United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division Urban Agglomerations 1996 World's urban agglomerations of 10 million or more inhabitants, 1996 Population Rank Agglomeration Country (thousands) ---- ------------- ---------------------- ----------- 1 Tokyo Japan 27,242 -------------------------------------------------------- 2 Mexico City Mexico 16,908 -------------------------------------------------------- 3 Sao Paulo Brazil 16,792 -------------------------------------------------------- 4 New York United States of America 16,390 -------------------------------------------------------- 5 Bombay India 15,725 -------------------------------------------------------- 6 Shanghai China 13,659 -------------------------------------------------------- 7 Los Angeles United States of America 12,576 -------------------------------------------------------- 8 Calcutta India 12,118 -------------------------------------------------------- 9 Buenos Aires Argentina 11,931 -------------------------------------------------------- 10 Seoul Republic of Korea 11,768 -------------------------------------------------------- 11 Beijing China 11,414 -------------------------------------------------------- 12 Lagos Nigeria 10,878 -------------------------------------------------------- 13 Osaka Japan 10,618 -------------------------------------------------------- 14 Delhi India 10,298 -------------------------------------------------------- 15 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 10,264 -------------------------------------------------------- 16 Karachi Pakistan 10,119 -------------------------------------------------------- United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/163), Sales No. E.97.XIII.2 Copyright (C) United Nations 1997