| Rang | Metropool gebiedsnaam | Land | Bevolking |
|---|
| 1 | Guangzhou (incl. Dongguan, Foshan, Jiangmen, Shenzhen en Zhongshan) |  China | 45.600.000 |
| 2 | Tokio (Groot-Tokio; incl. Chiba, Maebashi, Sagamihara, Kawasaki, Saitama, Utsunomiya en Yokohama) |  Japan | 39.800.000 |
| 3 | Shanghai (incl. Suzhou) | China | 34.730.000 |
| 4 | Jakarta (Jabotabek; incl. Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi) |  Indonesië | 28.900.000 |
| 5 | Delhi (incl. New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad en Gurgaon) |  India | 27.200.000 |
| 6 | Karachi |  Pakistan | 25.100.000 |
| 7 | Seoel (incl. Incheon, Bucheon, Goyang, Seongnam en Suwon) |  Zuid-Korea | 24.800.000 |
| 8 | Manilla (incl. Quezon City en Caloocan) |  Filipijnen | 24.100.000 |
| 9 | Mumbai (incl. Bhiwandi, Navi Mumbai, Kalyan-Dombivli, Thane, Ulhasnagar en Vasai-Virar) | India | 23.600.000 |
| 10 | Mexico-Stad (incl. Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Ecatepec en Naucalpan) |  Mexico | 22.300.000 |
| 11 | New York (New York Metropolitan Area; incl. Newark, New Haven en Paterson) |  Verenigde Staten | 22.200.000 |
| 12 | São Paulo (incl. Guarulhos) |  Brazilië | 21.900.000 |
| 13 | Peking | China | 21.500.000 |
| 14 | Dhaka |  Bangladesh | 17.900.000 |
| 15 | Osaka (Groot-Osaka; incl. Kobe, Sakai, Himeji en Kyoto) | Japan | 17.800.000 |
| 16 | Los Angeles (Greater Los Angeles Area; incl. Riverside en Anaheim) | Verenigde Staten | 17.700.000 |
| 17 | Lagos |  Nigeria | 17.600.000 |
| 18 | Bangkok |  Thailand | 17.400.000 |
| 19 | Caïro (incl. Gizeh, Hulwan en Shubra El Khema) |  Egypte | 17.100.000 |
| 20 | Moskou |  Rusland | 17.100.000 |
| 21 | Chongqing | China | 17.000.000 |
| 22 | Calcutta (incl. Haora) | India | 16.200.000 |
| 23 | Buenos Aires (incl. San Justo, La Plata) |  Argentinië | 16.000.000 |
| 24 | Istanboel |  Turkije | 14.600.000 |
| 25 | Londen (Groot-Londen) (incl. Romford, Twickenham, Enfield Town, Edgware, Bromley, Wembley) |  Verenigd Koninkrijk | 14.500.000 |
| 26 | Teheran (incl. Karaj) |  Iran | 14.000.000 |
| 27 | Johannesburg (incl. Pretoria, Soweto, Oost-Rand, West Rand en Vereeniging) |  Zuid-Afrika | 13.100.000 |
| 28 | Rio de Janeiro (incl. Nova Iguaçu en São Gonçalo) | Brazilië | 12.700.000 |
| 29 | Tianjin | China | 11.800.000 |
| 30 | Parijs |  Frankrijk | 11.300.000 |
| 31 | Kinshasa |  Congo-Kinshasa | 10.900.000 |
| 32 | Bangalore | India | 10.800.000 |
| 33 | Lahore | Pakistan | 10.500.000 |
| 34 | Nagoya (Chukyo) | Japan | 10.500.000 |
| 35 | Chennai) | India | 10.300.000 |
| 36 | Lima |  Peru | 10.100.000 |
| 37 | Xiamen (incl. Jinjiang en Quanzhou) | China | 10.100.000 |
| 38 | Chicago | Verenigde Staten | 9.800.000 |
| 39 | Chengdu | China | 9.750.000 |
| 40 | Bogota |  Colombia | 9.500.000 |
| 41 | Haiderabad | India | 9.200.000 |
| 42 | Taipei (incl. Taoyuan en Nieuw Taipei) |  Taiwan | 9.050.000 |
| 43 | Hangzhou (incl. Shaoxing) | China | 8.450.000 |
