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Most Populous Urban Agglomerations 2005
|
Rank |
City |
Population
(in millions) |
|
1 |
Tokyo, Japan |
35,197 |
|
2 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
19,411 |
|
3 |
New York-Newark, USA |
18,718 |
|
4 |
São Paulo, Brazil |
18,333 |
|
5 |
Mumbai (Bombay), India |
18,196 |
|
6 |
Delhi, India |
15,048 |
|
7 |
Shanghai, China |
14,503 |
|
8 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), India |
14,277 |
|
9 |
Jakarta, Indonesia |
13,215 |
|
10 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
12,550 |
|
11 |
Dhaka, Bangladesh |
12,430 |
|
12 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach- Santa Ana, USA |
12,298 |
|
13 |
Karachi, Pakistan |
11,608 |
|
14 |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
11,469 |
|
15 |
Osaka-Kobe, Japan |
11,268 |
|
16 |
Al-Qahirah (Cairo), Egypt |
11,128 |
|
17 |
Lagos, Nigeria |
10,886 |
|
18 |
Beijing, China |
10,717 |
|
19 |
Manila, Philippines |
10,686 |
|
20 |
Moskva (Moscow), Russian Federation |
10,654 |
|
21 |
Paris, France |
9,820 |
|
22 |
Istanbul, Turkey |
9,712 |
|
23 |
Soul (Seoul), Republic of Korea |
9,645 |
|
24 |
Chicago, USA |
8,814 |
|
25 |
London, United Kingdom |
8,505 |
|
26 |
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
8,425 |
|
27 |
Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia |
7,747 |
|
28 |
Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
7,314 |
|
29 |
Shenzhen, China |
7,233 |
|
30 |
Lima, Peru |
7,186 |
Source: United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision, The 30 largest urban agglomerations ranked by population size, 1950-2015.