7/23/2019 List of Urban Areas by Population http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/list-of-urban-areas-by-population 1/25 st of urban areas by population m Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia is a list of contiguous urban areas of the world ordered according to population as of 2014/2015. The figures he taken from Demographia's "World Urban Areas" study. [1] ontents 1 Definitions and issues 2 Urban areas (population over 1,000,000) 3 Number of urban areas by country in 2015 4 See also 5 References and notes 6 External links finitions and issues mographia defines an urban area (urbanized area agglomeration or urban centre) as a continuously built up land m n development that is within a labor market (i.e. metropolitan area or metropolitan region), without regard for inistrative boundaries (i.e. municipality, city or commune). Except in Australia, the authorities use a minimum u ity definition of 400 persons per square kilometer (or the nearly identical 1,000 per square mile in the United Sta mographia uses maps, satellite photographs to estimate continuous urbanization. Demographia also uses small are ulation data, where available, to match population estimates to urbanized land area. National census authority da ented in Australia, Canada, France, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. Census of Ind omerations are not used in some cases because the geographical size of constituent units (municipalities) often i e rural (non-urban) areas. rces for population estimates and land area definitions are coded by letter in the Table below, respectively. A: National census authority data agglomeration data (land area or population). B: Demographia land area estimate based upon map or satellite photograph analysis. C: Demographia population estimate from lower order jurisdictions, including reduction for rural areas. D : Population estimate based upon the United Nations agglomeration estimate. E: Demographia population estimate from national census authority data. F: Other Demographia population estimate, such as from unofficial local reports. L: Demographia population estimate from local authority data. N: Combined urban area using national census authority data. W: Population estimate based upon the World Bank Urban Area 2015 estimate. most reliable population estimates are A and N. Population estimates C are generally reliable. Population estima reliable, because it is sometimes difficult to determine whether the data is based upon metropolitan area, urban a ulations or some other definition. Population estimates E are also less reliable, for generally these estimates are d
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st of urban areas by populationm Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
is a list of contiguous urban areas of the world ordered according to population as of 2014/2015. The figures he
taken from Demographia's "World Urban Areas" study.[1]
ontents
1 Definitions and issues
2 Urban areas (population over 1,000,000)
3 Number of urban areas by country in 2015
4 See also
5 References and notes
6 External links
finitions and issues
mographia defines an urban area (urbanized area agglomeration or urban centre) as a continuously built up land mn development that is within a labor market (i.e. metropolitan area or metropolitan region), without regard forinistrative boundaries (i.e. municipality, city or commune). Except in Australia, the authorities use a minimum uity definition of 400 persons per square kilometer (or the nearly identical 1,000 per square mile in the United Sta
mographia uses maps, satellite photographs to estimate continuous urbanization. Demographia also uses small areulation data, where available, to match population estimates to urbanized land area. National census authority daented in Australia, Canada, France, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. Census of Indomerations are not used in some cases because the geographical size of constituent units (municipalities) often ie rural (non-urban) areas.
rces for population estimates and land area definitions are coded by letter in the Table below, respectively.
A: National census authority data agglomeration data (land area or population).B: Demographia land area estimate based upon map or satellite photograph analysis.C: Demographia population estimate from lower order jurisdictions, including reduction for rural areas.
D: Population estimate based upon the United Nations agglomeration estimate.E: Demographia population estimate from national census authority data.F: Other Demographia population estimate, such as from unofficial local reports.L: Demographia population estimate from local authority data.N: Combined urban area using national census authority data.W: Population estimate based upon the World Bank Urban Area 2015 estimate.
most reliable population estimates are A and N. Population estimates C are generally reliable. Population estimareliable, because it is sometimes difficult to determine whether the data is based upon metropolitan area, urban aulations or some other definition. Population estimates E are also less reliable, for generally these estimates are d
ubtracting estimated population for the rural parts of metropolitan areas based upon estimated urban versus ruralulation differentials. Population estimates coded F and L are the least reliable (e.g. Pyongyang in Democratic Peoublic of Korea (North Korea) and Tunis in Tunisia).