| 44 | Washington (incl. Baltimore) | Verenigde Staten | 8.400.000 |
| 45 | Ho Chi Minhstad (incl. Biên Hòa) |  Vietnam | 8.300.000 |
| 46 | Randstad |  Nederland | 8.200.000 |
| 47 | Shantou (incl. Chaozhou en Jieyang) | China | 8.150.000 |
| 48 | Wuhan | China | 8.100.000 |
| 49 | Shenyang (incl. Fushun) | China | 7.800.000 |
| 50 | San Francisco (incl. Santa Rosa, San José, Oakland en Concord) | Verenigde Staten | 7.700.000 |
| 51 | Ahmedabad | India | 7.650.000 |
| 52 | Boston (incl. Providence) | Verenigde Staten | 7.550.000 |
| 53 | Luanda |  Angola | 7.450.000 |
| 54 | Philadelphia (incl. Allentown en Trenton) | Verenigde Staten | 7.350.000 |
| 55 | Hongkong (incl. Kowloon en Victoria) |  Hongkong | 7.300.000 |
| 56 | Toronto (incl. Hamilton) |  Canada | 7.200.000 |
| 57 | Santiago |  Chili | 7.150.000 |
| 58 | Nanjing | China | 7.050.000 |
| 59 | Bagdad |  Irak | 7.000.000 |
| 60 | Riyad |  Saoedi-Arabië | 6.900.000 |
| 61 | Singapore (incl. Johor Bahru (Maleisië)) |  Singapore | 6.900.000 |
| 62 | Xi'an (incl. Xianyang) | China | 6.850.000 |
| 63 | Kuala Lumpur (incl. Klang) |  Maleisië | 6.800.000 |
| 64 | Dallas (incl. Fort Worth) | Verenigde Staten | 6.750.000 |
| 65 | Houston | Verenigde Staten | 6.350.000 |
| 66 | Madrid |  Spanje | 6.250.000 |
| 67 | Pune (incl. Pimpri-Chinchwad) | India | 6.250.000 |
| 68 | Miami (incl. West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale en Miami Beach) | Verenigde Staten | 6.200.000 |
| 69 | Bandung | Indonesië | 6.050.000 |
| 70 | Wenzhou | China | 5.950.000 |
| 71 | Surat | India | 5.900.000 |
| 72 | Qingdao | China | 5.850.000 |
| 73 | Detroit (incl. Toledo en Windsor (Canada)) | Verenigde Staten | 5.700.000 |
| 74 | Ruhrgebied (incl. Dortmund, Duisburg en Essen) |  Duitsland | 5.700.000 |
| 75 | Khartoem |  Soedan | 5.700.000 |
| 76 | Atlanta | Verenigde Staten | 5.600.000 |
| 77 | Dar es Salaam |  Tanzania | 5.550.000 |
| 78 | Sint-Petersburg | Rusland | 5.500.000 |
| 79 | Nairobi |  Kenia | 5.350.000 |
| 80 | Harbin | China | 5.300.000 |
| 81 | Alexandrië | Egypte | 5.250.000 |
| 82 | Yangon |  Myanmar | 5.250.000 |
| 83 | Abidjan |  Ivoorkust | 5.200.000 |
| 84 | Amman |  Jordanië | 5.200.000 |
| 85 | Milaan |  Italië | 5.150.000 |
| 86 | Guadalajara (incl. Zapopan) | Mexico | 5.050.000 |
| 87 | Sydney (incl. Central Coast) |  Australië | 4.975.000 |
| 88 | Belo Horizonte | Brazilië | 4.950.000 |
| 89 | Keulen/Dusseldorf (incl. Bonn, Wuppertal) | Duitsland | 4.925.000 |
| 90 | Zhengzhou | China | 4.800.000 |
| 91 | Surabaya | Indonesië | 4.775.000 |
| 92 | Ankara | Turkije | 4.750.000 |
| 93 | Monterrey | Mexico | 4.750.000 |
| 94 | Accra |  Ghana | 4.700.000 |
| 95 | Colombo |  Sri Lanka | 4.700.000 |
| 96 | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 4.650.000 |
| 97 | Berlijn | Duitsland | 4.650.000 |
| 98 | Hefei | China | 4.600.000 |
| 99 | Dalian | China | 4.600.000 |
| 100 | Barcelona | Spanje | 4.550.000 |
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