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.

The list

	Local name	English name	Country	Population	Remark
1	Guangzhou	Guangzhou	China	47,700,000	Northern Pearl River Delta incl. Dongguan, Foshan, Jiangmen, Shenzhen, Zhongshan
2	Tōkyō	Tokyo	Japan	39,500,000	incl. Chiba, Kawasaki, Maebashi, Sagamihara, Saitama, Utsunomiya, Yokohama
3	Shanghai	Shanghai	China	30,900,000	incl. Suzhou
4	Jakarta	Jakarta	Indonesia	30,100,000	incl. Bekasi, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Tangerang Selatan
5	Delhi	Delhi	India	26,400,000	incl. Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon
6	Karāchi	Karachi	Pakistan	25,600,000
7	São Paulo	São Paulo	Brazil	25,300,000	incl. Guarulhos
8	Mumbai	Mumbai	India	24,800,000	incl. Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Ulhasnagar, Vasai-Virar
9	Dhaka	Dhaka	Bangladesh	24,500,000
10	Seoul	Seoul	South Korea	24,000,000	incl. Bucheon, Goyang, Incheon, Seongnam, Suwon
11	Manila	Manila	Philippines	23,300,000	incl. Kaloocan, Quezon City
12	Ciudad de México	Mexico City	Mexico	22,100,000	incl. Nezahualcóyotl, Ecatepec, Naucalpan
13	New York	New York	United States	22,000,000	incl. Bridgeport, Newark, New Haven
14	Lagos	Lagos	Nigeria	21,900,000
15	Beijing	Beijing	China	21,100,000
16	Ōsaka	Osaka	Japan	17,800,000	incl. Himeji, Kobe, Kyoto, Sakai
17	Los Angeles	Los Angeles	United States	17,600,000	incl. Anaheim, Riverside
18	Krung Thep	Bangkok	Thailand	16,900,000	incl. Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Samutprakan, Pathumthani
18	Moskva	Moscow	Russia	16,900,000
20	Al-Qāhirah	Cairo	Egypt	16,800,000	incl. Giza, Helwan, Shubra el-Kheima; see Greater Cairo
21	Kolkata	Kolkata	India	16,000,000	incl. Haora
21	Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires	Argentina	15,800,000	incl. San Justo, La Plata
23	London	London	United Kingdom	14,400,000
23	Bengaluru	Bangalore	India	14,400,000
25	Istanbul	Istanbul	Turkey	14,300,000
26	Tehran	Tehran	Iran	13,700,000	incl. Karaj
27	Johannesburg	Johannesburg	South Africa	13,400,000	incl. East Rand, Evaton, Pretoria, Soshanguve, Soweto, Vereeniging, West Rand
28	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	12,700,000	incl. Nova Iguaçu, São Gonçalo
29	Kinshasa	Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	11,600,000
30	Tianjin	Tianjin	China	11,400,000
31	Paris	Paris	France	11,200,000
32	Nagoya	Nagoya	Japan	10,300,000
33	Lahore	Lahore	Pakistan	10,200,000
34	Chennai	Chennai	India	10,000,000
35	Xiamen	Xiamen	China	10,000,000	incl. Jinjiang, Quanzhou
36	Lima	Lima	Peru	9,950,000
37	Chicago	Chicago	United States	9,800,000
38	Chengdu	Chengdu	China	9,600,000	incl. Shuangliu
39	Bogotá	Bogotá	Colombia	9,350,000
40	Taipei	Taipei	Taiwan	9,050,000	incl. Taoyuan & most parts of New Taipei City (Xinbei)
41	Hyderābād	Hyderabad	India	9,000,000
42	Washington	Washington	United States	8,350,000	incl. Baltimore
43	Hangzhou	Hangzhou	China	8,300,000	incl. Shaoxing
44	Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	8,250,000	incl. Biên Hòa
45	Wuhan	Wuhan	China	8,000,000
46	Shantou	Shantou	China	7,950,000	incl. Chaozhou, Jieyang, Puning
47	Shenyang	Shenyang	China	7,650,000	incl. Fushun
48	San Francisco	San Francisco	United States	7,600,000	incl. Concord, Oakland, San Jose, Santa Rosa
49	Ahmadābād	Ahmedabad	India	7,450,000
50	Boston	Boston	United States	7,350,000	incl. Providence
51	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	United States	7,300,000	Allentown, Trenton
52	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	China	7,250,000	incl. Kowloon, Victoria
53	Toronto	Toronto	Canada	7,100,000	incl. Hamilton
54	Chongqing	Chongqing	China	7,050,000
54	Santiago	Santiago	Chile	7,050,000
56	Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	7,000,000	incl. Klang
57	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	6,900,000	incl. Johor Bahru (Malaysia)
58	Baghdād	Baghdad	Iraq	6,850,000
58	Nanjing	Nanjing	China	6,850,000
60	Luanda	Luanda	Angola	6,800,000
61	Ar-Riyād	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	6,700,000
62	Xi'an	Xi'an	China	6,650,000	incl. Xianyang
63	Dallas	Dallas	United States	6,550,000	incl. Fort Worth
64	Madrid	Madrid	Spain	6,450,000
65	Houston	Houston	United States	6,200,000
66	Miami	Miami	United States	6,100,000	incl. Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach
66	Pune	Pune	India	6,100,000	incl. Pimpri-Chinchwad
68	Bandung	Bandung	Indonesia	5,950,000
69	Wenzhou	Wenzhou	China	5,900,000
70	Detroit	Detroit	United States	5,700,000	incl. Toledo, Windsor (Canada)
70	Qingdao	Qingdao	China	5,700,000
70	Sūrat	Surat	India	5,700,000
73	Ruhrgebiet	The Ruhr	Germany	5,600,000
74	Al-Kharṭūm	Khartoum	Sudan	5,550,000
75	Atlanta	Atlanta	United States	5,500,000
76	Sankt-Peterburg	St. Petersburg	Russia	5,450,000
77	Dar es Salaam	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	5,300,000
78	Nairobi	Nairobi	Kenya	5,200,000
79	Al-Iskandariyah	Alexandria	Egypt	5,150,000
79	Harbin	Harbin	China	5,100,000
79	Milano	Milan	Italy	5,150,000
79	Yangon	Yangon	Myanmar	5,100,000
83	Abidjan	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	5,050,000

See also

• List of metropolitan areas by population
• List of urban areas by population

References

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