List of metropolitan areas by population

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 figures from official governments only.

List

Note: Due to a lack of accurate governmental data, this list is incomplete.

Rank Metropolitan Country Official population Year
1 Tokyo  Japan 36,923,000[1] 2010
2 Shanghai  China 34,000,000[2] 2010
3 Seoul  South Korea 25,620,000[3] 2015
4 Guangzhou  China 25,000,000[2] 2010
5 Beijing  China 24,900,000[2] 2010
6 Shenzhen  China 23,300,000[2] 2010
7 New Delhi  India 21,753,486[4] 2011
8 Mexico City  Mexico 21,339,781[5] 2015
9 Lagos  Nigeria 21,000,000[6] 2014
10 São Paulo  Brazil 20,935,204[7] 2014
11 Mumbai  India 20,748,395[4] 2011
12 New York City  United States 20,092,883[8] 2014
13 Osaka  Japan 19,342,000[1] 2010
14 Wuhan  China 19,000,000[2] 2010
15 Chengdu  China 18,100,000[2] 2010
16 Dhaka  Bangladesh 17,151,925[9] 2011
17 Chongqing  China 17,000,000[2] 2010
18 Tianjin  China 15,400,000[2] 2010
19 Kolkata  India 14,617,882[4] 2011
20 Tehran  Iran 14,595,904[10] 2011
21 Istanbul  Turkey 14,377,018[11] 2014
22 London  United Kingdom 14,031,830[12] 2014
23 Hangzhou  China 13,400,000[2] 2010
24 Los Angeles Note 1  United States 13,262,220[8] 2014
25 Buenos Aires  Argentina 13,074,000[13] 2010
26 Xi'an  China 12,900,000[2] 2010
27 Paris  France 12,405,426 2013
28 Changzhou  China 12,400,000[2] 2010
29 Shantou  China 12,000,000[2] 2010
30 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 11,973,505[7] 2014
31 Manila  Philippines 11,855,975[14] 2010
32 Nanjing  China 11,700,000[2] 2010
33 Rhine-Ruhr  Germany 11,470,000[15] 2012
34 Jinan  China 11,000,000[2] 2010
35 Harbin  China 10,500,000[2] 2010
36 Jakarta  Indonesia 10,075,310[16] 2014
37 Lima  Peru 9,886,647[17] 2015
38 Zhengzhou  China 9,700,000[2] 2010
39 Qingdao  China 9,600,000[2] 2010
40 Chicago  United States 9,554,598[8] 2014
41 Karachi  Pakistan 9,339,023[18] 1998
42 Nagoya  Japan 9,107,000[1] 2010
43 Chennai  India 8,917,749[4] 2011
44 Bangalore (Bengaluru)  India 8,728,906[4] 2011
45 Bangkok  Thailand 8,305,218[19] 2010
46 Bogotá  Colombia 7,878,783[20] 2015
47 Hyderabad  India 7,749,334[4] 2011
48 Shenyang  China 7,700,000[2] 2010
49 Wenzhou  China 7,600,000[2] 2010
50 Nanchang  China 7,400,000[2] 2010
51 Hong Kong  China 7,298,600[21] 2015
52 Taipei  Taiwan 7,045,488[22] 2013
53 Dallas–Fort Worth  United States 6,954,330[8] 2014
54 Santiago  Chile 6,683,852[23] 2012
55 Luanda  Angola 6,542,944[24] 2014
56 Madrid  Spain 6,378,297[12] 2014
57 Ahmedabad  India 6,352,254[4] 2011
58 Houston  United States 6,490,180[8] 2014
59 Philadelphia  United States 6,051,170[8] 2014
60 Washington, D.C.  United States 6,033,737[8] 2014
61 Toronto  Canada 6,055,724[25] 2014
62 Miami  United States 5,929,819[8] 2014
63 Belo Horizonte  Brazil 5,767,414[7] 2014
64 Atlanta  United States 5,614,323[8] 2014
65 Singapore  Singapore 5,535,000[26] 2015
66 Barcelona  Spain 5,445,616[12] 2014
67 Munich  Germany 5,203,738[27] 2014
68 Stuttgart  Germany 5,200,000[28] 2013
69 Ankara  Turkey 5,150,072[11] 2014
70 Hamburg  Germany 5,100,000[29] 2012
71 Pune  India 5,049,968[4] 2011
72 Berlin  Germany 5,005,216[12] 2014
73 Guadalajara  Mexico 4,796,050[5] 2015
74 Boston  United States 4,732,161[8] 2014
75 Sydney  Australia 4,667,283[30] 2012
76 San Francisco  United States 4,594,060[8] 2014
77 Surat  India 4,585,367[4] 2011
78 Phoenix  United States 4,489,109[8] 2014
79 Monterrey  Mexico 4,477,614[5] 2015
80 Inland Empire  United States 4,441,890[8] 2014
81 Rome  Italy 4,321,244[12] 2014
82 Detroit  United States 4,296,611[8] 2014
83 Milan  Italy 4,267,946[12] 2014
84 Melbourne  Australia 4,246,345[30] 2012

Notes

  1. Note 1 Los Angeles is sometimes combined with the Inland Empire in what is known as the Greater Los Angeles Area, with a combined population of 17 million inhabitants.

See also

Lists of metropolitan areas by region

Lists of metropolitan areas by country or region

References

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  7. 1 2 3 "IBGE releases population estimates of municipalities in 2014". IBGE. August 28, 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
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  15. ↑ EMR
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  21. ↑ "Population – Overview". Census and Statistics Department (Hong Kong). 25 November 2015.
  22. ↑ "鄉鎮市區人口及按都會區統計.". Ministry of the Interior (Republic of China). 2013.
  23. ↑ "Región Metropolitana de Santiago" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  24. ↑ "Angola (2014)".
  25. ↑ "Ontario Fact Sheet September 2014". Queen's Printer for Ontario. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  26. ↑ "Population & Land Area (Mid-Year Estimates)". Statistics Singapore. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  27. ↑ Metropolregion München. Metropolregion München.
  28. ↑ Verband Region Stuttgart. "Portal der Region Stuttgart: Metropolregion Stuttgart".
  29. ↑ "Initiativkreis Europäische Metropolregionen in Deutschland".
  30. 1 2 "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2011–12". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

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