Editing Metropolitan area

{{Short description|Administrative unit of a dense urban core and its satellite cities}}
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{{for-multi|similar concepts|Metropolis|and|Conurbation}}A '''metropolitan area''' or '''metro''' is a region consisting of a densely populated [[urban area|urban agglomeration]] and its surrounding territories which share [[Industry (economics)|industries]], [[commercial area]]s, [[Transport infrastructure|transport network]], [[infrastructure]]s and [[housing]].<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/59481|doi = 10.5772/intechopen.73524|chapter = Characteristics of Urban Agglomerations in Different Continents: History, Patterns, Dynamics, Drivers and Trends|title = Urban Agglomeration|year = 2018|last1 = Loibl|first1 = Wolfgang|last2 = Etminan|first2 = Ghazal|last3 = Gebetsroither-Geringer|first3 = Ernst|last4 = Neumann|first4 = Hans-Martin|last5 = Sanchez-Guzman|first5 = Santiago|isbn = 978-953-51-3897-6}}</ref><ref>Squires, G. Ed. Urban Sprawl: Causes, Consequences, & Policy Responses. (The urban Institute Press (2002)</ref>  A metropolitan area usually comprises multiple [[Principal city|principal cities]], [[jurisdiction]]s and [[Municipality|municipalities]]: [[Neighbourhood|neighborhoods]], [[township]]s, [[borough]]s, [[City|cities]], [[town]]s, [[exurb]]s, [[suburb]]s, [[County|counties]], [[district]]s and even [[State (polity)|state]]s and [[nation]]s in areas like the [[eurodistrict]]s. As social, economic and political institutions have changed, metropolitan areas have become key economic and political regions.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Mark |first1=M. |last2=Katz |first2=B |last3=Rahman |first3=S. |last4=Warren |first4=D. |url=https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_metropolicy_fullreport.pdf |title=MetroPolicy: Shaping A New Federal Partnership for a Metropolitan Nation |publisher=Brookings Institution |date=2008 |pages=4–103}}</ref>[[File:New York City, Southern RI and CT, illuminated at night.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|[[Satellite imagery|Satellite image]] of the [[New York metropolitan area]], the largest metropolitan area in the United States and one of the largest in the world, with [[Long Island]] in the east and [[Manhattan]] at the center of the densest part of the image]]Metropolitan areas in the United States are delineated around the [[Urban Area|core]] of a [[core based statistical area]] which is defined as an [[urban area]], (this is different than the [[urban core]]) and consists of central and outlying counties, as the terms [[central city]] and [[suburb]] are no longer used by the census bureau due to suburbanization of employment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2010-06-28/pdf/2010-15605.pdf|title=Federal Register|publisher=Office of Management and Budget|access-date=October 5, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.newgeography.com/content/004453-urban-cores-core-cities-and-principal-cities|title=Urban cores, Core cities and Principal cites|publisher=new geography.com|access-date=October 5, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of Urban Terms|url=http://demographia.com/db-define.pdf |work=demographia.com|access-date=22 October 2013}}</ref> In other countries metropolitan areas are sometimes anchored by one [[Core city|central city]] such as the [[Paris metropolitan area]] ([[Paris]]). In other cases, metropolitan areas contain multiple centers of equal or close to equal importance, especially in the United States; for example, the [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area]] has eight principal cities. The [[Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area]] in Pakistan, the [[Rhine-Ruhr]] in Germany, and the [[Randstad]] in The Netherlands are other examples.<ref>{{cite web |title=List 2. Principal cities of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, march 2020 |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/geographies/reference-files/2020/delineation-files/list2_2020.xls |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331230753/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/geographies/reference-files/2020/delineation-files/list2_2020.xls |archive-date=2022-03-31}}</ref>

In the [[United States]], the concept of [[metropolitan statistical area]]s has gained prominence. The area of the Greater [[Washington metropolitan area]] is an example of statistically grouping independent cities and county areas from various states to form a larger city because of proximity, history and recent [[Urban area|urban]] convergence. Metropolitan areas may themselves be part of a greater [[megalopolis]]. For urban centres located outside metropolitan areas that generate a similar attraction at a smaller scale for a region, the concept of a [[regiopolis]] and a respective regiopolitan area, or regio, was introduced by German professors in 2006.<ref>Iris Reuther (FG Stadt- und Regionalplanung, Universität Kassel): Presentation "Regiopole Rostock". 11 December 2001, retrieved 13 June 2009 (pdf).</ref> In the United States, the term [[micropolitan statistical area]] is used.

==Definition==
[[File:Hoja-especial-50-Madrid y su entorno-2012.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|A metropolitan area usually includes a main city and a series of smaller satellite cities as can be seen in this map of [[Madrid]]'s metropolitan area (click on the map to enlarge it).]]
A metropolitan area combines an [[urban agglomeration]] with the contiguous built-up areas, which are not necessarily urban in character but are closely bound to the center by employment or other commerce. These outlying zones are sometimes known as a commuter belt and may extend well beyond the urban zone to other political entities. For example, [[East Hampton, New York]], on [[Long Island]] is considered part of the [[New York metropolitan area]].

In 2020, the [[European Commission]], the [[Food and Agriculture Organization]], the [[United Nations Human Settlements Programme]], the [[International Labour Organization]], the [[OECD]], and the [[World Bank]] have agreed on a common methodological framework for delimitation of urban and rural areas, which contains a definition of metropolitan areas called the [[Functional urban area]].<ref>{{cite book |author=European Union/FAO/UN-Habitat/OECD/The World Bank |date=2021 |doi=10.2785/706535 |isbn=978-92-76-20306-3 |language=en |location=Luxembourg |page=51 |publisher=Publications Office of the European Union |title=Applying the Degree of Urbanisation — A methodological manual to define cities, towns and rural areas for international comparisons — 2021 edition |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3859598/15348338/KS-02-20-499-EN-N.pdf/0d412b58-046f-750b-0f48-7134f1a3a4c2?t=1669111363941 |doi-access=free }}<!-- auto-translated from Polish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> It is defined as a city and its commuting zone, which is a contiguous area of spatial units that have at least 15% of their employed residents working in the city.<ref>{{cite book |author=European Union/FAO/UN-Habitat/OECD/The World Bank |date=2021 |doi=10.2785/706535 |isbn=978-92-76-20306-3 |language=en |location=Luxembourg |page=52 |publisher=Publications Office of the European Union |title=Applying the Degree of Urbanisation — A methodological manual to define cities, towns and rural areas for international comparisons — 2021 edition |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3859598/15348338/KS-02-20-499-EN-N.pdf/0d412b58-046f-750b-0f48-7134f1a3a4c2?t=1669111363941 |doi-access=free }}<!-- auto-translated from Polish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

In practice, the parameters of metropolitan areas, in both official and unofficial usage, are not consistent. Sometimes they are little different from an urban area, and in other cases, they cover broad regions that have little relation to a single urban settlement; comparative statistics for metropolitan areas should take this into account. The term metropolitan can also refer to a [[county]]-level [[municipal government]] structure, with some shared services between a central city and its suburbs, which may or may not include the entirety of a metropolitan area. Population figures given for one metro area can vary by millions.

