The World's Megacities

The biggest metropolis inward the footing is Tokyo, amongst a population of  38 million. Or it could hold upward Guandong, amongst a population of 40.5 million. It all depends on which listing of the world's largest megacities that yous hollo to.

Earlier today I linked to a set out of maps which allow yous to explore population density only about the world. However the cities amongst the almost dense populations are non necessarily the cities amongst the largest populations. The European Commission's Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) provides spatial information on the physical size of human settlements too on the population sizes of those settlements. The GHSL Urban Centres Database maps 32 megacities - cities amongst a population of over x million.

On the interactive map if yous conduct to sentiment the 'Urban Centre Database' too and then 'Visualization' from the ii drop-down menus yous tin sack sentiment the almost populated cities inward the world. Beneath the map yous tin sack conduct to filter the cities shown past times the size of their population. According to the map at that spot are 32 megacities only about the footing amongst a population over x million. In the USA this includes Los Angeles (14,281,720) too New York (15,950,674). However LA too New York aren't the biggest cities inward North America. That abide by goes to United Mexican States City (19,559,564).

One occupation amongst determining the population size of cities is how yous define their borders. Which is in all probability why at that spot is a large discrepancy betwixt the populations sizes of cities given inward the GHSL too Wikipedia's listing of Megacities. Wikipedia lists Tokyo every bit the biggest megacity inward the footing amongst a population of 38,140,000. The GHSL says Tokyo has a population of 33,028,731, quite a long means behind the 40,589,878 population that the GHSL says lives inward Guandong. Wikipedia listing Guandong every bit their 6th largest city, amongst a population of 25,000,000.

The overstep five megacities amongst the largest populations according to Wikipedia are:

1. Tokyo (38,140,000)
2. Shanghai (34,000,000)
3. Jakarta (31,500,000)
4. Delhi (27,200,000)
5. Seoul (25,600,000)

The United Nations has a completely unlike list. Their overstep five (according to this MSN list) is:

1. Tokyo (37,500,000)
2. Delhi (28,500,000)
3. Shanghai (25,600,000)
4. São Paulo (21,700,000)
5. Mexico City (21,600,000)