Conurbation

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A conurbation is a region consisting of a number of metropolises, cities, large towns, and other urban areas which, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area. In most cases, a conurbation is a polycentric urbanised area in which transportation has developed to link areas. They create a single urban labour market or travel to work area. [1]

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Conurbations often emerged in coal-mining regions during the period of the Industrial Revolution. [2] Patrick Geddes coined the term in his book Cities in Evolution (1915). He drew attention to the ability of the new technology at the time of electric power and motorised transport to allow cities to spread and agglomerate together, and gave as examples "Midlandton" in England, the Ruhr in Germany, Randstad in the Netherlands, and the Northeastern Seaboard in the United States. [3]

For census purposes, the term as described is used in Britain, whereas in the United States a related concept of metropolitan area is used instead. Each polycentric "metropolitan area" may have its own common designation such as San Francisco Bay Area or the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Internationally the term "urban agglomeration" is often used to convey a similar meaning to "conurbation". [4] [5]

A conurbation is different from a megalopolis in that the urban areas of a megalopolis are close but not physically contiguous, and labor markets have not yet merged. The region structure should also be contrasted with a megacity, as a megacity is hierarchical with a dominant urban core, whereas a conurbation is polycentric and no single urban centre has the dominant role over all other centres.

Africa

Botswana

Urban population rate: 68% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Comoros

Urban population rate: 33% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Egypt

Urban population rate: 47% (2015) [6]

NamePopulationYearNotes
Cairo Metropolitan Area20,035,0862015 [7]
Alexandria Metropolitan Area5,532,976
Al Fayyum Metropolitan Area1,369,514
Luxor Metropolitan Area1,263,645
Al Mansurah Metropolitan Area1,073,697
Asyut Metropolitan Area983,785
Sawhaj Metropolitan Area978,161
Az Zaqazig Metropolitan Area924,760
Jirja Metropolitan Area873,425
Dumyat Metropolitan Area847,229
Al Mahallah Metropolitan Area835,072
Tanta Metropolitan Area779,681
Bur Said Metropolitan Area646,209
Al Qurayn Metropolitan Area633,194
Al Ismailiyah Metropolitan Area599,110
Banha Metropolitan Area594,814
Al Minya Metropolitan Area572,386
As Suways Metropolitan Area499,891
Bani Suwayf Metropolitan Area479,649
Al Qusiyah Metropolitan Area474,894
Qus Metropolitan Area470,911
Damanhur Metropolitan Area444,065
Al Balyana Metropolitan Area442,816
Mit Ghamr Metropolitan Area441,800
Tuh Metropolitan Area425,706
Shebin el Kom Metropolitan Area419,348
Mallawi Metropolitan Area411,534
Manfalut Metropolitan Area388,756
Tima Metropolitan Area357,977
Aswan Metropolitan Area329,229
Farshut Metropolitan Area327,342
Abu Al Juhur Metropolitan Area312,990
Faqus Metropolitan Area305,082
Al Matariyah Metropolitan Area293,641
Kafr Ashshaykh Metropolitan Area286,873
Tuwah Bani Ibrahim Metropolitan Area282,110
Al Maraghah Metropolitan Area276,323
Disuq Metropolitan Area263,931
Al Ismailiyah Metropolitan Area261,107
Kafr Az Zayyat Metropolitan Area249,716
Ashmun Metropolitan Area240,116
Minuf Metropolitan Area230,547
Quwaysina Metropolitan Area227,213
Tahta Metropolitan Area224,338
Tala Metropolitan Area215,128
Qina Metropolitan Area208,319
Armant Metropolitan Area206,411
Fuwah Metropolitan Area203,506
Rasid Metropolitan Area199,755
Minyat Al Qamb Metropolitan Area193,935
Akhmim Metropolitan Area191,684
Zawiyat Barmasha Metropolitan Area191,065
Samalut Metropolitan Area176,978
Jirzah Metropolitan Area175,687
Marsha Matruh Metropolitan Area170,798
As Sinbillawayn Metropolitan Area170,695
Al Wasitah Metropolitan Area170,140
Sirsal Layyanah Metropolitan Area165,983
7th October City Metropolitan Area163,097
Juhanyah Metropolitan Area160,046
Bani Mazar Metropolitan Area148,488
Maghaghah Metropolitan Area148,200
Shirbin Metropolitan Area145,612
Abu Kabir Metropolitan Area141,947
As Saff Metropolitan Area134,766
Kafr Al Haddadin Metropolitan Area131,937
Al Badari Metropolitan Area130,359
Abu Qurqas Metropolitan Area127,764
Al Ayat Metropolitan Area126,244
Mit as Siraj Metropolitan Area124,611
Isna Metropolitan Area124,582
Abu Tij Metropolitan Area122,602
Idku Metropolitan Area114,896
Kafr Al Wasushah Metropolitan Area113,797
Qusayr Bakhanis Metropolitan Area112,927
Ityayal Barud Metropolitan Area111,355
Abnub Metropolitan Area110,639
Nawaj Metropolitan Area109,113
Al Anayim Metropolitan Area108,623
Al Ghanayim Metropolitan Area107,890
Diyarb Najm Metropolitan Area105,659
Salwa Qibli Metropolitan Area101,726

Eswatini

Urban population rate: 28% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Lesotho

Urban population rate: 36% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Madagascar

Urban population rate: 38% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Mauritius

Urban population rate: 50% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Morocco

Rabat-Salé-Kénitra [8]

Nigeria

Lagos is a conurbation formed through the merged development of the initial Lagos city area with other cities and towns including Ikeja and Ojo. Also various suburban communities such as Agege, Alimosho, Ifako-Ijaiye, Kosofe, Mushin, Oshodi, and Shomolu are included in the area. [9]

Namibia

Urban population rate: 46% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

South Africa

Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni (East Rand), and Tshwane (greater Pretoria) merged to form a region that has a population of 14.6 million. [10]

Asia

Afghanistan

Urban population rate: 25% (2015) [6]

NamePopulationYearNotes
Kabul Metropolitan Area4,381,8422015 [7]
Herat Metropolitan Area1,004,779
Kandahar Metropolitan Area605,626
Mazar i Sharif Metropolitan Area465,528
Jalalabad Metropolitan Area417,828
Puli Khumri Metropolitan Area214,258
Laskar Gah Metropolitan Area207,569
Qunduz Metropolitan Area190,793
Charikar Metropolitan Area177,152
Taloqan Metropolitan Area162,418
Sibargan Metropolitan Area131,716
Farah Metropolitan Area122,843

Armenia

Urban population rate: 67% (2015) [6]

Azerbaijan

Urban population rate: 55% (2015) [6]

Bahrain

Urban population rate: 23% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Bangladesh

The city of Dhaka is linked with Narayanganj and Gazipur City; there are no gaps between Dhaka and the two cities. This conurbation which consists of the areas of the city of Dhaka and its surrounding cities and towns is collectively knowns as the Greater Dhaka City. The city of Dhaka is the core city of the conurbation and has a population of about 10 million. The satellite cities of the conurbation include Narayanganj, Gazipur, Tongi, Fatullah, Keraniganj, Tarabo, and Kaliganj.

Cambodia

Urban population rate: 26% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

China

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The ten largest urban centers in China

There are 3 well-known conurbations in China. [11]

Data are referred to borders determined by Sino-British Joint Declaration (1984), Sino-Portugal Joint Declaration (1987) and later agreements with countries that share a land border with China or influenced by disputes in the sea where China faces (see Territorial disputes focus).