There has been no significant change in the basic concept of metropolitan areas since its adoption in 1950,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/metroareas/aboutmetro.html|title=About Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division |access-date=27 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110925114107/https://www.census.gov/population/www/metroareas/aboutmetro.html |archive-date= Sep 25, 2011 }}</ref> although significant changes in geographic distributions have occurred since then, and more are expected.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Alternative Approaches to Defining Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan |date=December 21, 1998 |journal=Federal Register |volume=63 |issue=244 |publisher=OMB |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/rewrite/fedreg/msa.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723114246/http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/rewrite/fedreg/msa.html|url-status=dead|archivedate=July 23, 2009}}</ref> Because of the fluidity of the term "metropolitan statistical area", the term used colloquially is more often "metro service area", "metro area", or "MSA", taken to include not only a city but also the surrounding suburban, exurban and sometimes rural areas, all of which the city is presumed to influence. A '''polycentric metropolitan area'''<!-- bolded because this term redirects here --> contains multiple urban agglomerations not connected by continuous development. In defining a metropolitan area, it is sufficient that a city or cities form a nucleus with which other areas have a high degree of integration.

A metropolitan area is commonly known and characterized by a high concentration in [[tertiary sector of the economy|service sector]] labor and enterprises.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/07/how-services-increased-the-economic-gap-between-the-rural-and-urban-us/ |first1=Alexandra |last1=Lopez-Cermeño |date=Jul 14, 2015 |title=How services increased the economic gap between the rural and urban US |publisher=[[World Economic Forum]]|access-date=2022-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=The Development of Metropolitan Economy in Europe and America |journal=The American Historical Review |date=1922 |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=695–708 |doi=10.2307/1837536 |doi-access=free |jstor=1837536 |last1=Gras |first1=N. S. B. }}</ref> [[Macroeconomics]] views metropolitan areas as [[trade]] regions of economic significance.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Olberding |first=Julie Cencula |date=Aug 2002 |title=Diving into the "Third Waves" of Regional Governance and Economic Development Strategies: A Study of Regional Partnerships for Economic Development in U.S. Metropolitan Areas |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/089124240201600305 |journal=Economic Development Quarterly |language=en |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=251–272 |doi=10.1177/089124240201600305 |publisher=SAGE Journals |access-date=28 April 2023 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Since, presently, urban data are based on arbitrary definitions that vary from country to country and from year or census to the next, making them difficult to compare, an Urban Metric System (UMS) has been conceived that could correct the problem,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S1757-7802(24)00342-1|title=Estimating urban sprawl standards by means of the Urban Metric System |last1=Tellier |first1=Luc-Normand |last2=Quesnel |first2=Frédéric |last3=Bur |first3=Justin |publisher=Regional Science Policy and Planning |date=November 2024 }}</ref> since it allows computing the urban area limits and central points, and it can be applied in the same way to all past, present and future population and job distributions. 
It is based on vector field calculations obtained by assuming that, in a given space, all inhabitants and jobs exert the same attractive force ''A'' and repulsive force ''R''. The net force (''A'' - ''R'') exerted by each inhabitant or job is given by [1/(1 + ''d'')] - [1/( ''β'' + ''d''/2)], where ''d'' = distance and ''β'' is the only parameter. 
UMS distinguishes the following types of urban areas, each type corresponding to a given value of ''β'':
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!Urban area
!Distance at which the attractive force = the repulsive force 
!Value of ''β''
|-
!1
!Central city
!10 km
!6
|-
!2
!Agglomeration
!20 km
!11
|-
!3
!Metropolis
!40 km
!21
|-
!4
!Patropolis
!80 km
!41
|-
!5
!Megalopolis
!160 km
!81
|-
!6
!Urban system
!320 km
!161
|-
!7
!Urban macrosystem
!640 km
!321
|-
!8
!Continental system
!1,280 km
!641
|-
!9
!Intercontinental system
!2,560 km
!1,281
|-
!10
!World system
!5,120 km
!2,561
|}

UMS has been applied to some Canadian cases since 2018, but the data presented in this article are still based on the various existing national definitions, which are disparate.

==Africa==
=== Algeria ===
Urban population rate: 72% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* '''Algiers Metropolitan Area'''

The '''Algiers Metropolitan Area''' consists of four provinces: [[Tipaza]], [[Blida Province|Blida]], [[Algiers]], and [[Boumerdès]]. It spans approximately 5,726 km² and had a population of 5,384,175 as of the 2008 census.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-12-31 |language=fr-FR |title=MONOGRAPHIE |url=https://consulat-paris-algerie.fr/monographie-institutions-de-letat/ |website=Consulat Général d'Algérie à Paris}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> Projections estimate that the population may exceed 9 million.

The area is served by a modern railway system, the [[Algiers tramway|Algiers Tramway]],<ref>[http://www.algerie-dz.com/article5863.html Tramway d'Alger : début des travaux]</ref> and the [[Algiers Metro]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ACTIVITÉS :: Entreprise Métro d'Alger |url=http://www.metroalger-dz.com/fr/activites.php?idAC=6&EMA=MTR |website=metroalger-dz.com}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> There are plans to expand public transport to the surrounding provinces of [[Tipaza Province|Tipaza]] and [[Boumerdès]].

Notable urban and suburban areas include [[Sidi Abdellah]] and [[Hydra, Algiers|Hydra]]. Major commercial and industrial zones are located in [[Reghaïa]] and [[Ouled Hedadj]]. The metropolitan area is also home to key maritime trade infrastructure, including the [[Algiers|Port of Algiers]] and the planned [[El Hamdania port|Port of El Hamdania]].

