Largest urban areas, by continent
Africa
- Cairo (Egypt) – 21,750,000
- Lagos (Nigeria) – 21,210,000
- Kinshasa (DR Congo) – 15,628,000
- Johannesburg (South Africa) – 10,110,000
- Luanda (Angola) – 8,952,000
- Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) – 7,405,000
- Khartoum (Sudan) – 6,160,000
- Abidjan (Ivory Coast) – 5,516,000
- Alexandria (Egypt) – 5,484,000
- Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) – 5,228,000
Asia
- Tokyo (Japan) – 37,274,000
- Jakarta (Indonesia) – 32,594,150
- Delhi (India) – 32,066,000
- Shanghai (China) – 28,517,000
- Manila (Philippines) – 28,250,517
- Dhaka (Bangladesh) – 22,478,000
- Beijing (China) – 21,333,000
- Mumbai (India) – 20,961,000
- Osaka (Japan) – 19,060,000
- Karachi (Pakistan) – 16,840,000
- Chongqing (China) – 16,875,000
Europe
- Moscow (Russia) – 17,641,000
- Istanbul (Turkey) – 15,636,000
- London (United Kingdom) – 14,800,000
- Paris (France) – 11,142,000
- Madrid (Spain) – 6,714,000
- Berlin (Germany) – 6,144,600
- Barcelona (Spain) – 5,658,000
- Saint Petersburg (Russia) – 5,536,000
- Rome (Italy) – 4,298,000
- Athens (Greece) – 3,154,000
North America
- Mexico City (Mexico) – 22,085,000
- New York City – Newark (United States) – 18,867,000
- Los Angeles – Long Beach – Santa Ana (United States) – 12,488,000
- Chicago (United States) – 8,901,000
- Houston (United States) – 6,603,000
- Dallas – Fort Worth (United States) – 6,488,400
- Toronto (Canada) – 6,313,000
- Miami (United States) – 6,079,000
- Philadelphia (United States) – 5,705,000
- Washington, D.C. – Baltimore (United States) – 5,434,000
Central America and Caribbean
- Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) – 4,579,536
- Havana (Cuba) – 3,349,290
- Guatemala City (Guatemala) – 3,036,000
- Port-au-Prince (Haiti) – 2,618,894
- San Juan (Puerto Rico) – 2,437,000
- Panama City (Panama) – 1,938,000
- Tegucigalpa (Honduras) – 1,527,000
- San José (Costa Rica) – 1,441,000
- Kingston (Jamaica) – 1,190,763
- San Salvador (El Salvador) – 1,111,000
South America
- São Paulo (Brazil) – 22,430,000
- Buenos Aires (Argentina) – 15,370,000
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) – 13,634,000
- Bogotá (Colombia) – 11,344,000
- Lima – Callao (Peru) – 11,176,000
- Santiago (Chile) – 6,857,000
- Belo Horizonte (Brazil) – 6,194,000
- Brasília (Brazil) – 4,804,000
- Recife (Brazil) – 4,220,000
- Porto Alegre (Brazil) – 4,185,004
Oceania
- Sydney (Australia) – 4,870,000
- Melbourne (Australia) – 4,859,000
- Brisbane (Australia) – 2,568,927
- Perth (Australia) – 2,016,000
- Auckland (New Zealand) – 1,582,000
- Adelaide (Australia) – 1,328,000
- Honolulu (United States) – 1,016,000
- Gold Coast (Australia) – 687,000
- Canberra (Australia) – 452,000
- Newcastle (Australia) – 447,000