Largest World

Urban

Areas: 1950 DRAFT Rank Urban Area Population 1 New York 12,914,000 2 London 12,088,000 3 Tokyo-Yokohama 8,400,000 4 Moscow 7,000,000 5 Rhine-Ruhr-Wupper 6,900,000 6 Paris 6,650,000 7 Shanghai 5,800,000 8 Chicago 5,587,000 9 Buenos Aires 4,618,000 10 Calcutta 4,600,000 11 Osaka-Kobe 4,425,000 12 Los Angeles 4,368,000 13 Leningrad 4,200,000 14 Beijing 3,900,000 15 Philadelphia 3,671,000 16 Berlin 3,300,000 17 Mexico City 3,125,000 18 Detroit 3,016,000 19 Bombay 3,000,000 20 Rio de Janeiro 2,413,000 21 Boston 2,411,000 22 Cairo 2,370,000 23 Birmingham 2,242,000 24 San Francisco 2,241,000 25 Sao Paulo 2,228,000 26 Pittsburgh 2,213,000 27 Hong Kong 2,030,000 28 Kyoto 1,833,000 29 Vienna 1,796,000 30 Tianjin 1,772,000 31 St. Louis 1,719,000 32 Hamburg 1,687,000 33 Rome 1,658,000 34 Sydney 1,611,000 35 Budapest 1,595,000 36 Montreal 1,539,000 37 Madrid 1,527,000 38 Barcelona 1,500,000 38 Manchester 1,500,000 38 Milan 1,500,000 41 Manila 1,475,000 42 Cleveland 1,466,000 43 Washington 1,464,000 44 Santiago 1,450,000 45 Seoul 1,446,000 46 Wuhan 1,445,000 47 Madras 1,416,000 48 Guanghzou 1,413,000 49 Baltimore 1,405,000 50 Liverpool 1,388,000 51 Melbourne 1,360,000 52 Athens 1,271,000 53 Toronto 1,262,000 54 Nagoya 1,250,000 54 Naples 1,250,000 56 Copenhagen 1,200,000 57 Delhi 1,193,000 58 Minneapolis-St. Paul 1,151,000 59 Amsterdam 1,125,000 60 Buffalo 1,089,000 61 Glasgow 1,087,000 62 Hyderabad 1,086,000 63 Karachi 1,068,000 64 Alexandria 1,060,000 65 Brussels 1,050,000 66 Bucharest 1,042,000 67 Mukden 1,021,000 68 Cologne 1,010,000 69 Havana 1,000,000 69 Tsingtao 1,000,000 69 Warsaw 1,000,000 69 Turin 1,000,000 69 Istanbul 1,000,000 69 Kiev 1,000,000 69 Gorky 1,000,000 69 Chungking 1,000,000 69 Stockholm 1,000,000 69 Lisbon 1,000,000 Demographia: Affiliated with The Public Purpose, Twice A National Journal Top Internet Site

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