* '''Sétif–Constantine Metropolitan Area'''

The '''Sétif–Constantine Metropolitan Area''' includes seven provinces: [[Sétif]], [[Béjaïa]], [[Bordj Bou Arréridj Province|Bordj Bou Arréridj]], [[Mila Province|Mila]], [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]], [[Skikda]], and [[Annaba Province|Annaba]]. It covers an area of approximately 24,946 km² and had a population of 6,238,698. Current estimates suggest the population may be closer to 8 million.

The region is connected by a national rail system, and major cities such as [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]] and [[Sétif]] have operational tramway networks.<ref>[http://www.elwatan.com/regions/est/constantine/la-mise-en-service-prevue-pour-le-premier-trimestre-2013-02-05-2012-168892_129.php La mise en service prévue pour le premier trimestre 2013], Ratiba.B, ''El Watan'', 2 mai 2012</ref> Tramway projects are also planned for [[Béjaïa]] and [[Annaba]].

This metropolitan area hosts several of the largest commercial and industrial zones in North Africa, including [[El Eulma]], [[Chelghoum Laïd]], [[El Hadjar]], and [[Akbou]]. Major urban centers include [[Sétif|Sétif city]], [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine city]], [[El Khroub]], [[Béjaïa]], and [[Annaba]]. The area also encompasses important agricultural zones, particularly in [[Béjaïa]] and [[Bordj Bou Arréridj Province|Bordj Bou Arréridj]].

Key maritime ports serving the region include the [[Béjaïa|Port of Béjaïa]], [[Annaba|Port of Annaba]], and [[Skikda|Port of Skikda]].

* '''Oran Metropolitan Area'''

The '''Oran Metropolitan Area''' comprises seven provinces: [[Oran]], [[Aïn Témouchent]], [[Mostaganem]], [[Tlemcen]], [[Sidi Bel Abbès]], [[Mascara, Algeria|Mascara]], and [[Relizane]]. It covers a total area of 35,643 km² and had a population of approximately 5,757,096, with estimates indicating a population nearing 7 million.

The region is served by a high-speed rail line linking [[Oran]], [[Sidi Bel Abbès]], and [[Tlemcen]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=30 October 2023 |date=23 July 2019 |title=Tlemcen: Le LGV se rapproche de Maghnia à petite vitesse |url=https://infotraficalgerie.dz/actualites/tlemcen-lgv-se-rapproche-de-maghnia-a-petite-vitesse/ |website=infotraficalgerie.dz}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> as well as modern rail connections between other provinces. Tramway systems are currently operational in [[Oran Tramway|Oran]],<ref>[http://www.algerie-monde.com/actualite/article1493.html Algérie : Réalisation de la première ligne du tramway d’Oran]</ref> [[Sidi Bel Abbès Tramway|Sidi Bel Abbès]],<ref>[http://www.ville-rail-transports.com/lettre-confidentielle/inauguration-tramway-abbes/]</ref> and [[Mostaganem Tramway|Mostaganem]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-02-18 |author=ALSTOM |date=18 February 2023 |language=fr |title=Le tramway de la ligne de Mostaganem en Algérie est entré en service commercial |url=https://www.alstom.com/fr/press-releases-news/2023/2/le-tramway-de-la-ligne-de-mostaganem-en-algerie-est-entre-en-service-commercial |website=Alstom}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> Expansion projects are planned for [[Mascara, Algeria|Mascara]], [[Relizane Province|Relizane]], and [[Tlemcen Province|Tlemcen]].<ref name="lemaghrebdz.com">[http://www.lemaghrebdz.com/lire.php?id=26793 Lancement prochain de 14 projets de tramways], S.H., ''S.H.'', 29 mai 2010</ref>

Notable urban and suburban centers include [[Oran|Oran city]], [[Sidi Bel Abbès]], [[Tlemcen]], and [[Mostaganem]]. The area includes major industrial zones such as [[Es Sénia]], [[Tafraoui]], [[Hassi Mamèche District|Hassi Mamèche]], and [[Sig, Algeria|Sig]].

The region is also home to several key maritime ports, including the [[Oran|Port of Oran]], [[Mostaganem|Port of Mostaganem]], [[Ghazaouet|Port of Ghazaouet]], and [[Béni Saf|Port of Béni Saf]]. Significant agricultural activity takes place in [[Mascara, Algeria|Mascara]], [[Relizane]], and the eastern parts of [[Mostaganem]].

Urban population rate: 72% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Algiers]] Metropolitan Area: 3,316,232

=== Angola ===
Urban population rate: 67% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
* [[Luanda]] Metropolitan Area: 11,672,134

=== Benin ===
Urban population rate: 50%(2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Cotonou]] Metropolitan Area: 2,647,117

=== Botswana ===
Urban population rate: 68% (2024).<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Ritchie |first=Hannah |last2=Samborska |first2=Veronika |last3=Roser |first3=Max |date=2024-02-21 |title=Urbanization |url=https://ourworldindata.org/urbanization |journal=Our World in Data |language=en}}</ref> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Global Human Settlement - Stats in the city visualisation - European Commission |url=https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/ucdb2024visual.php |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu}}</ref>

* [[Gaborone]] Metropolitan Area: 298,993

=== Burkina Faso ===
Urban population rate: 35% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Ouagadougou]] Metropolitan Area: 3,616,268

=== Burundi ===
Urban population rate: 16% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Bujumbura]] Metropolitan Area: 1,403,419

=== Cabo Verde ===
Urban population rate: 69% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[João Teves|Joao Teves]] Metropolitan Area: 161,477

=== Cameroon ===
Urban population rate: 67% ((2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Yaoundé|Yaounde]] Metropolitan Area: 5,479,204

=== Central Africa ===
Urban population rate: 47% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Bangui]] Metropolitan Area: 1,270,414

=== Chad ===
Urban population rate: 36% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[N'Djamena]] Metropolitan Area: 1,910,082

=== Comoros ===
Urban population rate: 33% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Fomboni]] Metropolitan Area: 236,188
* [[Moroni, Comoros|Moroni]] Metropolitan Area: 175,832

=== Congo (Democratic Republic) ===
Urban population rate: 43% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Kinshasa]] Metropolitan Area: 12,945,683

=== Congo (Republic) ===
Urban population rate: 69% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Brazzaville]] Metropolitan Area: 3,190,743

=== Djibouti ===
Urban population rate: 83% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Djibouti City|Djibouti]] Metropolitan Area: 735,132

