List of largest urban areas by country

Per The World Factbook:^[1]

4.589 million KABUL (capital) (2023)

520,000 TIRANA (capital) (2023)

2.854 million ALGIERS (capital); 922,000 Oran (2022)

49,000 PAGO PAGO (capital) (2018)

23,000 ANDORRA LA VELLA (capital) (2018)

9.292 million LUANDA (capital), 959,000 Lubango, 905,000 Cabinda, 809,000 Benguela, 783,000 Malanje (2023)

1,000 THE VALLEY (capital) (2018)

21,000 SAINT JOHN'S (capital) (2018)

15.490 million BUENOS AIRES (capital), 1.612 million Cordoba, 1.594 million Rosario, 1.226 million Mendoza, 1.027 million San Miguel de Tucuman, 914,000 La Plata (2023)

1.095 million YEREVAN (capital) (2023)

30,000 ORANJESTAD (capital) (2018)

5.235 million Melbourne, 5.121 million Sydney, 2.505 million Brisbane, 2.118 million Perth, 1.367 million Adelaide, 472,000 CANBERRA (capital) (2023)

1.975 million VIENNA (capital) (2023)

2.432 million BAKU (capital) (2023)

280,000 NASSAU (capital) (2018)

689,000 MANAMA (capital) (2022)

23.210 million DHAKA (capital), 5.380 million Chittagong, 955,000 Khulna, 962,000 Rajshahi, 969,000 Rangpur, 964,000 Sylhet, 906,000 Bogra (2023)

89,000 BRIDGETOWN (capital) (2018)

2.049 million MINSK (capital) (2022)

2.110 million BRUSSELS (capital); 1.053 million Antwerp (2022)

23,000 BELMOPAN (capital) (2018)

285,000 PORTO-NOVO (capital) (2018); 1.189 million Abomey-Calavi; 709,000 COTONOU (seat of government) (2022)

10,000 HAMILTON (capital) (2018)

203,000 THIMPHU (capital) (2018)

1.908 million LA PAZ (capital); 1.784 million Santa Cruz; 1.369 million Cochabamba; 278,000 Sucre (constitutional capital) (2022)

344,000 SARAJEVO (capital) (2022)

269,000 GABORONE (capital) (2018)

22.620 million Sao Paulo, 13.728 million Rio de Janeiro, 6.248 million Belo Horizonte, 4.873 million BRASILIA (capital), 4.264 million Recife, 4.212 million Porto Alegre (2023)

15,000 ROAD TOWN (capital) (2018)

241,000 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (capital) (2011)

1.287 million SOFIA (capital) (2022)

3.056 million OUAGADOUGOU (capital); 1.074 million Bobo-Dioulasso (2022)

1.139 million BUJUMBURA (capital) (2022)

168,000 PRAIA (capital) (2018)

2.211 million PHNOM PENH (capital) (2022)

4.164 million YAOUNDE (capital); 3.927 million Douala (2022)

6.372 million Toronto, 4.308 million Montreal, 3.05 million Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, 1.640 million Calgary, 1.544 million Edmonton, 1.437 million OTTAWA (capital) (2023)

35,000 GEORGE TOWN (capital) (2018)

933,000 BANGUI (capital) (2022)

1.533 million N'DJAMENA (capital) (2022)

6.903 million SANTIAGO (capital), 1.009 million Valparaiso, 912,000 Concepcion (2023)

29.211 million Shanghai, 21.766 million BEIJING (capital), 17.341 million Chongqing, 14.284 million Guangzhou, 14.239 million Tianjin, 13.073 million Shenzhen (2023)

11.508 million BOGOTA (capital), 4.102 million Medellin, 2.864 million Cali, 2.349 million Barranquilla, 1.381 million Bucaramanga, 1.088 million Cartagena (2023)

62,000 MORONI (capital) (2018)

16.316 million KINSHASA (capital), 2.892 million Mbuji-Mayi, 2.812 million Lubumbashi, 1.664 million Kananga, 1.423 million Kisangani, 1.249 million Bukavu (2023)

2.638 million BRAZZAVILLE (capital), 1.336 million Pointe-Noire (2023)

1.441 million SAN JOSE (capital) (2022)

231,000 YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) (2018); 5.516 million ABIDJAN (seat of government) (2022)

684,000 ZAGREB (capital) (2022)

2.149 million HAVANA (capital) (2023)

144,000 WILLEMSTAD (capital) (2018)

269,000 NICOSIA (capital) (2018)

1.318 million PRAGUE (capital) (2022)

