Demographia

World Urbanized Areas:
By 1996 Rank

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World Urbanized Areas Over One Million Population: 1996
By Population
Urbanized Area Country
Population (000)
Rank
1996 2015 1996 2015
Tokyo Japan 27.2 28.9 1 1
Mexico City Mexico 16.9 19.2 2 7
Sao Paulo Brazil 16.8 20.3 3 4
New York United States 16.4 17.6 4 9
Bombay India 15.7 26.2 5 2
Shanghai China 13.7 18.0 6 8
Los Angeles United States 12.6 14.2 7 15
Calcutta India 12.1 17.3 8 10
Buenos Aires Argentina 11.9 13.9 9 17
Seoul Korea-South 11.8 13.0 10 19
Beijing China 11.4 15.6 11 12
Lagos Nigeria 10.9 24.6 12 3
Osaka Japan 10.6 10.6 13 23
Delhi India 10.3 16.9 14 11
Rio de Janeiro Brazil 10.3 11.9 15 21
Karachi Pakistan 10.1 19.4 16 6
Cairo Egypt 9.9 14.4 17 14
Metro Manila Philippines 9.6 14.7 18 13
Tianjin China 9.6 13.5 19 18
Paris France 9.6 9.7 20 28
Moscow Russian Federa. 9.3 9.3 21 31
Dhaka Bangladesh 9.0 19.5 22 5
Jakarta Indonesia 8.8 13.9 23 16
Istanbul Turkey 8.2 12.3 24 20
London United Kingdom 7.6 7.6 25 40
Teheran Iran 6.9 10.3 26 25
Chicago United States 6.9 7.5 27 41
Lima Peru 6.8 9.4 28 30
Bangkok Thailand 6.7 9.8 29 27
Essen Germany 6.5 6.6 30 46
Bogota Colombia 6.2 8.4 31 34
Madras India 6.1 9.2 32 32
Hong Kong China 5.9 6.3 33 51
Hyderabad India 5.7 10.5 34 24
Shenyang China 5.2 7.7 35 39
Lahore Pakistan 5.2 10.0 36 26
Saint Petersburg Russian Federa. 5.1 5.1 37 62
Santiago Chile 5.0 6.1 38 52
Bangalore India 5.0 8.0 39 36
Harbin China 4.7 8.1 40 35
Guangzhou China 4.6 7.2 41 43
Hangzhou China 4.6 11.4 42 22
Chengdu China 4.5 7.8 43 38
Changchun China 4.4 8.9 44 33
Baghdad Iraq 4.4 6.9 45 44
Toronto Canada 4.4 5.2 46 59
Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasha 4.4 9.4 47 29
Wuhan China 4.3 6.5 48 48
Philadelphia United States 4.3 4.8 49 70
Milan Italy 4.2 4.3 50 85
Pusan Korea-South 4.1 4.5 51 77
Madrid Spain 4.1 4.1 52 88
Yangon Myanmar 4.0 6.8 53 45
San Francisco United States 3.9 4.5 54 80
Belo Horizonte Brazil 3.9 5.0 55 64
Algiers Algeria 3.8 6.4 56 50
Ahmedabad India 3.8 5.8 57 53
Washington, D.C. United States 3.7 4.4 58 84
Detroit United States 3.7 4.1 59 87
Jinan China 3.7 7.9 60 37
Dallas United States 3.7 4.4 61 82
Alexandria Egypt 3.7 5.4 62 54
Frankfurt Germany 3.6 3.7 63 102
Sydney Australia 3.6 4.0 64 91
Ho Chi Minh Viet Nam 3.6 4.8 65 69
Chongqing China 3.6 5.4 66 55
Guadalajara Mexico 3.5 4.5 67 81
Katowice Poland 3.4 3.7 68 106
Porto Alegre Brazil 3.4 4.5 69 78
Medellin Colombia 3.4 4.8 70 67
Singapore Singapore 3.4 4.0 71 90
Qingdao China 3.4 7.3 72 42
Montreal Canada 3.3 3.7 73 104
Berlin Germany 3.3 3.3 74 123
Santo Domingo Dominican Rep. 3.3 4.7 75 74
Nagoya Japan 3.3 3.5 76 112
Houston United States 3.2 3.7 77 103
Casablanca Morocco 3.2 4.8 78 68
Recife Brazil 3.1 3.9 79 95
Melbourne Australia 3.1 3.5 80 114
