List of largest urban areas by continent

This is a list of the largest urban areas by continent. For comparison purposes, a list of the largest urban areas in the world is also included.^{[1] [2]}

1. Cairo – 20,901,000
2. Lagos – 15,946,000
3. Kinshasa – 14,342,000
4. Luanda – 8,330,000
5. Dar es Salaam – 6,702,000
6. Khartoum – 5,829,000
7. Johannesburg – 5,783,000
8. Alexandria – 5,281,000
9. Abidjan – 5,203,000
10. Addis Ababa – 4,794,000

1. Tokyo – 37,393,000
2. Jakarta – 35,386,000
3. New Delhi – 30,291,000
4. Shanghai – 27,058,000
5. Dhaka – 21,006,000
6. Beijing – 20,463,000
7. Mumbai – 20,411,000
8. Osaka – 19,165,000
9. Karachi – 16,094,000
10. Chongqing – 15,872,000

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1. Moscow – 19,100,000
2. Paris – 10,890,000
3. Istanbul – 10,042,000
4. London – 9,787,000
5. Madrid – 6,211,000
6. Saint Petersburg – 5,869,000
7. Barcelona – 5,489,000
8. Milan – 5,471,000
9. Berlin – 4,679,000
10. Rome – 3,800,000

1. Mexico City – 21,782,000
2. New York–Newark – 18,804,000
3. Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana – 12,447,000
4. Chicago – 8,865,000
5. Houston – 6,371,000
6. Dallas–Fort Worth – 6,301,000
7. Toronto – 6,197,000
8. Miami – 6,122,000
9. Atlanta – 5,803,000
10. Philadelphia – 5,717,000

1. Santo Domingo – 3,524,000
2. Guatemala City – 3,095,000
3. Port-au-Prince – 2,987,000
4. San Juan – 2,440,000
5. Havana – 2,149,000
6. Panama City – 1,977,000
7. Tegucigalpa – 1,568,000
8. San José – 1,462,000
9. San Salvador – 1,116,000
10. Managua – 1,095,000

1. Melbourne – 4,968,000
2. Sydney – 4,926,000
3. Brisbane – 2,406,000
4. Perth – 2,042,000
5. Auckland – 1,607,000
6. Adelaide – 1,336,000
7. Gold Coast–Tweed Heads – 699,000
8. Canberra – 457,000
9. Newcastle–Maitland – 450,000
10. Wellington – 415,000

1. São Paulo – 22,043,000
2. Buenos Aires – 15,154,000
3. Rio de Janeiro – 13,458,000
4. Bogotá – 10,978,000
5. Lima – 10,719,000
6. Santiago – 6,767,000
7. Belo Horizonte – 6,084,000
8. Brasília – 4,646,000
9. Porto Alegre – 4,137,000
10. Recife – 4,127,000

1. Tokyo – 37,393,000
2. Jakarta – 35,386,000
3. New Delhi – 30,291,000
4. Shanghai – 27,058,000
5. São Paulo – 22,043,000
6. Mexico City – 21,782,000
7. Dhaka – 21,006,000
8. Cairo – 20,901,000
9. Beijing – 20,463,000
10. Mumbai – 20,411,000
11. Osaka – 19,165,000