=== Egypt ===
Urban population rate: 47% (2015)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
!Year
!Notes
|-
|[[Cairo]] Metropolitan Area
|20,035,086
| rowspan="82" |2015
| rowspan="82" |
|-
|[[Alexandria]] Metropolitan Area
|5,532,976
|-
|[[Faiyum|Al Fayyum]] Metropolitan Area
|1,369,514
|-
|[[Luxor]] Metropolitan Area
|1,263,645
|-
|[[Mansoura, Egypt|Al Mansurah]] Metropolitan Area
|1,073,697
|-
|[[Asyut]] Metropolitan Area
|983,785
|-
|[[Sohag|Sawhaj]] Metropolitan Area
|978,161
|-
|[[Zagazig|Az Zaqazig]] Metropolitan Area
|924,760
|-
|[[Girga|Jirja]] Metropolitan Area
|873,425
|-
|[[Damietta|Dumyat]] Metropolitan Area
|847,229
|-
|[[El Mahalla El Kubra|Al Mahallah]] Metropolitan Area
|835,072
|-
|[[Tanta]] Metropolitan Area
|779,681
|-
|[[Port Said|Bur Said]] Metropolitan Area
|646,209
|-
|[[El Qurein|Al Qurayn]] Metropolitan Area
|633,194
|-
|[[Ismailia|Al Ismailiyah]] Metropolitan Area
|599,110
|-
|[[Benha|Banha]] Metropolitan Area
|594,814
|-
|[[Minya, Egypt|Al Minya]] Metropolitan Area
|572,386
|-
|[[Suez|As Suways]] Metropolitan Area
|499,891
|-
|[[Beni Suef|Bani Suwayf]] Metropolitan Area
|479,649
|-
|Al Qusiyah Metropolitan Area
|474,894
|-
|[[Qus]] Metropolitan Area
|470,911
|-
|[[Damanhur]] Metropolitan Area
|444,065
|-
|[[El Balyana|Al Balyana]] Metropolitan Area
|442,816
|-
|[[Mit Ghamr]] Metropolitan Area
|441,800
|-
|[[El Tor, Egypt|Tuh]] Metropolitan Area
|425,706
|-
|[[Shibin El Kom|Shebin el Kom]] Metropolitan Area
|419,348
|-
|[[Mallawi]] Metropolitan Area
|411,534
|-
|Manfalut Metropolitan Area
|388,756
|-
|Tima Metropolitan Area
|357,977
|-
|Aswan Metropolitan Area
|329,229
|-
|Farshut Metropolitan Area
|327,342
|-
|Abu Al Juhur Metropolitan Area
|312,990
|-
|Faqus Metropolitan Area
|305,082
|-
|Al Matariyah Metropolitan Area
|293,641
|-
|Kafr Ashshaykh Metropolitan Area
|286,873
|-
|Tuwah Bani Ibrahim Metropolitan Area
|282,110
|-
|Al Maraghah Metropolitan Area
|276,323
|-
|Disuq Metropolitan Area
|263,931
|-
|Al Ismailiyah Metropolitan Area
|261,107
|-
|Kafr Az Zayyat Metropolitan Area
|249,716
|-
|Ashmun Metropolitan Area
|240,116
|-
|Minuf Metropolitan Area
|230,547
|-
|Quwaysina Metropolitan Area
|227,213
|-
|Tahta Metropolitan Area
|224,338
|-
|Tala Metropolitan Area
|215,128
|-
|Qina Metropolitan Area
|208,319
|-
|Armant Metropolitan Area
|206,411
|-
|Fuwah Metropolitan Area
|203,506
|-
|Rasid Metropolitan Area
|199,755
|-
|Minyat Al Qamb Metropolitan Area
|193,935
|-
|Akhmim Metropolitan Area
|191,684
|-
|Zawiyat Barmasha Metropolitan Area
|191,065
|-
|Samalut Metropolitan Area
|176,978
|-
|Jirzah Metropolitan Area
|175,687
|-
|Marsha Matruh Metropolitan Area
|170,798
|-
|As Sinbillawayn Metropolitan Area
|170,695
|-
|Al Wasitah Metropolitan Area
|170,140
|-
|Sirsal Layyanah Metropolitan Area
|165,983
|-
|7th October City Metropolitan Area
|163,097
|-
|Juhanyah Metropolitan Area
|160,046
|-
|Bani Mazar Metropolitan Area
|148,488
|-
|Maghaghah Metropolitan Area
|148,200
|-
|Shirbin Metropolitan Area
|145,612
|-
|Abu Kabir Metropolitan Area
|141,947
|-
|As Saff Metropolitan Area
|134,766
|-
|Kafr Al Haddadin Metropolitan Area
|131,937
|-
|Al Badari Metropolitan Area
|130,359
|-
|Abu Qurqas Metropolitan Area
|127,764
|-
|Al Ayat Metropolitan Area
|126,244
|-
|Mit as Siraj Metropolitan Area
|124,611
|-
|Isna Metropolitan Area
|124,582
|-
|Abu Tij Metropolitan Area
|122,602
|-
|Idku Metropolitan Area
|114,896
|-
|Kafr Al Wasushah Metropolitan Area
|113,797
|-
|Qusayr Bakhanis Metropolitan Area
|112,927
|-
|Ityayal Barud Metropolitan Area
|111,355
|-
|Abnub Metropolitan Area
|110,639
|-
|Nawaj Metropolitan Area
|109,113
|-
|Al Anayim Metropolitan Area
|108,623
|-
|Al Ghanayim Metropolitan Area
|107,890
|-
|Diyarb Najm Metropolitan Area
|105,659
|-
|Salwa Qibli Metropolitan Area
|101,726
|}

=== Equatorial Guinea ===
Urban population rate: 45% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Bata, Equatorial Guinea|Bata]] Metropolitan Area: 789,800

=== Eritrea ===
Urban population rate: 28% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Asmara]] Metropolitan Area: 251,980

=== Eswatini ===
Urban population rate: 28% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Manzini]] Metropolitan Area: 103,406

=== Ethiopia ===
Urban population rate: 22% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Addis Ababa]] Metropolitan Area: 7,280,463

=== Gabon ===
Urban population rate: 89% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Libreville]] Metropolitan Area: 917,056

=== Gambia ===
Urban population rate: 42%(2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Serekunda|Serrekunda]] Metropolitan Area: 1,313,465

=== Ghana ===
Urban population rate: 59% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Accra]] Metropolitan Area: 5,890,466

=== Guinea ===
Urban population rate: 43% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Coyah]] Metropolitan Area: 2,991,111

=== Guinea Bissau ===
Urban population rate: 38% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Bissau]] Metropolitan Area: 674,444

