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[edit]

Note: Due to a lack of accurate governmental data, this list is incomplete.

Rank Metropolitan Country Official population Year
1 Tokyo  Japan 36,923,000[1] 2010
2 Shanghai  China 34,000,000[2] 2010
3 Jakarta  Indonesia 30,000,000[3] 2014
4 Seoul  South Korea 25,514,000[4] 2016
5 Guangzhou  China 25,000,000[2] 2010
6 Beijing  China 24,900,000[2] 2010
7 Karachi  Pakistan 24,300,000[5] 2016
8 Shenzhen  China 23,300,000[2] 2010
9 Delhi  India 21,753,486[6] 2011
10 Mexico City  Mexico 21,339,781[7] 2015
11 São Paulo  Brazil 21,242,939[8] 2016
12 Lagos  Nigeria 21,000,000[9] 2014
13 Mumbai  India 20,748,395[6] 2011
14 New York City  United States 20,092,883[10] 2014
15 Osaka  Japan 19,342,000[1] 2010
16 Wuhan  China 19,000,000[2] 2010
17 Chengdu  China 18,100,000[2] 2010
18 Dhaka  Bangladesh 17,151,925[11] 2011
19 Chongqing  China 17,000,000[2] 2010
20 Tianjin  China 15,400,000[2] 2010
21 Kolkata  India 14,617,882[6] 2011
21 Tehran  Iran 14,595,904[12] 2011
22 Istanbul  Turkey 14,377,018[13] 2014
23 London  United Kingdom 14,031,830[14] 2014
24 Hangzhou  China 13,400,000[2] 2010
25 Los Angeles[Note 1]  United States 13,262,220[10] 2014
26 Buenos Aires  Argentina 13,074,000[15] 2010
27 Xi'an  China 12,900,000[2] 2010
28 Manila  Philippines 12,877,253[16] 2015
29 Paris  France 12,405,426[2] 2013
30 Changzhou  China 12,400,000[2] 2010
31 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 12,330,186[8] 2016
32 Shantou  China 12,000,000[2] 2010
33 Nanjing  China 11,700,000[2] 2010
34 Rhine-Ruhr  Germany 11,470,000[17] 2012
35 Jinan  China 11,000,000[2] 2010
36 Bangalore  India 10,576,167[18] 2011
37 Harbin  China 10,500,000[2] 2010
38 Lahore  Pakistan 10,052,000[19]] 2010
38 Lima  Peru 9,886,647[20] 2015
39 Zhengzhou  China 9,700,000[2] 2010
40 Qingdao  China 9,600,000[2] 2010
41 Chicago  United States 9,554,598[10] 2014
42 Bogotá  Colombia 9,286,225[21] 2015
43 Nagoya  Japan 9,107,000[1] 2010
44 Chennai  India 8,917,749[6] 2011
45 Bangkok  Thailand 8,305,218[22] 2010
46 Hyderabad  India 7,749,334[6] 2011
47 Riyadh  Saudi Arabia 7,739,570[3] 2016
48 Shenyang  China 7,700,000[2] 2010
49 Wenzhou  China 7,600,000[2] 2010
50 Nanchang  China 7,400,000[2] 2010
51 Hong Kong  China 7,298,600[23] 2015
52 Taipei  Taiwan 7,045,488[24] 2013
53 Dallas–Fort Worth  United States 6,954,330[10] 2014
54 Santiago  Chile 6,683,852[25] 2012
55 Luanda  Angola 6,542,944[26] 2014
56 Houston  United States 6,490,180[10] 2014
57 Madrid  Spain 6,378,297[14] 2014
58 Ahmedabad  India 6,352,254[6] 2011
59 Toronto  Canada 6,055,724[27] 2014
60 Washington, D.C.  United States 6,097,684[10] 2015
61 Philadelphia  United States 6,069,875[10] 2015
62 Berlin  Germany 6,004,857[14] 2015
63 Miami  United States 5,929,819[10] 2014
64 Belo Horizonte  Brazil 5,873,841[8] 2016
65 Atlanta  United States 5,614,323[10] 2014
66 Singapore  Singapore 5,535,000[28] 2015
67 Barcelona  Spain 5,445,616[14] 2014
68 Munich  Germany 5,203,738[29] 2014
69 Stuttgart  Germany 5,200,000[30] 2013
70 Ankara  Turkey 5,150,072[13] 2014
71 Hamburg  Germany 5,100,000[31] 2012
72 Pune  India 5,049,968[6] 2011
73 Sydney  Australia 5,000,500[32] 2016
74 Guadalajara  Mexico 4,796,050[7] 2015
75 Boston  United States 4,732,161[10] 2014
76 Melbourne  Australia 4,650,000[32] 2016
77 San Francisco  United States 4,594,060[10] 2014
78 Surat  India 4,585,367[6] 2011
79 Phoenix  United States 4,489,109[10] 2014
80 Monterrey  Mexico 4,477,614[7] 2015
81 Inland Empire[Note 1]  United States 4,441,890[10] 2014
82 Milan  Italy 4,321,244[14] 2014
83 Detroit  United States 4,296,611[10] 2014
84 Rome  Italy 4,267,946[14] 2014

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ 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[edit]

Lists of metropolitan areas by region[edit]

Lists of metropolitan areas by country or region[edit]

References[edit]

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