Urban population rate: 57% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

NameProvince/Autonomous region/Municipality/SARPopulation
Nenjiang Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 140,203
Beian Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 106,291
Hulanergi Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 180,724
Qiqihar Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 880,401
Hailun Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 131,625
Suileng Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 118,062
Hegang Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 526,931
Fujin Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 136,235
Shuangyashan Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 210,959
Jiamusi Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 660,888
Suihua Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 248,077
Daqing Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 1,049,903
Zhaodong Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 272,080
Qitaihe Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 458,945
Mishan Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 107,631
Jixi Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 507,651
Harbin Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 4,441,336
Acheng Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 243,479
Shuangcheng Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 186,835
Shangzhi Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 116,851
Wuchang Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 134,640
Mudanjiang Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 760,143
Suifenhe Metropolitan Area Heilongjiang 107,582
Baicheng Metropolitan Area Jilin 288,896
Taonan Metropolitan Area Jilin 122,973
Daan Metropolitan Area Jilin 134,202
Fuyu Metropolitan Area Jilin 487,550
Yushu Metropolitan Area Jilin 189,349
Shulan Metropolitan Area Jilin 200,866
Dehui Metropolitan Area Jilin 152,930
Jiutai Metropolitan Area Jilin 127,023
Changchun Metropolitan Area Jilin 3,424,261
Gongzhuling Metropolitan Area Jilin 188,002
Siping Metropolitan Area Jilin 494,103
Shuangyang Metropolitan Area Jilin 106,312
Jilin Metropolitan Area Jilin 1,501,500
Jiaohe Metropolitan Area Jilin 137,749
Dunhua Metropolitan Area Jilin 221,907
Liaoyuan Metropolitan Area Jilin 374,651
Huadian Metropolitan Area Jilin 134,283
Huinan Metropolitan Area Jilin 105,818
Meihekou Metropolitan Area Jilin 238,275
Tonghua Metropolitan Area Jilin 313,603
Jian Metropolitan Area Jilin 174,362
Baishan Metropolitan Area Jilin 273,627
Linjiang Metropolitan Area Jilin 109,941
Changbai Metropolitan Area Jilin 228,143
Yanji Metropolitan Area Jilin 469,217
Tumen Metropolitan Area Jilin 104,826
Hunchun Metropolitan Area Jilin 128,152
Kaiyuan Metropolitan Area Liaoning 239,064
Tiefa Metropolitan Area Liaoning 142,100
Zhangwu Metropolitan Area Liaoning 140,185
Tieling Metropolitan Area Liaoning 194,020
Xinmin Metropolitan Area Liaoning 163,541
Shenyang Metropolitan Area (Shenyang + Fushun) Liaoning 6,718,611
Fuxin Metropolitan Area Liaoning 677,455
Heishan Metropolitan Area Liaoning 128,639
Jinzhou Metropolitan Area (Jinzhou + Linghai) Liaoning 947,725
Huludao Metropolitan Area Liaoning 514,586
Xingcheng Metropolitan Area Liaoning 143,237
Panjin Metropolitan Area Liaoning 698,676
Benxi Metropolitan Area Liaoning 843,798
Anshan Metropolitan Area (Anshan + Liaoyang) Liaoning 2,145,857
Haicheng Metropolitan Area Liaoning 374,899
Dashiqiao Metropolitan Area Liaoning 299,100
Yingkou Metropolitan Area Liaoning 492,161
Bayuquan Metropolitan Area Liaoning 395,999
Gaizhou Metropolitan Area Liaoning 197,547
Kuandian Metropolitan Area Liaoning 100,814
Fengcheng Metropolitan Area Liaoning 115,312
Xiuyan Metropolitan Area Liaoning 106,650
Dandong Metropolitan Area Liaoning 1,007,051
Donggang Metropolitan Area Liaoning 105,309
Zhuanghe Metropolitan Area Liaoning 136,269
Wafangdian Metropolitan Area Liaoning 279,945
Pulandian Metropolitan Area Liaoning 122,811
Dalian Metropolitan Area Liaoning 3,511,057
Beipiao Metropolitan Area Liaoning 122,527
Chaoyang Metropolitan Area Liaoning 474,460
Lingyuan Metropolitan Area Liaoning 176,317
Bayannur Metropolitan Area Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia) 304,036
Dongsheng Metropolitan Area Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia) 424,966
Baotou Metropolitan Area Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia) 2,171,436
Hohhot Metropolitan Area Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia) 1,881,076
Ulanqab Metropolitan Area Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia) 273,520
Pingzhuang Metropolitan Area Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia) 100,561
Chifeng Metropolitan Area Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia) 628,633
Xilingol Metropolitan Area Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia) 161,465
Tongliao Metropolitan Area Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia) 527,049
Hinggan Metropolitan Area Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia) 217,420
Zhalantun Metropolitan Area Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia) 116,426
Yakeshi Metropolitan Area Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia) 132,936
Hulunbuir Metropolitan Area Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia) 209,890
Jagdaqi Metropolitan Area Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia) 123,405
Manzhuoli Metropolitan Area Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia) 103,618
Datong Metropolitan Area Shanxi 1,571,547
Huairen Metropolitan Area Shanxi 169,525
Hunyuan Metropolitan Area Shanxi 106,479
Shuozhou Metropolitan Area Shanxi 324,877
Yuanping Metropolitan Area Shanxi 126,746
Xinzhou Metropolitan Area Shanxi 229,257
Xingxian Metropolitan Area Shanxi 115,918
Yangquan Metropolitan Area Shanxi 580,875
Taiyuan Metropolitan Area (Taiyuan + Jinzhong) Shanxi 4,777,282
Gujiao Metropolitan Area Shanxi 172,353
Jiaocheng Metropolitan Area Shanxi 241,649
Wenshui Metropolitan Area Shanxi 118,494
Pingyao Metropolitan Area Shanxi 177,193
Fenyang Metropolitan Area Shanxi 126,193
Xiaoyi Metropolitan Area Shanxi 165,448
Jiexiu Metropolitan Area Shanxi 159,368
Luliang Metropolitan Area Shanxi 554,109
Liulin Metropolitan Area Shanxi 141,684
Huozhou Metropolitan Area Shanxi 134,636
Hongtong Metropolitan Area Shanxi 110,831
Linfen Metropolitan Area Shanxi 1,090,241
Lucheng Metropolitan Area Shanxi 103,558
Changzhi Metropolitan Area Shanxi 727,719
Gaoping Metropolitan Area Shanxi 350,483
Jincheng Metropolitan Area Shanxi 921,145
Yangcheng Metropolitan Area Shanxi 109,782
Houma Metropolitan Area Shanxi 319,376
Yongji Metropolitan Area Shanxi 151,148
Yuncheng Metropolitan Area Shanxi 687,353
Baode Metropolitan Area Shanxi 170,408
Shenmu Metropolitan Area Shaanxi 274,814
Yulin Metropolitan Area Shaanxi 510,159
Jingbian Metropolitan Area Shaanxi 138,912
Yanan Metropolitan Area Shaanxi 475,071
Hancheng Metropolitan Area Shaanxi 224,048
Chengcheng Metropolitan Area Shaanxi 100,864
Chengguan Metropolitan Area Shaanxi 197,762
Tongchuan Metropolitan Area Shaanxi 130,607
Hangkongjidi Metropolitan Area Shaanxi 126,962
Weinan Metropolitan Area Shaanxi 273,989
Guanzhong Conurbation (Xian + Xianyang + Xingping) Shaanxi 7,390,637
Baoji Metropolitan Area Shaanxi 773,901
Shangluo Metropolitan Area Shaanxi 110,703
Ankang Metropolitan Area Shaanxi 807,066
Hanzhong Metropolitan Area Shaanxi 371,212
Mianxian Metropolitan Area Shaanxi 131,027
Tianshui Metropolitan Area Gansu 735,294
Gangu Metropolitan Area Gansu 145,758
Longxi Metropolitan Area Gansu 141,596
Pingliang Metropolitan Area Gansu 461,066
Qingyang Metropolitan Area Gansu 201,936
Linxia Metropolitan Area Gansu 229,343
Lintao Metropolitan Area Gansu 110,642
Dingxi Metropolitan Area Gansu 110,323
Baiyin Metropolitan Area Gansu 222,677
Lanzhou Metropolitan Area Gansu 2,799,977
Wuwei Metropolitan Area Gansu 128,072
Jinchang Metropolitan Area Gansu 144,055
Zhangye Metropolitan Area Gansu 198,224
Jiuquan Metropolitan Area Gansu 181,625
Jiayuguan Metropolitan Area Gansu 199,681
Cizhou Metropolitan Area Hebei 131,025
Fengfeng Metropolitan Area Hebei 246,068
Linzhang Metropolitan Area Hebei 143,050
Handan Metropolitan Area Hebei 2,099,937
Wuan Metropolitan Area Hebei 185,361
Liuying Metropolitan Area Hebei 371,474
Xingtai Metropolitan Area Hebei 775,750
Wanggongzhuang Metropolitan Area Hebei 116,470
Fenghuang Metropolitan Area Hebei 125,190
Zhaozhou Metropolitan Area Hebei 120,149
Hengshui Metropolitan Area Hebei 348,778
Shijiazhuang Metropolitan Area Hebei 3,271,840
Xinle Metropolitan Area Hebei 115,941
Gaocheng Metropolitan Area Hebei 134,899
Jinzhou Metropolitan Area Hebei 122,665
Xinji Metropolitan Area Hebei 203,404
Dingzhou Metropolitan Area Hebei 241,199
Botou Metropolitan Area Hebei 181,728
Cangzhou Metropolitan Area Hebei 635,841
Baoding Metropolitan Area Hebei 1,251,379
Mancheng Metropolitan Area Hebei 122,317
Ansu Metropolitan Area Hebei 168,502
Hejian Metropolitan Area Hebei 103,189
Renqiu Metropolitan Area Hebei 180,982
Gaobeidian Metropolitan Area Hebei 247,926
Zhuozhou Metropolitan Area Hebei 199,207
Baigou Metropolitan Area Hebei 136,371
Bazhou Metropolitan Area Hebei 105,714
Tangerli Metropolitan Area Hebei 131,167
Guan Metropolitan Area Hebei 122,927
Jinghai Metropolitan Area Tianjin + Hebei 190,044
Tianjin Metropolitan Area Tianjin + Hebei 10,495,062
Baodi Metropolitan Area Tianjin + Hebei 266,910
Beijing Metropolitan Area Beijing + Hebei 21,031,565
Langfang Metropolitan Area Hebei 490,411
Qianwang Metropolitan Area Hebei 102,006
Jixian Metropolitan Area Hebei 164,804
Yutian Metropolitan Area Hebei 132,031
Xuanhua Metropolitan Area Hebei 334,936
Zhangjiakou Metropolitan Area Hebei 638,613
Tangshan Metropolitan Area Hebei 3,432,141
Zunhua Metropolitan Area Hebei 162,409
Changli Metropolitan Area Hebei 126,078
Qinhuangdao Metropolitan Area Hebei 727,667
Chengde Metropolitan Area Hebei 241,385
Xinyang Metropolitan Area Henan 399,077
Huangchuan Metropolitan Area Henan 170,282
Xixian Metropolitan Area Henan 113,279
Gushi Metropolitan Area Henan 220,275
Dengzhou Metropolitan Area Henan 1,095,052
Tanghe Metropolitan Area Henan 230,454
Nanyang Metropolitan Area Henan 768,610
Zhenping Metropolitan Area Henan 156,472
Xichuan Metropolitan Area Henan 127,044
Huiche Metropolitan Area Henan 110,130
Zhumadian Metropolitan Area Henan 405,959
Shangcai Metropolitan Area Henan 199,931
Xiping Metropolitan Area Henan 121,920
Luohe Metropolitan Area Henan 1,183,149
Xiangcheng Metropolitan Area Henan 257,291
Shenqiu Metropolitan Area Henan 114,048
Lingbao Metropolitan Area Henan 173,956
Sanmenxia Metropolitan Area Henan 288,771
Liuquan Metropolitan Area Henan 105,748
Yichuan Metropolitan Area Henan 145,126
Huiguozhen Metropolitan Area Henan 184,149
Mengzhou Metropolitan Area Henan 122,479
Dengfeng Metropolitan Area Henan 121,845
Ruzhou Metropolitan Area Henan 190,383
Zhangdian Metropolitan Area Henan 101,065
Pingdingshan Metropolitan Area Henan 703,405
Anliang Metropolitan Area Henan 104,351
Linying Metropolitan Area Henan 187,946
Xuchang Metropolitan Area (Xuchang + Changge) Henan 1,821,624
Yuzhou Metropolitan Area Henan 245,470
Yellow River conurbation (Zhengzhou + Luoyang + Kaifeng + Yanshi + Gongyi + Xingyang + Xinzheng) Henan 10,395,361
Zhoukou Metropolitan Area Henan 392,625
Huaiyang Metropolitan Area Henan 140,625
Dancheng Metropolitan Area Henan 112,306
Shangqiu Metropolitan Area Henan 779,507
Xinmi Metropolitan Area Henan 277,556
Laiji Metropolitan Area Henan 100,132
Yongcheng Metropolitan Area Henan 334,148
Jiyuan Metropolitan Area Henan 405,860
Jiaozuo Metropolitan Area (Jiaozuo + Boai) Henan 1,072,637
Huizian Metropolitan Area Henan 167,118
Xinxiang Metropolitan Area Henan 870,741
Changyuan Metropolitan Area Henan 212,986
Huaxian Metropolitan Area Henan 174,470
Puyang Metropolitan Area Henan 871,559
Hebi Metropolitan Area Henan 238,324
Huixian Metropolitan Area Henan 167,118
Linzhou Metropolitan Area Henan 133,999
Anyang Metropolitan Area (Anyang + Qugou) Henan 1,942,838
Guanqiaocun Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 171,335
Shengze Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 397,791
Weitang Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 323,164
Yixing Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 507,299
Liyang Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 258,046
Chunxi Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 148,414
Honglan Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 157,094
Jurong Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 212,225
Nanjing Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 8,061,029
Yizheng Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 193,319
Zhenjiang Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 750,237
Danyang Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 327,309
Jintan Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 254,626
Yangzhou Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 1,115,549
Jiepai Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 104,714
Yangzhong Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 248,444
Taixing Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 250,658
Taizhou Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 462,307
Jiangyan Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 253,327
Huangqiao Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 132,148
Haian Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 255,199
Rugao Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 176,577
Nantong Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 3,061,741
Juegang Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 151,848
Lusi Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 112,386
Qidong Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 233,887
Gaoyou Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 205,864
Xinghua Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 231,774
Zhongyaoba Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 134,581
Dongtai Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 272,911
Dafeng Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 151,776
Yancheng Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 1,211,454
Xucheng Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 112,431
Qingyang Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 200,896
Baoying Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 240,818
Jianhu Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 270,944
Honggang Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 108,059
Huaian Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 2,357,132
Hede Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 135,133
Zhuma Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 156,638
Zhongxing Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 158,299
Dongkan Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 209,833
Suqian Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 957,665
Suining Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 240,918
Shuyang Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 363,144
Xinan Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 137,817
Yishan Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 120,584
Lianyungang Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 1,188,320
Qingkou Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 199,916
Donghai Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 168,297
Xinyi Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 182,063
Pizhou Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 898,642
Xuzhou Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 1,552,140
Datun Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 280,967
Fengcheng Metropolitan Area Jiangsu 114,259
Yangtze Delta Conurbation (Shanghai + Suzhou + Changshu + Zhangjiagang + Jiangyin + Jingjiang + Changzhou + Wuxi) Shanghai + Jiangsu 50,578,473
Chongming Metropolitan Area Shanghai 135,058
Changxing Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 229,339
Huzhou Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 454,276
Pinghu Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 237,857
Haiyan Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 171,909
Jiaxing Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 1,019,544
Haining Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 242,761
Deqing Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 141,039
Dipu Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 178,292
Northern Zhejiang Conurbation (Hangzhou + Shaoxing + Cixi + Yuyao + Ningbo) Zhejiang 13,189,786
Linan Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 202,844
Fuyang Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 397,545
Tonglu Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 137,680
Jiande Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 119,497
Daping Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 106,638
Jiangshan Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 137,838
Quzhou Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 376,285
Lanxi Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 234,286
Jinhua Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 630,207
Yiwu Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 1,629,407
Zhuji Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 447,567
Yongkang Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 597,957
Lishui Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 266,877
Shengzhou Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 443,232
Shangyu Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 282,360
Fenghua Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 202,964
Zhoushan Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 467,378
Dancheng Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 170,259
Ninghai Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 264,584
Tiantai Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 145,705
Chengguan Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 143,074
Linhai Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 343,696
Taizhou Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 2,544,455
Yuhuan Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 475,380
Shuitou Metropolitan Area Zhejiang 104,545
Wenzhou Conurbation (Wenzhou + Longgang + Ruian + Yueqing) Zhejiang 7,555,974
Fuding Metropolitan Area Fujian 165,129
Fuan Metropolitan Area Fujian 160,484
Songcheng Metropolitan Area Fujian 129,786
Ningde Metropolitan Area Fujian 208,964
Nanping Metropolitan Area Fujian 162,435
Sanming Metropolitan Area Fujian 253,422
Fengcheng Metropolitan Area Fujian 139,051
Fuzhou Metropolitan Area Fujian 3,746,678
Yongan Metropolitan Area Fujian 138,080
Tingzhou Metropolitan Area Fujian 111,177
Fuqing Metropolitan Area Fujian 379,236
Jiangjing Metropolitan Area Fujian 162,937
Tangcheng Metropolitan Area Fujian 197,497
Putian Metropolitan Area Fujian 1,106,639
Fengting Metropolitan Area Fujian 169,488
Wangchuan Metropolitan Area Fujian 218,196
Luocheng  [ zh ] Metropolitan Area Fujian 401,701
Taocheng Metropolitan Area Fujian 145,782
Bangtou Metropolitan Area Fujian 339,181
Longxun Metropolitan Area Fujian 158,318
Longyan Metropolitan Area Fujian 410,404
Quanzhou Metropolitan Area Fujian 4,009,700
Meishan Metropolitan Area Fujian 120,112
Nanan Metropolitan Area Fujian 118,623
Guanqiao Metropolitan Area Fujian 179,347
Xiamen Metropolitan Area (Xiamen + Zhangzhou) Fujian 5,333,178
Xiaoxi Metropolitan Area Fujian 102,593
Nanzhao Metropolitan Area Fujian 132,124
Yunling Metropolitan Area Fujian 124,307
Suian Metropolitan Area Fujian 106,629
Xucheng Metropolitan Area Guangdong 174,341
Leizhou Metropolitan Area Guangdong 334,786
Zhanjiang Metropolitan Area Guangdong 1,275,720
Lianjiang Metropolitan Area Guangdong 233,624
Huazhou Metropolitan Area Guangdong 149,680
Changqichun Metropolitan Area Guangdong 108,208
Wuchuan Metropolitan Area Guangdong 320,298
Maoming Metropolitan Area Guangdong 777,456
Dianbai Metropolitan Area Guangdong 144,053
Liantou Metropolitan Area Guangdong 112,955
Gaozhou Metropolitan Area Guangdong 245,670
Xinyi Metropolitan Area Guangdong 188,044
Yangxi Metropolitan Area Guangdong 106,092
Yangjiang Metropolitan Area Guangdong 445,968
Yangchun Metropolitan Area Guangdong 207,591
Enping Metropolitan Area Guangdong 186,156
Luoding Metropolitan Area Guangdong 224,474
Yunfu Metropolitan Area Guangdong 218,851
Xinxing Metropolitan Area Guangdong 142,366
Zhaoqing Metropolitan Area Guangdong 635,016
Huaiji Metropolitan Area Guangdong 106,623
Qingyuan Metropolitan Area Guangdong 587,780
Kaiping Metropolitan Area Guangdong 308,791
Danshuikou Metropolitan Area Guangdong 124,054
Taishan Metropolitan Area Guangdong 257,286
Doumen Metropolitan Area Guangdong 186,767
Lianzhou Metropolitan Area Guangdong 107,248
Shaoguan Metropolitan Area Guangdong 622,686
Yingde Metropolitan Area Guangdong 147,103
Shijiao Metropolitan Area Guangdong 100,425
Conghua Metropolitan Area Guangdong 189,903
Heyuan Metropolitan Area Guangdong 377,911
Laolong Metropolitan Area Guangdong 152,260
Zijin Metropolitan Area Guangdong 178,960
Huidong Metropolitan Area Guangdong 381,618
Haifeng Metropolitan Area Guangdong 327,326
Shanwei Metropolitan Area Guangdong 399,595
Lufeng Metropolitan Area Guangdong 281,116
Jieshi Metropolitan Area Guangdong 171,584
Jiazi Metropolitan Area Guangdong 161,983
Huilai Metropolitan Area Guangdong 515,710
Jiexi Metropolitan Area Guangdong 111,583
Xingning Metropolitan Area Guangdong 299,117
Shuizhai Metropolitan Area Guangdong 194,721
Meizhou Metropolitan Area Guangdong 451,530
Raoping Metropolitan Area Guangdong 116,954
Qiandong Metropolitan Area Guangdong 360,868
Chaoshan conurbation (Shantou + Chaozhou + Jieyang) Guangdong 12,663,882
Zhuijiang conurbation (Hong Kong + Shenzhen + Dongguan + Huizhou + Guangzhou + Foshan + Jiangmen + Zhongshan + Zhuhai + Macau) Guangdong + Hong Kong + Macau 58,822,480
Haikou Metropolitan Area Hainan 1,591,695
Danzhou Metropolitan Area Hainan 205,199
Qionghai Metropolitan Area Hainan 129,381
Sanya Metropolitan Area Hainan 452,525
Ruili Metropolitan Area Yunnan 163,239
Baoshan Metropolitan Area Yunnan 372,209
Dali Metropolitan Area Yunnan 350,945
Lijiang Metropolitan Area Yunnan 148,632
Lincang Metropolitan Area Yunnan 125,501
Jinghong Metropolitan Area Yunnan 110,737
Puer Metropolitan Area Yunnan 171,436
Chuxiong Metropolitan Area Yunnan 282,550
Gejiu Metropolitan Area Yunnan 200,494
Linan Metropolitan Area Yunnan 131,545
Kaiyuan Metropolitan Area Yunnan 133,048
Wenlan Metropolitan Area Yunnan 134,657
Panzhihua Metropolitan Area Yunnan 199,981
Yangguang Metropolitan Area Yunnan 122,171
Yuxi Metropolitan Area Yunnan 370,446
Miyang Metropolitan Area Yunnan 111,670
Jinzhong Metropolitan Area Yunnan 129,679
Xuanwei Metropolitan Area Yunnan 242,147
Qujing Metropolitan Area Yunnan 423,122
Kunming Metropolitan Area Yunnan 3,416,600
Beihai Metropolitan Area Guangxi 566,475
Qinzhou Metropolitan Area Guangxi 205,408
Fangchenggang Metropolitan Area Guangxi 107,515
Dongxing Metropolitan Area Guangxi 125,104
Luchuan Metropolitan Area Guangxi 135,065
Bobai Metropolitan Area Guangxi 174,688
Yulin Metropolitan Area Guangxi 814,022
Rongxian Metropolitan Area Guangxi 113,855
Cenxi Metropolitan Area Guangxi 220,053
Wuzhou Metropolitan Area Guangxi 460,722
Pingnan Metropolitan Area Guangxi 152,783
Guiping Metropolitan Area Guangxi 193,500
Laibin Metropolitan Area Guangxi 139,836
Guigang Metropolitan Area Guangxi 324,439
Binyang Metropolitan Area Guangxi 214,555
Fucheng Metropolitan Area Guangxi 141,192
Lingshan Metropolitan Area Guangxi 186,486
Nanning Metropolitan Area Guangxi 2,591,094
Hezhou Metropolitan Area Guangxi 167,042
Guilin Metropolitan Area Guangxi 1,069,415
Liuzhou Metropolitan Area Guangxi 1,451,939
Hechi Metropolitan Area Guangxi 129,833
Baise Metropolitan Area Guangxi 124,358
Yinchuan Metropolitan Area Ningxia 1,440,105
Dawukou Metropolitan Area Ningxia 141,933
Wuzhong Metropolitan Area Ningxia 240,247
Chengguan Metropolitan Area Qinghai 164,456
Xining Metropolitan Area Qinghai 1,303,058
Hetian Metropolitan Area Xinjiang 216,546
Kargilik Metropolitan Area Xinjiang 134,157
Kashgar Metropolitan Area Xinjiang 498,252
Kizilsu Metropolitan Area Xinjiang 129,556
Aksu Metropolitan Area Xinjiang 288,264
Kuqa Metropolitan Area Xinjiang 111,846
Bayingolin Metropolitan Area Xinjiang 392,233
Hami Metropolitan Area Xinjiang 218,398
Shihezi Metropolitan Area Xinjiang 379,563
Huiyuan Metropolitan Area Xinjiang 401,027
Karamay Metropolitan Area Xinjiang 245,077
Tacheng Metropolitan Area Xinjiang 101,155
Urumqi Metropolitan Area Xinjiang 4,539,265
Lhasa Metropolitan Area Xizang (Tibet) 273,179

