Rank City / Urban area Country Population Land area
(in sqKm)
Density
(people per sqKm)
1 New York Metro USA 17,800,000 8,683 2,050
2 Tokyo/Yokohama Japan 33,200,000 6,993 4,750
3 Chicago USA 8,308,000 5,498 1,500
4 Atlanta USA 3,500,000 5,083 700
5 Philadelphia USA 5,149,000 4,661 1,100
6 Boston USA 4,032,000 4,497 900
7 Los Angeles USA 11,789,000 4,320 2,750
8 Dallas/Fort Worth USA 4,146,000 3,644 1,150
9 Houston USA 3,823,000 3,355 1,150
10 Detroit USA 3,903,000 3,267 1,200
11 Washington USA 3,934,000 2,996 1,300
12 Miami USA 4,919,000 2,891 1,700
13 Nagoya Japan 9,000,000 2,875 3,150
14 Paris France 9,645,000 2,723 3,550
15 Essen/Düsseldorf Germany 7,350,000 2,642 2,800
16 Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto Japan 16,425,000 2,564 6,400
17 Seattle USA 2,712,000 2,470 1,100
18 Johannesburg/East Rand South Africa 6,000,000 2,396 2,500
19 Minneapolis/St. Paul USA 2,389,000 2,316 1,050
20 San Juan Puerto Rico 2,217,000 2,309 950
An urban area (urbanized area agglomeration or urban centre) is a continuously built up landmass of urban development. National census authorities in Australia, Canada, France, the United Kingdom and the United States designate urban areas. Except in Australia, the authorities use a minimum urban density definition of 400 persons per square kilometer (or the nearly identical 1,000 per square mile in the United States).
2007-07-26 11:10:00
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answered by Menehune 7
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