List of agglomerations by population

This is a list of the most populous urban agglomerations as of July 1, 2015 according to citypopulation.de, limited to those with a population of 5 million or more.

The list

Local nameEnglish nameCountryPopulation[1]Remark
1GuangzhouGuangzhou China46,900,000Northern Pearl River Delta incl. Dongguan, Foshan, Jiangmen, Shenzhen, Zhongshan
2TōkyōTokyo Japan39,500,000incl. Chiba, Kawasaki, Maebashi, Sagamihara, Saitama, Utsunomiya, Yokohama
3ShanghaiShanghai China30,400,000 incl. Suzhou
4JakartaJakarta Indonesia27,700,000incl. Bekasi, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Tangerang Selatan
5DelhiDelhi India26,000,000incl. Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, NOIDA
6SeoulSeoul South Korea24,300,000incl. Bucheon, Goyang, Incheon, Seongnam, Suwon
7KarāchiKarachi Pakistan24,000,000
8ManilaManila Philippines23,100,000incl. Caloocan, Quezon City
9MumbaiMumbai India23,000,000incl. Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Ulhasnagar, Vasai-Virar
10Ciudad de MéxicoMexico City Mexico22,500,000incl. Nezahualcóyotl, Ecatepec, Naucalpan
11New YorkNew York United States21,900,000incl. Bridgeport, Newark, New Haven
12São PauloSão Paulo Brazil 21,800,000incl. Guarulhos
13BeijingBeijing China20,700,000
14ŌsakaOsaka Japan17,800,000incl. Himeji, Kobe, Kyoto, Sakai
15Los AngelesLos Angeles United States17,500,000incl. Anaheim, Riverside
16DhakaDhaka Bangladesh17,300,000
17MoskvaMoscow Russia16,800,000
17LagosLagos Nigeria16,800,000
19Al-QāhirahCairo Egypt16,700,000incl. Giza, Helwan, Shubra el-Kheima; see Greater Cairo
19Krung ThepBangkok Thailand16,700,000incl. Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Samutprakan, Pathumthani
21KolkataKolkata India15,900,000incl. Howrah
21Buenos AiresBuenos Aires Argentina 15,900,000incl. San Justo, La Plata
23LondonLondon United Kingdom14,300,000
24IstanbulIstanbul Turkey14,200,000
25TehranTehran Iran13,600,000incl. Karaj
26JohannesburgJohannesburg South Africa13,200,000incl. East Rand, Evaton, Pretoria, Soshanguve, Soweto, Vereeniging, West Rand
27Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro Brazil 12,700,000incl. Nova Iguaçu, São Gonçalo
28ParisParis France11,200,000
29TianjinTianjin China11,200,000
30KinshasaKinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo10,500,000
31NagoyaNagoya Japan10,400,000
32BengaluruBangalore India10,300,000
33LahoreLahore Pakistan9,950,000
33LimaLima Peru9,950,000
35ChennaiChennai India9,900,000
36XiamenXiamen China9,850,000incl. Jinjiang, Quanzhou
37ChicagoChicago United States9,800,000
38ChengduChengdu China9,400,000incl. Shuangliu
39BogotáBogotá Colombia9,300,000
40TaipeiTaipei Taiwan9,000,000incl. Taoyuan & most parts of New Taipei City (Xinbei)
41HyderābādHyderabad India8,900,000
42WashingtonWashington United States8,300,000incl. Baltimore
43HangzhouHangzhou China8,150,000incl. Shaoxing
43Thành Phố Hồ Chí MinhHo Chi Minh City Vietnam8,150,000incl. Biên Hòa
45WuhanWuhan China7,950,000
45ShantouShantou China7,850,000incl. Chaozhou, Jieyang, Puning
47ShenyangShenyang China7,600,000incl. Fushun
48San FranciscoSan Francisco United States7,550,000incl. Concord, Oakland, San Jose, Santa Rosa
49AhmadābādAhmedabad India7,350,000
49BostonBoston United States7,350,000incl. Providence
51PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia United States7,300,000 Allentown, Trenton
52Hong KongHong Kong China7,200,000incl. Kowloon, Victoria
53TorontoToronto Canada7,050,000incl. Hamilton
54ChongqingChongqing China6,950,000
54Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur Malaysia6,950,000incl. Klang
54SantiagoSantiago Chile6,950,000
57SingaporeSingapore Singapore6,900,000incl. Johor Bahru (Malaysia)
58BaghdādBaghdad Iraq6,750,000
58NanjingNanjing China6,750,000
60LuandaLuanda Angola6,650,000
61Ar-RiyādRiyadh Saudi Arabia6,550,000
61Xi'anXi'an China6,550,000incl. Xianyang
63DallasDallas United States6,500,000incl. Fort Worth
64MadridMadrid Spain6,400,000
65HoustonHouston United States6,150,000
66MiamiMiami United States6,050,000incl. Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach
67PunePune India6,000,000incl. Pimpri-Chinchwad
68BandungBandung Indonesia5,900,000
69WenzhouWenzhou China5,800,000
70DetroitDetroit United States5,700,000incl. Toledo, Windsor (Canada)
71QingdaoQingdao China5,650,000
72RuhrgebietThe Ruhr Germany5,600,000
72SūratSurat India5,600,000
74Al-KharṭūmKhartoum Sudan5,500,000
75AtlantaAtlanta United States5,450,000
76Sankt-PeterburgSt. Petersburg Russia5,400,000
77Dar es SalaamDar es Salaam Tanzania5,200,000
78MilanoMilan Italy5,150,000
79Al-IskandariyahAlexandria Egypt5,100,000
79HarbinHarbin China5,100,000
79NairobiNairobi Kenya5,100,000
79YangonYangon Myanmar5,100,000

See also

References

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  1. Brinkhoff, Thomas. citypopulation.de "The Principal Agglomerations of the World" Check |url= value (help). City Population. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
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