List of megalopolises

This is a list of megalopolises grouped by geographical region and country in 61 countries.

Africa

CountryMegalopolisMajor cities and areasPopulationestimateGreater Cairo The Governorates of Cairo, Giza and Qalyubiyya22,183,000Nile DeltaGovernorates of Alexandria, Beheira, Kafr el-Sheikh, Gharbia, Monufia, Qalyubiyya, Dakahlia, Damietta, Al Sharqia, and Port Said50,322,424Nairobi Metropolitan RegionThe counties of Kajiado, Kiambu, Nairobi, Machakos and Murang'a10,411,220El Jadida-Casablanca-Rabat-Salé-KenitraEl Jadida-Casablanca-Rabat-Salé-Kenitra11,000,000Gauteng ProvinceThe cities of Pretoria, Witwatersrand and Vereeniging includes the urbanised portion of Pretoria, Centurion, Midrand, Johannesburg and the Vaal Triangle15,810,400Abidjan–Lagos CorridorAbomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Porto-Novo42,436,069Accra, Cape Coast, Sekondi-TakoradiAbidjanLagosLomé

Asia

East Asia

CountryMegalopolisMajor cities and areasPopulation estimateGreater Tokyo AreaKantō region, broadly including Tokyo and Yokohama38,000,000United Nations (March 12, 2017). "The World's Cities in 2016" (PDF). United NationsKeihanshinKansai region, includes Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe19,000,000Japan Statistics Bureau – "2010 Census", retrieved August 23, 2015Taiheiyō 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 Ōita81,000,000Greater Busan AreaBusan, Ulsan, Changwon, Gimhae, Yangsan, Jinju13,000,000Seoul National Capital AreaSeoul, Incheon, Suwon, Goyang, Yongin, Seongnam, and the rest of Gyeonggi Province26,000,000West Coast of TaiwanFrom Urban Corridor to Megalopolis: The “Metropolization” of Taiwan, retrieved July 19, 2022Taipei, New Taipei City, Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Changhua, Chiayi, Tainan, and Kaohsiung18,000,000

Southeast Asia

CountryMegalopolisMajor cities and areasPopulation estimateJakarta metropolitan area (Jabodetabekpunjur)Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi54,900,000Surabaya metropolitan area (Gerbangkertosusila)Gresik, Bangkalan, Mojokerto, Surabaya, Sidoarjo and Lamongan19,700,000Mega ManilaRegions Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Mimaropa excluding Palawan, and regional centers San Fernando-Manila-Calamba-Calapan41,100,000Bay of Bangkok Economic RimBangkok–Ayutthaya–Pattaya20,800,000Red River DeltaHanoi, Hai Phong, Nam Định, and Hải Dương21,000,000Southeast Economic ZoneĐồng Nai, Bình Dương, Ho Chi Minh City, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, Long An, Tiền Giang22,900,000 Note: The Indonesian megalopolis names come from acronyms of the included cities.

South Asia

CountryMegalopolisMajor cities and areasPopulation estimate Dhaka Megalopolis Cities of Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj, Tongi, Savar, Siddhirganj, Keraniganj, Fatullah21,551,232Chennai MegalopolisDistricts of Chennai, Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Ranipet12,400,000Delhi-NCR MegalopolisCities of Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Meerut and Noida46,000,000 Kolkata Megalopolishttps://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/introducing_kmda_011393Cities of Kolkata, Howrah, Hugli-Chuchura, Kalyani, Barrackpore, Barasat, Chandannagar21,100,000Mumbai MegalopolisCities of Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Kalyan-Dombivali, Vasai-Virar, Panvel27,100,000GT Road MegalopolisCities of Lahore, Kasur, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura, Gujrat, Raiwind, Kamoke, Muridke, Ghakhar and Jehlum21,325,075

Southwest Asia

CountryMegalopolisMajor cities and areasPopulation estimateGreater TehranTehran and Alborz provinces expanding into Mazandaran, Qazvin, and Qom15,000,000Ista-BursCities of Istanbul and Bursa; Gebze, Yalova, Izmit, and Adapazarı22,376,297

Europe

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. MegalopolisMajor cities and areasPopulation estimateBlue Banana: Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Leicester, Nottingham, Birmingham, Coventry, Milton Keynes, London

: Randstad (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht), Eindhoven

: Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège

: Rhine-Ruhr, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Nuremberg

: Luxembourg

: Strasbourg, Reims, Lille, Metz, Nancy, Paris

: Zürich, Basel

: Turin, Milan, Venice110,000,000–130,000,000Golden Banana: Turin, Genoa

: Nice, Toulon, Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, Nîmes, Montpellier, Narbonne, Perpignan

: Monaco

: Andorra

: Girona, Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Terrassa, Sabadell, Badalona, Tarragona, Castellón de la Plana, Valencia, Alicante40,000,000–45,000,000Orange Banana: Odesa

: Constanţa

: Varna, Burgas

: Istanbul30,000,000Green Banana: Tricity, Bydgoszcz–Toruń, Warsaw, Łódź, Kraków, Katowice, Wrocław

