Largest Metropolitan Areas in the World

[Richard Akindele]

Largest Metropolitan Areas in the World

Rank	Urban Pop [UN estimate]	Urban area/City	Country	City Pop.	Rank
1	34,997,269	Tokyo	Japan	8,124,310	12
2	18,660,221	Mexico City	Mexico	8,548,639	9
3	18,252,339	New York	United States of America	8,158,957	11
4	17,857,001	São Paulo	Brazil	10,136,978	6
5	17,431,305	Mumbai (Bombay)	India	12,778,721	1
6	14,145,956	Delhi	India	11,055,365	3
7	13,805,691	Calcutta	India	4,651,322	34
8	13,047,115	Buenos Aires	Argentina	2,746,761	73
9	12,759,367	Shanghai	China	10,840,516	4
10	12,295,516	Jakarta	Indonesia	8,407,479	10
11	12,018,068	Los Angeles	United States of America	3,866,382	41
12	11,560,211	Dhaka	Bangladesh	6,080,671	24
13	11,243,853	Osaka-Kobe	Japan	2,588,286	85
14	11,214,126	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	6,038,581	25
15	11,078,298	Karachi	Pakistan	11,507,254	2
16	10,847,827	Beijing	China	7,741,274	14
17	10,834,495	Cairo	Egypt	7,438,376	15
18	10,468,743	Moscow	Russian Federation	10,375,688	5
19	10,352,249	Metro Manila	Philippines	1,568,926	168
20	10,103,459	Lagos	Nigeria	7,181,111	19
21	9,794,337	Paris	France	2,103,674	115
22	9,713,757	Seoul	South Korea	9,747,972	7
23	9,371,163	Istanbul	Turkey	9,621,565	8
24	9,271,376	Tianjin	China	5,083,657	30
25	8,567,571	Chicago	United States of America	2,871,499	68
26	7,898,778	Lima	Peru	7,866,160	13
27	7,619,014	London	United Kingdom	7,287,555	17
28	7,289,646	Santa Fé de Bogotá	Colombia	7,220,971	18
29	7,190,000	Tehran	Iran	7,404,515	16
30	7,049,175	Hong Kong	China, Hong Kong SAR	6,752,001	20
31	6,691,180	Chennai (Madras)	India	4,368,883	37
32	6,559,521	Rhein-Ruhr North	Germany	6559521	21
33	6,486,401	Bangkok	Thailand	6,542,751	22
34	6,140,818	Bangalore	India	5,158,019	28
35	5,989,395	Lahore	Pakistan	6,192,853	23
36	5,863,694	Hyderabad	India	3,619,856	48
37	5,652,919	Wuhan	China	5,147,431	29
38	5,620,373	Baghdad	Iraq	5,556,562	26
39	5,477,804	Santiago	Chile	4,810,997	33
40	5,285,799	Saint Petersburg	Russian Federation	4,178,234	38
41	5,276,958	Kinshasa	Congo	4,385,264	36
42	5,260,635	Philadelphia	United States of America	1,465,762	185
43	5,215,986	Miami	United States of America	380,540
44	5,125,753	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	5,318,636	27
45	5,103,072	Madrid	Spain	2,915,961	65
46	5,047,563	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	2,344,475	99
47	4,881,757	Shenyang	China	4,111,624	39
48	4,879,540	Toronto	Canada	5,006,513	31
