This page lists the 100 largest metropolitan areas of the world, ranked by population. This is a controversial issue rather difficult to quantify, as unlike national subdivisions, there are no consistently defined borders for such an area. Many of the figures for individual cities are highly controversial, and in some cases numbers which differ by millions are given by different sources. In some countries there are official definitions, but they are not consistent on a global basis, nor even necessarily within countries. In addition, the underlying structure of different metropolitan areas varies: comparing a highly centralised city with an agglomeration of smaller settlements may not be very meaningful. Commuting patterns and other aspects of urban behaviour which underlie the metro area concept differ greatly around the world. Thus, all population figures for specific metro areas should be treated as interpretations rather than hard facts, and rankings and comparisons of metros should be treated with great caution. Metropolitan area in Western Tokyo as seen from Tokyo Tower A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or...

Most of the data for this list was compiled from the 2005 urban agglomeration population figures from the United Nations 2005 World Urbanization Prospects Report.^[1] 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. Figures with notations are from the indicated sources. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

Unless otherwise specified, figures are based on rough estimates for the year 2005 and rounded to the nearest 1,000. Despite the standing of the organisation behind the figures, the appropriateness and consistency of the boundaries used is controversial and the aforementioned warnings apply. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Rank	Metropolitan area name	Country	Definition	Area		Population estimate	Population density
				km²	mi²		per km²	per mi²
1	Tokyo (Greater Tokyo Area)	Japan	Official metropolitan area (Keihinyo MMA)	13,500	5,210	35,197,000	2,610	6,760
2	Seoul (Seoul National Capital Area)	Republic of Korea	Official metropolitan area	11,790	4,550	22,770,000[2]	1,996	5,170
3	Mexico City (Greater Mexico City)	Mexico	Official metropolitan area (ZMVM)	4,980	1,920	19,411,000	3,898	10,096
4	New York City (New York metropolitan area)	United States	Metropolitan statistical area	17,405	6,720	18,747,320[3]	1,077	2,790
5	São Paulo (Greater São Paulo Area)	Brazil	Official metropolitan area (Grande São Paulo )	8,050	3,110	18,333,000	2,277	5,897
6	Mumbai (Bombay) (Mumbai metropolitan area)	India	Administrative area (MMRDA)	4,360	1,680	18,196,000	4,206	10,893
7	Delhi (National Capital Territory of Delhi)	India	Administrative area (NCT)	1,480	570	15,048,000	10,360	26,832
8	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	Municipality (excluding counties in 2000)	3,920	1,514	14,503,000	3,700
9	Kolkata (Calcutta) (Kolkata Metropolitan Area)	India	Administrative area (KMD)	1,780	690	14,277,000	8,033	20,805
10	Moscow	Russia	Urban area	2,150	830	13,400,000[4]	6,232
11	Jakarta (Jabotabek Metropolitan Area)	Indonesia	Urban area	1,360	530	13,215,000	9,701	25,125
12	Los Angeles (Greater Los Angeles Area)	United States	Metropolitan statistical area	12,562	4,850	12,923,547[3]	1,028
13	Buenos Aires (Aglomerado Gran Buenos Aires)	Argentina	Metropolitan area	3,680	1,420	12,550,000	3,627	9,394
14	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Official metropolitan area (Dhaka Megacity)	1,600	620	12,430,000	7,850	20,331
15	London (London commuter belt)	United Kingdom	Larger Urban Zone[5]	8,920	3,444	11,624,807 (2001)	1,303
16	Karachi	Pakistan	City district	3,530	1,360	11,608,000	3,348	8,671
17	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Official metropolitan area	5,000	1,930	11,469,000	2,294	5,941
18	Paris (Île-de-France)	France	Larger Urban Zone[6]	12,012	4,637	11,362,000[7]	946
19	Istanbul	Turkey	Istanbul province	5,315	2,050	11,332,000[8]	2,132	5,528
20	Osaka–Kobe (Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto)	Japan	Urban area (administrative boundaries) (excludes Kyoto)	2,070	800	11,268,000	5,452	14,121
21	Cairo (Greater Cairo)	Egypt	Metropolitan area	1,310	510	11,128,000	8,508	22,036
22	Lagos	Nigeria	Urban area	640	250	10,886,000	17,398	45,061
23	Beijing	People's Republic of China	Municipality (excluding counties in 2000)	7,860	3,034	10,717,000	1,363
24	Manila (Metro Manila)	Philippines	Administrative area (Metro Manila)	640	250	10,686,000	16,683	43,209
25	Chicago (Chicagoland)	United States	Metropolitan statistical area	18,679	7,212	9,443,356[3]	506
26	Guangzhou	People's Republic of China	Prefecture-level city (excluding county-level cities)	7,260	2,803	8,425,000
27	Lima–Callao (Lima Metropolitan Area)	Peru	Lima Metropolitana Region	2,820		8,187,398[9]
28	Bogotá–Soacha	Colombia	Metropolitan area	1,980	760	7,881,556[10]
29	Tehran	Iran	City proper	660		7,314,000	11,082
30	Shenzhen	People's Republic of China	Prefecture-level city	1,950		7,233,000
31	Wuhan	People's Republic of China	Prefecture-level city (excluding counties)	8,490	3,280	7,093,000
32	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	Administrative area	1,100	420	7,041,000	6,529	16,910
33	Tianjin	People's Republic of China	Municipality (excluding counties)	7,130		7,040,000
34	Chennai (Madras)	India	Administrative area (Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority)	1,180	460	6,916,000	5,860	15,177
35	Taipei (Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area)	Republic of China	Metropolitan Area (consists of Taipei City, Taipei County, and Keelung City)	2,457	948	6,646,503[11] (2000)	2,748	6,970
