United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Population Division

Urban Agglomerations 1996

 Population (millions) Rank
Agglomeration Country 1996 2015 1996 2015
Lagos Nigeria 10.9 24.6 12 3
Lahore Pakistan 5.2 10.0 36 26
Lanzhou China 1.8 2.8 161 154
La Paz Bolivia 1.3 2.1 243 228
Leeds United Kingdom 1.4 1.4 213 349
Lima Peru 6.8 9.4 28 30
Lisbon Portugal 1.9 2.3 154 212
Lodz Poland 1.0 1.1 322 463
London United Kingdom 7.6 7.6 25 40
Los Angeles United States of America 12.6 14.2 7 15
Luanda Angola 2.2 5.0 129 65
Lucknow India 2.2 4.0 130 92
Ludhiana India 1.4 2.6 223 170
Luoyang China 1.4 2.2 217 218
Lusaka Zambia 1.4 2.9 219 149
Lyon France 1.3 1.4 236 359
Madras India 6.1 9.2 32 32
Madrid Spain 4.1 4.1 52 88
Madurai India 1.2 1.8 275 285
Managua Nicaragua 1.2 1.9 284 255
Manaus Brazil 1.2 1.9 262 266
Manchester United Kingdom 2.2 2.3 125 215
Mannheim Germany 1.6 1.6 187 307
Maputo Mozambique 2.4 5.3 115 56
Maracaibo Venezuela 1.7 2.4 183 189
Marseilles France 1.2 1.3 265 389
Mashhad Iran (Islamic Rep. of) 2.1 3.7 137 105
Medan Indonesia 1.7 2.7 174 157
Medellín Colombia 3.4 4.8 70 67
Meerut India 1.1 1.9 306 253
Melbourne Australia 3.1 3.5 80 114
Metro Manila Philippines 9.6 14.7 18 13
Mexico City Mexico 16.9 19.2 2 7
Miami United States of America 2.1 2.5 134 185
Milan Italy 4.2 4.3 50 85
Milwaukee United States of America 1.3 1.4 261 357
Minneapolis United States of America 2.3 2.6 123 165
Minsk Belarus 1.8 1.9 164 258
Monterrey Mexico 3.1 3.9 83 94
Montevideo Uruguay 1.3 1.4 234 348
Montreal Canada 3.3 3.7 73 104
Moscow Russian Federation 9.3 9.3 21 31
Multan Pakistan 1.3 2.6 249 174
Munich Germany 2.3 2.3 124 201

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United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/163), Sales No. E.97.XIII.2, Copyright (C) United Nations 1997