List of megalopolises

!Country

!Megalopolis

!Major cities and areas

!Population
estimate

|Greater Cairo

|The Governorates of Cairo, Giza and Qalyubiyya

|22,183,000{{Cite web |title=Cairo, Egypt Metro Area Population 1950–2023 |url=https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/22812/cairo/population |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608074258/https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/22812/cairo/population |archive-date=2023-06-08 |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Macrotrends}}

|Governorates of Alexandria, Beheira, Kafr el-Sheikh, Gharbia, Monufia, Qalyubiyya, Dakahlia, Damietta, Al Sharqia, and Port Said

|50,322,424{{Cite web |title=Egypt in Figures-Census 2019 - 201937112036_2019 سكان.pdf |url=https://www.capmas.gov.eg/Pages/Publications.aspx?page_id=5109&YearID=23354}}

|Nairobi Metropolitan Region

|The counties of Kajiado, Kiambu, Nairobi, Machakos and Murang'a

|10,411,220{{cite web |title=KNBS |url=http://www.knbs.or.ke/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611224813/http://www.knbs.or.ke/ |archive-date=2023-06-11 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=KNBS}}

|El Jadida-Casablanca-Rabat-Salé-Kenitra

|El Jadida-Casablanca-Rabat-Salé-Kenitra

|11,000,000

|Gauteng Province

|The cities of Pretoria, Witwatersrand and Vereeniging includes the urbanised portion of Pretoria, Centurion, Midrand, Johannesburg and the Vaal Triangle{{cite web |title=::Gauteng on Track to Global City-Region:: |url=http://www.joburg.org.za/2006/aug/aug30_globalcity.stm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061007183353/http://www.joburg.org.za/2006/aug/aug30_globalcity.stm |archive-date=2006-10-07 |access-date=2007-01-01}}{{cite web |title=:: Working on Gauteng's Global City Plans :: |url=http://www.joburg.org.za/2006/july/jul20_cityregion.stm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924035139/http://www.joburg.org.za/2006/july/jul20_cityregion.stm |archive-date=2006-09-24 |access-date=2007-01-01}}

|15,810,400{{Cite web |title=South Africa: Provinces and Major Urban Areas – Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/southafrica/cities/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}

|rowspan=5|Abidjan–Lagos Corridor

|Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Porto-Novo

|rowspan=5|42,436,069{{cite web |last= |date= |year= |title=World Urbanization Prospects – Population Division – United Nations |url=https://population.un.org/wup/Download/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |publisher= |pages= |language= |format= |quote= |periodical=}}

|Accra, Cape Coast, Sekondi-Takoradi

|Abidjan

|Lagos

|Lomé

!Country

!Megalopolis

!Major cities and areas

!Population estimate

|{{Further|Megalopolises in China}}

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|Greater Tokyo Area

|Kantō region, broadly including Tokyo and Yokohama

|38,000,000United Nations (March 12, 2017). "[https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/urbanization/the_worlds_cities_in_2016_data_booklet.pdf The World's Cities in 2016]" (PDF). United Nations

|Kansai region, includes Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe

|19,000,000[http://www.stat.go.jp/data/nenkan/back60/zuhyou/y0206000.xls Japan Statistics Bureau] – "2010 Census", retrieved August 23, 2015

|Ibaraki, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, and Ōita

|81,000,000{{cite web |title=2015 Population Census |url=http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kokusei/2015/summary.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825120347/http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kokusei/2015/summary.htm |archive-date=August 25, 2016 |access-date=August 13, 2016 |publisher=Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |df=mdy-all}}

|Greater Busan Area

|Busan, Ulsan, Changwon, Gimhae, Yangsan, Jinju

|13,000,000

|Seoul, Incheon, Suwon, Goyang, Yongin, Seongnam, and the rest of Gyeonggi Province

|26,000,000

|West Coast of Taiwan[https://soas.ac.uk/taiwanstudies/eats/eats2008/file43175.pdf From Urban Corridor to Megalopolis: The “Metropolization” of Taiwan], retrieved July 19, 2022

|Taipei, New Taipei City, Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Changhua, Chiayi, Tainan, and Kaohsiung

