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# THE 20 LARGEST WORLD METROPOLITAN AREAS, 2003: DATA FOR FORSTALL DEFINITIONS
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# (Populations in thousands estimated for 1 July 2003.)
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# CC Name Rank Population Yr_change % Area(km2) Pop/km2
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JP Tokyo 1 32,450 213 0.66 8014 4049.2
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KR Seoul 2 20,550 227 1.12 5076 4048.5
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MX Mexico City 3 20,450 307 1.54 7346 2783.8
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US New York 4 19,750 120 0.61 17884 1104.3
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IN Mumbai (Bombay) 5 19,200 472 2.53 2350 8170.2
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ID Jakarta 6 18,900 225 1.21 5100 3705.9
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BR Sao Paulo 7 18,850 289 1.57 8479 2223.1
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IN Delhi-New Delhi 8 18,600 686 3.86 3182 5845.4
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JP Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto 9 17,375 28 0.16 6930 2507.2
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CN Shanghai 10 16,650 335 2.07 5177 3216.1
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PH Manila 11 16,300 461 2.96 2521 6465.7
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CN Hong Kong-Shenzhen 12 15,800 797 5.42 3051 5178.6
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US Los Angeles 13 15,250 205 1.38 10780 1414.7
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IN Kolkata (Calcutta) 14 15,100 257 1.74 1785 8459.4
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RU Moscow 15 15,000 103 0.69 14925 1005.0
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EG Cairo 16 14,450 257 1.89 1600 9031.3
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AR Buenos Aires 17 13,170 79 0.62 10888 1209.6
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UK London 18 12,875 112 0.87 11391 1130.3
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CN Beijing 19 12,500 301 2.49 6562 1904.9
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PK Karachi 20 11,800 370 3.43 1100 10727.3
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# Data source:
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# WHICH ARE THE LARGEST? WHY PUBLISHED POPULATIONS
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# FOR MAJOR WORLD URBAN AREAS VARY SO GREATLY
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# Richard L. Forstall, Richard P. Greene, James B. Pick
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# http://web.archive.org/web/20130114203922/http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/cityfutures/papers/webpapers/cityfuturespapers/session3_4/3_4whicharethe.pdf
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# Country codes added by L. Ramalho
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