List of Metropolitan Areas By Population Information
One concept which measures the world's largest cities is that of the metropolitan area, which is based on the concept of a labor market area and is typically defined as an employment core (an area with a high density of available jobs) and the surrounding areas that have strong commuting ties to the core. There is currently no generally accepted, globally consistent definition of exactly what constitutes a metropolitan area, thus making comparisons between cities in different countries especially difficult.[1]
One attempt at arriving at a consistently defined metropolitan area concept is the study by Richard Forstall, Richard Greene, and James Pick. The basic principles of their definition involve delineating the urban area as the core, then adding surrounding communities that meet two criteria: (1) Less than 35% of the resident workforce must be engaged in agriculture or fishing; and (2) At least 20% of the working residents commute to the urban core.[1]
Based on their consistently defined metropolitan area criteria, they tabulate a list of the twenty largest metropolitan areas in 2003.[1][2] As population figures are interpreted and presented differently according to different methods of data collection, definitions and sources, these numbers should be viewed as approximate. Data from other sources may be equally valid but differ due to being measured according to different criteria or taken from different census years.
| Rank | Metropolitan area | Country | Population | Area (km2) | Population Density (People/km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo | Japan | 32,450,000 | 8,014 | 4,049 |
| 2 | Seoul | South Korea | 20,550,000 | 5,076 | 4,048 |
| 3 | Mexico City[3] | Mexico | 20,450,000 | 7,346 | 2,784 |
| 4 | New York[4] | United States | 19,750,000 | 17,884 | 1,104 |
| 5 | Mumbai | India | 19,200,000 | 2,350 | 8,170 |
| 6 | Jakarta | Indonesia | 18,900,000 | 5,100 | 3,706 |
| 7 | São Paulo | Brazil | 18,850,000 | 8,479 | 2,223 |
| 8 | Delhi | India | 18,600,000 | 3,182 | 5,845 |
| 9 | Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto | Japan | 17,375,000 | 6,930 | 2,507 |
| 10 | Shanghai | China | 16,650,000 | 5,177 | 3,216 |
| 11 | Manila | Philippines | 16,300,000 | 2,521 | 6,466 |
| 12 | Hong Kong-Shenzhen[5] | China ( Hong Kong) | 15,800,000 | 3,051 | 5,179 |
| 13 | Los Angeles[6] | United States | 15,250,000 | 10,780 | 1,415 |
| 14 | Kolkata | India | 15,100,000 | 1,785 | 8,459 |
| 15 | Moscow | Russia | 15,000,000 | 14,925 | 1,005 |
| 16 | Cairo | Egypt | 14,450,000 | 1,600 | 9,031 |
| 17 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 13,170,000 | 10,888 | 1,210 |
| 18 | London | United Kingdom | 12,875,000 | 11,391 | 1,130 |
| 19 | Beijing | China | 12,500,000 | 6,562 | 1,905 |
| 20 | Karachi | Pakistan | 11,800,000 | 1,100 | 10,727 |
See also
Lists:
- List of metropolitan areas that overlap multiple countries
- List of urban areas by population
- List of cities proper by population
Lists of metropolitan areas by region
Lists of metropolitan areas by country or region
References
- ^ a b c R.L. Forstall, R.P. Greene, and J.B. Pick, Which are the largest? Why lists of major urban areas vary so greatly, Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie 100, 277 (2009), Table 4
- ^ R.L. Forstall, R.P. Greene, and J.B. Pick, "Which are the largest? Why published populations for major world urban areas vary so greatly", City Futures Conference, (University of Illinois at Chicago, July 2004) – Table 5 (p.34)
- ^ Consists of two separate zona metropolitanas: the Zona Metropolitana del Valle de Mexico (ZMVM) and the Zona Metropolitana de Toluca (ZMT)
- ^ Consists of two separate metropolitan statistical areas (MSA): the New York–Northern New Jersey Long Island MSA and the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk MSA.
- ^ There are restrictions on the movement of labor between Hong Kong and mainland China and the two areas are sometimes listed separately in other lists.
- ^ Forstall defines the Los Angeles metropolitan area using census tracts and consists of portions of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Ventura counties
External links
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Metropolitan areas |
- World's largest cities and their mayors
- Geopolis
- demographia.com
- citypopulation.de
- World Gazetteer
- PopulationData.net: all 1M+ inhabitants Metropolitan Areas
- OECD Territorial Reviews - Competitive Cities in the Global Economy - has some definitions for OECD countries
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