Megacity

The conventional 5-million-plus threshold for a megacity. Population alone does not produce score dominance in the composite ranking, but it does set the stage for every other dimension to compound. Sorted by metro population.

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Megacity: showing 179 of 179 qualifying metros
RankMetroPopulationTier
#10GuangzhouChina67.8MGlobal Capital
#9ShanghaiChina50.4MGlobal Capital
#4TokyoJapan40.3MGlobal Capital
#48DelhiIndia36.8MMajor Metro
#46JakartaIndonesia36.2MMajor Metro
#43ManilaPhilippines28.3MMajor Metro
#165DhakaBangladesh26.5MRegional Hub
#26Mexico CityMexico26.4MContinental Metro
#8SeoulSouth Korea26.0MGlobal Capital
#94CalcuttaIndia24.9MMajor Metro
#52CairoEgypt23.7MMajor Metro
#37MumbaiIndia23.1MContinental Metro
#6BeijingChina22.6MGlobal Capital
#1New YorkUnited States22.3MGlobal Capital
#25Sao PauloBrazil22.3MContinental Metro
#73ChongqingChina21.6MMajor Metro
#17MoscowRussia21.5MContinental Metro
#49ChengduChina20.9MMajor Metro
#184LagosNigeria19.9MRegional Hub
#198LahorePakistan19.4MRegional Hub
#75TianjinChina19.3MMajor Metro
#7Los AngelesUnited States18.5MGlobal Capital
#14Osaka-Kyoto-KobeJapan18.1MContinental Metro
#36BangkokThailand17.3MContinental Metro
#58HangzhouChina17.2MMajor Metro
#70Xi'anChina17.2MMajor Metro
#195KarachiPakistan17.0MRegional Hub
#74ChangshaChina16.7MMajor Metro
#23IstanbulTurkey16.3MContinental Metro
#2LondonUnited Kingdom16.2MGlobal Capital
#104TehranIran16.0MMajor Metro
#38Buenos AiresArgentina15.2MContinental Metro
#50JohannesburgSouth Africa15.1MMajor Metro
#280KinshasaCongo DR15.0MEstablished Metro
#401ShantouChina13.6MEstablished Metro
#56WuhanChina13.5MMajor Metro
#169BangaloreIndia13.2MRegional Hub
#63Rio de JaneiroBrazil12.9MMajor Metro
#3ParisFrance12.9MGlobal Capital
#127ZhengzhouChina12.6MMajor Metro
#126Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam12.1MMajor Metro
#187ChennaiIndia11.5MRegional Hub
#139LimaPeru11.3MMajor Metro
#181ShijiazhuangChina11.2MRegional Hub
#22Rhine-RuhrGermany11.1MContinental Metro
#559LinyiChina11.0MEmerging Metro
#120BogotaColombia11.0MMajor Metro
#76NagoyaJapan10.6MMajor Metro
#324BaghdadIraq10.5MEstablished Metro
#11Washington-BaltimoreUnited States10.2MContinental Metro
#81QingdaoChina10.1MMajor Metro
#159HarbinChina10.0MRegional Hub
#12ChicagoUnited States9.9MContinental Metro
#369LuandaAngola9.9MEstablished Metro
#207SurabayaIndonesia9.9MRegional Hub
#597NanyangChina9.7MEmerging Metro
#41Kuala LumpurMalaysia9.7MContinental Metro
#483BandungIndonesia9.6MEmerging Metro
#233WenzhouChina9.6MRegional Hub
#240PuneIndia9.4MRegional Hub
#476HandanChina9.4MEmerging Metro
#145NingboChina9.4MRegional Hub
#607WeifangChina9.4MEmerging Metro
#132HefeiChina9.4MMajor Metro
#44NanjingChina9.3MMajor Metro
#135NairobiKenya9.3MMajor Metro
#60TaipeiTaiwan9.3MMajor Metro
#133JinanChina9.2MMajor Metro
#416ChittagongBangladesh9.2MEstablished Metro
#333XuzhouChina9.1MEstablished Metro
#116ShenyangChina9.1MMajor Metro
#178ChangchunChina9.1MRegional Hub
#664ZhoukouChina9.0MEmerging Metro
#142HanoiVietnam9.0MMajor Metro
#377GanzhouChina9.0MEstablished Metro
#185HyderabadIndia8.8MRegional Hub
#679HezeChina8.8MEmerging Metro
#337QuanzhouChina8.8MEstablished Metro
#152NanningChina8.7MRegional Hub
#33DallasUnited States8.7MContinental Metro
#157KunmingChina8.5MRegional Hub
#653JiningChina8.4MEmerging Metro
#96SantiagoChile8.3MMajor Metro
#154FuzhouChina8.3MRegional Hub
#710FuyangChina8.2MEmerging Metro
#79Busan-UlsanSouth Korea8.1MMajor Metro
