Demographia

World Urbanized Areas:
By Nation

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World Urbanized Areas Over One Million Population: 1996
By Nation
Urbanized Area Country
Population (000)
Rank
1996 2015 1996 2015
Kabul Afghanistan 2.2 5.2 131 60
Algiers Algeria 3.8 6.4 56 50
Luanda Angola 2.2 5.0 129 65
Buenos Aires Argentina 11.9 13.9 9 17
Cordoba Argentina 1.3 1.7 239 300
Rosario Argentina 1.2 1.4 282 353
Yerevan Armenia 1.3 1.5 246 337
Adelaide Australia 1.0 1.2 323 426
Brisbane Australia 1.5 1.9 205 270
Melbourne Australia 3.1 3.5 80 114
Perth Australia 1.2 1.5 264 327
Sydney Australia 3.6 4.0 64 91
Vienna Austria 2.1 2.1 138 230
Baku Azerbaijan 1.9 2.3 159 202
Chittagong Bangladesh 2.6 4.9 108 66
Dhaka Bangladesh 9.0 19.5 22 5
Khulna Bangladesh 1.1 2.0 302 240
Minsk Belarus 1.8 1.9 164 258
Brussels Belgium 1.1 1.1 295 459
La Paz Bolivia 1.3 2.1 243 228
Belem Brazil 1.5 2.0 201 246
Belo Horizonte Brazil 3.9 5.0 55 64
Brasilia Brazil 1.8 2.4 162 190
Campinas Brazil 1.7 2.4 181 197
Curitiba Brazil 2.3 3.1 119 138
Fortaleza Brazil 2.7 3.8 102 101
Goiania Brazil 1.0 1.3 328 366
Manaus Brazil 1.2 1.9 262 266
Porto Alegre Brazil 3.4 4.5 69 78
Recife Brazil 3.1 3.9 79 95
Rio de Janeiro Brazil 10.3 11.9 15 21
Salvador Brazil 2.9 3.9 93 93
Santos Brazil 1.2 1.5 276 332
Sao Paulo Brazil 16.8 20.3 3 4
Sofia Bulgaria 1.2 1.2 277 424
Douala Cameroon 1.4 2.9 221 151
Yaounde Cameroon 1.2 2.5 278 178
Montreal Canada 3.3 3.7 73 104
Ottawa Canada 1.0 1.2 326 403
Toronto Canada 4.4 5.2 46 59
Vancouver Canada 1.9 2.3 160 207
Santiago Chile 5.0 6.1 38 52
Anshan China 1.5 2.1 208 227
Baotou China 1.4 2.0 226 239
Beijing China 11.4 15.6 11 12
Benxi China 1.1 1.6 311 306
Changchun China 4.4 8.9 44 33
Changde China 1.3 1.8 248 274
Changsha China 1.6 2.5 189 186
Chengdu China 4.5 7.8 43 38
Chongqing China 3.6 5.4 66 55
Dalian China 2.7 4.7 104 72
Daqing China 1.2 2.0 270 242
Datong China 1.6 2.6 188 166
Fushun China 1.6 2.4 190 198
Fuzhou China 1.6 2.6 184 172
Guangzhou China 4.6 7.2 41 43
Guiyang China 2.0 3.2 144 130
Handan China 2.9 6.4 94 49
Hangzhou China 4.6 11.4 42 22
Harbin China 4.7 8.1 40 35
Hefei China 1.4 2.3 225 203
Hohhot China 1.1 1.8 296 277
Hong Kong China 5.9 6.3 33 51
Jilin China 1.4 2.2 210 222
Jinan China 3.7 7.9 60 37
Kaohsiung China 1.4 2.1 211 235
Kunming China 1.8 2.6 167 169
Lanzhou China 1.8 2.8 161 154
Luoyang China 1.4 2.2 217 218
Nanchang China 1.4 2.2 212 221
Nanjing China 3.0 4.7 85 71
Nanning China 1.4 2.3 216 200
Neijiang China 1.3 1.9 231 261
Qingdao China 3.4 7.3 72 42
Qiqihar China 1.6 2.3 194 206
Shanghai China 13.7 18.0 6 8
Shantou China 1.0 1.6 327 309
Shenyang China 5.2 7.7 35 39
Shijiazhuang China 1.7 2.7 182 160
Suzhou China 1.1 1.9 301 268
Taipei China 2.7 3.9 103 96
Taiyuan China 2.1 3.1 132 139
Tangshan China 1.5 2.2 195 225
