List of largest urban areas by continent
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Largest urban areas, by continent
= Africa =
- {{flagicon|Egypt}} Cairo (Egypt) – 21,750,000
- {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Lagos (Nigeria) – 21,210,000
- {{flagicon|DR Congo}} Kinshasa (DR Congo) – 15,628,000
- {{flagicon|South Africa}} Johannesburg (South Africa) – 10,110,000
- {{flagicon|Angola}} Luanda (Angola) – 8,952,000
- {{flagicon|Tanzania}} Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) – 7,405,000
- {{flagicon|Sudan}} Khartoum (Sudan) – 6,160,000
- {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Abidjan (Ivory Coast) – 5,516,000
- {{flagicon|Egypt}} Alexandria (Egypt) – 5,484,000
- {{flagicon|Ethiopia}} Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) – 5,228,000
= Asia =
- {{flagicon|Japan}} Tokyo (Japan) – 37,274,000
- {{flagicon|Indonesia}} Jakarta (Indonesia) – 32,594,150
- {{flagicon|India}} Delhi (India) – 32,066,000
- {{flagicon|China}} Shanghai (China) – 28,517,000
- {{flagicon|Philippines}} Manila (Philippines) – 28,250,517
- {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} Dhaka (Bangladesh) – 22,478,000
- {{flagicon|China}} Beijing (China) – 21,333,000
- {{flagicon|India}} Mumbai (India) – 20,961,000
- {{flagicon|Japan}} Osaka (Japan) – 19,060,000
- {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Karachi (Pakistan) – 16,840,000
- {{flagicon|China}} Chongqing (China) – 16,875,000
= Europe =
- {{flagicon|Russia}} Moscow (Russia) – 17,641,000
- {{flagicon|Turkey}} Istanbul (Turkey) – 15,636,000
- {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} London (United Kingdom) – 14,800,000
- {{flagicon|France}} Paris (France) – 11,142,000
- {{flagicon|Spain}} Madrid (Spain) – 6,714,000
- {{flagicon|Germany}} Berlin (Germany) – 6,144,600
- {{flagicon|Spain}} Barcelona (Spain) – 5,658,000
- {{flagicon|Russia}} Saint Petersburg (Russia) – 5,536,000
- {{flagicon|Italy}} Rome (Italy) – 4,298,000
- {{flagicon|Greece}} Athens (Greece) – 3,154,000
= North America =
- {{flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico City (Mexico) – 22,085,000
- {{flagicon|United States}} New York City – Newark (United States) – 18,867,000
- {{flagicon|United States}} Los Angeles – Long Beach – Santa Ana (United States) – 12,488,000
- {{flagicon|United States}} Chicago (United States) – 8,901,000
- {{flagicon|United States}} Houston (United States) – 6,603,000
- {{flagicon|United States}} Dallas – Fort Worth (United States) – 6,488,400
- {{flagicon|Canada}} Toronto (Canada) – 6,313,000
- {{flagicon|United States}} Miami (United States) – 6,079,000
- {{flagicon|United States}} Philadelphia (United States) – 5,705,000
- {{flagicon|United States}} Washington, D.C. – Baltimore (United States) – 5,434,000
= Central America and Caribbean =
- {{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) – 4,579,536
- {{flagicon|Cuba}} Havana (Cuba) – 3,349,290
- {{flagicon|Guatemala}} Guatemala City (Guatemala) – 3,036,000
- {{flagicon|Haiti}} Port-au-Prince (Haiti) – 2,618,894
- {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} San Juan (Puerto Rico) – 2,437,000
- {{flagicon|Panama}} Panama City (Panama) – 1,938,000
- {{flagicon|Honduras}} Tegucigalpa (Honduras) – 1,527,000
- {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} San José (Costa Rica) – 1,441,000
- {{flagicon|Jamaica}} Kingston (Jamaica) – 1,190,763
- {{flagicon|El Salvador}} San Salvador (El Salvador) – 1,111,000
= South America =
- {{flagicon|Brazil}} São Paulo (Brazil) – 22,430,000
- {{flagicon|Argentina}} Buenos Aires (Argentina) – 15,370,000
- {{flagicon|Brazil}} Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) – 13,634,000
- {{flagicon|Colombia}} Bogotá (Colombia) – 11,344,000
- {{flagicon|Peru}} Lima – Callao (Peru) – 11,176,000
- {{flagicon|Chile}} Santiago (Chile) – 6,857,000
- {{flagicon|Brazil}} Belo Horizonte (Brazil) – 6,194,000
- {{flagicon|Brazil}} Brasília (Brazil) – 4,804,000
- {{flagicon|Brazil}} Recife (Brazil) – 4,220,000
- {{flagicon|Brazil}} Porto Alegre (Brazil) – 4,185,004
= Oceania =
- {{flagicon|Australia}} Sydney (Australia) – 4,870,000
- {{flagicon|Australia}} Melbourne (Australia) – 4,859,000
- {{flagicon|Australia}} Brisbane (Australia) – 2,568,927
- {{flagicon|Australia}} Perth (Australia) – 2,016,000
- {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Auckland (New Zealand) – 1,582,000
- {{flagicon|Australia}} Adelaide (Australia) – 1,328,000
- {{flagicon|United States}} Honolulu (United States) – 1,016,000
- {{flagicon|Australia}} Gold Coast (Australia) – 687,000
- {{flagicon|Australia}} Canberra (Australia) – 452,000
- {{flagicon|Australia}} Newcastle (Australia) – 447,000