List of megalopolises
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This is a list of megalopolises grouped by geographical region and country in 61 countries.
Cairo/Nile Delta
Nairobi
Casablanca-Rabat-El Jadida-Salé-Kenitra
Gauteng
Abidjan-Lagos
Taiheyo
Busan
Seoul
West Taiwan
Yangtze
Jing-Jin-Ji
Jakarta
Surabaya
Mega Manila
Bangkok
Hanoi
SE Vietnam
Dhaka
Chennai
Delhi
Kolkata
Mumbai
GT Road
Ista-Burs
Tehran
Gulf of Finland
Orange Banana
Green banana
STRING
Atlantic Axis
Great Lakes
Cascadia
Bajío
Mexico City
NE corridor
Florida
Front Range
Texas/Gulf Coast
Rio de la Plata
Rio/Sao Paulo
Recife
Golden Triangle
Santiago-Valparaiso
Lima-Callao
Caracas-Valencia
Megalopolises of the world
Africa
- Nile Delta and Nile River at night from space
- Pretoria, South Africa
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Lagos, Nigeria
| Country | Megalopolis | Major cities and areas | Population estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Cairo | The Governorates of Cairo, Giza and Qalyubiyya | 22,183,000[1] | |
| Nile Delta | Governorates of Alexandria, Beheira, Kafr el-Sheikh, Gharbia, Monufia, Qalyubiyya, Dakahlia, Damietta, Al Sharqia, and Port Said | 50,322,424[2] | |
| Nairobi Metropolitan Region | The counties of Kajiado, Kiambu, Nairobi, Machakos and Murang'a | 10,411,220[3] | |
| El Jadida-Casablanca-Rabat-Salé-Kenitra | El Jadida-Casablanca-Rabat-Salé-Kenitra | 11,000,000 | |
| Gauteng Province | The cities of Pretoria, Witwatersrand and Vereeniging includes the urbanised portion of Pretoria, Centurion, Midrand, Johannesburg and the Vaal Triangle[4][5] | 15,810,400[6] | |
| Abidjan–Lagos Corridor | Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Porto-Novo | 42,436,069[7] | |
| Accra, Cape Coast, Sekondi-Takoradi | |||
| Abidjan | |||
| Lagos | |||
| Lomé |
Asia
East Asia
- The Jing-Jin-Ji Metropolitan Region is the central part of the Bohai Economic Rim
- Satellite view of western Taiwan.
| Country | Megalopolis | Major cities and areas | Population estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Tokyo Area | Kantō region, broadly including Tokyo and Yokohama | 38,000,000[8] | |
| Keihanshin | Kansai region, includes Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe | 19,000,000[9] | |
| Taiheiyō Belt (includes both the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihanshin megapoles) | Ibaraki, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, and Ōita | 81,000,000[10] | |
| Greater Busan Area | Busan, Ulsan, Changwon, Gimhae, Yangsan, Jinju | 13,000,000 | |
| Seoul National Capital Area | Seoul, Incheon, Suwon, Goyang, Yongin, Seongnam, and the rest of Gyeonggi Province | 26,000,000 | |
| West Coast of Taiwan[11] | Taipei, New Taipei City, Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Changhua, Chiayi, Tainan, and Kaohsiung | 18,000,000 | |
Southeast Asia
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Surabaya, Indonesia
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Singapore
| Country | Megalopolis | Major cities and areas | Population estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jakarta metropolitan area (Jabodetabekpunjur)[12] | Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi | 54,900,000 | |
| Surabaya metropolitan area (Gerbangkertosusila) | Gresik, Bangkalan, Mojokerto, Surabaya, Sidoarjo and Lamongan | 19,700,000 | |
| Mega Manila[citation needed] | Regions Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Mimaropa excluding Palawan, and regional centers San Fernando-Manila-Calamba-Calapan | 41,100,000 | |
| Bay of Bangkok Economic Rim | Bangkok–Ayutthaya–Pattaya | 20,800,000 | |
| Red River Delta | Hanoi, Hai Phong, Nam Định, and Hải Dương | 21,000,000 | |
| Southeast Economic Zone | Đồng Nai, Bình Dương, Ho Chi Minh City, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, Long An, Tiền Giang | 22,900,000 |
Note: The Indonesian megalopolis names come from acronyms of the included cities.
South Asia

| Country | Megalopolis | Major cities and areas | Population estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhaka Megalopolis[13] | Cities of Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj, Tongi, Savar, Siddhirganj, Keraniganj, Fatullah | 21,551,232 | |
| Chennai Megalopolis[14] | Districts of Chennai, Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Ranipet | 12,400,000 | |
| Delhi-NCR Megalopolis[15] | Cities of Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Meerut and Noida | 46,000,000 | |
| Kolkata Megalopolis[16] | Cities of Kolkata, Howrah, Hugli-Chuchura, Kalyani, Barrackpore, Barasat, Chandannagar | 21,100,000 | |
| Mumbai Megalopolis[17] | Cities of Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Kalyan-Dombivali, Vasai-Virar, Panvel | 27,100,000 | |
| GT Road Megalopolis[18] | Cities of Lahore, Kasur, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura, Gujrat, Raiwind, Kamoke, Muridke, Ghakhar and Jehlum | 21,325,075[19] |
Southwest Asia

Europe
- Major cities within a megalopolis
- Paris, France
- Vienna, Austria
- Hamburg, Germany
- Barcelona, Spain
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Lisbon, Portugal
- St. Petersburg, Russia

Ordered by population estimate rather than alphabetical by country due to the number of countries included in each megalopolis.
These are not generally accepted names or groupings, and the cities listed are in many cases not contiguous.
North America
- Mexico City megalopolis
South America
- Satellite image of Greater Buenos Aires at night
- Parque Lezama, Buenos Aires
- Ponte Estaiada, São Paulo
- Bogotá Skyline
- Cartagena de Indias
- Lima, Perú
- Maracaibo Lake Narrows, the city of Maracaibo connected by bridge to the Eastern Coast cities.
- Caracas, Venezuela
Notes
- While initially excluded, has included in later versions
See also
- Capital city
- Megalopolises city
- Metropolitan city
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- List of largest cities
- Historical urban community sizes
- List of largest cities throughout history
- List of cities with over one million inhabitants
- List of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants
- List of largest cities by area
