# List of megalopolises

This is a list of megalopolises grouped by geographical region and country.

## Africa

* Nile Delta and Nile River at night from space
* Pretoria, South Africa
* Nairobi, Kenya
* Lagos, Nigeria
| Country | Megalopolis | Major cities and areas | Population estimate |
| Egypt | Greater Cairo | The Governorates of Cairo, Giza and Qalyubiyya | 22,183,000 |
| Egypt | Nile Delta | Governorates of Alexandria, Beheira, Kafr el-Sheikh, Gharbia, Monufia, Qalyubiyya, Dakahlia, Damietta, Al Sharqia, and Port Said | 50,322,424 |
| Kenya | Nairobi Metropolitan Region | The counties of Kajiado, Kiambu, Nairobi, Machakos and Murang'a | 10,411,220 |
| Morocco | El Jadida-Casablanca-Rabat-Salé-Kenitra | El Jadida-Casablanca-Rabat-Salé-Kenitra | 11,000,000 |
| South Africa | Gauteng Province | The cities of Pretoria, Witwatersrand and Vereeniging includes the urbanised portion of Pretoria, Centurion, Midrand, Johannesburg and the Vaal Triangle | 15,810,400 |
| Benin | Abidjan–Lagos Corridor | Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Porto-Novo | 42,436,069 |
| Ghana | Abidjan–Lagos Corridor | Accra, Cape Coast, Sekondi-Takoradi | 42,436,069 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Abidjan–Lagos Corridor | Abidjan | 42,436,069 |
| Nigeria | Abidjan–Lagos Corridor | Lagos | 42,436,069 |
| Togo | Abidjan–Lagos Corridor | Lomé | 42,436,069 |

## Asia
### East Asia

* Beijing, China
* Hong Kong
* Seoul, South Korea
* Shanghai, China
* Taipei, Taiwan
* Tokyo, Japan
* Yangtze Delta
* The Jing-Jin-Ji Metropolitan Region is the central part of the Bohai Economic Rim
* Taiheiyō Belt
* Satellite view of western Taiwan.
| Country | Megalopolis | Major cities and areas | Population estimate |
| China | Further information: Megalopolises in China | | |
| Japan | Greater Tokyo Area | Kantō region, broadly including Tokyo and Yokohama | 38,000,000 |
| Japan | Keihanshin | Kansai region, includes Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe | 19,000,000 |
| Japan | Taiheiyō Belt (includes both the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihanshin megapoles) | Ibaraki, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, and Ōita | 81,000,000 |
| South Korea | Greater Busan Area | Busan, Ulsan, Changwon, Gimhae, Yangsan, Jinju | 13,000,000 |
| South Korea | Seoul National Capital Area | Seoul, Incheon, Suwon, Goyang, Yongin, Seongnam, and the rest of Gyeonggi Province | 26,000,000 |
| Taiwan | West Coast of Taiwan | Taipei, New Taipei City, Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Changhua, Chiayi, Tainan, and Kaohsiung | 18,000,000 |

### Southeast Asia

* Jakarta, Indonesia
* Surabaya, Indonesia
* Mega Manila
* Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
* Bangkok, Thailand
* Jakarta in 2011, from the ISS
* Surabaya in 2014, from the ISS
* Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
* Singapore
| Country | Megalopolis | Major cities and areas | Population estimate |
| Indonesia | Jakarta metropolitan area (Jabodetabekpunjur) | Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi | 54,900,000 |
| Indonesia | Surabaya metropolitan area (Gerbangkertosusila) | Gresik, Bangkalan, Mojokerto, Surabaya, Sidoarjo and Lamongan | 19,700,000 |
| Philippines | Mega Manila | Regions Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Mimaropa excluding Palawan, and regional centers San Fernando-Manila-Calamba-Calapan | 41,100,000 |
| Thailand | Bay of Bangkok Economic Rim | Bangkok–Ayutthaya–Pattaya | 20,800,000 |
| Vietnam | Red River Delta | Hanoi, Hai Phong, Nam Định, and Hải Dương | 21,000,000 |
| Vietnam | Southeast Economic Zone | Đồng Nai, Bình Dương, Ho Chi Minh City, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, Long An, Tiền Giang | 22,900,000 |
Note: The Indonesian megalopolis names come from acronyms of the included cities.