=== Ivory Coast ===
Urban population rate: 59% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Yamoussoukro]] Metropolitan Area: 227,859

=== Kenya ===
Urban population rate: 29% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Nairobi]] Metropolitan Area: 6,646,257

=== Lesotho ===
Urban population rate: 36% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Maseru]] Metropolitan Area: 296,516

=== Liberia ===
Urban population rate: 56% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Monrovia]] Metropolitan Area: 2,049,818

=== Libya ===
Urban population rate: 83% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] Metropolitan Area: 1,248,354

=== Madagascar ===
Urban population rate: 38% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Antananarivo]] Metropolitan Area: 4,255,254

=== Malawi ===
Urban population rate: 25% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Lilongwe]] Metropolitan Area: 1,018,798

=== Mali ===
Urban population rate: 45% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Bamako]] Metropolitan Area: 3,960,563

=== Mauritania ===
Urban population rate: 49% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Nouakchott]] Metropolitan Area: 1,625,384

=== Mauritius ===
Urban population rate: 50% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Port Louis]] Metropolitan Area: 557,431

=== Morocco ===
Urban population rate: 66% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Rabat]] Metropolitan Area: 2,094,221

=== Mozambique ===
Urban population rate: 45% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Maputo]] Metropolitan Area: 3,533,370

=== Namibia ===
Urban population rate: 46% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Windhoek]] Metropolitan Area: 417,842

=== Niger ===
Urban population rate: 23% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Niamey]] Metropolitan Area: 1,600,656

=== Nigeria ===
Urban population rate: 58% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Lagos]] Metropolitan Area: 12,846,045

=== Rwanda ===
Urban population rate: 25% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Kigali]] Metropolitan Area: 1,621,760

=== Sao Tome e Principe ===
Urban population rate: 71% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[São Tomé|Sao Tome]] Metropolitan Area: 154,878

=== Senegal ===
Urban population rate: 51% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Dakar]] Metropolitan Area: 3,970,202

=== Sierra Leone ===
Urban population rate: 46% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Freetown]] Metropolitan Area: 2,150,533

=== Somalia ===
Urban population rate: 45% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Mogadishu]] Metropolitan Area: 4,798,453

===South Africa===
The [[Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area|Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area]] is the fourth largest metropolitan area in [[South Africa]]. Its population was over 9.6 million as of the 2011 South Africa Census, in contrast to its urban area, which consisted of approximately 7.9 million inhabitants as of 2011. Conversely, [[Metropolitan municipality (South Africa)|metropolitan municipalities]] in South Africa are defined as commonly governed areas of a metropolitan area. The largest such metropolitan municipal government entity in South Africa is the [[City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality]], which presided over nearly 5 million people as of 2016. However, the Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area houses roughly ten times the population of its core municipal city of [[Johannesburg]], which contained 957,441 people as of the 2011 census.

Urban population rate: 69% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Johannesburg]] Metropolitan Area: 8,592,843

=== South Sudan ===
Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Juba]] Metropolitan Area: 296,087

=== Sudan ===
Urban population rate: 48% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Khartoum]] Metropolitan Area: 7,114,749

=== Tanzania ===
Urban population rate: 34% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Dar es Salaam]] Metropolitan Area: 8,918,525

=== Togo ===
Urban population rate: 52% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Lomé]] Metropolitan Area: 2,498,074

=== Tunisia ===
Urban population rate: 72% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Tunis]] Metropolitan Area: 2,790,169

=== Uganda ===
Urban population rate: 19% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Kampala]] Metropolitan Area: 5,177,898

=== Zambia ===
Urban population rate: 44% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Lusaka]] Metropolitan Area: 3,658,064

=== Zimbabwe ===
Urban population rate: 46% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Harare]] Metropolitan Area: 2,076,037

==Asia==

=== Afghanistan ===
Urban population rate: 29% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Kabul]] Metropolitan Area
|6,254,679
|-
|[[Herat]] Metropolitan Area
|1,489,156
|-
|[[Kandahar]] Metropolitan Area
|872,755
|-
|[[Mazar-i-Sharif|Mazar i Sharif]] Metropolitan Area
|465,528
|-
|[[Jalalabad]] Metropolitan Area
|417,828
|-
|[[Puli Khumri]] Metropolitan Area
|214,258
|-
|[[Lashkargah|Laskar Gah]] Metropolitan Area
|207,569
|-
|[[Kunduz|Qunduz]] Metropolitan Area
|190,793
|-
|[[Charikar]] Metropolitan Area
|177,152
|-
|[[Taloqan]] Metropolitan Area
|162,418
|-
|Sibargan Metropolitan Area
|131,716
|-
|[[Farah, Afghanistan|Farah]] Metropolitan Area
|122,843
|}

=== Armenia ===
Urban population rate: 70% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Yerevan]] Metropolitan Area: 1,027,656
* [[Gyumri|Leninakan]] Metropolitan Area: 105,161

=== Azerbaijan ===
Urban population rate: 60% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Baku]] Metropolitan Area: 1,973,054
* [[Sumgait|Sumgayit]] Metropolitan Area: 637,053
* [[Ganja, Azerbaijan|Ganca]] Metropolitan Area: 344,734
* [[Mingachevir|Mingchevir]] Metropolitan Area: 124,961
* [[Nakhchivan (city)|Naxcivan]] Metropolitan Area: 123,266
* [[Lankaran]] Metropolitan Area: 113,449

=== Bahrain ===
Urban population rate: 80% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Manama|Al Manamah]] Metropolitan Area: 1,361,833

===Bangladesh===
In [[Bangladesh]], the large population centres which have significant financial, political and administrative importance are considered to be as Metropolitan cities, which are governed by [[City Corporations in Bangladesh|City Corporations]]. In total, there are 12 city corporations in Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Muzzini |first1=Elisa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4qtjurg11oC&pg=PA52 |title=Bangladesh: The Path to Middle-Income Status from an Urban Perspective |last2=Aparicio |first2=Gabriela |date=2013 |publisher=World Bank Publications |isbn=978-0-8213-9865-4 |location=Washington, D.C. |pages=52 |language=en}}</ref> 4 of them ([[Dhaka North City Corporation]], [[Dhaka South City Corporation]], [[Narayanganj City Corporation]], [[Gazipur City Corporation]]) are part of [[Greater Dhaka|Dhaka Metropolitan Area]].

