List of Urban Areas by Population

List of urban areas by population
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This is a list of contiguous urban areas of the world ordered according to population as of 2014/2015. The figures here have
been taken from Demographia's "World Urban Areas" study.[1]
Contents
1 Definitions and issues
2 Urban areas (population over 1,000,000)
3 Number of urban areas by country in 2015
4 See also
5 References and notes
6 External links
Definitions and issues

Demographia defines an urban area (urbanized area agglomeration or urban centre) as a continuously built up land mass of
urban development that is within a labor market (i.e. metropolitan area or metropolitan region), without regard for
administrative boundaries (i.e. municipality, city or commune). Except in Australia, the authorities use a minimum urban
density definition of 400 persons per square kilometer (or the nearly identical 1,000 per square mile in the United States).
Demographia uses maps, satellite photographs to estimate continuous urbanization. Demographia also uses small area
population data, where available, to match population estimates to urbanized land area. National census authority data are
presented in Australia, Canada, France, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. Census of India urban
agglomerations are not used in some cases because the geographical size of constituent units (municipalities) often includes
large rural (non-urban) areas.
Sources for population estimates and land area definitions are coded by letter in the Table below, respectively.
A: National census authority data agglomeration data (land area or population).
B: Demographia land area estimate based upon map or satellite photograph analysis.
C: Demographia population estimate from lower order jurisdictions, including reduction for rural areas.
D: Population estimate based upon the United Nations agglomeration estimate.
E: Demographia population estimate from national census authority data.
F: Other Demographia population estimate, such as from unofficial local reports.
L: Demographia population estimate from local authority data.
N: Combined urban area using national census authority data.
W: Population estimate based upon the World Bank Urban Area 2015 estimate.
The most reliable population estimates are A and N. Population estimates C are generally reliable. Population estimates D are
less reliable, because it is sometimes difficult to determine whether the data is based upon metropolitan area, urban area
populations or some other definition. Population estimates E are also less reliable, for generally these estimates are derived
by subtracting estimated population for the rural parts of metropolitan areas based upon estimated urban versus rural
population differentials. Population estimates coded F and L are the least reliable (e.g. Pyongyang in Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (North Korea) and Tunis in Tunisia).
The projected year (2013) population estimate is further calculated from the base year population estimate using population
growth rate based upon the United Nations population growth rate with some exceptions.
The estimates are quite different from the list of World's largest urban agglomerations produced by the United Nations that
reports inconsistently on urban geographic, despite its reference to agglomerations. This is evident, for example, in Manila,
Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Seoul and Moscow, where the UN data are for political jurisdictions, rather than urban areas. In other
cases, the UN data is for metropolitan area, which are larger than urban areas (such as in Brazil). Finally, the United Nations
data is incomplete, excluding some significant urban areas (such as EssenDsseldorf in Germany).
Urban areas are confined to a single metropolitan area or labor market area. In some cases, urban areas have virtually grown
together (e.g. Taiheiy Belt in Japan, the Pearl River Delta in the People's Republic of China and the Northeast megalopolis
in the United States), yet are still considered separate urban areas.
Urban areas are confined to a single nation, unless there is freedom of movement (including labor) between the adjacent
nations. Currently, this condition is met only between some continental nations of the European Union and Switzerland (e.g.
LilleKortrijk in both France and Belgium, AachenVaals in both Germany and Netherlands, SaarbrckenForbach in both
Germany and France, GenevaAnnemasse in both Switzerland and France, and BaselLrrachSaint-Louis in Switzerland,
Germany and France). Thus, DetroitWindsor in both the United States and Canada, and San DiegoTijuana in both the
United States and Mexico are not treated as single urban areas. Moreover, ShenzhenHong Kong is treated as separate urban
areas, principally because labor movement between the two is limited, with the former within China and the latter a special
administrative region of China.
According to the report, there are 875 identified urban areas in the world with 500,000 or more population as of 2013.
Demographia released along with the report a disclaimer, that this list of data is compiled on best available information, that
of the vary nature of which is changing rapidly and quality is improving as it becomes available, yet still remains highly
variable between nations, hefty revisions are not unforeseen for the future. Appropriate caution is therefore advised.
224 urban areas with population of over two million
Urban areas (population over 1,000,000)