projected year (2013) population estimate is further calculated from the base year population estimate using popwth rate based upon the United Nations population growth rate with some exceptions.
estimates are quite different from the list of World's largest urban agglomerations produced by the United Natiorts inconsistently on urban geographic, despite its reference to agglomerations. This is evident, for example, in Mla Lumpur, Jakarta, Seoul and Moscow, where the UN data are for political jurisdictions, rather than urban areas
s, the UN data is for metropolitan area, which are larger than urban areas (such as in Brazil). Finally, the United is incomplete, excluding some significant urban areas (such as Essen–Düsseldorf in Germany).
an areas are confined to a single metropolitan area or labor market area. In some cases, urban areas have virtuallyther (e.g. Taiheiy! Belt in Japan, the Pearl River Delta in the People's Republic of China and the Northeast megae United States), yet are still considered separate urban areas.
an areas are confined to a single nation, unless there is freedom of movement (including labor) between the adjacons. Currently, this condition is met only between some continental nations of the European Union and Switzerla–Kortrijk in both France and Belgium, Aachen–Vaals in both Germany and Netherlands, Saarbrücken–Forbach
many and France, Geneva–Annemasse in both Switzerland and France, and Basel–Lörrach–Saint-Louis in Switz
many and France). Thus, Detroit–Windsor in both the United States and Canada, and San Diego–Tijuana in bothed States and Mexico are not treated as single urban areas. Moreover, Shenzhen–Hong Kong is treated as separas, principally because labor movement between the two is limited, with the former within China and the latter a inistrative region of China.
ording to the report, there are 875 identified urban areas in the world with 500,000 or more population as of 201mographia released along with the report a disclaimer, that this list of data is compiled on best available informat
e vary nature of which is changing rapidly and quality is improving as it becomes available, yet still remains higable between nations, hefty revisions are not unforeseen for the future. Appropriate caution is therefore advised.
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ferences and notes
. Demographia (January 2015). Demographia World Urban Areas (PDF) (11th ed.). Retrieved 2 March 2015.
. Includes large areas of Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures and small areas of Gunma, Tochigi and Ibaraki pref
Excludes urban areas of Utsunomiya (500,000; 119 km2) and Mito (500,000; 246 km2).. Various international sources limit their population estimates to DKI Jakarta itself (the national capital district). However, the
urbanization of Jakarta extends into the regencies of Tangerang, Bekasi, Bogor and Karawang and the separate cities of Bekas
and Bogor. Excludes urban areas of Karawang (650,000; 207 km2) and Serang (525,000; 65 km2).
. Includes Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurgaon and Bahadurgarh. Excludes uran area of Meerut (1,489,000; 104 km2).
. The population is higher than other agglomeration estimates (such as the United Nations), tend to be limited to Metro Manilaprovince-level jurisdiction. The continuous urbanization of Manila extends outward into Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Bprovinces. The Demographia population estimate is a “build-up” of municipality population within the continuously develope(urban area or agglomeration).
. Includes satellite cities in Gyeonggi Province such as Suwon, Goyang, Seongnam, Bucheon and Ansan which are treated as s
urban agglomerations by the United Nations. Excludes urban area of Cheonan (500,000; 57 km2) in Chungcheongnam-do.. Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Ningbo, Changzhou, Shaoxing, and urban area of Zhangjiaggang-Jiangyin with
prefecture-level cities of Suzhou and Wuxi are treated as separate urban areas which constitute the Yangtze River Delta econo
117 km2) and Suqian (220,000; 36 km2), as well as urban areas of Yangzhou (1,593,000; 233 km2) and Gaoyou (180,000; 39
within the prefecture-level city of Yangzhou, urban areas of Kunshan (1,596,000; 492 km2
), Changshu (1,139,000; 285 km2
) Taicang (523,000; 117 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Suzhou, urban areas of Cixi (1,200,000; 298 km2) and Yuyao (
122 km2) within the sub-provincial city of Ningbo, urban areas of Jiaxing (1,044,000; 259 km2) and Tongxiang (510,000; 52
within the prefecture-level city of Jiaxing, urban areas of Wenling (510,000; 52 km2), Jiaojiang (375,000; 41 km2) and Huang
(200,000; 34 km2) within the prefectrure-level city of Taizhou (in Zhejiang Province), urban areas of Zhuji (500,000; 117 km
Shangyu (400,000; 158 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Shaoxing, urban areas of Yiwu-Dongyang (925,000; 233 km2
(520,000; 186 km2), Yongkang (500,000; 223 km2), Dongyang (260,000; 104 km2) and Lanxi (220,000; 34 km2) within the p
level city of Jinhua, and urban area of Fuyang (450,000; 49 km2) within the sub-provincial city of Hangzhou are also exclude. The population is lower than other estimates (such as the United Nations), which include metropolitan area population not wi
continuously developed urban area.
