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and urban areas in 2006
Urban areas ranked 1 to 100

The tables provide population figures for cities and their surrounding urban areas. 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 2006 population figures are based on censuses carried out between 2000 and 2005 and adjusted to take account of average annual population changes.

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THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD AND THEIR MAYORS 2010
Introduction
Cities by size: 1 to 150 | 151 to 300 | 301 to 450 | 451 to 600 |
Cities in alphabetical order: A to D | E to L | M to R | S to Z |
Cities by countries: A to D | E to L | M to R | S to Z |

LARGEST URBAN AREAS:
Introduction
In 2006: Urban areas ranked 1 to 100 | Urban areas ranked 101 to 200 | Urban areas ranked 201 to 300 | Urban areas ranked 301 to 400 |
In 2020: Urban areas ranked 1 to 100 | Urban areas ranked 101 to 200 | Urban areas ranked 201 to 300 | Urban areas ranked 301 to 400 |

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Urban areas ranked 1 to 100 | Urban areas ranked 101 to 200 | Urban areas ranked 201 to 300 |

ALPHABETICAL INDEX:
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Largest cities and urban areas in 2006 (1 to 100)

Rank	City/Urban area	Country	Population in 2006 (millions)
1	Tokyo	Japan	35.53
2	Mexico City	Mexico	19.24
3	Mumbai (Bombay)	India	18.84
4	New York	USA	18.65
5	São Paulo	Brazil	18.61
6	Delhi	India	16.00
7	Calcutta	India	14.57
8	Jakarta	Indonesia	13.67
9	Buenos Aires	Argentina	13.52
10	Dhaka	Bangladesh	13.09
11	Shanghai	China	12.63
12	Los Angeles	USA	12.22
13	Karachi	Pakistan	12.20
14	Lagos	Nigeria	11.70
15	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	11.62
16	Osaka, Kobe	Japan	11.32
17	Cairo	Egypt	11.29
18	Beijing	China	10.85
19	Moscow	Russia	10.82
20	Metro Manila	Philippines	10.80
21	Istanbul	Turkey	10.00
22	Paris	France	9.89
23	Seoul	South Korea	9.52
24	Tianjin	China	9.39
25	Chicago	USA	8.80
26	Lima	Peru	8.35
27	Bogotá	Colombia	7.80
28	London	UK	7.61
29	Tehran	Iran	7.42
30	Hong Kong	China	7.28
31	Chennai (Madras)	India	7.04
32	Bangalore	India	6.75
33	Bangkok	Thailand	6.65
34	Dortmund, Bochum	Germany	6.57
35	Lahore	Pakistan	6.57
36	Hyderabad	India	6.34
37	Wuhan	China	6.18
38	Baghdad	Iraq	6.06
39	Kinshasa	Congo	5.89
40	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	5.76
41	Santiago	Chile	5.70
42	Miami	USA	5.48
43	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	5.45
44	Philadelphia	USA	5.36
45	St Petersburg	Russia	5.35
46	Ahmadabad	India	5.34
47	Madrid	Spain	5.17
48	Toronto	Canada	5.16
49	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	5.10
50	Chongqing	China	5.06
51	Shenyang	China	4.94
52	Dallas, Fort Worth	USA	4.72
53	Pune (Poona)	India	4.67
54	Khartoum	Sudan	4.63
55	Singapore	Singapore	4.47
56	Atlanta	USA	4.47
57	Sydney	Australia	4.45
58	Barcelona	Spain	4.43
59	Houston	USA	4.39
60	Chittagong	Bangladesh	4.37
61	Boston	USA	4.37
62	Washington DC	USA	4.25
63	Hanoi	Vietnam	4.22
64	Yangon	Myanmar	4.18
65	Bandung	Indonesia	4.15
66	Detroit	USA	3.99
67	Jidda	Saudi Arabia	3.96
68	Milan	Italy	3.96
69	Guadalajara	Mexico	3.95
70	Surat	India	3.90
71	Guangzhou	China	3.88
72	Pôrto Alegre	Brazil	3.86
73	Casablanca	Morocco	3.83
74	Alexandria	Egypt	3.81
75	Frankfurt, Wiesbaden	Germany	3.73
76	Melbourne	Australia	3.71
77	Ankara	Turkey	3.69
78	Abidjan	Côte d'Ivoire	3.62
79	Recife	Brazil	3.59
80	Monterrey	Mexico	3.58
81	Montréal	Canada	3.53
82	Chengdu	China	3.52
83	Phoenix, Mesa	USA	3.51
84	Pusan	Republic of Korea	3.49
85	Brasília	Brazil	3.48
86	Johannesburg	South Africa	3.44
87	Kabul	Afghanistan	3.43
88	Salvador	Brazil	3.41
89	Algiers	Algeria	3.37
90	San Francisco, Oakland	USA	3.36
91	Düsseldorf, Essen	Germany	3.35
92	Fortaleza	Brazil	3.35
93	Medellín	Colombia	3.33
94	Berlin	Germany	3.33
95	Pyongyang	North Korea	3.33
96	Caracas	Venezuela	3.30
97	Xian	China	3.28
98	Athens	Greece	3.25
99	East Rand (Ekurhuleni)	South Africa	3.23
100	Cape Town	South Africa	3.21

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The world’s largest cities and urban areas in 2006 Urban areas ranked 1 to 100

The world’s largest cities
and urban areas in 2006
Urban areas ranked 1 to 100