The World's Largest Metropolitan Areas

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The cities are ordered by population. Status of population ~ Jan 2006. Cities in this list include satellite municipalities.

There is also a list excluding surrounding cities and towns and those are the largest cities with ONE mayor and that have distinctive city limits: "10 Largest Cities (Municipalities?) in the World by Population":http://www.listsofbests.com/list/8695

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    Tokyo
    Japan > Honshu > Kantō

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  2. 2.
    Mexico City
    Mexico > Distrito Federal

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  3. 3.
    Seoul
    South Korea

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    New York City
    United States > New York State

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  5. 5.
    São Paulo
    Brazil > São Paulo (state)

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    Mumbai
    India > West India > Maharashtra

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    Delhi
    India > North India

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  8. 8.
    Shanghai
    China

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  10. 10.
    Osaka
    Japan > Honshu > Kinki > Ōsaka-fu

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    Jakarta
    Indonesia

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    Kolkata
    India > East India > West Bengal

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  13. 13.
    al-Qāhirah (Cairo)
    Egypt

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  14. 14.
    Metro Manila
    Philippines

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  15. 15.
    Karachi
    Pakistan

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  16. 16.
    Moscow Metro
    Russia > Moskva

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  17. 17.
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina

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  18. 18.
    Dhaka
    Bangladesh

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  20. 20.
    Beijing
    China

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  21. 21.
    London
    United Kingdom > England

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  22. 22.
    Tehran
    Iran

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  23. 23.
    Istanbul
    Turkey

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  24. 24.
    Lagos
    Nigeria

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  25. 25.
    Shenzhen
    China > Guangdong

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  26. 26.
    Paris
    France > Ile de France

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  27. 27.
    Chicago
    United States > Illinois

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  28. 28.
    Guangzhou
    China > Guangdong

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  29. 29.
    Chongqing
    China

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  30. 30.
    Wuhan
    China > Hubei

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  31. 31.
    Lima
    Peru

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  32. 32.
    Bangkok
    Thailand

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  33. 33.
    Bogotá
    Colombia > Distrito Capital

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  35. 35.
    Nagoya
    Japan > Honshu > Chūbu > Aichi

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  36. 36.
    Chennai
    India > South India > Tamil Nadu

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  37. 37.
    Lahore Cantonment
    Pakistan

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  38. 38.
    Hong Kong
    China

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  39. 39.
    Johannesburg
    South Africa > Gauteng

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  40. 40.
    San Francisco
    United States > California

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    Bangalore
    India > South India > Karnataka

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  43. 43.
    Taipei
    Taiwan

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  44. 44.
    Hyderabad
    India > South India > Andhra Pradesh

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  45. 45.
    Tianjin
    China

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  46. 46.
    Dallas
    United States > Texas > Dallas County

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  47. 47.
    Philadelphia
    United States > Pennsylvania

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  48. 48.
    Santiago Metropolitan Region
    Chile

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    Dortmund
    Germany > Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Created by kalavinka on Jun 26, 2006.
 

Comments

Emily

How is this ordered? — 1 year ago

Houston is at #57, but it’s bigger than both Boston and Miami.

Jun 25, 06:13PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

rangutan
München

Errors - please help — 3 years ago

Is Chicago in Illinois, the 43places tried to force me to Kansas and Michigan???

The Ruhr Valley is not a city at all, it is a whole region and river valley, so the combined cities there of Dortmund and Diesburg are here listed under “Dortmund” and not “Ruhr” ?

Aug 13, 07:51AM | 2 comments | Reply to this

rangutan
München

May I extend the list? — 3 years ago

I find the larger a city is the the more news comes from there – the more important it is to know where the city is and possible even visit it one day.

http://www.citypopulation.de (english and german) offers regular updates and notes to these cities.
Original source was from 2001 at http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/cities.htm]

Interesting facts of history, the largest cities by year were:
350 Rome first over 500 thousand
800 Bagdad first over 1 Million
1860 London first over 5 Million
1948 New York first over 10 Mill
1973 Tokyo fisrst over 20 Million

For a feeling, current population in millions:
35 Tokyo (Rank #1)
24 Mexico City #2
22 Seoul NYC Sao Paulo #5-7
16 Los Angeles #9
15 Manila #14
12 London #21
10 Paris Chicago #26-27
8 HK Johannesburg S’Frisco #38-40
6 Dallas Philadelphia Santiago Boston #46-51
4 Berlin Milano Seattle Durban Roma #74-102

Predicions:
The list will change continuously!

Aug 13, 07:05AM | 3 comments | Reply to this

xiuzongxi
China

???? — 3 years ago

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Jun 27, 12:17AM | 0 comments | Reply to this