### South Asia

| Country | Megalopolis | Major cities and areas | Population estimate |
| India | Chennai Megalopolis | Districts of Chennai, Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Ranipet | 12,400,000 |
| India | Delhi-NCR Megalopolis | Cities of Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Meerut and Noida | 46,000,000 |
| India | Mumbai Megalopolis | Cities of Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Kalyan-Dombivali, Vasai-Virar, Panvel | 27,100,000 |
| Pakistan | Lahore Megalopolis | Cities of Lahore, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura, Raiwind, Kamoke, Muridke | 17,700,000 |

### Southwest Asia

| Country | Megalopolis | Major cities and areas | Population estimate |
| Iran | Greater Tehran | Tehran and Alborz provinces expanding into Mazandaran, Qazvin, and Qom | 15,000,000 |
| Turkey | Greater Istanbul | Cities of Istanbul and Bursa; Gebze, Yalova, Kocaeli, and Adapazarı | 22,376,297 |

## Europe

Ordered by population estimate rather than alphabetical by country due to the number of countries included in each megalopolis. These are not generally accepted names or groupings, and the cities listed are in many cases not contiguous.
| Megalopolis | Major cities and areas | Population estimate |
| Blue Banana | United Kingdom: Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Leicester, Nottingham, Birmingham, London  Netherlands: Randstad (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht), Eindhoven  Belgium: Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège  Germany: Rhine-Ruhr, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Nuremberg  Luxembourg: Luxembourg  France: Strasbourg, Lille, Paris  Switzerland: Zürich, Basel  Italy: Turin, Milan, Venice | 110,000,000–130,000,000 |
| Golden Banana | Italy: Turin, Genoa  France: Nice, Toulon, Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, Nîmes, Montpellier, Narbonne, Perpignan  Monaco: Monaco  Andorra: Andorra  Spain: Girona, Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Terrassa, Sabadell, Badalona, Tarragona, Castellón de la Plana, Valencia, Alicante | 40,000,000–45,000,000 |
| Orange Banana | Ukraine: Odesa  Romania: Constanţa  Bulgaria: Varna, Burgas  Turkey: Istanbul | 30,000,000 |
| Green Banana | Poland: Gdańsk, Warsaw, Łódź, Kraków, Katowice, Wrocław  Czech Republic: Brno, Ostrava, Prague  Slovakia: Bratislava  Austria: Vienna  Hungary: Budapest, Pécs, Győr, Székesfehérvár, Szombathely  Croatia: Zagreb, Rijeka  Slovenia: Ljubljana  Italy: Trieste | 40,000,000–45,000,000 |
| STRING | Norway: Oslo (county Viken)  Sweden: Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Malmö (counties Västra Götaland, Halland, Skåne)  Denmark: Copenhagen (Capital Region of Denmark, Region of Southern Denmark)  Germany: Hamburg, Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein state) | 14,000,000 |
| Atlantic Axis | Spain: Vigo, Ourense, Pontevedra, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña  Portugal: Setúbal, Lisbon, Santarém, Leiria, Coimbra, Viseu, Aveiro, Porto, Braga, Viana do Castelo | 12,000,000 |
| Gulf of Finland | Finland: Kotka, Kouvola, Espoo, Helsinki, Vantaa, Lappeenranta, Lahti  Russia: Gatchina, Saint Petersburg, Vyborg, Sosnovy Bor  Estonia: Tallinn, Narva, Tartu | 9,000,000 |

## North America

* Quebec City in Quebec City–Windsor Corridor
* Mexico City megalopolis
| Country | Megalopolis | Major cities and areas | Population estimate |
| Canada | Quebec City–Windsor Corridor | Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Markham, Mississauga, Montreal, Oshawa, Ottawa, Peterborough, Quebec City, Richmond Hill, Toronto, Trois-Rivières, Vaughan, Waterloo, Windsor | 18,400,000 |
| Canada  United States | Cascadia | Canada: Abbotsford, Surrey, Vancouver (BC), Victoria United States: Bellevue, Eugene, Everett, Portland (OR), Salem, Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Tri-Cities, Vancouver (WA) | 8,400,000 |
| Canada  United States | Great Lakes | Canada: Brampton, Cambridge, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Mississauga, Montreal, Niagara Falls, Oshawa, Ottawa, Quebec City, Richmond Hill, Toronto, Vaughan, Waterloo, Windsor United States: Akron, Ann Arbor, Buffalo, Canton, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Des Moines, Detroit, Duluth, Erie, Flint, Fort Wayne, Green Bay, Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Kalamazoo, Kansas City, Lansing, Louisville, Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Omaha, Pittsburgh, Quad Cities, Rochester (NY), Rochester (MN), Rockford, Traverse City, Saginaw, St. Louis, Saint Paul, Sandusky, South Bend, Toledo, Youngstown | 59,100,000 |
| Mexico | Bajío | Guadalajara, León, Querétaro, Aguascalientes, Celaya, Irapuato, San Juan del Río, Salamanca | 11,000,000 |
| Mexico | Mexico City megalopolis | Mexico City, Puebla, Cuernavaca, Toluca, Pachuca, Tula, Tlaxcala, Cuautla, Tulancingo | 30,800,000 |
| United States | North East Corridor | Albany, Arlington, Baltimore, Boston, Brookhaven, Hartford, Hempstead, Jersey City, Newark, New Haven, New York City, Philadelphia, Providence, Springfield, Washington D.C. | 50,000,000 |
| Mexico  United States | Southern California | Mexico: Tijuana United States: Anaheim, Bakersfield, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oceanside, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 24,400,000 |
| United States | Further information: Megaregions of the United States | | |

