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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 ).
Rank Metropolitan area name Population estimate 1 Tokyo -Yokohama -Kawasaki -Chiba , Japan (Greater Tokyo Area )33,750,000 2 São Paulo -Guarulhos -Santo André -Osasco , Brazil 22,700,000 3 Mexico City -Nezahualcóyotl -Ecatepec -Naucalpan , Mexico 22,150,000 4 Seoul -Incheon -Bucheon -Goyang -Seongnam -Suweon , South Korea (Capital Metropolitan Area )22,000,000 5 New York City, New York -Newark, New Jersey -Paterson, New Jersey , United States (New York Metropolitan Area )21,750,000 6 Mumbai -Navi Mumbai -Kalyan -Thane -Ulhasnagar , Maharashtra , India (Brihanmumbai/Greater Mumbai )18,800,000 7 Delhi, Delhi -Faridabad, Haryana -Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh , India 18,100,000 8 Osaka -Kobe -Kyoto , Japan (Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto )16,570,000 9 Los Angeles -Riverside -Anaheim ,California United States (The Southland )16,450,000 10 Jakarta -Bekasi -Bogor -Depok -Tangerang , Indonesia (Daerah Jabotabek/Jabotabek Area )16,400,000 11 Moscow , Russia 15,350,000 12 Tehran -Karaj , Iran 15,300,000 13 Greater Cairo , Al Qahirah -Al Jizah -Al Qalyubiyah Governorates, the Arab Republic of Egypt 15,200,000 14 Kolkata -Howrah , West Bengal , India 14,950,000 15 Manila -Caloocan City -Quezon City , Philippines (Metro Manila )14,000,000 16 London , United Kingdom (London commuter belt )13,900,000 17 Buenos Aires -San Justo-La Plata , Argentina 13,900,000 18 Karachi , Sindh , Pakistan 13,100,000 19 Shanghai Municipality , People's Republic of China 12,500,000 20 Busan -Ulsan -Changwon -Koje-Pohang -Gimhae , South Korea (Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region )12,250,000 21 Rio De Janeiro -Nova Iguaçu -São Gonçalo -Niterói , Brazil 12,150,000 22 Dhaka , Bangladesh 12,050,000 23 Paris , Ile-de-France , France 11,200,000 24 Istanbul , Turkey 10,900,000 25 Beijing Municipality , People's Republic of China 9,800,000 26 Chicago, Illinois -Gary, Indiana -Kenosha, Wisconsin , United States (Chicagoland )9,800,000 27 Lagos , Nigeria 9,600,000 28 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region -Shenzhen , Guangdong , People's Republic of China 8,600,000 29 Lima , Peru 8,150,000 30 Bogotá , Colombia 8,000,000 31 Johannesburg -Soweto -East Rand -West Rand , South Africa (Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area )7,900,000 32 Washington, DC -Baltimore, Maryland , United States (Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area )7,700,000 33 Bangkok , Thailand 7,650,000 34 Chongqing Municipality , People's Republic of China 7,650,000 35 Chennai -Tambaram -Avadi-Manali , Tamil Nadu , India 7,300,000 36 San Jose -San Francisco -Oakland, California , United States (San Francisco Bay Area )7,150,000 37 Kinshasa , Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,950,000 38 Lahore , Punjab , Pakistan 6,950,000 39 Taipei -Keelung , Taiwan , Republic of China (Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area )6,800,000 40 Toronto -Hamilton, Ontario , Canada (Golden Horseshoe )6,700,000 41 Bangalore , Karnataka , India 6,650,000 42 Hyderabad -Secunderabad , Andhra Pradesh , India 6,350,000 43 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States (Delaware Valley )5,950,000 44 Saint Petersburg , Russia 5,850,000 45 Tianjin Municipality , People's Republic of China 5,580,000 46 Essen -Bochum -Dortmund -Wuppertal , Germany (Ruhr area )5,800,000 47 Detroit, Michigan , United States -Windsor, Ontario , Canada (Metro Detroit )5,800,000 48 Boston, Massachusetts , United States 5,700,000 49 Dallas -Fort Worth, Texas , United States (Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex )5,700,000 50 Madrid , Spain 5,600,000 51 Miami -Fort Lauderdale, Florida , United States (South Florida )5,400,000 52 Khartoum , Sudan 5,350,000 53 Belo Horizonte , Brazil 5,300,000 54 Ahmedabad , Gujarat , India 5,250,000 55 Santiago , Chile 5,250,000 56 Baghdad , Iraq 5,200,000 57 Houston -Conroe -Galveston , Texas , United States (Houston Metropolitan Area )5,150,000 58 Riyadh , Saudi Arabia 5,150,000 59 Nagoya , Japan 5,130,000 60 Alexandria , Al Iskandariyah Governorate, Arab Republic of Egypt 5,050,000 61 Atlanta , Georgia , United States (Atlanta Metropolitan Area )4,850,000 62 Yangon , Myanmar 4,850,000 63 Guangzhou , Guangdong , People's Republic of China 4,800,000 64 Wuhan , Hubei , People's Republic of China 4,800,000 65 Harbin , Heilongjiang , People's Republic of China 4,550,000 66 Caracas , Venezuela 4,500,000 67 Shenyang , Liaoning , People's Republic of China 4,450,000 68 Singapore City, Singapore 4,400,000 69 Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam 4,450,000 70 Pune -Pimpri-Chinchwad , Maharashtra , India 4,250,000 71 Algiers , Algeria 4,200,000 72 Guadalajara -Zapopan , Mexico 4,200,000 73 Sydney, New South Wales , Australia 4,200,000 74 Berlin , Germany 4,150,000 75 Abidjan , Côte d'Ivoire 4,050,000 76 Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia 4,050,000 77 Porto Alegre , Brazil 3,950,000 78 Chittacong , Bangladesh 3,900,000 79 Casablanca , Morocco 3,850,000 80 Barcelona , Spain 3,800,000 81 Milan , Italy 3,800,000 82 Monterrey , Mexico 3,800,000 83 Chengdu , Sichuan , People's Republic of China 3,750,000 84 Kyiv , Ukraine 3,750,000 85 Recife , Brazil 3,750,000 86 Jeddah , Saudi Arabia 3,650,000 87 Phoenix, Arizona , United States (Valley of the Sun )3,650,000 88 Seattle -Tacoma -Bellevue, Washington , United States (Greater Puget Sound )3,650,000 89 Ankara , Turkey 3,600,000 90 Montreal -Laval , Quebec , Canada 3,600,000 91 Pyongyang , North Korea 3,600,000 92 Medellín , Colombia 3,550,000 93 Melbourne, Victoria , Australia 3,550,000 94 Athens , Greece 3,500,000 95 Salvador , Brazil 3,400,000 96 Brasília , Brazil 3,500,000 97 Surat , Gujarat , India 3,500,000 98 Izmir , Turkey 3,370,000 99 Fortaleza , Brazil 3,300,000 100 Minneapolis -Saint Paul, Minnesota , United States (Twin Cities area )3,300,000 101 Rome , Italy 3,300,000
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