List of urban agglomerations by population (United Nations)

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This is a list of the 100 largest urban agglomerations in the world according to the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report (2007 revision).[1] The term “urban agglomeration” refers to the population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels without regard to administrative boundaries or commuter flows. It usually incorporates the population in a city or town plus that in the suburban areas lying outside of but being adjacent to the city boundaries. Whenever possible, data classified according to the concept of urban agglomeration are used. However, some countries do not produce data according to the concept of urban agglomeration but use instead that of metropolitan area or city proper. Figures in the tables below are estimates for mid-2007. The basis of the data is not consistent, so the list cannot be relied upon as hard fact. It should be seen as simply one response to the question "what are the world's largest cities"?

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[edit] 100 largest agglomerations in the world

Rank City Population Country Statistical concept [1] Area (km²)[2]
1 Tokyo 35,676,000  Japan Major Metropolitan Area (M.M.A.), as defined by the Statistics Bureau of Japan 13,500
2 New York–Newark 19,040,000  United States Urban agglomeration[3] 8,683[4]
3 Ciudad de México (Mexico City) 19,028,000  Mexico Metropolitan area (zona metropolitana), which includes several municipios 7,815
4 Mumbai (Bombay) 18,978,000  India Urban agglomeration 1,097[5]
5 São Paulo 18,845,000  Brazil Metropolitan area (região metropolitana) 8,050
6 Delhi 15,926,000  India Urban agglomeration 920[6]
7 Shanghai 14,987,000  China Metropolitan area[7] 3,920
8 Kolkata (Calcutta) 14,787,000  India Urban agglomeration 1,026[8]
9 Dhaka 13,485,000  Bangladesh Metropolitan area (megacity) 1,600
10 Buenos Aires 12,795,000  Argentina Urban agglomeration[9] 3,680
11 Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana 12,500,000  United States Urban agglomeration[3] 4,320[4]
12 Karachi 12,130,000  Pakistan Urban agglomeration 3,530
13 Al-Qahirah (Cairo) 11,893,000  Egypt Official metropolitan area[10] 1,310
14 Rio de Janeiro 11,748,000  Brazil Metropolitan area (região metropolitana) 5,000
15 Osaka–Kobe 11,294,000  Japan Urban agglomeration[11] 1,220
16 Beijing 11,106,000  China Metropolitan area[7] 7,860
17 Manila 11,100,000  Philippines Urban agglomeration[12] 640
18 Moskva (Moscow) 10,452,000  Russia City Proper[13] 1,080
19 Istanbul 10,061,000  Turkey Urban agglomeration[14] 1,830
20 Paris 9,904,000  France Urban agglomeration 2,720
21 Seoul 9,796,000  South Korea City proper (metropolitan city) 610
22 Lagos 9,466,000  Nigeria Urban agglomeration[15] 640
23 Jakarta (Jabodetabek) 9,125,000  Indonesia Metropolitan area[16] 1,360
24 Chicago 8,990,000  United States Urban agglomeration[3] 5,498[4]
25 Guangzhou 8,829,000  China City proper[7] 7,260
26 London 8,567,000  United Kingdom Urban agglomeration[17] 1,620
27 Lima 8,012,000  Peru Metropolitan area[18] 2,810
28 Tehran 7,873,000  Iran City proper 660
29 Kinshasa 7,843,000  Democratic Republic of the Congo City proper 9,960
30 Bogotá 7,772,000  Colombia Urban agglomeration[19] 1,980
31 Shenzhen 7,581,000  China City proper[7] 1,950
32 Wuhan 7,243,000  China City proper[7] 8,490
33 Hong Kong 7,206,000  Hong Kong Urban agglomeration[20] 1,100
34 Tianjin 7,180,000  China Metropolitan area[7] 7,130
35 Chennai 7,163,000  India Urban agglomeration 1,180
36 Bangalore 6,787,000  India Urban agglomeration 1,280
37 Krung Thep (Bangkok) 6,704,000  Thailand Official metropolitan area 1,570
38 Lahore 6,577,000  Pakistan Urban agglomeration 1,770
39 Chongqing 6,461,000  China Urban aglomeration[7] 7,490
40 Hyderabad 6,376,000  India Urban agglomeration 1,860
41 Santiago 5,720,000  Chile Urban agglomeration[21] 2,350