|18,000,000

!Country

!Megalopolis

!Major cities and areas

!Population estimate

|Jakarta metropolitan area (Jabodetabekpunjur){{cite web |title=Indonesia: Administrative Division |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/indonesia-admin.php |publisher=Citypopulation.de}}

|Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi

|54,900,000

|Gresik, Bangkalan, Mojokerto, Surabaya, Sidoarjo and Lamongan

|19,700,000

|Mega Manila

|Regions Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Mimaropa excluding Palawan, and regional centers San Fernando-Manila-Calamba-Calapan

|41,100,000

|Bay of Bangkok Economic Rim

|Bangkok–Ayutthaya–Pattaya

|20,800,000

|Red River Delta

|Hanoi, Hai Phong, Nam Định, and Hải Dương

|21,000,000

|Đồng Nai, Bình Dương, Ho Chi Minh City, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, Long An, Tiền Giang

|22,900,000

!Country

!Megalopolis

!Major cities and areas

!Population estimate

| Dhaka Megalopolis{{Cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Kaamil |last2=Montu |first2=Rafiqul Islam |date=2021-03-26 |title=The making of a megacity: how Dhaka transformed in 50 years of Bangladesh |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/mar/26/the-making-of-a-megacity-how-dhaka-transformed-in-50-years-of-bangladesh |access-date=2025-04-26 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

|Cities of Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj, Tongi, Savar, Siddhirganj, Keraniganj, Fatullah

|21,551,232

|Chennai Megalopolis{{cite web |title=Chennai to become a megapolis, State government gives approval |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2017/jul/04/chennai-to-become-a-megapolis-state-government-gives-approval-1624006.html |access-date=2021-05-10 |website=The New Indian Express|date=4 July 2017 }}

|Districts of Chennai, Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Ranipet

|12,400,000

|Cities of Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Meerut and Noida

|46,000,000

|Cities of Kolkata, Howrah, Hugli-Chuchura, Kalyani, Barrackpore, Barasat, Chandannagar

|21,100,000

|Cities of Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Kalyan-Dombivali, Vasai-Virar, Panvel

|27,100,000

|Lahore Megalopolis

|Cities of Lahore, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura,

Raiwind, Kamoke, Muridke

|17,700,000

!Country

!Megalopolis

!Major cities and areas

!Population estimate

|Greater Tehran

|Tehran and Alborz provinces expanding into Mazandaran, Qazvin, and Qom

|15,000,000

|Ista-Burs

|Cities of Istanbul and Bursa; Gebze, Yalova, Izmit, and Adapazarı{{cite news |date=February 28, 2019 |title=The Real Powerhouses That Drive the World's Economy |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-28/mapping-the-mega-regions-powering-the-world-s-economy |access-date=2021-08-21}}{{Cite journal |last1=Adler |first1=Patrick |last2=Florida |first2=Richard |last3=Hartt |first3=Maxwell |date=2020 |title=Mega Regions and Pandemics |journal=Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie |language=en |volume=111 |issue=3 |pages=465–481 |doi=10.1111/tesg.12449 |issn=1467-9663 |pmc=7361226 |pmid=32834149}}

|22,376,297{{Cite web |date=6 February 2024 |title=TÜİK Kurumsal |url=https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Bulten/Index?p=Adrese-Dayali-Nufus-Kayit-Sistemi-Sonuclari-2023-49684%20ki%C5%9Fi%20oldu. |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=data.tuik.gov.tr}}

!Megalopolis

!Major cities and areas

!Population estimate

|{{Flagu|United Kingdom}}: Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Leicester, Nottingham, Birmingham, London

{{Flagu|Netherlands}}: Randstad (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht), Eindhoven

{{Flagu|Belgium}}: Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège

{{Flagu|Germany}}: Rhine-Ruhr, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Nuremberg

{{Flagu|Luxembourg}}: Luxembourg

{{Flagu|France}}: Strasbourg, Lille, Paris{{NoteTag|While initially excluded, has included in later versions}}

