| Rank |
Metropolitan |
Country |
Official population |
Year |
| 1 |
Tokyo |
Japan |
7007369230000000000♠36,923,000[1] |
2010 |
| 2 |
Seoul |
South Korea |
7007256200000000000♠25,620,000[2] |
2015 |
| 3 |
Shanghai |
China |
7007247500000000000♠24,750,000[3] |
2015 |
| 4 |
Delhi |
India |
7007239980000000000♠23,998,000[4] |
2015 |
| 5 |
Guangzhou |
China |
7007239000000000000♠23,900,000[5] |
2014 |
| 6 |
Karachi |
Pakistan |
7007235000000000000♠23,500,000[6] |
2015 |
| 7 |
Mexico City |
Mexico |
7007211789590000000♠21,178,959[7] |
2014 |
| 8 |
Beijing |
China |
7007211480000000000♠21,148,000[8] |
2013 |
| 9 |
Lagos |
Nigeria |
7007210000000000000♠21,000,000[9] |
2014 |
| 10 |
São Paulo |
Brazil |
7007209352040000000♠20,935,204[10] |
2014 |
| 11 |
Mumbai |
India |
7007207483950000000♠20,748,395[4] |
2011 |
| 12 |
New York |
United States |
7007200928830000000♠20,092,883[11] |
2014 |
| 13 |
Osaka |
Japan |
7007193420000000000♠19,342,000[1] |
2010 |
| 14 |
Dhaka |
Bangladesh |
7007171519250000000♠17,151,925[12] |
2011 |
| 15 |
Moscow |
Russia |
7007161700000000000♠16,170,000[13] |
2015 |
| 16 |
Kolkata |
India |
7007146178820000000♠14,617,882[4] |
2011 |
| 17 |
Tehran |
Iran |
7007145959040000000♠14,595,904[14] |
2011 |
| 18 |
Istanbul |
Turkey |
7007143770180000000♠14,377,018[15] |
2014 |
| 19 |
London |
United Kingdom |
7007140318300000000♠14,031,830[16] |
2014 |
| 20 |
Los AngelesNote 1 |
United States |
7007132622200000000♠13,262,220[11] |
2014 |
| 21 |
Buenos Aires |
Argentina |
7007130740000000000♠13,074,000[17] |
2010 |
| 22 |
Paris |
France |
7007120050770000000♠12,005,077[16] |
2014 |
| 23 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil |
7007119735050000000♠11,973,505[10] |
2014 |
| 24 |
Manila |
Philippines |
7007118559750000000♠11,855,975[18] |
2010 |
| 25 |
Rhine-Ruhr |
Germany |
7007114700000000000♠11,470,000[19] |
2012 |
| 26 |
Shenzhen |
China |
7007106300000000000♠10,630,000[20] |
2013 |
| 27 |
Lahore |
Pakistan |
7007100520000000000♠10,052,000[21] |
2015 |
| 28 |
Lima |
Peru |
7006973558700000000♠9,735,587[22] |
2014 |
| 29 |
Jakarta |
Indonesia |
7006960778700000000♠9,607,787[23] |
2010 |
| 30 |
Chicago |
United States |
7006955459800000000♠9,554,598[11] |
2014 |
| 31 |
Surabaya |
Indonesia |
7006911548500000000♠9,115,485[23] |
2014 |
| 32 |
Nagoya |
Japan |
7006910700000000000♠9,107,000[1] |
2010 |
| 33 |
Chennai |
India |
7006891774900000000♠8,917,749[4] |
2011 |
| 34 |
Bangalore (Bengaluru) |
India |
7006872890600000000♠8,728,906[4] |
2011 |
| 35 |
Bangkok |
Thailand |
7006830521800000000♠8,305,218[24] |
2010 |
| 36 |
Bogotá |
Colombia |
7006787878300000000♠7,878,783[25] |
2015 |
| 37 |
Hyderabad |
India |
7006774933400000000♠7,749,334[4] |
2011 |
| 38 |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
7006723480000000000♠7,234,800[26] |
2014 |
| 39 |
Taipei |
Taiwan |
7006704548800000000♠7,045,488[27] |
2013 |
| 40 |
Dallas–Fort Worth |
United States |
7006695433000000000♠6,954,330[11] |
2014 |
| 41 |
Santiago |
Chile |
7006668385200000000♠6,683,852[28] |
2012 |
| 42 |
Luanda |
Angola |
7006654294400000000♠6,542,944[29] |
2014 |
| 43 |
Madrid |
Spain |
7006637829700000000♠6,378,297[16] |
2014 |
| 44 |
Ahmedabad |
India |
7006635225400000000♠6,352,254[4] |
2011 |
| 45 |
Houston |
United States |
7006649018000000000♠6,490,180[11] |
2014 |
| 46 |
Faisalabad |
Pakistan |
7006648000000000000♠6,480,000[30] |
2015 |
| 47 |
Philadelphia |
United States |
7006605117000000000♠6,051,170[11] |
2014 |
| 48 |
Washington, D.C. |
United States |
7006603373700000000♠6,033,737[11] |
2014 |
| 49 |
Toronto |
Canada |
7006595950500000000♠5,959,505[31] |
2013 |
| 50 |
Miami |
United States |
7006592981900000000♠5,929,819[11] |
2014 |
| 51 |
Belo Horizonte |
Brazil |
7006576741400000000♠5,767,414[10] |
2014 |
| 52 |
Atlanta |
United States |
7006561432300000000♠5,614,323[11] |
2013 |
| 53 |
Islamabad-Rawalpindi |
Pakistan |
7006551000000000000♠5,510,000[32] |
2015 |
| 54 |
Singapore |
Singapore |
7006546970000000000♠5,469,700[33] |
2014 |
| 55 |
Barcelona |
Spain |
7006544561600000000♠5,445,616[16] |
2014 |
| 56 |
Munich |
Germany |
7006520373800000000♠5,203,738[34] |
2014 |
| 57 |
Stuttgart |
Germany |
7006520000000000000♠5,200,000[35] |
2013 |
| 58 |
Ankara |
Turkey |
7006515007200000000♠5,150,072[15] |
2014 |
| 59 |
Hamburg |
Germany |
7006510000000000000♠5,100,000[36] |
2012 |
| 60 |
Pune |
India |
7006504996800000000♠5,049,968[4] |
2011 |
| 61 |
Berlin |
Germany |
7006500521600000000♠5,005,216[16] |
2014 |
| 62 |
Boston |
United States |
7006473216100000000♠4,732,161[11] |
2014 |
| 63 |
Sydney |
Australia |
7006466728300000000♠4,667,283[37] |
2012 |
| 64 |
San Francisco |
United States |
7006459406000000000♠4,594,060[11] |
2014 |
| 65 |
Surat |
India |
7006458536700000000♠4,585,367[4] |
2011 |
| 66 |
Phoenix |
United States |
7006448910900000000♠4,489,109[11] |
2014 |
| 67 |
Inland Empire |
United States |
7006444189000000000♠4,441,890[11] |
2014 |
| 68 |
Rome |
Italy |
7006432124400000000♠4,321,244[16] |
2014 |
| 69 |
Detroit |
United States |
7006429661100000000♠4,296,611[11] |
2014 |
| 70 |
Milan |
Italy |
7006426794600000000♠4,267,946[16] |
2014 |
| 71 |
Melbourne |
Australia |
7006424634500000000♠4,246,345[37] |
2012 |