Cyprus

Data are referred to pre-1974 Turkish Army occupation boundaries.

Urban population rate: 62% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

East Timor

Urban population rate: 36% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Georgia

Data are referret to pre-2008 Russo-Georgian War.

Urban population rate: 60% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Indonesia

Greater Jakarta or Jabodetabek comprises the largest urban area in Indonesia and the second-largest in the world with a population of around 30 million. [15] The center and national capital, Jakarta, has a population of 10.3 million within its borders. [16]

The second-most populated city in Indonesia, Surabaya, also forms a conurbation known as Gerbangkertosusila with a metropolitan population of about 10 million compared to the city proper of 3 million. [17] Conurbations are also present around Bandung and Medan.

India

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) consists of Mumbai and its satellite towns. Developing over a period of about 20 years, it consists of seven municipal corporations and fifteen smaller municipal councils. The region has an area of 4,355 km2 and with a population of 20.5 million, [18] and is among the top ten most populated urban agglomerations in the world. It is linked together through the Mumbai Suburban Railway system and a large network of roads.

The National Capital Region (NCR) is a name for the coordinated planning region which encompasses the entire National Capital Territory of Delhi as well as several surrounding districts in the neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan. However, the conurbation of Delhi is actually limited to the NCT of Delhi and the neighbouring contiguous urban areas comprising Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad. The area is officially known as the Central National Capital Region (CNCR), a small part of overall NCR. [19] The population of this conurbation was estimated 21.7 million in 2011. [20] It is the world's third most populous urban agglomeration.

The Amaravati Metropolitan Region (AMR) of Andhra Pradesh is a conurbation of three cities, namely Vijayawada, Eluru and Guntur and 11 other towns which include Mangalagiri, Tadepalle, Tenali, Ponnuru, Chilakaluripeta, Narasaraopeta, Sattenapally, Nandigama, Jaggayyapeta, Nuzividu, Gudivada and Vuyyuru. The new capital city of the state, Amaravati, is being developed between the cities of Vijayawada and Guntur at the center of the conurbation. The region holds a total population of 58 lakhs.

The Jamshedpur Metropolitan Area has Greater Jamshedpur and it contains the area and city of Adityapur, Maango, and Jugsalai.