Urban population rate: 36% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Dhaka]] Metropolitan Area: 37,307,160

=== Brunei ===
Urban population rate: 45% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Bandar Seri Begawan]] Metropolitan Area: 149,321

=== Cambodia ===
Urban population rate: 26% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Phnom Penh|Phnum Penh]] Metropolitan Area: 2,419,131
* [[Siem Reap|Siem Reab]] Metropolitan Area: 315,248
* [[Battambang|Bat Dambang]] Metropolitan Area: 129,058

===China===
In [[China]], there used to be no clear distinction between [[megalopolis]] ({{Lang|zh-cn|城市群}}, lit. city cluster) and metropolitan area ({{Lang|zh-cn|都市圈}}) until [[National Development and Reform Commission]] issued ''Guidelines on the Cultivation and Development of Modern Metropolitan Areas'' ({{Lang|zh-cn|关于培育发展现代化都市圈的指导意见}}) on Feb 19, 2019, in which a metropolitan area was defined as "an urbanized spatial form in a megalopolis dominated by (a) supercity(-ies) or megacity(-ies), or a large metropolis playing a leading part, and within the basic range of 1-hour commute area."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-19 |title=关于培育发展现代化都市圈的指导意见(发改规划〔2019〕328号) |url=http://zfxxgk.ndrc.gov.cn/web/iteminfo.jsp?id=16110 |publisher=国家发展改革委 |language=zh-cn}}</ref>

Data are referred to borders determined by [[Sino-British Joint Declaration]] (1984), Sino-Portugal Joint Declaration (1987) and later agreements with countries that share a land border with China or influenced by disputes in the sea where China faces (see [[Territorial disputes of the People's Republic of China|Territorial disputes]] focus).