Athens Greece 3.1 3.1 81 136
Dusseldorf Germany 3.1 3.4 82 121
Monterrey Mexico 3.1 3.9 83 94
Pune (Poona) India 3.1 5.1 84 61
Nanjing China 3.0 4.7 85 71
Xian China 3.0 4.7 86 75
Caracas Venezuela 3.0 3.8 87 100
Cologne Germany 3.0 3.1 88 137
Naples Italy 3.0 3.0 89 142
Bandung Indonesia 3.0 5.1 90 63
Ankara Turkey 2.9 4.0 91 89
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire 2.9 5.3 92 57
Salvador Brazil 2.9 3.9 93 93
Handan China 2.9 6.4 94 49
Boston United States 2.9 3.2 95 129
Kiev Ukraine 2.8 2.9 96 148
Barcelona Spain 2.8 2.8 97 152
Cape Town South Africa 2.8 4.4 98 83
San Diego United States 2.8 3.4 99 120
Kitakyushu Japan 2.8 3.1 100 140
Riyadh Saudi Arabia 2.8 5.2 101 58
Fortaleza Brazil 2.7 3.8 102 101
Taipei China 2.7 3.9 103 96
Dalian China 2.7 4.7 104 72
Rome Italy 2.7 2.7 105 163
Hamburg Germany 2.6 2.7 106 161
Stuttgart Germany 2.6 2.7 107 159
Chittagong Bangladesh 2.6 4.9 108 66
Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2.6 6.6 109 47
Pyongyang Korea-North 2.5 3.3 110 126
Atlanta United States 2.5 3.0 111 141
Taegu Korea-South 2.5 2.8 112 156
Inch'on Korea-South 2.4 3.5 113 116
Phoenix United States 2.4 3.0 114 145
Maputo Mozambique 2.4 5.3 115 56
Khartoum Sudan 2.3 4.7 116 73
Tashkent Uzbekistan 2.3 3.5 117 111
Guatemala City Guatemala 2.3 4.5 118 79
Curitiba Brazil 2.3 3.1 119 138
Surabaja Indonesia 2.3 3.6 120 109
Kanpur India 2.3 3.4 121 119
Birmingham United Kingdom 2.3 2.3 122 211
Minneapolis United States 2.3 2.6 123 165
Munich Germany 2.3 2.3 124 201
Manchester United Kingdom 2.2 2.3 125 215
Havana Cuba 2.2 2.4 126 191
Warsaw Poland 2.2 2.4 127 195
Johannesburg South Africa 2.2 3.4 128 122
Luanda Angola 2.2 5.0 129 65
Lucknow India 2.2 4.0 130 92
Kabul Afghanistan 2.2 5.2 131 60
Taiyuan China 2.1 3.1 132 139
Izmir Turkey 2.1 3.2 133 132
Miami United States 2.1 2.5 134 185
Bucharest Romania 2.1 2.2 135 224
Damascus Syria 2.1 3.5 136 115
Mashhad Iran 2.1 3.7 137 105
Vienna Austria 2.1 2.1 138 230
Esfahan Iran 2.1 4.6 139 76
Zhengzhou China 2.0 3.2 140 127
Saint Louis United States 2.0 2.3 141 208
Budapest Hungary 2.0 2.0 142 243
Tel-Aviv-Yafo Israel 2.0 2.6 143 173
Guiyang China 2.0 3.2 144 130
Surat India 2.0 3.6 145 107
Baltimore United States 2.0 2.3 146 214
Seattle United States 2.0 2.4 147 199
Tampa United States 1.9 2.3 148 204
Faisalabad Pakistan 1.9 3.8 149 97
Cali Colombia 1.9 2.6 150 171
Aleppo Syria 1.9 3.3 151 124
Nairobi Kenya 1.9 4.2 152 86
Nagpur India 1.9 2.9 153 150
Lisbon Portugal 1.9 2.3 154 212
Guayaquil Ecuador 1.9 3.0 155 147
Jaipur India 1.9 3.2 156 128
Beirut Lebanon 1.9 2.5 157 184
Arbil Iraq 1.9 3.8 158 99
Baku Azerbaijan 1.9 2.3 159 202
Vancouver Canada 1.9 2.3 160 207
Lanzhou China 1.8 2.8 161 154
Brasilia Brazil 1.8 2.4 162 190
Dar Es Salaam Tanzania 1.8 3.8 163 98
Minsk Belarus 1.8 1.9 164 258
