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List of urban areas by population

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This is a list of contiguous urban areas of the world ordered according to population (as of 2007). The figures here have been compiled by Demographia. Urban areas here refer to contiguous built-up areas containing a high population density (over 400 persons per square kilometer as a rule but with exceptions), without regard for administrative boundaries.

Rank City Country Population Area (km²) Estimated Annual Growth Rate (%)
1 Tokyo-Yokohama 34,450,000 7,835 0.29
2 New York City 20,420,000 11,264 0.50
3 Seoul-Incheon 20,090,000 1,943 0.60
4 Mumbai (Bombay) 19,380,000 648 2.20
5 Jakarta 19,300,000 3,108 2.98
6 Delhi 18,560,000 1,360 3.33
7 Mexico City 18,410,000 2,525 0.85
8 São Paulo 18,130,000 2,784 0.93
9 Manila 17,320,000 1,334 1.68
10 Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto 17,280,000 3,497 0.08
11 Cairo 16,000,000 1,554 1.61
12 Los Angeles 15,350,000 5,812 1.50
13 Kolkata (Calcutta) 14,580,000 1,360 1.65
14 Shanghai 14,530,000 2,979 2.23
15 Moscow 14,100,000 3,885 0.36
16 Buenos Aires 13,460,000 2,979 0.92
17 Beijing 12,160,000 3,043 2.62
18 Shenzhen 11,820,000 1,295 3.65
19 Rio de Janeiro 11,080,000 1,580 0.82
20 Istanbul 11,000,000 1,256 1.57
21 Paris 10,570,000 3,043 0.83
22 Lagos 9,660,000 790 4.45
23 Karachi 9,260,000 751 3.19
24 Nagoya 9,220,000 4,662 0.23
25 Chicago 9,100,000 5,952 0.74
26 London 8,280,000 1,623 −0.00
27 Bangkok 8,190,000 1,554 1.18
28 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) 8,040,000 699 3.19
29 Kinshasa 7,930,000 389 4.24
30 Lima 7,730,000 596 1.43
31 Tehran 7,550,000 686 1.36
32 Dhaka 7,470,000 311 3.71
33 Bogotá 7,390,000 479 1.68
34 Ruhr Area (Essen-Dusseldorf) 7,360,000 2,642 0.01
35 Chennai (Madras) 7,070,000 220 1.60
36 Guangzhou 7,050,000 1,684 0.12
37 Hong Kong 6,840,000 220 0.92
38 Lahore 6,700,000 466 3.16
39 Bangalore 6,670,000 531 2.66
40 Taipei Taiwan 6,560,000 440 0.28
41 Johannesburg-East Rand 6,540,000 2,396 1.45
42 Hyderabad 6,490,000 583 2.11
43 Dongguan 6,450,000 1,101 3.65
44 Baghdad 6,030,000 596 2.31
45 Toronto-Hamilton 5,870,000 2,152 1.97
46 Santiago 5,750,000 648 1.17
47 Miami 5,500,000 2,891 1.60
48 San Francisco-San Jose 5,400,000 2,497 0.21
49 Philadelphia 5,330,000 4,661 0.48
50 Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) 5,290,000 1,191 −0.13
51 Dallas-Fort Worth 5,250,000 1,100 2.40
52 Tianjin 5,190,000 453 1.48
53 Ahmedabad 5,020,,000 202 2.61
54 Kuala Lumpur 5,010,000 1,606 2.64
55 Madrid 4,980,000 945 0.27
56 Milan 4,950,000 3,043 −0.16
57 Wuhan 4,890,000 518 2.17
58 Riyadh 4,860,000 1,101 2.82
59 Boston 4,760,000 5,501 0.31
60 Belo Horizonte 4,640,000 1,166 1.83
61 Pune 4,570,000 220 3.32
62 Shenyang 4,420,000 777 1.06
63 Khartoum 4,380,000 583 2.31
64 Houston 4,330,000 3,463 1.47
65 Atlanta 4,280,000 5,083 2.91
66 Singapore 4,240,000 479 0.85
67 Washington, D.C. 4,210,000 2,996 0.99
67 Yangon 4,210,000 350 2.57
69 Detroit 4,060,000 3,267 0.58
70 Guadalajara 4,030,000 712 1.00

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