2015
Rank[1]
2014
Rank
85
113 Kabul
175
145 Algiers
City
Country
Afghanistan
Algeria
Population
Area
(km2)
Density
(/km2)
Sources
of
Pop. /
Area
4,635,000
259
17,900
D/B
2,590,000
453
5,700
D/B
61
64 Luanda
Angola
5,899,000
894
6,600
C/B
376
382 Huambo
Angola
1,260,000
130
9,700
D/B
14,122,000
2,681
5,300
C/B
1,585,000
363
4,400
C/B
1,338,000
233
5,700
C/B
Armenia
1,274,000
324
3,900
F/B
Australia
4,036,000
2,037
2,000
A/A
21
22 Buenos Aires[19]
306
300 Crdoba
358
348 Rosario
373
346 Yerevan
98
93 Sydney[48]
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina
102
100 Melbourne[50]
Australia
3,906,000
2,543
1,500
A/A
238
234 Brisbane
Australia
1,999,000
1,972
1,000
A/A
274
278 Perth
Australia
1,751,000
1,566
1,100
A/A
429
403 Adelaide
Australia
1,140,000
852
1,300
A/A
272
261 Vienna
Austria
1,763,000
453
3,900
C/B
167
215 Baku[61]
2,661,000
1,101
2,400
C/B
356
- Manama
1,340,000
389
3,400
C/B
16
21 Dhaka[17]
15,669,000
360
43,500
C/B
139
138 Chittagong
3,176,000
111
28,500
C/B
494
379 Khulna
1,000,000
70
14,300
C/B
255
241 Minsk
Belarus
1,910,000
324
5,900
D/B
228
228 Brussels
Belgium
2,089,000
803
2,600
C/B
489
- Antwerp
Belgium
1,008,000
635
1,600
C/B
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
225
258 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Bolivia
2,110,000
596
3,500
C/B
257
254 La Paz
Bolivia
1,907,000
272
7,000
C/B
384
- Cochabamba
Bolivia
1,238,000
254
4,900
C/B
11
9 So Paulo[12]
Brazil
20,365,000
2,707
7,500
C/B
26
26 Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
11,727,000
2,020
5,800
C/B
88
61 Belo Horizonte
Brazil
4,517,000
1,088
4,200
C/B
92 Porto Alegre
Brazil
3,413,000
803
4,300
C/B
Brazil
3,401,000
518
6,600
C/B
126
128
105 Fortaleza
132
98 Recife
Brazil
3,347,000
414
8,100
C/B
136
90 Salvador[57]
Brazil
3,190,000
350
9,100
C/B
143
127 Curitiba
Brazil
3,102,000
842
3,700
C/B
169
168 Campinas
Brazil
2,645,000
932
2,800
C/B
180
179 Braslia[67]
Brazil
2,536,000
673
3,800
C/B
224
210 Goinia
Brazil
2,117,000
699
3,000
C/B
243
214 Belm
Brazil
1,979,000
259
7,600
C/B
259
232 Manaus
Brazil
1,893,000
324
5,800
C/B
292
265 Santos
Brazil
1,653,000
298
5,500
C/B
413
275 Vitria
Brazil
1,172,000
337
3,500
C/B
414
342 So Lus
Brazil
1,171,000
427
2,700
C/B
466
336 Natal
Brazil
1,064,000
246
4,300
C/B
467
374 Joo Pessoa
Brazil
1,052,000
194
5,400
C/B
399
378 Sofia
Bulgaria
1,195,000
207
5,800
D/B
163
202 Ouagadougou
Burkina
Faso
2,700,000
466
5,800
D/B
279
271 Phnom Penh
1,729,000
220
7,900
D/B
145
166 Yaound
3,060,000
231
13,300
D/B
152
162 Douala
2,940,000
205
14,400
D/B
53
52 Toronto
Canada
6,456,000
2,287
2,800
N/N
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cameroon
121
115 Montreal[55]
Canada
3,407,963
1,545
2,206
A/A
204
206 Vancouver[73]
Canada
2,135,201 1,150.43
1856
A/A
403
404 Calgary[75]
Canada
1,095,404
704
1,556
A/A
376
438 N'Djamena
Chad
1,260,000
166
7,600
D/B
54
53 Santiago[32]
Chile
6,225,000
984
6,300
C/B
5 Shanghai[7]
China
23,416,000
3,280
6,100
L/B
11 Beijing[9]
China
21,009,000
3,820
5,500
L/B
10
12 GuangzhouFoshan (Guangfo)[11]
China
20,597,000
3,432
6,000
C/B
25
24 Shenzhen[11]
China
12,084,000
1,748
6,900
C/B
28
32 Tianjin[22]
China
10,920,000
2,007
5,400
F/B
31
39 Chengdu
China
10,376,000
1,541
6,700
C/B
41
38 Dongguan[11]
China
8,442,000
1,619
5,200
C/B
43
44 Wuhan
China
7,509,000
1,166
6,400
L/B
45
50 Hangzhou[7]
China
7,275,000
1,217
6,000
C/B
46
46 Hong Kong[11]
China
7,246,000
275
26,400
C/B
47
48 Chongqing[28]
China
7,217,000
932
7,700
C/B
50
57 Quanzhou[30]
China
6,710,000
1,529
4,400
C/B
57
59 Nanjing[7]
China
6,155,000
1,269
4,800
L/B
58
60 Shenyang[34]
China
6,078,000
1,010
6,000
C/B
59
65 Xi'anXianyang[35]
China
5,977,000
932
6,400
C/B
62
85 QingdaoJimo
China
5,816,000
1,489
3,900
C/B
72
86 Suzhou[7]
China
5,246,000
1,127
4,700
C/B
76
89 ZhengzhouXingyang
China
4,942,000
829
6,000
C/B
79
82 Harbin[44]
China
4,815,000
570
8,500
C/B
90
120 Xiamen[46]
China
4,420,000
583
7,600
C/B
94
98 Dalian
China
4,183,000
777
5,400
C/B
99
107 Fuzhou
China
3,962,000
440
9,000
C/B
106
112 Jinan
China
3,789,000
725
5,200
C/B
107
123 Ningbo[7]
China
3,753,000
738
5,100
C/B
110
109 TaiyuanYuci[53]
China
3,702,000
518
7,100
C/B
113
110 Hefei
China
3,665,000
725
5,100
C/B
114
128 Changsha
China
3,657,000
622
5,900
C/B
115
118 KunmingAnning
China
3,649,000
712
5,100
C/B
116
116 Wuxi[7]
China
3,597,000
738
4,900
C/B
124
147 Changzhou[11]
China
3,425,000
829
4,100
C/B
130
130 Changchun
China
3,368,000
531
6,300
C/B
131
141 Shijiazhuang
China
3,367,000
518
6,500
C/B
137
149 rmqi
China
3,184,000
492
6,500
C/B
140
151 Wenzhou[58]
China
3,169,000
324
9,800
C/B
146
187 ZhangjiagangJiangyinJingjiang[11]
China
3,056,000
673
4,500
C/B
148
192 Zhongshan[11]
China
3,031,000
686
4,400
C/B
151
155 Guiyang
China
2,955,000
324
9,100
C/B
162
171 Lanzhou
China
2,703,000
259
10,400
C/B
171
175 Nanchang
China
2,637,000
544
4,800
C/B
175
191 Nanning
China
2,590,000
306
8,500
C/B
189
211 Linyi
China
2,465,000
907
2,700
C/B
192
182 Shantou[71]
China
2,419,000
363
6,700
C/B
197
201 ChaoyangChaonan[71]
China
2,391,000
272
8,800
C/B
199
221 Tangshan[22]
China
2,378,000
277
8,600
C/B
202
217 Shaoxing[11]
China
2,350,000
479
4,900
C/B
205
243 Huai'an
China
2,282,000
148
15,500
C/B
210
225 Hohhot
China
2,219,000
401
5,500
C/B
219
220 Baotou
China
2,159,000
376
5,700
C/B
235
263 Handan
China
2,000,000
168
11,900
C/B
240
291 Haikou
China
1,981,000
311
6,400
C/B
249
257 Luoyang
China
1,939,000
220
8,800
C/B
270
294 Kunshan
China
1,815,000
557
3,300
C/B
272
332 Huizhou
China
1,763,000
207
8,500
C/B
285
288 Datong
China
1,709,000
181
9,400
C/B
286
- YiwuDongyang
China
1,704,000
233
7,300
C/B
294
293 Zibo
China
1,646,000
350
4,700
C/B
296
282 Jilin
China
1,633,000
194
8,400
C/B
302
270 Yinchuan
China
1,614,000
342
4,700
C/B
304
325 Weifang
China
1,595,000
246
6,500
C/B
China
1,585,000
233
6,800
C/B
306
- Taizhou (Zhejiang)
311
319 Liuzhou
China
1,574,000
207
7,600
C/B
315
295 Yangzhou
China
1,561,000
233
6,700
C/B
317
349 ZhuhaiMacau
China
1,547,000
272
5,700
C/B
322
333 Yantai
China
1,520,000
262
5,800
C/B
323
297 AnshanLiaoyang
China
1,516,000
363
4,200
C/B
326
370 Cixi
China
1,490,000
414
3,600
C/B
335
389 Putian
China
1,468,000
453
3,200
C/B
337
366 Wuhu
China
1,456,000
161
9,100
C/B
341
370 Zhangzhou
China
1,410,000
350
4,000
C/B
344
375 Anyang
China
1,401,000
181
7,700
C/B
China
1,399,000
350
4,000
C/B
345
- Jiangmen
354
370 Xining
China
1,345,000
189
7,100
C/B
355
397 Changshu
China
1,344,000
321
4,200
C/B
362
327 Fushun
China
1,324,000
130
10,200
C/B
368
359 Xuzhou
China
1,301,000
233
5,600
C/B
369
343 Baoding
China
1,297,000
220
5,900
C/B
379
- Wenling
China
1,250,000
117
10,700
C/B
383
367 Qiqihar
China
1,241,000
130
9,600
C/B
388
418 Chifeng
China
1,230,000
85
14,400
E/B
393
- Weihai
China
1,208,000
109
11,100
C/B
396
428 Dongying
China
1,206,000
220
5,500
C/B
401
436 Jiaxing
China
1,192,000
181
6,600
C/B
405
440 Nantong
China
1,184,000
264
4,500
C/B
406
413 Xiangyang
China
1,183,000
135
8,800
C/B
420
395 Zhangjiakou
China
1,156,000
130
8,900
C/B
427
406 Huainan
China
1,142,000
109
10,500
C/B
433
- Rui'an
China
1,134,000
132
8,600
C/B
434
- Lianyungang
China
1,128,000
155
7,300
C/B
China
1,116,000
91
12,300
C/B
China
1,101,000
114
9,700
C/B
China
1,089,000
80
13,600
C/B
439
446
458
440 Huaibei
- Tengzhou
419 Jiamusi
466
- Fuzhou (Jiangxi)
China
1,052,000
67
15,600
C/B
468
- Puning
China
1,043,000
179
5,800
C/B
469
- Zhanjiang
China
1,042,000
83
12,600
C/B
470
- Qinhuangdao
China
1,041,000
155
6,700
C/B
470
- Zhucheng
China
1,041,000
145
7,200
C/B
473
- Yichang
China
1,039,000
65
16,000
C/B
480
- Huzhou
China
1,021,000
111
9,200
C/B
490
- Xiangtan
China
1,007,000
130
7,800
C/B
490
- Zhuzhou
China
1,007,000
155
6,500
C/B
8,991,000
492
18,300
C/B
3,568,000
228
15,700
C/B
2,357,000
189
12,500
C/B
1,748,000
179
9,800
C/B
1,029,000
60
17,300
C/B
Costa
Rica
1,170,000
337
3,500
D/B
Cuba
2,130,000
285
7,500
D/B
1,310,000
285
4,600
D/B
38
36 Bogot
117
102 Medelln
201
174 Cali
276
229 Barranquilla
476
398 Bucaramanga
415
304 San Jos
221
215 Havana
367
353 Prague
Colombia
Colombia
Colombia
Colombia
Colombia
Czech
Republic
27
31 Kinshasa[21]
Democratic
Republic of
the Congo
11,587,000
583
19,900
D/B
235
269 Lubumbashi
Democratic
Republic of
the Congo
2,000,000
155
12,900
D/B
235
324 Mbuji-Mayi
Democratic
Republic of
the Congo
2,000,000
122
16,400
D/B
423
- Kananga
Democratic
Republic of
the Congo
1,150,000
54
21,100
D/B
494
- Kisangani
Democratic
Republic of
the Congo
1,000,000
57
17,600
D/B
381
365 Copenhagen
1,248,000
453
2,800
