Urban area - wikipedia Urban area `` Urban zone '' redirects here. For other uses, see Urban zone ( disambiguation ). `` Urbanized area '' redirects here. For use of the term in relation to the United States Census, see List of United States urban areas. Greater Tokyo Area, Japan, the world 's most populated urban area, with about 38 million inhabitants. An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs. In urbanism, the term contrasts to rural areas such as villages and hamlets and in urban sociology or urban anthropology it contrasts with natural environment. The creation of early predecessors of urban areas during the urban revolution led to the creation of human civilization with modern urban planning, which along with other human activities such as exploitation of natural resources leads to human impact on the environment. The world 's urban population in 1950 of just 746 million has increased to 3.9 billion in the decades since. In 2009, the number of people living in urban areas ( 3.42 billion ) surpassed the number living in rural areas ( 3.41 billion ) and since then the world has become more urban than rural. This was the first time that the majority of the world 's population lived in a city. In 2014 there were 7.2 billion people living on the planet, of which the global urban population comprised 3.9 billion. The Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs at that time predicted the urban population would grow to 6.4 billion by 2050, with 37 % of that growth to come from three countries : China, India and Nigeria. Urban areas are created and further developed by the process of urbanization. Urban areas are measured for various purposes, including analyzing population density and urban sprawl. Unlike an urban area, a metropolitan area includes not only the urban area, but also satellite cities plus intervening rural land that is socio - economically connected to the urban core city, typically by employment ties through commuting, with the urban core city being the primary labor market. Contents 1 Definitions 1.1 Argentina 1.2 Australia 1.3 Brazil 1.4 Canada 1.5 Colombia 1.6 China 1.7 Finland 1.8 France 1.9 Germany 1.10 India 1.11 Japan 1.12 The Netherlands 1.13 New Zealand 1.14 Norway 1.15 Philippines 1.16 Poland 1.17 Russia 1.18 Singapore 1.19 South Africa 1.20 South Korea 1.21 Sweden 1.22 Taiwan 1.23 United Kingdom 1.24 United States 1.25 Vietnam 2 See also 2.1 Lists 3 References 4 External links Définitions European countries define urbanized areas on the basis of urban - type land use, not allowing any gaps of typically more than 200 metres ( 220 yd ), and use satellite imagery instead of census blocks to determine the boundaries of the urban area. In less - developed countries, in addition to land use and density requirements, a requirement that a large majority of the population, typically 75 %, is not engaged in agriculture and / or fishing is sometimes used. Argentina See also : List of cities in Argentina by population Argentina is highly urbanized. The ten largest metropolitan areas account for half of the population, and fewer than one in ten live in rural areas. About 3 million people live in Buenos Aires City and the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area totals around 13 million, making it one of the largest urban areas in the world. The metropolitan areas of Córdoba, Rosario, Mendoza and Tucumán have around 1.3 million inhabitants each and La Plata, Mar del Plata, Salta and Santa Fe have at least half a million people each. The population is unequally distributed amongst the provinces : about 60 % live in the Pampa region ( 21 % of the total area ), including 15 million people in Buenos Aires Province ; Córdoba Province Santa Fe Province and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires have 3 million each. Seven other provinces have over one million people each : Mendoza, Tucumán, Entre Ríos, Salta, Chaco, Corrientes and Misiones. Tucumán is the most densely populated with 60 per square kilometre ( 160 / sq mi ), the only Argentine province more densely populated than the world average, while the southern province of Santa Cruz has around 1 inhabitant per square kilometre ( 2.6 / sq mi ). Largest cities or towns in Argentina ( 2015 INDEC metro area estimate ) Rank Name Province Pop. Rank Name Province Pop. Buenos Aires Córdoba Buenos Aires ( Autonomous city ) 13,834,000 11 Resistencia Chaco 409,000 Rosario Mendoza Córdoba Córdoba 1,519,000 12 Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero 406,000 Rosario Santa Fe 1,429,000 13 Corrientes Corrientes 383,000 Mendoza Mendoza 1,082,000 14 Posadas Misiones 355,000 5 Tucumán Tucumán 868,000 15 San Salvador de Jujuy Jujuy 338,000 6 La Plata Buenos Aires 836,000 16 Neuquén Neuquén 309,000 7 Mar del Plata Buenos Aires 633,000 17 Bahía Blanca Buenos Aires 307,000 8 Salta Salta 625,000 18 Paraná Entre Ríos 274,000 9 Santa Fe Santa Fe 530,000 19 Formosa Formosa 258,000 10 San Juan San Juan 513,000 20 San Luis San Luis 218,000 Australia Main article : List of cities in Australia by population In Australia, urban areas are referred to as `` urban centres '' and are defined as population clusters of 1,000 or more people, with a density of at least 200 / km ( 518 / sq mi ) Australia is one of the most urbanised countries in the world, with more than 50 % of the population residing in the 5 biggest cities. Largest populated areas in Australia 2016 data from Australian Bureau of Statistics Rank Name State Pop. Rank Name State Pop. Sydney Melbourne Sydney NSW 5,029,768 11 Hobart TAS 224,462 Brisbane Perth Melbourne VIC 4,725,316 12 Geelong VIC 192,393 Brisbane QLD 2,360,241 13 Townsville QLD 178,864 Perth WA 2,022,044 14 Cairns QLD 150,041 5 Adelaide SA 1,324,279 15 Darwin NT 145,916 6 Gold Coast -- Tweed Heads QLD / NSW 646,983 16 Toowoomba QLD 114,024 7 Newcastle -- Maitland NSW 436,171 17 Ballarat VIC 101,588 8 Canberra -- Queanbeyan ACT / NSW 435,019 18 Bendigo VIC 95,587 9 Sunshine Coast QLD 317,404 19 Albury -- Wodonga NSW / VIC 90,576 10 Wollongong NSW 295,669 20 Launceston TAS 86,335 Brazil Main articles : List of largest cities in Brazil and Municipalities of Brazil According to IBGE ( Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ) urban areas already concentrate 84.35 % of the population, while the Southeast region remains the most populated one, with over 80 million inhabitants. The largest metropolitan areas in Brazil are São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte -- all in the Southeastern Region -- with 20, 12, and 5 million inhabitants respectively. The majority of state capitals are the largest cities in their states, except for Vitória, the capital of Espírito Santo, and Florianópolis, the capital of Santa Catarina. There are also non-capital metropolitan areas in the states of São Paulo ( Campinas, Santos and the Paraíba Valley ), Minas Gerais ( Steel Valley ), Rio Grande do Sul ( Sinos Valley ) and Santa Catarina ( Itajaí Valley ). São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil, the largest city proper in the Southern Hemisphere, in the Americas, and the world 's ninth - largest urban area by population. Largest metropolitan areas in Brazil 2016 Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics estimates Rank Name State Pop. Rank Name State Pop. São Paulo Rio de Janeiro São Paulo São Paulo 21,242,939 11 Manaus Amazonas 2,568,817 Belo Horizonte Brasília Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro 12,330,186 12 Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte São Paulo 2,475,879 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais 5,873,841 13 Goiânia Goiás 2,458,504 Brasília Distrito Federal 4,284,676 14 Belém Pará 2,422,481 5 Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul 4,276,475 15 Vitória Espírito Santo 1,935,483 6 Fortaleza Ceará 4,019,213 16 Sorocaba São Paulo 1,908,425 7 Salvador Bahia 3,984,583 17 Baixada Santista São Paulo 1,813,033 8 Recife Pernambuco 3,940,456 18 São Luís Maranhão 1,605,305 9 Curitiba Paraná 3,537,894 19 Natal Rio Grande do Norte 1,537,211 10 Campinas São Paulo 3,131,528 20 Piracicaba São Paulo 1,452,691 Canada Main article : List of the 100 largest population centres in Canada According to Statistics Canada, an urban area in Canada is an area with a population of at least 1,000 people where the density is no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre ( 1,000 / sq mi ). If two or more urban areas are within 2 km ( 1.2 mi ) of each other by road, they are merged into a single urban area, provided they do not cross census metropolitan area or census agglomeration boundaries. In the Canada 2011 Census, Statistics Canada redesignated urban areas with the new term `` population centre '' ; the new term was chosen in order to better reflect the fact that urban vs. rural is not a strict division, but rather a continuum within which several distinct settlement patterns may exist. For example, a community may fit a strictly statistical definition of an urban area, but may not be commonly thought of as `` urban '' because it has a smaller population, or functions socially and economically as a suburb of another urban area rather than as a self - contained urban entity, or is geographically remote from other urban communities. Accordingly, the new definition set out three distinct types of population centres : small ( population 1,000 to 29,999 ), medium ( population 30,000 to 99,999 ) and large ( population 100,000 or greater ). Despite the change in terminology, however, the demographic definition of a population centre remains unchanged from that of an urban area : a population of at least 1,000 people where the density is no fewer than 400 persons per km. Colombia In Colombia the largest Metropolitan area is Bogotá 's, which has around 9.8 million of inhabitants and includes municipalities like Cota, La Calera, Chía, Soacha, Usaquen, Suba among others..., it 's the metropolis of Culture, Business and Literature, Bogotá has been the International City of the Book and has places uniques like Monserrate, Torre Colpatria, Bolivar Square, BD Bacatá, Corferias, National University etc. Bolívar Square, Bogotá China See also : List of cities in China, List of cities in China by population, and Metropolitan regions of China Since 2000, China 's cities have expanded at an average rate of 10 % annually. It is estimated that China 's urban population will increase by 292 million people by 2050, when its cities