World Gazetteer

World: metropolitan areas

(c = census, e = estimate, calc = calculation)
metropolitan areas bold, for the other places the metropolitan area and the city are identical
see also the list of proper places
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no.	name	calculation 2013	country
1	Tokyo	38 394 092	Japan
2	México	28 140 055	Mexico
3	New York	23 826 529	United States of America
4	Mumbai	23 413 188	India
5	Soul	21 745 773	Korea (South)
6	São Paulo	20 792 094	Brazil
7	Shanghai	20 467 706	China
8	Jakarta	20 196 466	Indonesia
9	al-Qāhirah	20 063 301	Egypt
10	Dilli	19 826 912	India
11	Los Angeles	18 294 845	United States of America
12	Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto	17 894 731	Japan
13	Kolkata	16 396 618	India
14	Dhaka	16 042 717	Bangladesh
15	Istanbul	15 733 812	Turkey
16	Lagos	15 480 324	Nigeria
17	Moskva	15 105 229	Russia
18	Buenos Aires	14 900 690	Argentina
19	Tehran	14 123 732	Iran
20	Beijing	14 112 284	China
21	London	13 857 155	United Kingdom
22	Manila	12 825 069	Philippines
23	Rio de Janeiro	12 452 322	Brazil
24	Paris	12 138 306	France
25	Rhein-Ruhr	11 933 712	Germany
26	Kinshasa-Brazzaville	11 239 463	Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27	Karāchi	11 234 872	Pakistan
28	Krung Thep	10 678 288	Thailand
29	Lagos	10 599 301	Nigeria
30	Xianggang	9 770 208	China
31	Chicago	9 526 474	United States of America
32	Bagdad	9 167 153	Iraq
33	Johannesburg	9 077 868	South Africa
34	Nagoya	8 937 676	Japan
35	Bogotá	8 830 252	Colombia
36	Washington-Baltimore	8 588 223	United States of America
37	Chongqing	8 425 005	China
38	Taipei	8 364 626	Taiwan
39	Lima	8 257 526	Peru
40	San Francisco	7 828 288	United States of America
41	Kuala Lumpur	7 814 506	Malaysia
42	Chennai	7 770 429	India
43	Alger	7 336 179	Algeria
44	Abidjan	7 105 927	Ivory Coast
45	Dallas	7 098 884	United States of America
46	Toronto	6 911 916	Canada
47	Bandung	6 909 438	Indonesia
48	Bengalūru	6 878 102	India
49	Shenyang	6 796 281	China
50	Lahore	6 761 305	Pakistan
51	Haidarābād	6 672 774	India
52	Randstad	6 644 887	Netherlands
53	Madrid	6 607 269	Spain
54	Tianjin	6 598 285	China
55	Philadelphia	6 433 145	United States of America
56	Singapore-Johor Bahru	6 412 767	Malaysia
57	Belo Horizonte	6 311 487	Brazil
58	Boston	6 238 130	United States of America
59	Pune	6 208 578	India
60	Houston	6 100 261	United States of America
61	Ibadan	6 097 570	Nigeria
62	Yangon	6 021 323	Myanmar
63	Xian	6 013 845	China
64	Guangzhou	5 898 956	China
65	Hangzhou	5 837 425	China
66	al-Iskandarīyah	5 755 022	Egypt
67	Miami	5 752 918	United States of America
68	Detroit-Windsor	5 715 322	United States of America
69	Atlanta	5 695 752	United States of America
70	Ahmadābād	5 674 051	India
71	Ibadan	5 660 233	Nigeria
72	Manchester-Liverpool	5 659 815	United Kingdom
73	Luanda	5 641 024	Angola
74	Berlin	5 569 912	Germany
