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Largest Cities and Metro Areas in the USA and World

From this article about the Diamondbacks it seems like Phoenix is about the 12 largest metro area in the USA. I know population wise Phoenix is the 5th largest city, as opposed to metro-area in the USA. Source

Television market sizes

  1. New York City.
  2. Los Angeles.
  3. Chicago.
  4. Philadelphia.
  5. Dallas/Fort Worth.
  6. San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose.
  7. Boston / Manchester, N.H.
  8. Atlanta.
  9. Washington, D.C.
  10. Houston.
  11. Detroit.
  12. Phoenix.
  13. Tampa/St. Petersburg/Sarasota.
  14. Seattle/Tacoma.
  15. Minneapolis/St. Paul.
  16. Miami/Ft. Lauderdale.
  17. Cleveland/Akron/Canton.
  18. Denver.
  19. Orlando/Daytona Beach/Melbourne.
  20. Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto.
This is largest metro-areas in the USA from Source

Rank Metropolitan Area Name States 2000 Pop.

1New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania 21,199,865
2Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County California 16,373,645
3Chicago-Gary-Kenosha Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin 9,157,540
4Washington-Baltimore District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia 7,608,070
5San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose California 7,039,362
6Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland 6,188,463
7Boston-Worcester-Lawrence Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut 5,819,100
8Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint Michigan 5,456,428
9Dallas-Fort Worth Texas 5,221,801
10Houston-Galveston-Brazoria Texas 4,669,571
11Atlanta Georgia 4,112,198
12Miami-Fort Lauderdale Florida 3,876,380
13Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton Washington 3,554,760
14Phoenix-Mesa Arizona 3,251,876
15Minneapolis-St. Paul Minnesota, Wisconsin 2,968,806

I have problems with some of these numbers. My number for Los Angeles is about 16 million, but that would include Orange County, Riverside, and San Berdo, and parts of Ventura County. The San Francisco bay should be about 6 million. A list of metro-areas worldwide by Source

1Tokyo 35,197,000 Japan
2Mexico City 19,411,000 Mexico
3New York City-Newark 18,718,000 United States
4São Paulo 18,333,000 Brazil
5Mumbai 18,196,000 India
6Delhi 15,048,000 India
7Shanghai 14,503,000 China
8Kolkata 14,277,000 India
9Jakarta (Jabodetabek) 13,215,000 Indonesia
10Buenos Aires 12,550,000 Argentina
11Dhaka 12,430,000 Bangladesh
12Los Angeles/Long Beach/Santa Ana 12,298,000 United States
13Karachi 11,608,000 Pakistan
14Rio de Janeiro 11,469,000 Brazil
15Osaka-Kobe 11,268,000 Japan
16Cairo 11,128,000 Egypt
17Lagos 10,886,000 Nigeria
18Beijing 10,717,000 China
19Manila 10,686,000 Philippines
20Moscow 10,654,000 Russia City
21Paris 9,820,000 France
22Istanbul 9,712,000 Turkey
23Seoul 9,645,000 South Korea
24Chicago 8,814,000 United States
25London 8,505,000 United Kingdom
26Guangzhou 8,425,000 China
27Bogotá 7,747,000Colombia
28Tehran 7,314,000 Iran
29Shenzhen 7,233,000 China
30Lima 7,186,000 Peru
31Wuhan 7,093,000 China
32Hong Kong 7,041,000 China
33Tianjin 7,040,000 China
34Chennai 6,916,000 India
35Bangkok 6,593,000 Thailand
36Bangalore 6,462,000 India
37Chongqing 6,363,000 China City
38Lahore 6,289,000 Pakistan
39Hyderabad 6,115,000 India
40Kinshasa 6,049,000 Congo
41Baghdad 5,904,000 Iraq
42Santiago 5,683,000 Chile
43Madrid 5,608,000 Spain
44Miami 5,434,000 United States
45Philadelphia 5,392,000 United States
46Toronto 5,312,000 Canada
47Saint Petersburg 5,312,000 Russia
48Belo Horizonte 5,304,000 Brazil
49Ahmedabad 5,120,000 India
50Ho Chi Minh City 5,065,000 Vietnam
51Barcelona 4,795,000 Spain
52Shenyang 4,720,000 China
53Dallas-Fort Worth 4,655,000 United States
54Khartoum 4,518,000 Sudan
55Pune 4,409,000 India
56Boston 4,361,000 United States
57Sydney 4,331,000 Australia
58Singapore 4,326,000 Singapore
59Houston 4,320,000 United States
60Dongguan 4,320,000 China
61Atlanta 4,304,000 United States
62Washington, D.C. 4,238,000 United States
63Riyadh 4,193,000 Saudi Arabia
64Hanoi 4,164,000 Vietnam
65Bandung 4,126,000 Indonesia
66Chittagong 4,114,000 Bangladesh
67Yangon 4,107,000 Myanmar
68Chengdu 4,065,000 China
69Detroit 4,034,000 United States
70Guadalajara 3,968,000 Mexico
71Xi'an 3,926,000 China
72Porto Alegre 3,795,000 Brazil
73Alexandria 3,770,000 Egypt
74Haerbin 3,695,000 China
75Montreal 3,640,000 Canada
76Melbourne 3,626,000 Australia
77Nanjing 3,621,000 China
78Monterrey 3,596,000 Mexico
79Abidjan 3,577,000 Côte d'Ivoire
80Ankara 3,573,000 Turkey
81Surat 3,557,000 India
82Busan 3,554,000 South Korea
83Recife 3,527,000 Brazil
84Guiyang 3,447,000 China
85Phoenix 3,416,000 United States
86Berlin 3,389,000 Germany
87San Francisco-Oakland 3,385,000 United States
88Pyongyang 3,351,000 North Korea
89Rome 3,348,000 Italy
90Brasilia 3,341,000 Brazil
91Salvador 3,331,000 Brazil
92Johannesburg 3,254,000 South Africa
93Fortaleza 3,237,000 Brazil
94Athens 3,230,000 Greece
95Algiers 3,200,000 Algeria
96Nagoya 3,179,000 Japan
97Casablanca 3,138,000 Morocco
98Cape Town 3,083,000 South Africa
99Dalian 3,073,000 China
100Medellín 3,058,000 Colombia

