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List of largest urban areas by continent

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Largest urban areas, by continent

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Africa

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  1. Egypt Cairo (Egypt) – 21,750,000
  2. Nigeria Lagos (Nigeria) – 21,210,000
  3. Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa (DR Congo) – 15,628,000
  4. South Africa Johannesburg (South Africa) – 10,110,000
  5. Angola Luanda (Angola) – 8,952,000
  6. Tanzania Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) – 7,405,000
  7. Sudan Khartoum (Sudan) – 6,160,000
  8. Ivory Coast Abidjan (Ivory Coast) – 5,516,000
  9. Egypt Alexandria (Egypt) – 5,484,000
  10. Ethiopia Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) – 5,228,000

Asia

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  1. Japan Tokyo (Japan) – 37,274,000
  2. Indonesia Jakarta (Indonesia) – 32,594,150
  3. India Delhi (India) – 32,066,000
  4. China Shanghai (China) – 28,517,000
  5. Philippines Manila (Philippines) – 28,250,517
  6. Bangladesh Dhaka (Bangladesh) – 22,478,000
  7. China Beijing (China) – 21,333,000
  8. India Mumbai (India) – 20,961,000
  9. Japan Osaka (Japan) – 19,060,000
  10. Pakistan Karachi (Pakistan) – 16,840,000
  11. China Chongqing (China) – 16,875,000

Europe

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  1. Russia Moscow (Russia) – 17,641,000
  2. Turkey Istanbul (Turkey) – 15,636,000
  3. United Kingdom London (United Kingdom) – 14,800,000
  4. France Paris (France) – 11,142,000
  5. Spain Madrid (Spain) – 6,714,000
  6. Germany Berlin (Germany) – 6,144,600
  7. Spain Barcelona (Spain) – 5,658,000
  8. Russia Saint Petersburg (Russia) – 5,536,000
  9. Italy Rome (Italy) – 4,298,000
  10. Greece Athens (Greece) – 3,154,000

North America

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  1. Mexico Mexico City (Mexico) – 22,085,000
  2. United States New York CityNewark (United States) – 18,867,000
  3. United States Los AngelesLong BeachSanta Ana (United States) – 12,488,000
  4. United States Chicago (United States) – 8,901,000
  5. United States Houston (United States) – 6,603,000
  6. United States DallasFort Worth (United States) – 6,488,400
  7. Canada Toronto (Canada) – 6,313,000
  8. United States Miami (United States) – 6,079,000
  9. United States Philadelphia (United States) – 5,705,000
  10. United States Washington, D.C.Baltimore (United States) – 5,434,000

Central America and Caribbean

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  1. Dominican Republic Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) – 4,579,536
  2. Cuba Havana (Cuba) – 3,349,290
  3. Guatemala Guatemala City (Guatemala) – 3,036,000
  4. Haiti Port-au-Prince (Haiti) – 2,618,894
  5. Puerto Rico San Juan (Puerto Rico) – 2,437,000
  6. Panama Panama City (Panama) – 1,938,000
  7. Honduras Tegucigalpa (Honduras) – 1,527,000
  8. Costa Rica San José (Costa Rica) – 1,441,000
  9. Jamaica Kingston (Jamaica) – 1,190,763
  10. El Salvador San Salvador (El Salvador) – 1,111,000

South America

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  1. Brazil São Paulo (Brazil) – 22,430,000
  2. Argentina Buenos Aires (Argentina) – 15,370,000
  3. Brazil Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) – 13,634,000
  4. Colombia Bogotá (Colombia) – 11,344,000
  5. Peru LimaCallao (Peru) – 11,176,000
  6. Chile Santiago (Chile) – 6,857,000
  7. Brazil Belo Horizonte (Brazil) – 6,194,000
  8. Brazil Brasília (Brazil) – 4,804,000
  9. Brazil Recife (Brazil) – 4,220,000
  10. Brazil Porto Alegre (Brazil) – 4,185,004

Oceania

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  1. Australia Melbourne (Australia) – 4,870,000
  2. Australia Sydney (Australia) – 4,859,000
  3. Australia Brisbane (Australia) – 2,568,927
  4. Australia Perth (Australia) – 2,016,000
  5. New Zealand Auckland (New Zealand) – 1,582,000
  6. Australia Adelaide (Australia) – 1,328,000
  7. United States Honolulu (United States) – 1,016,000
  8. Australia Gold Coast (Australia) – 687,000
  9. Australia Canberra (Australia) – 452,000
  10. Australia Newcastle (Australia) – 447,000

References

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  1. ^ "CIA The World Factbook – Major urban areas: population".
  2. ^ "Australian Bureau of Statistics".