75	Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh	5 567 293	Vietnam
76	Bagdād	5 534 317	Iraq
77	Harbin	5 402 793	China
78	San Diego-Tijuana	5 370 225	United States of America
79	al-Başrah	5 350 125	Iraq
80	Santiago	5 300 169	Chile
81	Riyadh	5 298 283	Saudi Arabia
82	Barcelona	5 107 415	Spain
83	Kano	5 100 897	Nigeria
84	Wuhan	5 082 523	China
85	Nanjing	4 971 274	China
86	Shantou	4 902 359	China
87	Cape Town	4 879 621	South Africa
88	Caracas	4 824 081	Venezuela
89	Accra	4 801 206	Ghana
90	Chengdu	4 787 827	China
91	Sankt-Peterburg	4 683 745	Russia
92	Nairobi	4 673 601	Kenya
93	Guadalajara	4 563 172	Mexico
94	Phoenix	4 524 595	United States of America
95	Milano	4 475 994	Italy
96	Pusan	4 452 854	Korea (South)
97	Rhein-Main	4 415 752	Germany
98	Monterrey	4 345 495	Mexico
99	Fukuoka-Kitakyushu	4 330 945	Japan
100	al-Khartum	4 291 489	Sudan
101	Guatemala	4 267 756	Guatemala
102	Roma	4 264 595	Vatican City
103	Surabaya	4 250 841	Indonesia
104	Salvador	4 248 894	Brazil
105	Chāţţagām	4 184 328	Bangladesh
106	Seattle	4 150 486	United States of America
107	Medan	4 142 189	Indonesia
108	Ankara	4 115 689	Turkey
109	Birmingham	4 052 402	United Kingdom
110	Porto Alegre	4 046 073	Brazil
111	Montréal	3 991 277	Canada
112	Napoli	3 942 724	Italy
113	Athínai	3 938 517	Greece
114	Kānpur	3 912 475	India
115	Sydney	3 827 815	Australia
116	Recife	3 822 982	Brazil
117	Santo Domingo	3 752 440	Dominican Republic
118	Curitiba	3 735 332	Brazil
119	Melbourne	3 687 367	Australia
120	Tel Aviv-Yafo	3 650 822	Israel
121	Harare	3 622 260	Zimbabwe
122	Dar es Salaam	3 589 470	Tanzania
123	Durban	3 584 206	South Africa
124	Lusaka	3 579 106	Zambia
125	Fortaleza	3 562 458	Brazil
126	Āddīs Ābebā	3 562 006	Ethiopia
127	Medellín	3 546 815	Colombia
128	Jaipur	3 526 024	India
129	Jinan	3 516 705	China
130	Pyŏngyang	3 491 791	Korea (North)
131	Jiddah	3 448 794	Saudi Arabia
132	Shijiazhuang	3 442 593	China
133	Minneapolis-Saint Paul	3 420 827	United States of America
134	Sūrat	3 400 401	India
135	Esfahan	3 367 396	Iran
136	Casablanca	3 352 091	Morocco
137	Lakhnau	3 336 555	India
138	Kābul	3 319 794	Afghanistan
139	Patna	3 284 688	India
140	Hamburg	3 273 084	Germany
141	Tangshan	3 260 043	China
142	Taegu	3 257 397	Korea (South)
143	Puebla	3 209 023	Mexico
144	Toshkent	3 179 415	Uzbekistan
145	Changchun	3 151 894	China
146	al-Mawşil	3 110 196	Iraq
147	Rawalpindi	3 054 740	Pakistan
148	Dimashq	3 040 509	Syria
149	Taiyuan	2 990 905	China
150	Izmir	2 985 532	Turkey
151	al-Kuwayt	2 951 764	Kuwait
152	Kyyiv	2 948 237	Ukraine
153	Cleveland	2 940 159	United States of America
154	Halab	2 908 904	Syria
155	Zibo	2 894 881	China
156	La Paz	2 890 998	Bolivia
157	Luanda	2 890 191	Angola
158	Hà Nội	2 844 744	Vietnam
159	Kaohsiung	2 842 724	Taiwan
160	Maracaibo	2 815 162	Venezuela
161	Cali	2 810 106	Colombia
162	Juárez-El Paso	2 808 509	Mexico
