List of largest urban areas by continent

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Largest urban areas, by continent

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Africa

  1. Egypt Cairo (Egypt) – 21,750,000
  2. Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa (DR Congo) – 15,628,000
  3. Nigeria Lagos (Nigeria) – 15,388,000
  4. South Africa Johannesburg (South Africa) – 10,110,000
  5. Angola Luanda (Angola) – 8,952,000
  6. Tanzania Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) – 7,405,000
  7. Sudan Khartoum (Sudan) – 6,160,000
  8. Ivory Coast Abidjan (Ivory Coast) – 5,516,000
  9. Egypt Alexandria (Egypt) – 5,484,000
  10. Ethiopia Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) – 5,228,000

Asia

  1. Japan Tokyo (Japan) – 37,274,000
  2. India Delhi (India) – 32,066,000
  3. China Shanghai (China) – 28,517,000
  4. Philippines Manila (Philippines) – 28,250,517
  5. Bangladesh Dhaka (Bangladesh) – 22,478,000
  6. China Beijing (China) – 21,333,000
  7. India Mumbai (India) – 20,961,000
  8. Japan Osaka (Japan) – 19,060,000
  9. Pakistan Karachi (Pakistan) – 16,840,000
  10. China Chongqing (China) – 16,875,000

Europe

  1. Turkey Istanbul (Turkey) – 15,636,000
  2. Russia Moscow (Russia) – 12,641,000
  3. France Paris (France) – 11,142,000
  4. United Kingdom London (United Kingdom) – 9,426,000
  5. Spain Madrid (Spain) – 6,714,000
  6. Germany Berlin (Germany) – 6,144,600
  7. Spain Barcelona (Spain) – 5,658,000
  8. Russia Saint Petersburg (Russia) – 5,536,000
  9. Italy Rome (Italy) – 4,298,000
  10. Greece Athens (Greece) – 3,154,000

North America

  1. Mexico Mexico City (Mexico) – 22,085,000
  2. United States New York City – Newark (United States) – 18,867,000
  3. United States Los Angeles – Long BeachSanta Ana (United States) – 12,488,000
  4. United States Chicago (United States) – 8,901,000
  5. United States Houston (United States) – 6,603,000
  6. United States DallasFort Worth (United States) – 6,488,400
  7. Canada Toronto (Canada) – 6,313,000
  8. United States Miami (United States) – 6,079,000
  9. United States Philadelphia (United States) – 5,705,000
  10. United States Washington, D.C. – Baltimore (United States) – 5,434,000

Oceania

  1. Australia Melbourne (Australia) – 4,870,000
  2. Australia Sydney (Australia) – 4,859,000
  3. Australia Brisbane (Australia) – 2,568,927
  4. Australia Perth (Australia) – 2,016,000
  5. New Zealand Auckland (New Zealand) – 1,582,000
  6. Australia Adelaide (Australia) – 1,328,000
  7. United States Honolulu (United States) – 1,016,000
  8. Gold Coast
    (Australia) – 687,000
  9. Australia Canberra (Australia) – 452,000
  10. Australia Newcastle (Australia) – 447,000

South America

  1. Brazil São Paulo (Brazil) – 22,430,000
  2. Argentina Buenos Aires (Argentina) – 15,370,000
  3. Brazil Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) – 13,634,000
  4. Colombia Bogotá (Colombia) – 11,344,000
  5. Peru LimaCallao (Peru) – 11,176,000
  6. Santiago
    (Chile) – 6,857,000
  7. Brazil Belo Horizonte (Brazil) – 6,194,000
  8. Brazil Brasília (Brazil) – 4,804,000
  9. Brazil Recife (Brazil) – 4,220,000
  10. Brazil Porto Alegre (Brazil) – 4,185,000

References

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