Urban population rate: 57% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Province/Autonomous region/Municipality/SAR
!Population
|-
|[[Nenjiang City|Nenjiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|140,203
|-
|[[Bei'an|Beian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|106,291
|-
|[[Fularji District|Hulanergi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|180,724
|-
|[[Qiqihar]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|880,401
|-
|[[Hailun]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|131,625
|-
|[[Suiling County|Suileng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|118,062
|-
|[[Hegang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|526,931
|-
|[[Fujin City|Fujin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|136,235
|-
|[[Shuangyashan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|210,959
|-
|[[Jiamusi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|660,888
|-
|[[Suihua]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|248,077
|-
|[[Daqing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|1,049,903
|-
|[[Zhaodong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|272,080
|-
|[[Qitaihe]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|458,945
|-
|[[Mishan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|107,631
|-
|[[Jixi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|507,651
|-
|[[Harbin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|4,441,336
|-
|[[Acheng, Harbin|Acheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|243,479
|-
|[[Shuangcheng, Harbin|Shuangcheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|186,835
|-
|[[Shangzhi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|116,851
|-
|[[Wuchang, Heilongjiang|Wuchang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|134,640
|-
|[[Mudanjiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|760,143
|-
|[[Suifenhe]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Heilongjiang]]
|107,582
|-
|[[Baicheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|288,896
|-
|[[Taonan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|122,973
|-
|[[Da'an, Jilin|Daan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|134,202
|-
|[[Fuyu, Jilin|Fuyu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|487,550
|-
|[[Yushu, Jilin|Yushu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|189,349
|-
|[[Shulan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|200,866
|-
|[[Dehui]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|152,930
|-
|[[Jiutai, Changchun|Jiutai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|127,023
|-
|[[Changchun]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|3,424,261
|-
|[[Gongzhuling]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|188,002
|-
|[[Siping, Jilin|Siping]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|494,103
|-
|[[Shuangyang, Changchun|Shuangyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|106,312
|-
|[[Jilin City|Jilin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|1,501,500
|-
|[[Jiaohe, Jilin|Jiaohe]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|137,749
|-
|[[Dunhua]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|221,907
|-
|[[Liaoyuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|374,651
|-
|[[Huadian, Jilin|Huadian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|134,283
|-
|[[Huinan County|Huinan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|105,818
|-
|[[Meihekou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|238,275
|-
|[[Tonghua]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|313,603
|-
|[[Ji'an, Jilin|Jian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|174,362
|-
|[[Baishan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|273,627
|-
|[[Linjiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|109,941
|-
|[[Changbai Mountains|Changbai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|228,143
|-
|[[Yanji]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|469,217
|-
|[[Tumen, Jilin|Tumen]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|104,826
|-
|[[Hunchun]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jilin]]
|128,152
|-
|[[Kaiyuan, Liaoning|Kaiyuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|239,064
|-
|[[Tiefa]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|142,100
|-
|[[Zhangwu County|Zhangwu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|140,185
|-
|[[Tieling]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|194,020
|-
|[[Xinmin, Liaoning|Xinmin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|163,541
|-
|[[Shenyang]] Metropolitan Area (Shenyang + [[Fushun]])
|[[Liaoning]]
|6,718,611
|-
|[[Fuxin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|677,455
|-
|[[Heishan County|Heishan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|128,639
|-
|[[Jinzhou]] Metropolitan Area (Jinzhou + [[Linghai]])
|[[Liaoning]]
|947,725
|-
|[[Huludao]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|514,586
|-
|[[Xingcheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|143,237
|-
|[[Panjin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|698,676
|-
|[[Benxi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|843,798
|-
|[[Anshan]] Metropolitan Area (Anshan + [[Liaoyang]])
|[[Liaoning]]
|2,145,857
|-
|[[Haicheng, Liaoning|Haicheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|374,899
|-
|[[Dashiqiao]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|299,100
|-
|[[Yingkou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|492,161
|-
|[[Bayuquan District|Bayuquan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|395,999
|-
|[[Gaizhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|197,547
|-
|[[Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County|Kuandian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|100,814
|-
|[[Fengcheng, Liaoning|Fengcheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|115,312
|-
|[[Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County|Xiuyan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|106,650
|-
|[[Dandong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|1,007,051
|-
|[[Donggang, Liaoning|Donggang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|105,309
|-
|[[Zhuanghe]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|136,269
|-
|[[Wafangdian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|279,945
|-
|[[Pulandian, Dalian|Pulandian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|122,811
|-
|[[Dalian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|3,511,057
|-
|[[Beipiao]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|122,527
|-
|[[Chaoyang, Liaoning|Chaoyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|474,460
|-
|[[Lingyuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Liaoning]]
|176,317
|-
|[[Bayannur]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Inner Mongolia|Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia)]]
|304,036
|-
|[[Dongsheng District|Dongsheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Inner Mongolia|Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia)]]
|424,966
|-
|[[Baotou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Inner Mongolia|Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia)]]
|2,171,436
|-
|[[Hohhot]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Inner Mongolia|Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia)]]
|1,881,076
|-
|[[Ulanqab]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Inner Mongolia|Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia)]]
|273,520
|-
|Pingzhuang Metropolitan Area
|[[Inner Mongolia|Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia)]]
|100,561
|-
|[[Chifeng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Inner Mongolia|Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia)]]
|628,633
|-
|[[Xilingol League|Xilingol]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Inner Mongolia|Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia)]]
|161,465
|-
|[[Tongliao]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Inner Mongolia|Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia)]]
|527,049
|-
|[[Hinggan League|Hinggan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Inner Mongolia|Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia)]]
|217,420
|-
|[[Zalantun|Zhalantun]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Inner Mongolia|Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia)]]
|116,426
|-
|[[Yakeshi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Inner Mongolia|Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia)]]
|132,936
|-
|[[Hulunbuir]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Inner Mongolia|Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia)]]
|209,890
|-
|Jagdaqi Metropolitan Area
|[[Inner Mongolia|Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia)]]
|123,405
|-
|[[Manzhouli|Manzhuoli]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Inner Mongolia|Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia)]]
|103,618
|-
|[[Datong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|1,571,547
|-
|[[Huairen]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|169,525
|-
|[[Hunyuan County|Hunyuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|106,479
|-
|[[Shuozhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|324,877
|-
|[[Yuanping]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|126,746
|-
|[[Xinzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|229,257
|-
|[[Xing County|Xingxian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|115,918
|-
|[[Yangquan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|580,875
|-
|[[Taiyuan]] Metropolitan Area (Taiyuan + [[Jinzhong]])
|[[Shanxi]]
|4,777,282
|-
|[[Gujiao]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|172,353
|-
|[[Jiaocheng County|Jiaocheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|241,649
|-
|[[Wenshui County|Wenshui]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|118,494
|-
|[[Pingyao]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|177,193
|-
|[[Fenyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|126,193
|-
|[[Xiaoyi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|165,448
|-
|[[Jiexiu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|159,368
|-
|[[Lüliang|Luliang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|554,109
|-
|[[Liulin County|Liulin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|141,684
|-
|[[Huozhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|134,636
|-
|[[Hongtong County|Hongtong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|110,831
|-
|[[Linfen]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|1,090,241
|-
|[[Lucheng District, Changzhi|Lucheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|103,558
|-
|[[Changzhi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|727,719
|-
|[[Gaoping]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|350,483
|-
|[[Jincheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|921,145
|-
|[[Yangcheng County|Yangcheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|109,782
|-
|[[Houma, Shanxi|Houma]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|319,376
|-
|[[Yongji, Shanxi|Yongji]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|151,148
|-
|[[Yuncheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|687,353
|-
|[[Baode County|Baode]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanxi]]
|170,408
|-
|[[Shenmu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shaanxi]]
|274,814
|-
|[[Yulin, Shaanxi|Yulin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shaanxi]]
|510,159
|-
|[[Jingbian County|Jingbian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shaanxi]]
|138,912
|-
|[[Yan'an|Yanan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shaanxi]]
|475,071
|-
|[[Hancheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shaanxi]]
|224,048
|-
|[[Chengcheng County|Chengcheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shaanxi]]
|100,864
|-
|[[Chengguan shaanxi|Chengguan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shaanxi]]
|197,762
|-
|[[Tongchuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shaanxi]]
|130,607
|-
|[[Hangkongjidi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shaanxi]]
|126,962
|-
|[[Weinan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shaanxi]]
|273,989
|-
|[[Guanzhong|Guanzhong Conurbation]] ([[Xi'an|Xian]] + [[Xianyang]] + [[Xingping]])
|[[Shaanxi]]
|7,390,637
|-
