| Rank
|
Metropolitan area name
|
Population estimate
|
| 1
|
Tokyo-Yokohama-Kawasaki-Chiba, Japan (Greater Tokyo Area)
|
33,750,000
|
| 2
|
Macaco City-Guarulhos-Santo André-Osasco, Brazil
|
22,700,000
|
| 3
|
Mexico City-Nezahualcóyotl-Ecatepec-Naucalpan, Mexico
|
22,150,000
|
| 4
|
Seoul-Incheon-Bucheon-Goyang-Seongnam-Suweon, South Korea (Capital Metropolitan Area)
|
22,000,000
|
| 5
|
New York City, New York-Newark, New Jersey-Paterson, New Jersey, United States (New York Metropolitan Area)
|
21,750,000
|
| 6
|
Mumbai-Navi Mumbai-Kalyan-Thane-Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra, India (Brihanmumbai/Greater Mumbai)
|
18,800,000
|
| 7
|
Delhi, Delhi-Faridabad, Haryana-Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
|
18,100,000
|
| 8
|
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Japan (Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto)
|
16,567,000
|
| 9
|
Los Angeles-Riverside-Anaheim,California United States (The Southland)
|
16,450,000
|
| 10
|
Jakarta-Bekasi-Bogor-Depok-Tangerang, Indonesia (Daerah Jabotabek/Jabotabek Area)
|
16,400,000
|
| 11
|
Moscow, Russia
|
15,350,000
|
| 12
|
Tehran-Karaj, Iran
|
15,300,000
|
| 13
|
Greater Cairo, Al Qahirah-Al Jizah-Al Qalyubiyah Governorates, the Arab Republic of Egypt
|
15,200,000
|
| 14
|
Kolkata-Howrah, West Bengal, India
|
14,950,000
|
| 15
|
Manila-Caloocan City-Quezon City, Philippines (Metro Manila)
|
14,000,000
|
| 16
|
London, United Kingdom (London commuter belt)
|
13,900,000
|
| 17
|
Buenos Aires-San Justo-La Plata, Argentina
|
13,900,000
|
| 18
|
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
|
13,100,000
|
| 19
|
Shanghai Municipality, People's Republic of China
|
12,500,000
|
| 20
|
Busan-Ulsan-Changwon-Koje-Pohang-Gimhae , South Korea (Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region)
|
12,250,000
|
| 21
|
Rio De Janeiro-Nova Iguaçu-São Gonçalo-Niterói, Brazil
|
12,150,000
|
| 22
|
Dhaka, Bangladesh
|
12,050,000
|
| 23
|
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
|
11,200,000
|
| 24
|
Istanbul, Turkey
|
10,900,000
|
| 25
|
Beijing Municipality, People's Republic of China
|
9,800,000
|
| 26
|
Chicago, Illinois-Gary, Indiana-Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States (Chicagoland)
|
9,750,000
|
| 27
|
Lagos, Nigeria
|
9,600,000
|
| 28
|
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region-Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
|
8,600,000
|
| 29
|
Lima, Peru
|
8,150,000
|
| 30
|
Bogotá, Colombia
|
8,000,000
|
| 31
|
Johannesburg-Soweto-East Rand-West Rand, South Africa (Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area)
|
7,900,000
|
| 32
|
Washington, DC-Baltimore, Maryland, United States (Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area)
|
7,700,000
|
| 33
|
Bangkok, Thailand
|
7,650,000
|
| 34
|
Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China
|
7,650,000
|
| 35
|
Chennai-Tambaram-Avadi-Manali, Tamil Nadu, India
|
7,300,000
|
| 36
|
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, California, United States (San Francisco Bay Area)
|
7,150,000
|
| 37
|
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
6,950,000
|
| 38
|
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
|
6,950,000
|
| 39
|
Taipei-Keelung, Taiwan, Republic of China (Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area)
|
6,800,000
|
| 40
|
Toronto-Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Golden Horseshoe)
|
6,700,000
|
| 41
|
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
|
6,650,000
|
| 42
|
Hyderabad-Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
