List of largest suburbs by population

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[edit] Largest suburbs worldwide

The following is a table of the largest incorporated suburbs worldwide, with over 800 thousand people. Only census data is listed. (Except cities that require exact records of birth/death/move registration such in Japan, and Brazil which estimates all its cities annually)

Rank	City	Population	Metropolitan Area	Nation	source
1	Bekasi	1,931,976	Greater Jakarta, Jabotabek	Indonesia	Indonesia Census 2000
2	Ecatepec de Morelos	1,688,258	Greater Mexico City	Mexico	Mexico Census 2005 CONAPO
3	Tangerang	1,488,666	Greater Jakarta, Jabotabek	Indonesia	Indonesia Census 2000
4	Depok	1,353,249	Greater Jakarta, Jabotabek	Indonesia	Indonesia Census 2000
5	Kawasaki	1,342,232	Greater Tokyo Area	Japan	Japan Oct 2006
6	Guarulhos	1,283,253	Greater São Paulo	Brazil	Brazil IBGE Estimate 2006 [1]
7	Thana	1,261,517	Greater Mumbai	India	India Census 2001
8	Kalyan	1,193,266	Greater Mumbai	India	India Census 2001
9	Saitama	1,182,000	Greater Tokyo	Japan	Japan Census 2005
10	Caloocan	1,177,604	Metro Manila	Philippines	Philippine Census 2000
11	Zapopan	1,155,790	Greater Guadalajara	Mexico	Mexico Census 2005 CONAPO
12	Nezahualcóyotl	1,140,528	Mexico City	Mexico	Mexico Census 2005 CONAPO
13	Faridabad	1,055,938	Greater Delhi	India	India Census 2001
14	Suwon	1,033,829	Greater Seoul	S. Korea	S. Korea NSO Estimate [2]
15	Haora	1,008,704	Greater Kolkata	India	India Census 2001
16	Pimpri	1,006,417	Greater Pune	India	India Census 2001
17	Seongnam	977,166	Greater Seoul	S. Korea	S. Korea NSO Estimate [3]
18	São Gonçalo	973,372	Greater Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Brazil IBGE Estimate 2006 [4]
19	Ghaziabad	968,521	Greater Delhi	India	India Census 2001
20	Chiba	930,388	Greater Tokyo	Japan	Japan Oct 2006
21	Goyang	886,000	Greater Seoul	S. Korea	S. Korea NSO Estimate [5]
22	Shubra al Khaymah	870,716	Greater Cairo	Egypt	Egypt Census 1996
23	Bucheon	866,000	Greater Seoul	S. Korea	S. Korea NSO Estimate [6]
24	Duque de Caxias	855,010	Greater Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Brazil IBGE Estimate 2006 [7]
25	Nova Iguaçu	844,583	Greater Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Brazil IBGE Estimate 2006 [8]
26	Sakai	832,287	Greater Osaka	Japan	Japan Oct 2006
27	Naucalpan de Juárez	821,442	Greater Mexico City	Mexico	Mexico Census 2005 CONAPO
28	São Bernardo do Campo	803,906	Greater São Paulo	Brazil	Brazil IBGE Estimate 2006 [9]

[edit] References

Indonesia and India census populations are from citypopulation.de

Census data is self-evident as it is published extensively, census dates for all nations are available here and national statistical agencies here.