will house a combined population of over one billion. The country 's urbanization rate increased from 17.4 % to 46.6 % between 1978 and 2009. Between 150 and 200 million migrant workers work part - time in the major cities, returning home to the countryside periodically with their earnings. Today, China has dozens of cities with one million or more long - term residents, including the three global cities of Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shanghai ; by 2025, the country will be home to 221 cities with over a million inhabitants. The figures in the table below are from the 2008 census, and are only estimates of the urban populations within administrative city limits ; a different ranking exists when considering the total municipal populations ( which includes suburban and rural populations ). The large `` floating populations '' of migrant workers make conducting censuses in urban areas difficult ; the figures below include only long - term residents. Panoramic view of Pudong 's Skyline from the Bund in Shanghai, the largest city proper by population in the world. Largest cities or towns in China Sixth National Population Census of the People 's Republic of China ( 2010 ) Rank Name Province Pop. Rank Name Province Pop. Shanghai Beijing Shanghai Shanghai 20,217,700 11 Chengdu Sichuan 6,316,900 Chongqing Guangzhou Beijing Beijing 16,446,900 12 Nanjing Jiangsu 6,238,200 Chongqing Chongqing 11,871,200 13 Shenyang Liaoning 5,718,200 Guangzhou Guangdong 10,641,400 14 Hangzhou Zhejiang 5,578,300 5 Shenzhen Guangdong 10,358,400 15 Xi'an Shaanxi 5,399,300 6 Tianjin Tianjin 9,562,300 16 Harbin Heilongjiang 5,178,000 7 Wuhan Hubei 7,541,500 17 Suzhou Jiangsu 4,083,900 8 Dongguan Guangdong 7,271,300 18 Qingdao Shandong 3,990,900 9 Hong Kong Hong Kong 7,055,071 19 Dalian Liaoning 3,902,500 10 Foshan Guangdong 6,771,900 20 Zhengzhou Henan 3,677,000 Finland Main article : Urban areas in Finland Similar to other Nordic countries, an urban area ( taajama in Finnish ) in Finland must have a building at least every 200 m ( 660 ft ) and at least 200 people. To be considered a town or a city ( kaupunki ) for statistical purposes, an urban area must have at least 15,000 people. This is not to be confused with the city / town designation used by municipalities. France Main article : Urban area ( France ) The Galeries Lafayette Department store in central Paris Lyon, second urban area population in France In France, an urban area ( Fr : aire urbaine ) is a zone encompassing an area of built - up growth ( called an `` urban unit '' ( unité urbaine ) - close in definition to the North American urban area ) and its commuter belt ( couronne périurbaine ). Americans would find the INSEE definition of the urban area to be similar to their metropolitan area, and the INSEE sometimes uses the term aire métropolitaine to refer to the country 's largest aires urbaines. The largest cities in France, in terms of urban area population ( 2013 ), are Paris ( 12,405,426 ), Lyon ( 2,237,676 ), Marseille ( 1,734,277 ), Toulouse ( 1,291,517 ), Bordeaux ( 1,178,335 ), Lille ( 1,175,828 ), Nice ( 1,004,826 ), Nantes ( 908,815 ), Strasbourg ( 773,447 ) and Rennes ( 700,675 ). Panorama of Paris as seen from the Eiffel Tower as full 360 - degree view ( river flowing from north - east to south - west, right to left ) Germany Germany has a number of large cities. There are 11 officially recognised metropolitan regions in Germany -- and since 2006, 34 potential cities were identified which can be called a Regiopolis. The largest conurbation is the Rhine - Ruhr region ( 11.7 million in 2008 ), including Düsseldorf ( the capital of North Rhine - Westphalia ), Cologne, Bonn, Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg, and Bochum. Largest cities or towns in Germany Statistical offices in Germany ( 31 December 2015 ) Rank Name State Pop. Rank Name State Pop. Berlin Hamburg Berlin Berlin 3,710,156 11 Bremen Bremen ( state ) 557,464 Munich Cologne Hamburg Hamburg 1,787,408 12 Dresden Saxony 543,825 Munich Bavaria 1,450,381 13 Hannover Lower Saxony 532,163 Cologne North Rhine - Westphalia 1,060,582 14 Nuremberg Bavaria 509,975 5 Frankfurt Hesse 732,688 15 Duisburg North Rhine - Westphalia 491,231 6 Stuttgart Baden - Württemberg 623,738 16 Bochum North Rhine - Westphalia 364,742 7 Düsseldorf North Rhine - Westphalia 612,178 17 Wuppertal North Rhine - Westphalia 350,046 8 Dortmund North Rhine - Westphalia 586,181 18 Bielefeld North Rhine - Westphalia 333,090 9 Essen North Rhine - Westphalia 582,624 19 Bonn North Rhine - Westphalia 318,809 10 Leipzig Saxony 560,472 20 Münster North Rhine - Westphalia 310,039 India Kolkata, India For the Census of India 2011, the definition of urban area is as follows : All places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committee, etc. All other places which satisfied the following criteria : A minimum population of 5,000 ; At least 75 % of the male main working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits ; and A density of population of at least 400 persons per square kilometre ( 1,000 / sq mi ) Panoramic view of Delhi, the capital of India Source : A PDF file named ' 1. Data Highlight ' accessed on 11 April 2012 from Census of India, 2011 The