1 tokyo-yokohama-kawasaki-chiba (greater tokyo area) japan 33,750,000
2 são paulo-guarulhos-santo andré-osasco brazil 22,700,000
3 mexico city-nezahualcóyotl-ecatepec-naucalpan mexico 22,150,000
4 seoul-incheon-bucheon-goyang-seongnam-suweon (capital metropolitan area) south korea 22,000,000
5 new york city, new york-newark, new jersey-paterson, new jersey (new york metropolitan area) united states 21,750,000
6 mumbai-navi mumbai-kalyan-thane-ulhasnagar, maharashtra (brihanmumbai/greater mumbai) india 18,800,000
7 delhi, national capital territory-faridabad, haryana, gurgaon, haryana-ghaziabad, uttar pradesh-noida, uttar pradesh india 18,100,000
8 los angeles-riverside-anaheim (southern california) california, united states 17,545,623
9 osaka-kobe-kyoto (osaka-kobe-kyoto or keihanshin) japan 16,570,000
10 jakarta-bekasi-bogor-depok-tangerang (jabodetabek metropolitan area) indonesia 16,400,000
11 moscow russia 15,350,000
12 tehran-karaj iran 15,300,000
13 greater cairo, al qahirah-al jizah-al qalyubiyah governorates egypt 15,200,000
14 kolkata-howrah, west bengal india 14,950,000
15 manila-caloocan city-quezon city philippines (metro manila) 14,000,000
16 london (london commuter belt) united kingdom 13,900,000
17 buenos aires-san justo-la plata argentina 13,900,000
18 karachi, sindh pakistan 13,100,000
19 shanghai municipality people's republic of china 12,500,000
20 busan-ulsan-changwon-koje-pohang-gimhae (southeastern maritime industrial region) south korea 12,250,000
21 rio de janeiro-nova iguaçu-são gonçalo-niterói brazil 12,150,000
22 dhaka bangladesh 12,050,000
23 paris, ile-de-france france 11,200,000
24 istanbul turkey 10,900,000
25 beijing municipality people's republic of china 9,800,000
26 chicago, illinois-gary, indiana-kenosha, wisconsin (chicagoland) united states 9,800,000
27 lagos nigeria 9,600,000
28 hong kong special administrative region-shenzhen, guangdong people's republic of china 8,600,000
29 lima-callao (lima and callao metropolitan area) peru 8,535,000
30 bogotá colombia 8,000,000
31 johannesburg-soweto-east rand-west rand (greater johannesburg metropolitan area) south africa 7,900,000
32 washington, dc-baltimore, maryland (baltimore-washington metropolitan area) united states 7,700,000
33 bangkok-samut prakarn-nonthaburi-pathum thani thailand 7,650,000
34 chongqing municipality people's republic of china 7,650,000
35 chennai-tambaram-avadi-manali, tamil nadu india 7,300,000
36 san jose-san francisco-oakland, california (san francisco bay area) united states 7,150,000
37 kinshasa democratic republic of the congo 6,950,000
38 lahore, punjab pakistan 6,950,000
39 hyderabad-secunderabad, andhra pradesh india 6,833,000
40 taipei-keelung (taipei-keelung metropolitan area) taiwan, republic of china 6,800,000
41 toronto-hamilton, ontario (golden horseshoe) canada 6,700,000
42 bangalore, karnataka india 6,650,000
43 philadelphia, pennsylvania (delaware valley) united states 5,950,000
44 saint petersburg russia 5,850,000
45 tianjin municipality people's republic of china 5,580,000
46 detroit, michigan-windsor, ontario (metro detroit) united states,canada 5,800,000
47 boston, massachusetts, (greater boston) united states 5,700,000
48 dallas-fort worth, texas, (dallas/fort worth metroplex) united states 5,700,000
49 madrid spain 5,600,000
50 miami-fort lauderdale, florida (south florida) united states 5,400,000
51 khartoum sudan 5,350,000
52 belo horizonte brazil 5,300,000
53 ahmedabad, gujarat india 5,250,000
54 santiago chile 5,250,000
55 essen-duisburg- bochum-dortmund (ruhr area) germany 5,200,000
56 baghdad iraq 5,200,000
57 houston-conroe-galveston, texas (houston metropolitan area) united states 5,150,000
58 riyadh saudi arabia 5,150,000
59 nagoya japan 5,130,000
60 alexandria, al iskandariyah governorate egypt 5,050,000
61 atlanta, georgia (atlanta metropolitan area) united states 4,850,000
62 yangon myanmar 4,850,000
63 guangzhou, guangdong people's republic of china 4,800,000
64 wuhan, hubei people's republic of china 4,800,000
65 harbin, heilongjiang people's republic of china 4,550,000
66 caracas venezuela 4,500,000
67 shenyang, liaoning people's republic of china 4,450,000
68 singapore city singapore 4,400,000
69 ho chi minh city vietnam 4,450,000
70 pune-pimpri-chinchwad, maharashtra india 4,250,000
71 algiers algeria 4,200,000
72 guadalajara-zapopan mexico 4,200,000
73 sydney, new south wales australia 4,200,000
74 berlin germany 4,150,000
75 abidjan côte d'ivoire 4,050,000
76 kuala lumpur malaysia 4,050,000
77 kabul afghanistan 4,000,000
78 porto alegre brazil 3,950,000
79 chittacong bangladesh 3,900,000
80 casablanca morocco 3,850,000
81 barcelona spain 3,800,000
82 milan italy 3,800,000
83 monterrey mexico 3,800,000
84 chengdu, sichuan people's republic of china 3,750,000
85 kyiv ukraine 3,750,000
86 recife brazil 3,750,000
87 jeddah saudi arabia 3,650,000
88 phoenix, arizona (valley of the sun) united states 3,650,000
89 seattle-tacoma-bellevue, washington (greater puget sound) united states 3,650,000
90 ankara turkey 3,600,000
91 montreal-laval, quebec canada 3,600,000
92 pyongyang north korea 3,600,000
93 medellín colombia 3,550,000
94 melbourne, victoria australia 3,550,000
95 athens greece 3,500,000
96 salvador brazil 3,400,000
97 brasília brazil 3,500,000
98 surat, gujarat india 3,500,000
99 izmir turkey 3,370,000
100 fortaleza brazil 3,300,000
mexico city nin nüfusunun kesin olarak hesaplanamadığını çünkü gecekondu mahallelerine girilemediğini ve sağlıklı sayım yapılamadığı söyleniyor. bu yüzden bu şehir en kalabalık şehirler sıralamasında çok daha yukarılarda olabilir*.
