List Of Metropolitan Areas By Population

   
This page lists the 101 largest metropolitan areas of the world by population. This is a controversial issue rather difficult to quantify. These figures include suburban areas immediately surrounding a major city and sometimes multiple major cities which may be close enough together to function essentially as one area (e.g. Washington-Baltimore). Figures are all rounded to the nearest 10,000, as these can only be rough estimates based on population changes and rates.
etropolitan area name Population estimate
|Tokyo-Yokohama-Kawasaki-Chiba, Japan (Greater Tokyo Area) |33,750,000
|So Paulo-Guarulhos-Santo Andr-Osasco, Brazil |22,700,000
|Mexico City-Nezahualcyotl-Ecatepec-Naucalpan, Mexico |22,150,000
|Seoul-Incheon-Bucheon-Goyang-Seongnam-Suweon, South Korea (Capital Metropolitan Area) |22,000,000
|New York City, New York-Newark, New Jersey-Paterson, New Jersey, United States (New York Metropolitan Area) |21,750,000
|Mumbai-Navi Mumbai-Kalyan-Thane-Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra, India (Brihanmumbai/Greater Mumbai) |18,800,000
|Delhi, National Capital Territory-Faridabad, Haryana, Gurgaon, Haryana-Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh-Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India |18,100,000
|Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Japan (Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto) |16,570,000
|Los Angeles-Riverside-Anaheim,California United States (Southern California) |16,450,000
0 Jakarta-Bekasi-Bogor-Depok-Tangerang, Indonesia (Daerah Jabotabek/Jabotabek Area) 16,400,000
1 Moscow, Russia 15,350,000
2 Tehran-Karaj, Iran 15,300,000
3 Greater Cairo, Al Qahirah-Al Jizah-Al Qalyubiyah Governorates, the Arab Republic of Egypt 15,200,000
4 Kolkata-Howrah, West Bengal, India 14,950,000
5 Manila-Caloocan City-Quezon City, Philippines (Metro Manila) 14,000,000
6 London, United Kingdom (London commuter belt) 13,900,000
7 Buenos Aires-San Justo-La Plata, Argentina 13,900,000
8 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan 13,100,000
9 Shanghai Municipality, People's Republic of China 12,500,000
0 Busan-Ulsan-Changwon-Koje-Pohang-Gimhae, South Korea (Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region) 12,250,000
1 Rio De Janeiro-Nova Iguau-So Gonalo-Niteri, Brazil 12,150,000
2 Dhaka, Bangladesh 12,050,000
3 Paris, Ile-de-France, France 11,200,000
4 Istanbul, Turkey 10,900,000
5 Beijing Municipality, People's Republic of China 9,800,000
6 Chicago, Illinois-Gary, Indiana-Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States (Chicagoland) 9,800,000
7 Lagos, Nigeria 9,600,000
8 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region-Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China 8,600,000
9 Lima-Callao, Peru (Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area) 8,535,000
0 Bogot, Colombia 8,000,000
1 Johannesburg-Soweto-East Rand-West Rand, South Africa (Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area) 7,900,000
2 Washington, DC-Baltimore, Maryland, United States (Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area) 7,700,000
3 Bangkok-Samut Prakarn-Nonthaburi-Pathum Thani, Thailand 7,650,000
4 Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China 7,650,000
5 Chennai-Tambaram-Avadi-Manali, Tamil Nadu, India 7,300,000
6 San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, California, United States (San Francisco Bay Area) 7,150,000
7 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,950,000
8 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan 6,950,000
9 Hyderabad-Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India 6,833,000
0 Taipei-Keelung, Taiwan, Republic of China (Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area) 6,800,000
1 Toronto-Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Golden Horseshoe) 6,700,000
2 Bangalore, Karnataka, India 6,650,000
3 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Delaware Valley) 5,950,000
4 Saint Petersburg, Russia 5,850,000
5 Tianjin Municipality, People's Republic of China 5,580,000
6 Detroit, Michigan, United States-Windsor, Ontario, Canada (Metro Detroit) 5,800,000
7 Boston, Massachusetts, United States (Greater Boston) 5,700,000
8 Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, United States (Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex) 5,700,000
9 Madrid, Spain 5,600,000
0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States (South Florida) 5,400,000
1 Khartoum, Sudan 5,350,000
2 Belo Horizonte, Brazil 5,300,000
3 Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 5,250,000
4 Santiago, Chile 5,250,000
5 Essen-Duisburg- Bochum-Dortmund, Germany (Ruhr area) 5,200,000
6 Baghdad, Iraq 5,200,000
7 Houston-Conroe-Galveston, Texas, United States (Houston Metropolitan Area) 5,150,000
8 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 5,150,000
9 Nagoya, Japan 5,130,000
0 Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah Governorate, Arab Republic of Egypt 5,050,000
1 Atlanta, Georgia, United States (Atlanta Metropolitan Area) 4,850,000
2 Yangon, Myanmar 4,850,000
3 Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China 4,800,000
4 Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China 4,800,000
5 Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China 4,550,000
6 Caracas, Venezuela 4,500,000
7 Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China 4,450,000
8 Singapore City, Singapore 4,400,000
9 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 4,450,000
0 Pune-Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra, India 4,250,000
1 Algiers, Algeria 4,200,000
2 Guadalajara-Zapopan, Mexico 4,200,000
3 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 4,200,000
4 Berlin, Germany 4,150,000
5 Abidjan, Cte d'Ivoire 4,050,000
6 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 4,050,000
7 Porto Alegre, Brazil 3,950,000
8 Chittacong, Bangladesh 3,900,000
9 Casablanca, Morocco 3,850,000
0 Barcelona, Spain 3,800,000
1 Milan, Italy 3,800,000
2 Monterrey, Mexico 3,800,000
3 Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China 3,750,000
4 Kyiv, Ukraine 3,750,000
5 Recife, Brazil 3,750,000
6 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 3,650,000
7 Phoenix, Arizona, United States (Valley of the Sun) 3,650,000
8 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington, United States (Greater Puget Sound) 3,650,000
9 Ankara, Turkey 3,600,000
0 Montreal-Laval, Quebec, Canada 3,600,000
1 Pyongyang, North Korea 3,600,000
2 Medelln, Colombia 3,550,000
3 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3,550,000
4 Athens, Greece 3,500,000
5 Salvador, Brazil 3,400,000
6 Braslia, Brazil 3,500,000
7 Surat, Gujarat, India 3,500,000
8 Izmir, Turkey 3,370,000
9 Fortaleza, Brazil 3,300,000
00 Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States (Twin Cities area) 3,300,000
01 Rome, Italy 3,300,000

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