A 2nd list by urban areas from Source

1Tokyo/Yokohama Japan 31,112,000
2New York/Philadelphia/Hartford United States 27,860,000
3Seoul/Incheon South Korea 22,447,000
4Mexico City/Toluca Mexico 20,861,000
5Jakarta Indonesia 20,087,000
6Manila Philippines 18,861,000
7São Paulo Brazil 18,240,000
8Delhi India 18,215,000
9Mumbai India 18,066,000
10Hong Kong/Shenzhen China 17,731,000
11Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto Japan 15,067,000
12Los Angeles/Riverside United States 14,446,000
13Shanghai China 14,345,000
14Kolkata India 14,223,000
15Cairo Egypt 12,525,000
16Moscow Russia 12,257,000
17Tianjin China 11,655,000
18Istanbul Turkey 11,619,000
19Rio de Janeiro Brazil 11,580,000
20Buenos Aires Argentina 11,575,000
21Dhaka Bangladesh 11,343,000
22Karachi Pakistan 11,087,000
23Tehran Iran 10,387,000
24Rhine-Ruhr Germany 10,069,000
25Paris France 9,928,000
26Beijing China 9,816,000
27London United Kingdom 9,332,000
28Bangkok Thailand 9,146,000
29Chicago United States 8,801,000
30Taipei Taiwan (ROC) 8,397,000
31Lima Peru 8,331,000
32Lagos Nigeria 8,039,000
33Bogotá Colombia7,986,000
34Kinshasa Congo 7,224,000
35Nagoya Japan 7,137,000
36Chennai India 6,902,000
37Boston/Providence United States 6,662,000
38Johannesburg South Africa 6,491,000
39Surabaya Indonesia 6,479,000
40Washington, D.C./Baltimore United States 6,474,000
41Bangalore India 6,404,000
42Hyderabad India 6,132,000
43Lahore Pakistan 6,004,000
44Santiago Chile 5,846,000
45Bandung Indonesia 5,778,000
46Baghdad Iraq 5,686,000
47Toronto/Hamilton Canada 5,597,000
48Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 5,567,000
49San Francisco/San Jose United States 5,449,000
50Miami United States 5,431,000
51Shenyang China 5,313,000
52Khartoum Sudan 5,214,000
53San Diego/Tijuana United States/Mexico 5,094,000
54Ahmedabad India 5,059,000
55Saint Petersburg Russia 5,051,000

Here is a list of the top 50 largest cities (not metro-areas) in the world from Source

1Mumbai 13,073,926
India
2Karachi 11,608,000
Pakistan
3Delhi 11,505,196
India
4São Paulo 11,016,703
Brazil
5Moscow 10,654,000
Russia
6Seoul 10,297,004
South Korea
7Istanbul 10,291,102
Turkey
8Shanghai 9,838,400
China
9Lagos 9,229,944
Nigeria
10Mexico City 8,658,576
Mexico
11Jakarta 8,568,838
Indonesia
12Tokyo 8,483,140
Japan
13New York City 8,143,197
United States
14Cairo 7,933,236
Egypt
15Tehran 7,797,520
Iran
16London 7,554,236
United Kingdom
17Beijing 7,441,000
China
18Bogotá 7,363,494
Colombia
19Lima 7,186,000
Peru
20Hong Kong 7,041,000
Hong Kong
21Dhaka 6,969,458
Bangladesh
22Bangkok 6,593,000
Thailand
23Lahore 6,289,000
Pakistan
24Rio de Janeiro 6,136,652
Brazil
25Kinshasa 6,049,000
Congo
26Baghdad 5,831,541
Iraq
27Bangalore 5,281,927
India
28Tianjin 5,095,900
China
29Yangon 4,668,755
Myanmar
30Santiago 4,656,690
Chile
31Kolkata 4,643,011
India
32Wuhan 4,488,900
China
33Chennai 4,376,400
India
34Singapore 4,326,000
Singapore
35Riyadh 4,193,000
Saudi Arabia
36Guangzhou 4,154,800
China
37Saint Petersburg 3,990,267
Russia
38Chongqing 3,934,200
China
39Shenyang 3,981,000
China
40Chittagong 3,920,222
Bangladesh
41Alexandria 3,917,082
Egypt
42Los Angeles 3,849,378
United States
43Ahmedabad 3,819,497
India
44Hyderabad 3,665,106
India
45Pusan 3,657,840
South Korea
46Yokohama 3,600,175
Japan
47Ankara 3,641,931
Turkey
48Abidjan 3,577,000
Côte d'Ivoire
49Ho Chi Minh City 3,525,282
Vietnam
50Berlin 3,389,000
Germany

Source: Nielsen Media Research

 

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