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rank name urban area pop rank name urban area pop 1 london greater london 9 787 426 11 bristol bristol 617 280 2 manchester greater manchester 2 553 379 12 edinburgh edinburgh 512 150 3 birmingham west midlands 2 440 986 13 leicester leicester 508 916 4 leeds west yorkshire 1 777 934 14 belfast belfast 483 418 5 glasgow greater glasgow 985 290 15 brighton brighton hove 474 485 6 liverpool liverpool 864 122 16 bournemouth south east dorset 466 266 7 southampton south hampshire 855 569 17 cardiff cardiff 390 214 8 newcastle upon tyne tyneside 774 891 18 middlesbrough teesside 376 633 9 nottingham nottingham 729 977 19 stoke on trent stoke on trent 372 775 10 sheffield sheffield 685 368 20 coventry coventry 359 262 north america edit canada edit main article list of the largest population centres in canada according to statistics canada an urban area in canada is an area with a population of at least 1 000 people where the density is no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre 1 000 sq mi 60 if two or more urban areas are within 2 km 1 2 mi of each other by road they are merged into a single urban area provided they do not cross census metropolitan area or census agglomeration boundaries 61 the downtown area of toronto in the canada 2011 census statistics canada redesignated urban areas with the new term population centre 62 the new term was chosen in order to better reflect the fact that urban vs rural is not a strict division but rather a continuum within which several distinct settlement patterns may exist for example a community may fit a strictly statistical definition of an urban area but may not be commonly thought of as urban because it has a smaller population or functions socially and economically as a suburb of another urban area rather than as a self contained urban entity or is geographically remote from other urban communities accordingly the new definition set out three distinct types of population centres small population 1 000 to 29 999 medium population 30 000 to 99 999 and large population 100 000 or greater 62 despite the change in terminology however the demographic definition of a population centre remains unchanged from that of an urban area a population of at least 1 000 people where the density is no fewer than 400 persons per km 2 mexico edit downtown mexico city as seen from the street mexico is one of many countries where the urbanization rate is at least 80 mexico city its capital is the largest urban area in the country united states edit main article list of united states urban areas in the united states the census bureau defines urban areas and delineates urban area boundaries after each census the bureau defines an urban area as a statistical geographic entity consisting of a densely settled core created from census blocks and contiguous qualifying territory that together have at least 2 000 housing units or 5 000 persons 63 there were 2 646 urban areas identified by the census bureau for 2020 511 of these had a population of 50 000 or more 64 for the 2000 and 2010 censuses the census bureau differentiated between two kinds of urban areas urbanized areas and urban clusters the term urbanized area denoted an urban area of 50 000 or more people urban areas under 50 000 people were called urban clusters urbanized areas were first delineated in the united states in the 1950 census while urban clusters were added in the 2000 census the distinction between urbanized areas and urban clusters was removed for the 2020 census 63 urban areas consist of a densely settled urban core plus surrounding developed areas that meet certain density criteria since urban areas are composed of census blocks and not cities counties or county equivalents urban area boundaries may consist of partial areas of these political units urban areas are distinguished from rural areas any area not part of an urban area is considered to be rural by the census bureau 63 the downtown skyline of dallas texas the largest urban area in the united states is that of new york city and its surrounding suburbs the new york jersey city newark ny nj urban area had a population of 19 426 449 as of 2020 while the larger metropolitan area had a population of 20 140 470 and the combined statistical area had a population of 23 582 649 the next five largest urban areas in the u s are those of los angeles chicago miami houston and dallas 64 80 0 percent of the population of the united states lives within the boundaries of an urban area as of the 2020 census 65 the skyscrapers of new york city the most populous city in the united states and the most populous u s metropolitan area are almost all situated in manhattan the world s largest central business district seen here in this panorama in february 2018 as viewed from weehawken new jersey riverside church time warner center 220 central park south central park tower one57 432 park avenue 53w53 chrysler building bank of america tower conde nast building the new york times building empire state building manhattan west a 55 hudson yards b 35 hudson yards c 10 hudson yards d 15 hudson yards 56 leonard street 8 spruce street woolworth building 70 pine street 30 park place 40 wall street three world trade center four world trade center one world trade center the concept of urbanized areas as defined by the u s census bureau is often used as a more accurate gauge of the size of a city since in different cities and states the lines between city borders and the urbanized