Largest cities of the world

6 January 2007: The tables rank cities with the largest land area and their surrounding urban areas by population. (The world's largest, irrespective of land area, cities and urban areas are ranked in the section urban) Most such agglomerations are economically, socially and culturally dominated by one city at their centre. Occasionally however, several cities of similar status and their suburbs make up an urban area.



Largest cities in the world ranked by population (1 to 125)

Rank	City / Urban area	Country	Population	Land area (in sqKm)	Density (people per sqKm)
1	Tokyo/Yokohama	Japan	33,200,000	6,993	4,750
2	New York Metro	USA	17,800,000	8,683	2,050
3	Sao Paulo	Brazil	17,700,000	1,968	9,000
4	Seoul/Incheon	South Korea	17,500,000	1,049	16,700
5	Mexico City	Mexico	17,400,000	2,072	8,400
6	Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto	Japan	16,425,000	2,564	6,400
7	Manila	Philippines	14,750,000	1,399	10,550
8	Mumbai	India	14,350,000	484	29,650
9	Delhi	India	14,300,000	1,295	11,050
10	Jakarta	Indonesia	14,250,000	1,360	10,500
11	Lagos	Nigeria	13,400,000	738	18,150
12	Kolkata	India	12,700,000	531	23,900
13	Cairo	Egypt	12,200,000	1,295	9,400
14	Los Angeles	USA	11,789,000	4,320	2,750
15	Buenos Aires	Argentina	11,200,000	2,266	4,950
16	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	10,800,000	1,580	6,850
17	Moscow	Russia	10,500,000	2,150	4,900
18	Shanghai	China	10,000,000	746	13,400
19	Karachi	Pakistan	9,800,000	518	18,900
20	Paris	France	9,645,000	2,723	3,550
21	Istanbul	Turkey	9,000,000	1,166	7,700
22	Nagoya	Japan	9,000,000	2,875	3,150
23	Beijing	China	8,614,000	748	11,500
24	Chicago	USA	8,308,000	5,498	1,500
25	London	UK	8,278,000	1,623	5,100
26	Shenzhen	China	8,000,000	466	17,150
27	Essen/Düsseldorf	Germany	7,350,000	2,642	2,800
28	Tehran	Iran	7,250,000	686	10,550
29	Bogota	Colombia	7,000,000	518	13,500
30	Lima	Peru	7,000,000	596	11,750
31	Bangkok	Thailand	6,500,000	1,010	6,450
32	Johannesburg/East Rand	South Africa	6,000,000	2,396	2,500
33	Chennai	India	5,950,000	414	14,350
34	Taipei	Taiwan	5,700,000	376	15,200
35	Baghdad	Iraq	5,500,000	596	9,250
36	Santiago	Chile	5,425,000	648	8,400
37	Bangalore	India	5,400,000	534	10,100
38	Hyderabad	India	5,300,000	583	9,100
39	St Petersburg	Russia	5,300,000	622	8,550
40	Philadelphia	USA	5,149,000	4,661	1,100
41	Lahore	Pakistan	5,100,000	622	8,200
42	Kinshasa	Congo	5,000,000	469	10,650
43	Miami	USA	4,919,000	2,891	1,700
44	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	4,900,000	518	9,450
45	Madrid	Spain	4,900,000	945	5,200
46	Tianjin	China	4,750,000	453	10,500
47	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	4,400,000	1,606	2,750
48	Toronto	Canada	4,367,000	1,655	2,650
49	Milan	Italy	4,250,000	1,554	2,750
50	Shenyang	China	4,200,000	453	9,250
51	Dallas/Fort Worth	USA	4,146,000	3,644	1,150
52	Boston	USA	4,032,000	4,497	900
53	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	4,000,000	868	4,600
54	Khartoum	Sudan	4,000,000	583	6,850