Tianjin China 9.6 13.5 19 18
Urumqi China 1.3 2.1 232 234
Wenzhou China 1.2 2.5 268 182
Wuhan China 4.3 6.5 48 48
Xian China 3.0 4.7 86 75
Xuzhou China 1.5 2.8 196 155
Yueyang China 1.2 1.7 285 297
Zhengzhou China 2.0 3.2 140 127
Barranquilla Colombia 1.2 1.6 286 320
Bogota Colombia 6.2 8.4 31 34
Cali Colombia 1.9 2.6 150 171
Medellin Colombia 3.4 4.8 70 67
Brazzaville Congo-Brazzaville 1.0 2.1 317 236
Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasha 4.4 9.4 47 29
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire 2.9 5.3 92 57
Havana Cuba 2.2 2.4 126 191
Prague Czech Republic 1.2 1.2 269 401
Copenhagen Denmark 1.3 1.3 237 373
Los Caballeros Dominican Rep. 1.3 2.1 230 229
Santo Domingo Dominican Rep. 3.3 4.7 75 74
Guayaquil Ecuador 1.9 3.0 155 147
Quito Ecuador 1.3 2.1 233 232
Alexandria Egypt 3.7 5.4 62 54
Cairo Egypt 9.9 14.4 17 14
Shubra El-Khemia Egypt 1.3 2.4 251 188
San Salvador El Salvador 1.3 2.1 259 238
Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2.6 6.6 109 47
Helsinki Finland 1.1 1.3 305 386
Lyon France 1.3 1.4 236 359
Marseilles France 1.2 1.3 265 389
Paris France 9.6 9.7 20 28
Tbilisi Georgia 1.4 1.5 228 323
Aachen Germany 1.0 1.1 319 482
Berlin Germany 3.3 3.3 74 123
Bielefeld Germany 1.3 1.3 253 374
Cologne Germany 3.0 3.1 88 137
Dusseldorf Germany 3.1 3.4 82 121
Essen Germany 6.5 6.6 30 46
Frankfurt Germany 3.6 3.7 63 102
Hamburg Germany 2.6 2.7 106 161
Hanover Germany 1.3 1.3 252 376
Mannheim Germany 1.6 1.6 187 307
Munich Germany 2.3 2.3 124 201
Nuremberg Germany 1.2 1.2 283 411
Stuttgart Germany 2.6 2.7 107 159
Accra Ghana 1.7 3.5 175 118
Athens Greece 3.1 3.1 81 136
Guatemala City Guatemala 2.3 4.5 118 79
Conakry Guinea 1.6 3.5 185 110
Port-au-Prince Haiti 1.5 3.0 199 144
Budapest Hungary 2.0 2.0 142 243
Agra India 1.1 1.7 308 302
Ahmedabad India 3.8 5.8 57 53
Asansol India 1.1 2.4 293 194
Bangalore India 5.0 8.0 39 36
Bhopal India 1.4 2.4 229 193
Bombay India 15.7 26.2 5 2
Calcutta India 12.1 17.3 8 10
Coimbatore India 1.2 1.8 272 280
Delhi India 10.3 16.9 14 11
Hyderabad India 5.7 10.5 34 24
Indore India 1.3 2.1 244 237
Jaipur India 1.9 3.2 156 128
Kanpur India 2.3 3.4 121 119
Kochi (Cochin) India 1.5 2.7 202 158
Lucknow India 2.2 4.0 130 92
Ludhiana India 1.4 2.6 223 170
Madras India 6.1 9.2 32 32
Madurai India 1.2 1.8 275 285
Meerut India 1.1 1.9 306 253
Nagpur India 1.9 2.9 153 150
Patna India 1.2 1.8 273 281
Pune (Poona) India 3.1 5.1 84 61
Surat India 2.0 3.6 145 107
Thane India 1.2 2.5 281 183
Thiruvananthapur India 1.1 1.9 314 262
Ulhasnagar India 1.4 2.5 224 180
Vadodara India 1.4 2.4 218 192
Varanasi (Benares) India 1.2 1.8 280 273
Vijayawada India 1.1 1.9 309 263
Visakhapatnam India 1.4 2.7 215 162
Bandung Indonesia 3.0 5.1 90 63
Jakarta Indonesia 8.8 13.9 23 16
Medan Indonesia 1.7 2.7 174 157
Palembang Indonesia 1.3 2.2 260 226
