List of metropolitan areas by population
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One concept which measures the world's largest cities is that of the metropolitan area, which is based on the concept of a labor market area and is typically defined as an employment core (an area with a high density of available jobs) and the surrounding areas that have strong commuting ties to the core. There is currently no generally accepted, globally consistent definition of exactly what constitutes a metropolitan area, thus making comparisons between cities in different countries especially difficult. However, for consistency and accuracy, the sources on this article include figures from official governments only.
List
| Metropolitan | Country | Official population | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo |  Japan |
36,923,000[1] | 2010 |
| Seoul |  South Korea |
25,401,702[2] | 2015 |
| Shanghai |  China |
24,750,000[3] | 2015 |
| Delhi |  India |
21,753,486[4] | 2011 |
| Mexico City |  Mexico |
21,178,959[5] | 2014 |
| Beijing | China |
21,148,000[6] | 2013 |
| Lagos |  Nigeria |
21,000,000[7] | 2014 |
| São Paulo |  Brazil |
20,935,204[8] | 2014 |
| Mumbai | India |
20,748,395[4] | 2011 |
| New York |  United States |
20,092,883[9] | 2014 |
| Osaka | Japan |
19,342,000[1] | 2010 |
| Cairo |  Egypt |
16,292,269[10] | 2006 |
| Kolkata | India |
14,617,882[4] | 2011 |
| Istanbul |  Turkey |
14,377,018[11] | 2014 |
| London |  United Kingdom |
13,879,757[12] | 2013 |
| Los Angeles | United States |
13,262,220[9] | 2014 |
| Buenos Aires |  Argentina |
13,074,000[13] | 2010 |
| Dhaka |  Bangladesh |
12,797,394[14] | 2008 |
| Paris |  France |
11,978,363[12] | 2013 |
| Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
11,973,505[8] | 2014 |
| Manila |  Philippines |
11,855,975[15] | 2010 |
| Rhine-Ruhr |  Germany |
11,470,000[16] | 2012 |
| Lima |  Peru |
9,735,587[17] | 2014 |
| Jakarta |  Indonesia |
9,607,787[18] | 2010 |
| Chicago | United States |
9,554,598[9] | 2014 |
| Bogotá |  Colombia |
9,512,407[19] | 2013 |
| Surabaya | Indonesia |
9,115,485[20] | 2014 |
| Nagoya | Japan |
9,107,000[1] | 2010 |
| Chennai | India |
8,917,749[4] | 2011 |
| Bangalore (Bengaluru) | India |
8,728,906[4] | 2011 |
| Bangkok |  Thailand |
8,305,218[21] | 2010 |
| Tehran |  Iran |
8,293,140[22] | 2011 |
| Milan |  Italy |
8,123,020[23] | 2013 |
| Hyderabad | India |
7,749,334[4] | 2011 |
| Hong Kong |  Hong Kong |
7,234,800[24] | 2014 |
| Taipei |  Taiwan |
7,045,488[25] | 2013 |
| Dallas–Fort Worth | United States |
6,954,330[9] | 2014 |
| Santiago |  Chile |
6,683,852[26] | 2012 |
| Madrid |  Spain |
6,414,620[12] | 2013 |
| Ahmedabad | India |
6,352,254[4] | 2011 |
| Houston | United States |
6,490,180[9] | 2014 |
| Philadelphia | United States |
6,051,170[9] | 2014 |
| Toronto |  Canada |
5,959,505[27] | 2013 |
| Washington, D.C. | United States |
6,033,737[9] | 2014 |
| Miami | United States |
5,929,819[9] | 2014 |
| Belo Horizonte | Brazil |
5,767,414[8] | 2014 |
| Atlanta | United States |
5,614,323[9] | 2013 |
| Barcelona | Spain |
5,493,081[12] | 2013 |
| Singapore |  Singapore |
5,469,700[28] | 2014 |
| Munich | Germany |
5,203,738[29] | 2014 |
| Stuttgart | Germany |
5,200,000[30] | 2013 |
| Ankara | Turkey |
5,150,072[31] | 2014 |
| Berlin | Germany |
5,145,576[12] | 2013 |
| Hamburg | Germany |
5,100,000[32] | 2012 |
| Pune | India |
5,049,968[4] | 2011 |
| Boston | United States |
4,732,161[9] | 2014 |
| Sydney |  Australia |
4,667,283[33] | 2012 |
| San Francisco | United States |
4,594,060[9] | 2014 |
| Phoenix | United States |
4,489,109[9] | 2014 |
| Inland Empire | United States |
4,441,890[9] | 2014 |
| Detroit | United States |
4,296,611[9] | 2014 |
| Melbourne | Australia |
4,246,345[33] | 2012 |
| İzmir | Turkey |
4,113,072[31] | 2014 |
See also
Lists of metropolitan areas by region
- Africa
- Americas
- North America
- Asia
