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Largest urban areas in the world

How many people live in the whole built-up area, so a city and the suburbs that touch it count as one.

Source Demographia World Urban Areas, as of 1 August 2025 · urban area population

20th edition (built-up urban area population)

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RankEntryurban area population
#1Guangzhou-Shenzhen69,562,000
#2Shanghai45,115,000
#3Tokyo-Yokohama37,325,000
#4Jakarta36,877,000
#5Delhi33,224,000
#6Mumbai26,237,000
#7Manila25,521,000
#8Dhaka25,305,000
#9Seoul-Incheon23,825,000
#10Cairo22,684,000
#11Beijing22,363,000
#12São Paulo21,747,000
#13Karachi21,258,000
#14New York20,892,000
#15Kolkata20,327,000
#16Bangkok20,284,000
#17Mexico City18,942,000
#18Moscow18,509,000
#19Bangalore16,216,000
#20Ho Chi Minh City16,024,000
#21Buenos Aires15,933,000
#22Los Angeles15,582,000
#23Lagos15,283,000
#24Johannesburg15,026,000
#25Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto14,998,000
#26Istanbul14,749,000
#27Lahore14,256,000
#28Tehran14,137,000
#29Kinshasa13,060,000
#30Rio de Janeiro12,546,000
#31Hangzhou12,422,000
#32Shantou12,187,000
#33Tianjin12,095,000
#34Chennai11,950,000
#35Luanda11,892,000
#36Chongqing11,524,000
#37London11,360,000
#38Paris11,282,000
#39Lima10,914,000
#40Bogotá10,734,000
#41Hyderabad10,101,000
#42Wuhan10,041,000
#43Kuala Lumpur9,899,000
#44Taipei9,866,000
#45Nagoya9,617,000
#46Nanjing8,929,000
#47Dar es Salaam8,877,000
#48Chicago8,790,000
#49Riyadh8,589,000
#50Xi'an8,312,000
#51Chengdu8,040,000
#52Ahmedabad7,961,000
#53Addis Ababa7,922,000
#54Shenyang7,768,000
#55Onitsha7,756,000
#56Khartoum7,677,000
#57Washington-Baltimore7,636,000
#58Bandung7,490,000
#59Boston-Providence7,375,000
#60Nairobi7,264,000
#61Santiago7,192,000
#62Baghdad7,160,000
#63Hong Kong7,117,000
#64Dallas6,980,000
#65Madrid6,966,000
#66Pune6,944,000
#67Essen-Dusseldorf6,874,000
#68Zhengzhou6,860,000
#69Surabaya6,820,000
#70Yangon6,820,000
#71Houston6,804,000
#72Amman6,694,000
#73Quanzhou6,487,000
#74Abidjan6,461,000
#75Toronto6,400,000
#76San Francisco-San Jose6,376,000
#77Accra6,336,000
#78Surat6,244,000
#79Xiamen-Zhangzhou6,237,000
#80Miami6,129,000
#81Singapore6,056,000
#82Kabul6,009,000
#83Alexandria5,916,000
#84Hefei5,875,000
#85St. Petersburg5,869,000
#86Qingdao5,806,000
#87Hanoi5,700,000
#88Philadelphia5,697,000
#89Faisalabad5,650,000
#90Ankara5,638,000
#91Milan5,631,000
#92Atlanta5,495,000
#93Barcelona5,489,000
#94Jeddah5,482,000
#95Taiyuan5,371,000
#96Belo Horizonte5,368,000
#97Mashhad5,321,000
#98Rawalpindi-Islamabad5,203,000
#99Kumasi5,192,000
#100Melbourne5,185,000

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