Metropolitan Area | Country | Rank | World Gazetteer[1] (2009 est.) |
Rank | CityPopulation[2] (2009 est.) |
Rank | Forstall[3] (2003 est.) |
Official | Est. Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tokyo | ![]() |
1 | 37,468,203 | 1 | 33,800,000 | 1 | 32,450,000 | 34,607,069[4] | 2000 |
Mexico City | ![]() |
2 | 23,293,783 | 3 | 22,900,000 | 3 | 20,450,000 | 19,239,910[5] | 2005 |
New York City | ![]() |
3 | 23,141,893 | 6 | 21,900,000 | 4 | 19,750,000 | 19,006,798[6] | 2008 |
Seoul | ![]() |
4 | 22,456,200 | 2 | 23,900,000 | 2 | 20,550,000 | 24,472,000[7] | 2007 |
Mumbai | ![]() |
5 | 21,347,412 | 5 | 22,300,000 | 5 | 19,200,000 | 17,702,761[8] | 2001 |
São Paulo | ![]() |
6 | 20,534,112 | 7 | 21,000,000 | 7 | 18,850,000 | 19,889,559[9] | 2009 |
Manila | ![]() |
7 | 19,888,419 | 8 | 19,200,000 | 11 | 16,300,000 | 11,553,427[10] | 2007 |
Jakarta | ![]() |
8 | 18,924,470 | 15 | 15,100,000 | 6 | 18,900,000 | 23,308,500[11] | 2000 |
Delhi | ![]() |
9 | 18,639,762 | 4 | 22,400,000 | 8 | 18,850,000 | ||
Los Angeles | ![]() |
10 | 17,881,561 | 9 | 18,000,000 | 13 | 15,250,000 | 12,872,808[6] | 2008 |
Shanghai | ![]() |
11 | 17,783,119 | 10 | 17,900,000 | 10 | 16,650,000 | ||
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto | ![]() |
12 | 17,411,857 | 11 | 16,700,000 | 9 | 17,375,000 | 18,643,915[4] | 2000 |
Cairo | ![]() |
13 | 16,254,102 | 16 | 14,800,000 | 16 | 14,450,000 | ||
Kolkata | ![]() |
14 | 15,414,859 | 12 | 16,000,000 | 14 | 15,100,000 | ||
Moscow | ![]() |
15 | 14,837,510 | 18 | 13,500,000 | 15 | 15,000,000 | 13,500,000[12] | 2006 |
Buenos Aires | ![]() |
16 | 14,393,015 | 17 | 13,800,000 | 17 | 13,170,000 | 12,548,638[13] | 2009 |
Istanbul | ![]() |
17 | 13,778,373 | 21 | 12,500,000 | 11,044,642[14] | 2004 | ||
Dhaka | ![]() |
18 | 13,778,179 | 20 | 13,100,000 | 12,797,394[15] | 2008 | ||
London | ![]() |
19 | 13,219,506 | 24 | 12,300,000 | 18 | 12,875,000 | 11,917,000[14] | 2004 |
Lagos | ![]() |
20 | 13,134,029 | 25 | 11,400,000 | 7,937,932[16] | 2006 | ||
Tehran | ![]() |
21 | 12,949,621 | 21 | 12,500,000 | 13,422,366[12] | 2006 | ||
Karachi | ![]() |
22 | 12,827,927 | 13 | 15,700,000 | 20 | 11,800,000 | 14,800,000[12] | 2006 |
Beijing | ![]() |
23 | 12,230,029 | 19 | 13,200,000 | 19 | 12,500,000 | ||
Rio de Janeiro | ![]() |
24 | 12,058,824 | 21 | 12,500,000 | 11,571,617[12] | 2007 | ||
Paris | ![]() |
25 | 11,885,836 | 26 | 10,000,000 | 11,175,000[14] | 2004 | ||
Rhine-Ruhr[17] | ![]() |
26 | 11,831,297 | ||||||
Baghdad | ![]() |
27 | 11,206,300 | 45 | 6,400,000 | ||||
Kinshasa-Brazzaville[18] | ![]() ![]() |
28 | 10,076,099 | 32[19] 338[20] |
8,600,000[19] 1,380,000[20] |
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Bangkok (Krung Thep) | ![]() |
29 | 9,972,337 | 31 | 8,750,000 | 6,825,956[12] | 2006 | ||
Chicago | ![]() |
30 | 9,573,629 | 27 | 9,850,000 | 9,569,624[6] | 2008 | ||
Khartoum | ![]() |
31 | 9,514,261 | 57 | 5,650,000 | 5,274,321[12] | 2008 | ||
Hong Kong | ![]() |
32 | 9,102,043 | 43 | 7,200,000 | 12 | 15,800,000[21] | 7,008,900[22] | 2008 |
