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The largest cities in the world by

land area, population and density Ranked by land area: 1 to 125

6 January 2007: The tables rank cities and their surrounding urban areas by land area expressed in square kilometres. Most such agglomerations are economically, socially and culturally dominated by one city at their centre. Occasionally however, several cities of similar status and their suburbs make up an urban area.2018 UPDATE: 300 LARGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD

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Largest cities in the world ranked by land area (1 to 125)

Rank City / Urban area Country Population Land area (in sqKm) Density (people per sqKm)
1 New York Metro USA 17,800,000 8,683 2,050
2 Tokyo/Yokohama Japan 33,200,000 6,993 4,750
3 Chicago USA 8,308,000 5,498 1,500
4 Atlanta USA 3,500,000 5,083 700
5 Philadelphia USA 5,149,000 4,661 1,100
6 Boston USA 4,032,000 4,497 900
7 Los Angeles USA 11,789,000 4,320 2,750
8 Dallas/Fort Worth USA 4,146,000 3,644 1,150
9 Houston USA 3,823,000 3,355 1,150
10 Detroit USA 3,903,000 3,267 1,200
11 Washington USA 3,934,000 2,996 1,300
12 Miami USA 4,919,000 2,891 1,700
13 Nagoya Japan 9,000,000 2,875 3,150
14 Paris France 9,645,000 2,723 3,550
15 Essen/Düsseldorf Germany 7,350,000 2,642 2,800
16 Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto Japan 16,425,000 2,564 6,400
17 Seattle USA 2,712,000 2,470 1,100
18 Johannesburg/East Rand South Africa 6,000,000 2,396 2,500
19 Minneapolis/St. Paul USA 2,389,000 2,316 1,050
20 San Juan Puerto Rico 2,217,000 2,309 950
21 Buenos Aires Argentina 11,200,000 2,266 4,950
22 Pittsburgh USA 1,753,000 2,208 800
23 Moscow Russia 10,500,000 2,150 4,900
24 St. Louis USA 2,078,000 2,147 950
25 Melbourne Australia 3,162,000 2,080 1,500
26 Tampa//St. Petersburg USA 2,062,000 2,078 1,000
27 Mexico City Mexico 17,400,000 2,072 8,400
28 Phoenix/Mesa USA 2,907,000 2,069 1,400
29 San Diego USA 2,674,000 2,026 1,300
30 Sao Paulo Brazil 17,700,000 1,968 9,000
31 Baltimore USA 2,076,000 1,768 1,150
32 Cincinnati USA 1,503,000 1,740 850
33 Montreal. Canada 3,216,000 1,740 1,850
34 Sydney Australia 3,502,000 1,687 2,100
35 Cleveland USA 1,787,000 1,676 1,050
36 Toronto Canada 4,367,000 1,655 2,650
37 London UK 8,278,000 1,623 5,100
38 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 4,400,000 1,606 2,750
39 Brisbane Australia 1,508,000 1,603 950
40 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 10,800,000 1,580 6,850
41 Milan Italy 4,250,000 1,554 2,750
42 Kansas City USA 1,362,000 1,514 900
43 Indianapolis USA 1,219,000 1,432 850
44 Manila Philippines 14,750,000 1,399 10,550
45 San Francisco//Oakland USA 3,229,000 1,365 2,350
46 Virginia Beach USA 1,394,000 1,364 1,000
47 Jakarta Indonesia 14,250,000 1,360 10,500
48 Providence USA 1,175,000 1,304 900
49 Cairo Egypt 12,200,000 1,295 9,400
50 Delhi India 14,300,000 1,295 11,050
51 Denver USA 1,985,000 1,292 1,550
52 Milwaukee USA 1,309,000 1,261 1,050
53 Portland USA 1,583,000 1,228 1,300
54 Hartford USA 852,000 1,216 700
55 Bridgeport//Stamford USA 889,000 1,205 750
56 Marseille France 1,350,000 1,204 1,100
57 Orlando USA 1,157,000 1,174 1,000
58 Istanbul Turkey 9,000,000 1,166 7,700
59 Riverside/San Bernardino USA 1,507,000 1,136 1,350
60 Richmond USA 819,000 1,131 700
61 Charlotte USA 759,000 1,126 650
62 Vancouver Canada 1,830,000 1,120 1,650
63 Nashville USA 750,000 1,116 650
64 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 4,000,000 1,101 3,650
65 Jacksonville USA 882,000 1,063 850
66 Bordeaux France 754,000 1,057 700
67 San Antonio USA 1,328,000 1,056 1,250
68 Seoul/Incheon South Korea 17,500,000 1,049 16,700
69 Memphis USA 972,000 1,036 950
70 Columbus USA 1,133,000 1,030 1,100
71 Birmingham USA 664,000 1,016 650
72 Louisville USA 864,000 1,013 850
73 Bangkok Thailand 6,500,000 1,010 6,450
74 Berlin Germany 3,675,000 984 3,750
75 Frankfurt Germany 2,260,000 984 2,300
76 Perth Australia 1,177,000 964 1,200
77 Sacramento USA 1,393,000 956 1,450
78 Lyon France 1,349,000 954 1,400
79 Buffalo USA 977,000 950 1,050
80 Madrid Spain 4,900,000 945 5,200
81 Lisbon Portugal 2,250,000 881 2,550
82 Knoxville USA 420,000 879 500
83 Belo Horizonte Brazil 4,000,000 868 4,600
84 Edmonton Canada 782,000 850 900
85 Rome Italy 2,500,000 842 2,950
86 Dayton USA 703,000 838 850
87 Oklahoma City USA 747,000 835 900
88 Durban South Africa 2,900,000 829 3,500
89 Hamburg Germany 1,925,000 829 2,300
90 Raleigh USA 542,000 828 650
91 Austin USA 902,000 824 1,100
92 Cologne/Bonn Germany 1,960,000 816 2,400
93 Copenhagen Denmark 1,525,000 816 1,850
94 McAllen USA 523,000 813 650
95 Toulouse France 761,000 808 950
96 Barcelona Spain 3,900,000 803 4,850
97 Springfield USA 574,000 800 700
98 Akron USA 570,000 797 700
99 Abu Dhabi UAE 550,000 777 700
100 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2,750,000 777 3,550
101 Rochester USA 694,000 764 900
102 Tucson USA 720,000 755 950
103 Chattanooga USA 344,000 751 450
104 Allentown/Bethlehem USA 576,000 750 750
105 Beijing China 8,614,000 748 11,500
106 Shanghai China 10,000,000 746 13,400
107 Barnstable Town USA 244,000 741 350
108 Las Vegas USA 1,314,000 741 1,750
109 New Haven USA 531,000 739 700
110 Lagos Nigeria 13,400,000 738 18,150
111 Albany USA 559,000 736 750
112 Adelaide Australia 1,002,000 729 1,350
113 Baton Rouge USA 479,000 727 650
114 Nice France 889,000 721 1,250
115 Toulon France 520,000 713 750
116 Brussels Belgium 1,570,000 712 2,200
117 Dubai UAE 1,900,000 712 2,650
118 Harare Zimbabwe 1,750,000 712 2,450
119 Budapest Hungary 1,800,000 702 2,550
120 Calgary Canada 879,000 702 1,250
121 Sarasota//Bradenton USA 559,000 700 800
122 Columbia USA 421,000 697 600
123 Cape Town South Africa 2,700,000 686 3,950
124 Poughkeepsie USA 352,000 686 500
125 Tehran Iran 7,250,000 686 10,550

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