- Europe
- South America
Lists of metropolitan areas by country or region
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Table 2.10 Population of Three Major Metropolitan Areas". Statistics Bureau of Japan. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ 통계표명 : 주민등록 인구통계 (in Korean). Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ↑ National Development and Reform Commission (PRC)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 "INDIA STATS : Million plus cities in India as per Census 2011". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ↑ "Proyecciones de la Población de las Zonas Metropolitanas, 2010-2030" (in Spanish). CONAPO. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ↑ (Chinese) 国家统计局北京调查总队, "北京市2013年国民经济和社会发展统计公报", 北京市统计局 2014-02-13
- ↑ "Population". Lagos State Government. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "IBGE releases population estimates of municipalities in 2014". IBGE. August 28, 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 - United States -- Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico more information. 2014 Population Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ↑ "Arab Republic of Egypt, Towards an Urban Sector Strategy; Volume 2" (PDF). The World Bank. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ↑ http://www.tuik.gov.tr/PreHaberBultenleri.do?id=18616
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 "Metropolitan regions: Demographic balance and crude rates". Eurostat. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ↑ "Censo 2010. Resultados provisionales: cuadros y gráficos" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC). Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ↑ "Population of Statistical Metropolitan Areas (SMA): Dhaka" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). p. 13. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ "National Capital Region. Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2010" (PDF). National Statistics Office of the Philippines. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ↑ EMR
- ↑ "PERÚ: ESTIMACIONES Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN TOTAL POR SEXO DE LAS PRINCIPALES CIUDADES". Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI) (in Spanish). Scribd. March 2012. p. 32. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ↑ "2010 Population Census; Population by Region". 2010 Population Census - Indonesia. Statistics Indonesia. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ http://www.dane.gov.co/files/investigaciones/poblacion/proyepobla06_20/Municipal_area_1985-2020.xls
- ↑ "2010 Population Census; Population by Region". 2010 Population Census - Indonesia. Statistics Indonesia. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ http://service.nso.go.th/nso/nso_center/project/table/files/C-pop/2553/000/00_C-pop_2553_000_010000_00100.xls
- ↑ جمعیت و خانوار شهرستان های کشور بر اساس سرشماری عمومی نفوس و مسکن 1390 (in Persian). Statistical Center of Iran. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ ISTAT 2013.. National Institute of Statistics (in Italian). Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ↑ "Mid-year Population for 2014". Census and Statistics Department (Hong Kong). 12 August 2014.
- ↑ "鄉鎮市區人口及按都會區統計.". Ministry of the Interior (Republic of China). 2013.
- ↑ "Región Metropolitana de Santiago" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ↑ "Ontario Fact Sheet September 2014". Queen's Printer for Ontario. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ "Population & Land Area (Mid-Year Estimates)". Statistics Singapore. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ↑ Metropolregion München. Metropolregion München.
- ↑
- ↑ 31.0 31.1
- ↑
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2011–12". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
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