{{Flagu|Switzerland}}: Zürich, Basel

{{Flagu|Italy}}: Turin, Milan, Venice

|110,000,000–130,000,000{{cite web |author=Ina Schmidt |title=The European Blue Banana |url=http://www.eu-partner.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9:the-blue-banana&catid=1:news&Itemid=16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102312/http://www.eu-partner.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9%3Athe-blue-banana&catid=1%3Anews&Itemid=16 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=5 October 2014}}

|{{Flagu|Italy}}: Turin, Genoa

{{Flagu|France}}: Nice, Toulon, Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, Nîmes, Montpellier, Narbonne, Perpignan

{{Flagu|Monaco}}: Monaco

{{Flagu|Andorra}}: Andorra

{{Flagu|Spain}}: Girona, Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Terrassa, Sabadell, Badalona, Tarragona, Castellón de la Plana, Valencia, Alicante

|40,000,000–45,000,000{{cite book |last1=Pedrazzini |first1=Luisa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=arH5Ag1T1OcC&pg=PA69 |title=From Territorial Cohesion to the New Regionalized Europe |last2=Akiyama |first2=Renata Satiko |year=2011 |publisher=Maggioli Editore |isbn=9788838760341 |access-date=5 October 2014}}

|{{Flagu|Ukraine}}: Odesa

{{Flagu|Romania}}: Constanţa

{{Flagu|Bulgaria}}: Varna, Burgas

{{Flagu|Turkey}}: Istanbul

|30,000,000

|{{Flagu|Poland}}: Gdańsk, Warsaw, Łódź, Kraków, Katowice, Wrocław

{{Flagu|Czech Republic}}: Brno, Ostrava, Prague

{{Flagu|Slovakia}}: Bratislava

{{Flagu|Austria}}: Vienna

{{Flagu|Hungary}}: Budapest, Pécs, Győr, Székesfehérvár, Szombathely

{{Flagu|Croatia}}: Zagreb, Rijeka

{{Flagu|Slovenia}}: Ljubljana

{{Flagu|Italy}}: Trieste

|40,000,000–45,000,000

|{{Flagu|Norway}}: Oslo (county Viken)

{{Flagu|Sweden}}: Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Malmö (counties Västra Götaland, Halland, Skåne)

{{Flagu|Denmark}}: Copenhagen (Capital Region of Denmark, Region of Southern Denmark)

{{Flagu|Germany}}: Hamburg, Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein state)

|14,000,000{{cite web |title=STRING megaregion |url=https://stringmegaregion.org/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=stringmegaregion |publisher=STRING}}

|{{Flagu|Spain}}: Vigo, Ourense, Pontevedra, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña

{{Flagu|Portugal}}: Setúbal, Lisbon, Santarém, Leiria, Coimbra, Viseu, Aveiro, Porto, Braga, Viana do Castelo

|12,000,000{{cite web |last1=Lois-González |first1=Rubén C. |date=7 October 2004 |title=A Model of Spanish-portuguese Urban Growth: the Atlantic Axis |url=https://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-E1MX7TB4/5207a7d0-12a5-4538-89aa-0a15e948b888/PDF |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208070726/https://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-E1MX7TB4/5207a7d0-12a5-4538-89aa-0a15e948b888/PDF |archive-date=8 December 2017 |access-date=7 December 2017 |publisher=Universidad de Santiago de Compostela |page=7(287) |df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web |title=Eixo Atlántico |url=https://www.eixoatlantico.com/en/ |website=eixoatlantico}}

|{{Flagu|Finland}}: Kotka, Kouvola, Espoo, Helsinki, Vantaa, Lappeenranta, Lahti

{{Flagu|Russia}}: Gatchina, Saint Petersburg, Vyborg, Sosnovy Bor

{{Flagu|Estonia}}: Tallinn, Narva, Tartu

|9,000,000

!width=100|Country

!Megalopolis

!Major cities and areas

!Population estimate

|Quebec City–Windsor Corridor

|Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Markham, Mississauga, Montreal, Oshawa, Ottawa, Peterborough, Quebec City, Richmond Hill, Toronto, Trois-Rivières, Vaughan, Waterloo, Windsor

|18,400,000

{{Flagu|United States}}

|Cascadia

|Canada: Abbotsford, Surrey, Vancouver (BC), Victoria

United States: Bellevue, Eugene, Everett, Portland (OR), Salem, Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Tri-Cities, Vancouver (WA)