Surabaja Indonesia 2.3 3.6 120 109
Esfahan Iran 2.1 4.6 139 76
Mashhad Iran 2.1 3.7 137 105
Shiraz Iran 1.0 1.6 325 312
Tabriz Iran 1.5 2.4 204 196
Teheran Iran 6.9 10.3 26 25
Arbil Iraq 1.9 3.8 158 99
Baghdad Iraq 4.4 6.9 45 44
Tel-Aviv-Yafo Israel 2.0 2.6 143 173
Milan Italy 4.2 4.3 50 85
Naples Italy 3.0 3.0 89 142
Rome Italy 2.7 2.7 105 163
Turin Italy 1.3 1.3 247 381
Kitakyushu Japan 2.8 3.1 100 140
Kyoto Japan 1.7 1.7 177 294
Nagoya Japan 3.3 3.5 76 112
Osaka Japan 10.6 10.6 13 23
Sapporo Japan 1.7 1.9 172 254
Tokyo Japan 27.2 28.9 1 1
Amman Jordan 1.2 2.3 267 210
Alma-Ata Kazakstan 1.3 1.5 257 321
Nairobi Kenya 1.9 4.2 152 86
Pyongyang Korea-North 2.5 3.3 110 126
Inch'on Korea-South 2.4 3.5 113 116
Kwangju Korea-South 1.5 2.0 207 248
Pusan Korea-South 4.1 4.5 51 77
Seoul Korea-South 11.8 13.0 10 19
Taegu Korea-South 2.5 2.8 112 156
Taejon Korea-South 1.3 1.7 242 296
Kuwait City Kuwait 1.1 1.5 303 334
Beirut Lebanon 1.9 2.5 157 184
Tripoli Libya 1.8 3.1 170 135
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 1.3 1.9 255 267
Guadalajara Mexico 3.5 4.5 67 81
Mexico City Mexico 16.9 19.2 2 7
Monterrey Mexico 3.1 3.9 83 94
Puebla Mexico 1.8 2.3 166 213
Casablanca Morocco 3.2 4.8 78 68
Rabat Morocco 1.3 2.1 235 233
Maputo Mozambique 2.4 5.3 115 56
Yangon Myanmar 4.0 6.8 53 45
Amsterdam Netherlands 1.1 1.2 298 430
Rotterdam Netherlands 1.1 1.1 310 478
Managua Nicaragua 1.2 1.9 284 255
Ibadan Nigeria 1.5 3.0 198 146
Lagos Nigeria 10.9 24.6 12 3
Faisalabad Pakistan 1.9 3.8 149 97
Gujranwala Pakistan 1.7 3.5 176 113
Hyderabad Pakistan 1.1 2.2 291 217
Karachi Pakistan 10.1 19.4 16 6
Lahore Pakistan 5.2 10.0 36 26
Multan Pakistan 1.3 2.6 249 174
Peshawar Pakistan 1.7 3.6 173 108
Rawalpindi Pakistan 1.3 2.6 240 167
Asuncion Paraguay 1.1 2.0 299 252
Lima Peru 6.8 9.4 28 30
Davao Philippines 1.0 1.7 320 295
Metro Manila Philippines 9.6 14.7 18 13
Katowice Poland 3.4 3.7 68 106
Lodz Poland 1.0 1.1 322 463
Warsaw Poland 2.2 2.4 127 195
Lisbon Portugal 1.9 2.3 154 212
San Juan Puerto Rico 1.3 1.6 238 315
Bucharest Romania 2.1 2.2 135 224
Chelyabinsk Russian Federa. 1.2 1.2 279 425
Ekaterinburg Russian Federa. 1.4 1.4 214 351
Kazan Russian Federa. 1.1 1.1 288 454
Moscow Russian Federa. 9.3 9.3 21 31
Nizhni Novgorod Russian Federa. 1.5 1.5 209 342
Novosibirsk Russian Federa. 1.5 1.5 206 338
Omsk Russian Federa. 1.2 1.2 274 412
Perm Russian Federa. 1.1 1.1 297 464
Rostov-on-Don Russian Federa. 1.1 1.0 316 500
Saint Petersburg Russian Federa. 5.1 5.1 37 62
Samara Russian Federa. 1.3 1.3 256 390
Ufa Russian Federa. 1.1 1.1 289 453
Volgograd Russian Federa. 1.1 1.0 330 513
Jeddah Saudi Arabia 1.6 2.8 193 153
Riyadh Saudi Arabia 2.8 5.2 101 58
Dakar Senegal 1.8 3.5 165 117
Singapore Singapore 3.4 4.0 71 90
Cape Town South Africa 2.8 4.4 98 83
Durban South Africa 1.3 1.9 245 257
