:Template:World's most populous urban areas

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|name = World's most populous urban areas

|title = World's 50 most-populous urban areas

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|Tokyo

|Jakarta

|Delhi

|Guangzhou–Foshan

|Mumbai

|Manila

|Shanghai

|Seoul

|Cairo

|Mexico City

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|Kolkata

|São Paulo

|New York

|Karachi

|Dhaka

|Bangkok

|Beijing

|Moscow

|Shenzhen

|Buenos Aires

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|Los Angeles

|Johannesburg-Pretoria

|Bengaluru

|Chengdu

|Ho Chi Minh City

|Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto

|Lagos

|Istanbul

|Lahore

|Kinshasa–Brazzaville

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|Tehran

|Chongqing

|Rio de Janeiro

|Xi'an

|Chennai

|Paris

|Zhengzhou

|Luanda

|London

|Dongguan

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|col5={{olist|start=41

|Lima

|Wuhan

|Bogotá

|Tianjin

|Hyderabad

|Taipei

|Hangzhou

|Nagoya

|Surabaya

|Bandung

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The ranking is based on Demographia's "World Urban Areas" study.{{cite web|title=Demographia World Urban Areas, 19th Annual Edition|url=http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf|publisher=Demographia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207210003/www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf|archive-date=7 February 2020|date=1 November 2023}}

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