A/A
155
194 Santo Domingo
2,925,000
298
9,800
D/B
Denmark
Dominican
Republic
163
180 Guayaquil
Ecuador
2,700,000
220
12,300
D/B
280
274 Quito
Ecuador
1,720,000
479
3,600
D/B
17
16 Greater Cairo
Egypt
15,600,000
1,761
8,900
C/B
84
79 Alexandria
Egypt
4,689,000
293
16,000
C/B
449
280 San Salvador
1,100,000
155
7,100
D/B
129
129 Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
3,376,000
440
7,700
C/B
393
387 Helsinki
Finland
1,208,000
641
1,900
A/A
El
Salvador
29
27 Paris
France
10,858,000
2,845
3,800
A/A
308
302 Lyon
France
1,583,000
1,178
1,300
C/B
346
296 Marseille
France
1,397,000
453
3,100
C/B
485
432 Lille
France
1,018,000
280
3,600
C/B
435
402 Tbilisi
Georgia
1,125,000
194
5,800
D/B
51
45 EssenDsseldorf (Ruhr Area)[31]
Germany
6,679,000
2,655
2,500
C/B
97
93 Berlin
Germany
4,069,000
1,347
3,000
C/B
227
219 CologneBonn[31]
Germany
2,104,000
932
2,300
C/B
230
252 Hamburg
Germany
2,087,000
777
2,700
C/B
240
335 Munich
Germany
1,981,000
466
4,200
C/B
254
188 Frankfurt
Germany
1,915,000
648
3,000
C/B
349
349 Stuttgart
Germany
1,379,000
479
2,900
C/B
95
95 Accra
Ghana
4,145,000
971
4,300
C/B
185
143 Kumasi
Ghana
2,500,000
337
7,400
C/B
123
111 Athens
Greece
3,484,000
583
6,000
C/B
371
363 Guatemala City
1,289,000
298
4,300
C/B
251
247 Conakry
Guinea
1,930,000
161
12,000
D/B
190
185 Port-au-Prince
Haiti
2,332,000
171
14,300
D/B
438
400 Tegucigalpa
1,120,000
98
11,400
D/B
284
264 Budapest
1,710,000
894
1,900
D/B
India
24,998,000
2,072
12,100
A/B
4 Delhi[4]
Guatemala
Honduras
Hungary
13
13 Mumbai [14]
India
17,712,000
546
32,400
C/B
20
19 Kolkata
India
14,667,000
1,204
12,200
A/B
35
35 Bengaluru
India
9,807,000
1,166
8,400
A/B
36
33 Chennai
India
9,714,000
971
10,000
A/B
40
41 Hyderabad
India
8,754,000
1,230
7,100
A/B
48
47 Ahmedabad
India
7,186,000
350
20,600
A/B
67
67 Pune
India
5,631,000
479
11,800
A/B
70
73 Surat
India
5,447,000
233
23,400
A/B
127
131 Jaipur
India
3,409,000
414
8,200
A/B
137
144 Lucknow
India
3,184,000
324
9,800
A/B
147
141 Kanpur
India
3,037,000
207
14,700
A/B
159
154 Kalyan[14]
India
2,841,000
93
30,500
C/B
165
164 Nagpur
India
2,668,000
246
10,800
A/B
187
197 Coimbatore
India
2,481,000
285
8,700
A/B
193
193 Indore[72]
India
2,405,000
272
8,800
A/B
195
212 Kozhikode (Calicut)
India
2,394,000
119
20,100
A/B
200
199 Kochi (Cochin)
India
2,374,000
440
5,400
A/B
209
244 Thrissur
India
2,236,000
363
6,200
A/B
212
209 Patna
India
2,200,000
142
15,400
A/B
226
268 Malappuram
India
2,108,000
324
6,500
A/B
231
226 Bhopal
India
2,075,000
181
11,400
A/B
232
281 Kannur
India
2,047,000
91
22,600
A/B
247
235 Vadodara
India
1,963,000
137
14,300
A/B
250
249 Agra
India
1,938,000
130
15,000
A/B
253
256 Thiruvananthapuram
India
1,921,000
142
13,500
A/B
255
251 Visakhapatnam
India
1,910,000
181
10,500
A/B
275
285 Nashik
India
1,749,000
111
15,700
A/B
282
301 Vijayawada
India
1,715,000
57
30,100
A/B
283
272 Ludhiana
India
1,714,000
168
10,200
A/B
309
308 Madurai
India
1,582,000
75
21,100
A/B
312
320 Rajkot
India
1,568,000
75
20,900
A/B
318
313 Meerut
India
1,541,000
104
14,900
A/B
319
311 Varanasi
India
1,536,000
101
15,200
A/B
338
330 Jamshedpur
India
1,443,000
109
13,300
A/B
342
339 Srinagar
India
1,409,000
127
11,100
A/B
353
407 Kollam
India
1,351,000
181
7,500
A/B
357
340 Jabalpur
India
1,339,000
91
14,800
A/B
360
381 Raipur
India
1,329,000
111
11,900
A/B
362
360 Aurangabad
India
1,324,000
73
18,300
A/B
365
346 Asansol
India
1,315,000
65
20,300
A/B
370
351 Allahabad
India
1,294,000
124
10,400
A/B
374
376 Jodhpur
India
1,266,000
83
15,300
A/B
375
362 Amritsar
India
1,264,000
98
12,800
A/B
378
357 Dhanbad
India
1,258,000
96
13,100
A/B
382
379 Ranchi
India
1,246,000
57
21,900
A/B
386
384 Durg-Bhilai
India
1,235,000
114
10,800
A/B
393
388 Gwalior
India
1,208,000
57
21,200
A/B
409
392 Vasai-Virar
India
1,179,000
91
13,000
A/B
410
- Tiruppur
India
1,177,000
104
11,400
A/B
430
435 Kota
India
1,138,000
62
18,300
A/B
436
422 Chandigarh
India
1,124,000
259
4,300
A/B
454
444 Bareilly
India
1,094,000
83
13,200
A/B
462
441 Hubballi
India
1,080,000
202
5,300
A/B
463
443 Mysore
India
1,078,000
91
11,900
A/B
473
447 Guwahati
India
1,039,000
70
14,900
A/B
481
- Aligarh
India
1,020,000
41
24,600
A/B
493
- Moradabad
India
1,004,000
52
19,400
A/B
30,539,000
3,225
9,500
C/B
5,695,000
466
12,200
C/B
4,881,000
673
7,200
C/B
3,942,000
479
8,200
C/B
1,831,000
233
7,900
C/B
1,630,000
272
6,000
D/B
1,484,000
179
8,300
C/B
1,434,000
220
6,500
C/B
1,318,000
207
6,400
C/B
1,175,000
179
6,600
C/B
1,143,000
106
10,800
C/B
1,142,000
207
5,500
C/B
1,114,000
246
4,500
D/B
1,100,000
67
16,300
D/B
Iran
13,532,000
1,489
9,100
C/B
2 Jakarta (Jabodetabek)[3]
65
74 Bandung
78
76 Surabaya
100
196 Medan
268
356 Yogyakarta
297
246 Semarang
329
291 Makassar
340
306 Palembang
364
- Surakarta
411
- Denpasar
426
- Cirebon
427
- Batam
441
- Malang
449
- Pekanbaru
23
22 Tehran[20]
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
133
137 Mashhad
Iran
3,294,000
298
11,100
C/B
196
189 Isfahan
Iran
2,392,000
350
6,800
C/B
263
267 Shiraz
Iran
1,873,000
246
7,600
C/B
288
279 Tabriz
Iran
1,693,000
168
10,100
C/B
365
361 Ahvaz
Iran
1,315,000
233
5,600
C/B
446
442 Qom
Iran
1,101,000
117
9,400
C/B
52
51 Baghdad
Iraq
6,625,000
673
9,800
D/B
291
298 Mosul
Iraq
1,675,000
140
12,000
D/B
423
421 Erbil
Iraq
1,150,000
75
15,300
D/B
494
- Basra
Iraq
1,000,000
158
6,300
D/B
494
- Sulaymaniyah
Iraq
1,000,000
62
16,100
D/B
417
394 Dublin
Ireland
1,160,000
453
2,600
D/B
150
117 Tel Aviv
Israel
2,979,000
479
6,200
C/B
71
68 Milan[40]
Italy
5,257,000
1,891
2,800
C/B
102
97 Rome[51]
Italy
3,906,000
1,114
3,500
C/B
109
103 Naples
Italy
3,706,000
1,023
3,600
C/B
321
310 Turin
Italy
1,521,000
376
4,100
C/B
Ivory
Coast
4,800,000
324
14,800
D/B
Japan
37,843,000
8,547
4,400
C/B
Japan
17,444,000
3,212
5,400
C/B
Japan
10,177,000
3,885
2,600
C/B
80
1
79 Abidjan
1 TokyoYokohama (Keihin)[2]
OsakaKobeKyoto
(Keihanshin)[15]
14
14
33
28 Nagoya (Chky)[24]
177
160 Sapporo
Japan
2,570,000
622
4,100
D/B
182
167 Fukuoka[68]
Japan
2,525,000
531
4,800
C/B
242
223 Kitakysh[68]
Japan
1,980,000
492
4,000
C/B
350
340 Hiroshima
Japan
1,377,000
285
4,800
C/B
372
338 Sendai
Japan
1,277,000
324
3,900
C/B
404
451 Hamamatsu
Japan
1,187,000
259
4,600
C/B
Japan
1,007,000
285
3,500
C/B
Jordan
2,468,000
344
7,200
C/B
1,500,000
420
3,600
D/B
490
- Naha
188
161 Amman[70]
324
326 Almaty
82
84 Nairobi
Kenya
4,738,000
557
8,500
C/B
439
429 Mombasa
Kenya
1,116,000
85
13,100
D/B
Kuwait
4,283,000
712
6,000
C/B
91
96 Kuwait City
Kazakhstan
212
222 Beirut
Lebanon
2,200,000
673
3,300
D/B
449
451 Monrovia
Liberia
1,100,000
194
5,700
D/B
443
386 Tripoli
Libya
1,110,000
194
5,700
D/B
194
218 Antananarivo
2,398,000
220
10,900
C/B
Malaysia
7,088,000
1,943
3,600
C/B
49
49 Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley)[29]
Madagascar
289
283 Johor Bahru
Malaysia
1,688,000
712
2,400
C/B
359
389 Penang
Malaysia
1,336,000
298
4,500
C/B
185
203 Bamako
Mali
2,500,000
311
8,000
D/B
12
10 Mexico City (Valley of Mexico)[13]
Mexico
20,063,000
2,072
9,700
C/B
86
81 Guadalajara
Mexico
4,603,000
751
6,100
C/B
96
88 Monterrey
Mexico
4,083,000
894
4,600
C/B
229
181 Puebla
Mexico
2,088,000
440
4,700
C/B
246
248 Tijuana
Mexico
1,968,000
466
4,200
D/B
262
259 Toluca
Mexico
1,878,000
272
6,900
D/B
334
276 Len
Mexico
1,469,000
233
6,300
C/B
348
334 Ciudad Jurez
Mexico
1,391,000
324
4,300
D/B
361
354 Torren
Mexico
1,327,000
168
7,900
D/B
380
393 Quertaro
Mexico
1,249,000
150
8,300
C/B
431
438 San Luis Potos
Mexico
1,137,000
132
8,600
D/B
442
429 Mrida
Mexico
1,111,000
207
5,400
D/B
481
- Aguascalientes
Mexico
1,020,000
106
9,600
D/B
485
- Mexicali
Mexico
1,018,000
202
5,000
D/B
385
415 Ulan Bator
1,237,000
233
5,300
C/B
135
136 Casablanca
Morocco
3,211,000
272
11,800
C/B
266
237 Rabat
Morocco
1,845,000
184
10,000
C/B
400
405 Fes
Morocco
1,193,000
83
14,400
C/B
1,173,000
80
14,600
C/B
2,615,000
414
6,300
C/B
4,800,000
544
8,800
D/B
1,160,000
85
13,600
D/B
1,030,000
233
4,400
D/H
1,180,000
60
19,600
D/B
2,660,000
984
2,700
C/B
1,624,000
505
3,200
C/B
New
Zealand
1,356,000
544
2,500
C/B
Niger
1,090,000
130
8,400
C/B
Mongolia
412
- Marrakesh
Morocco
173
159 Maputo[65]
Mozambique
80
77 Yangon (Rangoon)
Myanmar
417
408 Mandalay
475
410 Naypyidaw
407
409 Kathmandu
168
213 RotterdamThe Hague[62]
299
432 Amsterdam
352
344 Auckland
455
373 Niamey
24
15 Lagos
Nigeria
13,123,000
907
14,500
D/B
120
105 Kano
Nigeria
3,550,000
251
14,100
D/B
141
133 Ibadan
Nigeria
3,160,000
466
6,800
D/B
190
183 Abuja
Nigeria
2,440,000
225
10,800
D/B
203
224 Port Harcourt[20]
Nigeria
2,340,000
158
14,800