36	Bangkok	Thailand	Official metropolitan area (Bangkok Metropolis)	1,570	610	6,593,000	4,206	10,893
37	Bangalore	India	Administrative area (BDA)	1,280	490	6,462,000	5,103	13,217
38	Chongqing	People's Republic of China	Municipality (excluding counties and county-level cities)	7,490		6,363,000
39	Lahore	Pakistan	City district	1,770	680	6,289,000
40	Johannesburg (Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area)	South Africa	Metropolitan area (Composed of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and West Rand District)			6,239,745[12] (2001)
41	Hyderabad	India	Administrative area (HUDA)	1,860	720	6,115,000	3,288	8,493
42	Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Province-level city (urban population)	9,960	3,850	6,049,000
43	Madrid (Madrid metropolitan area)	Spain	Larger Urban Zone[13]	8,023		6,008,183 (2006 INE estimate)
44	Baghdad	Iraq	Governorate (province)	730	280	5,904,000	8,096	20,969
45	Toronto (Greater Toronto Area)	Canada	Official metropolitan area (GTA)	7,100	2,741	5,857,550[14] (2006)	825	2,137
46	Philadelphia (Delaware Valley)	United States	Metropolitan statistical area	11,991		5,823,233[3]	486
47	Dallas (Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex)	United States	Metropolitan statistical area	23,283		5,819,475[3]	250
48	Santiago	Chile	Metropolitan area (Gran Santiago)	2,350	9110	5,683,000	2,418
49	Miami (South Florida)	United States	Metropolitan statistical area	13,275		5,422,200[3]	408
50	Ruhr Area	Germany	Larger Urban Zone[15]	4,434		5,359,228 (2001)
51	Saint Petersburg	Russia	Administrative area (Gorod)	1,150	440	5,312,000	4,619	12,073
52	Barcelona	Spain	Larger Urban Zone[16]	7,755		5,309,404 (2006 INE estimate)
53	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	Official metropolitan area	9,190	3,550	5,304,000
54	Houston (Greater Houston)	United States	Metropolitan statistical area	23,124		5,280,077[3]	228
55	Washington, D.C. (Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area)	United States	Metropolitan statistical area			5,214,666[3]
56	Ahmedabad	India	Administrative area (AUDA)	1,300	500	5,120,000
57	Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)	Vietnam	Municipality (urban population)	2,090	810	5,065,000
58	Berlin	Germany	Larger Urban Zone[17]	17,405		4,935,524 (2001)	284
59	Atlanta (Atlanta Metropolitan Area)	United States	Metropolitan statistical area			4,917,717[3]
60	Shenyang	People's Republic of China	Prefecture-level city (excluding counties)	3,460		4,720,000
61	Khartoum–Khartoum North–Omdurman	Sudan	Urban area (administrative boundaries)			4,518,000
62	Detroit (Metro Detroit)	United States	Metropolitan statistical area			4,488,335[3]
63	Boston (Greater Boston)	United States	Metropolitan statistical area			4,411,835[3]
64	Pune	India	Urban area	700	270	4,409,000	6,407	16,594
65	Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley)	Malaysia	Urban area			4,400,000[4]
66	Sydney	Australia	Metropolitan area (Statistical Division)	12,140	4,690	4,331,000
67	Singapore	Singapore	City proper	690	270	4,326,000	6,336	16,410
68	Dongguan	People's Republic of China	Prefecture-level city	2,460		4,320,000
69	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	City proper	1,550	600	4,193,000
70	Hanoi	Vietnam	Metropolitan area	2,150	830	4,164,000
71	San Francisco	United States	Metropolitan statistical area			4,152,688[3][18]
72	Bandung	Indonesia	Urban area	220	80	4,126,000	18,273	47,327
73	Chittagong	Bangladesh	Official metropolitan area (census definition)	990	380	4,114,000	4,213	10,912
74	Yangon (Rangoon)	Myanmar	Urban area	350	140	4,107,000	11,663	30,207
75	Chengdu	People's Republic of China	Prefecture-level city (excluding counties)	2,130		4,065,000
76	Guadalajara	Mexico	Official metropolitan area	2,730	1,050	3,968,000
77	Xi'an	People's Republic of China	Prefecture-level city (excluding counties)	3,550		3,926,000
78	Milan	Italy	Larger Urban Zone[19]	2,767		3,904,882 (2001)
79	Athens	Greece	Larger Urban Zone[20]	3,807		3,894,573 (2001)
80	Phoenix (Valley of the Sun)	United States	Metropolitan statistical area			3,865,077[3]
81	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Metropolitan area	9,890	3,820	3,795,000
82	Alexandria	Egypt	Governorate	2,970	1,150	3,770,000
83	Rome	Italy	Larger Urban Zone[21]	5,352		3,700,424 (2001)
84	Harbin	People's Republic of China	Prefecture-level city (excluding counties and county-level cities)	4,280		3,695,000
85	Montreal (Greater Montreal Area)	Canada	Census metropolitan area	4,050	1,560	3,640,000	899	2,333
86	Melbourne	Australia	Metropolitan area (Statistical Division)	7,690	2,970	3,626,000
87	Nanjing	People's Republic of China	Prefecture-level city (excluding counties)	6,600		3,621,000
88	Monterrey	Mexico	Official metropolitan area	4,010	1,550	3,596,000
89	Abidjan	Côte d'Ivoire	City proper	550	210	3,577,000	6,393	16,558
90	Ankara	Turkey	Metropolitan municipality	2,500	970	3,573,000
91	Surat	India	Urban area	200	80	3,557,000	18,355	47,539
92	Busan (Pusan)	South Korea	City proper (Busan City)	760	290	3,554,000	4,641	12,020
93	Recife	Brazil	Metropolitan area	2,770	1,070	3,527,000
94	Guiyang	People's Republic of China	Prefecture-level city (urban population)			3,447,000
95	Pyongyang	North Korea	City proper	2,110	810	3,351,000
96	Brasilia	Brazil	Metropolitan area (RIDE)	14,400	5,560	3,341,000
97	Salvador	Brazil	Metropolitan area	2,340	900	3,331,000
98	Medellín	Colombia	Metropolitan area			3,312,165[10]
99	Fortaleza	Brazil	Metropolitan area	4,950	1,910	3,237,000
100	Seattle (Seattle metropolitan area)	United States	Metropolitan statistical area			3,203,314[3]

