jabotabek/Jabotabek Area)
|
Indonesia
|
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 (London commuter belt)
|
United Kingdom
|
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 (Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region)
|
South Korea
|
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 (Chicagoland)
|
United States
|
9,800,000 |
| 27 |
Lagos
|
Nigeria
|
9,600,000 |
| 28 |
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region-Shenzhen, Guangdong
|
People's Republic of China
|
8,600,000 |
| 29 |
Lima-Callao (Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area)
|
Peru
|
8,535,000 |
| 30 |
Bogotá
|
Colombia
|
8,000,000 |
| 31 |
Johannesburg-Soweto-East Rand-West Rand (Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area)
|
South Africa
|
7,900,000 |
| 32 |
Washington, DC-Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area)
|
United States
|
7,700,000 |
| 33 |
Bangkok-Samut Prakarn-Nonthaburi-Pathum Thani
|
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 (San Francisco Bay Area)
|
United States
|
7,150,000 |
| 37 |
Kinshasa
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
6,950,000 |
| 38 |
Lahore, Punjab
|
Pakistan
|
6,950,000 |
| 39 |
Hyderabad-Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh
|
India
|
6,833,000 |
| 40 |
Taipei-Keelung (Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area)
|
Taiwan, Republic of China
|
6,800,000 |
| 41 |
Toronto-Hamilton, Ontario (Golden Horseshoe)
|
Canada
|
6,700,000 |
| 42 |
Bangalore, Karnataka
|
India
|
6,650,000 |
| 43 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Delaware Valley)
|
United States
|
5,950,000 |
| 44 |
Saint Petersburg
|
Russia
|
5,850,000 |
| 45 |
Tianjin Municipality
|
People's Republic of China
|
5,580,000 |
| 46 |
Detroit, Michigan-Windsor, Ontario (Metro Detroit)
|
United States,Canada
|
5,800,000 |
| 47 |
Boston, Massachusetts, (Greater Boston)
|
United States
|
5,700,000 |
| 48 |
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, (Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex)
|
United States
|
5,700,000 |
| 49 |
Madrid
|
Spain
|
5,600,000 |
| 50 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida (South Florida)
|
United States
|
5,400,000 |
| 51 |
Khartoum
|
Sudan
|
5,350,000 |
| 52 |
Belo Horizonte
|
Brazil
|
5,300,000 |
| 53 |
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
|
India
|
5,250,000 |
| 54 |
Santiago
|
Chile
|
5,250,000 |
| 55 |
Essen-Duisburg- Bochum-Dortmund (Ruhr area)
|
Germany
|
5,200,000 |
| 56 |
Baghdad
|
Iraq
|
5,200,000 |
| 57 |
Houston-Conroe-Galveston, Texas (Houston Metropolitan Area)
|
United States
|
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 (Atlanta Metropolitan Area)
|
United States
|
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 (Valley of the Sun)
|
United States
|
3,650,000 |
| 88 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington (Greater Puget Sound)
|
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 (Twin Cities area)
|
United States
|
3,300,000 |
| 101 |
Rome
|
Italy
|
3,300,000 |
See also
Sources
Other lists of metropolitan areas
Further reading
Last updated: 05-13-2005 21:34:35
Last updated: 05-13-2005 07:56:04
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