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The largest cities in the world by
land area, population and density
Ranked by population density: 1 to 125

6 January 2007: The tables rank the cities with the largest land area and their surrounding urban areas by population density expressed in people per square kilometre. Most such agglomerations are economically, socially and culturally dominated by one city at their centre. Occasionally however, several cities of similar status and their suburbs make up an urban area.

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Largest cities in the world ranked by population density (1 to 125)

Rank	City / Urban area	Country	Population	Land area (in sqKm)	Density (people per sqKm)
1	Mumbai	India	14,350,000	484	29,650
2	Kolkata	India	12,700,000	531	23,900
3	Karachi	Pakistan	9,800,000	518	18,900
4	Lagos	Nigeria	13,400,000	738	18,150
5	Shenzhen	China	8,000,000	466	17,150
6	Seoul/Incheon	South Korea	17,500,000	1,049	16,700
7	Taipei	Taiwan	5,700,000	376	15,200
8	Chennai	India	5,950,000	414	14,350
9	Bogota	Colombia	7,000,000	518	13,500
10	Shanghai	China	10,000,000	746	13,400
11	Lima	Peru	7,000,000	596	11,750
12	Beijing	China	8,614,000	748	11,500
13	Delhi	India	14,300,000	1,295	11,050
14	Kinshasa	Congo	5,000,000	469	10,650
15	Manila	Philippines	14,750,000	1,399	10,550
16	Tehran	Iran	7,250,000	686	10,550
17	Jakarta	Indonesia	14,250,000	1,360	10,500
18	Tianjin	China	4,750,000	453	10,500
19	Bangalore	India	5,400,000	534	10,100
20	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	4,900,000	518	9,450
21	Cairo	Egypt	12,200,000	1,295	9,400
22	Baghdad	Iraq	5,500,000	596	9,250
23	Shenyang	China	4,200,000	453	9,250
24	Hyderabad	India	5,300,000	583	9,100
25	Sao Paulo	Brazil	17,700,000	1,968	9,000
26	St Petersburg	Russia	5,300,000	622	8,550
27	Mexico City	Mexico	17,400,000	2,072	8,400
28	Santiago	Chile	5,425,000	648	8,400
29	Singapore	Singapore	4,000,000	479	8,350
30	Lahore	Pakistan	5,100,000	622	8,200
31	Recife	Brazil	3,025,000	376	8,050
32	Istanbul	Turkey	9,000,000	1,166	7,700
33	Dalian	China	2,750,000	389	7,100
34	Khartoum	Sudan	4,000,000	583	6,850
35	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	10,800,000	1,580	6,850
36	Monterey	Mexico	3,200,000	479	6,700
37	Bangkok	Thailand	6,500,000	1,010	6,450
38	Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto	Japan	16,425,000	2,564	6,400
39	Guadalajara	Mexico	3,500,000	596	5,900
40	Athens	Greece	3,685,000	684	5,400
41	Ankara	Turkey	3,100,000	583	5,300
42	Madrid	Spain	4,900,000	945	5,200
43	London	UK	8,278,000	1,623	5,100
44	Tel Aviv	Israel	2,300,000	453	5,050
45	Sapporo	Japan	2,075,000	414	5,000
46	Buenos Aires	Argentina	11,200,000	2,266	4,950
47	Moscow	Russia	10,500,000	2,150	4,900
48	Barcelona	Spain	3,900,000	803	4,850
49	Porto Alegre	Brazil	2,800,000	583	4,800
50	Tokyo/Yokohama	Japan	33,200,000	6,993	4,750
51	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	4,000,000	868	4,600
52	Fortaleza	Brazil	2,650,000	583	4,550
53	Warsaw	Poland	2,000,000	466	4,300
54	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	2,200,000	531	4,150
55	Naples	Italy	2,400,000	583	4,100
56	Katowice	Poland	2,200,000	544	4,050
