50 Largest World Metropolitan Areas Ranked:
2000 Estimates
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Rank |
Metropolitan Area |
Nation |
Population |
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1 |
Tokyo-Yokohama |
Japan |
33,190,000 |
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2 |
New York |
United States |
21,362,000 |
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3 |
Seoul-Inchon |
South Korea |
19,920,000 |
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4 |
Mexico City |
Mexico |
19,620,000 |
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5 |
Sao Paulo |
Brazil |
17,720,000 |
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6 |
Mumbai (Bombay) |
India |
17,580,000 |
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7 |
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto |
Japan |
16,930,000 |
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8 |
Los Angeles |
United States |
16,374,000 |
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9 |
Manila |
Phillipines |
14,140,000 |
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10 |
Cairo |
Egypt |
14,000,000 |
|
11 |
Calcutta |
India |
13,940,000 |
|
12 |
Delhi |
India |
13,720,000 |
|
13 |
Shanghai |
China |
13,580,000 |
|
14 |
Buenos Aires |
Argentina |
13,390,000 |
|
15 |
Jakarta |
Indonesia |
13,330,000 |
|
16 |
Beijing |
China |
13,160,000 |
|
17 |
Moscow |
Russia |
13,100,000 |
|
18 |
London |
United Kingdom |
12,130,000 |
|
19 |
Karachi |
Pakistan |
11,020,000 |
|
20 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil |
10,810,000 |
|
21 |
Teheran |
Iran |
10,740,000 |
|
22 |
Paris |
France |
10,600,000 |
|
23 |
Istanbul |
Turkey |
10,430,000 |
|
24 |
Lagos |
Nigeria |
10,030,000 |
|
25 |
Tianjin |
China |
9,920,000 |
|
26 |
Chicago |
United States |
9,312,000 |
|
27 |
Nagoya |
Japan |
8,837,000 |
|
28 |
Dhaka |
Bengladesh |
8,610,000 |
|
29 |
Washington-Baltimore |
United States |
7,563,000 |
|
30 |
Essen-Dusseldorf |
Germany |
7,500,000 |
|
31 |
Lima |
Peru |
7,420,000 |
|
32 |
Taipei |
Taiwan |
7,260,000 |
|
33 |
Bangkok |
Thailand |
7,250,000 |
|
34 |
San Francisco |
United States |
7,093,000 |
|
35 |
Bogata |
Colombia |
6,990,000 |
|
36 |
Chennai (Madras) |
India |
6,700,000 |
|
37 |
Hong Kong |
China |
6,610,000 |
|
38 |
Hyderabad |
India |
6,390,000 |
|
39 |
Lahore |
Pakistan |
5,920,000 |
|
40 |
Philadelphia |
United States |
5,834,000 |
|
41 |
Kinshasa |
Congo |
5,750,000 |
|
42 |
Boston |
United States |
5,716,000 |
|
43 |
Santiago |
Chile |
5,610,000 |
|
44 |
Johannesburg |
South Africa |
5,530,000 |
|
45 |
Toronto-Hamilton-Oshawa |
Canada |
5,470,000 |
|
46 |
Bangalore |
India |
5,430,000 |
|
47 |
St. Petersburg |
Russia |
5,410,000 |
|
48 |
Dallas-Fort Worth |
United States |
5,377,000 |
|
49 |
Detroit |
United States |
5,358,000 |
|
50 |
Miami-West Palm Beach |
United States |
5,008,000 |
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Source: Prepared by Demographia based upon multiple sources, the most important being national census administrations in the Canada, Japan and the United States, Rand McNally, Thomas Brinkhoff: Principal Agglomerations and Cities of the World and local sources. |
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Incorporates revised US Census Bureau area definitions as of 2003 |
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