Sunday, September 9, 2012

Top Megacities in the World

  1. Tokyo-Yokohama 37,126,000    
  2. Jakarta 26,063,000    
  3. Seoul-Incheon 22,547,000    
  4. Delhi 22,242,000    
  5. Manila 21,951,000    
  6. Shanghai 20,860,000    
  7. New York 20,464,000    
  8. Sao Paulo 20,186,000    
  9. Mexico City 19,463,000    
  10. Cairo 17,816,000    
  11. Beijing 17,311,000    
  12. Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto 17,011,000    
  13. Mumbai 16,910,000    
  14. Guangzhou-Foshan 16,827,000    
  15. Moscow 15,512,000    
  16. Dhaka 15,414,000    
  17. Los Angeles, CA 14,900,000
  18. Kolkota 14,374,000
  19. Karachi 14,198,000    
  20. Buenos Aires 13,639,000    
  21. Istanbul 13,576,000    
  22. Rio de Janeiro 12,043,000    
  23. Shenzhen 11,885,000    
  24. Lagos  11,547,000    
  25. Paris 10,755,000    
  26. Nagoya 10,027,000
Source: http://www.newgeography.com/content/002808-world-urban-areas-population-and-density-a-2012-update

This list continues through all 847 cities in the world with a population greater than 500,000:
http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf

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