World: metropolitan areas

(c = census, e = estimate, calc = calculation)
metropolitan areas bold, for the other places the metropolitan area and the city are identical
see also the list of proper places
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no.Namecalc.2007country
1Tokyo37 037 743Japan
2México22 752 357Mexico
3New York22 747 604United States of America
4Soul22 596 020Korea (South)
5Mumbai20 426 991India
6São Paulo19 637 518Brazil
7Manila18 491 668Philippines
8Jakarta18 267 156Indonesia
9Dilli18 031 488India
10Los Angeles17 989 605United States of America
11Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto17 536 627Japan
12al-Qāhirah15 907 574Egypt
13Shanghai15 137 246China
14Kolkata14 911 823India
15Moskva14 612 602Russia
16Buenos Aires13 615 412Argentina
17London12 629 020United Kingdom
18Tehran12 486 854Iran
19Dhaka12 361 941Bangladesh
20Karāchi12 315 843Pakistan
21Istanbul12 249 536Turkey
22Rio de Janeiro11 931 904Brazil
23Beijing11 843 021China
24Rhein-Ruhr11 805 887Germany
25Paris11 695 134France
26Lagos11 615 563Nigeria
27Krung Thep10 230 622Thailand
28Kinshasa-Brazzaville9 575 626Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29Chicago9 510 060United States of America
30Xianggang8 995 711China
31Nagoya8 833 163Japan
32al-Khartum8 363 915Sudan
33Taipei8 241 373Taiwan
34Washington-Baltimore8 197 384United States of America
35Bogotá8 090 883Colombia
36Bagdad8 044 930Iraq
37Lima7 979 965Peru
38San Francisco7 719 730United States of America
39Chongqing7 668 840China
40Johannesburg7 372 314South Africa
41Chennai7 066 778India
42Kuala Lumpur6 933 548Malaysia
43Lahore6 659 543Pakistan
44Randstad6 620 133Netherlands
45Shenyang6 598 868China
46Tianjin6 406 624China
47Philadelphia6 268 176United States of America
48Bengalūru6 255 256India
49Toronto6 241 695Canada
50Dallas6 175 243United States of America
51Boston6 167 292United States of America
52Haidarābād6 112 250India
53Madrid6 097 994Spain
54Bandung5 980 012Indonesia
55al-Jazaʿir5 937 183Algeria
56Detroit-Windsor5 925 157United States of America
57Guangzhou5 727 608China
58Singapore-Johor Bahru5 490 715Malaysia
59Houston5 406 390United States of America
60Abidjan5 317 003Ivory Coast
61Belo Horizonte5 249 292Brazil
62Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh5 183 633Vietnam
63Ahmadābād5 160 238India
64Atlanta4 973 243United States of America
65Santiago4 949 540Chile
66Xian4 931 088China
67San Diego-Tijuana4 922 723United States of America
68Pune4 878 283India
69Barcelona4 853 308Spain
70Harbin4 832 060China
71Sankt-Peterburg4 830 552Russia
72Miami4 825 569United States of America
73Shantou4 759 959China
74Ibadan4 712 877Nigeria
75Cape Town4 709 212South Africa
76Wuhan4 696 041China
77Hangzhou4 694 760China
78Pusan4 669 597Korea (South)
79Rangoon4 668 755Myanmar
80Chengdu4 648 754China

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