2015 Rank	Nation	Urban Area (Urban Agglomeration)	2015 Population (Projected)	Annual Growth Rate: 2005-2015	2005 Population	2005 Rank	2005 Land Area: Square Kilometers (Estimated)	Present Population per Square Kilometer	Present Population per Square Mile
1	Japan	Tokyo-Yokohama	35,240,000	0.29%	34,250,000	1	7,800	4,350	11,300
2	Indonesia	Jakarta	24,420,000	2.98%	18,200,000	5	3,400	5,400	14,000
3	India	Delhi	24,110,000	3.33%	17,380,000	8	1,600	11,200	29,000
4	India	Mumbai	23,070,000	2.20%	18,550,000	4	700	26,250	68,000
5	New York	New York	21,200,000	0.50%	20,160,000	2	11,500	1,750	4,500
6	Nigeria	Lagos	21,140,000	4.45%	13,680,000	14	800	17,350	44,900
7	Korea	Seoul-Incheon	21,080,000	0.60%	19,500,000	3	1,900	10,050	26,000
8	Philippines	Manila	20,210,000	1.68%	17,110,000	10	1,800	9,500	24,600
9	Mexico	Mexico City	19,690,000	0.85%	18,100,000	6	2,500	7,350	19,100
10	Brazil	Sao Paulo	19,530,000	0.93%	17,800,000	7	2,800	6,400	16,600
11	Egypt	Cairo	18,180,000	1.61%	15,500,000	11	1,500	10,150	26,300
12	United States	Los Angeles	17,500,000	1.50%	15,080,000	12	6,400	2,350	6,100
13	Japan	Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto	17,400,000	0.08%	17,250,000	9	3,500	4,700	12,200
14	India	Kolkata	16,590,000	1.65%	14,090,000	13	1,100	13,400	34,700
15	China	Shanghai	16,520,000	2.23%	13,250,000	15	2,000	6,600	17,100
16	China	Shenzhen	15,750,000	3.65%	11,000,000	18	1,300	8,500	22,000
17	Argentina	Buenos Aires	14,480,000	0.92%	13,220,000	16	3,100	4,300	11,100
18	China	Beijing	12,950,000	2.62%	10,000,000	22	2,100	4,850	12,500
19	Russa	Moscow	12,530,000	0.36%	12,090,000	17	2,200	5,600	14,500
20	Turkey	Istanbul	12,470,000	1.57%	10,670,000	20	1,300	8,350	21,600
21	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	11,830,000	0.82%	10,900,000	19	1,600	6,900	17,900
22	Paris	Paris	11,000,000	0.83%	10,130,000	21	2,900	3,550	9,200
23	Pakistan	Karachi	10,670,000	3.19%	7,790,000		600	12,050	31,300
24	Bangladesh	Dhaka	10,000,000	3.71%	6,940,000		300	20,150	52,200
Population and land area data scaled to 2005 based upon growth rates.
Projection using United Nations or other rate
Data at 2006.11.17