List of metropolitan areas by population

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Top 5 world's largest metropolitan areas

Tokyo, Japan
Seoul, South Korea
Mexico City, Mexico
New York City, United States
Mumbai, India

One concept which measures the world's largest cities is that of the metropolitan area, which is based on the concept of a labor market area and is typically defined as an employment core (an area with a high density of available jobs) and the surrounding areas that have strong commuting ties to the core. There is currently no generally accepted, globally consistent definition of exactly what constitutes a metropolitan area, thus making comparisons between cities in different countries especially difficult.[1]

One attempt at arriving at a consistently defined metropolitan area concept is the study by Richard Forstall, Richard Greene, and James Pick. The basic principles of their definition involve delineating the urban area as the core, then adding surrounding communities that meet two criteria: (1) Less than 35% of the resident workforce must be engaged in agriculture or fishing; and (2) At least 20% of the working residents commute to the urban core.[1]

Based on their consistently defined metropolitan area criteria, they tabulate a list of the twenty largest metropolitan areas in 2003.[1][2] As population figures are interpreted and presented differently according to different methods of data collection, definitions and sources, these numbers should be viewed as approximate. Data from other sources may be equally valid but differ due to being measured according to different criteria or taken from different census years.

Metropolitan area Country Rank Fortstall
2003 est.[2]		 Official population Year
Ahmedabad  India 70066352254000000006,352,254[3] 2011
Atlanta  United States 70065359205000000005,359,205[4] 2011
Bangalore  India 70068728906000000008,728,906[3] 2011
Bangkok  Thailand 700714565520000000014,565,520[5] 2011
Barcelona  Spain 70065375774000000005,375,774[6] 2011
Belo Horizonte  Brazil 70065504635000000005,504,635[7] 2012
Beijing  China 19 700712500000000000012,500,000
Berlin  Germany 70065055116000000005,055,116[6] 2011
Bogotá  Colombia 70067881156000000007,881,156[8] 2005
Buenos Aires  Argentina 17 700713170000000000013,170,000 700712801364000000012,801,364[9] 2010
Cairo  Egypt 16 700714450000000000014,450,000
Chennai  India 70068917749000000008,917,749[3] 2011
Chicago  United States 70069175000000000009,175,000 70069504753000000009,504,753[4] 2011
Dallas–Fort Worth  United States 70066426548000000006,426,548[4] 2011
Delhi  India 8 700718600000000000018,600,000 700721753486000000021,753,486[3] 2011
Dhaka  Bangladesh 700712797394000000012,797,394[10] 2008
Houston  United States 70066086538000000006,086,538[4] 2011
Hong Kong-Shenzhen  China 12 700715800000000000015,800,000
Hyderabad  India 70067749334000000007,749,334[3] 2011
Jakarta  Indonesia 6 700718900000000000018,900,000 700723308500000000023,308,500[11] 2000
Karachi  Pakistan 20 700711800000000000011,800,000
Kolkata  India 14 700715100000000000015,100,000 700714617882000000014,617,882[3] 2011
Lima  Peru 70068482619000000008,482,619[12] 2007
London  United Kingdom 18 700712875000000000012,875,000 700715010295000000015,010,295[6] 2010
Los Angeles  United States 13 700715250000000000015,250,000 700712944801000000012,944,801[4] 2011
Madrid  Spain 70066369162000000006,369,162[6] 2011
Manila  Philippines 11 700716300000000000016,300,000 700711855975000000011,855,975[13] 2010
Mexico City  Mexico 3 700720450000000000020,450,000 700720137152000000020,137,152[14] 2010
Miami  United States 70065670125000000005,670,125[4] 2011
Milan  Italy 70068071274000000008,071,274[6] 2011
Moscow  Russia 15 700715000000000000015,000,000
Mumbai  India 5 700719200000000000019,200,000 700720748395000000020,748,395[3] 2011
Nagoya  Japan 70069046000000000009,046,000[15] 2005
New York  United States 4 700719750000000000019,750,000 700719015900000000019,015,900[4] 2011
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto  Japan 9 700717375000000000017,375,000 700716663000000000016,663,000[15] 2005
Paris  France 700710413386000000010,413,386[16] 2009
Philadelphia  United States 70065992414000000005,992,414[4] 2011
Pune  India 70065049968000000005,049,968[3] 2011
Ruhr  Germany 70067790763000000007,790,763[6] 2011
Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 700711846530000000011,846,530[7] 2012
São Paulo  Brazil 7 700718850000000000018,850,000 700719956590000000019,956,590[7] 2012
Santiago  Chile 70066683852000000006,683,852[17] 2012
Shanghai  China 10 700716650000000000016,650,000
Seoul  South Korea 2 700720550000000000020,550,000 700725620000000000025,620,000[18] 2011
Singapore  Singapore 70065312000000000005,312,000[19] 2012
Tokyo  Japan 1 700732450000000000032,450,000 700731714000000000031,714,000[15] 2005
Toronto  Canada 70066570000000000006,570,000[20] 2011
Washington  United States 70065703948000000005,703,948[4] 2011

See also [edit]

Lists of metropolitan areas by region [edit]

Lists of metropolitan areas by country or region [edit]

References [edit]

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