42 Miami 5,585,000  United States Urban agglomeration[3] 2,891[4]
43 Belo Horizonte 5,575,000  Brazil Metropolitan area (região metropolitana) 9,190
44 Madrid 5,567,000  Spain Metropolitan area 1,700
45 Philadelphia 5,492,000  United States Urban agglomeration[3] 4,661[4]
46 Ahmedabad 5,375,000  India Urban agglomeration 1,300
47 Thành Pho Ho Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh City) 5,314,000  Vietnam Urban agglomeration 2,090
48 Toronto 5,213,000  Canada Metropolitan area[22] 5,870
49 Baghdad 5,054,000  Iraq Metropolitan area 730
50 Barcelona 4,920,000  Spain Metropolitan area 3,240
51 Dallas–Fort Worth 4,798,000  United States Urban agglomeration[3] 3,644[4]
52 Shenyang 4,787,000  China City proper[7] 3,460
53 Al-Khartum (Khartoum) 4,754,000  Sudan Urban agglomeration 580
54 Pune (Poona) 4,672,000  India Urban agglomeration 700
55 Sankt Peterburg (Saint Petersburg) 4,553,000  Russia City proper[13] 1,150
56 Chittagong 4,529,000  Bangladesh Statistical metropolitan area 990
57 Dongguan 4,528,000  China City proper[7] 2,460
58 Atlanta 4,506,000  United States Urban agglomeration[3] 5,083[4]
59 Boston 4,467,000  United States Urban agglomeration[3] 4,497[4]
60 Ar-Riyadh (Riyadh) 4,465,000  Saudi Arabia City proper 1,550
61 Houston 4,459,000  United States Urban agglomeration[3] 3,355[4]
62 Singapore 4,436,000  Singapore Urban agglomeration 690
63 Hà Noi 4,378,000  Vietnam Urban agglomeration 2,150
64 Washington, D.C. 4,338,000  United States Urban agglomeration[3] 2,996[4]
65 Sydney 4,327,000  Australia Urban agglomeration 12,140
66 Guadalajara 4,198,000  Mexico Metropolitan area (zona metropolitana), which includes several municipios 2,730
67 Al-Iskandariyah (Alexandria) 4,165,000  Egypt City proper 2,970
68 Chengdu 4,123,000  China City proper[7] 2,130
69 Detroit 4,101,000  United States Urban agglomeration [3] 3,267[4]
70 Yangon 4,088,000  Myanmar Urban agglomeration 350
71 Xi'an 4,009,000  China City proper[7] 3,550
72 Luanda 4,000,000  Angola Urban agglomeration
73 Porto Alegre 3,917,000  Brazil Metropolitan area (região metropolitana) 9,890
74 Surat 3,842,000  India Urban agglomeration 326
75 Abidjan 3,802,000  Côte d'Ivoire Urban agglomeration 550
76 Melbourne 3,728,000  Australia Urban agglomeration 7,690
77 Ankara 3,716,000  Turkey Urban agglomeration[23] 2,500
78 Monterrey 3,712,000  Mexico Metropolitan area (zona metropolitana), which includes several municipios 4,010
79 Nanjing 3,679,000  China City proper[7] 6,600
80 Montréal 3,678,000  Canada Metropolitan area[22] 4,050
81 Guiyang 3,662,000  China City proper[24] 2,400
82 Recife 3,651,000  Brazil Metropolitan area (região metropolitana) 2,770
83 Harbin 3,621,000  China City proper[7] 4,280
84 Brasília 3,599,000  Brazil Metropolitan area (região metropolitana)[25] 14,400
85 Phoenix–Mesa 3,551,000  United States Urban agglomeration[3] 2,069[4]
86 Salvador 3,484,000  Brazil Metropolitan area (região metropolitana) 2,340
87 Busan 3,480,000  South Korea City proper (metropolitan city) 760
88 San Francisco–Oakland 3,450,000  United States Urban agglomeration[3] 1,364[4]
89 Johannesburg 3,435,000  South Africa Official metropolitan area 1,640
90 Berlin 3,406,000  Germany City proper 890
91 Fortaleza 3,389,000  Brazil Metropolitan area (região metropolitana) 4,950
92 El Djazaïr (Algiers) 3,354,000  Algeria Urban agglomeration[26] 270
93 Roma (Rome) 3,339,000  Italy Major metropolitan area, based on the local labour market system (Sistemi locali del lavoro) as defined in the 2001 census
94 P'yongyang 3,300,000  North Korea City proper 2,110
95 Medellín 3,297,000  Colombia Metropolitan area[27] 1,150
96 Kabul 3,277,000  Afghanistan City proper
97 Athínai (Athens) 3,242,000  Greece Urban agglomeration[28] 680
98 Nagoya 3,230,000  Japan Urban agglomeration[29] 480
99 Cape Town 3,215,000  South Africa Urban agglomeration 690
100 Changchun 3,183,000  China City proper[7]