Dakar Senegal 1.8 3.5 165 117
Puebla Mexico 1.8 2.3 166 213
Kunming China 1.8 2.6 167 169
East Rand South Africa 1.8 3.0 168 143
Tunis Tunisia 1.8 2.5 169 181
Tripoli Libya 1.8 3.1 170 135
Norfolk United States 1.7 2.3 171 209
Sapporo Japan 1.7 1.9 172 254
Peshawar Pakistan 1.7 3.6 173 108
Medan Indonesia 1.7 2.7 174 157
Accra Ghana 1.7 3.5 175 118
Gujranwala Pakistan 1.7 3.5 176 113
Kyoto Japan 1.7 1.7 177 294
Pittsburgh United States 1.7 1.9 178 260
Cleveland United States 1.7 1.9 179 259
Kharkov Ukraine 1.7 1.7 180 290
Campinas Brazil 1.7 2.4 181 197
Shijiazhuang China 1.7 2.7 182 160
Maracaibo Venezuela 1.7 2.4 183 189
Fuzhou China 1.6 2.6 184 172
Conakry Guinea 1.6 3.5 185 110
Denver United States 1.6 1.9 186 264
Mannheim Germany 1.6 1.6 187 307
Datong China 1.6 2.6 188 166
Changsha China 1.6 2.5 189 186
Fushun China 1.6 2.4 190 198
San Jose United States 1.6 1.8 191 276
Stockholm Sweden 1.6 1.6 192 310
Jeddah Saudi Arabia 1.6 2.8 193 153
Qiqihar China 1.6 2.3 194 206
Tangshan China 1.5 2.2 195 225
Xuzhou China 1.5 2.8 196 155
Valencia Venezuela 1.5 2.5 197 175
Ibadan Nigeria 1.5 3.0 198 146
Port-au-Prince Haiti 1.5 3.0 199 144
Riverside-San B. United States 1.5 2.0 200 250
Belem Brazil 1.5 2.0 201 246
Kochi (Cochin) India 1.5 2.7 202 158
Harare Zimbabwe 1.5 3.2 203 131
Tabriz Iran 1.5 2.4 204 196
Brisbane Australia 1.5 1.9 205 270
Novosibirsk Russian Federa. 1.5 1.5 206 338
Kwangju Korea-South 1.5 2.0 207 248
Anshan China 1.5 2.1 208 227
Nizhni Novgorod Russian Federa. 1.5 1.5 209 342
Jilin China 1.4 2.2 210 222
Kaohsiung China 1.4 2.1 211 235
Nanchang China 1.4 2.2 212 221
Leeds United Kingdom 1.4 1.4 213 349
Ekaterinburg Russian Federa. 1.4 1.4 214 351
Visakhapatnam India 1.4 2.7 215 162
Nanning China 1.4 2.3 216 200
Luoyang China 1.4 2.2 217 218
Vadodara India 1.4 2.4 218 192
Lusaka Zambia 1.4 2.9 219 149
Kansas City United States 1.4 1.6 220 308
Douala Cameroon 1.4 2.9 221 151
Fort Lauderdale United States 1.4 1.7 222 304
Ludhiana India 1.4 2.6 223 170
Ulhasnagar India 1.4 2.5 224 180
Hefei China 1.4 2.3 225 203
Baotou China 1.4 2.0 226 239
Pretoria South Africa 1.4 2.3 227 205
Tbilisi Georgia 1.4 1.5 228 323
Bhopal India 1.4 2.4 229 193
Los Caballeros Dominican Rep. 1.3 2.1 230 229
Neijiang China 1.3 1.9 231 261
Urumqi China 1.3 2.1 232 234
Quito Ecuador 1.3 2.1 233 232
Montevideo Uruguay 1.3 1.4 234 348
Rabat Morocco 1.3 2.1 235 233
Lyon France 1.3 1.4 236 359
Copenhagen Denmark 1.3 1.3 237 373
San Juan Puerto Rico 1.3 1.6 238 315
Cordoba Argentina 1.3 1.7 239 300
Rawalpindi Pakistan 1.3 2.6 240 167
Sacramento United States 1.3 1.6 241 313
Taejon Korea-South 1.3 1.7 242 296
La Paz Bolivia 1.3 2.1 243 228
Indore India 1.3 2.1 244 237
Durban South Africa 1.3 1.9 245 257
Yerevan Armenia 1.3 1.5 246 337
Turin Italy 1.3 1.3 247 381
Changde China 1.3 1.8 248 274
