United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division Urban Agglomerations 1996 Population (millions) Rank Agglomeration Country 1996 2015 1996 2015 ------------------- ------------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- Aachen Germany 1.0 1.1 319 482 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire 2.9 5.3 92 57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Accra Ghana 1.7 3.5 175 118 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adana Turkey 1.1 1.7 290 288 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2.6 6.6 109 47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adelaide Australia 1.0 1.2 323 426 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agra India 1.1 1.7 308 302 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ahmedabad India 3.8 5.8 57 53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aleppo Syrian Arab Republic 1.9 3.3 151 124 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexandria Egypt 3.7 5.4 62 54 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Algiers Algeria 3.8 6.4 56 50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alma-Ata Kazakstan 1.3 1.5 257 321 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amman Jordan 1.2 2.3 267 210 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amsterdam Netherlands 1.1 1.2 298 430 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ankara Turkey 2.9 4.0 91 89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anshan China 1.5 2.1 208 227 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arbil Iraq 1.9 3.8 158 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asansol India 1.1 2.4 293 194 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asuncion Paraguay 1.1 2.0 299 252 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Athens Greece 3.1 3.1 81 136 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlanta United States of America 2.5 3.0 111 141 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baghdad Iraq 4.4 6.9 45 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baku Azerbaijan 1.9 2.3 159 202 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baltimore United States of America 2.0 2.3 146 214 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bandung Indonesia 3.0 5.1 90 63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bangalore India 5.0 8.0 39 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bangkok Thailand 6.7 9.8 29 27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baotou China 1.4 2.0 226 239 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Barcelona Spain 2.8 2.8 97 152 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Barranquilla Colombia 1.2 1.6 286 320 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beijing China 11.4 15.6 11 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beirut Lebanon 1.9 2.5 157 184 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Belem Brazil 1.5 2.0 201 246 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Belgrade Yugoslavia 1.2 1.3 271 378 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Belo Horizonte Brazil 3.9 5.0 55 64 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benxi China 1.1 1.6 311 306 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Berlin Germany 3.3 3.3 74 123 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bhopal India 1.4 2.4 229 193 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bielefeld Germany 1.3 1.3 253 374 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birmingham United Kingdom 2.3 2.3 122 211 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bogota Colombia 6.2 8.4 31 34 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bombay India 15.7 26.2 5 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boston United States of America 2.9 3.2 95 129 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brasilia Brazil 1.8 2.4 162 190 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brazzaville Congo 1.0 2.1 317 236 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brisbane Australia 1.5 1.9 205 270 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brussels Belgium 1.1 1.1 295 459 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bucharest Romania 2.1 2.2 135 224 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budapest Hungary 2.0 2.0 142 243 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buenos Aires Argentina 11.9 13.9 9 17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bursa Turkey 1.1 1.8 304 278 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/163), Sales No. E.97.XIII.2 Copyright (C) United Nations 1997