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ World Urbanization Prospects, 2007 revision (online data)
  2. ^ The area figures are taken from individual national censuses according to the criteria and statistical concepts noted in the World Urbanization Prospects.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Data refer to the urbanized area (UA), that is, contiguous territory that meets minimum population density requirements.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m U.S. Census Bureau, Alphabetically-sorted corrected National list of Urbanized Areas Accessed on 2008-07-03.
  5. ^ The Greater Mumbai urban agglomeration is defined by the municipal corporations of Greater Mumbai, Kalyan-Dombivali, Navi Mumbai, Thane and Ulhasnagar, plus the municipal councils of Ambarnath, Badlapur and Mira-Bhayandar. Not to be confused with the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, which includes some additional urban and rural units.
  6. ^ Directorate of Economics and Statistics (NCT), Statistical Hand Book 2007, Area & Population (pdf-file) Accessed on 2008-07-03. The total urban population within the National Capital Territory covers 924.68 sq.km. The urban agglomeration of Delhi covers all except three census towns, so this figure has been rounded down.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n The population of the city is composed of population in all City Districts meeting the criteria such as “contiguous built-up area,” being the location of the local government, being a Street or Having a Resident Committee.
  8. ^ Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal; Kolkata District Accessed on 2008-07-03.
  9. ^ Data for Buenos Aires refer to Gran Buenos Aires
  10. ^ Consists of the Governorate of Al-Qahirah (Cairo) and the cities of Al-Jizah (Giza) and Shubra al-Khaymah (Shubra-El-Khema).
  11. ^ The Statistics Bureau of Japan has provided the list of cities, towns and villages included in the urban agglomerations associated with the city of Osaka-Kobe for each census year from 1960 to 1990. The agglomeration of Osaka consisted of the densely inhabited districts of Osaka, 35 cities surrounding Osaka, Kobe and six cities surrounding Kobe.
  12. ^ Data refers to Metro Manila
  13. ^ a b The data include communities under the authority of the Town Council.
  14. ^ Istanbul includes Adalar, Avcilar, Bagicilar, Bahçelievler, Bakirkoy, Bayrampasa, Besiktas, Beykoz, Beyoglu, Eminonu, Esenler, Eyup, Fatih, Gaziosmanpasa, Gungoren, Kadikoy, Kagithane, Kartal, Kuçukçekmece, Maltepe, Pendik, Sariyer, Sisli, Tuzla, Umraniye, Uskudar and Zeytinburnu
  15. ^ Data refer to Lagos State
  16. ^ Data refer to the functional urban area, that is, contiguous areas which are consistently urban in character as indicated by levels of population density, economic functions and facilities.
  17. ^ The urban agglomeration of London (also known as the Greater London urban area) includes 48 urban divisions.
  18. ^ Gran Lima includes the capitals of the departments of Lima and Callao as well as surrounding populated centres.
  19. ^ Refers to the nuclei of Santa Fe de Bogotá, Soacha, Chia and Funza
  20. ^ Data for Hong Kong consist of the population of Hong Kong Island, New Kowloon, the new towns in New Territories, and the marine areas.
  21. ^ Data refer to Gran Santiago which includes the Province of Santiago plus cities within the Provinces of Puente Alto and San Bernardo.
  22. ^ a b Data refer to census metropolitan areas, defined as cities with a very large urbanized core, together with adjacent urban and rural areas which have a high degree of economic and social integration with that core.
  23. ^ Ankara includes Altindag, Cankaya, Etimesgut, Golbasi, Keçioren, Mamak, Sincan and Yenimahalle
  24. ^ The data reflect: (1) all residents of urban districts in provincial and prefectural-level cities; (2) resident population of “streets” (jiedao) in county-level cities.
  25. ^ Refers to the Região Integrada de Desenvolvimento do Distrito Federal e Entorno.
  26. ^ Data refer to the Governorate of Grand Algiers.
  27. ^ Refers to the nuclei of Medellín, Barbosa, Bello, Caldas, Copacabana, Envigado, Girardota, Itagui, La Estrella and Sabaneta
  28. ^ The agglomeration of Athínai includes the localities of Calithèa, Peristérion and Piraeus, among others.
  29. ^ The Statistics Bureau of Japan has provided the list of cities, towns and villages included in the urban agglomerations associated with the city of Nagoya for each census year from 1960 to 1990. The agglomeration of Nagoya consisted of the DIDs of Nagoya and 19 cities surrounding Nagoya.

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