List of urban areas by population
Urban areas (Top 100)

List of urban areas by population

Section Title: Urban areas (Top 100)
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Urban area	Demographia	citypopulation.de

2017 Rank	2013 Rank	City	Country	Population	Area (km2)	Density (/km2)	Sources of Pop. / Area	Rank	Population	Remarks

1	1	Tokyo–Yokohama	Japan	38,050,000	8,547	4,500	C / B	2	39,800,000	incl. Chiba, Kawasaki, Maebashi, Sagamihara, Saitama, Utsunomiya

2	2	Jakarta (Greater Jakarta)	Indonesia	32,275,000	3,302	9,800	C / B	4	28,900,000	Locally known as Jabodetabek, incl. Bekasi, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, South Tangerang

3	4	Delhi (CNCR)	India	27,280,000	2,202	12,400	A / B	5	27,200,000	incl. Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Noida

4	6	Manila (Greater Manila Area)	Philippines	24,650,000	1,787	13,600	C / B	8	24,100,000	incl. Caloocan, Quezon City

5	3	Seoul-Incheon (Seoul National Capital Area)	South Korea	24,210,000	2,745	8,800	C / B	7	24,800,000	incl. Bucheon, Goyang, Seongnam, Suwon

6	5	Shanghai	China	24,115,000	4,015	6,000	L / B	3	31,100,000	incl. Suzhou

7	13	Mumbai	India	23,265,000	881	26,400	C / B	9	23,600,000	incl. Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation, Kalyan-Dombivali, Thane, Ulhasnagar, Vasai-Virar

8	8	New York City	United States	21,575,000	11,875	1,700	N / A	11	22,200,000	incl. Bridgeport, Newark, New Haven

9	11	Beijing	China	21,250,000	4,144	5,100	L / B	13	20,700,000

10	9	São Paulo	Brazil	21,100,000	3,043	6,900	C / B	12	22,100,000	incl. Guarulhos, São Bernardo do Campo, Santo André, Osasco

11	10	Mexico City (Valley of Mexico)	Mexico	20,565,000	2,370	8,700	C / B	10	22,300,000	incl. Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Ecatepec, Naucalpan

12	12	Guangzhou–Foshan (Guangfo)	China	19,965,000	3,820	5,200	L / B	1	48,600,000	Northern Pearl River Delta; incl. Dongguan, Foshan, Jiangmen, Shenzhen, Zhongshan; excluding Hong Kong SAR

13	21	Dhaka	Bangladesh	17,425,000	368	47,400	C / B	14	17,900,000

14	14	Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto (Keihanshin)	Japan	17,165,000	3,238	5,300	C / B	15	17,800,000	incl. Himeji, Kōbe, Kyōto, Sakai

15	15	Moscow	Russia	16,855,000	5,698	3,000	C / B	19	17,100,000

16	16	Greater Cairo	Egypt	16,545,000	1,917	8,600	C / B	19	17,100,000	incl. Al-Jizah, Hulwan, Shubra al-Khaymah

17	20	Bangkok	Thailand	15,975,000	3,043	5,200	C / B	18	17,400,000

18	17	Los Angeles	United States	15,620,000	6,299	2,300	N / A	16	17,700,000	incl. Anaheim, Riverside

19	22	Buenos Aires	Argentina	15,520,000	3,212	4,800	C / B	22	16,000,000	incl. San Justo, La Plata

20	19	Kolkata	India	15,095,000	1,347	11,200	A / B	21	16,200,000	incl. Haora

21	23	Istanbul	Turkey	13,995,000	1,360	10,300	C / B	23	14,600,000

22	22	Tehran	Iran	13,945,000	1,748	8,000	C / B	25	14,000,000	incl. Karaj

23	15	Lagos	Nigeria	13,910,000	1,502	9,300	W / B	17	17,600,000

24	32	Tianjin	China	13,655,000	2,771	4,900	L / B	28	11,800,000

25	7	Karachi	Pakistan	13,255,000	1,036	12,800	C / B	6	25,100,000	Based on population estimates before completion of 2017 Census.