. Excludes urban areas of Baoding (1,283,000; 220 km2), Zhangjiakou (1,322,000; 220 km2) and Chengde (108,000; 23 km2).
. Demographia defines urban area of New York as a combination of New York–Newark, Bridgeport–Stamford, New Haven, TrDanbury and Twin Rivers urbanized areas. New York and Philadelphia (same with Philadelphia urbanized area) are treated as
urban areas. Urban areas of Hartford (925,000; 1,336 km2), Allentown–Bethlehem (665,000; 896 km2), Springfield (621,000;
Atlantic City (250,000; 324 km2), York (235,000; 342 km2), Norwich–New London (209,000; 394 km2), Waterbury (195,000
233 km2) and Pottstown (108,000; 205 km2) are also excluded.. Hong Kong in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Shenzhen are treated as separate urban areas because of the
freedom of labor movement without trade, immigration or customs barriers. Guangzhou–Foshan, Shenzhen, Dongguan and Zhare also treated as separate urban areas which constitute the Pearl River Delta economic zone. While Guangzhou and Foshan combined into a single urban area because they have become more economically integrated than the other urban areas, other a
Pearl River Delta economic region remain classified as separate urban areas. Thus, urban areas of Huizhou (1,387,000; 168 km
Zhuhai (1,274,000; 246 km2) and Zhaoqing (500,000; 65 km2) as well as urban areas of Jiangmen (920,000; 259 km2) and Ta
(204,000; 44 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen, urban area of Lishui (300,000; 44 km2) within the prefecture-
of Foshan and urban are of Macau (560,000; 21 km2) in the Macau Special Administrative Region are excluded. Urban area oGuangzhou–Foshan includes Shunde within the prefecture-level city of Foshan, which has been excluded in the 2011 edition. area of Shenzhen includes Huiyang within the prefecture-level city of Huizhou, which has been excluded in the 2010 edition. area of Huizhou includes only Huicheng District. The Demographia estimate for Dongguan is lower than last year, because loestimates previously used were higher than reported in the 2010 census.
. Includes Francisco Morato. Excludes urban area of Santos (1,716,000; 207 km2).
. Excludes urban areas of Toluca (1,747,000; 220 km2) and Cuernavaca (675,000; 171 km2).
. Mumbai and Kalyan are treated as separate urban areas, although the census of India classifies Kalyan within the Mumbaiagglomeration. Kalyan is excluded by Demographia because of the lack of continuous urbanization with Mumbai. Urban area
Mumbai includes Panvel and Navi Mumbai, but excludes urban area of Vasai–Virar (1,147,000; 91 km
2
) and Bhiwandi (737,052 km2), which have been included in the 2011 edition. A large part of the municipality of Mumbai is rural, composed of the Gandhi National Park and thus not included in the urban area.
. Includes Nara and Himeji. United Nations estimates separate Osaka–Kobe and Kyoto and exclude both Nara and Himeji. Exc
urban area of $tsu (775,000; 303 km2) and Wakayama (430,000; 91 km2).. The population estimate is suspect, due to the lack of readily available data for local areas outside the city jurisdiction (Mosco
Demographia is indebted to Richard Forstall, who has provided local authority area population data for portions of Moscow Owithin the Moscow urban areas. Other estimates (such as the United Nations estimate) include only the municipality of Moscoincludes only part of the urban footprint. Includes Elektrostal–Noginsk within Moscow Oblast, which has been excluded in thedition.
