Le città/aree urbane più popolose al mondo

Rank	Population	City	Country	Urban Area Pop.	Rank
1	12,778,721	Mumbai (Bombay)	India	17,431,305	5
2	11,507,254	Karachi	Pakistan	11,078,298	15
3	11,055,365	Delhi	India	14,145,956	6
4	10,840,516	Shanghai	China	12,759,367	9
5	10,375,688	Moscow	Russian Federation	10,468,743	18
6	10,136,978	São Paulo	Brazil	17,857,001	4
7	9,747,972	Seoul	South Korea	9,713,757	22
8	9,621,565	Istanbul	Turkey	9,371,163	23
9	8,548,639	Mexico City	Mexico	18,660,221	2
10	8,407,479	Jakarta	Indonesia	12,295,516	10
11	8,158,957	New York 3	United States of America	18,252,339	3
12	8,124,310	Tokyo	Japan	34,997,269	1
13	7,866,160	Lima	Peru	7,898,778	26
14	7,741,274	Beijing	China	10,847,827	16
15	7,438,376	Cairo	Egypt	10,834,495	17
16	7,404,515	Tehran	Iran	7,190,000	29
17	7,287,555	London	United Kingdom	7,619,014	27
18	7,220,971	Santa Fé de Bogotá	Colombia	7,289,646	28
19	7,181,111	Lagos	Nigeria	10,103,459	20
20	6,752,001	Hong Kong 1	China, Hong Kong SAR	7,049,175	30

Urban Areas

Rank	Urban Pop [UN estimate]	Urban area/City	Country	City Pop.	Rank
1	34,997,269	Tokyo	Japan	8,124,310	12
2	18,660,221	Mexico City	Mexico	8,548,639	9
3	18,252,339	New York/Newark	United States of America	8,158,957	11
4	17,857,001	São Paulo	Brazil	10,136,978	6
5	17,431,305	Mumbai (Bombay)	India	12,778,721	1
6	14,145,956	Delhi	India	11,055,365	3
7	13,805,691	Calcutta	India	4,651,322	34
8	13,047,115	Buenos Aires	Argentina	2,746,761	73
9	12,759,367	Shanghai	China	10,840,516	4
10	12,295,516	Jakarta	Indonesia	8,407,479	10
11	12,018,068	Los Angeles	United States of America	3,866,382	41
12	11,560,211	Dhaka	Bangladesh	6,080,671	24
13	11,243,853	Osaka-Kobe	Japan	2,588,286	85
14	11,214,126	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	6,038,581	25
15	11,078,298	Karachi	Pakistan	11,507,254	2
16	10,847,827	Beijing	China	7,741,274	14
17	10,834,495	Cairo	Egypt	7,438,376	15
18	10,468,743	Moscow	Russian Federation	10,375,688	5
19	10,352,249	Metro Manila	Philippines	1,568,926	168
20	10,103,459	Lagos	Nigeria	7,181,111	19
21	9,794,337	Paris	France	2,103,674	115
22	9,713,757	Seoul	South Korea	9,747,972	7
23	9,371,163	Istanbul	Turkey	9,621,565	8
24	9,271,376	Tianjin	China	5,083,657	30
25	8,567,571	Chicago	United States of America	2,871,499	68
26	7,898,778	Lima	Peru	7,866,160	13
27	7,619,014	London	United Kingdom	7,287,555	17
28	7,289,646	Santa Fé de Bogotá	Colombia	7,220,971	18
29	7,190,000	Tehran	Iran	7,404,515	16
30	7,049,175	Hong Kong 1	China, Hong Kong SAR	6,752,001	20

dati del 2005