area of that city are often not the same for example the city of greenville south carolina has a city population just over 68 000 and an urbanized area population of around 400 000 while greensboro north carolina has a city population just over 285 000 and an urbanized area population of around 300 000 meaning that greenville is actually larger for some intents and purposes but not for others such as taxation local elections etc in the u s department of agriculture s natural resources inventory urban areas are officially known as developed areas or urban and built up areas such areas include cities ethnic villages other built up areas of more than 10 ac 4 ha industrial sites railroad yards cemeteries airports golf courses shooting ranges institutional and public administration sites and similar areas the 1997 national resources inventory placed over 98 000 000 ac 40 000 000 ha in this category an increase of 25 000 000 ac 10 000 000 ha since 1982 66 oceania edit australia edit the australian bureau of statistics refers to urban areas as urban centres which it generally defines as population clusters of 1 000 or more people 67 australia is one of the most urbanised countries in the world with more than 50 of the population residing in australia s three biggest urban centres citation needed 67 sydney is australia s largest city home to 5 3 million inhabitants 68 new zealand edit main article urban areas of new zealand statistics new zealand defines urban areas in new zealand which are independent of any administrative subdivisions and have no legal basis 69 there are four classes of urban area major urban areas population 100 000 large urban areas population 30 000 99 999 medium urban areas population 10 000 29 999 and small urban areas population 1 000 9 999 as of 2021 there are 7 major urban areas 13 large urban areas 22 medium urban areas and 136 small urban areas urban areas are reclassified after each new zealand census so population changes between censuses does not change an urban area s classification v t e largest cities or towns in new zealand statistics new zealand june 2025 estimate ssga18 boundaries 70 rank name region pop rank name region pop 1 auckland auckland 1 547 200 11 new plymouth taranaki 60 200 2 christchurch canterbury 407 800 12 porirua wellington 60 100 3 wellington wellington 209 800 13 rotorua bay of plenty 58 500 4 hamilton waikato 192 100 14 whangārei northland 56 100 5 tauranga bay of plenty 160 900 15 invercargill southland 51 200 6 lower hutt wellington 113 200 16 nelson nelson 50 800 7 dunedin otago 104 000 17 hastings hawke s bay 49 800 8 palmerston north manawatū whanganui 81 200 18 upper hutt wellington 44 500 9 hibiscus coast auckland 67 800 19 whanganui manawatū whanganui 42 800 10 napier hawke s bay 66 400 20 gisborne gisborne 38 100 south america edit argentina edit a view of downtown buenos aires argentina is highly urbanized 71 the ten largest metropolitan areas account for half of the population and fewer than one in ten live in rural areas about 3 million people live in buenos aires city and the greater buenos aires metropolitan area totals around 15 million making it one of the largest urban areas in the world with a population of 18 million all up 72 córdoba has around 1 5 million people living in the urban area while rosario mendoza and tucumán have around 1 2 million inhabitants each 72 and la plata mar del plata salta and santa fe 72 73 have at least 500 000 people each brazil edit the following paragraph is an excerpt from list of metropolitan areas in brazil definitions edit in brazil the terms metropolitan area portuguese região metropolitana and urban agglomeration aglomeração urbana have specific meanings they are defined by federal and state legislation as collections of municipalities focused on integrating the organization planning and execution of public functions of common interest 74 an integrated development area região integrada de desenvolvimento is one of the two above structures that crosses state or federal district boundaries skyline of são paulo the largest city in brazil v t e largest urban agglomerations in brazil 2022 census ibge 75 rank name state pop rank name state pop 1 são paulo são paulo 20 673 280 11 manaus amazonas 2 063 689 2 rio de janeiro rio de janeiro 11 760 550 12 campinas são paulo 2 093 118 3 belo horizonte minas gerais 4 963 704 13 belém pará 1 957 533 4 brasília federal district 3 858 760 14 vitória espírito santo 1 756 172 5 recife pernambuco 3 783 639 15 baixada santista são paulo 1 672 991 6 porto alegre rio grande do sul 3 679 298 16 são josé dos campos são paulo 1 589 875 7 fortaleza ceará 3 424 978 17 são luís maranhão 1 458 836 8 curitiba paraná 3 382 210 18 natal rio grande do norte 1 263 738 9 salvador bahia 3 320 568 19 maceió alagoas 1 194 596 10 goiânia goiás 2 481 043 20 florianópolis santa catarina 1 183 874 chile edit chile is highly urbanized the largest urban area in the country is its capital santiago see also edit city developed environments list of largest urban areas by continent new urbanism urban climatology urban culture urban decay urban forest urban forestry urban green space urban planning urban renewal urban vitality urbanization sources edit this article incorporates text from a free content work licensed under cc by 4 0 license statement permission text taken from the state of the world s land and water resources for food and agriculture 2025 food and agriculture organization 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