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 official figures from governments only.

List

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

Metropolitan Country Official population Year
Tokyo  Japan 36,923,000[1] 2010
Shanghai  China 34,000,000[2] 2010
Jakarta  Indonesia 30,000,000[3] 2014
Seoul  South Korea 25,514,000[4] 2016
Guangzhou  China 25,000,000[2] 2010
Beijing  China 24,900,000[2] 2010
Karachi  Pakistan 24,300,000[5] 2016
Shenzhen  China 23,300,000[2] 2010
Delhi  India 21,753,486[6] 2011
Mexico City  Mexico 21,339,781[7] 2015
Lagos  Nigeria 21,000,000[8] 2014
São Paulo  Brazil 20,935,204[9] 2014
Mumbai  India 20,748,395[6] 2011
New York City  United States 20,092,883[10] 2014
Osaka  Japan 19,342,000[1] 2010
Wuhan  China 19,000,000[2] 2010
Chengdu  China 18,100,000[2] 2010
Dhaka  Bangladesh 17,151,925[11] 2011
Chongqing  China 17,000,000[2] 2010
Tianjin  China 15,400,000[2] 2010
Kolkata  India 14,617,882[6] 2011
Tehran  Iran 14,595,904[12] 2011
Istanbul  Turkey 14,377,018[13] 2014
London  United Kingdom 14,031,830[14] 2014
Hangzhou  China 13,400,000[2] 2010
Los Angeles[Note 1]  United States 13,262,220[10] 2014
Buenos Aires  Argentina 13,074,000[15] 2010
Xi'an  China 12,900,000[2] 2010
Paris  France 12,405,426 2013
Changzhou  China 12,400,000[2] 2010
Shantou  China 12,000,000[2] 2010
Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 11,973,505[9] 2014
Manila  Philippines 11,855,975[16] 2010
Nanjing  China 11,700,000[2] 2010
Rhine-Ruhr  Germany 11,470,000[17] 2012
Jinan  China 11,000,000[2] 2010
Bangalore  India 10,576,167[18] 2011
Harbin  China 10,500,000[2] 2010
Lima  Peru 9,886,647[19] 2015
Zhengzhou  China 9,700,000[2] 2010
Qingdao  China 9,600,000[2] 2010
Chicago  United States 9,554,598[10] 2014
Nagoya  Japan 9,107,000[1] 2010
Chennai  India 8,917,749[6] 2011
Bangkok  Thailand 8,305,218[20] 2010
Bogotá  Colombia 7,878,783[21] 2015
Hyderabad  India 7,749,334[6] 2011
Shenyang  China 7,700,000[2] 2010
Wenzhou  China 7,600,000[2] 2010
Nanchang  China 7,400,000[2] 2010
Hong Kong  China 7,298,600[22] 2015
Taipei  Taiwan 7,045,488[23] 2013
Dallas–Fort Worth  United States 6,954,330[10] 2014
Santiago  Chile 6,683,852[24] 2012
Luanda  Angola 6,542,944[25] 2014
Houston  United States 6,490,180[10] 2014
Madrid  Spain 6,378,297[14] 2014
Ahmedabad  India 6,352,254[6] 2011
Toronto  Canada 6,055,724[26] 2014
Philadelphia  United States 6,051,170[10] 2014
Washington, D.C.  United States 6,033,737[10] 2014
Miami  United States 5,929,819[10] 2014
Belo Horizonte  Brazil 5,767,414[9] 2014
Atlanta  United States 5,614,323[10] 2014
Singapore  Singapore 5,535,000[27] 2015
Barcelona  Spain 5,445,616[14] 2014
Munich  Germany 5,203,738[28] 2014
Stuttgart  Germany 5,200,000[29] 2013
Ankara  Turkey 5,150,072[13] 2014
Hamburg  Germany 5,100,000[30] 2012
Pune  India 5,049,968[6] 2011
Berlin  Germany 5,005,216[14] 2014
Guadalajara  Mexico 4,796,050[7] 2015
Boston  United States 4,732,161[10] 2014
Sydney  Australia 5,000,500[31] 2016
San Francisco  United States 4,594,060[10] 2014
Surat  India 4,585,367[6] 2011
Phoenix  United States 4,489,109[10] 2014
Monterrey  Mexico 4,477,614[7] 2015
Inland Empire[Note 1]  United States 4,441,890[10] 2014
Rome  Italy 4,321,244[14] 2014
Detroit  United States 4,296,611[10] 2014
Milan  Italy 4,267,946[14] 2014
Melbourne  Australia 4,650,000[31] 2016

Notes

  1. 1 2 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

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