List of metropolitan areas by population
This page lists the 100 largest metropolitan areas of the world by population. This is a controversial and difficult to define quantity. 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 three significant digits (four in cases of populations above ten million), as these can only be rough estimates.
Rank Metropolitan area name Population estimate
1 Tokyo -Yokohama -Kawasaki , Japan (Greater Tokyo Area ) 33,750,000
2 Mexico City -Nezahualcóyotl-Ecatepec-Naucalpan, Mexico 21,850,000
3 New York City, New York -Newark, New Jersey -Paterson, New Jersey , United States (New York Metropolitan Area ) 21,750,000
4 Seoul -Incheon -Bucheon-Goyang-Seongnam-Suweon, South Korea 21,700,000
5 São Paulo -Guarulhos, Brazil 20,200,000
6 Mumbai -Kalyan-Thane -Ulhasnagar, India 18,800,000
7 Delhi -Faridabad-Ghaziabad, India 18,100,000
8 Los Angeles -Riverside -Anaheim, California , United States (Greater Los Angeles Area ) 17,450,000
9 Osaka -Kobe -Kyoto , Japan 16,700,000
10 Jakarta -Bekasi-Bogor-Depok-Tangerang, Indonesia 16,300,000
11 Cairo -Al-Jizah-Shubra al-Khaymah, Egypt 15,600,000
12 Moscow , Russia 15,350,000
13 Kolkata -Haora, India 14,950,000
14 Manila -Kalookan-Quezon City , Philippines (Metro Manila ) 14,000,000
15 Buenos Aires -San Justo-La Plata, Argentina 13,900,000
16 Karachi , Pakistan 13,100,000
17 Shanghai , People's Republic of China 12,500,000
18 Rio De Janeiro -Nova Iguaçu-São Gonçalo, Brazil 12,150,000
19 Dhaka , Bangladesh 12,050,000
20 London , United Kingdom 11,900,000
21 Tehran -Karaj, Iran 10,800,000
22 Istanbul , Turkey 10,900,000
23 Beijing , People's Republic of China 9,900,000
24 Paris , France 9,850,000
25 Chicago, Illinois , United States (Chicagoland ) 9,650,000
26 Lagos , Nigeria 9,600,000
27 Hong Kong -Shenzhen , People's Republic of China 8,600,000
28 Lima , Peru 8,150,000
29 Bogota , Colombia 8,000,000
30 Nagoya , Japan 5,130,000
31 Washington, DC -Baltimore, Maryland , United States (Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area ) 7,900,000
32 Johannesburg -Soweto -East Rand-West Rand, South Africa 7,750,000
33 Bangkok , Thailand 7,650,000
34 Chongquing, People's Republic of China 7,650,000
35 Chennai , India 7,300,000
36 San Francisco -Oakland -San Jose, California , United States (San Francisco Bay Area 7,250,000
37 Kinshasa , Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,950,000
38 Lahore , Pakistan 6,950,000
39 Taipei , Taiwan 6,800,000
40 Bangalore , India 6,650,000
41 Hyderabad , India 6,350,000
42 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States 5,950,000
43 Saint Petersburg , Russia 5,850,000
44 Tianjin , People's Republic of China 5,580,000
45 Essen (Rhein-Ruhr), Germany 5,800,000
46 Detroit, Michigan , United States -Windsor, Ontario , Canada 5,800,000
47 Boston, Massachusetts , United States 5,700,000
48 Dallas -Fort Worth, Texas , United States (Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex ) 5,700,000
49 Toronto -Hamilton, Ontario , Canada (Greater-Toronto-Area ) 5,553,000
50 Miami -Fort Lauderdale, Florida , United States 5,400,000
51 Khartoum , Sudan 5,350,000
52 Belo Horizonte , Brazil 5,300,000
53 Ahmedabad , India 5,250,000
54 Santiago , Chile 5,250,000
55 Baghdad , Iraq 5,200,000
56 Madrid , Spain 5,200,000
57 Riyadh , Saudi Arabia 5,150,000
58 Houston , Texas 5,150,000
59 Alexandria , Egypt 5,050,000
60 Atlanta , Georgia 4,850,000
61 Yangon , Myanmar 4,850,000
62 Guangzhou , People's Republic of China 4,800,000
63 Wuhan , People's Republic of China 4,800,000
64 Harbin , People's Republic of China 4,550,000
65 Caracas , Venezuela 4,500,000
66 Shenyang , People's Republic of China 4,450,000
67 Singapore City, Singapore 4,400,000
68 Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam 4,450,000
69 Pune -Pimpri-Chinchwad, India 4,250,000
70 Algiers , Algeria 4,200,000
71 Guadalajara -Zapopan, Mexico 4,200,000
72 Sydney, New South Wales , Australia 4,200,000
73 Berlin , Germany 4,150,000
74 Abidjan , Côte d'Ivoire 4,050,000
75 Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia 4,050,000
76 Porto Alegre , Brazil 3,950,000
77 Chittacong, Bangladesh 3,900,000
78 Casablanca , Morocco 3,850,000
79 Barcelona , Spain 3,800,000
80 Milan , Italy 3,800,000
81 Monterrey , Mexico 3,800,000
82 Busan , South Korea 3,750,000
83 Chengdu , People's Republic of China 3,750,000
84 Recife , Brazil 3,750,000
85 Jeddah , Saudi Arabia 3,650,000
86 Phoenix, Arizona , United States 3,650,000
87 Seattle, Washington , United States 3,650,000
88 Ankara , Turkey 3,600,000
89 Montreal, Quebec , Canada 3,600,000
90 Pyongyang , North Korea 3,600,000
91 Medellin , Colombia 3,550,000
92 Melbourne, Victoria , Australia 3,550,000
93 Athens , Greece 3,500,000
94 Salvador , Brazil 3,400,000
95 Brasília , Brazil 3,500,000
96 Surat , India 3,500,000
97 Fortaleza , Brazil 3,300,000
98 Minneapolis -Saint Paul, Minnesota , United States 3,300,000
99 Rome , Italy 3,300,000
100 Kiev , Ukraine 3,250,000 101 Upper Silesian Metropolitan Area , Poland 2,930,800 not ranked Warsaw , Poland 2,200,000
not ranked Tricity , Poland 930,000
See also Largest European cities , United States metropolitan area , Megacity
Sources
Other lists of metropolitan areas
Further Reading
To be merged
Tokyo , Japan - 28 million
Mexico City , Mexico - 18 million
Mumbai , India - 18 million
Sao Paulo , Brazil - 18 million
New York City , USA - 17 million
Shanghai , China - 14 million
Lagos , Nigeria - 13 million
Los Angeles , USA - 13 million
Calcutta , India - 13 million
Buenos Aires , Argentina - 12 million
Seoul , South Korea - 12 million
Beijing , China - 12 million
Karachi , Pakistan - 11 million
Delhi , India - 11 million
Dhaka , Bangladesh - 11 million
Manila , Philippines - 11 million
Cairo , Egypt - 11 million
Osaka , Japan - 11 million
Rio de Janeiro , Brazil - 11 million
Tianjin , China - 10 million.
