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This is a list of contiguous urban areas of the world ordered according to population (as of 2007). The figures here have been compiled by Demographia. Urban areas here refer to contiguous built-up areas containing a high population density (over 400 persons per square kilometer as a rule but with exceptions), without regard for administrative boundaries.

Rank	City	Population	Area (km²)	Pop. GrowthRate (%/yr)	Sources ofPop. / Area
1	Tokyo–Yokohama	34,450,000	7,835	0.29	C / B
2	New York City	20,420,000	11,264	0.50	H / H
3	Seoul–Incheon	20,090,000	1,943	0.60	C / B
4	Mumbai (Bombay)	19,380,000	648	2.20	C / B
5	Jakarta	19,300,000	3,108	2.98	E / B
6	Delhi	18,560,000	1,360	3.33	C / B
7	Mexico City	18,410,000	2,525	0.85	C / B
8	São Paulo	18,130,000	2,784	0.93	C / B
9	Manila	17,320,000	1,334	1.68	C / B
10	Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto	17,280,000	3,497	0.08	C / B
11	Cairo	16,000,000	1,554	1.61	D / B
12	Los Angeles	15,350,000	5,812	1.50	H / H
13	Kolkata (Calcutta)	14,580,000	984	1.65	A / B
14	Shanghai	14,530,000	2,979	2.23	C / B
15	Moscow	14,100,000	3,885	0.36	C / B
16	Buenos Aires	13,460,000	2,979	0.92	A / B
17	Beijing (Peking)	12,160,000	3,043	2.62	C / B
18	Shenzhen	11,820,000	1,295	3.65	F / B
19	Rio de Janeiro	11,080,000	1,580	0.82	C / B
20	Istanbul	11,000,000	1,256	1.57	E / B
21	Paris	10,570,000	3,043	0.83	E / B
22	Lagos	9,660,000	790	4.45	D / B
23	Karachi	9,260,000	751	3.19	C / B
24	Nagoya	9,220,000	4,662	0.23	C / B
25	Chicago	9,100,000	5,952	0.74	H / H
26	London	8,280,000	1,623	−0.00	A / A
27	Bangkok	8,190,000	1,554	1.18	C / B
28	Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)	8,040,000	699	3.19	E / B
29	Kinshasa	7,930,000	389	4.24	E / B
30	Lima	7,730,000	596	1.43	F / B
31	Tehran	7,550,000	686	1.36	E / B
32	Dhaka	7,360,000	2,642	0.01	C / B
35	Chennai (Madras)	7,070,000	414	1.60	A / B
36	Guangzhou (Canton)	7,050,000	1,684	0.12	E / B
37	Hong Kong	6,560,000	440	0.28	D / B
41	Johannesburg–East Rand	6,540,000	2,396	1.45	C / B
42	Hyderabad	6,490,000	583	2.11	C / B
43	Dongguan (Tungkuan)	5,870,000	2,152	1.97	H / H
46	Santiago	5,750,000	648	1.17	E / B
47	Miami	5,500,000	2,891	1.60	A / A
48	San Francisco–San Jose	5,400,000	2,497	0.21	H / H
49	Philadelphia	5,330,000	4,661	0.48	A / A
50	Saint Petersburg (Leningrad)	5,290,000	1,191	−0.13	D / B
51	Dallas–Fort Worth	5,250,000	3,959	2.40	H / H
52	Tianjin (Tientsin)	5,190,000	453	1.48	C / B
53	Ahmedabad	5,020,000	202	2.61	A / B
54	Kuala Lumpur	5,010,000	1,606	2.64	E / B
55	Madrid	4,980,000	945	0.27	C / B
56	Milan	4,950,000	3,043	−0.16	C / B
57	Wuhan	4,890,000	518	2.17	E / B
58	Riyadh	4,860,000	1,101	2.82	E / B
59	Boston	4,760,000	5,501	0.31	H / H
60	Belo Horizonte	4,640,000	1,166	1.83	C / B
61	Pune	4,570,000	220	3.32	A / B
62	Shenyang (Mukden)	4,420,000	777	1.06	E / B
63	Khartoum	4,380,000	583	2.31	D / B
64	Houston	4,330,000	3,463	1.47	H / H
65	Atlanta	4,280,000	5,083	2.91	A / A
66	Singapore	4,240,000	479	0.85	D / B
67	Washington, D.C.	4,210,000	2,996	0.99	A / A
67	Yangon	4,210,000	350	2.57	D / B
69	Detroit	4,060,000	3,267	0.58	A / A
70	Guadalajara	4,030,000	712	1.00	E / B
71	Barcelona	3,930,000	803	0.12	C / B
72	Athens	3,750,000	684	0.29	C / B
72	Busan	3,750,000	259	0.60	E / B
72	Chengdu	3,750,000	427	1.16	E / B
75	Surat	3,730,000	109	4.81	A / B
76	Sydney	3,720,000	1,687	1.02	C / B
77	Phoenix–Mesa	3,700,000	2,069	3.51	A / A
