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Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
List of metropolitan areas by population
This page lists the 101 largest metropolitan areas of the world by population. This is a controversial issue rather difficult to quantify. 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 the nearest 10,000, as these can only be rough estimates based on population changes and rates.
| Rank
| Metropolitan area name
| Country
| Population estimate
|
| 1
| Tokyo-Yokohama-Kawasaki-Chiba (Greater Tokyo Area)
| Japan
| 33,750,000
|
| 2
| São Paulo-Guarulhos-Santo André-Osasco
| Brazil
| 22,700,000
|
| 3
| Mexico City-Nezahualcóyotl-Ecatepec-Naucalpan
| Mexico
| 22,150,000
|
| 4
| Seoul-Incheon-Bucheon-Goyang-Seongnam-Suweon (Capital Metropolitan Area)
| South Korea
| 22,000,000
|
| 5
| New York City, New York-Newark, New Jersey-Paterson, New Jersey (New York Metropolitan Area)
| United States
| 21,750,000
|
| 6
| Mumbai-Navi Mumbai-Kalyan-Thane-Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra (Brihanmumbai/Greater Mumbai )
| India
| 18,800,000
|
| 7
| Delhi, National Capital Territory-Faridabad, Haryana, Gurgaon, Haryana-Ghaziabad , Uttar Pradesh-Noida, Uttar Pradesh
| India
| 18,100,000
|
| 8
| Los Angeles-Riverside-Anaheim (Southern California)
| California, United States
| 16,710,000
|
| 9
| Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto (Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto or Keihanshin)
| Japan
| 16,570,000
|
| 10
| Jakarta-Bekasi -Bogor-Depok-Tangerang (Daerah Jabotabek/Jabotabek Area)
| Indonesia
| 16,400,000
|
| 11
| Moscow
| Russia
| 15,350,000
|
| 12
| Tehran-Karaj
| Iran
| 15,300,000
|
| 13
| Greater Cairo, Al Qahirah-Al Jizah-Al Qalyubiyah Governorates
| the Arab Republic of Egypt
| 15,200,000
|
| 14
| Kolkata-Howrah, West Bengal
| India
| 14,950,000
|
| 15
| Manila-Caloocan City-Quezon City
| Philippines (Metro Manila)
| 14,000,000
|
| 16
| London (London commuter belt)
| United Kingdom
| 13,900,000
|
| 17
| Buenos Aires-San Justo -La Plata
| Argentina
| 13,900,000
|
| 18
| Karachi, Sindh
| Pakistan
| 13,100,000
|
| 19
| Shanghai Municipality
| People's Republic of China
| 12,500,000
|
| 20
| Busan-Ulsan-Changwon-Koje-Pohang-Gimhae (Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region)
| South Korea
| 12,250,000
|
| 21
| Rio De Janeiro-Nova Iguaçu-São Gonçalo -Niterói
| Brazil
| 12,150,000
|
| 22
| Dhaka
| Bangladesh
| 12,050,000
|
| 23
| Paris, Ile-de-France
| France
| 11,200,000
|
| 24
| Istanbul
| Turkey
| 10,900,000
|
| 25
| Beijing Municipality
| People's Republic of China
| 9,800,000
|
| 26
| Chicago, Illinois-Gary, Indiana-Kenosha, Wisconsin (Chicagoland)
| United States
| 9,800,000
|
| 27
| Lagos
| Nigeria
| 9,600,000
|
| 28
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region-Shenzhen, Guangdong
| People's Republic of China
| 8,600,000
|
| 29
| Lima-Callao (Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area)
| Peru
| 8,535,000
|
| 30
| Bogotá
| Colombia
| 8,000,000
|
| 31
| Johannesburg-Soweto-East Rand-West Rand (Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area)
| South Africa
| 7,900,000
|
| 32
| Washington, DC-Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area)
| United States
| 7,700,000
|
| 33
| Bangkok-Samut Prakarn-Nonthaburi-Pathum Thani
| Thailand
| 7,650,000
|
| 34
| Chongqing Municipality
| People's Republic of China
| 7,650,000
|
| 35
| Chennai-Tambaram-Avadi-Manali, Tamil Nadu
| India
| 7,300,000
|
| 36
| San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, California (San Francisco Bay Area)
| United States
| 7,150,000
|
| 37
| Kinshasa
| Democratic Republic of the Congo
| 6,950,000
|
| 38
| Lahore, Punjab
| Pakistan
| 6,950,000
|
| 39
| Hyderabad-Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh
| India
| 6,833,000
|
| 40
| Taipei-Keelung (Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area)
| Taiwan, Republic of China
| 6,800,000
|
| 41
