Megacity
Largest cities
This is the list of the world's largest metropolitan areas by population as of 2016.

Megacity

Section Title: Largest cities
Table Section Text: This is the list of the world's largest metropolitan areas by population as of 2016.

Rank	Megacity	Image	Country	Continent	Population

1	Tokyo	-	Japan	Asia	38,140,000

2	Shanghai	-	China	Asia	34,000,000

3	Jakarta	-	Indonesia	Asia	31,500,000

4	Delhi	Skyline at Rajiv Chowk.JPG	India	Asia	27,200,000

5	Seoul	-	South Korea	Asia	25,600,000

6	Guangzhou	-	China	Asia	25,000,000

7	Beijing	-	China	Asia	24,900,000

8	Manila	-	Philippines	Asia	24,100,000

9	Mumbai	-	India	Asia	23,900,000

10	New York	-	United States	North America	23,876,155

11	Shenzhen	-	China	Asia	23,300,000

12	São Paulo	-	Brazil	South America	21,242,939

13	Mexico City	-	Mexico	North America	21,157,000

14	Lagos	-	Nigeria	Africa	21,000,000

15	Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe (Keihanshin)	Skyline in Osaka.JPG	Japan	Asia	20,337,000

16	Cairo	-	Egypt	Africa	19,128,000

17	Wuhan	-	China	Asia	19,000,000

18	Los Angeles	-	United States	North America	18,788,800

19	Dhaka	-	Bangladesh	Asia	18,237,000

20	Chengdu	-	China	Asia	18,100,000

21	Moscow	-	Russia	Europe	17,100,000

22	Chongqing	-	China	Asia	17,000,000

23	Karachi	-	Pakistan	Asia	16,900,000

24	Bangkok	Bangkok - City skyline at mid day.JPG	Thailand	Asia	15,931,300

25	Tianjin	-	China	Asia	15,400,000

26	Istanbul	-	Turkey	Asia & Europe	15,033,000

27	Kolkata	-	India	Asia	14,423,000

28	Tehran	-	Iran	Asia	14,000,000

29	London	-	United Kingdom	Europe	13,842,667

30	Buenos Aires	-	Argentina	South America	13,834,000

31	Hangzhou	-	China	Asia	13,400,000

32	Rio de Janeiro	-	Brazil	South America	12,981,000

33	Xi'an	-	China	Asia	12,900,000

34	Paris	-	France	Europe	12,405,426

35	Changzhou	-	China	Asia	12,400,000

36	Kinshasa	-	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	12,350,000

37	Lahore	Pakistan	Asia	12,200,000

38	Rhine-Ruhr	-	Germany	Europe	12,190,000

39	Shantou	-	China	Asia	12,000,000

40	Nanjing	Нанкинг-капија.JPG	China	Asia	11,700,000

41	Bangalore	-	India	Asia	11,800,000

42	Jinan	-	China	Asia	11,000,000

43	Chennai	-	India	Asia	11,000,000

44	Harbin	-	China	Asia	10,500,000

45	Bogotá	-	Colombia	South America	10,350,000

46	Nagoya	-	Japan	Asia	10,105,000

47	Lima	-	Peru	South America	10,072,000

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The Megacity Lagos, Nigeria, Africa had an estimation of 21 million.

final_sentence: The Megacity Lagos, Nigeria, Africa had an estimation of 21 million.