. Includes urban area of Narayanganj which has been excluded in the 2011 edition.
. Combination of Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana, Riverside–San Bernardino and Mission Viejo urbanized areas. Exclude
areas of Temecula–Murrieta (472,000; 420 km2), Indio–Palm Springs (370,000; 373 km2), Oxnard (369,000; 218 km2),Lancaster–Palmdale (358,000; 300 km2), Victorville–Hesperia–Apple Valley (350,000; 433 km2), Santa Clarita (272,000; 199
Thousand Oaks (216,000; 223 km2), Santa Barbara (196,000; 145 km2), Hemet (163,000; 127 km2) and Simi Valley (126,000
. Excludes urban area of La Plata (675,000; 228 km2) which has been included in the 2007 edition.
. Includes Eslamshahr and Karaj which has been excluded in the 2012 edition.
. Excludes urban area of Brazzaville (1,685,000; 181 km2) in the Republic of the Congo.
. Tianjin and Tangshan are treated as separate urban areas. Urban areas of Cangzhou (500,000; 130 km2) and Langfang (465,00
130 km2) as well as urban area of Qian'an (400,000; 168 km2) within the prefecture-level city of Tangshan are also excluded. population of the urban area of Tianjin is lower than other estimates (such as the United Nations), which include metropolitanpopulation not within the continuously developed urban area. The Demographia population estimate is a “build-up” of sub-mupopulation within the continuously developed area (urban area or agglomeration).
. Greater London urban area. Excludes urban areas of Reading (318,000; 84 km2), Southend-on-Sea (295,000; 72 km2), Alders
Basildon (145,000; 37 km2), High Wycombe (133,000; 39 km2), Chelmsford (112,000; 26 km2) and Maidstone (108,000; 25 . Includes Toyohashi.. Combination of Chicago, Kenosha and Round Lake Beach–McHenry–Grayslake urbanized areas. Excludes urban areas of M
(1,388,000; 1,414 km2), Rockford (301,000; 396 km2), South Bend (278,000; 417 km2), Elkhart (144,000; 238 km2) and Rac(134,000; 127 km).
. Johannesburg–East Rand and Pretoria are treated as separate urban areas which constitute the Vaal Triangle. Urban area of Ve
(Emfuleni) (650,000; 337 km2) is also excluded.. The population is higher than other estimates (such as the United Nations), which do not include all population within the con
developed urban area (especially in New Taipei City). Includes Taoyuan and Jhongli (Chungli) which have been excluded in tedition. Excludes urban area of Hsinchu (650,000; 117 km2).
. Excludes urban area of Wanzhou (Wanxian) (500,000; 41 km2) within the municipality of Chongqing. The direct-controlledmunicipality of Chongqing, which is sometimes translated as the direct-controlled city of Chongqing, has the largest populatioorganism called a city in the stretches far beyond any reasonable definition of a metropolitan area.
. The population is higher than other agglomeration estimates (such as the United Nations), which does not include all of thecontinuously developed urban area in the state of Selangor. Continuous urbanization extends well beyond the municipality of Lumpur, for example to Port Klang and the area represents a single labor market (metropolitan area). The Demographia populestimate is a “build-up” of municipality population within the continuously developed area (urban area or agglomeration). Exc
urban area of Seremban (500,000; 155 km2).. Includes Shishi and Jinjiang within the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou.. Essen–Düsseldorf and Cologne–Bonn are treated as separate urban areas which constitute the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area.
urban area of Aachen–Vaals (585,000; 401 km2) in both Germany and the Netherlands.
. Excludes urban area of Valparaíso–Viña del Mar (875,000; 161 km2).
. Combination of Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, Denton–Lewisville and McKinney urbanized areas.
