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Wikipedia: List of metropolitan areas by population
List of metropolitan areas by population
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
This page lists the 100 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 three significant digits (four in cases of populations above ten million), as these can only be rough estimates.
| Rank | Metropolitan area name | Population estimate |
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| 1 | Tokyo-Yokohama-Kawasaki-Chiba, Japan (Greater Tokyo Area) | 33,750,000 |
| 2 | Mexico City-Nezahualcóyotl-Ecatepec-Naucalpan, Mexico | 21,850,000 |
| 3 | New York City, New York-Newark, New Jersey-Paterson, New Jersey, United States (New York Metropolitan Area) | 21,750,000 |
| 4 | Seoul-Incheon-Bucheon-Goyang-Seongnam-Suweon, South Korea | 21,700,000 |
| 5 | São Paulo-Guarulhos, Brazil | 20,200,000 |
| 6 | 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 | Los Angeles-Riverside-Anaheim, California, United States (The Southland) | 17,450,000 |
| 9 | Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Japan | 16,700,000 |
| 10 | Jakarta-Bekasi-Bogor-Depok-Tangerang, Indonesia (Daerah Jabotabek/Jabotabek Area) | 16,300,000 |
| 11 | Cairo-Al-Jizah-Shubra al-Khaymah, Egypt | 15,600,000 |
| 12 | Moscow, Russia | 15,350,000 |
| 13 | Kolkata-Haora, West Bengal, India | 14,950,000 |
| 14 | Manila-Kalookan-Quezon City, Philippines (Metro Manila) | 14,000,000 |
| 15 | Buenos Aires-San Justo-La Plata, Argentina | 13,900,000 |
| 16 | Karachi, Pakistan | 13,100,000 |
| 17 | Shanghai Municipality, People's Republic of China | 12,500,000 |
| 18 | Rio De Janeiro-Nova Iguaçu-São Gonçalo, Brazil | 12,150,000 |
| 19 | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 12,050,000 |
| 20 | London, United Kingdom (London commuter belt) | 11,900,000 |
| 21 | Tehran-Karaj, Iran | 10,800,000 |
| 22 | Istanbul, Turkey | 10,900,000 |
| 23 | Beijing Municipality, People's Republic of China | 9,900,000 |
| 24 | Paris, France | 9,850,000 |
| 25 | Chicago, Illinois, United States (Chicagoland) | 9,650,000 |
| 26 | Lagos, Nigeria | 9,600,000 |
| 27 | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region-Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China | 8,600,000 |
| 28 | Lima, Peru | 8,150,000 |
| 29 | Bogota, Colombia | 8,000,000 |
| 30 | Nagoya, Japan | 5,130,000 |
| 31 | Washington, DC-Baltimore, Maryland, United States (Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area) | 7,900,000 |
| 32 | Johannesburg-Soweto-East Rand-West Rand, South Africa | 7,750,000 |
| 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) | 7,250,000 |
| 37 | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,950,000 |
| 38 | Lahore, Pakistan | 6,950,000 |
| 39 | Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China | 6,800,000 |
| 40 | Toronto-Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Extended Golden Horseshoe) | 6,700,000 |
| 41 | Bangalore, Karnataka, India | 6,650,000 |
| 42 | Hyderabad, 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 (Rhein-Ruhr), Germany | 5,800,000 |
| 47 | Detroit, Michigan, United States-Windsor, Ontario, Canada | 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 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale, 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 | Baghdad, Iraq | 5,200,000 | |
| 56 | Madrid, Spain | 5,200,000 | |
| 57 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 5,150,000 | |
| 58 | Houston, Texas, United States (Houston Metropolitan Area) | 5,150,000 | |
| 59 | Alexandria, Egypt | 5,050,000 | |
| 60 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States (Atlanta Metropolitan Area) | 4,850,000 | |
| 61 | Yangon, Myanmar | 4,850,000 | |
| 62 | Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China | 4,800,000 | |
| 63 | Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China | 4,800,000 | |
| 64 | Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China | 4,550,000 | |
| 65 | Caracas, Venezuela | 4,500,000 | |
| 66 | Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China | 4,450,000 | |
| 67 | Singapore City, Singapore | 4,400,000 | |
| 68 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 4,450,000 | |
| 69 | Pune-Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra, India | 4,250,000 | |
| 70 | Algiers, Algeria | 4,200,000 | |
| 71 | Guadalajara-Zapopan, Mexico | 4,200,000 | |
| 72 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 4,200,000 | |
| 73 | Berlin, Germany | 4,150,000 | |
| 74 | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire | 4,050,000 | |
| 75 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 4,050,000 | |
| 76 | Porto Alegre, Brazil | 3,950,000 | |
| 77 | Chittacong, Bangladesh | 3,900,000 | |
| 78 | Casablanca, Morocco | 3,850,000 | |
| 79 | Barcelona, Spain | 3,800,000 | |
| 80 | Milan, Italy | 3,800,000 | |
| 81 | Monterrey, Mexico | 3,800,000 | |
| 82 | Busan, South Korea | 3,750,000 | |
| 83 | Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China | 3,750,000 | |
| 84 | Recife, Brazil | 3,750,000 | |
| 85 | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 3,650,000 | |
| 86 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States (Valley of the Sun) | 3,650,000 | |
| 87 | Seattle, Washington, United States | 3,650,000 | |
| 88 | Ankara, Turkey | 3,600,000 | |
| 89 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 3,600,000 | |
| 90 | Pyongyang, North Korea | 3,600,000 | |
| 91 | Medellin, Colombia | 3,550,000 | |
| 92 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 3,550,000 | |
| 93 | Athens, Greece | 3,500,000 | |
| 94 | Salvador, Brazil | 3,400,000 | |
| 95 | Brasília, Brazil | 3,500,000 | |
| 96 | Surat, Gujarat, India | 3,500,000 | |
| 97 | Fortaleza, Brazil | 3,300,000 | |
| 98 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States | 3,300,000 | |
| 99 | Rome, Italy | 3,300,000 | |
| 100 | Kiev, Ukraine | 3,250,000 | |
| 101 | Upper Silesian Metropolitan Area, Poland | 2,930,800 | |
See also Largest European cities, United States metropolitan area, Megacity
Sources
Other lists of metropolitan areas
Further Reading
To be merged
- Tokyo, Japan - 28 million
- Mexico City, Mexico - 18 million
- Mumbai, India - 18 million
- Sao Paulo, Brazil - 18 million
- New York City, USA - 17 million
- Shanghai, China - 14 million
- Lagos, Nigeria - 13 million
- Los Angeles, USA - 13 million
- Calcutta, India - 13 million
- Buenos Aires, Argentina - 12 million
- Seoul, South Korea - 12 million
- Beijing, China - 12 million
- Karachi, Pakistan - 11 million
- Delhi, India - 11 million
- Dhaka, Bangladesh - 11 million
- Manila, Philippines - 11 million
- Cairo, Egypt - 11 million
- Osaka, Japan - 11 million
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 11 million
- Tianjin, China - 10 million.
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