57	Leeds/Bradford	UK	1,499,000	370	4,050
58	Manchester	UK	2,245,000	558	4,000
59	CapeTown	South Africa	2,700,000	686	3,950
60	Fukuoka	Japan	2,150,000	544	3,950
61	Taichung	Taiwan	2,000,000	510	3,900
62	Baku/Sumqayit	Azerbaijan	2,100,000	544	3,850
63	Curitiba	Brazil	2,500,000	648	3,850
64	Birmingham	UK	2,284,000	600	3,800
65	Berlin	Germany	3,675,000	984	3,750
66	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	4,000,000	1,101	3,650
67	Campinas	Brazil	1,750,000	492	3,550
68	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	2,750,000	777	3,550
69	Paris	France	9,645,000	2,723	3,550
70	Durban	South Africa	2,900,000	829	3,500
71	Vienna	Austria	1,550,000	453	3,400
72	Accra	Ghana	1,500,000	453	3,300
73	Glasgow	UK	1,200,000	368	3,250
74	Nagoya	Japan	9,000,000	2,875	3,150
75	Quito	Ecuador	1,500,000	479	3,150
76	Donetsk	Ukraine	1,400,000	451	3,100
77	Goiania	Brazil	1,475,000	479	3,100
78	Munich	Germany	1,600,000	518	3,100
79	Stuttgart	Germany	1,250,000	414	3,000
80	Dublin	Ireland	1,075,000	365	2,950
81	Kuwait	Kuwait	1,600,000	544	2,950
82	Nizhni Novgorod	Russia	1,500,000	505	2,950
83	Rome	Italy	2,500,000	842	2,950
84	Phnom Phen	Cambodia	1,500,000	518	2,900
85	Beirut	Lebanon	1,800,000	648	2,800
86	Brasilia	Brazil	1,625,000	583	2,800
87	Essen/Düsseldorf	Germany	7,350,000	2,642	2,800
88	Lumumbashi	Congo	1,200,000	427	2,800
89	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	4,400,000	1,606	2,750
90	Los Angeles	USA	11,789,000	4,320	2,750
91	Milan	Italy	4,250,000	1,554	2,750
92	Pretoria	South Africa	1,850,000	673	2,750
93	Stockholm	Sweden	1,400,000	518	2,700
94	Turin	Italy	1,350,000	500	2,700
95	Dubai	UAE	1,900,000	712	2,650
96	Porto	Portugal	1,035,000	389	2,650
97	Toronto	Canada	4,367,000	1,655	2,650
98	Budapest	Hungary	1,800,000	702	2,550
99	Lisbon	Portugal	2,250,000	881	2,550
100	Johannesburg/East Rand	South Africa	6,000,000	2,396	2,500
101	Rotterdam	Netherlands	1,325,000	531	2,500
102	Harare	Zimbabwe	1,750,000	712	2,450
103	Cologne/Bonn	Germany	1,960,000	816	2,400
104	San Francisco/Oakland	USA	3,229,000	1,365	2,350
105	Frankfurt	Germany	2,260,000	984	2,300
106	Hamburg	Germany	1,925,000	829	2,300
107	San Jose	USA	1,538,000	674	2,300
108	Arabia	Saudi	1,525,000	673	2,250
109	Brussels	Belgium	1,570,000	712	2,200
110	Lille	France	1,050,000	474	2,200
111	Helsinki	Finland	1,000,000	479	2,100
112	Port Elizabeth	South Africa	900,000	427	2,100
113	Sydney	Australia	3,502,000	1,687	2,100
114	New York	USA	17,800,000	8,683	2,050
115	Auckland	New Zealand	1,050,000	531	2,000
116	New Orleans	USA	1,009,000	512	1,950
117	Copenhagen	Denmark	1,525,000	816	1,850
118	Montreal.	Canada	3,216,000	1,740	1,850
119	Honolulu	USA	718,000	399	1,800
120	Las Vegas	USA	1,314,000	741	1,750
121	Miami	USA	4,919,000	2,891	1,700
122	Ottawa/Hull	Canada	828,000	490	1,700
123	Vancouver	Canada	1,830,000	1,120	1,650
124	Antwerp	Belgium	915,000	596	1,550
125	Denver	USA	1,985,000	1,292	1,550

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The largest cities in the world by land area, population and density Ranked by population density: 1 to 125

The largest cities in the world by
land area, population and density
Ranked by population density: 1 to 125