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Distribution by country

Country	Number of top 100 metropolitan areas	Combined population
People's Republic of China	15	96,209,000
United States	14	93,712,840
India	9	80,100,000
Brazil	8	52,337,000
Japan	2	46,465,000
Mexico	3	26,975,000
Republic of Korea	2	26,324,000
Russia	2	19,062,000
Pakistan	2	17,897,000
Indonesia	2	17,341,000
Bangladesh	2	16,544,000
Turkey	2	14,905,000
Egypt	2	14,898,000
Argentina	1	12,550,000
United Kingdom	1	11,624,807
France	1	11,362,000
Spain	2	11,317,587
Colombia	2	11,193,721
Nigeria	1	10,886,000
Philippines	1	10,686,000
Germany	2	10,294,752
Vietnam	2	9,229,000
Canada	2	8,952,000
Peru	1	8,187,398
Australia	2	7,957,000
Italy	2	7,605,306
Iran	1	7,314,000
Republic of China	1	6,646,503
Thailand	1	6,593,000
South Africa	1	6,239,745
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1	6,049,000
Iraq	1	5,904,000
Chile	1	5,683,000
Sudan	1	4,518,000
Singapore	1	4,326,000
Malaysia	1	4,300,000
Saudi Arabia	1	4,193,000
Myanmar	1	4,107,000
Greece	1	3,894,573
Côte d'Ivoire	1	3,577,000
North Korea	1	3,351,000