Nagoya | ![]() |
33 | 8,826,161 | 34 | 8,300,000 | 8,739,000[4] | 2000 | ||
Taipei | ![]() |
34 | 8,422,488 | 44 | 6,750,000 | 6,817,681[12] | 2007 | ||
Washington-Baltimore[23] | ![]() |
35 | 8,339,792 | 36 | 8,250,000 | 5,358,130[6][24] 2,667,117[6][25] |
2008 | ||
Bogotá | ![]() |
36 | 8,286,535 | 32 | 8,600,000 | 7,881,156[26] | 2005 | ||
Lima | ![]() |
37 | 7,902,851 | 30 | 8,850,000 | 8,472,935[27] | 2007 | ||
Johannesburg | ![]() |
38 | 7,864,994 | 40 | 7,350,000 | 3,888,180[28] | 2007 | ||
Chongqing | ![]() |
39 | 7,707,124 | 46 | 6,350,000 | ||||
San Francisco | ![]() |
40 | 7,665,595 | 42 | 7,300,000 | 4,274,531[6] | 2008 | ||
Kuala Lumpur | ![]() |
41 | 7,635,858 | 71 | 4,700,000 | 4,525,000[12] | 2007 | ||
Chennai | ![]() |
42 | 7,305,169 | 38 | 8,050,000 | ||||
Lahore | ![]() |
43 | 6,936,563 | 34 | 8,300,000 | 6,318,745[12] | 1998 | ||
Randstad | ![]() |
44 | 6,594,120 | ||||||
Shenyang | ![]() |
45 | 6,580,330 | 64 | 5,150,000 | 7,040,000[12] | 2006 | ||
Dallas | ![]() |
46 | 6,546,961 | 46 | 6,350,000 | 6,300,006[6] | 2008 | ||
Bandung | ![]() |
47 | 6,492,753 | 122 | 3,175,000 | 7,414,560[29] | 2007 | ||
Algiers | ![]() |
48 | 6,488,795 | 79 | 4,375,000 | 3,354,000[12] | 2007 | ||
Bangalore | ![]() |
49 | 6,466,271 | 39 | 7,600,000 | ||||
Toronto | ![]() |
50 | 6,420,231 | 57 | 5,650,000 | 5,555,912[30] | 2006 | ||
Tianjin | ![]() |
51 | 6,388,626 | 37 | 8,200,000 | 9,490,000[12] | 2006 | ||
Madrid | ![]() |
52 | 6,321,398 | 48 | 6,100,000 | 5,843,031[14] | 2004 | ||
Hyderabad | ![]() |
53 | 6,290,397 | 40 | 7,350,000 | ||||
Philadelphia | ![]() |
54 | 6,285,526 | 49 | 6,000,000 | 5,838,471[6] | 2008 | ||
Boston | ![]() |
55 | 6,183,275 | 57 | 5,650,000 | 4,522,858[6] | 2008 | ||
Abidjan | ![]() |
56 | 5,878,609 | 81 | 4,350,000 | 5,060,858[12] | 2006 | ||
Singapore-Johor Bahru[31] | ![]() ![]() |
57 | 5,878,609 | 71[32] 419[33] |
4,700,000[32] 1,110,000[33] |
4,839,400[34][32] 1,081,978[12][33] |
2008[32] 2000[33] | ||
Detroit-Windsor[35] | ![]() ![]() |
58 | 5,817,355 | 54 | 5,700,000 | 4,425,110[6][36] 323,342[37][38] |
2008[36] 2006[38] | ||
Guangzhou | ![]() |
59 | 5,711,518 | 14 | 15,300,000 | 10,045,800[12] | 2007 | ||
Houston | ![]() |
60 | 5,696,100 | 52 | 5,800,000 | 5,728,143[6] | 2008 | ||
Belo Horizonte | ![]() |
61 | 5,564,338 | 51 | 5,850,000 | 5,454,971[12] | 2007 | ||
Atlanta | ![]() |
62 | 5,409,555 | 54 | 5,700,000 | 5,376,285[6] | 2008 | ||
Ahmedabad | ![]() |
63 | 5,334,314 | 52 | 5,800,000 | ||||
Ho Chi Minh City | ![]() |
64 | 5,318,392 | 57 | 5,650,000 | ||||
Pune | ![]() |
65 | 5,273,211 | 69 | 4,750,000 | ||||
Ibadan | ![]() |
66 | 5,210,392 | 115 | 3,300,000 | ||||
Manchester-Liverpool | ![]() |
67 | 5,163,631 | 166 352 |
2,475,000[39] 1,330,000[40] |
2,539,100[39][14] 1,365,900[14][40] |
2004 | ||
Santiago | ![]() |
68 | 5,145,599 | 50 | 5,950,000 | 6,490,248[41] | 2007 | ||
Xi'an | ![]() |
69 | 5,131,652 | 68 | 4,825,000 | ||||
Miami | ![]() |
70 | 5,011,171 | 63 | 5,500,000 | 5,414,772[6] | 2008 | ||
