List of agglomerations by population

This is a list of the most populous urban agglomerations as of January 1, 2016 according to citypopulation.de, limited to those with a population of 5 million or more.

List

Local nameEnglish nameCountryPopulation[1]Remark
1GuangzhouGuangzhou China47,700,000and other cities in the Pearl River Delta Region, including some or all of Dongguan, Foshan, Jiangmen, Shenzhen, Zhongshan, Huizhou, Zhuhai and Macau
2Delhi / NCRNational Capital Region of India India46,069,000incl. New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Noida
3TōkyōTokyo Japan39,500,000incl. Chiba, Kawasaki, Maebashi, Sagamihara, Saitama, Utsunomiya, Yokohama
4ShanghaiShanghai China30,900,000 incl. Suzhou
5KarāchiKarachi Pakistan28,520,000 Megalopolis
6JakartaJakarta Indonesia28,100,000incl. Bekasi, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Tangerang Selatan
7SeoulSeoul South Korea24,400,000incl. Bucheon, Goyang, Incheon, Seongnam, Suwon
8ManilaManila Philippines23,300,000incl. Kaloocan, Quezon City
9MumbaiMumbai India23,200,000incl. Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Ulhasnagar, Vasai-Virar
10Ciudad de MéxicoMexico City Mexico22,100,000incl. Nezahualcóyotl, Ecatepec, Naucalpan
11New YorkNew York United States22,000,000incl. Bridgeport, Newark, New Haven
12São PauloSão Paulo Brazil 21,800,000incl. Guarulhos
13BeijingBeijing China21,100,000
14ŌsakaOsaka Japan17,800,000incl. Himeji, Kobe, Kyoto, Sakai
15DhakaDhaka Bangladesh17,600,000
15Los AngelesLos Angeles United States17,600,000incl. Anaheim, Riverside
17LagosLagos Nigeria17,100,000
18Krung ThepBangkok Thailand16,900,000incl. Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Samutprakan, Pathumthani
18MoskvaMoscow Russia16,900,000incl. Moscow,

Balashikha, Khimki, Podolsk

20Al-QāhirahCairo Egypt16,800,000incl. Giza, Helwan, Shubra el-Kheima; see Greater Cairo
21KolkataKolkata India16,000,000incl. Haora
22Buenos AiresBuenos Aires Argentina 15,800,000incl. San Justo, La Plata
23LondonLondon United Kingdom14,400,000
24IstanbulIstanbul Turkey14,300,000
25TehranTehran Iran13,700,000incl. Karaj
26JohannesburgJohannesburg South Africa13,400,000incl. East Rand, Evaton, Pretoria, Soshanguve, Soweto, Vereeniging, West Rand
27Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro Brazil 12,700,000incl. Nova Iguaçu, São Gonçalo
28ParisParis France12,400,000
29TianjinTianjin China11,400,000
30KinshasaKinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo10,600,000
31BengaluruBangalore India10,576,167
32ChennaiChennai India10,400,000
33NagoyaNagoya Japan10,300,000
34LahoreLahore Pakistan10,200,000
35XiamenXiamen China10,000,000incl. Jinjiang, Quanzhou
36LimaLima Peru9,950,000
37ChicagoChicago United States9,800,000
38ChengduChengdu China9,600,000incl. Shuangliu
39BogotáBogotá Colombia9,350,000
40TaipeiTaipei Taiwan9,050,000incl. Taoyuan & most parts of New Taipei City (Xinbei)
41HyderābādHyderabad India9,000,000
42WashingtonWashington United States8,350,000incl. Baltimore
43HangzhouHangzhou China8,300,000incl. Shaoxing
44Thành Phố Hồ Chí MinhHo Chi Minh City Vietnam8,250,000incl. Biên Hòa
45WuhanWuhan China8,000,000
46ShantouShantou China7,950,000incl. Chaozhou, Jieyang, Puning
47ShenyangShenyang China7,650,000incl. Fushun
48San Francisco Bay AreaSan Francisco Bay Area United States7,650,000incl. Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties
49AhmadābādAhmedabad India7,450,000
50BostonBoston United States7,350,000incl. Providence
51PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia United States7,300,000 Allentown, Trenton
52Hong KongHong Kong China7,250,000encompasses the entire region of Hong Kong SAR
53TorontoToronto Canada7,100,000incl. Hamilton
54ChongqingChongqing China7,050,000
54SantiagoSantiago Chile7,050,000
56Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur Malaysia7,000,000incl. Klang
57SingaporeSingapore Singapore6,900,000incl. Johor Bahru (Malaysia)
58BaghdādBaghdad Iraq6,850,000
58NanjingNanjing China6,850,000
60LuandaLuanda Angola6,800,000
61Ar-RiyādRiyadh Saudi Arabia6,700,000
62Xi'anXi'an China6,650,000incl. Xianyang
63DallasDallas United States6,550,000incl. Fort Worth
64MadridMadrid Spain6,450,000
65HoustonHouston United States6,200,000
66MiamiMiami United States6,100,000incl. Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach
66PunePune India6,100,000incl. Pimpri-Chinchwad
68BandungBandung Indonesia5,950,000
69WenzhouWenzhou China5,900,000
70DetroitDetroit United States5,700,000incl. Toledo, Windsor (Canada)
70QingdaoQingdao China5,700,000
70SūratSurat India5,700,000
73RuhrgebietThe Ruhr Germany5,600,000
74Al-KharṭūmKhartoum Sudan5,550,000
75AtlantaAtlanta United States5,500,000
76Sankt-PeterburgSt. Petersburg Russia5,450,000
77Dar es SalaamDar es Salaam Tanzania5,300,000
78NairobiNairobi Kenya5,200,000
79Al-IskandariyahAlexandria Egypt5,150,000
79HarbinHarbin China5,100,000
79MilanoMilan Italy5,150,000
79YangonYangon Myanmar5,100,000
83AbidjanAbidjan Ivory Coast5,050,000

See also

References

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  1. "Major Agglomerations of the World". City Population. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
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