D/B
326
322 Benin City
Nigeria
1,490,000
228
6,500
D/B
Myanmar
Myanmar
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands
449
- Onitsha
Nigeria
1,100,000
148
7,500
D/B
477
436 Zaria
Nigeria
1,025,000
88
11,600
F/B
481
289 Kaduna
Nigeria
1,020,000
153
6,700
D/B
158
140 Pyongyang
2,850,000
176
16,200
D/B
Pakistan
22,123,000
945
23,400
C/B
Pakistan
10,052,000
790
12,700
F/B
7
34
7 Karachi[8]
42 Lahore
North
Korea
118
132 Faisalabad
Pakistan
3,560,000
181
19,600
D/B
156
150 Hyderabad
Pakistan
2,920,000
73
40,300
C/B
184
135 RawalpindiIslamabad
Pakistan
2,510,000
427
5,900
D/B
222
240 Gujranwala
Pakistan
2,120,000
148
14,400
D/B
258
238 Multan
Pakistan
1,900,000
207
9,200
D/B
259
304 Sargodha
Pakistan
1,893,000
488
3,900
A/A
277
290 Peshawar
Pakistan
1,730,000
117
14,800
D/B
449
- Quetta
Pakistan
1,100,000
124
8,800
D/B
455
423 Bahawalpur
Pakistan
1,090,000
228
4,800
D/B
464
434 Sialkot
Pakistan
1,074,000
104
10,400
C/B
325
204 Panama City
Panama
1,498,000
220
6,800
C/B
160
200 Asuncin
Paraguay
2,827,000
648
4,400
C/B
10,750,000
919
11,700
C/B
24,123,000
1,580
15,300
C/B
2,535,000
207
12,200
C/B
1,630,000
130
12,600
D/B
1,579,000
75
21,000
C/B
Poland
2,190,000
673
3,300
C/B
30
4
30 Lima
6 Manila (Metro Manila)[5]
181
176 Cebu City (Metro Cebu)
297
312 Davao City
310
- General Santos
KatowiceGliwiceTychy (Silesian
Metropolis)
Peru
Philippines
Philippines
Philippines
Philippines
215
172
280
266 Warsaw
Poland
1,720,000
544
3,200
D/B
166
158 Lisbon
Portugal
2,666,000
958
2,800
C/B
333
329 Porto
Portugal
1,474,000
777
1,900
C/B
220
207 San Juan
2,139,000
2,246
1,000
A/A
313
- Doha
Qatar
1,564,000
583
2,700
C/B
Republic
of the Congo
1,850,000
181
10,200
D/B
Romania
1,860,000
285
6,500
D/B
265
272 Brazzaville
264
230 Bucharest
Puerto
Rico
15
15 Moscow[16]
Russia
16,170,000
4,662
3,500
C/B
73
71 Saint Petersburg[41]
Russia
5,126,000
1,347
3,800
C/B
Russia
1,486,000
622
2,400
C/B
328
317 Novosibirsk
351
337 Yekaterinburg
Russia
1,361,000
518
2,600
C/B
397
358 Nizhny Novgorod
Russia
1,201,000
622
1,900
C/B
416
385 Samara
Russia
1,162,000
376
3,100
D/B
417
396 Kazan
Russia
1,160,000
492
2,400
D/B
421
391 Omsk
Russia
1,154,000
492
2,300
C/B
423
400 Chelyabinsk
Russia
1,150,000
583
2,000
D/B
455
416 Rostov-on-Don
Russia
1,090,000
414
2,600
D/B
479
446 Ufa
Russia
1,024,000
168
6,100
C/B
437
429 Kigali
Rwanda
1,121,000
114
9,800
C/B
66
69 Riyadh
Saudi
Arabia
5,666,000
1,502
3,800
C/B
111
118 Jeddah
Saudi
Arabia
3,677,000
842
4,400
C/B
293
298 Mecca
Saudi
Arabia
1,647,000
389
4,200
C/B
387
383 Medina
Saudi
Arabia
1,233,000
350
3,500
C/B
Saudi
Arabia
1,019,000
971
1,000
C/B
484
- Dammam
122
125 Dakar
Senegal
3,520,000
194
18,100
D/B
407
411 Belgrade
Serbia
1,180,000
233
5,100
D/B
494
- Freetown
Sierra
Leone
1,000,000
91
11,000
D/B
5,624,000
518
10,900
A/B
2,120,000
91
23,400
D/B
South
Africa
8,432,000
2,590
3,300
C/B
68
222
42
66 Singapore[39]
284 Mogadishu
43 JohannesburgEast Rand[26]
Singapore
Somalia
105
108 Cape Town
South
Africa
3,812,000
816
4,700
C/B
125
114 Durban (eThekwini)
South
Africa
3,421,000
1,062
3,200
C/B
154
165 Pretoria (Tshwane)[26]
South
Africa
2,927,000
1,230
2,400
C/B
392
451 Port Elizabeth
South
Africa
1,212,000
389
3,100
C/B
South
Korea
23,480,000
2,266
10,400
C/B
SeoulGyeonggiIncheon
(Sudogwon)[6]
102
121 Busan[52]
South
Korea
3,906,000
401
9,700
C/B
198
178 Daegu
South
Korea
2,382,000
246
9,700
C/B
303
315 Gwangju
South
Korea
1,601,000
127
12,600
D/B
South
Korea
1,564,000
132
11,800
C/B
54 Madrid
Spain
6,171,000
1,321
4,700
C/B
83
78 Barcelona
Spain
4,693,000
1,075
4,400
C/B
315
- Valencia
Spain
1,561,000
272
5,700
C/B
444
- Seville
Spain
1,107,000
272
4,100
C/B
218
205 Colombo
2,180,000
223
9,800
C/B
Sudan
5,125,000
932
5,500
D/B
313
309 Daejeon
56
Sri
Lanka
74
70 Khartoum
329
323 Stockholm
Sweden
1,484,000
382
3,900
A/A
118
126 Aleppo
Syria
3,560,000
259
13,700
D/B
178
156 Damascus
Syria
2,560,000
181
14,100
D/B
295
- Homs
Syria
1,640,000
83
19,800
D/B
388
- Hama
Syria
1,230,000
52
23,700
D/B
44
40 Taipei[27]
Taiwan
7,438,000
1,140
6,500
C/B
153
146 Taichung
Taiwan
2,935,000
492
6,000
C/B
174
153 Kaohsiung
Taiwan
2,599,000
363
7,200
C/B
391
355 Tainan
Taiwan
1,216,000
207
5,900
C/B
104 Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
4,219,000
570
7,400
C/B
Thailand
14,998,000
2,590
5,800
C/B
92
19
20 Bangkok
248
239 Lom
Togo
1,941,000
207
9,400
F/B
239
177 Tunis
Tunisia
1,990,000
363
5,500
D/B
23
23 Istanbul
Turkey
13,287,000
1,360
9,800
C/B
87
87 Ankara
Turkey
4,538,000
660
6,900
C/B
142
148 zmir
Turkey
3,112,000
298
10,400
C/B
267
262 Bursa
Turkey
1,839,000
207
8,900
C/B
269
316 Adana
Turkey
1,830,000
161
11,400
D/B
347
368 Gaziantep
Turkey
1,394,000
114
12,200
C/B
402
424 Konya
Turkey
1,190,000
130
9,200
D/B
Turkey
1,070,000
181
5,900
D/B
465
- Antalya
251
250 Kampala
Uganda
1,930,000
492
3,900
D/B
208
152 Kiev
Ukraine
2,241,000
544
4,100
D/B
339
321 Kharkiv
Ukraine
1,440,000
466
3,100
D/B
488
449 Odessa
Ukraine
1,010,000
207
4,900
D/B
United
Arab
Emirates
3,933,000
1,347
2,900
C/B
United
Kingdom
10,236,000
1,738
5,900
A/A
United
Kingdom
2,639,000
630
4,200
A/A
101
32
170
122
Dubai[49]
29 London[23]
197 Manchester[63]
183
190 Birmingham[69]
United
Kingdom
2,512,000
599
4,200
A/A
390
369 Glasgow
United
Kingdom
1,220,000
368
3,300
D/A
United
States
20,630,000
11,642
1,800
N/N
8 New York City[10]
18
17 Los Angeles[18]
United
States
15,058,000
6,299
2,400
N/N
37
34 Chicago[25]
United
States
9,156,000
6,856
1,300
N/N
55
55 DallasFort Worth[33]
United
States
6,174,000
5,175
1,200
N/N
60
56 San FranciscoSan Jose[36]
United
States
5,929,000
2,797
2,100
N/N
63
63 Houston[37]
United
States
5,764,000
4,644
1,200
N/N
63
58 Miami[38]
United
States
5,764,000
3,209
1,800
A/A
69
62 Philadelphia[10]
United
States
5,570,000
5,131
1,100
A/A
75
75 Atlanta[42]
United
States
5,015,000
6,851
700
A/A
77
72 Washington, D.C.[43]
United
States
4,889,000
3,424
1,400
A/A
89
83 Boston[45]
United
States
4,478,000
5,325
800
N/N
93
91 Phoenix[47]
United
States
4,194,000
3,196
1,300
N/N
112
101 Detroit[54]
United
States
3,672,000
3,463
1,100
A/A
134
133 Seattle[56]
United
States
3,218,000
2,616
1,200
A/A
144
139 San Diego[59]
United
States
3,086,000
1,896
1,600
A/A
161
157 MinneapolisSaint Paul[60]
United
States
2,771,000
2,647
1,000
A/A
172
170 TampaSt. Petersburg[64]
United
States
2,621,000
2,479
1,100
A/A
United
States
2,559,000
1,730
1,500
A/A
Denver[66]
179
173
206
195 Baltimore[43]
United
States
2,263,000
1,857
1,200
A/A
214
227 Las Vegas
United
States
2,191,000
1,080
2,000
A/A
217
208 St. Louis[74]
United
States
2,186,000
2,393
900
A/A
United
233
230 Orlando
States
2,040,000
1,958
1,000
N/N
244
232 Portland
United
States
1,976,000
1,357
1,500
A/A
244
241 San Antonio
United
States
1,976,000
1,546
1,300
A/A
261
253 Sacramento
United
States
1,885,000
1,220
1,500
A/A
271
255 Cleveland
United
States
1,783,000
1,999
900
A/A
277
260 Pittsburgh
United
States
1,730,000
2,344
700
A/A
290
286 Cincinnati
United
States
1,682,000
2,041
800
A/A
300
307 Indianapolis
United
States
1,617,000
1,829
900
A/A
301
314 Austin
United
States
1,616,000
1,355
1,200
A/A
305
302 Kansas City
United
States
1,593,000
1,756
900
A/A
320
344 Charlotte
United
States
1,535,000
1,919
800
A/A
331
328 Columbus
United
States
1,481,000
1,321
1,100
A/A
336
318 Virginia Beach-Norfolk
United
States
1,463,000
1,334
1,100
A/A
343
331 Milwaukee
United
States
1,408,000
1,414
1,000
A/A
397
377 Providence
United
States
1,201,000
1,412
900
A/A
421
411 Jacksonville
United
States
1,154,000
1,373
800
A/A
445
420 Memphis
United
States
1,102,000
1,287
900
A/A
459
- Raleigh
United
States
1,085,000
1,342
800
A/A
459
425 Salt Lake City
United
States
1,089,000
720
1,500
A/A
461
447 Nashville
United
States
1,081,000
1,458
700
A/A
477
- Louisville
United
States
1,025,000
1,235
800
A/A
485
- Richmond
United
States
1,018,000
1,274
800
A/A
287
277 Montevideo
1,700,000
259
6,600
D/B
207
186 Tashkent
2,250,000
531
4,200
D/B
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
157
124 Caracas
2,861,000
295
9,700
C/B
2,037,000
407
5,000
C/B
1,477,000
363
4,100
C/B
1,135,000
220
5,200
C/B
Vietnam
8,957,000
1,489
6,000
C/B
Venezuela
234
184 Maracaibo
332
236 Valencia
432
399 Maracay
39
Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela
37 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
108
169 Hanoi
Vietnam
3,715,000
466
8,000
C/B
149
163 Sana'a
Yemen
2,980,000
223
13,400
D/B
215
245 Lusaka
Zambia
2,190,000
179
12,300
D/B
211
287 Harare
2,203,000
829
2,700
C/B
Zimbabwe
Number of urban areas by country in 2015