55	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	4,000,000	1,101	3,650
56	Singapore	Singapore	4,000,000	479	8,350
57	Washington	USA	3,934,000	2,996	1,300
58	Detroit	USA	3,903,000	3,267	1,200
59	Barcelona	Spain	3,900,000	803	4,850
60	Houston	USA	3,823,000	3,355	1,150
61	Athens	Greece	3,685,000	684	5,400
62	Berlin	Germany	3,675,000	984	3,750
63	Sydney	Australia	3,502,000	1,687	2,100
64	Atlanta	USA	3,500,000	5,083	700
65	Guadalajara	Mexico	3,500,000	596	5,900
66	San Francisco/Oakland	USA	3,229,000	1,365	2,350
67	Montreal.	Canada	3,216,000	1,740	1,850
68	Monterey	Mexico	3,200,000	479	6,700
69	Melbourne	Australia	3,162,000	2,080	1,500
70	Ankara	Turkey	3,100,000	583	5,300
71	Recife	Brazil	3,025,000	376	8,050
72	Phoenix/Mesa	USA	2,907,000	2,069	1,400
73	Durban	South Africa	2,900,000	829	3,500
74	Porto Alegre	Brazil	2,800,000	583	4,800
75	Dalian	China	2,750,000	389	7,100
76	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	2,750,000	777	3,550
77	Seattle	USA	2,712,000	2,470	1,100
78	Cape Town	South Africa	2,700,000	686	3,950
79	San Diego	USA	2,674,000	2,026	1,300
80	Fortaleza	Brazil	2,650,000	583	4,550
81	Curitiba	Brazil	2,500,000	648	3,850
82	Rome	Italy	2,500,000	842	2,950
83	Naples	Italy	2,400,000	583	4,100
84	Minneapolis/St. Paul	USA	2,389,000	2,316	1,050
85	Tel Aviv	Israel	2,300,000	453	5,050
86	Birmingham	UK	2,284,000	600	3,800
87	Frankfurt	Germany	2,260,000	984	2,300
88	Lisbon	Portugal	2,250,000	881	2,550
89	Manchester	UK	2,245,000	558	4,000
90	San Juan	Puerto Rico	2,217,000	2,309	950
91	Katowice	Poland	2,200,000	544	4,050
92	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	2,200,000	531	4,150
93	Fukuoka	Japan	2,150,000	544	3,950
94	Baku/Sumqayit	Azerbaijan	2,100,000	544	3,850
95	St. Louis	USA	2,078,000	2,147	950
96	Baltimore	USA	2,076,000	1,768	1,150
97	Sapporo	Japan	2,075,000	414	5,000
98	Tampa/St. Petersburg	USA	2,062,000	2,078	1,000
99	Taichung	Taiwan	2,000,000	510	3,900
100	Warsaw	Poland	2,000,000	466	4,300
101	Denver	USA	1,985,000	1,292	1,550
102	Cologne/Bonn	Germany	1,960,000	816	2,400
103	Hamburg	Germany	1,925,000	829	2,300
104	Dubai	UAE	1,900,000	712	2,650
105	Pretoria	South Africa	1,850,000	673	2,750
106	Vancouver	Canada	1,830,000	1,120	1,650
107	Beirut	Lebanon	1,800,000	648	2,800
108	Budapest	Hungary	1,800,000	702	2,550
109	Cleveland	USA	1,787,000	1,676	1,050
110	Pittsburgh	USA	1,753,000	2,208	800
111	Campinas	Brazil	1,750,000	492	3,550
112	Harare	Zimbabwe	1,750,000	712	2,450
113	Brasilia	Brazil	1,625,000	583	2,800
114	Kuwait	Kuwait	1,600,000	544	2,950
115	Munich	Germany	1,600,000	518	3,100
116	Portland	USA	1,583,000	1,228	1,300
117	Brussels	Belgium	1,570,000	712	2,200
118	Vienna	Austria	1,550,000	453	3,400
119	San Jose	USA	1,538,000	674	2,300
120	Damman	Saudi Arabia	1,525,000	673	2,250
121	Copenhagen	Denmark	1,525,000	816	1,850
122	Brisbane	Australia	1,508,000	1,603	950
123	Riverside/San Bernardino	USA	1,507,000	1,136	1,350
124	Cincinnati	USA	1,503,000	1,740	850
125	Accra	Ghana	1,500,000	453	3,3