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List of metropolitan areas by population (view source)
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The following is a list of the twenty largest metropolitan areas in 2003 as defined by one source.<ref>R.L. Forstall, R.P. Greene, and J.B. Pick, [http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/cityfutures/papers/webpapers/cityfuturespapers/session3_4/3_4whicharethe.pdf "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)</ref> 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.
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Rank!!Metropolitan area!!Country!!Population!!Area (km<sup>2</sup>)!!Population Density (People/km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
|1||[[Greater Tokyo Area|Tokyo]]||{{JPN}}||32,450,000||8,014||4,049
|-
|2||[[Seoul Capital Region|Seoul]]||{{KOR}}||20,550,000||5,076||4,048
|-
|3||[[Greater Mexico City|Mexico City]]<ref>Consists of two separate [[Metropolitan areas of Mexico|zona metropolitanas]]: the Zona Metropolitana del Valle de Mexico (ZMVM) and the Zona Metropolitana de Toluca (ZMT)</ref>||{{MEX}}||20,450,000||7,346||2,784
|-
|4||[[New York metropolitan area|New York City]]<ref>Consists of two separate [[metropolitan statistical area]]s (MSA): the New York-Northern New Jersey Long Island MSA and the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk MSA.</ref>||{{USA}}||19,750,000||17,884||1,104
|-
|5||[[Mumbai metropolitan area|Mumbai]]||{{IND}}||19,200,000||2,350||8,170
|-
|6||[[Jabotabek|Jakarta]]||{{IDN}}||18,900,000||5,100||3,706
|-
|7||[[Greater São Paulo|São Paulo]]||{{BRA}}||18,850,000||8,479||2,223
|-
|8||[[National Capital Territory of Delhi|Delhi]]||{{IND}}||18,600,000||3,182||5,845
|-
|9||[[Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto]]||{{JPN}}||17,375,000||6,930||2,507
|-
|10||[[Shanghai]]||{{CHN}}||16,650,000||5,177||3,216
|-
|11||[[Metro Manila]]||{{PHL}}||16,300,000||2,521||6,466
|-
|12||[[Hong Kong]]-[[Shenzhen]]<ref>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.</ref>||{{CHN}}||15,800,000||3,051||5,179
|-
|13||[[Greater Los Angeles|Los Angeles]]||{{USA}}||15,250,000||10,780||1,415
|-
|14||[[Kolkata metropolitan area|Kolkata]]||{{IND}}||15,100,000||1,785||8,459
|-
|15||[[Moscow]]||{{RUS}}||15,000,000||14,925||1,005
|-
|16||[[Cairo]]||{{EGY}}||14,450,000||1,600||9,031
|-
|17||[[Gran Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires]]||{{ARG}}||13,170,000||10,888||1,210
|-
|18||[[London commuter belt|London]]||{{UK}}||12,875,000||11,391||1,130
|-
|19||[[Beijing]]||{{CHN}}||12,500,000||6,562||1,905
|-
|20||[[Karachi]]||{{PAK}}||11,800,000||1,100||10,727
|}
==References and notes==
{{reflist}}
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Rank!!Metropolitan area!!Country!!Population!!Area (km<sup>2</sup>)!!Population Density (People/km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
|1||[[Greater Tokyo Area|Tokyo]]||{{JPN}}||32,450,000||8,014||4,049
|-
|2||[[Seoul Capital Region|Seoul]]||{{KOR}}||20,550,000||5,076||4,048
|-
|3||[[Greater Mexico City|Mexico City]]<ref>Consists of two separate [[Metropolitan areas of Mexico|zona metropolitanas]]: the Zona Metropolitana del Valle de Mexico (ZMVM) and the Zona Metropolitana de Toluca (ZMT)</ref>||{{MEX}}||20,450,000||7,346||2,784
|-
|4||[[New York metropolitan area|New York City]]<ref>Consists of two separate [[metropolitan statistical area]]s (MSA): the New York-Northern New Jersey Long Island MSA and the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk MSA.</ref>||{{USA}}||19,750,000||17,884||1,104
|-
|5||[[Mumbai metropolitan area|Mumbai]]||{{IND}}||19,200,000||2,350||8,170
|-
|6||[[Jabotabek|Jakarta]]||{{IDN}}||18,900,000||5,100||3,706
|-
|7||[[Greater São Paulo|São Paulo]]||{{BRA}}||18,850,000||8,479||2,223
|-
|8||[[National Capital Territory of Delhi|Delhi]]||{{IND}}||18,600,000||3,182||5,845
|-
|9||[[Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto]]||{{JPN}}||17,375,000||6,930||2,507
|-
|10||[[Shanghai]]||{{CHN}}||16,650,000||5,177||3,216
|-
|11||[[Metro Manila]]||{{PHL}}||16,300,000||2,521||6,466
|-
|12||[[Hong Kong]]-[[Shenzhen]]<ref>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.</ref>||{{CHN}}||15,800,000||3,051||5,179
|-
|13||[[Greater Los Angeles|Los Angeles]]||{{USA}}||15,250,000||10,780||1,415
|-
|14||[[Kolkata metropolitan area|Kolkata]]||{{IND}}||15,100,000||1,785||8,459
|-
|15||[[Moscow]]||{{RUS}}||15,000,000||14,925||1,005
|-
|16||[[Cairo]]||{{EGY}}||14,450,000||1,600||9,031
|-
|17||[[Gran Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires]]||{{ARG}}||13,170,000||10,888||1,210
|-
|18||[[London commuter belt|London]]||{{UK}}||12,875,000||11,391||1,130
|-
|19||[[Beijing]]||{{CHN}}||12,500,000||6,562||1,905
|-
|20||[[Karachi]]||{{PAK}}||11,800,000||1,100||10,727
|}
==References and notes==
{{reflist}}