Israel

Data are referred to 1949 Armistice boundaries, after 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

Urban population rate: 58% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Japan

Urban population rate: 72% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

NamePopulation
Tokyo Conurbation (Tokyo + Kawasaki + Yokohama + Saitama + Chiba + Takasaki + Isezaki + Ota)34,835,218
Keihanshin Conurbation (Osaka + Kobe + Kyoto + Nara + Sakai + Himeji + Wakayama)15,165,176
Chukyo Conurbation (Nagoya + Gifu + Toyota + Okazaki + Yokkaichi)7,890,477
Fukuoka Metropolitan Area2,213,305
Sapporo Metropolitan Area1,931,424
Sendai Metropolitan Area1,269,675
Kitakyushu Metropolitan Area1,208,935
Hiroshima Metropolitan Area1,150,148
Okinawa Metropolitan Area (Naha + Okinawa)1,065,339
Okayama Metropolitan Area (Okayama + Kurashiki)847,111
Kumamoto Metropolitan Area624,648
Kanazawa Metropolitan Area527,097
Otsu Metropolitan Area514,884
Toyohashi Metropolitan Area500,228
Kagoshima Metropolitan Area453,833
Niigata Metropolitan Area437,871
Matsuyama Metropolitan Area421,736
Numazu Metropolitan Area374,197
Oita Metropolitan Area363,332
Kofu Metropolitan Area335,934
Fukuyama Metropolitan Area355,566
Utsunomiya Metropolitan Area337,161
Fujieda Metropolitan Area318,978
Takamatsu Metropolitan Area314,296
Nagasaki Metropolitan Area297,631
Asahikawa Metropolitan Area288,867
Mito Metropolitan Area (Mito + Hitachinaka)284,338
Hamamatsu Metropolitan Area267,033
Nagano Metropolitan Area264,480
Hakodate Metropolitan Area263,045
Miyazaki Metropolitan Area247,744
Tokushima Metropolitan Area242,829
Toyama Metropolitan Area239,820
Shizuoka Metropolitan Area233,904
Morioka Metropolitan Area217,880
Koriyama Metropolitan Area215,513
Kochi Metropolitan Area213,691
Akita Metropolitan Area211,383
Yamagata Metropolitan Area206,358
Tsuchiura Metropolitan Area195,325
Aomori Metropolitan Area179,937
Marugame Metropolitan Area171,220
Fukushima Metropolitan Area170,143
Fuji Metropolitan Area167,426
Kisarazu Metropolitan Area165,839
Sanda Metropolitan Area164,419
Hitachi Metropolitan Area162,932
Fukui Metropolitan Area161,762
Ube Metropolitan Area152,722
Takaoka Metropolitan Area144,427
Kushiro Metropolitan Area143,420
Obihiro Metropolitan Area140,962
Shūnan Metropolitan Area137,818
Niihama Metropolitan Area134,067
Kurume Metropolitan Area133,391
Matsumoto Metropolitan Area125,858
Hachinohe Metropolitan Area124,493
Omuta Metropolitan Area122,197
Tomakomai Metropolitan Area117,181
Beppu Metropolitan Area113,901
Hikone Metropolitan Area113,437
Yonago Metropolitan Area112,806
Sasebo Metropolitan Area104,105
Iwaki Metropolitan Area103,547
Hirosaki Metropolitan Area100,073
Muroran Metropolitan Area100,039

Jordan

Urban population rate: 83% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Kazakhstan

Urban population rate: 66% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

NamePopulation
Almaty Metropolitan Area2,315,538
Shymkent Metropolitan Area1,239,663
Astana Metropolitan Area1,128,140
Aktobe Metropolitan Area420,695
Semey Metropolitan Area291,783
Aktau Metropolitan Area259,510
Kyzylorda Metropolitan Area237,992
Pavlodar Metropolitan Area235,889
Atyrau Metropolitan Area231,440
Turkestan Metropolitan Area215,873
Ural Metropolitan Area208,766
Ust-Kamenogorsk Metropolitan Area197,281
Taraz Metropolitan Area192,656
Karaganda Metropolitan Area191,772
Temirtau Metropolitan Area154,580
Petropavlosk Metropolitan Area153,560
Kostanay Metropolitan Area136,333
Taldikorgan Metropolitan Area131,397
Zhanaozen Metropolitan Area109,850
Kokshetav Metropolitan Area100,846

Kyrgyzstan

Urban population rate: 42% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Kuwait

Urban population rate: 98% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Laos

Urban population rate: 43% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Malaysia + Singapore

Urban population rate: 77% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

NamePopulation
Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan Area8,851,535
Singapore Metropolitan Area (including Johor Bahru)7,934,034
Georgetown Metropolitan Area (Georgetown + Kulim)1,513,764
Ipoh Metropolitan Area861,933
Kota Kinabalu Metropolitan Area810,843
Kuching Metropolitan Area587,986
Melaka Metropolitan Area544,035
Seremban Metropolitan Area390,884
Tawau Metropolitan Area354,494
Sandakan Metropolitan Area337,268
Kota Bharu Metropolitan Area326,948
Sungai Petani Metropolitan Area269,176
Kuantan Metropolitan Area217,879
Alor Star Metropolitan Area203,262
Taiping Metropolitan Area198,018
Miri Metropolitan Area187,443
Sibu Metropolitan Area185,385
Kuala Terengganu Metropolitan Area147,996
Lahad Datu Metropolitan Area133,110
Kluang Metropolitan Area109,597
Muar Metropolitan Area106,024
Bintulu Metropolitan Area101,436
Semporna Metropolitan Area101,230

Maldives

Mongolia

Urban population rate: 69% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Nepal

Urban population rate: 25% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

North Korea

Boundaries are referred to the Third inter-Korean summit agreement (2018).

Urban population rate: 67% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

NamePopulation
Kaeseong Metropolitan Area280,963
Haeju Metropolitan Area263,992
Sariwon Metropolitan Area401,117
Songnim Metropolitan Area256,211
Nampo Metropolitan Area144,643
Kangseo Metropolitan Area260,531
Pyeongyang Metropolitan Area2,868,313
Wonsan Metropolitan Area370,729
Muncheon Metropolitan Area117,274
Pyeongseong Metropolitan Area300,843
Suncheon Metropolitan Area154,047
Sukcheon Metropolitan Area106,846
Anju Metropolitan Area256,943
Kaecheon Metropolitan Area164,966
Deokcheon Metropolitan Area152,025
Cheongju Metropolitan Area170,999
Seoncheon Metropolitan Area112,903
Kuseong Metropolitan Area108,791
Ryeongcheon Metropolitan Area125,259
Huicheon Metropolitan Area117,534
Kanggye Metropolitan Area314,915
Jeongpyeong Metropolitan Area108,488
Hamju Metropolitan Area105,812
Hamheung Metropolitan Area745,725
Hongwon Metropolitan Area116,941
Dancheon Metropolitan Area114,551
Kimchaek Metropolitan Area196,760
Kilju Metropolitan Area108,885
Musan Metropolitan Area106,601
Cheongjin Metropolitan Area683,870
Rajin Metropolitan Area106,938

Oman

Urban population rate: 78% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Pakistan

Data are referred to 1972 Shimla Agreement borders, after 1971 Indo-Pakistani war.

Urban population rate: 39% (2015) [6]

NamePopulationYearNotes
Karachi Metropolitan Area13,150,6942015 [7]
Lahore Metropolitan Area10,114,718
Rawalpindi Metropolitan Area (Rawalpindi + Islamabad)3,738,564
Faisalabad Metropolitan Area3,563,007
Gujranwala Metropolitan Area2,788,655
Peshawar Metropolitan Area2,764,734
Multan Metropolitan Area2,422,577
Sialkot Metropolitan Area1,885,761
Hyderabad Metropolitan Area1,835,126
Mingaora Metropolitan Area1,057,542
Mardan Metropolitan Area1,026,217
Abbottabad Metropolitan Area960,783
Quetta Metropolitan Area749,960
Sargodha Metropolitan Area657,394
Gujrat Metropolitan Area622,644
Wah Metropolitan Area521,616
Bannu Metropolitan Area494,277
Haripur Metropolitan Area474,638
Larkana Metropolitan Area466,569
Mansehra Metropolitan Area465,955
Shahkot Metropolitan Area460,340
Charsadda Metropolitan Area421,797
Sukkur Metropolitan Area419,044
Bahawalpur Metropolitan Area412,812
Jehangira Metropolitan Area392,541
Dera Ghazi Khan Metropolitan Area386,996
Chakwal Metropolitan Area380,689
Okara Metropolitan Area377,333
Nowshera Metropolitan Area376,682
Kasur Metropolitan Area368,064
Shakargarh Metropolitan Area366,175
Swabi Metropolitan Area350,349
Kohat Metropolitan Area349,873
Jhelum Metropolitan Area335,764
Muridike Metropolitan Area332,238
Sahiwal Metropolitan Area331,522
Muzaffarabad Metropolitan Area329,099
Hazro Metropolitan Area325,085
Chakdarra Metropolitan Area312,554
Shabqadar Metropolitan Area306,185
Jhang Sada Metropolitan Area303,289
Jacobabad Metropolitan Area301,179
Narowal Metropolitan Area279,768
Rahim Yar Khan Metropolitan Area274,839
Takhat Bhai Metropolitan Area270,145
Tangi Metropolitan Area254,085
Hafizabad Metropolitan Area252,160
Muzaffargarh Metropolitan Area245,691
Mandi Bahauddin Metropolitan Area240,604
Wazirabad Metropolitan Area232,325
Qila Khudabadan Metropolitan Area221,239
Shikarpur Metropolitan Area221,057
Mandi Metropolitan Area209,396
Jampur Metropolitan Area208,805
Pattoki Metropolitan Area208,708
Kharian Metropolitan Area191,229
Chunian Metropolitan Area178,925
Tando Muhammad Khan Metropolitan Area173,445
Lala Mosa Metropolitan Area171,681
Khairpur Metropolitan Area167,568
Khandhkot Metropolitan Area167,179
Charman Metropolitan Area165,834
Zangun Metropolitan Area164,498
Dadu Metropolitan Area162,534
Sherpur Metropolitan Area160,249
Sadiqabad Metropolitan Area158,903
Bhara Khao Metropolitan Area155,834
Pakpattan Metropolitan Area155,767
Ghotki Metropolitan Area154,294
Fatehjang Metropolitan Area153,965
Burewala Metropolitan Area151,529
Pindi Gheb Metropolitan Area147,718
Bat Khela Metropolitan Area147,435
Chiniot Metropolitan Area146,702
Chuchar Metropolitan Area143,388
Pasrur Metropolitan Area142,975
Usta Muhammad Metropolitan Area137,181
Khanewal Metropolitan Area135,503
Gojra Metropolitan Area134,727
Shaikh Jana Metropolitan Area131,956
Thul Metropolitan Area130,017
Kahuta Metropolitan Area129,479
Gali Bagh Metropolitan Area126,721
Shujaabad Metropolitan Area125,952
Topi Metropolitan Area123,669
Daroli Metropolitan Area116,619
Attock Metropolitan Area113,767
Sangla Metropolitan Area112,475
Mithankot Metropolitan Area111,038
Thatta Metropolitan Area110,185
Jambar Kalan Metropolitan Area109,682
Dera Ismail Khan Metropolitan Area109,448
Kabirwala Metropolitan Area108,910
Lodhran Metropolitan Area108,590
Moro Metropolitan Area108,243
Havelian Metropolitan Area106,307
Shal Bandai Metropolitan Area106,132
Mehar Metropolitan Area106,034
Arifwala Metropolitan Area105,263
Khanpur Metropolitan Area104,403
Alipur Metropolitan Area101,977
Khot Kakka Shah Metropolitan Area100,884

Palestine

Data are referred to 1949 Armistice boundaries, after 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

Urban population rate: 78% (2023). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2023 [7] , before the Israeli Army invasion.

