This is a list of the largest municipalities and urban areas in the world by area.
This table shows all cities or municipalities with a total area of at least 50,000 km2. Administrative areas without city/municipality status like districts or prefectures are excluded.
This table shows all cities or conurbations with a total urbanised area of at least 5,000 km2, according to Demographia's annual World Urban Areas [62] publication, that uses a consistent methodology between countries to provide comparable population and area figures.
Urban area | Country | Built-up land area (km2) | Population | Urban population density (per km2) |
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Greater Los Angeles | United States | 87,940 | 18,316,743 | 541.1 |
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (Bay Area) | United States | 26,390 | 9,710,000 | 953 |
New York City (New York City Metropolitan Area) | United States | 12,093 | 20,902,000 | 1,728 |
Boston–Providence | United States | 9,539 | 7,340,000 | 769 |
Tokyo–Yokohama | Japan | 8,231 | 39,105,000 | 4,751 |
Atlanta | United States | 7,400 | 5,434,000 | 734 |
Chicago | United States | 7,006 | 9,013,000 | 1,286 |
Moscow | Russia | 5,879 | 17,693,000 | 3,009 |
Washington, D.C.–Baltimore | United States | 5,501 | 7,583,000 | 1,378 |
Philadelphia | United States | 5,429 | 5,697,000 | 1,049 |
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