Country
World
Urban areas
over 500,000[1]
Urban areas
over 1,000,000[1]
Urban areas
over 2,000,000[1]
Urban areas
over 5,000,000[1]
1,009
498
237
75
China
174
101
49
17
India
93
57
23
United States
74
44
22
Pakistan
49
17
13
Russia
39
22
Brazil
34
18
11
Mexico
27
14
Japan
23
10
Indonesia
22
14
Philippines
18
Nigeria
17
Germany
15
Turkey
13
Iran
12
South Korea
11
United Kingdom
10
France
10
Ukraine
10
Colombia
Italy
Spain
Argentina
Canada
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Venezuela
Morocco
Poland
South Africa
Saudi Arabia
Australia
Iraq
Malaysia
Taiwan
Syria
Bangladesh
Egypt
Vietnam
Peru
Yemen
Kazakhstan
Bolivia
Myanmar
Belgium
Israel
Ecuador
Chile
Ivory Coast
Algeria
North Korea
Austria
Switzerland
Cameroon
Ghana
Angola
Kenya
Netherlands
Portugal
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
Dominican Republic
Greece
Senegal
Uzbekistan
Belarus
Republic of the Congo
Libya
Sweden
Zimbabwe
Malawi
Sudan
Singapore
Afghanistan
Azerbaijan
Burkina Faso
Cuba
Ethiopia
Haiti
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Sri Lanka
Madagascar
Mali
Mozambique
Somalia
Tanzania
Zambia
Armenia
Bulgaria
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
Georgia
Guinea
Guatemala
Honduras
Hungary
Ireland
Cambodia
Liberia
Mongolia
Niger
Nepal
New Zealand
Romania
Rwanda
El Salvador
Serbia
Chad
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Uruguay
Albania
Benin
Bahrain
Central African Republic
Djibouti
Eritrea
Gabon
Gambia
Croatia
Jamaica
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lithuania
Latvia
Moldova
Macedonia
Mauritania
Nicaragua
Norway
Oman
Qatar
Sierra Leone
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Trinidad and Tobago
See also
List of cities proper by population
List of metropolitan areas by population
List of urban agglomerations by population
List of agglomerations by population
List of cities by population
List of largest cities throughout history
List of countries by population
List of population concern organizations
References and notes

