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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Medellin 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 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