163	Dalian	2 798 414	China
164	Kunming	2 787 736	China
165	Denver	2 769 507	United States of America
166	Portland	2 767 771	United States of America
167	Nāgpur	2 733 441	India
168	Tampa	2 733 180	United States of America
169	Dakar	2 731 689	Senegal
170	Kolamba	2 729 760	Sri Lanka
171	Pretoria	2 706 909	South Africa
172	Rhein-Neckar	2 700 230	Germany
173	Belém	2 695 449	Brazil
174	Changsha	2 687 670	China
175	Sapporo	2 672 351	Japan
176	Saint Louis	2 671 196	United States of America
177	Brasília	2 650 773	Brazil
178	Benin	2 647 182	Nigeria
179	Faisalābād	2 640 718	Pakistan
180	Asunción	2 616 507	Paraguay
181	Bamako	2 605 914	Mali
182	Mashhad	2 592 120	Iran
183	Yaoundé	2 576 666	Cameroon
184	Dubayy	2 573 023	United Arab Emirates
185	Lisboa	2 570 249	Portugal
186	Qingdao	2 532 799	China
187	Las Vegas	2 529 214	United States of America
188	Salt Lake City	2 522 999	United States of America
189	Budapest	2 518 180	Hungary
190	Katowice	2 505 348	Poland
191	Guiyang	2 499 782	China
192	Nanchang	2 482 732	China
193	La Habana	2 482 717	Cuba
194	Guayaquil	2 482 041	Ecuador
195	Mīrat	2 464 550	India
196	København-Malmö	2 415 226	Denmark
197	Şan'ā	2 409 996	Yemen
198	Port Harcourt	2 407 924	Nigeria
199	Vancouver	2 390 702	Canada
200	Kano	2 385 215	Nigeria
201	Anshan	2 369 873	China
202	Indore	2 367 984	India
203	Goiânia	2 365 561	Brazil
204	Xinyang	2 351 104	China
205	Taichung	2 344 481	Taiwan
206	Maputo	2 343 197	Mozambique
207	Stuttgart	2 337 165	Germany
208	Pittsburgh	2 308 754	United States of America
209	München	2 305 910	Germany
210	Alma	2 301 542	Germany
211	Wuxi	2 299 482	China
212	Zhengzhou	2 289 029	China
213	Warszawa	2 275 189	Poland
214	Douala	2 268 077	Cameroon
215	Orlando	2 257 479	United States of America
216	Monrovia	2 257 255	Liberia
217	Kaduna	2 254 057	Nigeria
218	Brussel	2 253 085	Belgium
219	Baki	2 212 055	Azerbaijan
220	Taejon	2 204 810	Korea (South)
221	Gujranwala	2 191 444	Pakistan
222	Tunis	2 182 672	Tunisia
223	Oshogbo	2 164 714	Nigeria
224	Sacramento	2 159 896	United States of America
225	Wien	2 156 168	Austria
226	Leeds	2 153 489	United Kingdom
227	Nāshik	2 125 008	India
228	Bucuresti	2 117 768	Romania
229	Cincinnati	2 117 468	United States of America
230	Bayrut	2 105 735	Lebanon
231	Bayrūt	2 076 822	Lebanon
232	Kumasi	2 069 350	Ghana
233	al-Başrah	2 064 242	Iraq
234	Kampala	2 058 514	Uganda
235	Hải Phòng	2 053 489	Vietnam
236	Jilin	2 023 265	China
237	Palembang	2 019 156	Indonesia
238	Charlotte	2 016 921	United States of America
239	San Salvador	2 012 142	El Salvador
240	Austin	2 006 471	United States of America
241	Lille-Kortrijk	2 001 387	France
242	Kansas City	1 998 433	United States of America
243	Lanzhou	1 992 661	China
244	Kathmandu	1 992 652	Nepal
245	San Antonio	1 980 299	United States of America
246	San Juan	1 978 669	Puerto Rico
247	Managua	1 969 316	Nicaragua