. Excludes urban areas of Fushun (1,412,000; 130 km2) and Tieling (325,000; 65 km2).
. Includes Xianyang which has been excluded in the 2010 edition.
. Combination of San Francisco–Oakland, San Jose, Concord, Vallejo and Livermore urbanized areas. Excludes urban areas of
Rosa (308,000; 254 km2), Antioch (278,000; 210 km2), Salinas (185,000; 127 km2), Santa Cruz (164,000; 150 km2), Fairfield
101 km2) and Seaside–Monterey–Marina (114,000; 101 km2).
. Combination of Houston and Conroe urbanized areas. Excludes urban area of Texas City (106,000; 197 km2).
. Miami urbanized area. Includes former urban areas of Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, which were combined by the UBureau into Miami in 2000.
. Excludes urban area of Johor Bahru (1,640,000; 712 km2
) in Malaysia and urban area of Batam (900,000; 218 km2
) in Indone. The population is higher than other agglomeration estimates (such as the United Nations), which does not include all of thecontinuously developed urban area, which stretches into Como, Lecco and Varese provinces. Excludes Bergamo which has be
included in the 2007 edition (4,950,000; 3,043 km2 in total).. Includes communities under the authority of the Town Council.
. Atlanta urbanized area. Excludes urban areas of Gainesville (131,000; 326 km2) and Athens (129,000; 254 km2).
. The US Census Bureau combines Washington and Baltimore into a single metropolitan area (consolidated area) but Demograconsiders the two (same with Washington, DC and Baltimore urbanized areas) as separate urban areas. Urban areas of Aberde
de Grace (214,000; 339 km2), Hagerstown (183,000; 344 km2), Frederick (142,000; 189 km2), Fredericksburg (141,000; 202
Waldorf (110,000; 176 km2) are also excluded.
. Excludes urban areas of Acheng (300,000; 39 km2) and Shangzhi (250,000; 18 km2) within the sub-provincial city of Harbin
. Combination of Boston and Nashua urbanized areas. Excludes urban areas of Providence (1,187,000; 1,412 km2), Worcester 787 km2), Barnstable (247,000; 717 km2), Manchester (159,000; 223 km2), New Bedford (149,000; 142 km2) and
Leominster–Fitchburg (117,000; 168 km2).
. Excludes urban area of Zhangzhou (1,200,000; 350 km2).
. Combination of Phoenix–Mesa, Avondale and Sierra Vista urbanized area.
. Excludes urban areas of Newcastle (308,000; 292 km2), Central Coast (298,000; 401 km2) and Wollongong (246,000; 219 km
. Includes Sharjah.
. Excludes urban area of Geelong (144,000; 115 km2).
. Excludes the State of the Vatican City.
. Excludes urban areas of Ulsan (1,087,000; 104 km2) and Changwon (1,000,000; 104 km2).
. Includes Yuci District in Jinzhong which has been excluded in the 2012 edition.
. Detroit urbanized area. Excludes urban areas of Toledo (508,000; 622 km2), Flint (355,000; 611 km2), Ann Arbor (308,000; 4and South Lyon (120,000; 267 km2) in the United States as well as urban area of Windsor (276,000; 176 km2) in Canada .
. Fukuoka and Kitaky"sh" are treated as separate urban areas. Some sources combine Fukuoka with Kitaky"sh" (such as the UNations), which is not a part of the continuous urbanization of Fukuoka. The Demographia population estimate is a “build-up”municipality population within the continuously developed area (urban area or agglomeration).
. West Midlands urban area. Excludes urban area of Coventry (359,000; 81f km2)
. Includes Az-Zarqa.
. Shantou and Chaoyang–Chaonan within the prefecture-level city of Shantou are treated as separate urban areas. Likewise, urb
Chaozhou (350,000; 85 km2) as well as urban areas of Puning (910,000; 179 km2) and Jieyang (660,000; 194 km2) within theprefecture-level city of Jieyang are excluded.
. Excludes urban area of Ujjain (500,000; 41 km2).
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