26	24	Shenzhen	China	12,905,000	1,748	7,400	L / B	(included in Guangzhou above)

27	31	Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	12,350,000	583	21,200	C / B	30	10,900,000

28	26	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	11,990,000	1,917	6,300	C / B	27	12,700,000	incl. Nova Iguaçu, São Gonçalo

29	39	Chengdu	China	11,430,000	1,761	6,500	L / B	38	9,750,000	incl. Shuangliu

30	30	Lima	Peru	11,355,000	894	12,700	C / B	35	10,100,000	incl. Callao

31	42	Lahore	Pakistan	11,070,000	896	12,400	C / B	32	10,500,000

32	27	Paris	France	10,980,000	2,845	3,700	A / A	29	11,300,000

33	33	Bangalore	India	10,920,000	1,166	9,400	A / B	31	10,800,000

34	37	Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)	Vietnam	10,690,000	1,580	6,800	C / B	44	8,300,000	incl. Biên Hòa

35	29	London	United Kingdom	10,585,000	1,738	5,600	A / A	24	14,500,000

36	35	Chennai	India	10,555,000	1,049	10,100	A / B	34	10,300,000

37	28	Nagoya (Chūkyō)	Japan	10,105,000	3,885	2,600	C / B	32	10,500,000

38	36	Bogotá	Colombia	9,965,000	562	17,700	C / B	39	9,500,000

39	41	Hyderabad	India	9,595,000	1,230	7,800	A / B	40	9,200,000

40	34	Chicago	United States	9,160,000	6,856	1,300	N / A	37	9,800,000

41	43	Johannesburg–East Rand	South Africa	9,115,000	2,590	3,500	C / B	26	13,100,000	incl. Evaton, Pretoria, Soshanguve, Soweto, Vereeniging, West Rand

42	48	Chongqing	China	8,875,000	6,000	1,479	L / B	54	7,200,000

43	40	Taipei-Taoyuan	Taiwan	8,605,000	1,140	7,600	C / B	41	9,050,000	incl. Taoyuan, New Taipei City (Xinbei)

44	38	Dongguan	China	8,340,000	1,619	5,200	L / B	(Included in Guangzhou)

45	169	Hanoi	Vietnam	8,140,000	868	9,400	C / B	139	3,450,000

46	60	Shenyang	China	8,095,000	1,502	5,400	C / B	47	7,800,000	incl. Fushun

47	44	Wuhan	China	7,980,000	1,528	5,200	L / B	46	8,100,000

48	47	Ahmedabad	India	7,880,000	350	22,500	A / B	49	7,650,000

49	529	Onitsha	Nigeria	7,850,000	1,965	4,000	W / B	495	1,100,000

50	49	Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley)	Malaysia	7,820,000	2,163	3,600	C / B	62	6,800,000	incl. Klang

51	64	Luanda	Angola	7,560,000	894	7,700	C / B	51	7,450,000

52	46	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	7,380,000	285	25,900	C / B	53	7,300,000	incl. Kowloon, Victoria; excluding New Kowloon

53	83	Boston	United States	7,315,000	9,189	800	N / A	50	7,550,000	incl. Providence

54	51	Baghdad	Iraq	7,135,000	673	10,600	D / B	58	7,000,000

55	50	Hangzhou	China	7,100,000	1,269	6,000	L / B	42	8,450,000	incl. Shaoxing

56	89	Zhengzhou–Xingyang	China	7,005,000	1,295	4,400	L / B	89	4,800,000

57	57	Quanzhou	China	6,720,000	1,645	4,300	L / B	(Included in Xiamen)

58	45	Essen–Düsseldorf (Ruhr Area)	Germany	6,665,000	2,655	2,500	C / B	72	5,700,000

59	52	Toronto–Hamilton	Canada	6,635,000	2,287	2,900	N / A	54	7,200,000

60	55	Dallas–Fort Worth	United States	6,600,000	5,175	1,100	N / A	63	6,750,000

61	56	San Francisco Bay Area	United States	6,540,000	2,797	2,100	N / A	48	7,700,000	incl. Concord, Oakland, San Jose, Santa Rosa