figure below is the population statistic for the year 2011. This is a list of city population and it does not indicate urban agglomeration population. Largest cities or towns in India Census India Rank Name State / UT Pop. Rank Name State / UT Pop. Mumbai Delhi Mumbai Maharashtra 12,478,447 11 Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 2,815,601 Chennai Hyderabad Delhi Delhi 11,007,835 12 Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 2,767,031 Chennai Tamil Nadu 8,425,970 13 Nagpur Maharashtra 2,405,421 Hyderabad Telangana 6,809,970 14 Indore Madhya Pradesh 1,960 521 5 Bangalore Karnataka 5,570,585 15 Thane Maharashtra 1,818,872 6 Ahmedabad Gujarat 4,681,087 16 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 1,795,648 7 Kolkata West Bengal 4,486,679 17 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 1,730,320 8 Surat Gujarat 4,462,002 18 Pimpri - Chinchwad Maharashtra 1,729,359 9 Pune Maharashtra 3,115,431 19 Patna Bihar 1,683,200 10 Jaipur Rajasthan 3,073,350 20 Ludhiana Punjab 1,613,878 Japan Main articles : list of cities in Japan, cities in Japan, and List of metropolitan areas in Japan by population In Japan urbanized areas are defined as contiguous areas of densely inhabited districts ( DIDs ) using census enumeration districts as units with a density requirement of 4,000 inhabitants per square kilometre ( 10,000 / sq mi ). Panoramic view of Shinjuku and Mount Fuji taken from Bunkyo Civic Center in Tokyo, the most populous urban area in the world. Largest cities or towns in Japan 2010 Census Rank Name Prefecture Pop. Rank Name Prefecture Pop. Special wards of Tokyo Yokohama Special wards of Tokyo Tokyo 8,949,447 11 Hiroshima Hiroshima 1,174,209 Osaka Nagoya Yokohama Kanagawa 3,689,603 12 Sendai Miyagi 1,045,903 Osaka Osaka 2,666,371 13 Kitakyushu Fukuoka 977,288 Nagoya Aichi 2,263,907 14 Chiba Chiba 962,130 5 Sapporo Hokkaido 1,914,434 15 Sakai Osaka 842,134 6 Kobe Hyōgo 1,544,873 16 Niigata Niigata 812,192 7 Kyoto Kyoto 1,474,473 17 Hamamatsu Shizuoka 800,912 8 Fukuoka Fukuoka 1,463,826 18 Kumamoto Kumamoto 734,294 9 Kawasaki Kanagawa 1,425,678 19 Sagamihara Kanagawa 717,561 10 Saitama Saitama 1,222,910 20 Shizuoka Shizuoka 716,328 The Netherlands The Netherlands is the 30th most densely populated country in the world, with 404.6 inhabitants per square kilometre ( 1,048 / sq mi ) -- or 497 inhabitants per square kilometre ( 1,287 / sq mi ) if only the land area is counted. The Randstad is the country 's largest conurbation located in the west of the country and contains the four largest cities : Amsterdam in the province North Holland, Rotterdam and The Hague in the province South Holland, and Utrecht in the province Utrecht. The Randstad has a population of 7 million inhabitants and is the 6th largest metropolitan area in Europe. Largest cities or towns in Netherlands Statistics Netherlands Rank Province Pop. Rank Province Pop. Amsterdam Rotterdam Amsterdam North Holland 848.861 11 Apeldoorn Gelderland 160.059 The Hague Utrecht Rotterdam South Holland 638.221 12 Haarlem North Holland 159.234 The Hague South Holland 524.305 13 Enschede Overijssel 158.142 Utrecht Utrecht 343.086 14 Arnhem Gelderland 155.721 5 Eindhoven North Brabant 226.879 15 Amersfoort Utrecht 154.338 6 Tilburg North Brabant 213.840 16 Zaanstad North Holland 153.750 7 Groningen Groningen 201.535 17 ' s - Hertogenbosch North Brabant 152.472 8 Almere Flevoland 200.954 18 Haarlemmermeer North Holland 145.989 9 Breda North Brabant 182.777 19 Zwolle Overijssel 125.525 10 Nijmegen Gelderland 173.592 20 Zoetermeer South Holland 124.745 New Zealand Main article : Urban areas of New Zealand Statistics New Zealand defines urban areas in New Zealand, which are independent of any administrative subdivisions and have no legal basis. There are three classes of urban area : main urban areas are the 17 urban areas which have a population of 30,000 or more ; secondary urban areas are the 14 urban areas which have a population of 10,000 or more but less than 30,000, and minor urban areas are the 103 urban areas which have a population of 1,000 or more but less than 10,000. Urban areas are reclassified after each New Zealand census, so population changes between censuses does not change an urban area 's classification. For example, Rolleston ( pop. 13,100 ) is still classified as a minor urban area because its population was under 10,000 at the 2013 Census. Largest urban areas in New Zealand Statistics New Zealand June 2016 estimate Rank Name Region Pop. Rank Name Region Pop. Auckland Wellington Auckland Auckland 1,495,000 11 New Plymouth Taranaki 56,800 Christchurch Hamilton Wellington Wellington 405,000 12 Whangarei Northland 56,400 Christchurch Canterbury 389,700 13 Invercargill Southland 50,700 Hamilton Waikato 230,000 14 Kapiti Wellington 41,800 5 Tauranga Bay of Plenty 134,400 15 Whanganui Manawatu - Wanganui 39,600 6 Napier - Hastings Hawke 's Bay 131,000 16 Gisborne Gisborne 36,100 7 Dunedin Otago 118,500 17 Blenheim Marlborough 30,700 8 Palmerston North Manawatu - Wanganui 84,300 18 Pukekohe Auckland 29,800 9 Nelson Nelson 65,700 19 Timaru Canterbury 28,800 10 Rotorua Bay of Plenty 57,800 20 Taupo Waikato 24,100 Norway Statistics Norway defines urban areas ( `` tettsteder '' ) similarly to the other Nordic countries. Unlike in Denmark and Sweden, the distance between each building has to be of less than 50 m, although exceptions are made due to parks, industrial areas, rivers, and similar. Groups of houses less than 400 m from the main body of an urban area are included in the urban area. Philippines With an estimated population of 16.3 million, Metro Manila is the most populous metropolitan area in the Philippines and the 11th in the world. However, the greater urban area is the 5th largest in the world with a population of 20,654,307 people ( 2010 estimate ). Including Metro Manila, the Philippines has twelve metropolitan areas as defined by the National Economic and Development Authority ( NEDA ). Metro Angeles, Metro Bacolod, Metro Baguio, Metro Batangas, Metro Cagayan de Oro, Metro Cebu, Metro Dagupan, Metro Davao, Metro Iloilo - Guimaras, Metro Naga, Metro Olongapo. As per Republic Act No. 9009, in order to become a city, a local government unit must : locally generated income of at least ₱ 100 million ( based on constant prices in the year 2000 ) for the last two consecutive years, as certified by the Department of Finance, AND a population of 150,000 or more, as certified by the National Statistics Office ( NSO ) ; OR a contiguous territory of 100 square kilometers, as certified by the Land Management Bureau, with contiguity not being a requisite for areas that are on two or more islands. Poland In Poland, official `` urban '' population figures simply refer to those localities which have the status of towns ( miasta ). The `` rural '' population is that of all areas outside the boundaries of these towns. This distinction may give a misleading impression in some cases, since some localities with only village status may have acquired larger and denser populations than many smaller towns. Largest cities or towns in Poland Central Statistical Office population report for 2016 Rank Name Voivodeship Pop. Rank Name Voivodeship Pop. Warsaw Kraków Warsaw Masovian 1,748,916 11 Białystok Podlaskie 296,310 Łódź Wrocław Kraków Lesser Poland 762,448 12 Gdynia Pomeranian 247,329 Łódź Łódź 698,688 13 Częstochowa Silesian 227,270 Wrocław Lower Silesian 637,075 14 Radom Masovian 215,653 5 Poznań Greater Poland 541,561 15 Sosnowiec Silesian 206,516 6 Gdańsk Pomeranian 462,996 16 Toruń Kuyavian - Pomeranian 202,591 7 Szczecin West Pomeranian 405,413 17 Kielce Świętokrzyskie 197,724 8 Bydgoszcz Kuyavian - Pomeranian 354,990 18 Rzeszów Subcarpathian 187,027 9 Lublin Lublin 340,745 19 Gliwice Silesian 182,969 10 Katowice Silesian 299,012 20 Zabrze Silesian 175,882 Russia This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2016 ) In Russia, only the population residing in cities / towns and urban - type settlements is considered to be `` urban ''. The city / town / urban - settlement designation usually means that the majority of the population is employed in areas other than agriculture, but the exact definitions vary from one federal subject to another. Singapore Singapore is an island city - state in Southeast Asia. About 5.2 million people live and work within 700 square kilometres ( 270 sq mi ), making Singapore the 3rd-most - densely populated country in the world, after Monaco, another city - state. The Central Area in the south - eastern part of the island, is the country 's city centre. It is surrounded by suburban settlements outside of its limits. These settlements are connected to the Central Area and each other by a dense network of roads, expressways and metro railway lines dubbed MRT by locals. Singapore has a highly centralised, unitary government with a unicameral legislature ( the City Council and the Rural Board were abolished in the 1960s ). While there are town councils and mayors in Singapore, these are essentially property managers in charge of the maintenance of public housing within their constituency boundaries. They do not represent local authorities with any legislative or executive autonomy from the national government. Largest planning areas in Singapore Singapore Department of Statistics population report for 2015 Rank Name Region Pop. Rank Name Region Pop. Bedok Jurong West Bedok East 289,750 11 Pasir Ris East 139,890 Tampines Woodlands Jurong West West 272,660 12 Bukit Batok West 139,270 Tampines East 261,230 13 Bukit Panjang West 139,030 Woodlands North 250,290 14 Toa Payoh Central 124,940 5 Hougang North - East 222,310 15 Serangoon North - East 120,670 6 Sengkang North - East 206,680 16 Geylang Central 116,960 7 Yishun North 201,970 17 Punggol North - East 109,750 8 Ang Mo Kio North - East 174,770 18 Kallang Central 101,210 9 Choa Chu Kang West 174,330 19 Queenstown Central 98,050 10 Bukit Merah Central 155,840 20 Clementi West 91,630 South Africa Largest cities or towns in South Africa 2011 Census Rank Name Province Pop. City of Johannesburg Gauteng 4,434,827 City of Cape Town Western Cape 3,740,026 EThekwini Metropolitan Municipality KwaZulu - Natal 3,442,361 Ekurhuleni Gauteng 3,178,470 5 City of Tshwane Gauteng 2,921,488 6 Nelson Mandela Bay Eastern Cape 1,152,115 7 Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality Eastern Cape 755,200 8 Mangaung Free State 747,431 9 Emfuleni Gauteng 721,663 10 Polokwane