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Metropolitan Area Country Rank World Gazetteer[1]
(2009 est.)
Rank CityPopulation[2]
(2009 est.)
Rank Forstall[3]
(2003 est.)
Official Est. Year
Tokyo  Japan 1 37,468,203 1 33,800,000 1 32,450,000 34,607,069[4] 2000
Mexico City  Mexico 2 23,293,783 3 22,900,000 3 20,450,000 19,239,910[5] 2005
New York City  United States 3 23,141,893 6 21,900,000 4 19,750,000 19,006,798[6] 2008
Seoul  South Korea 4 22,456,200 2 23,900,000 2 20,550,000 24,472,000[7] 2007
Mumbai  India 5 21,347,412 5 22,300,000 5 19,200,000 17,702,761[8] 2001
São Paulo  Brazil 6 20,534,112 7 21,000,000 7 18,850,000 19,889,559[9] 2009
Manila  Philippines 7 19,888,419 8 19,200,000 11 16,300,000 11,553,427[10] 2007
Jakarta  Indonesia 8 18,924,470 15 15,100,000 6 18,900,000 23,308,500[11] 2000
Delhi  India 9 18,639,762 4 22,400,000 8 18,850,000
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Los Angeles  United States 10 17,881,561 9 18,000,000 13 15,250,000 12,872,808[6] 2008
Shanghai  China 11 17,783,119 10 17,900,000 10 16,650,000
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Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto  Japan 12 17,411,857 11 16,700,000 9 17,375,000 18,643,915[4] 2000
Cairo  Egypt 13 16,254,102 16 14,800,000 16 14,450,000
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Kolkata  India 14 15,414,859 12 16,000,000 14 15,100,000
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Moscow  Russia 15 14,837,510 18 13,500,000 15 15,000,000 13,500,000[12] 2006
Buenos Aires  Argentina 16 14,393,015 17 13,800,000 17 13,170,000 12,548,638[13] 2009
Istanbul  Turkey 17 13,778,373 21 12,500,000
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11,044,642[14] 2004
Dhaka  Bangladesh 18 13,778,179 20 13,100,000
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12,797,394[15] 2008
London  United Kingdom 19 13,219,506 24 12,300,000 18 12,875,000 11,917,000[14] 2004
Lagos  Nigeria 20 13,134,029 25 11,400,000
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7,937,932[16] 2006
Tehran  Iran 21 12,949,621 21 12,500,000
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13,422,366[12] 2006
Karachi  Pakistan 22 12,827,927 13 15,700,000 20 11,800,000 14,800,000[12] 2006
Beijing  China 23 12,230,029 19 13,200,000 19 12,500,000
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Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 24 12,058,824 21 12,500,000
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11,571,617[12] 2007
Paris  France 25 11,885,836 26 10,000,000
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11,175,000[14] 2004
Rhine-Ruhr[17]  Germany 26 11,831,297
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Baghdad  Iraq 27 11,206,300 45 6,400,000
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Kinshasa-Brazzaville[18]  Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Republic of the Congo
28 10,076,099 32[19]
338[20]
8,600,000[19]
1,380,000[20]
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Bangkok (Krung Thep)  Thailand 29 9,972,337 31 8,750,000
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6,825,956[12] 2006
Chicago  United States 30 9,573,629 27 9,850,000
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9,569,624[6] 2008
Khartoum  Sudan 31 9,514,261 57 5,650,000
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5,274,321[12] 2008
Hong Kong  China 32 9,102,043 43 7,200,000 12 15,800,000[21] 7,008,900[22] 2008
Nagoya  Japan 33 8,826,161 34 8,300,000
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8,739,000[4] 2000
Taipei  Republic of China 34 8,422,488 44 6,750,000
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6,817,681[12] 2007
Washington-Baltimore[23]  United States 35 8,339,792 36 8,250,000
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5,358,130[6][24]
2,667,117[6][25]
2008
Bogotá  Colombia 36 8,286,535 32 8,600,000
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7,881,156[26] 2005
Lima  Peru 37 7,902,851 30 8,850,000
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8,472,935[27] 2007
Johannesburg  South Africa 38 7,864,994 40 7,350,000
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3,888,180[28] 2007
Chongqing  China 39 7,707,124 46 6,350,000
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San Francisco  United States 40 7,665,595 42 7,300,000
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4,274,531[6] 2008
Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia 41 7,635,858 71 4,700,000
