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World Urbanized Areas Over 5,000,000: Ranked

Rank Nation Urbanized Area Population Mi2 Density Km2 Density
1 Japan Tokyo-Yokohama 31,200,000 2,030 15,369 5,258 5,934
2 USA New York 19,902,000 4,447 4,475 11,518 1,728
3 South Korea Seoul 17,600,000 460 38,261 1,191 14,773
4 Mexico Mexico City 17,250,000 570 30,263 1,476 11,685
5 Indonesia Jakarta 17,000,000 1,000 17,000 2,590 6,564
6 Brazil Sao Paulo 16,600,000 765 21,699 1,981 8,378
7 Japan Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto 15,450,000 1,050 14,714 2,720 5,681
8 Phillipines Manila 14,500,000 750 19,333 1,943 7,465
9 India Mumbai 14,300,000 285 50,175 738 19,373
10 USA Los Angeles 13,296,000 2,107 6,310 5,457 2,436
11 Egypt Cairo 12,200,000 186 65,591 482 25,325
12 India Calcutta 12,100,000 400 30,250 1,036 11,680
13 Argentina Buenos Aires 11,200,000 1,070 10,467 2,771 4,041
14 India Delhi 10,300,000 225 45,778 583 17,675
15 Pakistan Karachi 10,100,000 360 28,056 932 10,832
  Brazil Rio de Janeiro 9,650,000 450 21,444 1,166 8,280
  France Paris 9,645,000 1,051 9,181 2,721 3,545
  China Shanghai 9,000,000 212 42,453 549 16,391
  Turkey Istanbul 8,900,000 490 18,163 1,269 7,013
  Russia Moscow 8,700,000 230 37,826 596 14,605
  China Beijing 8,614,000 289 29,835 748 11,519
  USA Chicago 8,307,000 2,123 3,913 5,499 1,511
  Japan Nagoya 8,050,000 1,090 7,385 2,823 2,851
  UK London 7,172,000 458 15,659 1,186 6,046
  Thailand Bangkok 6,685,000 186 35,941 482 13,877
  Gernany Rhine-Ruhr-Wupper 6,100,000 1,050 5,810 2,720 2,243
  India Chennai 6,083,000 176 34,563 456 13,345
  USA Washington-Baltimore 6,010,000 1,839 3,268 4,763 1,262
  China-Taiwan Taipei 5,960,000 100 59,600 259 23,012
  Columbia Bogota 5,570,000 185 30,108 479 11,625
  USA Philadelphia 5,149,000 1,799 2,862 4,659 1,105
  South Africa Johannesburg-Soweto 5,100,000 502 10,159 1,300 3,923

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