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The 150 richest cities in the world by GDP in 2005

11 March 2007: The tables provide GDP figures for cities and their surrounding urban areas in 2005. 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. The GDP  figures are estimated and expressed in US$, using purchasing power parity exchange rates. The estimates are based on PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates and projections as well as UN urban agglomeration definitions and population estimates. The research was carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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Richest cities and urban areas in 2005
Rank
City/Urban area
Country
GDP in US$bn
1
Tokyo Japan
1191
2
New York USA
1133
3
Los Angeles USA
639
4
Chicago USA
460
5
Paris France
460
6
London UK
452
7
Osaka/Kobe Japan
341
8
Mexico City Mexico
315
9
Philadelphia USA
312
10
Washington DC USA
299
11
Boston USA
290
12
Dallas/Fort Worth USA
268
13
Buenos Aires Argentina
245
14
Hong Kong China
244
15
San Francisco/Oakland USA
242
16
Atlanta USA
236
17
Houston USA
235
18
Miami USA
231
19
Sao Paulo Brazil
225
20
Seoul South Korea
218
21
Toronto Canada
209
22
Detroit USA
203
23
Madrid Spain
188
24
Seattle USA
186
25
Moscow Russia
181
26
Sydney Australia
172
27
Phoenix USA
156
28
Minneapolis USA
155
29
San Diego USA
153
30
Rio de Janeiro Brazil
141
31
Barcelona Spain
140
32
Shanghai China
139
33
Melbourne Australia
135
34
Istanbul Turkey
133
35
Denver USA
130
36
Singapore Singapore
129
37
Mumbai India
126
38
Rome Italy
123
39
Montreal Canada
120
40
Milan Italy
115
41
Baltimore USA
110
42
Metro Manila Philippines
108
43
St Louis USA
101
44
Beijing China
99
45
Cairo Egypt
98
46
Jakarta Indonesia
98
47
Tampa/St Petersburg USA
97
48
Pusan South Korea
95
49
Kolkata India
94
50
Vienna Austria
93
51
Delhi India
93
52
Tel Aviv-Jaffa Israel
92
53
Santiago Chile
91
54
Cleveland USA
90
55
Bangkok Thailand
89
56
Tehran Iran
88
57
Portland USA
87
58
Bogotá Colombia
86
59
St Petersburg Russia
85
60
Guangzhou China
84
61
Pittsburgh USA
80
62
Riyadh Saudi Arabia
80
63
Lisbon Portugal
79
64
Vancouver Canada
79
65
Johannesburg South Africa
79
66
Monterrey Mexico
78
67
Stockholm Sweden
76
68
Cape Town South Africa
75
69
Berlin Germany
75
70
Athens Greece
73
71
Birmingham UK
72
72
Fukuoka Japan
72
73
Manchester UK
69
74
Lima Peru
67
75
Belo Horizonte Brazil
65
76
Guadalajara Mexico
60
77
Hamburg Germany
58
78
Turin Italy
58
79
Lyon France
56
80
Jiddah Saudi Arabia
55
81
Karachi Pakistan
55
82
Dhaka Bangladesh
52
83
Munich Germany
50
84
Dublin Ireland
49
85
Leeds UK
48
86
Warsaw Poland
48
87
Tianjin China
45
88
Bangalore India
45
89
Porto Alegre Brazil
44
90
Helsinki Finland
43
91
Naples Italy
43
92
Budapest Hungary
43
93
Zurich Switzerland
42
94
Ankara Turkey
42
95
Amsterdam Netherlands
42
96
Auckland New Zealand
41
97
Copenhagen Denmark
41
98
Recife Brazil
41
99
Rotterdam Netherlands
40
100
Brussels Belgium
39
101
East Rand South Africa
39
102
Brasilia Brazil
38
103
Salvador El Salvador
38
104
Wuhan China
38
105
Chennai India
38
106
Ho Chi Min City Vietnam
38
107
Hyderabad India
38
108
Fortaleza Brazil
37
109
Prague Czech Republic
36
110
Chongqing China
35
111
Algiers Algeria
35
112
Medellin Colombia
34
113
Taegu South Korea
34
114
Curitiba Brazil
33
115
Ahmadabad India
32
116
Oslo Norway
31
117
Izmir Turkey
31
118
Lagos Nigeria
30
119
Pune India
30
120
Alexandria Egypt
30
121
Cologne Germany
29
122
Lahore Pakistan
28
123
Caracas Venezuela
28
124
Hanoi Vietnam
28
125
Shenyang China
27
126
Puebla Mexico
27
127
Lille France
27
128
Bandung Indonesia
26
129
Casablanca Morocco
24
130
Khartoum Sudan
23
131
Surat India
22
132
Baghdad Iraq
22
133
Chengdu China
21
134
Xian China
19
135
Kanpur India
17
136
Yangon Burma
16
137
Chittagong Bangladesh
16
138
Changchun China
15
139
Jaipur India
15
140
Lucknow India
14
141
Luanda Angola
12
142
Abidjan Ivory Coast
11
143
Pyongyang North Korea
10
144
Faisalabad Pakistan
10
145
Kinshasha Congo
10
146
Krakow Poland
10
147
Kabul Afghanistan
9
148
Nairobi Kenya
8
149
Addis Ababa Ethiopia
7
150
Kano Nigeria
7
151
Dar es Salaam Tanzania
5
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