List of largest urban areas by continent

This is a list of the largest urban areas by continent . For comparison purposes, a list of the largest urban areas in the world is also included. ^{[1] [2]}

Largest urban areas

Africa

1. Cairo – 20,901,000
2. Lagos – 15,946,000
3. Kinshasa – 14,342,000
4. Luanda – 8,330,000
5. Dar es Salaam – 6,702,000
6. Khartoum – 5,829,000
7. Johannesburg – 5,783,000
8. Alexandria – 5,281,000
9. Abidjan – 5,203,000
10. Addis Ababa – 4,794,000

Asia

1. Tokyo – 37,393,000
2. New Delhi – 30,291,000
3. Shanghai – 27,058,000
4. Dhaka – 21,006,000
5. Beijing – 20,463,000
6. Mumbai – 20,411,000
7. Osaka – 19,165,000
8. Karachi – 16,094,000
9. Chongqing – 15,872,000
10. Istanbul – 15,190,000

Europe

1. Moscow – 12,538,000
2. Paris – 11,017,000
3. London – 9,304,000
4. Madrid – 6,618,000
5. Barcelona – 5,586,000
6. Saint Petersburg – 5,468,000
7. Rome – 4,257,000
8. Berlin – 3,562,000
9. Athens – 3,153,000
10. Milan – 3,140,000

North America

1. Mexico City – 21,782,000
2. New York–Newark – 18,804,000
3. Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana – 12,447,000
4. Chicago – 8,865,000
5. Houston – 6,371,000
6. Dallas–Fort Worth – 6,301,000
7. Toronto – 6,197,000
8. Miami – 6,122,000
9. Atlanta – 5,803,000
10. Philadelphia – 5,717,000

Central America and the Caribbean

1. Santo Domingo – 3,524,000
2. Guatemala City – 3,095,000
3. Port-au-Prince – 2,987,000
4. San Juan – 2,440,000
5. Havana – 2,149,000
6. Panama City – 1,977,000
7. Tegucigalpa – 1,568,000
8. San José – 1,462,000
9. San Salvador – 1,116,000
10. Managua – 1,095,000

Oceania

1. Melbourne – 4,968,000
2. Sydney – 4,926,000
3. Brisbane – 2,406,000
4. Perth – 2,042,000
5. Auckland – 1,607,000
6. Adelaide – 1,336,000
7. Gold Coast–Tweed Heads – 699,000
8. Canberra – 457,000
9. Newcastle–Maitland – 450,000
10. Wellington – 415,000

South America

1. São Paulo – 22,043,000
2. Buenos Aires – 15,154,000
3. Rio de Janeiro – 13,458,000
4. Bogotá – 10,978,000
5. Lima – 10,719,000
6. Santiago – 6,767,000
7. Belo Horizonte – 6,084,000
8. Brasília – 4,646,000
9. Porto Alegre – 4,137,000
10. Recife – 4,127,000

World

1. Tokyo – 37,393,000
2. New Delhi – 30,291,000
3. Shanghai – 27,058,000
4. São Paulo – 22,043,000
5. Mexico City – 21,782,000
6. Dhaka – 21,006,000
7. Cairo – 20,901,000
8. Beijing – 20,463,000
9. Mumbai – 20,411,000
10. Osaka – 19,165,000

References

1. "CIA The World Factbook – Major urban areas: population".
2. "Australian Bureau of Statistics".