East Rand South Africa 1.8 3.0 168 143
Johannesburg South Africa 2.2 3.4 128 122
Port Elizabeth South Africa 1.1 1.8 307 275
Pretoria South Africa 1.4 2.3 227 205
Sasolburg South Africa 1.1 2.0 313 249
West Rand South Africa 1.1 2.0 294 251
Barcelona Spain 2.8 2.8 97 152
Madrid Spain 4.1 4.1 52 88
Khartoum Sudan 2.3 4.7 116 73
Stockholm Sweden 1.6 1.6 192 310
Aleppo Syria 1.9 3.3 151 124
Damascus Syria 2.1 3.5 136 115
Dar Es Salaam Tanzania 1.8 3.8 163 98
Bangkok Thailand 6.7 9.8 29 27
Tunis Tunisia 1.8 2.5 169 181
Adana Turkey 1.1 1.7 290 288
Ankara Turkey 2.9 4.0 91 89
Bursa Turkey 1.1 1.8 304 278
Istanbul Turkey 8.2 12.3 24 20
Izmir Turkey 2.1 3.2 133 132
Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine 1.2 1.3 266 396
Donetsk Ukraine 1.2 1.2 287 438
Kharkov Ukraine 1.7 1.7 180 290
Kiev Ukraine 2.8 2.9 96 148
Odessa Ukraine 1.1 1.1 292 458
Birmingham United Kingdom 2.3 2.3 122 211
Leeds United Kingdom 1.4 1.4 213 349
London United Kingdom 7.6 7.6 25 40
Manchester United Kingdom 2.2 2.3 125 215
Atlanta United States 2.5 3.0 111 141
Baltimore United States 2.0 2.3 146 214
Boston United States 2.9 3.2 95 129
Chicago United States 6.9 7.5 27 41
Cincinnati United States 1.3 1.5 250 340
Cleveland United States 1.7 1.9 179 259
Columbus United States 1.0 1.2 331 419
Dallas United States 3.7 4.4 61 82
Denver United States 1.6 1.9 186 264
Detroit United States 3.7 4.1 59 87
Fort Lauderdale United States 1.4 1.7 222 304
Houston United States 3.2 3.7 77 103
Kansas City United States 1.4 1.6 220 308
Los Angeles United States 12.6 14.2 7 15
Miami United States 2.1 2.5 134 185
Milwaukee United States 1.3 1.4 261 357
Minneapolis United States 2.3 2.6 123 165
New Orleans United States 1.1 1.2 315 422
New York United States 16.4 17.6 4 9
Norfolk United States 1.7 2.3 171 209
Orlando United States 1.1 1.4 300 356
Philadelphia United States 4.3 4.8 49 70
Phoenix United States 2.4 3.0 114 145
Pittsburgh United States 1.7 1.9 178 260
Portland United States 1.3 1.5 254 335
Riverside-San B. United States 1.5 2.0 200 250
Sacramento United States 1.3 1.6 241 313
Saint Louis United States 2.0 2.3 141 208
San Antonio United States 1.2 1.5 263 336
San Diego United States 2.8 3.4 99 120
San Francisco United States 3.9 4.5 54 80
San Jose United States 1.6 1.8 191 276
Seattle United States 2.0 2.4 147 199
Tampa United States 1.9 2.3 148 204
Washington, D.C. United States 3.7 4.4 58 84
Montevideo Uruguay 1.3 1.4 234 348
Tashkent Uzbekistan 2.3 3.5 117 111
Caracas Venezuela 3.0 3.8 87 100
Maracaibo Venezuela 1.7 2.4 183 189
Valencia Venezuela 1.5 2.5 197 175
Hanoi Viet Nam 1.3 1.8 258 286
Ho Chi Minh Viet Nam 3.6 4.8 65 69
Belgrade Yugoslavia 1.2 1.3 271 378
Lusaka Zambia 1.4 2.9 219 149
Harare Zimbabwe 1.5 3.2 203 131

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