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This article are lists of metropolitan areas by population by population according to different sources. The question of which are the world's largest cities is a complex one, to which there is no single correct answer, simply because there are many different ways of defining a "city".

Forstall[edit]

One concept is that of the metropolitan area, which is based on the concept of a labor market area and is typically defined as an employment core (an area with a high density of available jobs) and the surrounding areas that have strong commuting ties to the core. There is currently no generally accepted, globally consistent definition of exactly what constitutes a metropolitan area, thus making comparisons between cities in different countries especially difficult.[1]

One attempt at arriving at a consistently defined metropolitan area concept is the study by Richard Forstall, Richard Greene, and James Pick. The basic principles of their definition involve delineating the urban area as the core, then adding surrounding communities that meet two criteria: (1) Less than 35% of the resident workforce must be engaged in agriculture or fishing; and (2) At least 20% of the working residents commute to the urban core.[1] Based on their consistently defined metropolitan area criteria, they tabulate a list of the twenty largest metropolitan areas in 2003.[1][2] As population figures are interpreted and presented differently according to different methods of data collection, definitions and sources, these numbers should be viewed as approximate. Data from other sources may be equally valid but differ due to being measured according to different criteria or taken from different census years.

Rank Metropolitan area Country Population Area (km2) Population Density (People/km2)
1 Tokyo  Japan 32,450,000 8,014 4,049
2 Seoul  South Korea 20,550,000 5,076 4,048
3 Mexico City[3]  Mexico 20,450,000 7,346 2,784
4 New York City[4]  United States 19,750,000 17,884 1,104
5 Mumbai  India 19,200,000 2,350 8,170
6 Jakarta  Indonesia 18,900,000 5,100 3,706
7 São Paulo  Brazil 18,850,000 8,479 2,223
8 Delhi  India 18,600,000 3,182 5,845
9 Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto  Japan 17,375,000 6,930 2,507
10 Shanghai  People's Republic of China 16,650,000 5,177 3,216
11 Metro Manila  Philippines 16,300,000 2,521 6,466
12 Hong Kong-Shenzhen[5]  People's Republic of China 15,800,000 3,051 5,179
13 Los Angeles  United States 15,250,000 10,780 1,415
14 Kolkata  India 15,100,000 1,785 8,459
15 Moscow  Russia 15,000,000 14,925 1,005
16 Greater Cairo  Egypt 14,450,000 1,600 9,031
17 Buenos Aires  Argentina 13,170,000 10,888 1,210
18 London  United Kingdom 12,875,000 11,391 1,130
19 Beijing  People's Republic of China 12,500,000 6,562 1,905
20 Karachi  Pakistan 11,800,000 1,100 10,727

World Gazetteer[edit]

Rank Metropolitan area Country Population (2010 est.)[6]
1 Tokyo  Japan 37,730,064
2 Mexico City  Mexico 23,610,441
3 New York  United States 23,313,036
4 Seoul  South Korea 22,692,652
5 Mumbai  India 21,900,967
6 São Paulo  Brazil 20,831,058
7 Manila  Philippines 20,654,307
8 Jakarta  Indonesia 19,231,919
9 Delhi  India 18,916,890
10 Shanghai  China 18,572,816
11 Los Angeles  United States 18,013,728
12 Osaka  Japan 17,409,585
13 Cairo  Egypt 16,429,199
14 Kolkata  India 15,644,040
15 Moscow  Russia 14,926,656
16 Buenos Aires  Argentina 14,598,065
17 Istanbul  Turkey 14,350,423
18 Dhaka  Bangladesh 14,327,157
19 Lagos  Nigeria 13,721,625
20 London  United Kingdom 13 377 482
21 Tehran  Iran 13,236,489
22 Karachi  Pakistan 13,205,339
23 Beijing  China 12,522,839
24 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 12,128,429
25 Paris  France 11,949,824

City Population[edit]

Rank Metropolitan Area Country Population (2011 est)[7]
1 Tokyo  Japan 34,300,000 incl. Yokohama, Kawasaki, Saitama
2 Guangzhou  China 25,100,000 Northern Pearl River Delta incl. Dongguan, Foshan, Jiangmen, Zhongshan
2 Seoul  South Korea 24,600,000 incl. Bucheon, Goyang, Incheon, Seongnam, Suweon
4 Delhi  India 24,100,000 incl. Faridabad, Ghaziabad
5 Mumbai  India 23,500,000 incl. Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Ulhasnagar
6 Mexico City  Mexico 22,900,000 incl. Nezahualcóyotl, Ecatepec, Naucalpan
7 New York City  United States 22,000,000 incl. Newark, Paterson
8 São Paulo  Brazil 20,800,000 incl. Guarulhos
9 Manila  Philippines 20,200,000 incl. Kalookan, Quezon City
10 Jakarta  Indonesia 18,800,000 incl. Bekasi, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Tangerang Selatan
10 Shanghai  China 18,400,000
12 Los Angeles  United States 18,000,000 incl. Riverside, Anaheim
13 Karachi  Pakistan 16,900,000
14 Osaka  Japan 16,800,000 incl. Kobe, Kyoto
15 Kolkata  India 16,700,000 incl. Haora
16 Cairo  Egypt 15,400,000 incl. Al-Jizah, Hulwan, Shubra al-Khaymah
17 Buenos Aires  Argentina 14,800,000 incl. San Justo, La Plata
17 Moscow  Russia 14,800,000
19 Dhaka  Bangladesh 14,100,000
20 Beijing  China 14,000,000
21 Tehran  Iran 13,200,000 incl. Karaj
22 Istanbul  Turkey 13,000,000
23 Rio de Janerio  Brazil 12,600,000 incl. Nova Iguaçu, São Gonçalo
24 London  United Kingdom 12,500,000
25 Lagos  Nigeria 12,200,000

Official[edit]

Metropolitan Area Country Population Year
Dhaka  Bangladesh 12,797,394[8] 2008
Los Angeles  United States 12,828,837[9] 2010
New York  United States 18,897,109[9] 2010
Seoul  Republic of Korea 24,472,000[10] 2007

See also[edit]

Lists of metropolitan areas by region[edit]

Lists of metropolitan areas by country or region[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c R.L. Forstall, R.P. Greene, and J.B. Pick, Which are the largest? Why lists of major urban areas vary so greatly, Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie 100, 277 (2009), Table 4
  2. ^ R.L. Forstall, R.P. Greene, and J.B. Pick, "Which are the largest? Why published populations for major world urban areas vary so greatly", City Futures Conference, (University of Illinois at Chicago, July 2004) – Table 5 (p.34)
  3. ^ Consists of two separate zona metropolitanas: the Zona Metropolitana del Valle de Mexico (ZMVM) and the Zona Metropolitana de Toluca (ZMT)
  4. ^ Consists of two separate metropolitan statistical areas (MSA): the New York–Northern New Jersey Long Island MSA and the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk MSA.
  5. ^ There are restrictions on the movement of labor between Hong Kong and mainland China and the two areas are sometimes listed separately in other lists.
  6. ^ "World: metropolitan areas". World Gazetteer. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  7. ^ Brinkhoff, Thomas. "The Principal Agglomerations of the World". CityPopulation. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  8. ^ "Statistical Pocket Book - 2009" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  9. ^ a b "Population and Housing Occupancy Status: 2010 - United States -- Metropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico more information 2010 Census National Summary File of Redistricting Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  10. ^ "Seoul National Capital Area Statistics" (in Korean). Korean National Statistical Office. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

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