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Top 5 largest metropolitan areas in the world by population

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Metropolitan area population

Snapshot · 2026-08-09

  1. 1

    Tokyo

    ~37M

  2. 2

    Delhi

    ~33M

  3. 3

    Shanghai

    ~29M

  4. 4

    Dhaka

    ~23M

  5. 5

    São Paulo

    ~22M