what is the largest city in the world?

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worlds_Largest_Cities
(this shows by area or population)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_by_population
(This is the same but for metropolitan cities)

If you're not sure what it is you're looking for
I'd guess it would be by population and a metropolitan area.
which is Tokyo.

Answer 2

What is the world's largest city?

Tokyo has the honor of being the world's largest city by population.
The Greater Tokyo Area is home to some 36 million people with a population density 2,650 people per km².

As of late 2006 here are the largest 10 cities with estimated population:


# CITY POPULATION

1 Tokyo 36,000,000
2 Seoul 24,000,000
3 Mexico City 20,000,000
4 New York 19,500,000
5 São Paulo 19,000,000
6 Mumbai 18,500,000
7 Delhi 15,500,000
8 Shanghai 15,000,000
9 Kolkata 14,500,000
10 Jakarta 13,500,000

Answer 3

It depends on square feet or population...

Worlds largest city by population----

Two of the world’s cities, Seoul and Sao Paulo, have official populations of more than ten million people. But probably there are two or three more cities that can claim to have reached the 10 million mark in 2003. Bombay, Jakarta and Karachi, all had populations well in excess of nine million at the end of the 20th century.

Answer 4

By city population:

Mumbai, population 12.8 million.

Next is Karachi, 11.5, then Delhi, 11.1.

Mexico City is #9, New York #11, Tokyo #12.
http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/cities.htm

Largest metropolitan area by land mass:

New York City, 8700 square kilometers.
http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/largest-cities-2007.html





By urban area population

Tokyo, 34.2 million
http://www.matthewweathers.com/year2002/biggest_cities.htm

Answer 5

Two of the world’s cities, Seoul and Sao Paulo, have offiicial populations of more than ten million people. But probably there are two or three more cities that can claim to have reached the 10 million mark in 2003. Bombay, Jakarta and Karachi, all had populations well in excess of nine million at the end of the 20th century.

Answer 6

largest city - seoul
largest city by land area - new york
largest city by population - tokyo
largest city by population density - mumbai

Answer 7

yup... I would say Mexico City..I heard they were over 23 million souls...have you ever seen a panoramic view of Mexico city? Holy... smokes... completely incredible... even from about 20-30 feet you can see the haze...

Answer 8

China, tokyo, Paris

Answer 9

Largest by square footage or population? They are not the same...

Answer 10

i think it would be mexico city