## South America

* Satellite image of Greater Buenos Aires at night
* Parque Lezama, Buenos Aires
* Ponte Estaiada, São Paulo
* Expanded Metropolitan Complex of São Paulo, Brazil
* Bogotá Skyline
* Cartagena de Indias
* Santiago, Chile
* Lima, Perú
* Maracaibo Lake Narrows, the city of Maracaibo connected by bridge to the Eastern Coast cities.
* Caracas, Venezuela
| Country | Megalopolis | Major cities and areas | Population estimate |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires-La Plata | Greater Buenos Aires, Greater La Plata, Zárate, Luján, Campana, | 16,710,000 |
| Argentina Uruguay | Río de la Plata-Paraná Megaregion | Greater Buenos Aires, Montevideo metropolitan area, Rosario metropolitan area, Greater La Plata, Santa Fé, Paraná, Punta del Este, Maldonado, Colonia del Sacramento, Zárate, Luján, Campana, San Nicolás de los Arroyos and San Pedro | 22,016,634 |
| Brazil | Eixo Goiânia-Anápolis-Brasília | Greater Goiânia and Federal District (Brazil) | 8,000,000 |
| Brazil | Greater Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte and Contagem | 5,800,000 |
| Brazil | Greater Curitiba | Curitiba and São José dos Pinhais | 3,500,000 |
| Brazil | Greater Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre and Canoas | 4,200,000 |
| Brazil | Greater Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro, Baixada Fluminense, and Niterói-São Gonçalo | 13,000,000 |
| Brazil | Recife metropolitan area | Recife and Jaboatão dos Guararapes | 3,900,000 |
| Brazil | Rio de Janeiro–São Paulo Megalopolis | São Paulo Macrometropolis and Greater Rio de Janeiro | 51,500,000 |
| Brazil | São Paulo Macrometropolis | São Paulo, Campinas, São José dos Campos, Sorocaba, Jundiaí, Piracicaba, Santos | 34,500,000 |
| Brazil | Salvador metropolitan area | Salvador and Camaçari | 3,900,000 |
| Colombia | Bogota National Capital Metropolis | Bogotá, Soacha, Facatativá, Chía, Tunja, Fusagasugá, Zipaquirá, Madrid, Funza, Cajicá, Ubaté, Sibaté, Guaduas, Villa de Leyva and Tocancipá | 17,000,000 |
| Colombia | Golden Triangle | Bogotá, Soacha, Medellín, Cali, Cartago, Tuluá, Buga, Bello, Manizales, Armenia, Pereira, Dosquebradas, Ibagué, Girardot, El Espinal and Fusagasugá | 29,500,000 |
| Colombia | Northeast Atlantic Region | Barranquilla, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Ciénaga, Malambo, Baranoa and Turbaco | 6,000,000 |
| Colombia | Pacific Belt | Medellín, Cali, Bello, Pereira, Manizales, Armenia, Itagüí, Yumbo, Tuluá, Cartago, Buga and Palmira | 9,000,000 |
| Colombia | Santander Belt | Bucaramanga, Floridablanca, Girón, Piedecuesta, Cúcuta, Ocaña, Villa del Rosario and Pamplona | 3,000,000 |
| Chile | Santiago-Valparaíso | Santiago, Valparaíso-Viña del Mar and Rancagua | 8,000,000 |
| Peru | Lima-Callao Megalopolis | Lima and Callao | 12,523,796 |
| Venezuela | Caracas-Valencia | Caracas, Valencia, and Maracay | 9,000,000 |
| Venezuela | Maracaibo Lake Narrows | Maracaibo, Cabimas and Ciudad Ojeda | 3,500,000 |