#21HoustonUnited States8.0MContinental Metro
#5San Francisco-San JoseUnited States8.0MGlobal Capital
#517FaisalabadPakistan7.9MEmerging Metro
#20MilanItaly7.8MContinental Metro
#730ShangqiuChina7.8MEmerging Metro
#234NantongChina7.7MRegional Hub
#475TangshanChina7.7MEmerging Metro
#16TorontoCanada7.7MContinental Metro
#124DalianChina7.5MMajor Metro
#18Hong KongHong Kong7.4MContinental Metro
#382IslamabadPakistan7.4MEstablished Metro
#348YangonMyanmar7.4MEstablished Metro
#764CangzhouChina7.3MEmerging Metro
#29PhiladelphiaUnited States7.3MContinental Metro
#35AtlantaUnited States7.3MContinental Metro
#67RiyadhSaudi Arabia7.2MMajor Metro
#776XingtaiChina7.1MEmerging Metro
#283YantaiChina7.1MEstablished Metro
#295LuoyangChina7.1MEstablished Metro
#485JinhuaChina7.1MEmerging Metro
#228AhmedabadIndia7.0MRegional Hub
#784ZhumadianChina7.0MEmerging Metro
#282ZhanjiangChina7.0MEstablished Metro
#19MadridSpain6.9MContinental Metro
#788BijieChina6.9MEmerging Metro
#13BostonUnited States6.8MContinental Metro
#443YogyakartaIndonesia6.8MEstablished Metro
#602YanchengChina6.7MEmerging Metro
#809HengyangChina6.6MEmerging Metro
#696ZunyiChina6.6MEmerging Metro
#547SemarangIndonesia6.6MEmerging Metro
#814ShaoyangChina6.6MEmerging Metro
#28MiamiUnited States6.5MContinental Metro
#217AlexandriaEgypt6.5MRegional Hub
#820ShangraoChina6.5MEmerging Metro
#239Dar es SalaamTanzania6.4MRegional Hub
#392AbidjanCôte d'Ivoire6.3MEstablished Metro
#738BamakoMali6.3MEmerging Metro
#102St. PetersburgRussia6.3MMajor Metro
#160NanchangChina6.3MRegional Hub
#842XinxiangChina6.3MEmerging Metro
#844XinyangChina6.2MEmerging Metro
#166ColomboSri Lanka6.2MRegional Hub
#849CumillaBangladesh6.2MEmerging Metro
#383KhartoumSudan6.2MEstablished Metro
#852MaomingChina6.2MEmerging Metro
#376AccraGhana6.2MEstablished Metro
#40MunichGermany6.1MContinental Metro
#24SingaporeSingapore6.1MContinental Metro
#501SuratIndia6.1MEmerging Metro
#793VijayawadaIndia6.0MEmerging Metro
#172GuiyangChina6.0MRegional Hub
#864AllahabadIndia6.0MEmerging Metro
#865LiaochengChina6.0MEmerging Metro
#874MymensinghBangladesh5.9MEmerging Metro
#672PatnaIndia5.8MEmerging Metro
#149AnkaraTurkey5.8MRegional Hub
#678YulinChina5.8MEmerging Metro
#884QujingChina5.8MEmerging Metro
#51FrankfurtGermany5.7MMajor Metro
#34BarcelonaSpain5.7MContinental Metro
#30BerlinGermany5.7MContinental Metro
#32Dubai-SharjahUnited Arab Emirates5.7MContinental Metro
#215UrumqiChina5.7MRegional Hub
#900NanchongChina5.6MEmerging Metro
#99StuttgartGermany5.5MMajor Metro
#15SydneyAustralia5.5MContinental Metro
#251AmmanJordan5.5MRegional Hub
#595AnyangChina5.5MEmerging Metro
#919Tai'anChina5.5MEmerging Metro
#62DetroitUnited States5.4MMajor Metro
#27MelbourneAustralia5.4MContinental Metro
#338JiaxingChina5.4MEstablished Metro
#925DazhouChina5.4MEmerging Metro
#199Belo HorizonteBrazil5.4MRegional Hub
#161MonterreyMexico5.3MRegional Hub
#179TaiyuanChina5.3MRegional Hub
#576KampalaUganda5.3MEmerging Metro
#168GuadalajaraMexico5.3MRegional Hub
#705ChangdeChina5.3MEmerging Metro
#488XiangyangChina5.3MEmerging Metro
#100Cape TownSouth Africa5.2MMajor Metro
#71PhoenixUnited States5.2MMajor Metro
#119XiamenChina5.2MMajor Metro
#55MontrealCanada5.2MMajor Metro
#381CebuPhilippines5.2MEstablished Metro
#510KabulAfghanistan5.1MEmerging Metro
#757KanoNigeria5.1MEmerging Metro
#31SeattleUnited States5.1MContinental Metro
#225CaracasVenezuela5.1MRegional Hub
#442MedanIndonesia5.1MEstablished Metro
#716YueyangChina5.1MEmerging Metro
#819GujranwalaPakistan5.0MEmerging Metro