Multan Pakistan 1.3 2.6 249 174
Cincinnati United States 1.3 1.5 250 340
Shubra El-Khemia Egypt 1.3 2.4 251 188
Hanover Germany 1.3 1.3 252 376
Bielefeld Germany 1.3 1.3 253 374
Portland United States 1.3 1.5 254 335
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 1.3 1.9 255 267
Samara Russian Federa. 1.3 1.3 256 390
Alma-Ata Kazakstan 1.3 1.5 257 321
Hanoi Viet Nam 1.3 1.8 258 286
San Salvador El Salvador 1.3 2.1 259 238
Palembang Indonesia 1.3 2.2 260 226
Milwaukee United States 1.3 1.4 261 357
Manaus Brazil 1.2 1.9 262 266
San Antonio United States 1.2 1.5 263 336
Perth Australia 1.2 1.5 264 327
Marseilles France 1.2 1.3 265 389
Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine 1.2 1.3 266 396
Amman Jordan 1.2 2.3 267 210
Wenzhou China 1.2 2.5 268 182
Prague Czech Republic 1.2 1.2 269 401
Daqing China 1.2 2.0 270 242
Belgrade Yugoslavia 1.2 1.3 271 378
Coimbatore India 1.2 1.8 272 280
Patna India 1.2 1.8 273 281
Omsk Russian Federa. 1.2 1.2 274 412
Madurai India 1.2 1.8 275 285
Santos Brazil 1.2 1.5 276 332
Sofia Bulgaria 1.2 1.2 277 424
Yaounde Cameroon 1.2 2.5 278 178
Chelyabinsk Russian Federa. 1.2 1.2 279 425
Varanasi (Benares) India 1.2 1.8 280 273
Thane India 1.2 2.5 281 183
Rosario Argentina 1.2 1.4 282 353
Nuremberg Germany 1.2 1.2 283 411
Managua Nicaragua 1.2 1.9 284 255
Yueyang China 1.2 1.7 285 297
Barranquilla Colombia 1.2 1.6 286 320
Donetsk Ukraine 1.2 1.2 287 438
Kazan Russian Federa. 1.1 1.1 288 454
Ufa Russian Federa. 1.1 1.1 289 453
Adana Turkey 1.1 1.7 290 288
Hyderabad Pakistan 1.1 2.2 291 217
Odessa Ukraine 1.1 1.1 292 458
Asansol India 1.1 2.4 293 194
West Rand South Africa 1.1 2.0 294 251
Brussels Belgium 1.1 1.1 295 459
Hohhot China 1.1 1.8 296 277
Perm Russian Federa. 1.1 1.1 297 464
Amsterdam Netherlands 1.1 1.2 298 430
Asuncion Paraguay 1.1 2.0 299 252
Orlando United States 1.1 1.4 300 356
Suzhou China 1.1 1.9 301 268
Khulna Bangladesh 1.1 2.0 302 240
Kuwait City Kuwait 1.1 1.5 303 334
Bursa Turkey 1.1 1.8 304 278
Helsinki Finland 1.1 1.3 305 386
Meerut India 1.1 1.9 306 253
Port Elizabeth South Africa 1.1 1.8 307 275
Agra India 1.1 1.7 308 302
Vijayawada India 1.1 1.9 309 263
Rotterdam Netherlands 1.1 1.1 310 478
Benxi China 1.1 1.6 311 306
Sasolburg South Africa 1.1 2.0 313 249
Thiruvananthapur India 1.1 1.9 314 262
New Orleans United States 1.1 1.2 315 422
Rostov-on-Don Russian Federa. 1.1 1.0 316 500
Brazzaville Congo-Brazzaville 1.0 2.1 317 236
Aachen Germany 1.0 1.1 319 482
Davao Philippines 1.0 1.7 320 295
Lodz Poland 1.0 1.1 322 463
Adelaide Australia 1.0 1.2 323 426
Shiraz Iran 1.0 1.6 325 312
Ottawa Canada 1.0 1.2 326 403
Shantou China 1.0 1.6 327 309
Goiania Brazil 1.0 1.3 328 366
Volgograd Russian Federa. 1.1 1.0 330 513
Columbus United States 1.0 1.2 331 419

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