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World's Most Populous Urban
Agglomerations:1 2005
| Rank |
Name |
Est.
population |
| 1. |
Tokyo, Japan |
35,197,000 |
| 2. |
Mexico City, Mexico |
19,411,000 |
| 3. |
New York–Newark, U.S. |
18,718,000 |
| 4. |
São Paulo, Brazil |
18,333,000 |
| 5. |
Mumbai (Bombay), India |
18,196,000 |
| 6. |
Delhi, India |
15,048,000 |
| 7. |
Shanghai, China |
14,503,000 |
| 8. |
Calcutta, India |
14,277,000 |
| 9. |
Jakarta, Indonesia |
13,215,000 |
| 10. |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
12,550,000 |
| 11. |
Dhaka, Bangladesh |
12,430,000 |
| 12. |
Los Angeles–Long
Beach–Santa Ana, U.S. |
12,298,000 |
| 13. |
Karachi, Pakistan |
11,608,000 |
| 14. |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
11,469,000 |
| 15. |
Osaka–Kobe, Japan |
11,268,000 |
| 16. |
Cairo, Egypt |
11,128,000 |
| 17. |
Lagos, Nigeria |
10,886,000 |
| 18. |
Beijing, China |
10,717,000 |
| 19. |
Manila, Philippines |
10,686,000 |
| 20. |
Moscow, Russia |
10,654,000 |
| 21. |
Paris, France |
9,820,000 |
| 22. |
Istanbul, Turkey |
9,712,000 |
| 23. |
Seoul, South Korea |
9,645,000 |
| 24. |
Chicago, U.S. |
8,814,000 |
| 25. |
London, U.K. |
8,505,000 |
| 26. |
Guangzhou, China |
8,425,000 |
| 27. |
Santa Fé de Bogotá,
Colombia |
7,747,000 |
| 28. |
Tehran, Iran |
7,314,000 |
| 29. |
Shenzhen, China |
7,233,000 |
| 30. |
Lima, Peru |
7,186,000 |
NOTES: The definition of agglomerations
varies significantly from city to city, hence the difficulty of
compiling an accurate, comparative list of the world's most populous
urban areas. 1. Includes metropolitan areas and surrounding urban
agglomerations. Agglomerations include a central city and bordering
urban areas. Some agglomerations have more than one central city (e.g.,
Tokyo includes Yokohama and Kawasaki).
Sources: Population Division of the
Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations
Secretariat: World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision.
Web: http://www.unpopulation.org .
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