List of metropolitan areas by population
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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. However, for consistency, the sources on this article include official figures from governments only.
List
Note: Due to a lack of accurate governmental data, this list is incomplete.
Rank | Metropolitan | Country | Official population | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tokyo | ![]() |
36,923,000[1] | 2010 |
2 | Shanghai | ![]() |
34,000,000[2] | 2010 |
3 | Jakarta | ![]() |
30,000,000[3] | 2014 |
4 | Seoul | ![]() |
25,514,000[4] | 2016 |
5 | Guangzhou | ![]() |
25,000,000[2] | 2010 |
6 | Beijing | ![]() |
24,900,000[2] | 2010 |
7 | Karachi | ![]() |
24,300,000[5] | 2016 |
8 | Shenzhen | ![]() |
23,300,000[2] | 2010 |
9 | Delhi | ![]() |
21,753,486[6] | 2011 |
10 | Mexico City | ![]() |
21,339,781[7] | 2015 |
11 | São Paulo | ![]() |
21,242,939[8] | 2016 |
12 | Lagos | ![]() |
21,000,000[9] | 2014 |
13 | Mumbai | ![]() |
20,748,395[6] | 2011 |
14 | New York City | ![]() |
20,092,883[10] | 2014 |
15 | Osaka | ![]() |
19,342,000[1] | 2010 |
16 | Wuhan | ![]() |
19,000,000[2] | 2010 |
17 | Chengdu | ![]() |
18,100,000[2] | 2010 |
18 | Dhaka | ![]() |
17,151,925[11] | 2011 |
19 | Chongqing | ![]() |
17,000,000[2] | 2010 |
20 | Tianjin | ![]() |
15,400,000[2] | 2010 |
21 | Kolkata | ![]() |
14,617,882[6] | 2011 |
21 | Tehran | ![]() |
14,595,904[12] | 2011 |
22 | Istanbul | ![]() |
14,377,018[13] | 2014 |
23 | London | ![]() |
14,031,830[14] | 2014 |
24 | Hangzhou | ![]() |
13,400,000[2] | 2010 |
25 | Los Angeles[Note 1] | ![]() |
13,262,220[10] | 2014 |
26 | Buenos Aires | ![]() |
13,074,000[15] | 2010 |
27 | Xi'an | ![]() |
12,900,000[2] | 2010 |
28 | Paris | ![]() |
12,405,426[2] | 2013 |
29 | Changzhou | ![]() |
12,400,000[2] | 2010 |
30 | Rio de Janeiro | ![]() |
12,330,186[8] | 2016 |
31 | Shantou | ![]() |
12,000,000[2] | 2010 |
32 | Manila | ![]() |
24,111,855[16] | 2010 |
33 | Nanjing | ![]() |
11,700,000[2] | 2010 |
34 | Rhine-Ruhr | ![]() |
11,470,000[17] | 2012 |
35 | Jinan | ![]() |
11,000,000[2] | 2010 |
36 | Bangalore | ![]() |
10,576,167[18] | 2011 |
37 | Harbin | ![]() |
10,500,000[2] | 2010 |
38 | Lahore | ![]() |
10,052,000[19]] | 2010 |
38 | Lima | ![]() |
9,886,647[20] | 2015 |
39 | Zhengzhou | ![]() |
9,700,000[2] | 2010 |
40 | Qingdao | ![]() |
9,600,000[2] | 2010 |
41 | Chicago | ![]() |
9,554,598[10] | 2014 |
42 | Bogotá | ![]() |
9,286,225[21] | 2015 |
43 | Nagoya | ![]() |
9,107,000[1] | 2010 |
44 | Chennai | ![]() |
8,917,749[6] | 2011 |
45 | Bangkok | ![]() |
8,305,218[22] | 2010 |
46 | Hyderabad | ![]() |
7,749,334[6] | 2011 |
47 | Riyadh | ![]() |
7,739,570[3] | 2016 |
48 | Shenyang | ![]() |
7,700,000[2] | 2010 |
49 | Wenzhou | ![]() |
7,600,000[2] | 2010 |
50 | Nanchang | ![]() |
7,400,000[2] | 2010 |
51 | Hong Kong | ![]() |
7,298,600[23] | 2015 |
52 | Taipei | ![]() |
7,045,488[24] | 2013 |
53 | Dallas–Fort Worth | ![]() |
6,954,330[10] | 2014 |
54 | Santiago | ![]() |
6,683,852[25] | 2012 |
55 | Luanda | ![]() |
6,542,944[26] | 2014 |
56 | Houston | ![]() |
6,490,180[10] | 2014 |
57 | Madrid | ![]() |
6,378,297[14] | 2014 |
58 | Ahmedabad | ![]() |
6,352,254[6] | 2011 |
59 | Toronto | ![]() |
6,055,724[27] | 2014 |
60 | Philadelphia | ![]() |
6,051,170[10] | 2014 |
61 | Washington, D.C. | ![]() |
6,033,737[10] | 2014 |
62 | Berlin | ![]() |
6,004,857[14] | 2015 |
63 | Miami | ![]() |
5,929,819[10] | 2014 |
64 | Belo Horizonte | ![]() |
5,873,841[8] | 2016 |
65 | Atlanta | ![]() |
5,614,323[10] | 2014 |
66 | Singapore | ![]() |
5,535,000[28] | 2015 |
67 | Barcelona | ![]() |
5,445,616[14] | 2014 |
68 | Munich | ![]() |
5,203,738[29] | 2014 |
69 | Stuttgart | ![]() |
5,200,000[30] | 2013 |
70 | Ankara | ![]() |
5,150,072[13] | 2014 |
71 | Hamburg | ![]() |
5,100,000[31] | 2012 |
72 | Pune | ![]() |
5,049,968[6] | 2011 |
73 | Guadalajara | ![]() |
4,796,050[7] | 2015 |
74 | Boston | ![]() |
4,732,161[10] | 2014 |
75 | Sydney | ![]() |
5,000,500[32] | 2016 |
76 | San Francisco | ![]() |
4,594,060[10] | 2014 |
77 | Surat | ![]() |
4,585,367[6] | 2011 |
78 | Phoenix | ![]() |
4,489,109[10] | 2014 |
79 | Monterrey | ![]() |
4,477,614[7] | 2015 |
80 | Inland Empire[Note 1] | ![]() |
4,441,890[10] | 2014 |
81 | Milan | ![]() |
4,321,244[14] | 2014 |
82 | Detroit | ![]() |
4,296,611[10] | 2014 |
83 | Rome | ![]() |
4,267,946[14] | 2014 |
84 | Melbourne | ![]() |
4,650,000[32] | 2016 |
Notes
- ^ a b Los Angeles is sometimes combined with the Inland Empire in what is known as the Greater Los Angeles Area, with a combined population of 17 million inhabitants.
See also
Lists of metropolitan areas by region
Lists of metropolitan areas by country or region
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- China (including Hong Kong and Macau)
- European Union
- France
- Germany
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Italy
- Japan
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
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