1. Demographia (January 2015). Demographia World Urban Areas (PDF) (11th ed.). Retrieved 2 March 2015.
2. Includes large areas of Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures and small areas of Gunma, Tochigi and Ibaraki prefectures.
Excludes urban areas of Utsunomiya (500,000; 119 km2) and Mito (500,000; 246 km2).
3. Various international sources limit their population estimates to DKI Jakarta itself (the national capital district). However, the
urbanization of Jakarta extends into the regencies of Tangerang, Bekasi, Bogor and Karawang and the separate cities of Bekasi, Depok
and Bogor. Excludes urban areas of Karawang (650,000; 207 km2) and Serang (525,000; 65 km2).
4. Includes Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurgaon and Bahadurgarh. Excludes uran area of Meerut (1,489,000; 104 km2).
5. The population is higher than other agglomeration estimates (such as the United Nations), tend to be limited to Metro Manila, which is a
province-level jurisdiction. The continuous urbanization of Manila extends outward into Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Batangas
provinces. The Demographia population estimate is a build-up of municipality population within the continuously developed area
(urban area or agglomeration).
6. Includes satellite cities in Gyeonggi Province such as Suwon, Goyang, Seongnam, Bucheon and Ansan which are treated as separate
urban agglomerations by the United Nations. Excludes urban area of Cheonan (500,000; 57 km2) in Chungcheongnam-do.
7. Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Ningbo, Changzhou, Shaoxing, and urban area of Zhangjiaggang-Jiangyin within the
prefecture-level cities of Suzhou and Wuxi are treated as separate urban areas which constitute the Yangtze River Delta economic zone.
Huai'an (1,856,000; 148 km2), Xuzhou (1,246,000; 233 km2), Nantong (1,036,000; 233 km2), Lianyungang (985,000; 155 km2),
Zhenjiang (983,000; 168 km2), Yancheng (797,000; 207 km2), Huzhou (690,000; 111 km2), Taizhou (in Jiangsu Province; 300,000;
117 km2) and Suqian (220,000; 36 km2), as well as urban areas of Yangzhou (1,593,000; 233 km2) and Gaoyou (180,000; 39 km2)
within the prefecture-level city of Yangzhou, urban areas of Kunshan (1,596,000; 492 km2), Changshu (1,139,000; 285 km2) and
Taicang (523,000; 117 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Suzhou, urban areas of Cixi (1,200,000; 298 km2) and Yuyao (650,000;
122 km2) within the sub-provincial city of Ningbo, urban areas of Jiaxing (1,044,000; 259 km2) and Tongxiang (510,000; 52 km2)
within the prefecture-level city of Jiaxing, urban areas of Wenling (510,000; 52 km2), Jiaojiang (375,000; 41 km2) and Huangyan
(200,000; 34 km2) within the prefectrure-level city of Taizhou (in Zhejiang Province), urban areas of Zhuji (500,000; 117 km2) and
Shangyu (400,000; 158 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Shaoxing, urban areas of Yiwu-Dongyang (925,000; 233 km2), Jinhua
(520,000; 186 km2), Yongkang (500,000; 223 km2), Dongyang (260,000; 104 km2) and Lanxi (220,000; 34 km2) within the prefecturelevel city of Jinhua, and urban area of Fuyang (450,000; 49 km2) within the sub-provincial city of Hangzhou are also excluded.
8. The population is lower than other estimates (such as the United Nations), which include metropolitan area population not within the
continuously developed urban area.
9. Excludes urban areas of Baoding (1,283,000; 220 km2), Zhangjiakou (1,322,000; 220 km2) and Chengde (108,000; 23 km2).
10. Demographia defines urban area of New York as a combination of New YorkNewark, BridgeportStamford, New Haven, Trenton,
Danbury and Twin Rivers urbanized areas. New York and Philadelphia (same with Philadelphia urbanized area) are treated as separate
urban areas. Urban areas of Hartford (925,000; 1,336 km2), AllentownBethlehem (665,000; 896 km2), Springfield (621,000; 904 km2),
Harrisburg (446,000; 673 km2), Poughkeepsie (427,000; 847 km2), Lancaster (405,000; 642 km2), Reading (284,000; 269 km2),
Atlantic City (250,000; 324 km2), York (235,000; 342 km2), NorwichNew London (209,000; 394 km2), Waterbury (195,000;
233 km2) and Pottstown (108,000; 205 km2) are also excluded.
11. Hong Kong in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Shenzhen are treated as separate urban areas because of the lack of
freedom of labor movement without trade, immigration or customs barriers. GuangzhouFoshan, Shenzhen, Dongguan and Zhongshan
are also treated as separate urban areas which constitute the Pearl River Delta economic zone. While Guangzhou and Foshan are
combined into a single urban area because they have become more economically integrated than the other urban areas, other areas in the
Pearl River Delta economic region remain classified as separate urban areas. Thus, urban areas of Huizhou (1,387,000; 168 km2),
Zhuhai (1,274,000; 246 km2) and Zhaoqing (500,000; 65 km2) as well as urban areas of Jiangmen (920,000; 259 km2) and Taishan
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(204,000; 44 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen, urban area of Lishui (300,000; 44 km2) within the prefecture-level city
of Foshan and urban are of Macau (560,000; 21 km2) in the Macau Special Administrative Region are excluded. Urban area of
GuangzhouFoshan includes Shunde within the prefecture-level city of Foshan, which has been excluded in the 2011 edition. Urban
area of Shenzhen includes Huiyang within the prefecture-level city of Huizhou, which has been excluded in the 2010 edition. Urban
area of Huizhou includes only Huicheng District. The Demographia estimate for Dongguan is lower than last year, because local
estimates previously used were higher than reported in the 2010 census.
Includes Francisco Morato. Excludes urban area of Santos (1,716,000; 207 km2).
Excludes urban areas of Toluca (1,747,000; 220 km2) and Cuernavaca (675,000; 171 km2).
Mumbai and Kalyan are treated as separate urban areas, although the census of India classifies Kalyan within the Mumbai
agglomeration. Kalyan is excluded by Demographia because of the lack of continuous urbanization with Mumbai. Urban area of
Mumbai includes Panvel and Navi Mumbai, but excludes urban area of VasaiVirar (1,147,000; 91 km2) and Bhiwandi (737,000;
52 km2), which have been included in the 2011 edition. A large part of the municipality of Mumbai is rural, composed of the Sanjay
Gandhi National Park and thus not included in the urban area.
Includes Nara and Himeji. United Nations estimates separate OsakaKobe and Kyoto and exclude both Nara and Himeji. Excludes
urban area of tsu (775,000; 303 km2) and Wakayama (430,000; 91 km2).
The population estimate is suspect, due to the lack of readily available data for local areas outside the city jurisdiction (Moscow Oblast).
Demographia is indebted to Richard Forstall, who has provided local authority area population data for portions of Moscow Oblast
within the Moscow urban areas. Other estimates (such as the United Nations estimate) include only the municipality of Moscow, which
includes only part of the urban footprint. Includes ElektrostalNoginsk within Moscow Oblast, which has been excluded in the 2011
edition.
Includes urban area of Narayanganj which has been excluded in the 2011 edition.
Combination of Los AngelesLong BeachSanta Ana, RiversideSan Bernardino and Mission Viejo urbanized areas. Excludes urban
areas of TemeculaMurrieta (472,000; 420 km2), IndioPalm Springs (370,000; 373 km2), Oxnard (369,000; 218 km2),
LancasterPalmdale (358,000; 300 km2), VictorvilleHesperiaApple Valley (350,000; 433 km2), Santa Clarita (272,000; 199 km2),
Thousand Oaks (216,000; 223 km2), Santa Barbara (196,000; 145 km2), Hemet (163,000; 127 km2) and Simi Valley (126,000; 80 km2).
Excludes urban area of La Plata (675,000; 228 km2) which has been included in the 2007 edition.
Includes Eslamshahr and Karaj which has been excluded in the 2012 edition.
Excludes urban area of Brazzaville (1,685,000; 181 km2) in the Republic of the Congo.
Tianjin and Tangshan are treated as separate urban areas. Urban areas of Cangzhou (500,000; 130 km2) and Langfang (465,000;
130 km2) as well as urban area of Qian'an (400,000; 168 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Tangshan are also excluded. The
population of the urban area of Tianjin is lower than other estimates (such as the United Nations), which include metropolitan area
population not within the continuously developed urban area. The Demographia population estimate is a build-up of sub-municipality
population within the continuously developed area (urban area or agglomeration).
Greater London urban area. Excludes urban areas of Reading (318,000; 84 km2), Southend-on-Sea (295,000; 72 km2), Aldershot
(252,000; 79 km2), Luton (258,000; 51 km2), Medway (244,000; 52 km2), Crawley (181,000; 58 km2), Slough (164,000; 34 km2),
Basildon (145,000; 37 km2), High Wycombe (133,000; 39 km2), Chelmsford (112,000; 26 km2) and Maidstone (108,000; 25 km2).
Includes Toyohashi.
Combination of Chicago, Kenosha and Round Lake BeachMcHenryGrayslake urbanized areas. Excludes urban areas of Milwaukee
(1,388,000; 1,414 km2), Rockford (301,000; 396 km2), South Bend (278,000; 417 km2), Elkhart (144,000; 238 km2) and Racine
(134,000; 127 km).
JohannesburgEast Rand and Pretoria are treated as separate urban areas which constitute the Vaal Triangle. Urban area of Vereeninging
(Emfuleni) (650,000; 337 km2) is also excluded.
The population is higher than other estimates (such as the United Nations), which do not include all population within the continuously
developed urban area (especially in New Taipei City). Includes Taoyuan and Jhongli (Chungli) which have been excluded in the 2010
edition. Excludes urban area of Hsinchu (650,000; 117 km2).
Excludes urban area of Wanzhou (Wanxian) (500,000; 41 km2) within the municipality of Chongqing. The direct-controlled
municipality of Chongqing, which is sometimes translated as the direct-controlled city of Chongqing, has the largest population of any
organism called a city in the stretches far beyond any reasonable definition of a metropolitan area.
The population is higher than other agglomeration estimates (such as the United Nations), which does not include all of the
continuously developed urban area in the state of Selangor. Continuous urbanization extends well beyond the municipality of Kuala
Lumpur, for example to Port Klang and the area represents a single labor market (metropolitan area). The Demographia population
estimate is a build-up of municipality population within the continuously developed area (urban area or agglomeration). Excludes
urban area of Seremban (500,000; 155 km2).
Includes Shishi and Jinjiang within the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou.
EssenDsseldorf and CologneBonn are treated as separate urban areas which constitute the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area. Excludes
urban area of AachenVaals (585,000; 401 km2) in both Germany and the Netherlands.
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Excludes urban area of ValparasoVia del Mar (875,000; 161 km2).