|8,400,000

|Canada: Brampton, Cambridge, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Mississauga, Montreal, Niagara Falls, Oshawa, Ottawa, Quebec City, Richmond Hill, Toronto, Vaughan, Waterloo, Windsor
United 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, Youngstown

|59,100,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-the-great-lakes-megalopolis.html#:~:text=The%20Great%20Lakes%20Megalopolis%20is%20North%20America's%20largest%20and%20most,over%2060%20million%20by%202025.|title=What is the Great Lakes Megalopolis?|date=February 2019 |access-date=2024-03-23}}

|Bajío

|Guadalajara, León, Querétaro, Aguascalientes, Celaya, Irapuato, San Juan del Río, Salamanca

|11,000,000

|Mexico City, Puebla, Cuernavaca, Toluca, Pachuca, Tula, Tlaxcala, Cuautla, Tulancingo

|30,800,000

|North East Corridor

|Albany, Arlington, Baltimore, Boston, Brookhaven, Hartford, Hempstead, Jersey City, Newark, New Haven, New York City, Philadelphia, Providence, Springfield, Washington D.C.

|50,000,000{{Cite web |date=Fall 2021 |title=Megalopolis 2021 |url=https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/visualizations/2021/demo/megalopolis.pdf |website=Census.gov}}

{{Flagu|United States}}

|Southern California

|Mexico: Tijuana

United States: Anaheim, Bakersfield, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oceanside, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego

|24,400,000

|{{Further|Megaregions of the United States}}

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!Country

!Megalopolis

!Major cities and areas

!Population estimate

|Buenos Aires-La Plata

|Greater Buenos Aires, Greater La Plata, Zárate, Luján, Campana,

|16,710,000{{cite web |date=July 2022 |title=Demographia World Urban Areas, 18th Annual Edition |url=http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf |access-date=2023-01-30 |publisher=Demographia}}

|Río de la Plata-Paraná Megaregion

|Greater 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 Pedro

|22,016,634

|Eixo Goiânia-Anápolis-Brasília

|Greater Goiânia and Federal District (Brazil)

|8,000,000

|Belo Horizonte and Contagem

|5,800,000

|Curitiba and São José dos Pinhais

|3,500,000

|Porto Alegre and Canoas

|4,200,000

|Rio de Janeiro, Baixada Fluminense, and Niterói-São Gonçalo

|13,000,000

|Recife and Jaboatão dos Guararapes

|3,900,000

|São Paulo Macrometropolis and Greater Rio de Janeiro

|51,500,000

|São Paulo, Campinas, São José dos Campos, Sorocaba, Jundiaí, Piracicaba, Santos

|34,500,000

|Salvador and Camaçari

|3,900,000

|Bogota National Capital Metropolis

|Bogotá, Soacha, Facatativá, Chía, Tunja, Fusagasugá, Zipaquirá, Madrid, Funza, Cajicá, Ubaté, Sibaté, Guaduas, Villa de Leyva and Tocancipá

|17,000,000

|Bogotá, Soacha, Medellín, Cali, Cartago, Tuluá, Buga, Bello, Manizales, Armenia, Pereira, Dosquebradas, Ibagué, Girardot, El Espinal and Fusagasugá

|29,500,000

|Barranquilla, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Ciénaga, Malambo, Baranoa and Turbaco

|6,000,000

|Medellín, Cali, Bello, Pereira, Manizales, Armenia, Itagüí, Yumbo, Tuluá, Cartago, Buga and Palmira

|9,000,000

|Bucaramanga, Floridablanca, Girón, Piedecuesta, Cúcuta, Ocaña, Villa del Rosario and Pamplona

|3,000,000

|Santiago-Valparaíso

|Santiago, Valparaíso-Viña del Mar and Rancagua

|8,000,000

|Lima-Callao Megalopolis

|Lima and Callao

|12,523,796

|Caracas-Valencia

|Caracas, Valencia, and Maracay

|9,000,000

|Maracaibo, Cabimas and Ciudad Ojeda

|3,500,000