List of largest cities by area
This is a list of the largest urban areas in the world by area.
Urban areas[]
This table shows all cities or conurbations with a total urbanised area of at least 5,000 km2, according to Demographia's annual World Urban Areas[1] publication, that uses a consistent methodology between countries to provide comparable population and area figures.
Urban area | Country | Built-up land area (km2) |
Population | Urban population density (per km2) |
---|---|---|---|---|
New York City (New York City Metropolitan Area) | United States | 12,093 | 20,902,000 | 1,728 |
Boston-Providence | United States | 9,539 | 7,340,000 | 769 |
Tokyo-Yokohama | Japan | 8,231 | 39,105,000 | 4,751 |
Atlanta | United States | 7,400 | 5,434,000 | 734 |
Chicago | United States | 7,006 | 9,013,000 | 1,286 |
Los Angeles | United States | 6,351 | 15,477,000 | 2,437 |
Moscow | Russia | 5,879 | 17,693,000 | 3,009 |
Washington, D.C.-Baltimore | United States | 5,501 | 7,583,000 | 1,378 |
Philadelphia | United States | 5,429 | 5,697,000 | 1,049 |
Dallas-Fort Worth | United States | 5,278 | 6,960,000 | 1,319 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Demographia World Urban Areas 17th Annual Edition: 202106" (PDF). Demographia. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- "The largest cities in the world by land area, population and density". CityMayors.com. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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- Urban geography
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- Lists by area
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