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World: metropolitan areas
(c = census, e = estimate, calc = calculation)
metropolitan areas bold, for the other places the metropolitan area and the city are identical
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no.
Name
calc.2007
country
1
Tokyo
37 037 743
Japan
2
México
22 752 357
Mexico
3
New York
22 747 604
United States of America
4
Soul
22 596 020
Korea (South)
5
Mumbai
20 426 991
India
6
São Paulo
19 637 518
Brazil
7
Manila
18 491 668
Philippines
8
Jakarta
18 267 156
Indonesia
9
Dilli
18 031 488
India
10
Los Angeles
17 989 605
United States of America
11
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto
17 536 627
Japan
12
al-Qāhirah
15 907 574
Egypt
13
Shanghai
15 137 246
China
14
Kolkata
14 911 823
India
15
Moskva
14 612 602
Russia
16
Buenos Aires
13 615 412
Argentina
17
London
12 629 020
United Kingdom
18
Tehran
12 486 854
Iran
19
Dhaka
12 361 941
Bangladesh
20
Karāchi
12 315 843
Pakistan
21
Istanbul
12 249 536
Turkey
22
Rio de Janeiro
11 931 904
Brazil
23
Beijing
11 843 021
China
24
Rhein-Ruhr
11 805 887
Germany
25
Paris
11 695 134
France
26
Lagos
11 615 563
Nigeria
27
Krung Thep
10 230 622
Thailand
28
Kinshasa-Brazzaville
9 575 626
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29
Chicago
9 510 060
United States of America
30
Xianggang
8 995 711
China
31
Nagoya
8 833 163
Japan
32
al-Khartum
8 363 915
Sudan
33
Taipei
8 241 373
Taiwan
34
Washington-Baltimore
8 197 384
United States of America
35
Bogotá
8 090 883
Colombia
36
Bagdad
8 044 930
Iraq
37
Lima
7 979 965
Peru
38
San Francisco
7 719 730
United States of America
39
Chongqing
7 668 840
China
40
Johannesburg
7 372 314
South Africa
41
Chennai
7 066 778
India
42
Kuala Lumpur
6 933 548
Malaysia
43
Lahore
6 659 543
Pakistan
44
Randstad
6 620 133
Netherlands
45
Shenyang
6 598 868
China
46
Tianjin
6 406 624
China
47
Philadelphia
6 268 176
United States of America
48
Bengalūru
6 255 256
India
49
Toronto
6 241 695
Canada
50
Dallas
6 175 243
United States of America
51
Boston
6 167 292
United States of America
52
Haidarābād
6 112 250
India
53
Madrid
6 097 994
Spain
54
Bandung
5 980 012
Indonesia
55
al-Jazaʿir
5 937 183
Algeria
56
Detroit-Windsor
5 925 157
United States of America
57
Guangzhou
5 727 608
China
58
Singapore-Johor Bahru
5 490 715
Malaysia
59
Houston
5 406 390
United States of America
60
Abidjan
5 317 003
Ivory Coast
61
Belo Horizonte
5 249 292
Brazil
62
Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh
5 183 633
Vietnam
63
Ahmadābād
5 160 238
India
64
Atlanta
4 973 243
United States of America
65
Santiago
4 949 540
Chile
66
Xian
4 931 088
China
67
San Diego-Tijuana
4 922 723
United States of America
68
Pune
4 878 283
India
69
Barcelona
4 853 308
Spain
70
Harbin
4 832 060
China
71
Sankt-Peterburg
4 830 552
Russia
72
Miami
4 825 569
United States of America
73
Shantou
4 759 959
China
74
Ibadan
4 712 877
Nigeria
75
Cape Town
4 709 212
South Africa
76
Wuhan
4 696 041
China
77
Hangzhou
4 694 760
China
78
Pusan
4 669 597
Korea (South)
79
Rangoon
4 668 755
Myanmar
80
Chengdu
4 648 754
China
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