Local Municipality Limpopo 628,999 South Korea The largest cities of South Korea have an autonomous status equivalent to that of provinces. Seoul, the largest city and capital, is classified as a teukbyeolsi ( Special City ), while the next 6 largest cities ( see the list below ) are classified as gwangyeoksi ( Metropolitan Cities ; see Special cities of South Korea ). Smaller cities are classified as si ( `` cities '' ) and are under provincial jurisdiction, at the same level as counties ( see : Administrative divisions of South Korea ). Largest cities or towns in South Korea 2015 Population and Housing Census Rank Name Province Pop. Rank Name Province Pop. Seoul Busan Seoul Seoul 9,904,312 11 Yongin Gyeonggi 971,327 Incheon Daegu Busan Busan 3,448,737 12 Seongnam Gyeonggi 948,757 Incheon Incheon 2,890,451 13 Bucheon Gyeonggi 843,794 Daegu Daegu 2,446,052 14 Cheongju North Chungcheong 833,276 5 Daejeon Daejeon 1,538,394 15 Ansan Gyeonggi 747,035 6 Gwangju Gwangju 1,502,881 16 Jeonju North Jeolla 658,172 7 Suwon Gyeonggi 1,194,313 17 Cheonan South Chungcheong 629,062 8 Ulsan Ulsan 1,166,615 18 Namyangju Gyeonggi 629,061 9 Changwon South Gyeongsang 1,059,241 19 Hwaseong Gyeonggi 608,725 10 Goyang Gyeonggi 990,073 20 Anyang Gyeonggi 585,177 Sweden Urban areas in Sweden ( tätorter ) are statistically defined localities, totally independent of the administrative subdivision of the country. There are 1,956 such localities in Sweden, with a population ranging from 200 to 1,372,000 inhabitants. Taiwan Main article : List of cities in Taiwan The figures below are the 2011 estimates for the twenty largest urban populations within administrative city limits ; a different ranking exists when considering the total metropolitan area populations ( in such rankings the Taipei - Keelung metro area is by far the largest agglomeration ). Largest cities or towns in Taiwan source Rank Name Division Pop. New Taipei Taichung New Taipei New Taipei City 3,979,208 Kaohsiung Taipei Taichung Taichung City 2,778,182 Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City 2,777,873 Taipei Taipei City 2,687,629 5 Taoyuan Taoyuan City 2,171,127 6 Tainan Tainan City 1,886,267 7 Hsinchu Hsinchu City 439,435 8 Keelung Keelung City 371,853 9 Chiayi Chiayi City 269,608 10 Changhua Changhua County 234,053 United Kingdom Main article : List of urban areas in the United Kingdom Apartment buildings in Kensington Gore, London The United Kingdom 's Office for National Statistics has produced census results from urban areas since 1951, since 1981 based upon the extent of irreversible urban development indicated on Ordnance Survey maps. The definition is an extent of at least 20 ha and at least 1,500 census residents. Separate areas are linked if less than 200 m ( 220 yd ) apart. Included are transportation features. The UK has five Urban Areas with a population over a million and a further sixty nine with a population over one hundred thousand. United States Main article : United States urban area In the United States, there are two categories of urban area. The term urbanized area denotes an urban area of 50,000 or more people. Urban areas under 50,000 people are called urban clusters. Urbanized areas were first delineated in the United States in the 1950 census, while urban clusters were added in the 2000 census. There are 1,371 urban areas and urban clusters with more than 10,000 people. The U.S. Census Bureau defines an urban area as : `` Core census block groups or blocks that have a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile ( 386 per square kilometer ) and surrounding census blocks that have an overall density of at least 500 people per square mile ( 193 per square kilometer ). '' The largest urban area in the United States is the New York metropolitan area. The population of New York City, the core of the metropolitan area, exceeds 8.5 million people, its metropolitan statistical area has a population that is over 20 million, and its combined statistical area population is over 23 million. The next six largest urban areas in the U.S. are Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Houston. About 82 percent of the population of the United States lives within the boundaries of an urbanized area as of December, 2010. Combined, these areas occupy about 2 percent of the United States. Many Americans live in agglomerations of cities, suburbs, and towns that are adjacent to a metropolitan area 's largest city. The skyscrapers of New York City, the most populous city in the United States and the most populous U.S. metropolitan area, are almost all situated in Manhattan, seen here in this panorama viewed from Weehawken, New Jersey, in January 2015. Prominent tall buildings include One57 and 432 Park Avenue, left of center ; the Empire State Building, right of center ; and on the far right of the picture, One World Trade Center. Near the last mentioned, Four World Trade Center, 70 Pine Street, the Woolworth Building, and 40 Wall Street can be seen. At the center of the skyline picture, the Chrysler Building, The New York Times Building, and the Conde Nast Building can be picked out of the crowd by their spires. The concept of Urbanized Areas as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau is often used as a more accurate gauge of the size of a city, since in different cities and states the lines between city borders and the urbanized area of that city are often not the same. For example, the city of Greenville, South Carolina has a city population just over 64,000 and an urbanized area population of over 400,000, while Greensboro, North Carolina has a city population just over 285,000 and an urbanized area population of around 310,000 -- meaning that Greenville is actually `` larger '' for some intents and purposes, but not for others, such as taxation, local elections, etc. In the U.S. Department of Agriculture 's natural resources inventory, urban areas are officially known as developed areas or urban and built - up areas. Such areas include cities, ethnic villages, other built - up areas of more than 10 ac ( 4 ha ), industrial sites, railroad yards, cemeteries, airports, golf courses, shooting ranges, institutional and public administration sites, and similar areas. The 1997 national resources inventory placed over 98,000,000 ac ( 40,000,000 ha ) in this category, an increase of 25,000,000 ac ( 10,000,000 ha ) since 1982. Vietnam Main article : List of cities in Vietnam In Vietnam, there are 6 types of urban areas : Special urban area ( 2 municipalities ) : Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City Type I urban area ( 12 provincial cities and 3 municipalities ) : Thanh Hóa, Hạ Long, Việt Trì, Thái Nguyên, Nam Định, Vũng Tàu, Buôn Ma Thuột, Đà Lạt, Quy Nhơn, Nha Trang, Huế, Vinh, Cần Thơ, Đà Nẵng and Hải Phòng Type II urban area ( 21 provincial cities and 1 district ) : Đồng Hới, Uông Bí, Bắc Giang, Bắc Ninh, Ninh Bình, Bạc Liêu, Bà Rịa, Thái Bình, Rạch Giá, Cà Mau, Long Xuyên, Mỹ Tho, Phan Rang - Tháp Chàm, Tuy Hòa, Phan Thiết, Pleiku, Thủ Dầu Một, Biên Hòa, Hải Dương, Vĩnh Yên, Lào Cai and Phú Quốc Type III urban area ( 31 provincial cities and 12 towns ) Type IV urban area ( 35 towns and 35 townships ) Type V urban area ( 586 townships and 54 communes ) Largest cities or towns in Vietnam 2015 estimate Rank Name Province Pop. Hồ Chí Minh City Hà Nội Hồ Chí Minh City Municipalities of Vietnam 8,244,400 Hải Phòng Cần Thơ Hà Nội Municipalities of Vietnam 7,379,300 Hải Phòng Municipalities of Vietnam 1,946,000 Cần Thơ Municipalities of Vietnam 1,238,300 5 Biên Hòa Đồng Nai 1,104,495 6 Đà Nẵng Municipalities of Vietnam 1,007,700 7 Nha Trang Khánh Hòa 393,218 8 Buôn Ma Thuột Đắk Lắk 350,000 9 Huế Thừa Thiên - Huế 337,554 10 Vinh Nghệ An 330,000 See also Developed environments Central business district Exurban Ghetto Global city Urban agglomeration Architecture Rapid transit Urban biosphere reserve Urban climatology Urban culture Urban decay Urban heat island Urban renewal Lists List of metro systems List of urban areas by population Largest urban areas of the European Union List of cities in the People 's Republic of China by urban population List of United States urban areas List of conurbations in the United Kingdom List of urban areas in Norway by population List of urban areas in the Nordic countries List of the 100 largest urban areas in Canada by population List of urban areas in Denmark by population List of New Zealand urban areas References ^ Jump up to : `` City population to reach 6.4 bn by 2050 ''. 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Geopolis : research group, University of Paris - Diderot, France for world urban areas Gridded Population of the World -- contains links to urban area definitions and maps for over 230 countries / territories City Mayors -- The World 's Largest Urban Areas in 2006 City Mayors -- The World 's Largest Urban Areas Projected for 2020 PopulationData - World 's largest urban areas 1,000,000 + population Designations for types of administrative territorial entities English terms Common English terms Area Insular area Local government area Protected area Special area Statistical area Combined statistical area Metropolitan statistical area Micropolitan statistical area Urban area Canton Half - canton Borough County borough Metropolitan borough Capital Federal capital Imperial capital City City state Autonomous city Charter city Independent city Incorporated city Imperial city Free imperial city Royal free city Community Autonomous community Residential community County Administrative county Autonomous county Consolidated city - county Metropolitan county Non-metropolitan Viscountcy Country Overseas country Department Overseas department District Capital district City district Congressional district Electoral district Federal district Indian government district Land district Metropolitan district Non-metropolitan district Military district Municipal district Police district Regional district Rural district Sanitary district Subdistrict Urban district Special district Division Census division Police division Subdivision Municipality County municipality Norway Nova Scotia Regional county municipality Direct - controlled municipality District municipality Mountain resort municipality Neutral municipality Regional municipality Resort municipality Rural municipality Specialized municipality Prefecture Autonomous prefecture Subprefecture Super-prefecture Praetorian prefecture Province Autonomous