1.370 million COPENHAGEN (capital) (2022)

591,000 DJIBOUTI (capital) (2022)

15,000 ROSEAU (capital) (2018)

3.524 million SANTO DOMINGO (capital) (2023)

3.142 million Guayaquil, 1.957 million QUITO (capital) (2023)

22.183 million CAIRO (capital), 5.588 million Alexandria, 778,000 Bur Sa'id (2023)

1.116 million SAN SALVADOR (capital) (2023)

297,000 MALABO (capital) (2018)

1.073 million ASMARA (capital) (2023)

452,000 TALLINN (capital) (2022)

68,000 MBABANE (capital) (2018)

5.461 million ADDIS ABABA (capital) (2023)

2,000 STANLEY (capital) (2018)

21,000 TÓRSHAVN (capital) (2018)

178,000 SUVA (capital) (2018)

1.328 million HELSINKI (capital) (2022)

11.208 million PARIS (capital), 1.761 million Lyon, 1.628 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.079 million Lille, 1.060 million Toulouse, 1.000 million Bordeaux (2023)

136,000 PAPEETE (capital) (2018)

857,000 LIBREVILLE (capital) (2022)

470,000 BANJUL (capital) (2022)

1.203 million TBILISI (capital) (2022)

3.574 million BERLIN (capital), 1.788 million Hamburg, 1.576 million Munich, 1.144 million Cologne, 796,000 Frankfurt (2023)

3.630 million Kumasi; 2.605 million ACCRA (capital); 1.035 million Sekondi Takoradi (2022)

35,000 GIBRALTAR (capital) (2018)

3.154 million ATHENS (capital); 814,000 Thessaloniki (2022)

18,000 NUUK (capital) (2018)

39,000 SAINT GEORGE'S (capital) (2018)

147,000 HAGATNA (capital) (2018)

3.095 million GUATEMALA CITY (capital) (2023)

16,000 SAINT PETER PORT (capital) (2018)

2.049 million CONAKRY (capital) (2022)

643,000 BISSAU (capital) (2022)

110,000 GEORGETOWN (capital) (2018)

2.915 million PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) (2022)

1,000 VATICAN CITY (capital) (2018)

1.568 million TEGUCIGALPA (capital), 982,000 San Pedro Sula (2023)

7.643 million Hong Kong (2022)

1.775 million BUDAPEST (capital) (2022)

216,000 REYKJAVÍK (capital) (2018)

32.941 million NEW DELHI (capital), 21.297 million Mumbai, 15.333 million Kolkata, 13.608 million Bangalore, 11.776 million Chennai, 10.801 million Hyderabad (2023)

11.249 million JAKARTA (capital), 3.729 million Bekasi, 3.044 million Surabaya, 3.041 million Depok, 2.674 million Bandung, 2.514 million Tangerang (2023)

9.500 million TEHRAN (capital), 3.368 million Mashhad, 2.258 million Esfahan, 1.721 million Shiraz, 1.661 million Tabriz, 1.594 million Karaj (2023)

7.711 million BAGHDAD (capital), 1.792 million Mosul, 1.448 million Basra, 1.075 million Kirkuk, 958,000 Najaf, 897,000 Erbil (2023)

1.256 million DUBLIN (capital) (2022)

27,000 DOUGLAS (capital) (2018)

4.344 million Tel Aviv-Yafo; 1.254 million JERUSALEM (capital); 1.164 million Haifa (2022)

4.316 million ROME (capital), 3.155 million Milan, 2.179 million Naples, 1.802 million Turin, 913,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2023)

595,000 KINGSTON (capital) (2022)

37.194 million TOKYO (capital), 19.013 million Osaka, 9.569 million Nagoya, 5.490 million Kitakyushu-Fukuoka, 2.937 million Shizuoka-Hamamatsu, 2.666 million Sapporo (2023)

34,000 SAINT HELIER (capital) (2018)

2.210 million AMMAN (capital) (2022)

1.987 million Almaty, 1.291 million NUR-SULTAN (capital), 1.155 million Shimkent (2023)

5.325 million NAIROBI (capital), 1.440 million Mombassa (2023)

64,000 TARAWA (capital) (2018)

3.158 million PYONGYANG (capital) (2023)

9.988 million SEOUL (capital), 3.472 million Busan, 2.849 million Incheon, 2.181 million Daegu (Taegu), 1.577 million Daejon (Taejon), 1.529 million Gwangju (Kwangju) (2023)

216,870 PRISTINA (capital) (2019)

3.298 million KUWAIT (capital) (2023)

