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List of largest urban areas by continent

This is a list of the largest urban areas by continent. For comparison purposes, a list of the largest urban areas in the world is also included.

Largest urban areas

Africa

  1. Cairo – 20,901,000
  2. Lagos – 15,946,000
  3. Kinshasa – 14,342,000
  4. Luanda – 8,330,000
  5. Dar es Salaam – 6,702,000
  6. Khartoum – 5,829,000
  7. Johannesburg – 5,783,000
  8. Alexandria – 5,281,000
  9. Abidjan – 5,203,000
  10. Addis Ababa – 4,794,000

Asia

  1. Tokyo – 37,393,000
  2. Jakarta – 35,386,000
  3. New Delhi – 30,291,000
  4. Shanghai – 27,058,000
  5. Dhaka – 21,006,000
  6. Beijing – 20,463,000
  7. Mumbai – 20,411,000
  8. Osaka – 19,165,000
  9. Karachi – 16,094,000
  10. Chongqing – 15,872,000

Europe

Source:

  1. Moscow – 19,100,000
  2. Paris – 10,890,000
  3. Istanbul – 10,042,000
  4. London – 9,787,000
  5. Madrid – 6,211,000
  6. Saint Petersburg – 5,869,000
  7. Barcelona – 5,489,000
  8. Milan – 5,471,000
  9. Berlin – 4,679,000
  10. Rome – 3,800,000

North America

  1. Mexico City – 21,782,000
  2. New York–Newark – 18,804,000
  3. Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana – 12,447,000
  4. Chicago – 8,865,000
  5. Houston – 6,371,000
  6. Dallas–Fort Worth – 6,301,000
  7. Toronto – 6,197,000
  8. Miami – 6,122,000
  9. Atlanta – 5,803,000
  10. Philadelphia – 5,717,000

Central America and the Caribbean

  1. Santo Domingo – 3,524,000
  2. Guatemala City – 3,095,000
  3. Port-au-Prince – 2,987,000
  4. San Juan – 2,440,000
  5. Havana – 2,149,000
  6. Panama City – 1,977,000
  7. Tegucigalpa – 1,568,000
  8. San José – 1,462,000
  9. San Salvador – 1,116,000
  10. Managua – 1,095,000

Oceania

  1. Melbourne – 4,968,000
  2. Sydney – 4,926,000
  3. Brisbane – 2,406,000
  4. Perth – 2,042,000
  5. Auckland – 1,607,000
  6. Adelaide – 1,336,000
  7. Gold Coast–Tweed Heads – 699,000
  8. Canberra – 457,000
  9. Newcastle–Maitland – 450,000
  10. Wellington – 415,000

South America

  1. São Paulo – 22,043,000
  2. Buenos Aires – 15,154,000
  3. Rio de Janeiro – 13,458,000
  4. Bogotá – 10,978,000
  5. Lima – 10,719,000
  6. Santiago – 6,767,000
  7. Belo Horizonte – 6,084,000
  8. Brasília – 4,646,000
  9. Porto Alegre – 4,137,000
  10. Recife – 4,127,000

World

  1. Tokyo – 37,393,000
  2. Jakarta – 35,386,000
  3. New Delhi – 30,291,000
  4. Shanghai – 27,058,000
  5. São Paulo – 22,043,000
  6. Mexico City – 21,782,000
  7. Dhaka – 21,006,000
  8. Cairo – 20,901,000
  9. Beijing – 20,463,000
  10. Mumbai – 20,411,000
  11. Osaka – 19,165,000

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