62	59	Nanjing	China	6,525,000	1,489	4,400	L / B	57	7,050,000

63	54	Madrid	Spain	6,385,000	1,360	4,700	C / B	65	6,250,000

64	53	Santiago	Chile	6,350,000	1,140	5,600	C / B	56	7,150,000

65	63	Houston	United States	6,285,000	4,841	1,100	N / A	64	6,350,000

66	69	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	6,220,000	1,658	3,800	C / B	60	6,900,000

67	73	Surat	India	6,200,000	233	26,600	A / B	70	5,900,000

68	58	Miami	United States	6,195,000	3,209	1,700	A / A	67	6,200,000	incl. Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach

69	86	Suzhou	China	6,175,000	1,360	4,500	C / B	(Included in Shanghai)

70	67	Pune	India	6,110,000	583	10,500	A / B	65	6,250,000	incl. Pimpri-Chinchwad

71	74	Bandung	Indonesia	5,945,000	557	10,700	C / B	68	6,050,000

72	66	Singapore	Singapore	5,930,000	518	11,400	A / B	59	6,950,000	incl. Johor Bahru (Malaysia)

72	85	Qingdao–Jimo	China	5,930,000	1,632	3,600	L / B	71	5,850,000

74	65	Xi'an–Xianyang	China	5,905,000	1,088	5,400	L / B	61	6,850,000	incl. Xianyang

75	84	Nairobi	Kenya	5,765,000	829	7,000	C / B	78	5,350,000

76	62	Philadelphia	United States	5,575,000	5,131	1,100	A / A	52	7,350,000	incl. Allentown, Trenton

77	77	Yangon (Rangoon)	Myanmar	5,550,000	596	9,300	C / B	80	5,250,000

78	70	Khartoum	Sudan	5,490,000	971	5,700	C / B	72	5,700,000

79	245	Fuzhou	China	5,400,000	1,243	4,300	L / B	118	4,025,000

80	75	Atlanta	United States	5,325,000	7,296	600	N / A	75	5,600,000

81	68	Milan	Italy	5,290,000	1,891	2,800	C / B	84	5,150,000

82	72	Washington, D.C.	United States	5,180,000	3,424	1,300	A / A	43	8,400,000	incl. Baltimore (for demographia.com population only)

83	71	Saint Petersburg	Russia	5,175,000	1,347	3,800	C / B	77	5,500,000

84	79	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	5,145,000	376	13,700	W / B	82	5,200,000

85	82	Harbin	China	5,115,000	609	8,400	C / B	79	5,300,000

86	329	Amman	Jordan	5,020,000	855	5,900	C / B	82	5,200,000

87	104	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	4,980,000	596	8,400	C / B	76	5,550,000

88	79	Alexandria	Egypt	4,960,000	293	16,900	C / B	80	5,250,000

89	96	Kuwait City	Kuwait	4,860,000	712	6,800	C / B	104	4,275,000

90	87	Ankara	Turkey	4,850,000	660	7,300	C / B	91	4,750,000

91	78	Barcelona	Spain	4,840,000	1,075	4,500	C / B	95	4,650,000

92	81	Guadalajara	Mexico	4,830,000	803	6,000	C / B	85	5,050,000	incl. Zapopan

93	61	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	4,750,000	1,269	3,700	C / B	87	4,950,000

94	99	Dalian	China	4,600,000	971	4,700	C / B	96	4,600,000

95	155	Guiyang	China	4,480,000	557	8,000	C / B	173	2,950,000

96	151	Wenzhou	China	4,460,000	479	9,300	C / B	69	5,950,000

97	136	Casablanca	Morocco	4,410,000	272	16,200	C / B	108	4,225,000

98	93	Sydney	Australia	4,390,000	2,179	2,000	A / A	86	4,975,000	incl. Central Coast

99	91	Phoenix	United States	4,365,000	3,225	1,200	N / A	102	4,400,000

100	359	Surabaya	Indonesia	4,325,000	907	4,800	C / B	90	4,775,000

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Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa and one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world.

final_sentence: Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa and one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world.