1.105 million BISHKEK (capital) (2023)

706,000 VIENTIANE (capital) (2022)

625,000 RIGA (capital) (2022)

2.433 million BEIRUT (capital) (2022)

350,000 MASERU (capital) (2022)

1.623 million MONROVIA (capital) (2022)

1.183 million TRIPOLI (capital), 984,000 Misratah, 859,000 Benghazi (2023)

5,000 VADUZ (capital) (2018)

541,000 VILNIUS (capital) (2022)

120,000 LUXEMBOURG (capital) (2018)

3.700 million ANTANANARIVO (capital) (2022)

1.222 million LILONGWE (capital); 995,000 Blantyre-Limbe (2022)

8.622 million KUALA LUMPUR (capital), 1.086 million Johor Bahru, 857,000 Ipoh (2023)

177,000 MALE (capital) (2018)

2.817 million BAMAKO (capital) (2022)

213,000 VALLETTA (capital) (2018)

31,000 MAJURO (capital) (2018)

1.432 million NOUAKCHOTT (capital) (2022)

149,000 PORT LOUIS (capital) (2018)

22.281 million MEXICO CITY (capital), 5.420 million Guadalajara, 5.117 million Monterrey, 3.345 million Puebla, 2.626 million Toluca de Lerdo, 2.260 million Tijuana (2023)

7,000 PALIKIR (capital) (2018)

491,000 CHISINAU (capital) (2022)

39,000 MONACO (capital) (2018)

1.645 million ULAANBAATAR (capital) (2022)

177,000 PODGORICA (capital) (2018)

3.893 million Casablanca, 1.959 million RABAT (capital), 1.290 million Fes, 1.314 million Tangier, 1.050 million Marrakech, 979,000 Agadir (2023)

1.797 million Matola; 1.139 million MAPUTO (capital); 927,000 Nampula (2022)

5.610 million YANGON (capital), 1.532 million Mandalay (2023)

461,000 WINDHOEK (capital) (2022)

1.521 million KATHMANDU (capital) (2022)

2.48 million AMSTERDAM (capital), 2.40 million Rotterdam – The Hague (2022)

198,000 NOUMEA (capital) (2018)

1.652 million Auckland, 419,000 WELLINGTON (capital) (2022)

1.095 million MANAGUA (capital) (2023)

1.384 million NIAMEY (capital) (2022)

15.946 million Lagos, 4.348 million Kano, 3.875 million Ibadan, 3.840 million ABUJA (capital), 3.480 million Port Harcourt, 1.905 million Benin City (2023)

1,000 ALOFI (capital) (2018)

606,000 SKOPJE (capital) (2022)

51,000 SAIPAN (capital) (2018)

1.071 million OSLO (capital) (2022)

1.623 million MUSCAT (capital) (2022)

17.236 million Karachi, 13.979 million Lahore, 3.711 million Faisalabad, 2.415 million Gujranwala, 2.412 million Peshawar, 1.232 million ISLAMABAD (capital) (2023)

277 NGERULMUD (capital) (2018)

756,000 Gaza; 153,237 RAMALLAH (Capital) (2022)

1.977 million PANAMA CITY (capital) (2023)

410,000 PORT MORESBY (capital) (2023)

3.511 million ASUNCION (capital) (2023)

11.204 million LIMA (capital), 959,000 Arequipa, 904,000 Trujillo (2023)

14.667 million MANILA (capital), 1.949 million Davao, 1.025 million Cebu City, 931,000 Zamboanga, 960,000 Antipolo, 803,000 Cagayan de Oro City, 803,000 Dasmarinas (2023)

1.798 million WARSAW (capital), 769,000 Krakow (2023)

3.001 million LISBON (capital), 1.325 million Porto (2023)

2.440 million SAN JUAN (capital) (2023)

779,000 Ar-Rayyan; 652,000 DOHA (capital) (2022)

1.785 million BUCHAREST (capital) (2022)

12.680 million MOSCOW (capital), 5.561 million Saint Petersburg, 1.695 million Novosibirsk, 1.528 million Yekaterinburg, 1.292 million Kazan, 1.251 million Nizhniy Novgorod (2023)

1.208 million KIGALI (capital) (2022)

1,000 JAMESTOWN (capital) (2018)

14,000 BASSETERRE (capital) (2018)

22,000 CASTRIES (capital) (2018)

6,000 SAINT – PIERRE (capital) (2018)

27,000 KINGSTOWN (capital) (2018)

36,000 APIA (capital) (2018)

