List of largest cities by area
This is a list of the largest urban areas in the world by area.
Urban areas
This table shows all cities or conurbations with a total urbanised area of at least 5,000 km2, according to Demographia's annual World Urban Areas[1] publication, that uses a consistent methodology between countries to provide comparable population and area figures.
| Urban area | Country | Built-up land area (km2) |
Population | Urban population density (per km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York City (New York City Metropolitan Area) |  United States
|
12,093 | 20,902,000 | 1,728 |
| Boston - Providence | United States
|
9,539 | 7,340,000 | 769 |
| Tokyo-Yokohama |  Japan
|
8,231 | 39,105,000 | 4,751 |
| Atlanta | United States
|
7,400 | 5,434,000 | 734 |
| Chicago | United States
|
7,006 | 9,013,000 | 1,286 |
| Los Angeles | United States
|
6,351 | 15,477,000 | 2,437 |
| Moscow |  Russia
|
5,879 | 17,693,000 | 3,009 |
| Washington, D.C.-Baltimore | United States
|
5,501 | 7,583,000 | 1,378 |
| Philadelphia | United States
|
5,429 | 5,697,000 | 1,049 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | United States
|
5,278 | 6,960,000 | 1,319 |
See also
References
- ^ "Demographia World Urban Areas 17th Annual Edition: 202106" (PDF). Demographia. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- "The largest cities in the world by land area, population and density". CityMayors.com. Retrieved 2018-03-05.