Papua New Guinea

Urban population rate: 12% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Philippines

Urban population rate: 59% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

NamePopulation
Manila Metropolitan Area (Manila + Angeles + Lipa + Batangas)30,565,371
Cebu Metropolitan Area3,191,585
Davao Metropolitan Area1,651,086
Dagupan Metropolitan Area973,316
Cagayan de Oro Metropolitan Area950,102
Bacolod Metropolitan Area690,717
Zamboanga Metropolitan Area498,587
Iloilo Metropolitan Area489,034
General Santos Metropolitan Area452,060
Baguio Metropolitan Area451,844
Batangas Metropolitan Area326,496
Naga Metropolitan Area291,374
Iligan Metropolitan Area279,731
Cotabato Metropolitan Area274,670
Tagum Metropolitan Area252,700
Tacloban Metropolitan Area244,458
Lipa Metropolitan Area235,919
Legaspi Metropolitan Area221,694
Marawi Metropolitan Area207,205
Cabanatuan Metropolitan Area198,568
Butuan Metropolitan Area185,655
Olongapo Metropolitan Area182,832
Tarlac Metropolitan Area181,691
San Pablo Metropolitan Area174,317
San Pedro Metropolitan Area172,148
Dumaguete Metropolitan Area166,127
Guagua Metropolitan Area160,448
Puerto Princesa Metropolitan Area156,713
Pagadian Metropolitan Area145,146
San Fernando Metropolitan Area134,798
Malolos Metropolitan Area123,101
Tuguegarao Metropolitan Area122,965
Tagbilaran Metropolitan Area120,097
Ozamis Metropolitan Area117,388
Roxas Metropolitan Area108,370
Dipolog Metropolitan Area108,335
Balanga Metropolitan Area108,162
Gapan Metropolitan Area103,963

Qatar

Urban population rate: 46% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

South Korea

Boundaries are referred to the Third inter-Korean summit agreement (2018).

Urban population rate: 86% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

NamePopulation
Sudokwon Conurbation (Seoul + Incheon + nearby cities in Gyeonggi Province)23,366,117
South Gyeongsang Conurbation (Busan + Gimhae + Yangsan + Changwon)4,494,463
Daegu Metropolitan Area2,300,085
Daejeon Metropolitan Area1,504,229
Gwangju Metropolitan Area1,428,492
Ulsan Metropolitan Area941,217
Jeonju Metropolitan Area (Jeonju + Iksan)786,341
Cheongju Metropolitan Area691,161
Cheonan Metropolitan Area (Cheonan + Asan)504,349
Pohang Metropolitan Area373,323
Gumi Metropolitan Area286,529
Suncheon Metropolitan Area (Suncheon + Gwangyang + Yeosu)265,434
Jinju Metropolitan Area238,454
Chuncheon Metropolitan Area229,165
Mokpo Metropolitan Area228,462
Wonju Metropolitan Area218,041
Gunsan Metropolitan Area177,647
Gangneung Metropolitan Area118,784

Sri Lanka

Urban population rate: 20% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Taiwan

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Satellite view of the Taipei-Taoyuan-Keelung Metropolitan Area, the largest metropolitan area in Taiwan
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Satellite view of the Kaohsiung-Pingtung-Tainan metropolitan area

Boundaries are referred to the territories administrated by the Republic of China, after Cross-Strait Act (1992).

Urban population rate: 80% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

NamePopulation
Northern Conurbation (Taipei + Taoyuan + Zhubei + Hsinshu + Toufen)10,687,535
Southern Conurbation (Tainan + Kaohsiung + Pingtung)3,595,567
Central Conurbation (Taichung + Changhua + Nantou + Yunlin)3,447,544
Chiayi Metropolitan Area460,979
Hualien Metropolitan Area137,533

Tajikistan

Urban population rate: 34% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Thailand

Urban population rate: 42% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

NamePopulation
Krung Thep Conurbation (Bangkok and nearby cities)19,378,454
Phuket Metropolitan Area742,871
Chiang Mai Metropolitan Area692,242
Hat Yai Metropolitan Area436,777
Chonburi Metropolitan Area263,106
Pattaya Metropolitan Area253,538
Nakhon Pathom Metropolitan Area185,771
Si Racha Metropolitan Area168,554
Phitsanulok Metropolitan Area165,001
Songkhla Metropolitan Area162,380
Nakhon Ratchasima Metropolitan Area159,579
Khonkaen Metropolitan Area154,057
Surat Thani Metropolitan Area150,127
Udon Thani Metropolitan Area149,983
Nakhon Si Thammarat Metropolitan Area146,307
Rayong Metropolitan Area138,423
Lopburi Metropolitan Area128,924
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Metropolitan Area126,849
Ubon Ratchathani Metropolitan Area126,488
Ranong Metropolitan Area118,553
Yala Metropolitan Area111,221
Ban Chang Metropolitan Area110,390
Kanchanaburi Metropolitan Area102,628

Turkey

Urban population rate: 73% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

NamePopulation
Istanbul Metropolitan Area14,210,222
Ankara Metropolitan Area5,402,165
Izmir Metropolitan Area2,457,529
Bursa Metropolitan Area2,366,448
Gaziantep Metropolitan Area1,681,270
Antalya Metropolitan Area1,372,672
Konya Metropolitan Area1,017,329
Mersin Metropolitan Area800,548
Izmit Metropolitan Area784,331
Kayseri Metropolitan Area772,654
Adana Metropolitan Area737,574
Samsun Metropolitan Area559,413
Denizli Metropolitan Area537,507
Diyarbakir Metropolitan Area536,794
Eskisehir Metropolitan Area528,380
Kahramanmaras Metropolitan Area464,945
Van Metropolitan Area451,519
Malatya Metropolitan Area447,745
Sanliurfa Metropolitan Area431,505
Antakya Metropolitan Area397,544
Trabzon Metropolitan Area364,103
Batman Metropolitan Area363,642
Elazig Metropolitan Area324,305
Sivas Metropolitan Area303,202
Sakarya Metropolitan Area269,660
Manisa Metropolitan Area294,069
Iskenderun Metropolitan Area256,743
Cerkezkoy Metropolitan Area242,264
Isparta Metropolitan Area234,121
Osmaniye Metropolitan Area225,567
Aydin Metropolitan Area210,247
Adiyaman Metropolitan Area203,680
Yenice Metropolitan Area181,480
Corum Metropolitan Area181,012
Ordu Metropolitan Area180,011
Siverek Metropolitan Area160,312
Tarsus Metropolitan Area159,692
Zonguldak Metropolitan Area158,521
Inegol Metropolitan Area155,697
Giresun Metropolitan Area147,434
Usak Metropolitan Area141,288
Duzce Metropolitan Area139,560
Yumurtalik Metropolitan Area139,104
Siirt Metropolitan Area136,101
Tokat Metropolitan Area134,631
Karabuk Metropolitan Area130,402
Kutahya Metropolitan Area129,641
Erzurum Metropolitan Area129,246
Karaman Metropolitan Area127,506
Aksaray Metropolitan Area126,210
Turgutlu Metropolitan Area125,953
Rize Metropolitan Area123,482
Agri Metropolitan Area121,725
Yalova Metropolitan Area120,828
Afyonkarahisar Metropolitan Area120,660
Fethiye Metropolitan Area117,452
Keskin Metropolitan Area114,207
Viransehir Metropolitan Area113,091
Kadirli Metropolitan Area111,158
Silopi Metropolitan Area105,037
Eregli Metropolitan Area104,760
Cizre Metropolitan Area104,061
Ceyhan Metropolitan Area103,840
Elbistan Metropolitan Area100,020

Turkmenistan

Urban population rate: 57% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

United Arab Emirates

Urban population rate: 87% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Uzbekistan

Urban population rate: 44% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

NamePopulation
Tashkent Metropolitan Area3,874,653
Namangan Metropolitan Area927,908
Samarqand Metropolitan Area892,554
Andijon Metropolitan Area792,858
Fargona Metropolitan Area759,423
Qarshi Metropolitan Area512,027
Jizzax Metropolitan Area357,127
Shahrisabz Metropolitan Area334,628
Qoqon Metropolitan Area303,759
Nokis Metropolitan Area288,240
Tortkul Metropolitan Area252,614
Termiz Metropolitan Area242,044
Urganch Metropolitan Area215,566
Kattaqorgon Metropolitan Area153,433
Denov Metropolitan Area146,220
Buxoro Metropolitan Area137,440
Xiva Metropolitan Area136,679
Oltiariq Metropolitan Area120,162
Kosonsoy Metropolitan Area115,631
Quva Metropolitan Area113,493
Gijduvon Metropolitan Area110,910
Navoiy Metropolitan Area110,554
Ibrat Metropolitan Area101,566
Asaka Metropolitan Area101,170
Shahrixon Metropolitan Area100,375

Vietnam

Urban population rate: 38% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

NamePopulation
Ho Chi Minh (Sai Gon) Metropolitan Area15,430,069
Ha Noi Metropolitan Area7,265,805
Can Tho Metropolitan Area1,652,649
Da Nang Metropolitan Area1,265,560
Hai Phong Metropolitan Area1,003,753
My Tho Metropolitan Area461,520
Long Xuyen Metropolitan Area550,869
Vinh Long Metropolitan Area484,198
Vung Tau Metropolitan Area476,737
Nha Trang Metropolitan Area443,626
Tay Ninh Metropolitan Area436,732
Hue Metropolitan Area383,941
Thai Nguyen Metropolitan Area363,000
Vinh Metropolitan Area349,192
Thanh Hoa Metropolitan Area343,001
Quang Ngai Metropolitan Area340,820
Buon Ma Thuot Metropolitan Area316,655
Nam Dinh Metropolitan Area292,782
Qui Nhon Metropolitan Area282,795
Rach Gia Metropolitan Area276,783
Thai Binh Metropolitan Area268,330
Phan Thiet Metropolitan Area243,919
Play Cu Metropolitan Area199,908
Bac Lieu Metropolitan Area199,141
Phan Rang Metropolitan Area198,679
Da Lat Metropolitan Area195,370
Ca Mau Metropolitan Area193,377
Ha Long Metropolitan Area178,597
Lac Thanh Metropolitan Area177,136
Cao Lanh Metropolitan Area173,133
Cai Lay Metropolitan Area172,776
Tra Vinh Metropolitan Area159,016
Tuy Hoa Metropolitan Area158,744
Binh Phuoc Metropolitan Area155,011
Cao Mat Metropolitan Area149,729
Kon Tum Metropolitan Area144,425
Son Tay (Ha Noi) Metropolitan Area139,803
Vinh Yen Metropolitan Area139,418
Soc Trang Metropolitan Area133,858
Viet Tri Metropolitan Area129,341
Long Le Metropolitan Area125,920
Mong Cai Metropolitan Area (Mong Cai + Dongxing)125,104
Cam Pha Metropolitan Area122,988
Ninh Binh Metropolitan Area122,236
Cai Be Metropolitan Area120,234
Tuyen Quang Metropolitan Area114,216
Phu Ly Metropolitan Area112,705
Tien Thanh Metropolitan Area112,508
Tân Phú Metropolitan Area111,991
Lang Son Metropolitan Area110,770
Ho Kou Metropolitan Area (Ho Kou + Hekou)105,453
Xuan Loc Metropolitan Area103,836
Gia Rai Metropolitan Area102,299
Yen Bai Metropolitan Area102,149
Tam Ky Metropolitan Area100,935
Vinh Tuy Metropolitan Area100,364

Europe

Albania

Urban population rate: 61% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Austria

Urban population rate: 72% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Belarus