78	Alexandria	3,680,000	293	1.69	D / B
78	Berlin	3,680,000	984	0.00	C / B
80	Bandung	3,670,000	401	2.91	E / B
81	Abidjan	3,630,000	298	2.39	D / B
82	Monterrey	3,610,000	712	1.20	C / B
83	Ankara	3,510,000	583	1.81	E / B
84	Recife	3,470,000	414	1.26	C / B
85	Algiers	3,400,000	453	2.60	E / B
85	Porto Alegre	3,400,000	777	1.14	C / B
87	Montreal	3,350,000	1,740	0.69	A / A
88	Melbourne	3,340,000	2,080	0.93	C / B
89	Jeddah	3,320,000	777	2.74	E / B
90	Chongqing (Chungking)	3,270,000	259	1.44	E / B
91	Qingdao (Tsingtao)	3,200,000	712	1.06	E / B
92	Fortaleza	3,160,000	725	1.80	C / B
93	Kanpur	3,110,000	142	2.43	A / B
93	Nanjing (Nanking)	3,110,000	492	0.61	E / B
95	Medellín	3,100,000	189	2.46	C / B
96	Kano	3,080,000	207	2.44	D / B
97	Salvador	3,000,000	389	1.65	C / B
98	Casablanca	2,980,000	220	2.08	E / B
98	Naples	2,980,000	777	−0.13	C / B
100	Durban (eThekwini)	2,960,000	829	0.50	C / B
101	Luanda	2,940,000	363	4.15	D / B
102	Seattle	2,930,000	2,470	1.10	A / A
103	Caracas	2,920,000	233	0.98	E / B
104	Nairobi	2,910,000	389	3.77	E / B
105	Kabul	2,890,000	259	5.09	E / B
106	Addis Ababa	2,870,000	228	3.55	D / B
107	Curitiba	2,860,000	842	2.01	C / B
107	Dar es Salaam	2,860,000	246	4.47	C / B
109	Surabaya	2,850,000	376	2.34	D / B
110	San Diego	2,840,000	2,026	0.84	A / A
111	Cape Town	2,820,000	686	0.73	C / B
111	Chittagong	2,820,000	168	4.21	C / B
111	Jaipur	2,820,000	168	3.46	A / B
114	Rome	2,720,000	855	−0.16	C / B
115	Taichung	2,680,000	492	2.32	E / B
116	Lucknow	2,650,000	130	2.61	A / B
117	Amman	2,620,000	344	1.90	E / B
118	Harbin	2,610,000	492	0.04	E / B
119	Minneapolis–Saint Paul	2,590,000	2,316	1.16	A / A
120	Dakar	2,580,000	181	3.14	E / B
120	Tel Aviv	2,580,000	453	1.63	D / B
122	Pyongyang	2,570,000	207	0.68	F / B
123	Faisalabad	2,550,000	168	3.35	C / B
123	Kaohsiung	2,550,000	363	0.70	E / B
125	Changsha	2,520,000	337	2.33	E / B
125	Ibadan	2,520,000	311	2.30	D / B
127	Guayaquil	2,510,000	220	2.25	D / B
128	İzmir	2,490,000	272	1.79	E / B
128	Kiev	2,490,000	479	−0.09	D / B
128	Rawalpindi–Islamabad	2,490,000	233	3.35	C / B
131	Nanchang	2,440,000	155	2.53	E / B
132	Katowice–Gliwice–Tychy	2,430,000	725	−0.14	C / B
133	Nagpur	2,410,000	114	2.17	A / B
134	Dubai	2,390,000	712	3.89	C / B
135	Daegu	2,380,000	181	−0.13	E / B
136	Medan	2,370,000	246	2.46	E / B
136	Tampa–St. Petersburg	2,370,000	2,078	2.03	A / A
138	Hangzhou	2,350,000	414	1.90	E / B
139	Frankfurt	2,330,000	673	0.50	C / B
140	Tashkent	2,310,000	531	0.61	E / B
141	Aleppo	2,300,000	210	2.33	D / B
141	Lisbon	2,300,000	881	0.39	C / B
143	Changchun	2,290,000	285	1.46	E / B
143	Guatemala City	2,290,000	298	4.32	C / B
143	Birmingham	2,280,000	600	−0.03	A / A
146	Indore	2,250,000	85	3.22	A / B
146	San Juan	2,250,000	2,309	0.23	A / A
148	Fukuoka	2,240,000	583	0.43	C / B
148	Manchester	2,240,000	558	−0.03	A / A
150	Tunis	2,220,000	363	1.41	D / B
151	Havana	2,200,000	285	0.04	D / B
152	Baltimore	2,090,000	842	0.39	C / B
164	Shijiazhuang	2,090,000	401	1.61	E / B
169	Patna	2,080,000	83	3.32	A / B
170	Denver	2,060,000	1,292	0.50	A / A
170	Lanzhou	2,060,000	168	3.95	E / B
172	Campinas	2,040,000	492	2.21	C / B
173	Las Vegas	2,030,000	741	4.46	A / A
174	Cologne–Bonn	2,020,000	932	0.50	C / B
175	Dammam	2,010,000	673	2.82	E / B
175	Vancouver	2,010,000	1,120	1.55	A / A
175	Warsaw	2,010,000	544	0.07	D / B
178	Mashhad	2,000,000	207	1.69	E / B

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