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This article are lists of metropolitan areas by population by population according to different sources. The question of which are the world's largest cities is a complex one, to which there is no single correct answer, simply because there are many different ways of defining a "city".

Forstall edit

One concept 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.[1]

One attempt at arriving at a consistently defined metropolitan area concept is the study by Richard Forstall, Richard Greene, and James Pick. The basic principles of their definition involve delineating the urban area as the core, then adding surrounding communities that meet two criteria: (1) Less than 35% of the resident workforce must be engaged in agriculture or fishing; and (2) At least 20% of the working residents commute to the urban core.[1] Based on their consistently defined metropolitan area criteria, they tabulate a list of the twenty largest metropolitan areas in 2003.[1][2] As population figures are interpreted and presented differently according to different methods of data collection, definitions and sources, these numbers should be viewed as approximate. Data from other sources may be equally valid but differ due to being measured according to different criteria or taken from different census years.

Rank Metropolitan area Country Population Area (km2) Population Density (People/km2)
1 Tokyo   Japan 32,450,000 8,014 4,049
2 Seoul   South Korea 20,550,000 5,076 4,048
3 Mexico City[3]   Mexico 20,450,000 7,346 2,784
4 New York City[4]   United States 19,750,000 17,884 1,104
5 Mumbai   India 19,200,000 2,350 8,170
6 Jakarta   Indonesia 18,900,000 5,100 3,706
7 São Paulo   Brazil 18,850,000 8,479 2,223
8 Delhi   India 18,600,000 3,182 5,845
9 Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto   Japan 17,375,000 6,930 2,507
10 Shanghai   People's Republic of China 16,650,000 5,177 3,216
11 Metro Manila   Philippines 16,300,000 2,521 6,466
12 Hong Kong-Shenzhen[5]   People's Republic of China 15,800,000 3,051 5,179
13 Los Angeles   United States 15,250,000 10,780 1,415
14 Kolkata   India 15,100,000 1,785 8,459
15 Moscow   Russia 15,000,000 14,925 1,005
16 Greater Cairo   Egypt 14,450,000 1,600 9,031
17 Buenos Aires   Argentina 13,170,000 10,888 1,210
18 London   United Kingdom 12,875,000 11,391 1,130
19 Beijing   People's Republic of China 12,500,000 6,562 1,905
20 Karachi   Pakistan 11,800,000 1,100 10,727

World Gazetteer edit

Rank Metropolitan area Country Population (2010 est.)[6]
1 Tokyo   Japan 37,730,064
2 Mexico City   Mexico 23,610,441
3 New York   United States 23,313,036
4 Seoul   South Korea 22,692,652
5 Mumbai   India 21,900,967
6 São Paulo   Brazil 20,831,058
7 Manila   Philippines 20,654,307
8 Jakarta   Indonesia 19,231,919
9 Delhi   India 18,916,890
10 Shanghai   China 18,572,816
11 Los Angeles   United States 18,013,728
12 Osaka   Japan 17,409,585
13 Cairo   Egypt 16,429,199
14 Kolkata   India 15,644,040
15 Moscow   Russia 14,926,656
16 Buenos Aires   Argentina 14,598,065
17 Istanbul   Turkey 14,350,423
18 Dhaka   Bangladesh 14,327,157
19 Lagos   Nigeria 13,721,625
20 London   United Kingdom 13 377 482
21 Tehran   Iran 13,236,489
22 Karachi   Pakistan 13,205,339
23 Beijing   China 12,522,839
24 Rio de Janeiro   Brazil 12,128,429
25 Paris   France 11,949,824

City Population edit

Rank Metropolitan Area Country Population (2011 est)[7]
1 Tokyo   Japan 34,300,000 incl. Yokohama, Kawasaki, Saitama
2 Guangzhou   China 25,100,000 Northern Pearl River Delta incl. Dongguan, Foshan, Jiangmen, Zhongshan
2 Seoul   South Korea 24,600,000 incl. Bucheon, Goyang, Incheon, Seongnam, Suweon
4 Delhi   India 24,100,000 incl. Faridabad, Ghaziabad
5 Mumbai   India 23,500,000 incl. Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Ulhasnagar
6 Mexico City   Mexico 22,900,000 incl. Nezahualcóyotl, Ecatepec, Naucalpan
7 New York City   United States 22,000,000 incl. Newark, Paterson
8 São Paulo   Brazil 20,800,000 incl. Guarulhos
9 Manila   Philippines 20,200,000 incl. Kalookan, Quezon City
10 Jakarta   Indonesia 18,800,000 incl. Bekasi, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Tangerang Selatan
10 Shanghai   China 18,400,000
12 Los Angeles   United States 18,000,000 incl. Riverside, Anaheim
13 Karachi   Pakistan 16,900,000
14 Osaka   Japan 16,800,000 incl. Kobe, Kyoto
15 Kolkata   India 16,700,000 incl. Haora
16 Cairo   Egypt 15,400,000 incl. Al-Jizah, Hulwan, Shubra al-Khaymah
17 Buenos Aires   Argentina 14,800,000 incl. San Justo, La Plata
17 Moscow   Russia 14,800,000
19 Dhaka   Bangladesh 14,100,000
20 Beijing   China 14,000,000
21 Tehran   Iran 13,200,000 incl. Karaj
22 Istanbul   Turkey 13,000,000
23 Rio de Janerio   Brazil 12,600,000 incl. Nova Iguaçu, São Gonçalo
24 London   United Kingdom 12,500,000
25 Lagos   Nigeria 12,200,000

Official edit

Metropolitan Area Country Population Year
Dhaka   Bangladesh 12,797,394[8] 2008
Los Angeles   United States 12,828,837[9] 2010
New York   United States 18,897,109[9] 2010
Seoul   Republic of Korea 24,472,000[10] 2007

See also edit

Lists of metropolitan areas by region edit

Lists of metropolitan areas by country or region edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b c R.L. Forstall, R.P. Greene, and J.B. Pick, Which are the largest? Why lists of major urban areas vary so greatly, Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie 100, 277 (2009), Table 4
  2. ^ R.L. Forstall, R.P. Greene, and J.B. Pick, "Which are the largest? Why published populations for major world urban areas vary so greatly", City Futures Conference, (University of Illinois at Chicago, July 2004) – Table 5 (p.34)
  3. ^ Consists of two separate zona metropolitanas: the Zona Metropolitana del Valle de Mexico (ZMVM) and the Zona Metropolitana de Toluca (ZMT)
  4. ^ Consists of two separate metropolitan statistical areas (MSA): the New York–Northern New Jersey Long Island MSA and the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk MSA.
  5. ^ There are restrictions on the movement of labor between Hong Kong and mainland China and the two areas are sometimes listed separately in other lists.
  6. ^ "World: metropolitan areas". World Gazetteer. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  7. ^ Brinkhoff, Thomas. "The Principal Agglomerations of the World". CityPopulation. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  8. ^ "Statistical Pocket Book - 2009" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  9. ^ a b "Population and Housing Occupancy Status: 2010 - United States -- Metropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico more information 2010 Census National Summary File of Redistricting Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  10. ^ "Seoul National Capital Area Statistics" (in Korean). Korean National Statistical Office. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

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