Urban population rate: 79% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

NamePopulation
Minsk Metropolitan Area2,093,512
Gomel Metropolitan Area571,257
Vitebsk Metropolitan Area382,195
Mogilev Metropolitan Area334,165
Brest Metropolitan Area (Brest + Terespol)326,182
Grodno Metropolitan Area309,064
Bobruisk Metropolitan Area197,539
Baranavici Metropolitan Area162,854
Pinsk Metropolitan Area132,029
Borisov Metropolitan Area112,218

Belgium

Urban population rate: 98% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Urban population rate: 56% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Bulgaria

Urban population rate: 76% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Croatia

Urban population rate: 65% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Czech Republic

Urban population rate: 78% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Denmark

Urban population rate: 89% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Estonia

Urban population rate: 74% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Finland

Urban population rate: 88% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

France

Urban population rate: 86% (2015) [6]

NamePopulationYearNotes
Ile-de-France Conurbation (Greater Paris)9,711,5122015 [7]
Lyon Metropolitan Area (Greater Lyon)1,152,368
Marseille Metropolitan Area (Greater Marseille)909,727
Lille Metropolitan Area (Lille + Mouscron)903,281
Cote-d'Azur Conurbation (Nice + Cannes)733,095
Toulouse Metropolitan Area (Greater Toulouse)658,107
Bordeaux Metropolitan Area (greater Bordeaux)585,031
Nantes Metropolitan Area (Greater Nantes)436,853
Strasbourg Metropolitan Area (Strasbourg + Kehl)422,097
Toulon Metropolitan Area (Greater Toulon)368,851
Grenoble Metropolitan Area (Greater Grenoble)338,199
Rouen Metropolitan Area (Greater Rouen)320,960
Montpellier Metropolitan Area (Greater Montpellier)293,865
Rennes Metropolitan Area (Greater Rennes)227,572
Nancy Metropolitan Area (Greater Nancy)213,797
Tours Metropolitan Area (Greater Tours)211,591
Dijon Metropolitan Area (Greater Dijon)208,040
Cambrin Metropolitan Area (Greater Cambrin)207,779
Clermont-Ferrand Metropolitan Area (Greater Clermont-Ferrand)191,311
Reims Metropolitan Area (Greater Reims)189,743
Mulhouse Metropolitan Area (Greater Mulhouse)189,297
Le Havre Metropolitan Area (Greater Le Havre)187,643
Orleans Metropolitan Area (Greater Orleans)179,869
Angers Metropolitan Area (Greater Angers)176,839
Saint-Etienne Metropolitan Area (Greater Saint-Etienne)172,766
Caen Metropolitan Area (Greater Caen)164,788
Metz Metropolitan Area (Greater Metz)151,221
Le Mans Metropolitan Area (Greater Le Mans)147,383
Brest Metropolitan Area (Greater Brest)142,527
Amiens Metropolitan Area (Greater Amiens)136,532
Limoges Metropolitan Area (Greater Limoges)129,255
Dunkerque Metropolitan Area (Greater Dunkerque)127,529
Perpignan Metropolitan Area (Greater Perpignan)115,845
Pau Metropolitan Area (Greater Pau)112,672
Troyes Metropolitan Area (Greater Troyes)109,941
Besançon Metropolitan Area (Greater Besançon)108,712
Annecy Metropolitan Area (Greater Annecy)102,728
Nîmes Metropolitan Area (Greater Nîmes)101,743
Valenciennes Metropolitan Area (Greater Valenciennes)101,583

Germany

Urban population rate: 76% (2015) [6]

NamePopulationYearNotes
Ruhr Conurbation (Bonn + Cologne + Düsseldorf + Wuppertal + Dortmund + Hagen)7,275,3192015 [7]
Berlin Metropolitan Area (Greater Berlin)3,390,255
Hamburg Metropolitan Area (Greater Hamburg)1,677,733
Munich Metropolitan Area (Greater Munich)1,573,652
Frankfurt am Main Metropolitan Area (Greater Frankfurt am Main)1,523,808
Stuttgart Metropolitan Area (Greater Stuttgart)1,160,180
Nurnberg Metropolitan Area (Greater Nurnberg)679,089
Hannover Metropolitan Area (Greater Hannover)599,164
Dresden Metropolitan Area (Greater Dresden)513,723
Bremen Metropolitan Area (Greater Bremen)506,342
Mannheim Metropolitan Area (Greater Mannheim)466,696
Leipzig Metropolitan Area (Greater Leipzig)455,581
Augsburg Metropolitan Area (Greater Augsburg)312,094
Karlsruhe Metropolitan Area (Greater Karlsruhe)286,982
Aachen Metropolitan Area (Aachen + Kerkrade)226,264
Kassel Metropolitan Area (Greater Kassel)222,869
Bielefeld Metropolitan Area (Greater Bielefeld)214,193
Kiel Metropolitan Area (Greater Kiel)209,786
Munster Metropolitan Area (Greater Munster)207,455
Heidelberg Metropolitan Area (Greater Heidelberg)196,429
Magdeburg Metropolitan Area (Greater Magdeburg)193,706
Halle Metropolitan Area (Greater Halle)185,076
Braunschweig Metropolitan Area (Greater Braunschweig)180,612
Freiburg Metropolitan Area (Greater Freiburg)179,912
Rostock Metropolitan Area (Greater Rostock)168,453
Chemnitz Metropolitan Area (Greater Chemnitz)168,021
Lubeck Metropolitan Area (Greater Lubeck)150,413
Saarbrücken Metropolitan Area (Greater Saarbrücken)146,109
Oldenburg Metropolitan Area (Greater Oldenburg)144,961
Erfurt Metropolitan Area (Greater Erfurt)141,749
Koblenz Metropolitan Area (Greater Koblenz)138,095
Regensburg Metropolitan Area (Greater Regensburg)133,794
Wurzburg Metropolitan Area (Greater Wurzburg)121,062
Heilbronn Metropolitan Area (Greater Heilbronn)121,015
Bremerhaven Metropolitan Area (Greater Bremerhaven)116,975
Darmstadt Metropolitan Area (Greater Darmstadt)116,051
Osnabruck Metropolitan Area (Greater Osnabruck)105,944
Ulm Metropolitan Area (Greater Ulm)103,439

Greece

Urban population rate: 68% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Hungary

Urban population rate: 72% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Ireland

Urban population rate: 69% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Italy

Urban population rate: 73% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

NamePopulation
Milano conurbation (Milano + Monza and nearby cities)3,579,039
Napoli conurbation (Napoli + Caserta + Salerno and nearby cities)3,415,763
Roma conurbation 2,799,884
Torino conurbation 1,243,448
Palermo conurbation 720,937
Firenze conurbation (Firenze + Prato + Pistoia and nearby cities)711,105
Catania Metropolitan Area529,493
Genova Metropolitan Area523,194
Bologna Metropolitan Area456,780
Bergamo Metropolitan Area448,364
Bari Metropolitan Area311,280
Cagliari Metropolitan Area257,468
Padova Metropolitan Area244,498
Brescia Metropolitan Area243,287
Venezia Metropolitan Area222,475
Verona Metropolitan Area216,582
Pescara Metropolitan Area212,590
Messina Metropolitan Area178,836
Trieste Metropolitan Area178,655
Modena Metropolitan Area155,015
Como Metropolitan Area151,878
Livorno Metropolitan Area149,983
Parma Metropolitan Area148,518
Taranto Metropolitan Area136,105
Reggio Calabria Metropolitan Area128,270
Foggia Metropolitan Area126,645
Rimini Metropolitan Area126,273
Vicenza Metropolitan Area121,637
Reggio Emilia Metropolitan Area119,756
Bolzano Metropolitan Area107,197
Massa Metropolitan Area101,572
Udine Metropolitan Area101,454

Kosovo

Urban population rate: 42% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Latvia

Urban population rate: 72% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Lithuania

Urban population rate: 72% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Luxembourg

Urban population rate: 88% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Malta

Urban population rate: 89% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Moldova

Urban population rate: 55% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Netherlands

Urban population rate: 84% (2015) [6]

NamePopulationYearNotes
Rotterdam Metropolitan Area (Rotterdam + Delft + Den Haag)1,913,8882015 [7]
Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (Greater Amsterdam)1,128,715
Utrecht Metropolitan Area (Greater Utrecht)445,245
Leiden Metropolitan Area (Greater Leiden)302,157
Eindhoven Metropolitan Area (Greater Eindhoven)280,211
Heerlen Metropolitan Area (Heerlen + Herzongenrath)262,204
Dordrecht Metropolitan Area (Greater Dordrecht)240,823
Arnhem Metropolitan Area (Greater Arnhem)199,884
Tilburg Metropolitan Area (Greater Tilburg)196,361
Haarlem Metropolitan Area (Greater Haarlem)195,554
Nijmegen Metropolitan Area (Greater Nijmegen)180,486
Zoetermeer Metropolitan Area (Greater Zoetermeer)166,121
Groningen Metropolitan Area (Greater Groningen)163,386
Almere Metropolitan Area (Greater Almere)162,857
Alkmaar Metropolitan Area (Greater Alkmaar)154,296
Amersfoort Metropolitan Area (Greater Amersfoort)142,167
Breda Metropolitan Area (Greater Breda)135,821
Enschede Metropolitan Area (Greater Enschede)131,601
Velsen Metropolitan Area (Greater Velsen)126,175
's-Hertongenbosch Metropolitan Area (Greater 's-Hertongenbosch)121,267
Maastricht Metropolitan Area (Maastricht + Maasmechelen)113,653
Apeldoorn Metropolitan Area (Greater Apeldoorn)107,444
Zwolle Metropolitan Area (Greater Zwolle)101,499

Northern Macedonia

Urban population rate: 67% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Norway

Urban population rate: 84% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Poland

Urban population rate: 64% (2015) [6]

NamePopulationYearNotes
Upper Silesian Metropolitan Area 2,535,3542015 [7]
Warsaw Metropolitan Area (Greater Warsaw)1,789,294
Krakow Metropolitan Area (Greater Krakow)664,581
Lodz Metropolitan Area (Greater Lodz)606,991
Gdansk Metropolitan Area (Greater Gdansk)603,020
Wroclaw Metropolitan Area (Greater Wroclaw)529,209
Poznań Metropolitan Area (Greater Ponzan)527,670
Lublin Metropolitan Area (Greater Lublin)320,313
Bialystok Metropolitan Area (Greater Bialystok)289,226
Szczecin Metropolitan Area (Greater Szczecin)269,836
Walbrzych Metropolitan Area (Greater Walbrzych)182,732
Rzeszow Metropolitan Area (Greater Rzeszow)180,696
Bielsko-Biala Metropolitan Area (Greater Bielsko-Biala)136,717

Portugal

Urban population rate: 68% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Romania

Urban population rate: 60% (2015) [6]

NamePopulationYearNotes
Bucharest Metropolitan Area (Greater Bucharest)1,774,1282015 [7]
Calarasi Metropolitan Area (Greater Calarasi)369,759
Timisoara Metropolitan Area (Greater Timisoara)288,523
Cluj-Napoca Metropolitan Area (Greater Cluj-Napoca)278,493
Constanta Metropolitan Area (Greater Costanta)249,829
Iasi Metropolitan Area (Greater Iasi)237,903
Craiova Metropolitan Area (Greater Craiova)228,226
Brasov Metropolitan Area (Greater Brasov)200,225
Galati Metropolitan Area (Greater Galati)196,601
Ploiesti Metropolitan Area (Greater Ploiesti)175,454
Oradea Metropolitan Area (Greater Oradea)156,341
Giurgiu Metropolitan Area (Giurgiu + Ruse)141,675
Braila Metropolitan Area (Greater Braila)138,888
Pitesti Metropolitan Area (Greater Pitesti)132,100
Targu-Mures Metropolitan Area (Greater Targu-Mures)118,255
Sibiu Metropolitan Area (Greater Sibiu)117,695
Bacau Metropolitan Area (Greater Bacau)117,407
Arad Metropolitan Area (Greater Arad)112,052
Oltenita Metropolitan Area (Greater Oltenita)108,928