4,000 SAN MARINO (2018)

80,000 SÃO TOMÉ (capital) (2018)

7.682 million RIYADH (capital), 4.863 million Jeddah, 2.150 million Mecca, 1.573 million Medina, 1.329 million Ad Dammam, 872,000 million Hufuf-Mubarraz (2023)

3.326 million DAKAR (capital) (2022)

1.405 million BELGRADE (capital) (2022)

28,000 VICTORIA (capital) (2018)

1.272 million FREETOWN (capital) (2022)

6.081 million SINGAPORE (capital) (2023)

1,327 PHILIPSBURG (capital) (2011)

439,000 BRATISLAVA (capital) (2022)

286,000 LJUBLJANA (capital) (2018)

82,000 HONIARA (capital) (2018)

2.610 million MOGADISHU (capital), 1.127 million Hargeysa (2023)

10.316 million Johannesburg (includes Ekurhuleni), 4.890 million Cape Town (legislative capital), 3.228 million Durban, 2.818 million PRETORIA (administrative capital), 1.296 million Port Elizabeth, 934,000 West Rand (2023)

459,000 JUBA (capital) (2023)

6.751 million MADRID (capital), 5.687 million Barcelona, 838,000 Valencia (2023)

103,000 Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) (2018), 633,000 COLOMBO (capital) (2023)

6.344 million KHARTOUM (capital), 1.057 million Nyala (2023)

239,000 PARAMARIBO (capital) (2018)

1.659 million STOCKHOLM (capital) (2022)

1.420 million Zurich, 437,000 BERN (capital) (2022)

2.585 million DAMASCUS (capital), 2.203 million Aleppo, 1.443 million Hims (Homs), 996,000 Hamah (2023)

4.504 million New Taipei City, 2.754 million TAIPEI (capital), 2.319 million Taoyuan, 1.553 million Kaohsiung, 1.369 million Taichung, 863,000 Tainan (2023)

962,000 DUSHANBE (capital) (2022)

262,000 Dodoma (legislative capital) (2018), 7.776 million DAR ES SALAAM (administrative capital), 1.311 million Mwanza, 800,000 Zanzibar (2023)

10.5 million BANGKOK (capital), 1.2 million Chiang Mai, 450,000 Nakhon Ratchasima, 415,000 Khon Kaen,

400,000 Hat Yai (2023)

281,000 DILI (capital) (2018)

1.926 million LOME (capital) (2022)

23,000 NUKU'ALOFA (2018)

545,000 PORT OF SPAIN (capital) (2022)

2.439 million TUNIS (capital) (2022)

15.848 million Istanbul, 5.397 million ANKARA (capital), 3.088 million Izmir, 2.086 million Bursa, 1.836 million Adana, 1.805 million Gaziantep (2023)

883,000 ASHGABAT (capital) (2022)

5,000 GRAND TURK (capital) (2018)

7,000 FUNAFUTI (capital) (2018)

3.652 million KAMPALA (capital) (2022)

3.010 million KYIV (capital); 1.423 million Kharkiv; 1.008 million Odesa; 952,000 Dnipro; 893,000 Donetsk (2022)

2.964 million Dubai; 1.786 million Sharjah; 1.540 million ABU DHABI (capital) (2022)

9.648 million LONDON (capital), 2.791 million Manchester, 2.665 million Birmingham, 1.929 million West Yorkshire, 1.698 million Glasgow, 952,000 Southampton / Portsmouth (2023)

18.937 million New York – Newark, 12.534 million Los Angeles – Long Beach – Santa Ana, 8.937 million Chicago, 6.707 million Houston, 6.574 million Dallas – Fort Worth, 5.490 million WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) (2023)

1.767 million MONTEVIDEO (capital) (2022)

2.574 million TASHKENT (capital) (2022)

53,000 PORT – VILA (capital) (2018)

2.972 million CARACAS (capital), 2.368 million Maracaibo, 1.983 million Valencia, 1.254 million Barquisimeto, 1.243 million Maracay, 964,000 Ciudad Guayana (2023)

9.321 million Ho Chi Minh City, 5.253 million HANOI (capital), 1.865 million Can Tho, 1.423 million Hai Phong, 1.221 million Da Nang, 1.111 million Bien Hoa (2023)

52,000 CHARLOTTE AMALIE (capital) (2018)

1,000 MATA – UTU (capital) (2018)

3.182 million SANAA (capital), 1.045 million Aden (2022)

3.042 million LUSAKA (capital) (2022)

1.558 million HARARE (capital) (2022)