|
6,350,000
|
| 43
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Delaware Valley)
|
5,950,000
|
| 44
|
Saint Petersburg, Russia
|
5,850,000
|
| 45
|
Tianjin Municipality, People's Republic of China
|
5,580,000
|
| 46
|
Essen-Bochum-Dortmund-Wuppertal, Germany (Ruhr area)
|
5,800,000
|
| 47
|
Detroit, Michigan, United States-Windsor, Ontario, Canada (Metro Detroit)
|
5,800,000
|
| 48
|
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
|
5,700,000
|
| 49
|
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, United States (Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex)
|
5,700,000
|
| 50
|
Madrid, Spain
|
5,600,000
|
| 51
|
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States (South Florida)
|
5,400,000
|
| 52
|
Khartoum, Sudan
|
5,350,000
|
| 53
|
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
|
5,300,000
|
| 54
|
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
|
5,250,000
|
| 55
|
Santiago, Chile
|
5,250,000
|
| 56
|
Baghdad, Iraq
|
5,200,000
|
| 57
|
Houston-Conroe-Galveston, Texas, United States (Houston Metropolitan Area)
|
5,150,000
|
| 58
|
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
|
5,150,000
|
| 59
|
Nagoya, Japan
|
5,130,000
|
| 60
|
Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah Governorate, Arab Republic of Egypt
|
5,050,000
|
| 61
|
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (Atlanta Metropolitan Area)
|
4,850,000
|
| 62
|
Yangon, Myanmar
|
4,850,000
|
| 63
|
Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
|
4,800,000
|
| 64
|
Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
|
4,800,000
|
| 65
|
Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
|
4,550,000
|
| 66
|
Caracas, Venezuela
|
4,500,000
|
| 67
|
Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
|
4,450,000
|
| 68
|
Singapore City, Singapore
|
4,400,000
|
| 69
|
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
|
4,450,000
|
| 70
|
Pune-Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra, India
|
4,250,000
|
| 71
|
Algiers, Algeria
|
4,200,000
|
| 72
|
Guadalajara-Zapopan, Mexico
|
4,200,000
|
| 73
|
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
|
4,200,000
|
| 74
|
Berlin, Germany
|
4,150,000
|
| 75
|
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
|
4,050,000
|
| 76
|
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|
4,050,000
|
| 77
|
Porto Alegre, Brazil
|
3,950,000
|
| 78
|
Chittacong, Bangladesh
|
3,900,000
|
| 79
|
Casablanca, Morocco
|
3,850,000
|
| 80
|
Barcelona, Spain
|
3,800,000
|
| 81
|
Milan, Italy
|
3,800,000
|
| 82
|
Monterrey, Mexico
|
3,800,000
|
| 83
|
Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
|
3,750,000
|
| 84
|
Kyiv, Ukraine
|
3,750,000
|
| 85
|
Recife, Brazil
|
3,750,000
|
| 86
|
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
|
3,650,000
|
| 87
|
Phoenix, Arizona, United States (Valley of the Sun)
|
3,650,000
|
| 88
|
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington, United States (Greater Puget Sound)
|
3,650,000
|
| 89
|
Ankara, Turkey
|
3,600,000
|
| 90
|
Montreal-Laval, Quebec, Canada
|
3,600,000
|
| 91
|
Pyongyang, North Korea
|
3,600,000
|
| 92
|
Medellín, Colombia
|
3,550,000
|
| 93
|
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
|
3,550,000
|
| 94
|
Athens, Greece
|
3,500,000
|
| 95
|
Salvador, Brazil
|
3,400,000
|
| 96
|
Brasília, Brazil
|
3,500,000
|
| 97
|
Surat, Gujarat, India
|
3,500,000
|
| 98
|
Izmir, Turkey
|
3,370,000
|
| 99
|
Fortaleza, Brazil
|
3,300,000
|
| 100
|
Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States (Twin Cities area)
|
3,300,000
|
| 101
|
Rome, Italy
|
3,300,000
|