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4,525,000[12] 2007
Chennai  India 42 7,305,169 38 8,050,000
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Lahore  Pakistan 43 6,936,563 34 8,300,000
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6,318,745[12] 1998
Randstad  Netherlands 44 6,594,120
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Shenyang  China 45 6,580,330 64 5,150,000
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7,040,000[12] 2006
Dallas  United States 46 6,546,961 46 6,350,000
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6,300,006[6] 2008
Bandung  Indonesia 47 6,492,753 122 3,175,000
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7,414,560[29] 2007
Algiers  Algeria 48 6,488,795 79 4,375,000
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3,354,000[12] 2007
Bangalore  India 49 6,466,271 39 7,600,000
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Toronto  Canada 50 6,420,231 57 5,650,000
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5,555,912[30] 2006
Tianjin  China 51 6,388,626 37 8,200,000
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9,490,000[12] 2006
Madrid  Spain 52 6,321,398 48 6,100,000
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5,843,031[14] 2004
Hyderabad  India 53 6,290,397 40 7,350,000
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Philadelphia  United States 54 6,285,526 49 6,000,000
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5,838,471[6] 2008
Boston  United States 55 6,183,275 57 5,650,000
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4,522,858[6] 2008
Abidjan  Ivory Coast 56 5,878,609 81 4,350,000
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5,060,858[12] 2006
Singapore-Johor Bahru[31]  Singapore
 Malaysia
57 5,878,609 71[32]
419[33]
4,700,000[32]
1,110,000[33]
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4,839,400[34][32]
1,081,978[12][33]
2008[32]
2000[33]
Detroit-Windsor[35]  United States
 Canada
58 5,817,355 54 5,700,000
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4,425,110[6][36]
323,342[37][38]
2008[36]
2006[38]
Guangzhou  China 59 5,711,518 14 15,300,000
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10,045,800[12] 2007
Houston  United States 60 5,696,100 52 5,800,000
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5,728,143[6] 2008
Belo Horizonte  Brazil 61 5,564,338 51 5,850,000
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5,454,971[12] 2007
Atlanta  United States 62 5,409,555 54 5,700,000
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5,376,285[6] 2008
Ahmedabad  India 63 5,334,314 52 5,800,000
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Ho Chi Minh City  Vietnam 64 5,318,392 57 5,650,000
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Pune  India 65 5,273,211 69 4,750,000
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Ibadan  Nigeria 66 5,210,392 115 3,300,000
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Manchester-Liverpool  United Kingdom 67 5,163,631 166
352
2,475,000[39]
1,330,000[40]
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2,539,100[39][14]
1,365,900[14][40]
2004
Santiago  Chile 68 5,145,599 50 5,950,000
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6,490,248[41] 2007
Xi'an  China 69 5,131,652 68 4,825,000
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Miami  United States 70 5,011,171 63 5,500,000
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5,414,772[6] 2008
San Diego-Tijuana[42]  United States
 Mexico
71 5,009,170 134[43]
269[44]
2,975,000[43]
1,660,000[44]
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3,001,072[6][43]
1,575,026[45][44]
2008
2005
Rangoon  Burma 72 4,994,082 67 4,850,000
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Barcelona  Spain 73 4,994,082 84 4,250,000
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4,233,638[14] 2004
Hangzhou  China 74 4,917,366 88 4,025,000
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Cape Town  South Africa 75 4,899,329 99 3,675,000
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3,497,097[12] 2007
Harbin  China 76 4,884,798 79 4,375,000
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Saint Petersburg  Russia 77 4,798,526 69 4,750,000
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Shantou  China 78 4,798,526 85 4,075,000
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Riyadh  Saudi Arabia 79 4,742,038 65 4,950,000
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Wuhan  China 80 4,695,958 29 9,000,000