| Toronto-Hamilton, Ontario (Golden Horseshoe)
| Canada
| 6,700,000
|
| 42
| Bangalore, Karnataka
| India
| 6,650,000
|
| 43
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Delaware Valley)
| United States
| 5,950,000
|
| 44
| Saint Petersburg
| Russia
| 5,850,000
|
| 45
| Tianjin Municipality
| People's Republic of China
| 5,580,000
|
| 46
| Detroit, Michigan-Windsor, Ontario (Metro Detroit)
| United States,Canada
| 5,800,000
|
| 47
| Boston, Massachusetts, (Greater Boston)
| United States
| 5,700,000
|
| 48
| Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, (Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex)
| United States
| 5,700,000
|
| 49
| Madrid
| Spain
| 5,600,000
|
| 50
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida (South Florida)
| United States
| 5,400,000
|
| 51
| Khartoum
| Sudan
| 5,350,000
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| 52
| Belo Horizonte
| Brazil
| 5,300,000
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| 53
| Ahmedabad, Gujarat
| India
| 5,250,000
|
| 54
| Santiago
| Chile
| 5,250,000
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| 55
| Essen-Duisburg- Bochum-Dortmund (Ruhr area)
| Germany
| 5,200,000
|
| 56
| Baghdad
| Iraq
| 5,200,000
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| 57
| Houston-Conroe-Galveston, Texas (Houston Metropolitan Area)
| United States
| 5,150,000
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| 58
| Riyadh
| Saudi Arabia
| 5,150,000
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| 59
| Nagoya
| Japan
| 5,130,000
|
| 60
| Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah Governorate
| Arab Republic of Egypt
| 5,050,000
|
| 61
| Atlanta, Georgia (Atlanta Metropolitan Area)
| United States
| 4,850,000
|
| 62
| Yangon
| Myanmar
| 4,850,000
|
| 63
| Guangzhou, Guangdong
| People's Republic of China
| 4,800,000
|
| 64
| Wuhan, Hubei
| People's Republic of China
| 4,800,000
|
| 65
| Harbin, Heilongjiang
| People's Republic of China
| 4,550,000
|
| 66
| Caracas
| Venezuela
| 4,500,000
|
| 67
| Shenyang, Liaoning
| People's Republic of China
| 4,450,000
|
| 68
| Singapore City
| Singapore
| 4,400,000
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| 69
| Ho Chi Minh City
| Vietnam
| 4,450,000
|
| 70
| Pune-Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra
| India
| 4,250,000
|
| 71
| Algiers
| Algeria
| 4,200,000
|
| 72
| Guadalajara-Zapopan
| Mexico
| 4,200,000
|
| 73
| Sydney, New South Wales
| Australia
| 4,200,000
|
| 74
| Berlin
| Germany
| 4,150,000
|
| 75
| Abidjan
| Côte d'Ivoire
| 4,050,000
|
| 76
| Kuala Lumpur
| Malaysia
| 4,050,000
|
| 77
| Porto Alegre
| Brazil
| 3,950,000
|
| 78
| Chittacong
| Bangladesh
| 3,900,000
|
| 79
| Casablanca
| Morocco
| 3,850,000
|
| 80
| Barcelona
| Spain
| 3,800,000
|
| 81
| Milan
| Italy
| 3,800,000
|
| 82
| Monterrey
| Mexico
| 3,800,000
|
| 83
| Chengdu, Sichuan
| People's Republic of China
| 3,750,000
|
| 84
| Kyiv
| Ukraine
| 3,750,000
|
| 85
| Recife
| Brazil
| 3,750,000
|
| 86
| Jeddah
| Saudi Arabia
| 3,650,000
|
| 87
| Phoenix, Arizona (Valley of the Sun)
| United States
| 3,650,000
|
| 88
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington (Greater Puget Sound)
| United States
| 3,650,000
|
| 89
| Ankara
| Turkey
| 3,600,000
|
| 90
| Montreal-Laval, Quebec
| Canada
| 3,600,000
|
| 91
| Pyongyang
| North Korea
| 3,600,000
|
| 92
| Medellín
| Colombia
| 3,550,000
|
| 93
| Melbourne, Victoria
| Australia
| 3,550,000
|
| 94
| Athens
| Greece
| 3,500,000
|
| 95
| Salvador
| Brazil
| 3,400,000
|
| 96
| Brasília
| Brazil
| 3,500,000
|
| 97
| Surat, Gujarat
| India
| 3,500,000
|
| 98
| Izmir
| Turkey
| 3,370,000
|
| 99
| Fortaleza
| Brazil
| 3,300,000
|
| 100
| Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota (Twin Cities area)
| United States
| 3,300,000
|
| 101
| Rome
| Italy
| 3,300,000
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See also
Sources
Other lists of metropolitan areas
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