49	4,869,420	Ahmadabad	India	3,796,043	42
50	4,850,717	Ho Chi Minh City	Viet Nam	3,407,129	53
51	4,847,689	Chongqing	China	4,865,499	32
52	4,445,561	Dallas-Fort Worth	United States of America	1,228,127	246
53	4,406,380	Barcelona	Spain	1,463,736	188
54	4,285,542	Khartoum	Sudan	1,740,661	144
55	4,273,716	Sydney	Australia	3,774,894	43
56	4,252,842	Singapore	Singapore	4,408,220	35
57	4,212,389	Boston	United States of America	581,046	621
58	4,143,735	Pune (Poona)	India	3,058,025	60
59	4,117,892	Houston	United States of America	2,049,949	120
60	4,098,329	Washington, D.C.	United States of America	558,891	657
61	4,063,643	Milan	Italy	1,207,823	249
62	3,998,529	Atlanta	United States of America	426,338	868
63	3,977,202	Hanoi	Viet Nam	1,203,379	255
64	3,950,668	Detroit	United States of America	897,157	376
65	3,886,934	Guangzhou	China	4,056,025	40
66	3,873,739	Yangon	Myanmar	3,033,972	61
67	3,824,582	Guadalajara	Mexico	1,651,417	154
68	3,793,643	Chittagong	Bangladesh	2,123,709	113
69	3,764,939	Bandung	Indonesia	2,189,759	107
70	3,712,066	Rhein-Main	Germany	3,700,000	45
71	3,681,622	Pôrto Alegre	Brazil	1,368,418	210
72	3,653,098	Alexandria	Egypt	3,693,412	46
73	3,579,050	Pusan	South Korea	3,719,989	44
74	3,578,225	Casablanca	Morocco	3,462,648	52
75	3,577,342	Melbourne	Australia	3,245,352	56
76	3,556,556	Jidda	Saudi Arabia	3,630,694	47
77	3,470,916	Montréal	Canada	3,509,283	51
78	3,428,420	Ankara	Turkey	3,561,187	49
79	3,421,598	Monterrey	Mexico	1,116,074	284
80	3,410,509	Recife	Brazil	1,482,822	180
81	3,403,732	Chengdu	China	2,588,577	84
82	3,336,518	Abidjan	Côte d'Ivoire	2,906,769	66
83	3,327,070	Berlin	Germany	3,405,250	54
84	3,301,432	Rhein-Ruhr Middle	Germany	3,300,000	55
85	3,300,102	San Francisco-Oakland	United States of America	750,040	453
86	3,260,584	Surat	India	2,931,144	64
87	3,228,286	Pyongyang	North Korea	3,144,005	57
88	3,226,084	Caracas	Venezuela	1,838,939	133
89	3,217,573	Phoenix-Mesa	United States of America	1,435,968	198
90	3,215,104	Athens	Greece	721,477	480
91	3,203,019	Xian	China	2,878,939	67
92	3,187,408	Salvador	Brazil	2,621,530	79
93	3,164,003	Nagoya	Japan	2,178,958	108
94	3,106,895	Fortaleza	Brazil	2,324,195	101
95	3,099,146	Brasília	Brazil	2,176,681	109
96	3,098,897	Medellín	Colombia	3,026,831	62
97	3,084,207	Johannesburg	South Africa	1,456,320	190
98	3,076,356	Rhein-Ruhr South	Germany	3,100,000	59
99	3,059,643	Algiers	Algeria	1,518,083	175
100	3,009,884	Changchun	China	2,423,015	94