248	Suzhou	1 966 285	China
249	León	1 962 423	Mexico
250	MacAllen-Reynosa	1 956 886	United States of America
251	Montevideo	1 955 957	Uruguay
252	Barranquilla	1 953 089	Colombia
253	Santos	1 946 936	Brazil
254	Brisbane	1 943 496	Australia
255	Tarabulus	1 936 451	Libya
256	Manaus	1 935 162	Brazil
257	Córdoba	1 929 750	Argentina
258	Port-au-Prince	1 923 942	Haiti
259	Gazzah	1 919 410	Palestine
260	Antananarivo	1 918 997	Madagascar
261	Santa Cruz	1 912 947	Bolivia
262	Bhopāl	1 911 267	India
263	Makasar	1 909 080	Indonesia
264	Cirebon	1 907 240	Indonesia
265	ad-Dammam	1 903 440	Saudi Arabia
266	Tegucigalpa	1 899 457	Honduras
267	Rongcheng	1 897 753	China
268	Hiroshima	1 894 739	Japan
269	Minsk	1 891 190	Belarus
270	Āgra	1 881 103	India
271	Lyon	1 879 528	France
272	Rabat	1 879 198	Morocco
273	Indianapolis	1 876 940	United States of America
274	Lubumbashi	1 871 961	Congo (Dem. Rep.)
275	Zhanjiang	1 861 472	China
276	Bandar Lampung	1 852 559	Indonesia
277	Port Harcourt	1 850 026	Nigeria
278	Urumqi	1 845 317	China
279	Ludhiāna	1 837 586	India
280	Rājkot	1 829 649	India
281	Dandong-Sinuiju	1 829 424	China
282	Milwaukee	1 816 019	United States of America
283	Stockholm	1 813 846	Sweden
284	Quito	1 810 792	Ecuador
285	Beograd	1 810 235	Serbia
286	Vadodara	1 805 020	India
287	Aba	1 803 268	Nigeria
288	Conakry	1 794 858	Guinea
289	Bhubaneswar	1 790 910	India
290	Sendai	1 781 985	Japan
291	Onitsha	1 778 605	Nigeria
292	Maracay	1 770 030	Venezuela
293	Valencia	1 761 249	Venezuela
294	Nāshik	1 760 581	India
295	Vitória	1 760 163	Brazil
296	Nanning	1 760 073	China
297	Nižnij Novgorod	1 754 782	Russia
298	Columbus	1 752 181	United States of America
299	Hyderabad	1 751 947	Pakistan
300	Koyampattur	1 748 944	India
301	Luoyang	1 745 379	China
302	Raleigh	1 739 082	United States of America
303	Torino	1 735 117	Italy
304	Norfolk-Virginia Beach	1 721 130	United States of America
305	Ouagadougou	1 708 079	Burkina Faso
306	Saarbrücken-Forbach	1 699 895	Germany
307	Yogyakarta	1 693 574	Indonesia
308	Douai-Lens-Béthune-Valenciennes	1 684 969	France
309	Marseille	1 679 234	France
310	Bursa	1 670 960	Turkey
311	Xuzhou	1 664 278	China
312	Abuja	1 658 180	Nigeria
313	Barquisimeto	1 655 446	Venezuela
314	Campinas	1 650 587	Brazil
315	Kwangju	1 644 521	Korea (South)
316	Kochi	1 639 331	India
317	Shizuoka	1 628 626	Japan
318	Muqdisho	1 628 170	Somalia
319	Bremen	1 617 733	Germany
320	Glasgow	1 616 755	United Kingdom
321	Irbīl	1 616 738	Iraq
322	N'Djaména	1 612 183	Chad
323	Visakhapatnam	1 607 965	India
324	Baotou	1 607 234	China
325	San José	1 606 387	Costa Rica
326	Vārānasī	1 606 178	India
327	Fuzhou	1 587 761	China
328	Buffalo-Saint Catharines	1 584 220	United States of America
329	Adana	1 580 504	Turkey
330	Donets'k	1 579 653	Ukraine
331	Mecca	1 578 330	Saudi Arabia

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