province Overseas province Roman province Region Administrative region Autonomous region Capital region Development region Economic region Mesoregion Microregion Overseas region Planning region Special administrative region Statistical region Subregion Reserve Biosphere reserve Ecological reserve Game reserve Indian reserve Nature reserve State Federal state Free state Sovereign state Territory Capital territory Federal capital territory Dependent territory Federal territory Military territory Organized incorporated territory Overseas territory Union territory Unorganized territory Town Census town Market town Township Charter township Civil township Paper township Survey township Urban township Unit Autonomous territorial unit Local administrative unit Municipal unit Regional unit Zone Economic zone Exclusive economic zone Free economic zone Special economic zone Free - trade zone Neutral zone Self - administered zone Other English terms Current Alpine resort Bailiwick Banner Autonomous Block Cadastre Circle Circuit Colony Commune Condominium Constituency Duchy Eldership Emirate Federal dependency Governorate Hamlet Ilkhanate Indian reservation Manor Royal Muftiate Neighbourhood Parish Periphery Precinct Principality Protectorate Quarter Regency Autonomous republic Riding Sector Autonomous Shire Sultanate Suzerainty Townland Village Administrative Summer Ward Historical Agency Barony Burgh Exarchate Hide Hundred Imperial Circle March Monthon Presidency Residency Roman diocese Seat Tenth Tithing Non-English or loanwords Current Amt Bakhsh Barangay Bezirk Regierungsbezirk Comune Frazione Fu Gemeinde Județ Kunta / kommun Finland Sweden Län Località Megye Muban Oblast Autonomous Okrug Ostān Poblacion Purok Shahrestān Sum Sýsla Tehsil Vingtaine Historical Commote Gau Heerlijkheid Köping Maalaiskunta Nome Egypt Greece Pagus Pargana Plasă Satrapy Socken Subah Syssel Zhou Arabic terms for country subdivisions First - level Muhafazah ( محافظة governorate ) Wilayah ( ولاية province ) Mintaqah ( منطقة region ) Mudiriyah ( مديرية directorate ) Imarah ( إمارة emirate ) Baladiyah ( بلدية municipality ) Shabiyah ( شعبية `` popularate '' ) Second / third - level Mintaqah ( منطقة region ) Qadaa ( قضاء district ) Nahiyah ( ناحية subdistrict ) Markaz ( مركز district ) Mutamadiyah ( معتمدية `` delegation '' ) Daerah / Daïra ( دائرة circle ) Liwa ( لواء banner / sanjak ) City / township - level Amanah ( أمانة municipality ) Baladiyah ( بلدية municipality ) Ḥai ( حي neighborhood / quarter ) Mahallah ( محلة ) Qarya ( قرية ) Sheyakhah ( شياخة `` neighborhood subdivision '' ) English translations given are those most commonly used. French terms for country subdivisions arrondissement département préfecture subprefectures Greek terms for country subdivisions Modern apokentromenes dioikiseis / geniki dioikisis / diamerisma / periphereia nomos / periphereiaki enotita demos / eparchia / koinotita Historical archontia / archontaton bandon demos despotaton dioikesis doukaton droungos eparchia exarchaton katepanikion kephalatikion kleisoura meris naukrareia satrapeia strategis thema toparchia tourma signifies a defunct institution Portuguese terms for country subdivisions Regional subdivisions Estado Distrito federal Província Região Distrito Comarca Capitania Local subdivisions Município Concelho Freguesia Comuna Circunscrição Setlements Cidade Vila Aldeia Bairro Lugar Historical subdivisions in italics. Slavic terms for country subdivisions Current dzielnica gmina krai kraj krajina / pokrajina městys obec oblast / oblast ' / oblasti / oblys / obwód / voblast ' okręg okres okrug opština / općina / občina / obshtina osiedle powiat / povit raion selsoviet / silrada sołectwo voivodeship / vojvodina županija Historical darugha gromada guberniya / gubernia jurydyka khutor obshchina okolia opole pogost prowincja sorok srez starostwo / starostva uyezd volost ziemia župa Spanish terms for country subdivisions National, Federal Comunidad autónoma Departamento Distrito federal Estado Provincia Región Regional, Metropolitan Cantón Comarca Comuna Corregimiento Delegación Distrito Mancomunidad Merindad Municipalidad Municipio Parroquia Ecuador Spain Urban, Rural Aldea Alquería Anteiglesia Asentamiento Asentamiento informal Pueblos jóvenes Barrio Campamento Caserío Ciudad Ciudad autónoma Colonia Lugar Masía Pedanía Población Ranchería Sitio Vereda Villa Village ( Pueblito / Pueblo ) Historical subdivisions in italics. Turkish terms for country subdivisions Modern il ( province ) ilçe ( district ) şehir ( city ) kasaba ( town ) belediye ( municipality ) belde ( community ) köy ( village ) mahalle ( neighbourhood / quarter ) Historical ağalık ( feudal district ) bucak ( subdistrict ) beylerbeylik ( province ) kadılık ( subprovince ) kaza ( sub-province ) hidivlik ( viceroyalty ) mutasarrıflık ( subprovince ) nahiye ( nahiyah ) paşalık ( province ) reya ( Romanian principalities ) sancak ( prefecture ) vilayet ( province ) voyvodalık ( Romanian provinces ) Used by ten or more countries or having derived terms. Historical derivations in italics. 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Question: what is the definition of an urban area
Answer: a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment