United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division Urban Agglomerations 1996 Population (millions) Rank Agglomeration Country 1996 2015 1996 2015 ------------------- ------------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- Cairo Egypt 9.9 14.4 17 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calcutta India 12.1 17.3 8 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cali Colombia 1.9 2.6 150 171 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Campinas Brazil 1.7 2.4 181 197 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cape Town South Africa 2.8 4.4 98 83 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Caracas Venezuela 3.0 3.8 87 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Casablanca Morocco 3.2 4.8 78 68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changchun China 4.4 8.9 44 33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changde China 1.3 1.8 248 274 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changsha China 1.6 2.5 189 186 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chelyabinsk Russian Federation 1.2 1.2 279 425 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chengdu China 4.5 7.8 43 38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago United States of America 6.9 7.5 27 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chittagong Bangladesh 2.6 4.9 108 66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chongqing China 3.6 5.4 66 55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cincinnati United States of America 1.3 1.5 250 340 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cleveland United States of America 1.7 1.9 179 259 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coimbatore India 1.2 1.8 272 280 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cologne Germany 3.0 3.1 88 137 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Columbus United States of America 1.0 1.2 331 419 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conakry Guinea 1.6 3.5 185 110 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copenhagen Denmark 1.3 1.3 237 373 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cordoba Argentina 1.3 1.7 239 300 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Curitiba Brazil 2.3 3.1 119 138 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dakar Senegal 1.8 3.5 165 117 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dalian China 2.7 4.7 104 72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dallas United States of America 3.7 4.4 61 82 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Damascus Syrian Arab Republic 2.1 3.5 136 115 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daqing China 1.2 2.0 270 242 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dar Es Salaam United Rep. of Tanzania 1.8 3.8 163 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Datong China 1.6 2.6 188 166 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Davao Philippines 1.0 1.7 320 295 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Delhi India 10.3 16.9 14 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Denver United States of America 1.6 1.9 186 264 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Detroit United States of America 3.7 4.1 59 87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dhaka Bangladesh 9.0 19.5 22 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine 1.2 1.3 266 396 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Donetsk Ukraine 1.2 1.2 287 438 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Douala Cameroon 1.4 2.9 221 151 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Durban South Africa 1.3 1.9 245 257 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dusseldorf Germany 3.1 3.4 82 121 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- East Rand South Africa 1.8 3.0 168 143 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ekaterinburg Russian Federation 1.4 1.4 214 351 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Esfahan Iran (Islamic Rep. of) 2.1 4.6 139 76 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Essen Germany 6.5 6.6 30 46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Faisalabad Pakistan 1.9 3.8 149 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fort Lauderdale United States of America 1.4 1.7 222 304 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fortaleza Brazil 2.7 3.8 102 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frankfurt Germany 3.6 3.7 63 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fushun China 1.6 2.4 190 198 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fuzhou China 1.6 2.6 184 172 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Nations 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