Serbia

Urban population rate: 63% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Slovakia

Urban population rate: 62% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Slovenia

Urban population rate: 57% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Spain

Urban population rate: 79% (2015) [6]

NamePopulationYearNotes
Madrid Metropolitan Area (Greater Madrid)4,894,2952015 [7]
Barcelona Metropolitan Area (Greater Barcelona)3,832,012
Valencia Metropolitan Area (Greater Valencia)1,323,120
Sevilla Metropolitan Area (Greater Sevilla)861,043
Málaga Metropolitan Area (Greater Málaga)799,997
Bilbao Metropolitan Area (Greater Bilbao)778,852
Zaragoza Metropolitan Area (Greater Zaragoza)503,982
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Metropolitan Area (Greater Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)443,141
Palma de Mallorca Metropolitan Area (Greater Palma de Mallorca)388,090
Granada Metropolitan Area (Greater Granada)355,806
Murcia Metropolitan Area (Greater Murcia)354,693
Alicante Metropolitan Area (Greater Alicante)331,089
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Metropolitan Area (Greater Santa Cruz de Tenerife)324,645
Pamplona Metropolitan Area (Greater Pamplona)296,609
Valladolid Metropolitan Area (Greater Valladolid)290,636
Vigo Metropolitan Area (Greater Vigo)265,407
A Coruña Metropolitan Area (Greater A Coruña)249,861
Gijón Metropolitan Area (Greater Gijón)229,261
Algeciras Metropolitan Area (Algeciras + Gibraltar)215,007
San Sebastián Metropolitan Area (Greater San Sebastián)214,645
Santander Metropolitan Area (Greater Santander)206,816
Vitoria Metropolitan Area (Greater Vitoria)203,909
Alcalá de Henares Metropolitan Area (Greater Alcalá de Henares)184,497
Oviedo Metropolitan Area (Greater Oviedo)170,846
Almería Metropolitan Area (Greater Almería)169,121
Castellón de la Plana Metropolitan Area (Greater Castellón de la Plana)158,875
Salamanca Metropolitan Area (Greater Salamanca)143,857
Logroño Metropolitan Area (Greater Logroño)142,370
Ceuta Metropolitan Area (Ceuta + Fnideq)137,945
Girona Metropolitan Area (Greater Girona)132,100
Tarragona Metropolitan Area (Greater Tarragona)131,944
Jerez de la Frontera Metropolitan Area (Greater Jerez de la Frontera)130,424
Cádiz Metropolitan Area (Greater Cádiz)130,037
Melilla Metropolitan Area (Melilla + Ait Mansor)126,133
Mataró Metropolitan Area (Greater Mataró)123,418
Marbella Metropolitan Area (Greater Marbella)119,627
Burgos Metropolitan Area (Greater Burgos)117,187
Huelva Metropolitan Area (Greater Huelva)113,533
Torrevieja Metropolitan Area (Greater Torrevieja)105,360

Sweden

Urban population rate: 88% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

Switzerland

Urban population rate: 77% (2024). [6] Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024. [7]

United Kingdom

Industrial and housing growth in the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries produced many conurbations. Greater London is by far the largest urban area and is usually counted as a conurbation in statistical terms, but differs from the others in the degree to which it is focused on a single central area. In the mid-1950s the Green Belt was introduced to stem the further urbanisation of the countryside in South East England.

The list below shows the most populous urban areas in the UK as defined by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Different organisations define conurbations in the UK differently for example, the Liverpool–Manchester or the Manchester–Liverpool conurbation [21] is defined as one conurbation by AESOP in a comparison report published by the University of Manchester in 2005 found here. The Liverpool–Manchester Conurbation has a population of 5.68 million.

Urban population rate: 89% (2015) [6]

 
Largest urban areas of the United Kingdom
(England and Wales: 2011 census built-up area; [22] Scotland: 2016 estimates settlement; [23] Northern Ireland: 2001 census urban area) [24]
Rank Urban area Pop. Principal settlement Rank Urban area Pop. Principal settlement
1 Greater London 9,787,426 London 11 Bristol 617,280 Bristol
2 Greater Manchester 2,553,379 Manchester 12 Edinburgh 512,150 Edinburgh
3 West Midlands 2,440,986 Birmingham 13 Leicester 508,916 Leicester
4 West Yorkshire 1,777,934 Leeds 14 Belfast 483,418 Belfast
5 Greater Glasgow 985,290 Glasgow 15 Brighton & Hove 474,485 Brighton
6 Liverpool 864,122 Liverpool 16 South East Dorset 466,266 Bournemouth
7 South Hampshire 855,569 Southampton 17 Cardiff 390,214 Cardiff
8 Tyneside 774,891 Newcastle upon Tyne 18 Teesside 376,633 Middlesbrough
9 Nottingham 729,977 Nottingham 19 Stoke-on-Trent 372,775 Stoke-on-Trent
10 Sheffield 685,368 Sheffield 20 Coventry 359,262 Coventry

Ukraine

Urban population rate: 71% (2015) [6]

NamePopulationYearNotes
Kyiv Metropolitan Area (Greater Kyiv)2,737,7892015 [7]
Kharkiv Metropolitan Area (Greater Kharkiv)1,430,661
Donetsk Metropolitan Area (Greater Donetsk)1,158,998
Odesa Metropolitan Area (Greater Odesa)1,117,970
Dnipro Metropolitan Area (Greater Dnipro)903,205
Zaporizhzhia Metropolitan Area (Greater Zaporizzhya)728,145
Lviv Metropolitan Area (Greater Lviv)687,060
Krivyy Rih Metropolitan Area (Greater Krivyy Rih)584,156
Mikolaiv Metropolitan Area (Greater Mikolaiv)469,017
Mariupol Metropolitan Area (Greater Mariupol)436,133
Luhansk Metropolitan Area (Greater Luhansk)415,351
Vinnitsa Metropolitan Area (Greater Vinnitsa)383,836
Simferopol Metropolitan Area (Greater Simferopol)338,634
Chernihiv Metropolitan Area (Greater Chernihiv)278,668
Cherkasy Metropolitan Area (Greater Cherkasy)278,510
Poltava Metropolitan Area (Greater Poltava)275,189
Kherson Metropolitan Area (Greater Kherson)269,644
Khmelnitskyy Metropolitan Area (Greater Khmelnitskyy)259,104
Zhytomir Metropolitan Area (Greater Zhytomir)242,883
Chernivtsi Metropolitan Area (Greater Chernivtsi)240,725
Ivano-Frankivsk Metropolitan Area (Greater Ivano-Frankivsk)237,552
Rivne Metropolitan Area (Greater Rivne)228,212
Kropivnitskyy Metropolitan Area (Greater Kropivnitskyy)225,913
Kamianske Metropolitan Area (Greater Kamianske)223,589
Lutsk Metropolitan Area (Greater Lutsk)218,316
Sumy Metropolitan Area (Greater Sumy)214,376
Kremenchuk Metropolitan Area (Greater Kremenchuk)213,125
Bialitserkva Metropolitan Area (Greater Bialitserkva)207,328
Horlivka Metropolitan Area (Greater Horlivka)195,806
Sevastopol Metropolitan Area (Greater Sevastopol)189,598
Ternopil Metropolitan Area (Greater Ternopil)187,740
Melitopol Metropolitan Area (Greater Melitopol)166,662
Kramatorsk Metropolitan Area (Greater Kramatorsk)150,246
Alchevsk Metropolitan Area (Greater Alchevsk)139,091
Nikopol Metropolitan Area (Greater Nikopol)132,379
Sloviansk Metropolitan Area (Greater Sloviansk)132,301
Uzhhorod Metropolitan Area (Greater Uzhhorod)124,809

North America

Canada

Golden Horseshoe (Ontario)

The Golden Horseshoe is a densely populated and industrialized region centred on the west end of Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada. The largest cities in the region are Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton, Oakville, Burlington, St. Catharines, and Niagara Falls. [25] If metropolitan areas (which are somewhat distinct from the core urban area of the Golden Horseshoe by about 30 to 50 km of less developed and semi-rural land) are included (similar to Combined Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States as defined by United States Office of Management and Budget), the total population is 8.8 million people. This is slightly over a quarter (25.6%) of the population of Canada, approximately 75% of Ontario's population, and one of the largest metropolitan areas in North America. [26]

The larger area is named the Greater Golden Horseshoe and includes the metropolitan areas of Kitchener (including adjacent cities it is often referred to as Waterloo Region), Barrie, Guelph, Peterborough, and Brantford. The Greater Golden Horseshoe is also part of the Windsor-Quebec Corridor and its southeastern boundary is across the Niagara River from the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area in the United States.

Greater Montreal (Quebec)

Greater Montreal is Canada's second-largest conurbation. [27] Statistics Canada defines the Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) as having 4,258.31 square kilometres (1,644.14 sq mi) and a population of 3,824,221 as of 2011, which represents almost half of the population of the province of Quebec. Slightly smaller, there are 82 municipalities grouped under the Montreal Metropolitan Community to coordinate issues such as land planning, transportation, and economic development.

Lower Mainland (British Columbia)

British Columbia's Lower Mainland is the most populated area in Western Canada. It consists of many mid-sized contiguous urban areas, including Vancouver, North Vancouver (city and district municipality), West Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Richmond, Surrey, and Coquitlam, among others. The Lower Mainland population is around 2.5 million (as of 2011) and the area has one of the highest growth rates on the continent of up to 9.2 percent from the 2006 census.

Ottawa-Gatineau / National Capital Region

The National Capital Region (NCR) is made up of the capital, Ottawa, and neighbouring Gatineau which is located across the Ottawa River. As Ottawa is in Ontario and Gatineau is in Quebec, it is a unique conurbation. Federal government buildings are located in both cities and many workers live in one city and work in the other. The National Capital Region consists of an area of 5,319 square kilometres that straddles the boundary between the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The area of the National Capital Region is very similar to that of the Ottawa-Gatineau Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) although the National Capital Region contains a number of small neighbouring communities that are not contained within the CMA. When all the communities are included, the population of the area is about 1,500,000. Ottawa-Gatineau is the only CMA in the nation to fall within two provinces and is the fourth largest. [28]

Mexico

Mexico City (CDMX)

The "CDMX" is the most densely populated center in North America. Greater Mexico City refers to the conurbation around Mexico City, officially called Valley of Mexico Metropolitan Area (Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México), constituted by Mexico City itself composed of 16 Municipalities—and 41 adjacent municipalities of the states of Mexico and Hidalgo. However, for normative purposes,[ further explanation needed ] Greater Mexico City most commonly refers to the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico (Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México) an agglomeration that incorporates 18 additional municipalities. As of 2019 an estimated 27,782,000 people lived in Greater Mexico City, making it the largest metropolitan area in North America. It is surrounded by thin strips of highlands which separate it from other adjacent metropolitan areas, of which the biggest are Puebla, Toluca, and Cuernavaca-Cuautla. Together those areas make up the Mexico City megalopolis.

Guadalajara Metropolitan Area (Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara)

The Guadalajara conurbation in the state of Jalisco (colloquially known as the City of Guadalajara, as that is the state capital and most populous of the cities) consists of seven municipalities: Guadalajara, Zapopan, Tlaquepaque, Tonalá, El Salto, Zapotlanejo, and Tlajomulco de Zúñiga. Officially two other cities (Juanacatlán and Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos) are also considered part of the Metropolitan Area, although they are not contiguous with the other seven. The area had an estimated population of 4 500 000 in 2010, spread over a combined area of 2,734 square kilometres (1,056 sq mi). [29]

United States

Nocturnal view of the New York City metropolitan area, the world's most brightly illuminated conurbation and largest urban landmass. Long Island extends 120 miles eastward from Manhattan, the central core of the conurbation. New York City, Southern RI and CT, illuminated at night.jpg
Nocturnal view of the New York City metropolitan area, the world's most brightly illuminated conurbation and largest urban landmass. Long Island extends 120 miles eastward from Manhattan, the central core of the conurbation.

