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List of largest urban areas by continent

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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.

Largest urban areas

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

Asia Tokyo – 37,393,000 Jakarta – 35,386,000 New Delhi – 30,291,000 Shanghai – 27,058,000 Dhaka – 21,006,000 Beijing – 20,463,000 Mumbai – 20,411,000 Osaka – 19,165,000 Karachi – 16,094,000 Chongqing – 15,872,000

Europe Source:

Moscow – 19,100,000 Paris – 10,890,000 Istanbul – 10,042,000 London – 9,787,000 Madrid – 6,211,000 Saint Petersburg – 5,869,000 Barcelona – 5,489,000 Milan – 5,471,000 Berlin – 4,679,000 Rome – 3,800,000

North America Mexico City – 21,782,000 New York–Newark – 18,804,000 Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana – 12,447,000 Chicago – 8,865,000 Houston – 6,371,000 Dallas–Fort Worth – 6,301,000 Toronto – 6,197,000 Miami – 6,122,000 Atlanta – 5,803,000 Philadelphia – 5,717,000

Central America and the Caribbean Santo Domingo – 3,524,000 Guatemala City – 3,095,000 Port-au-Prince – 2,987,000 San Juan – 2,440,000 Havana – 2,149,000 Panama City – 1,977,000 Tegucigalpa – 1,568,000 San José – 1,462,000 San Salvador – 1,116,000 Managua – 1,095,000

Oceania Melbourne – 4,968,000 Sydney – 4,926,000 Brisbane – 2,406,000 Perth – 2,042,000 Auckland – 1,607,000 Adelaide – 1,336,000 Gold Coast–Tweed Heads – 699,000 Canberra – 457,000 Newcastle–Maitland – 450,000 Wellington – 415,000

South America São Paulo – 22,043,000 Buenos Aires – 15,154,000 Rio de Janeiro – 13,458,000 Bogotá – 10,978,000 Lima – 10,719,000 Santiago – 6,767,000 Belo Horizonte – 6,084,000 Brasília – 4,646,000 Porto Alegre – 4,137,000 Recife – 4,127,000

World Jakarta– 42,913,860 Dhaka– 36,585,479 Tokyo– 33,412,512 Delhi – 30,222,405 Shanghai – 29,558 908 Guangzhou – 27,563,372 Cairo – 25,556,102 Manila – 24,735,305 Kolkata – 22,549,738 Seoul – 22,490,482

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