World's Most Populous Urban Agglomerations,1 2012
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| Rank | Name | Est. population |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tokyo, Japan | 36,932,780 |
| 2. | Delhi, India | 21,935,142 |
| 3. | Mexico City, Mexico | 20,142,334 |
| 4. | New York, United States of America | 20,104,369 |
| 5. | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 19,649,366 |
| 6. | Shanghai, China | 19,554,059 |
| 7. | Bombay, India | 19,421,983 |
| 8. | Beijing, China | 14,999,554 |
| 9. | Dacca, Bangladesh | 14,929,647 |
| 10. | Calcutta, India | 14,283,096 |
| 11. | Karachi, Pakistan | 13,499,702 |
| 12. | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 13,369,921 |
| 13. | Los Angeles, United States of America | 13,223,023 |
| 14. | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 11,867,236 |
| 15. | Manila, Philippines | 11,653,810 |
| 16. | Moscow, Russia | 11,471,637 |
| 17. | Osaka, Japan | 11,429,912 |
| 18. | Cairo, Egypt | 11,031,494 |
| 19. | Istanbul, Turkey | 10,952,950 |
| 20. | Lagos, Nigeria | 10,788,300 |
| 21. | Paris, France | 10,516,374 |
| 22. | Guangzhou, China | 10,485,570 |
| 23. | Shenzhen, China | 10,222,493 |
| 24. | Seoul, South Korea | 9,750,693 |
| 25. | Chongqing, China | 9,732,286 |
| 26. | Jakarta, Indonesia | 9,629,953 |
| 27. | Chicago, United States of America | 9,544,691 |
| 28. | Lima, Peru | 8,950,481 |
| 29. | London, Great Britain | 8,923,000 |
| 30. | Wuhan, China | 8,903,018 |
NOTES: The definition of agglomerations varies significantly from city to city, hence the difficulty of compiling an accurate, comparative list of the world's most populous urban areas. 1. Includes metropolitan areas and surrounding urban agglomerations. Agglomerations include a central city and bordering urban areas. Some agglomerations have more than one central city (e.g., Tokyo includes Yokohama and Kawasaki).
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