Combination of DallasFort WorthArlington, DentonLewisville and McKinney urbanized areas.
Excludes urban areas of Fushun (1,412,000; 130 km2) and Tieling (325,000; 65 km2).
Includes Xianyang which has been excluded in the 2010 edition.
Combination of San FranciscoOakland, San Jose, Concord, Vallejo and Livermore urbanized areas. Excludes urban areas of Santa
Rosa (308,000; 254 km2), Antioch (278,000; 210 km2), Salinas (185,000; 127 km2), Santa Cruz (164,000; 150 km2), Fairfield (134,000;
101 km2) and SeasideMontereyMarina (114,000; 101 km2).
Combination of Houston and Conroe urbanized areas. Excludes urban area of Texas City (106,000; 197 km2).
Miami urbanized area. Includes former urban areas of Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, which were combined by the US Census
Bureau into Miami in 2000.
Excludes urban area of Johor Bahru (1,640,000; 712 km2) in Malaysia and urban area of Batam (900,000; 218 km2) in Indonesia.
The population is higher than other agglomeration estimates (such as the United Nations), which does not include all of the
continuously developed urban area, which stretches into Como, Lecco and Varese provinces. Excludes Bergamo which has been
included in the 2007 edition (4,950,000; 3,043 km2 in total).
Includes communities under the authority of the Town Council.
Atlanta urbanized area. Excludes urban areas of Gainesville (131,000; 326 km2) and Athens (129,000; 254 km2).
The US Census Bureau combines Washington and Baltimore into a single metropolitan area (consolidated area) but Demographia
considers the two (same with Washington, DC and Baltimore urbanized areas) as separate urban areas. Urban areas of AberdeenHavre
de Grace (214,000; 339 km2), Hagerstown (183,000; 344 km2), Frederick (142,000; 189 km2), Fredericksburg (141,000; 202 km2) and
Waldorf (110,000; 176 km2) are also excluded.
Excludes urban areas of Acheng (300,000; 39 km2) and Shangzhi (250,000; 18 km2) within the sub-provincial city of Harbin.
Combination of Boston and Nashua urbanized areas. Excludes urban areas of Providence (1,187,000; 1,412 km2), Worcester (489,000;
787 km2), Barnstable (247,000; 717 km2), Manchester (159,000; 223 km2), New Bedford (149,000; 142 km2) and
LeominsterFitchburg (117,000; 168 km2).
Excludes urban area of Zhangzhou (1,200,000; 350 km2).
Combination of PhoenixMesa, Avondale and Sierra Vista urbanized area.
Excludes urban areas of Newcastle (308,000; 292 km2), Central Coast (298,000; 401 km2) and Wollongong (246,000; 219 km2).
Includes Sharjah.
Excludes urban area of Geelong (144,000; 115 km2).
Excludes the State of the Vatican City.
Excludes urban areas of Ulsan (1,087,000; 104 km2) and Changwon (1,000,000; 104 km2).
Includes Yuci District in Jinzhong which has been excluded in the 2012 edition.
Detroit urbanized area. Excludes urban areas of Toledo (508,000; 622 km2), Flint (355,000; 611 km2), Ann Arbor (308,000; 414 km2)
and South Lyon (120,000; 267 km2) in the United States as well as urban area of Windsor (276,000; 176 km2) in Canada .
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Seattle urbanized area. Excludes urban areas of Bremerton (199,000; 352 km2), Olympia (180,000; 275 km2) and Marysville (145,000;
212 km2).
Excludes urban area of Feira de Santana (525,000; 78 km2).
Excludes urban areas of Ruian (965,000; 132 km2) and Cangnan (700,000; 65 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Wenzhou.
San Diego urbanized area. Excludes urban area of Tijuana (1,827,000; 466 km2) in Mexico.
MinneapolisSt. Paul urbanized area.
Excludes urban area of Sumqayit (275,000; 91 km2).
Excludes urban areas of Amsterdam (1,050,000; 414 km2), Haarlem (450,000; 142 km2) and Utrecht (400,000; 109 km2) which
constitute the Randstad metropolitan region.
Greater Manchester urban area. Excludes urban areas of Liverpool (864,000; 200 km2), Birkenhead (325,000; 88 km2), Preston
(313,000; 82 km2), Blackpool (239,000; 61 km2), Wigan (175,000; 44 km2), Warrington (165,000; 45 km2), Burnley (149,000;
36 km2), Blackburn (147,000; 36 km2) and Accrington/Rossendale (125,000; 30 km2).
TampaSt. Petersburg urbanized area. Excludes urban areas of SarasotaBradenton (654,000; 847 km2), Lakeland (269,000; 378 km2),
Winter Haven (201,000; 347 km2) and Spring Hill (149,000; 251 km2).
Includes Matola.
DenverAurora urbanized area. Excludes urban areas of Fort Collins (268,000; 285 km2), Greeley (121,000; 106 km2) and Boulder
(116,000; 83 km2).
Excludes urban area of LuziniaGama (525,000; 259 km2).
68. Fukuoka and Kitakysh are treated as separate urban areas. Some sources combine Fukuoka with Kitakysh (such as the United
Nations), which is not a part of the continuous urbanization of Fukuoka. The Demographia population estimate is a build-up of
municipality population within the continuously developed area (urban area or agglomeration).
69. West Midlands urban area. Excludes urban area of Coventry (359,000; 81f km2)
70. Includes Az-Zarqa.
71. Shantou and ChaoyangChaonan within the prefecture-level city of Shantou are treated as separate urban areas. Likewise, urban area of
Chaozhou (350,000; 85 km2) as well as urban areas of Puning (910,000; 179 km2) and Jieyang (660,000; 194 km2) within the
prefecture-level city of Jieyang are excluded.
72. Excludes urban area of Ujjain (500,000; 41 km2).
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74. St. Louis urbanized area.
75. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?
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224 urban areas with population of over two million

