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This is a list of the largest municipalities and urban areas in the world by area.
There are 81 cities in the world with a population exceeding 5 million people, according to 2018 estimates by the United Nations. The UN figures include a mixture of city proper, metropolitan area, and urban area.
Defining the world’s largest city by land area is difficult as many cities are always growing. However, New York is often estimated to be the largest city in the world by land area, with a total of 8,683 square kilometers.
The two largest cities by area that are not in the U.S. are Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan, and Moscow, Russia. Tokyo-Yokohama is the world’s third-largest city at 8,230 km² (3,178 mi²), and Moscow is the seventh-largest at 4,662 km² (2,274 mi²).
To identify the world’s 50 largest cities by area, 24/7 Wall St. used data from the August 2023 edition of the World Urban Areas report from Demographia, an urban development research...
Explore the 2023 updated list of the world's ten largest cities. Delve into the unique characteristics, cultural diversity, and dynamic growth of these urban giants in our comprehensive guide.
As well as delving into the population of different cities, it also highlights the largest cities in land area.
Learn what the 25 biggest cities in the world are based on both area and population. We rank the largest cities by urban area and number of residents.
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Progress has been made in civil engineering and infrastructure, and modern cities have supported tens of millions of people; these are the largest worldwide.