Template:List of metropolitan areas by population, Forstall

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World's 20 largest metropolitan areas by population (Forstall et al, 2003)

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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 metropolitan area[4] Template:USA 19,979,477 21,477 930
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 Template:PRC 16,650,000 5,177 3,216
11 Metro Manila Template:PHL 16,300,000 2,521 6,466
12 Hong Kong-Shenzhen[5] Template:PRC 15,800,000 3,051 5,179
13 Los Angeles[6] Template:USA 15,250,000 10,780 1,415
14 Kolkata  India 15,100,000 1,785 8,459
15 Moscow Template:RUS 15,000,000 14,925 1,005
16 Greater Cairo  Egypt 14,450,000 1,600 9,031
17 Greater Buenos Aires  Argentina 13,170,000 10,888 1,210
18 London Template:UK 14,372,596 11,391 1,130
19 Beijing Template:PRC 12,500,000 6,562 1,905
20 Paris  France 12,532,901 1,100 10,727

References

  1. 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
  2. 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)
  3. Consists of two separate zona metropolitanas: the Zona Metropolitana del Valle de Mexico (ZMVM) and the Zona Metropolitana de Toluca (ZMT)
  4. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area [1]
  5. 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.
  6. Forstall defines the Los Angeles metropolitan area using census tracts and consists of portions of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Ventura counties