Urban areas (population over 1,000,000)

258 Santa Cruz de la Sierra

374 Joo Pessoa

271 Phnom Penh

304 San Jos

194 Santo Domingo

280 San Salvador

129 Addis Ababa

45 EssenDsseldorf (Ruhr Area)[31]

363 Guatemala City

212 Kozhikode (Calicut)

199 Kochi (Cochin)

117 Tel Aviv

49 Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley)[29]

283 Johor Bahru

10 Mexico City (Valley of Mexico)[13]

334 Ciudad Jurez

438 San Luis Potos

415 Ulan Bator

213 RotterdamThe Hague[62]

224 Port Harcourt[20]

322 Benin City

204 Panama City

176 Cebu City (Metro Cebu)

312 Davao City

207 San Juan

358 Nizhny Novgorod

108 Cape Town

114 Durban (eThekwini)

165 Pretoria (Tshwane)[26]

451 Port Elizabeth

104 Dar es Salaam

8 New York City[10]

56 San FranciscoSan Jose[36]

139 San Diego[59]

157 MinneapolisSaint Paul[60]

170 TampaSt. Petersburg[64]

227 Las Vegas

208 St. Louis[74]

241 San Antonio

302 Kansas City

318 Virginia Beach-Norfolk

425 Salt Lake City

37 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Number of urban areas by country in 2015

Democratic Republic of the Congo

United Arab Emirates

Republic of the Congo

Central African Republic

Trinidad and Tobago

References and notes

Excludes urban area of ValparasoVia del Mar (875,000; 161 km2).

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