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Chengdu  China 81 4,635,695 61 5,600,000
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Luanda  Angola 82 4,635,695 132 3,000,000
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Alexandria  Egypt 83 4,545,218 75 4,500,000
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Kano  Nigeria 84 4,460,656 118 3,250,000
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Busan  South Korea 85 4,460,656 98 3,700,000
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Phoenix  United States 86 4,394,099 77 4,400,000
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4,281,899[6] 2008
Caracas  Venezuela 87 4,368,552 65 4,950,000
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Milan  Italy 88 4,340,399 104 3,550,000
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3,076,643[14] 2004
Nanjing  China 89 4,312,535 71 4,700,000
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Medan  Indonesia 90 4,307,685 153 2,675,000
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Fukuoka-Kitakyushu  Japan 91 4,282,550 170 2,425,000
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Guadalajara  Mexico 92 4,205,153 74 4,550,000
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4,095,853[45] 2005
Nairobi  Kenya 93 4,112,322 114 3,350,000
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Surabaya  Indonesia 94 4,112,098 134 2,975,000
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Basra  Iraq 95 4,094,523 455 1,040,000
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Accra  Ghana 96 4,092,613 107 3,475,000
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Berlin  Germany 97 4,055,548 82 4,275,000
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4,971,331[14] 2004
Porto Alegre  Brazil 98 4,025,733 82 4,275,000
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3,897,328[12] 2006
Seattle  United States 99 3,977,940 90 3,950,000
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3,344,813[6] 2008
Rome  Italy 100 3,940,410 106 3,500,000
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3,457,690[14] 2004

References

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  17. ^ Some sources do not combine Ruhr and the Rhine region as a single metropolitan area
  18. ^ Other sources do not combine Kinshasa and Brazzaville as one metropolitan area
  19. ^ a b Refers to Kinshasa
  20. ^ a b Refers to Brazzaville
  21. ^ Forstall combines Hong Kong and Shenzhen as one metropolitan area. However, due to the restrictions on the movement of labor between Hong Kong and mainland China, the two areas are sometimes listed separately in other lists
  22. ^ "HK Census and Statistics Department". Censtatd.gov.hk. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  23. ^ Combining the U.S. Census Bureau estimates for Baltimore (2,667,117) and Washington (5,358,130) results in a population of 8,025,247. Note that the U.S. Census Bureau no longer classifies Baltimore and Washington as a single metropolitan area
  24. ^ Figure for the Washington Metropolitan Area
  25. ^ Figure for the Baltimore Metropolitan Area
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  31. ^ Some sources do not combine Singapore and Johor Bahru as a single metropolitan area due to the lack of freedom in movement between the two areas
  32. ^ a b c d Refers to Singapore
  33. ^ a b c d Refers to Johor Bahru
  34. ^ "Singapore Statistics: Latest Data". Statistics Singapore. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  35. ^ Some sources do not combine Detroit and Windsor as a single metropolitan area due to the lack of freedom in movement between the two areas
  36. ^ a b Figure for the Detroit metropolitan area
  37. ^ "2006 Demographics of Windsor". The City of Windsor. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  38. ^ a b Figure for the Windsor Census Metropolitan Area
  39. ^ a b Figure for Greater Manchester
  40. ^ a b Figure for Liverpool
  41. ^ "Santiago Metropolitan Area: 2007 Estimate" (PDF) (in Spanish). Gobierno Regional Metropolitano de Santiago. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  42. ^ Some sources do not combine San Diego and Tijuana as a single metropolitan area due to the lack of freedom in movement between the two areas
  43. ^ a b c Figure for San Diego metropolitan area
  44. ^ a b c Figure for Tijuana metropolitan area
  45. ^ a b "Delimitación de las zonas metropolitanas de México 2005" (in Spanish). Conapo: Consejo Nacional de Población. Retrieved 2009-09-11.