Metropolitan area name
|
Country
|
Population estimate
|
Tokyo (Greater Tokyo Area)
|
 Japan
|
35,197,000
|
Seoul (Seoul National Capital Area)
|
 Republic of Korea
|
22,770,000[2]
|
Mexico City (Greater Mexico City)
|
Mexico
|
19,411,000
|
New York City (New York metropolitan area)
|
 United States
|
18,747,320[3]
|
São Paulo (Greater São Paulo Area)
|
 Brazil
|
18,333,000
|
Mumbai (Bombay) (Mumbai metropolitan area)
|
India
|
18,196,000
|
Delhi (National Capital Territory of Delhi)
|
India
|
15,048,000
|
Shanghai
|
People's Republic of China
|
14,503,000
|
Kolkata (Calcutta) (Kolkata Metropolitan Area)
|
India
|
14,277,000
|
Moscow
|
Russia
|
13,750,000[4]
|
Jakarta (Jabotabek Metropolitan Area)
|
Indonesia
|
13,215,000
|
Los Angeles (Greater Los Angeles Area)
|
United States
|
12,923,547[3]
|
Buenos Aires (Aglomerado Gran Buenos Aires)
|
Argentina
|
12,550,000
|
Dhaka
|
Bangladesh
|
12,430,000
|
London (London commuter belt)
|
 United Kingdom
|
11,624,807
(2001)
|
Karachi
|
 Pakistan
|
11,608,000
|
Rio de Janeiro
|
Brazil
|
11,469,000
|
Istanbul
|
 Turkey
|
11,332,000[6]
|
Osaka–Kobe (Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto)
|
Japan
|
11,268,000
|
Paris (Ile-de-France)
|
France
|
11,264,000
(INSEE 2004 estimate)
|
Cairo (Greater Cairo)
|
Egypt
|
11,128,000
|
Lagos
|
Nigeria
|
10,886,000
|
Beijing
|
People's Republic of China
|
10,717,000
|
Manila (Metro Manila)
|
 Philippines
|
10,686,000
|
Chicago (Chicagoland)
|
United States
|
9,443,356[3]
|
Guangzhou
|
People's Republic of China
|
8,425,000
|
Lima–Callao (Lima Metropolitan Area)
|
Peru
|
8,187,398[8]
|
Bogotá–Soacha
|
Colombia
|
7,881,556[9]
|
Tehran
|
Iran
|
7,314,000
|
Shenzhen
|
People's Republic of China
|
7,233,000
|
Wuhan
|
People's Republic of China
|
7,093,000
|
Hong Kong
|
People's Republic of China
|
7,041,000
|
Tianjin
|
People's Republic of China
|
7,040,000
|
Chennai (Madras)
|
India
|
6,916,000
|
Taipei (Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area)
|
Republic of China
|
6,646,503[10]
(2000)
|
Bangkok
|
Thailand
|
6,593,000
|
Bangalore
|
India
|
6,462,000
|
Chongqing
|
People's Republic of China
|
6,363,000
|
Lahore
|
Pakistan
|
6,289,000
|
Johannesburg (Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area)
|
 South Africa
|
6,239,745[11]
(2001)
|
Hyderabad
|
India
|
6,115,000
|
Kinshasa
|
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
6,049,000
|
Madrid (Madrid metropolitan area)
|
 Spain
|
5,964,143
(2005 INE estimate)
|
Baghdad
|
 Iraq
|
5,904,000
|
Philadelphia (Delaware Valley)
|
United States
|
5,823,233[3]
|
Dallas (Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex)
|
United States
|
5,819,475[3]
|
Santiago
|
 Chile
|
5,683,000
|
Miami (South Florida)
|
United States
|
5,422,200[3]
|
Ruhr Area
|
Germany
|
5,359,228
(2001)
|
Toronto (Greater Toronto Area)
|
 Canada
|
5,312,000
|
Saint Petersburg
|
Russia
|
5,312,000
|
Belo Horizonte
|
Brazil
|
5,304,000
|
Houston (Greater Houston)
|
United States
|
5,280,077[3]
|
Barcelona
|
Spain
|
5,226,354
(2005 INE estimate)
|
Washington, D.C. (Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area)
|
United States
|
5,214,666[3]
|
Ahmedabad
|
India
|
5,120,000
|
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
|
 Vietnam
|
5,065,000
|
Berlin
|
Germany
|
4,935,524
(2001)
|
Atlanta (Atlanta Metropolitan Area)
|
United States
|
4,917,717[3]
|
Shenyang
|
People's Republic of China
|
4,720,000
|
Khartoum–Khartoum North–Omdurman
|
Sudan
|
4,518,000
|
Detroit (Metro Detroit)
|
United States
|
4,488,335[3]
|
Boston (Greater Boston)
|
United States
|
4,411,835[3]
|
Pune
|
India
|
4,409,000
|
Sydney
|
 Australia
|
4,331,000
|
Singapore
|
 Singapore
|
4,326,000
|
Dongguan
|
People's Republic of China
|
4,320,000
|
Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley)
|
 Malaysia
|
4,300,000[4]
|
Riyadh
|
 Saudi Arabia
|
4,193,000
|
Hanoi
|
Vietnam
|
4,164,000
|
San Francisco
|
United States
|
4,152,688[3][16]
|
Bandung
|
Indonesia
|
4,126,000
|
Chittagong
|
Bangladesh
|
4,114,000
|
Yangon
|
Myanmar
|
4,107,000
|
Chengdu
|
People's Republic of China
|
4,065,000
|
Guadalajara
|
Mexico
|
3,968,000
|
Xi'an
|
People's Republic of China
|
3,926,000
|
Milan
|
Italy
|
3,904,882
(2001)
|
Athens
|
 Greece
|
3,894,573
(2001)
|
Phoenix (Valley of the Sun)
|
United States
|
3,865,077[3]
|
Porto Alegre
|
Brazil
|
3,795,000
|
Alexandria
|
Egypt
|
3,770,000
|
Rome
|
Italy
|
3,700,424
(2001)
|
Harbin
|
People's Republic of China
|
3,695,000
|
Montreal (Greater Montreal Area)
|
Canada
|
3,640,000
|
Melbourne
|
Australia
|
3,626,000
|
Nanjing
|
People's Republic of China
|
3,621,000
|
Monterrey
|
Mexico
|
3,596,000
|
Abidjan
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
3,577,000
|
Ankara
|
Turkey
|
3,573,000
|
Surat
|
India
|
3,557,000
|
Busan (Pusan)
|
South Korea
|
3,554,000
|
Recife
|
Brazil
|
3,527,000
|
Guiyang
|
People's Republic of China
|
3,447,000
|
Pyongyang
|
North Korea
|
3,351,000
|
Brasilia
|
Brazil
|
3,341,000
|
Salvador
|
Brazil
|
3,331,000
|
Medellín
|
Colombia
|
3,312,165[9]
|
Fortaleza
|
Brazil
|
3,237,000
|
Seattle (Seattle metropolitan area)
|
United States
|
3,203,314[3
|
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