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Notes and references

Seoul (Sŏul[1] 서울)   is the capital and largest city of South Korea (Republic of Korea). ... Incheon Metropolitan City is a metropolitan city and major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul. ... Gyeonggi is the most populous province in South Korea. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Capital Madrid Area  - total  - % of Spain Ranked 12th 8 028 km² 1,6% Population  - Total (2003)  - % of Spain  - Density Ranked 3rd 5 527 152 13,2% 688,48/km² Demonym  - English  - Spanish Madrilenian madrileño/a Statute of Autonomy March 1, 1983 ISO 3166-2 M Parliamentary representation  Congress seats... Map of the Ruhr Area The Ruhr Area (German Ruhrgebiet, colloquially Ruhrpott or Kohlenpott or simply Pott) is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, consisting of a number of large (former) industrial cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south, Rhine to the west, and Lippe to... Barcelona is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Milan (It. ... Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos, Greek: νομοί, νομός)): See also List of the prefectures of Greece by area List of the prefectures of Greece by population density List of the prefectures of Greece by population External... Rome (It. ...

See also

• List of cities by population (excluding metropolitan areas)
• Megacity
• Global city
• List of metropolitan areas that overlap multiple countries
• List of most expensive cities
• Newsweek's 10 Most Dynamic Cities

This is a list of the largest cities of the world estimated for the year 2005. ... A megacity is usually defined as a recognized metropolitan area with a total population in excess of 10 million people. ... A global city or world city are a concept which postulates that globalisation can be broken down in terms of strategic geographic locales that see global processes being created, facilitated and enacted. ... Here is a list of metroplexes that overlap multiple countries: Excluded from list is: City-states being part of the overlap (unless official countries are part of the overlap too). ... This is a list of the worlds most expensive cities for expatriate employees, (not local residents) according to the Mercer Human Resource Consulting 2006 Cost of Living Survey [1] . Various factors enter in to a citys cost-of-living for expatriate employees, such as monetary value, consumer confidence... Newsweeks 10 Most Dynamic Cities was a list published in the July 3-10, 2006 issue of Newsweek. ...

By region

Cities

• List of most populous cities in Africa
• Largest cities of the European Union by population
• List of the largest urban areas of the European Union by population
• List of Statistical Divisions/Districts in Australia by population (equivalent to metropolitan areas)
• List of the 100 largest Brazilian cities and 14 metropolitan areas by population
• List of the 200 largest cities of the United States

The following is a list of the 50 most populous cities in Africa. ... This list includes the most up-to-date official census figures or census estimates with regards to the population of the largest cities in the European Union. ... This is a list of all the urban areas of the European Union which have more than 750,000 inhabitants in 2005. ... This list of Australian cities by population briefly explains the three different population figures given for Australian cities, and provides rankings for each. ... // São Paulo Rio de Janeiro Niterói Belo Horizonte Porto Alegre Curitiba Fortaleza Recife Florianópolis ‎Belém Brasília Campo Grande São Vicente Blumenau João Pessoa Corumbá Goiânia Dourados Note: This does not intend to attend all Brazilian cities, only the major ones (number of... This is a list of the 200 largest incorporated places in the United States. ...

Metropolitan areas

• Largest metropolitan areas in the Americas
• Largest cities and metropolitan areas in the European Union (Eurostat)
• Largest European metropolitan areas by population
• List of the 20 largest metropolitan areas of Italy
• List of the 15 largest metropolitan areas of France
• List of the 20 largest metropolitan areas of Spain
• United States metropolitan area
• List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada

This is a list of the largest metropolitan areas in the Americas. ... // The list below provides the most accurate comparison of urban demographics in the European Union as it benefits from the harmonized Eurostat definitions[1]. These definitions were agreed between Eurostat and the National Statistics Offices of the different countries of the European Union at the occasion of the European Commission... This does not cite its references or sources. ... In Italy the Metropolitan Areas are not calculated by any official Census Organization. ... In France an aire urbaine (literally: urban area) is roughly the equivalent of a US Metropolitan Statistical Area. ... The 20 biggest metropolitan areas in Spain, in 2003 are: Madrid, 5. ... In the United States, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has produced a formal definition of metropolitan areas. ... The table below lists the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada by population, using data from the Canada 2001 Census. ...

External links

Other lists of metropolitan areas

• PopulationData.net: all 1M+ inhabitants Metropolitan areas
• Demographia.com: 50 Largest World Metropolitan Areas
• Citypopulation.de: The Principal Agglomerations of the World
• World Gazetteer: Metropolitan Areas

Further reading

• Largest Cities Through History
• Canada Metropolitan Areas Census 2001
• United States Metropolitan Areas County Based Metropolitan Area Estimates Based on Census Bureau Data 2004