San Diego-Tijuana[42] | ![]() ![]() |
71 | 5,009,170 | 134[43] 269[44] |
2,975,000[43] 1,660,000[44] |
3,001,072[6][43] 1,575,026[45][44] |
2008 2005 | ||
Rangoon | ![]() |
72 | 4,994,082 | 67 | 4,850,000 | ||||
Barcelona | ![]() |
73 | 4,994,082 | 84 | 4,250,000 | 4,233,638[14] | 2004 | ||
Hangzhou | ![]() |
74 | 4,917,366 | 88 | 4,025,000 | ||||
Cape Town | ![]() |
75 | 4,899,329 | 99 | 3,675,000 | 3,497,097[12] | 2007 | ||
Harbin | ![]() |
76 | 4,884,798 | 79 | 4,375,000 | ||||
Saint Petersburg | ![]() |
77 | 4,798,526 | 69 | 4,750,000 | ||||
Shantou | ![]() |
78 | 4,798,526 | 85 | 4,075,000 | ||||
Riyadh | ![]() |
79 | 4,742,038 | 65 | 4,950,000 | ||||
Wuhan | ![]() |
80 | 4,695,958 | 29 | 9,000,000 | ||||
Chengdu | ![]() |
81 | 4,635,695 | 61 | 5,600,000 | ||||
Luanda | ![]() |
82 | 4,635,695 | 132 | 3,000,000 | ||||
Alexandria | ![]() |
83 | 4,545,218 | 75 | 4,500,000 | ||||
Kano | ![]() |
84 | 4,460,656 | 118 | 3,250,000 | ||||
Busan | ![]() |
85 | 4,460,656 | 98 | 3,700,000 | ||||
Phoenix | ![]() |
86 | 4,394,099 | 77 | 4,400,000 | 4,281,899[6] | 2008 | ||
Caracas | ![]() |
87 | 4,368,552 | 65 | 4,950,000 | ||||
Milan | ![]() |
88 | 4,340,399 | 104 | 3,550,000 | 3,076,643[14] | 2004 | ||
Nanjing | ![]() |
89 | 4,312,535 | 71 | 4,700,000 | ||||
Medan | ![]() |
90 | 4,307,685 | 153 | 2,675,000 | ||||
Fukuoka-Kitakyushu | ![]() |
91 | 4,282,550 | 170 | 2,425,000 | ||||
Guadalajara | ![]() |
92 | 4,205,153 | 74 | 4,550,000 | 4,095,853[45] | 2005 | ||
Nairobi | ![]() |
93 | 4,112,322 | 114 | 3,350,000 | ||||
Surabaya | ![]() |
94 | 4,112,098 | 134 | 2,975,000 | ||||
Basra | ![]() |
95 | 4,094,523 | 455 | 1,040,000 | ||||
Accra | ![]() |
96 | 4,092,613 | 107 | 3,475,000 | ||||
Berlin | ![]() |
97 | 4,055,548 | 82 | 4,275,000 | 4,971,331[14] | 2004 | ||
Porto Alegre | ![]() |
98 | 4,025,733 | 82 | 4,275,000 | 3,897,328[12] | 2006 | ||
Seattle | ![]() |
99 | 3,977,940 | 90 | 3,950,000 | 3,344,813[6] | 2008 | ||
Rome | ![]() |
100 | 3,940,410 | 106 | 3,500,000 | 3,457,690[14] | 2004 |
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- ^ a b Refers to Kinshasa
- ^ a b Refers to Brazzaville
- ^ 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
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- ^ Figure for the Washington Metropolitan Area
- ^ Figure for the Baltimore Metropolitan Area
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- ^ a b c d Refers to Johor Bahru
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- ^ a b Figure for the Detroit metropolitan area
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- ^ a b Figure for the Windsor Census Metropolitan Area
- ^ a b Figure for Greater Manchester
- ^ a b Figure for Liverpool
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- ^ 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
- ^ a b c Figure for San Diego metropolitan area
- ^ a b c Figure for Tijuana metropolitan area
- ^ a b "Delimitación de las zonas metropolitanas de México 2005" (in Spanish). Conapo: Consejo Nacional de Población. Retrieved 2009-09-11.