Puerto Rico

The Caribbean area has a conurbation in Puerto Rico consisting of San Juan, Bayamón, Guaynabo, Carolina, Canóvanas, Trujillo Alto, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Cataño, and Caguas. The area is colloquially known as the "Área Metropolitana", and houses around 1.4 million inhabitants spread over an area of approximately 396.61 square kilometers (153.13 sq mi), making it the largest city in the Caribbean by area.

New York Tri-state area

One example of a conurbation is the expansive concept of the New York metropolitan area (the Tri-state region) centered on New York City, including 30 counties spread among New York State, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania, with an estimated population of 21,961,994 in 2007. [30] Approximately one-fifteenth of all U.S. residents live in the Greater New York City area, the world's most brightly illuminated urban conurbation and largest urban landmass. This conurbation is the result of several central cities whose urban areas have merged.[ citation needed ]

Greater Boston Area

Holding a population of 7,427,336 as of 2005, the Combined Statistical Area including Greater Boston consists of Boston proper and a collection of distinct but intertwined cities including Providence, Rhode Island; Worcester, Massachusetts; and Manchester, New Hampshire. Most importantly, the cities that compose the Greater Boston CSA are interlinked by heavy public transportation infrastructure, maintain continuously urban interstices, and hold mutual commuting patterns.

San Francisco Bay Area

Another conurbation is the combination of the metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, and several minor urban centers with a combined population of nearly 8 million people, known as the San Francisco Bay Area. [31]

Greater Los Angeles Area

The Greater Los Angeles Area consists of the merging of several distinct central cities and counties including Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura. The area is also often referred to simply as southern California or colloquially as SoCal (a larger region which includes San Diego). In 2016, Southern California had a population of 23,800,500, making it slightly larger than the New York Tri-State Area, and is projected to remain so due to a faster growth rate. But because southern California is not yet a recognized Combined Statistical Area by the United States Office of Management and Budget, the New York Tri-State Area officially remains the nation's largest as of now.

Baltimore–Washington Area

The traditionally separate metropolitan areas of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. have shared suburbs and a continuous urbanization between the two central cities (Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area).

San Diego–Tijuana

The largest conurbation between the United States and Mexico is San Diego–Tijuana. It includes the two countries' busiest border crossing and a shared economy. [32]

Dallas–Fort Worth

Three large cities—Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington—make up this area. Each city is linked by bordering city limits or suburbs. The area is also known as the Dallas–Fort Worth "metroplex", so called because it has more than one principal anchor city of nearly equal size or importance, and is included in the emerging megalopolis known as the Texas Triangle. According to Texas Monthly , the term is a portmanteau of the terms "metropolitan" and "complex" [33] and was created by a local advertising agency, TracyLocke. [33] The North Texas Commission trademarked the term "Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex" in 1972 as a replacement for the previously ubiquitous term "North Texas". [34] Urban areas with smaller secondary anchor cities (including Mexico City, New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, and Phoenix) are not considered to be conurbations.

Detroit–Windsor

The major U.S. city of Detroit lies immediately across the Detroit River from Windsor, Ontario in Canada. In many respects—economically, historically, culturally, socially, and geographically—Windsor is more a part of Metro Detroit than of Ontario. The two cities and their surrounding suburbs are commonly referred to collectively as the Detroit–Windsor area. The Detroit-Windsor border is the largest commercial border crossing in North America and the busiest between the two countries. [35]

South Florida

The entire tri-county area also known as the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metropolitan area is now continuously urbanized along a roughly 100 miles (161 km) length of the Florida east coast as well as extending inland and continuing south of Miami as far as Florida City. Although this is generally all referred to as a single metropolitan area, not a conurbation, it is sometimes broken up into the Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach metros.

Minneapolis–St. Paul

Minneapolis–Saint Paul is the most populous urban area in the state of Minnesota, and is composed of 182 cities and townships built around the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix rivers. The area is also nicknamed the Twin Cities for its two largest cities, Minneapolis, with the highest population and Saint Paul, the state capital.

Quad Cities

The Quad Cities is a metropolitan area located along the border of Illinois and Iowa. Straddling the Mississippi River as it flows west, the area once known as the "Tri Cities" consists of a handful of larger cities and smaller municipalities that have grown together. The largest cities include Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline in Illinois as well as Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa.

Stamford-Hartford

Hartford is the capital city of Connecticut and fourth largest by population. Together, with Waterbury, New Haven, Bridgeport, and Stamford, these five cities form a conurbation, as people continue moving into the suburbs of these cities from rural areas, and the Boston and New York City metropolitan areas. Majority of Connecticut's growth in the last decade was centered in and around these five cities. Combined, the population exceeds 1 million.

The Valley of the Sun

Phoenix is the capital and most populous city in Arizona. It is the center of The Valley of the Sun which is recognized by the United States Census Bureau as Chandler, Mesa, and Phoenix in the MSA. Other communities in the metropolitan area include Scottsdale, Glendale, Tempe, Gilbert, and Peoria.

The Front Range Urban Corridor

Denver is the capital and most populous city in Colorado, as well as the most populous municipality in the Front Range Urban Corridor. This conurbation encompasses 18 counties in Colorado and Wyoming and had an estimated population of 4,976,781 in 2018, an increase of 14.84% since the 2010 United States Census. [36]

Oceania

Australia

Albury-Wodonga

Albury and Wodonga are cross border cities which are geographically separated by the Murray River. Albury on the north of the river is part of New South Wales, while Wodonga on the south bank is in Victoria. In the early 1970s Albury-Wodonga was selected as the primary focus of the Whitlam government's scheme to arrest the uncontrolled growth of Australia's large metropolitan areas (in particular Sydney and Melbourne) by encouraging decentralisation. [37] The two cities combine to form an urban area with an estimated population of 93,603. [38]

Canberra-Queanbeyan

A cross border built-up area comprising the nation's capital Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory and the city of Queanbeyan in New South Wales, which is considered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to have a single labour market. [39]

Newcastle, Sydney, and Wollongong

Satellite photo from 2012 showing Sydney in the center with Wollongong, NSW visible on the left and the Central Coast on the right Satellite photo of the Greater Sydney Area at night.jpg
Satellite photo from 2012 showing Sydney in the center with Wollongong, NSW visible on the left and the Central Coast on the right

This conurbation in New South Wales extends from Newcastle and surrounding satellite towns of the Hunter Valley through the Central Coast. It is broken up only by waterways and national parks, through to the greater Sydney metropolitan area and the Wollongong urban area. The total length from the top to the bottom of the conurbation is around 270 km with a population of just over 6 million people. [40]

Transport is linked throughout the region by motorways, the M1, M2, M4, M5, M7, M8, M15 and M31. An extensive public transport network allows for commuting for work or services across and between multiple distinct but joined centres, with NSW TrainLink's intercity network serving Sydney, the Central Coast, Newcastle, the Hunter Valley and the Illawarra.

Plans for making Wollongong, Sydney and Newcastle a single city have been around since the 1960s. A report titled The Committee for Sydney contains a chapter called The Sandstone Mega-Region, Uniting Newcastle, the Central Coast, Sydney, Wollongong (since all of the cities are in a geological region called the Sydney Basin, which is made up of Sydney sandstone). The report says that the link would benefit the "six cities" within the region, which are: Illawarra and Wollongong, the Western City (Greater Western Sydney), the Central City (Parramatta), the Eastern City (Sydney central business district, eastern suburbs, and Northern Sydney), the Central Coast (Gosford) and Newcastle (including Lake Macquarie). [41]

Greater Perth

The Perth Metropolitan Region, and Peel regions form a continuous urban area in Western Australia more than 130 km (80 miles) long, on a north–south axis. It is sometimes known as Greater Perth and has a population of more than 2.3 million (2023). [42] Introduction of the Mandurah railway line in 2007 made it possible for commuters to travel the 70 km (43.5 mi) from Mandurah to Perth in 51 minutes.

South East Queensland

A built-up area 200 kilometres long [43] which is centred on Brisbane, includes the local government areas (LGAs) of Gold Coast, Ipswich, Logan City, Moreton Bay, Redland City, Sunshine Coast, Noosa Shire, and Tweed Heads, New South Wales. This area is served by a single public transport network, Translink.

Broader definitions of South East Queensland are also used, including the separate built-up area of Toowoomba (140 kilometres; 87 miles west of Brisbane), which is not part of the Translink network. Expansive definitions of South East Queensland give it a population of more than 3.4 million people (2014), [44] covers 22,420 square kilometres (8,660 sq mi), incorporates ten LGAs, and extends 240 kilometres (150 mi) from Noosa in the north to the Gold Coast (some sources include Tweed Heads).

Greater Darwin

The Greater Darwin metropolitan area is a built-up urban area in the Northern Territory that spans across two cities: Darwin (the capital of the Northern Territory) and Palmerston (Darwin's satellite city). It lies within three local government areas: the City of Darwin, Litchfield Municipality and the City of Palmerston.

New Zealand

In 2010 Auckland became a unitary authority encompassing seven former city and district councils including Auckland City, Manukau City, North Shore City and Waitakere City as well as a number of smaller towns, rural area and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. Auckland Council is the largest council in Australasia and the region has a population of 1,529,300, being almost 33% of the total population of New Zealand. The entire urban area rather than the constituent administrative city was often referred to as "Auckland" by New Zealanders long before formal recognition.

The Wellington Metropolitan Area compromises the four cities of Wellington City, Porirua and the cities of Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt, together known as Hutt Valley. The Wellington Metropolitan Area is the second largest urban population in New Zealand with a population of 440,900 as of the 2023 census (or 550,500 if the Wairarapa region is included), followed by Christchurch City at 396,200. [45]

South America

Full article in Spanish Wikipedia: List of Conurbations in South America

Argentina

ConurbationPopulationYearNote
Great buenos aires.png Greater Buenos Aires 13,641,973 [46] 2010Metro region excluding La Plata and its metro area (an additional 694,253 [ INDEC ]).

Brazil

The entire Rio–São Paulo area is also sometimes considered a conurbation, and plans are in the works to connect the cities with a high-speed rail. However the government of Brazil does not consider this area a single unit for statistical purposes, and population data may not be reliable.

ConurbationPopulationYearNote
Grande SaoPaulo.svg CME São Paulo 27,640,577 [47] 2009The CME of São Paulo is federally defined as the São Paulo Metro region (RMSP) and its conurbations.
Rio de Janeiro Regiao Metropolitana 2014 modified.svg RM Rio de Janeiro 12,330,186 [48] 2016Metropolitan region.
MinasGerais Metro BeloHorizonte.svg RM Belo Horizonte 5,916,189 [49] 2018Usually referred to as the Greater Belo Horizonte, comprising 34 municipalities and some 16 other surrounding cities.

Colombia

ConurbationPopulationYearNote
Mapa del area metropolitana de Bogota.svg Metropolitan Area of Bogotá 10,733,206 [50] 2014Conurbation only between Bogota and Soacha
Mapa del area metropolitana del Valle de Aburra.svg Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley 3,821,797 [50] 2014Metro region

Perù

Lima Metropolitana Distritos (Brujula).png Lima Metropolitan Area 9,500,000 [51] 2017Lima is expected to become a megacity before the end of the decade, and this conurbation is estimated to have grown by over one million people between 2007 and 2017.

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