: Brno, Ostrava, Prague

: Bratislava

: Vienna

: Budapest, Pécs, Győr, Székesfehérvár, Szombathely

: Zagreb, Rijeka

: Ljubljana

: Trieste40,000,000–45,000,000STRING: Oslo (county Viken)

: Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Malmö (counties Västra Götaland, Halland, Skåne)

: Copenhagen (Capital Region of Denmark, Region of Southern Denmark)

: Hamburg, Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein state)14,000,000Atlantic Axis: Vigo, Ourense, Pontevedra, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña : Setúbal, Lisbon, Santarém, Leiria, Coimbra, Viseu, Aveiro, Porto, Braga, Viana do Castelo12,000,000Gulf of Finland: Kotka, Kouvola, Espoo, Helsinki, Vantaa, Lappeenranta, Lahti

: Gatchina, Saint Petersburg, Vyborg, Sosnovy Bor

: Tallinn, Narva, Tartu9,000,000

North America CountryMegalopolisMajor cities and areasPopulation estimateCascadiaCanada: Abbotsford, Surrey, Vancouver (BC), Victoria United States: Bellevue, Eugene, Everett, Portland (OR), Salem, Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Tri-Cities, Vancouver (WA)8,400,000Great LakesCanada: Brampton, Cambridge, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Markham, Mississauga, Montreal, Niagara Falls, Oshawa, Ottawa, Quebec City, Richmond Hill, Toronto, Vaughan, Waterloo, WindsorUnited States: Akron, Ann Arbor, Buffalo, Canton, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Des Moines, Detroit, Duluth, Erie, Flint, Fort Wayne, Green Bay, Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Kalamazoo, Kansas City, Lansing, Louisville, Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Omaha, Pittsburgh, Quad Cities, Rochester (NY), Rochester (MN), Rockford, Traverse City, Saginaw, St. Louis, Saint Paul, Sandusky, South Bend, Toledo, Youngstown59,100,000Quebec City–Windsor CorridorHamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Markham, Mississauga, Montreal, Oshawa, Ottawa, Peterborough, Quebec City, Richmond Hill, Toronto, Trois-Rivières, Vaughan, Waterloo, Windsor18,400,000BajíoGuadalajara, León, Querétaro, Aguascalientes, Celaya, Irapuato, San Juan del Río, Salamanca11,000,000Mexico City megalopolisMexico City, Puebla, Cuernavaca, Toluca, Pachuca, Tula, Tlaxcala, Cuautla, Tulancingo30,800,000Southern CaliforniaMexico: Tijuana

United States: Anaheim, Bakersfield, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oceanside, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego24,400,000 North East CorridorAlbany, Arlington, Baltimore, Boston, Brookhaven, Hartford, Hempstead, Jersey City, Newark, New Haven, New York City, Philadelphia, Providence, Springfield, Washington D.C.50,000,000

South America

CountryMegalopolisMajor cities and areasPopulation estimateRío de la Plata-Paraná MegaregionGreater Buenos Aires, Montevideo metropolitan area, Rosario metropolitan area, Greater La Plata, Santa Fé, Paraná, Punta del Este, Maldonado, Colonia del Sacramento, Zárate, Luján, Campana, San Nicolás de los Arroyos and San Pedro22,016,634Eixo Goiânia-Anápolis-BrasíliaGreater Goiânia and Federal District (Brazil)8,000,000Greater Belo HorizonteBelo Horizonte and Contagem5,800,000Greater CuritibaCuritiba and São José dos Pinhais3,500,000Greater Porto AlegrePorto Alegre and Canoas4,200,000Greater Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro, Baixada Fluminense, and Niterói-São Gonçalo13,000,000Recife metropolitan areaRecife and Jaboatão dos Guararapes3,900,000Rio de Janeiro–São Paulo MegalopolisSão Paulo Macrometropolis and Greater Rio de Janeiro51,500,000Salvador metropolitan areaSalvador and Camaçari3,900,000Golden TriangleBogotá, Soacha, Medellín, Cali, Cartago, Tuluá, Buga, Bello, Manizales, Armenia, Pereira, Dosquebradas, Ibagué, Girardot, El Espinal and Fusagasugá29,500,000Northeast Atlantic RegionBarranquilla, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Ciénaga, Malambo, Baranoa and Turbaco6,000,000Pacific BeltMedellín, Cali, Bello, Pereira, Manizales, Armenia, Itagüí, Yumbo, Tuluá, Cartago, Buga and Palmira9,000,000Santander BeltBucaramanga, Floridablanca, Girón, Piedecuesta, Cúcuta, Ocaña, Villa del Rosario and Pamplona3,000,000Santiago-ValparaísoSantiago, Valparaíso-Viña del Mar and Rancagua8,000,000Lima-Callao MegalopolisLima and Callao12,523,796Caracas-ValenciaCaracas, Valencia, and Maracay9,000,000Maracaibo Lake NarrowsMaracaibo, Cabimas and Ciudad Ojeda3,500,000

Notes

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

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