United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Population Division

Urban Agglomerations 1996

 Population residing
in agglomeration, 1996,
as a percentage of
Agglomeration Country Total
population
Urban
population
Lagos Nigeria 9.5 23.4
Lahore Pakistan 3.7 10.7
Lanzhou China 0.1 0.5
La Paz Bolivia 17.0 27.7
Leeds United Kingdom 2.5 2.8
Lima Peru 28.5 40.0
Lisbon Portugal 19.3 53.5
Lodz Poland 2.7 4.2
London United Kingdom 13.1 14.7
Los Angeles United States of America 4.7 6.1
Luanda Angola 19.6 61.9
Lucknow India 0.2 0.8
Ludhiana India 0.1 0.5
Luoyang China 0.1 0.4
Lusaka Zambia 16.8 38.8
Lyon France 2.3 3.0
Madras India 0.6 2.4
Madrid Spain 10.2 13.4
Madurai India 0.1 0.5
Managua Nicaragua 27.4 43.8
Manaus Brazil 0.8 1.0
Manchester United Kingdom 3.9 4.3
Mannheim Germany 1.9 2.2
Maputo Mozambique 13.3 37.8
Maracaibo Venezuela 7.4 8.6
Marseilles France 2.1 2.8
Mashhad Iran (Islamic Rep. of) 3.0 5.0
Medan Indonesia 0.9 2.4
Medellín Colombia 9.3 12.8
Meerut India 0.1 0.4
Melbourne Australia 17.2 20.4
Metro Manila Philippines 13.8 25.1
Mexico City Mexico 18.2 24.8
Miami United States of America 0.8 1.0
Milan Italy 7.4 11.1
Milwaukee United States of America 0.5 0.6
Minneapolis United States of America 0.8 1.1
Minsk Belarus 17.4 24.3
Monterrey Mexico 3.3 4.5
Montevideo Uruguay 41.6 46.0
Montreal Canada 11.2 14.6
Moscow Russian Federation 6.3 8.2
Multan Pakistan 0.9 2.6
Munich Germany 2.8 3.2

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