Source: United Nations

Largest Cities in the World (within city limits; without surrounding urban areas)

Rank	Population	City	Country	Urban Area Pop.	Rank
1	12.78 million	Mumbai (Bombay)	India	17,431,305	5
2	11.51 million	Karachi	Pakistan	11,078,298	15
3	11.06 million	Delhi	India	14,145,956	6
4	10.84 million	Shanghai	China	12,759,367	9
5	10.38 million	Moscow	Russian Federation	10,468,743	18
6	10.14 million	São Paulo	Brazil	17,857,001	4
7	9.75 million	Seoul	South Korea	9,713,757	22
8	9.62 million	Istanbul	Turkey	9,371,163	23
9	8.55 million	Mexico City	Mexico	18,660,221	2
10	8.41 million	Jakarta	Indonesia	12,295,516	10
11	8.16 million	New York	United States of America	18,252,339	3
12	8.12 million	Tokyo	Japan	34,997,269	1
13	7.87 million	Lima	Peru	7,898,778	26
14	7.74 million	Beijing	China	10,847,827	16
15	7.44 million	Cairo	Egypt	10,834,495	17
16	7.40 million	Tehran	Iran	7,190,000	29
17	7.29 million	London	United Kingdom	7,619,014	27
18	7.22 million	Santa Fé de Bogotá	Colombia	7,289,646	28
19	7.18 million	Lagos	Nigeria	10,103,459	20
20	6.75 million	Hong Kong	China, Hong Kong SAR	7,049,175	30
21	6.56 million	Rhein-Ruhr North	Germany	6,559,521	32
22	6.54 million	Bangkok	Thailand	6,486,401	33
23	6.19 million	Lahore	Pakistan	5,989,395	35
24	6.08 million	Dhaka	Bangladesh	11,560,211	12
25	6.04 million	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	11,214,126	14
26	5.56 million	Baghdad	Iraq	5,620,373	38
27	5.32 million	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	5,125,753	44
28	5.16 million	Bangalore	India	6,140,818	34
29	5.15 million	Wuhan	China	5,652,919	37
30	5.08 million	Tianjin	China	9,271,376	24
31	5.01 million	Toronto	Canada	4,879,540	48
32	4.87 million	Chongqing	China	4,847,689	51
33	4.81 million	Santiago	Chile	5,477,804	39
34	4.65 million	Calcutta	India	13,805,691	7
35	4.41 million	Singapore	Singapore	4,252,842	56
36	4.39 million	Kinshasa	Congo	5,276,958	41
37	4.37 million	Chennai (Madras)	India	6,691,180	31
38	4.18 million	Saint Petersburg	Russian Federation	5,285,799	40
39	4.11 million	Shenyang	China	4,881,757	47
40	4.06 million	Guangzhou	China	3,886,934	65
41	3.87 million	Los Angeles	United States of America	12,018,068	11
42	3.80 million	Ahmadabad	India	4,869,420	49
43	3.77 million	Sydney	Australia	4,273,716	55
44	3.72 million	Pusan	South Korea	3,579,050	73
45	3.70 million	Rhein-Main	Germany	3,712,066	70
46	3.69 million	Alexandria	Egypt	3,653,098	72
47	3.63 million	Jidda	Saudi Arabia	3,556,556	76
48	3.62 million	Hyderabad	India	5,863,694	36
49	3.56 million	Ankara	Turkey	3,428,420	78
50	3.52 million	Yokohama	Japan
51	3.51 million	Montréal	Canada	3,470,916	77
52	3.46 million	Casablanca	Morocco	3,578,225	74
53	3.41 million	Ho Chi Minh City	Viet Nam	4,850,717	50
54	3.41 million	Berlin	Germany	3,327,070	83
55	3.30 million	Rhein-Ruhr Middle	Germany	3,301,432	84
56	3.25 million	Melbourne	Australia	3,577,342	75
57	3.14 million	Pyongyang	North Korea	3,228,286	87
58	3.14 million	Kabul	Afghanistan	2,955,880	103
59	3.10 million	Rhein-Ruhr South	Germany	3,076,356	98
60	3.06 million	Pune (Poona)	India	4,143,735	58
61	3.03 million	Yangon	Myanmar	3,873,739	66
62	3.03 million	Medellín	Colombia	3,098,897	96
63	2.96 million	Omdurman	Sudan
64	2.93 million	Surat	India	3,260,584	86
65	2.92 million	Madrid	Spain	5,103,072	45
66	2.91 million	Abidjan	Côte d'Ivoire	3,336,518	82
67	2.88 million	Xian	China	3,203,019	91
68	2.87 million	Chicago	United States of America	8,567,571	25
69	2.87 million	Nanjing	China	2,780,117	110
70	2.84 million	Kanpur	India	2,878,643	107
71	2.79 million	Kano	Nigeria	2,762,800	113
72	2.76 million	Harbin	China	2,911,071	106
73	2.75 million	Buenos Aires	Argentina	13,047,115	8
74	2.74 million	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	2,723,482	115
75	2.73 million	East Rand (Ekurhuleni)	South Africa	2,808,417	109
76	2.69 million	Surabaja	Indonesia	2,616,236	124
77	2.68 million	Jaipur	India	2,574,719	127
78	2.67 million	Nairobi	Kenya	2,574,847	126
79	2.62 million	Salvador	Brazil	3,187,408	92
80	2.62 million	Inch'on	South Korea	2,575,456	125
81	2.60 million	Taegu	South Korea	2,501,881	130
82	2.59 million	Kiev	Ukraine	2,618,246	123
83	2.59 million	Bekasi	Indonesia
84	2.59 million	Chengdu	China	3,403,732	81
85	2.59 million	Osaka-Kobe	Japan	11,243,853	13
86	2.54 million	Al-Jizah	Egypt
87	2.52 million	Taipei	Taiwan	2,505,388	129
88	2.51 million	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	2,440,794	135
89	2.50 million	Rome	Italy	2,664,649	120
90	2.49 million	Lucknow	India	2,439,439	136
91	2.46 million	Cali	Colombia	2,451,869	134
92	2.46 million	Quezon City	Philippines
93	2.45 million	Luanda	Angola	2,622,976	121
94	2.42 million	Changchun	China	3,009,884	100
95	2.42 million	Izmir	Turkey	2,387,686	138
96	2.40 million	Cali	Colombia
97	2.40 million	Faisalabad	Pakistan	2,369,534	141
98	2.38 million	Cape Town	South Africa	2,967,088	101
99	2.34 million	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	5,047,563	46
100	2.34 million	Ibadan	Nigeria	2,284,396	144

United Nations' data, census data from various countries.