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.

As an alternative to the metropolitan area, Eurostat introduced the concept of the Larger Urban Zone in 2004.[1] Similarly, OECD defines Functional Urban Areas for cities in OECD countries.[2] Both Larger Urban Zone and Functional Urban Area define a city as an urban core surrounded by a commuting zone, and so are similar to the general concept of the "metropolitan area". Eurostat only computes Larger Urban Zone populations for European Union member states, candidate members, and European Free Trade Area members. OECD computes Functional Urban Area populations for OECD member states. These two statistics are therefore not available for most developing countries.

Top 100 metropolitan areas by population[edit]

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Metropolitan Country Continent Official population Year
 Tokyo  Japan Asia [3]43,868,229 2018
 Shanghai  China Asia [4]38,700,000 2015
 Jakarta  Indonesia Asia [5]31,689,592 2015
 Seoul  South Korea Asia [6]25,514,000 2016
 Guangzhou  China Asia [4]25,000,000 2015
 Beijing  China Asia [4]24,900,000 2015
 Manila  Philippines Asia [7]29,300,000 2018
 New York  United States North America [8]23,522,861 2018
 Shenzhen  China Asia [4]23,300,000 2015
 Delhi  India Asia [9]21,753,486 2011
 Mexico City  Mexico North America [10]21,650,668 2017
 São Paulo  Brazil South America [11]21,242,939 2016
 Lagos  Nigeria Africa [12]21,000,000 2014
 Mumbai  India Asia [9]20,748,395 2011
 Cairo  Egypt Africa [13]20,500,000 2012
 Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe  Japan Asia [3]19,342,000 2010
 Wuhan  China Asia [4]19,000,000 2015
 Los Angeles  United States North America [8]18,764,814 2018
 Chengdu  China Asia [4]18,100,000 2015
 Dhaka  Bangladesh Asia [14]17,151,925 2011
 Chongqing  China Asia [4]31,018,000 2018
 Karachi  Pakistan Asia [15]16,900,000 2018
 Moscow  Russia Europe [7]16,855,000 2018
 Tianjin  China Asia [4]15,400,000 2015
 Istanbul  Turkey Europe/Asia [16]15,067,724 2018
 Bangkok  Thailand Asia [17]14,626,225 2010
 Kolkata  India Asia [9]14,617,882 2011
 Tehran  Iran Asia [18]14,595,904 2011
 London  United Kingdom Europe [19]14,372,596 2019
 Hangzhou  China Asia [4]13,400,000 2015
 Surabaya  Indonesia Asia [20]13,123,948 2015
 Buenos Aires  Argentina South America [21]13,074,000 2010
 Xi'an  China Asia [4]12,900,000 2015
 Paris  France Europe [19]12,244,807 2019
 Bangalore  India Asia [9]11,695,110 2018
 Changzhou  China Asia [4]12,400,000 2015
 Kinshasa  DR Congo Africa [7]12,350,000 2018
 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil South America [11]12,330,186 2016
 Shantou  China Asia [4]12,000,000 2015
 Nanjing  China Asia [4]11,700,000 2015
 Rhine-Ruhr  Germany Europe [22]11,471,732 2006
 Lahore  Pakistan Asia [23]11,126,285 2017
 Jinan  China Asia [4]11,000,000 2015
 Chennai  India Asia [7]13,300,253 2018
 Harbin  China Asia [4]10,500,000 2015
 Lima  Peru South America [24]9,886,647 2015
 Chicago  United States North America [8]9,866,910 2018
 Washington, D.C.-Baltimore  United States North America [8]9,797,063 2018
 Zhengzhou  China Asia [4]9,700,000 2015
 Johannesburg  South Africa Africa [25]9,616,000 2016
 Qingdao  China Asia [4]9,600,000 2015
 Bogotá  Colombia South America [26]9,286,225 2015
 Nagoya  Japan Asia [3]9,107,000 2010
 San Francisco-San Jose-Oakland  United States North America [8]8,841,475 2018
 Milan  Italy Europe [27]8,773,176 2019
Bandung  Indonesia Asia [20]8,495,928 2014
 Boston  United States North America [8]8,285,407 2018
 Randstad  Netherlands Europe [28]8,219,380 2016
 Busan  South Korea Asia [29]8,202,239 2014
 Dallas–Fort Worth  United States North America [8]7,994,303 2018
 Hyderabad  India Asia [9]9,580,000 2016
 Faisalabad  Pakistan Asia [30]7,873,910 2017
 Riyadh  Saudi Arabia Asia [31]7,739,570 2016
 Shenyang  China Asia [4]7,700,000 2015
 Wenzhou  China Asia [4]7,600,000 2015
 Pune  India Asia [9]7,541,946 2016
 Islamabad-Rawalpindi  Pakistan Asia [30]7,412,205 2017
 Hong Kong  China Asia [32]7,409,800 2017
 Nanchang  China Asia [4]7,400,000 2015
 Yangon  Myanmar Asia [33]7,360,703 2014
 Philadelphia  United States North America [8]7,204,035 2018
 Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia Asia [34]7,200,000 2014
 Houston  United States North America [8]7,197,883 2018
 Taipei–Keelung  Taiwan Asia [35]7,045,488 2013
 Miami  United States North America [8]6,879,772 2018
 Santiago Metropolitan  Chile South America [36]6,683,852 2012
 Atlanta  United States North America [8]6,630,231 2018
 Madrid  Spain Europe [19]6,641,649 2019
 Luanda  Angola Africa [37]6,542,944 2014
 Toronto  Canada North America [38]6,417,516 2016
 Ahmedabad  India Asia [9]6,352,254 2011
 Saint Petersburg  Russia Europe [circular reference][39]6,200,000 2015
 Barcelona  Spain Europe [19]5,575,204 2019
 Berlin-Brandenburg  Germany Europe [40]6,004,857 2015
 Naples  Italy Europe [8]5,996,084 2019
 Munich  Germany Europe [41][40]5,900,000 2014
 Belo Horizonte  Brazil South America [11]5,873,841 2016
 Kanpur  India Asia [42]5,873,588 2011
 Frankfurt  Germany Europe [43]5,821,523 2015
 Rome  Italy Europe [10]5,639,112 2019
 Singapore  Singapore Asia [44]5,535,000 2015
 Ankara  Turkey Asia [45]5,346,518 2016
 Detroit  United States North America [8]5,353,002 2018
 Caracas  Venezuela South America [46][47]5,322,310 2015
 Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman  United Arab Emirates Asia [48]5,300,000 2015
 Stuttgart  Germany Europe [49][40]5,300,000 2015
 Sydney  Australia Oceania [50]5,230,330 2018
 Hamburg  Germany Europe [40]5,100,000 2015
 Gujranwala  Pakistan Asia [30]5,014,196 2017
 Melbourne  Australia Oceania [51]4,963,349 2018
 Guadalajara  Mexico North America [10]4,909,287 2017
 Alexandria  Egypt Africa [52]4,778,000 2015
 Phoenix  United States North America [8]4,911,851 2018

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Lists of metropolitan areas by region[edit]

Lists of metropolitan areas by country or region[edit]

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