|[[Baoji]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shaanxi]]
|773,901
|-
|[[Shangluo]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shaanxi]]
|110,703
|-
|[[Ankang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shaanxi]]
|807,066
|-
|[[Hanzhong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shaanxi]]
|371,212
|-
|[[Mian County|Mianxian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shaanxi]]
|131,027
|-
|[[Tianshui]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Gansu]]
|735,294
|-
|[[Gangu County|Gangu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Gansu]]
|145,758
|-
|[[Longxi County|Longxi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Gansu]]
|141,596
|-
|[[Pingliang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Gansu]]
|461,066
|-
|[[Qingyang, Gansu|Qingyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Gansu]]
|201,936
|-
|[[Linxia City|Linxia]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Gansu]]
|229,343
|-
|[[Lintao County|Lintao]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Gansu]]
|110,642
|-
|[[Dingxi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Gansu]]
|110,323
|-
|[[Baiyin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Gansu]]
|222,677
|-
|[[Lanzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Gansu]]
|2,799,977
|-
|[[Wuwei, Gansu|Wuwei]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Gansu]]
|128,072
|-
|[[Jinchang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Gansu]]
|144,055
|-
|[[Zhangye]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Gansu]]
|198,224
|-
|[[Jiuquan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Gansu]]
|181,625
|-
|[[Jiayuguan City|Jiayuguan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Gansu]]
|199,681
|-
|[[Cizhou, Hebei|Cizhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|131,025
|-
|[[Fengfengkuang, Handan|Fengfeng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|246,068
|-
|[[Linzhang County|Linzhang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|143,050
|-
|[[Handan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|2,099,937
|-
|[[Wu'an|Wuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|185,361
|-
|[[Liuying Subdistrict|Liuying]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|371,474
|-
|[[Xingtai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|775,750
|-
|[[Wanggongzhuang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|116,470
|-
|[[Fenghuang hebei|Fenghuang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|125,190
|-
|[[Zhaozhou, Hebei|Zhaozhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|120,149
|-
|[[Hengshui]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|348,778
|-
|[[Shijiazhuang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|3,271,840
|-
|[[Xinle, Hebei|Xinle]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|115,941
|-
|[[Gaocheng, Shijiazhuang|Gaocheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|134,899
|-
|[[Jinzhou, Hebei|Jinzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|122,665
|-
|[[Xinji]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|203,404
|-
|[[Dingzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|241,199
|-
|[[Botou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|181,728
|-
|[[Cangzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|635,841
|-
|[[Baoding]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|1,251,379
|-
|[[Mancheng, Baoding|Mancheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|122,317
|-
|[[Ansu hebei|Ansu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|168,502
|-
|[[Hejian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|103,189
|-
|[[Renqiu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|180,982
|-
|[[Gaobeidian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|247,926
|-
|[[Zhuozhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|199,207
|-
|[[Baigou hebei|Baigou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|136,371
|-
|[[Bazhou, Hebei|Bazhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|105,714
|-
|[[Tangerli hebei|Tangerli]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|131,167
|-
|[[Gu'an County|Guan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|122,927
|-
|[[Jinghai, Tianjin|Jinghai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Tianjin]] + [[Hebei]]
|190,044
|-
|[[Tianjin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Tianjin]] + [[Hebei]]
|10,495,062
|-
|[[Baodi, Tianjin|Baodi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Tianjin]] + [[Hebei]]
|266,910
|-
|[[Beijing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Beijing]] + [[Hebei]]
|21,031,565
|-
|[[Langfang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|490,411
|-
|[[Qianwang hebei|Qianwang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|102,006
|-
|[[Jixian hebei|Jixian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|164,804
|-
|[[Yutian County, Hebei|Yutian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|132,031
|-
|[[Xuanhua, Zhangjiakou|Xuanhua]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|334,936
|-
|[[Zhangjiakou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|638,613
|-
|[[Tangshan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|3,432,141
|-
|[[Zunhua]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|162,409
|-
|[[Changli County|Changli]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|126,078
|-
|[[Qinhuangdao]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|727,667
|-
|[[Chengde]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hebei]]
|241,385
|-
|[[Xinyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|399,077
|-
|[[Huangchuan County|Huangchuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|170,282
|-
|[[Xixian henan|Xixian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|113,279
|-
|[[Gushi County|Gushi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|220,275
|-
|[[Dengzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|1,095,052
|-
|[[Tanghe County|Tanghe]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|230,454
|-
|[[Nanyang, Henan|Nanyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|768,610
|-
|[[Zhenping County, Henan|Zhenping]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|156,472
|-
|[[Xichuan County|Xichuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|127,044
|-
|[[Huiche henan|Huiche]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|110,130
|-
|[[Zhumadian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|405,959
|-
|[[Shangcai County|Shangcai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|199,931
|-
|[[Xiping County|Xiping]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|121,920
|-
|[[Luohe]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|1,183,149
|-
|[[Xiangcheng City|Xiangcheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|257,291
|-
|[[Shenqiu County|Shenqiu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|114,048
|-
|[[Lingbao City|Lingbao]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|173,956
|-
|[[Sanmenxia]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|288,771
|-
|[[Liuquan henan|Liuquan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|105,748
|-
|[[Yichuan County, Henan|Yichuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|145,126
|-
|[[Huiguozhen]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|184,149
|-
|[[Mengzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|122,479
|-
|[[Dengfeng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|121,845
|-
|[[Ruzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|190,383
|-
|[[Zhangdian henan|Zhangdian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|101,065
|-
|[[Pingdingshan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|703,405
|-
|[[Anliang henan|Anliang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|104,351
|-
|[[Linying County|Linying]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|187,946
|-
|[[Xuchang]] Metropolitan Area (Xuchang + [[Changge]])
|[[Henan]]
|1,821,624
|-
|[[Yuzhou, Henan|Yuzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|245,470
|-
|[[Yellow River|Yellow River conurbation]] ([[Zhengzhou]] + [[Luoyang]] + [[Kaifeng]] + [[Yanshi, Luoyang|Yanshi]] + [[Gongyi]] + [[Xingyang]] + [[Xinzheng]])
|[[Henan]]
|10,395,361
|-
|[[Zhoukou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|392,625
|-
|[[Huaiyang, Zhoukou|Huaiyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|140,625
|-
|[[Dancheng County|Dancheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|112,306
|-
|[[Shangqiu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|779,507
|-
|[[Xinmi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|277,556
|-
|[[Laiji henan|Laiji]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|100,132
|-
|[[Yongcheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|334,148
|-
|[[Jiyuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|405,860
|-
|[[Jiaozuo]] Metropolitan Area (Jiaozuo + [[Boai henan|Boai]])
|[[Henan]]
|1,072,637
|-
|[[Huizian henan|Huizian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|167,118
|-
|[[Xinxiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|870,741
|-
|[[Changyuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|212,986
|-
|[[Hua County|Huaxian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|174,470
|-
|[[Puyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|871,559
|-
|[[Hebi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|238,324
|-
|[[Huixian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|167,118
|-
|[[Linzhou, Henan|Linzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|133,999
|-
|[[Anyang]] Metropolitan Area (Anyang + [[Qugou henan|Qugou]])
|[[Henan]]
|1,942,838
|-
|[[Linyi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|1,555,397
|-
|[[Tancheng County|Tancheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|131,990
|-
|[[Lanling County|Lanling]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|215,497
|-
|[[Linshu County|Linshu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|136,833
|-
|[[Shizhong, Zaozhuang|Shizhong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|444,791
|-
|[[Zaozhuang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|200,465
|-
|[[Tengzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|1,465,842
|-
|[[Shan County|Shanxian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|236,142
|-
|[[Chengwu County|Chengwu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|101,262
|-
|[[Cao County|Caoxian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|209,734
|-
|[[Heze]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|450,572
|-
|[[Yuncheng County|Yuncheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|147,831
|-
|[[Quanpu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|103,692
|-
|[[Liangshan County|Liangshan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|104,524
|-
|[[Jining]] Metropolitan Area (Jining + [[Jiaxiang County|Jiaxiang]])
|[[Shandong]]
|1,040,480
|-
|[[Gulou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|235,458
|-
|[[Qufu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|243,583
|-
|[[Ningyang County|Ningyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|111,143
|-
|[[Zoucheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|462,609
|-
|[[Fei County|Feixian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|159,717
|-
|[[Pingyi County|Pingyi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|169,009
|-
|[[Junan County|Junan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|128,930
|-
|[[Lanshan, Linyi|Lanshan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|104,411
|-
|[[Rizhao]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|459,144
|-
|[[Yinan County|Yinan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|140,795
|-
|[[Ju County|Juxian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|192,648
|-
|[[Yishui County|Yishui]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|226,795
|-
|[[Wulian County|Wulian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|129,400
|-
|[[Zhucheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|759,969
|-
|[[Mengyin County|Mengyin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|133,832
|-
|[[Xintai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|236,800
|-
|[[Gangcheng, Jinan|Gangcheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|198,461
|-
|[[Laiwu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|369,299
|-
|[[Yiyuan County|Yiyuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|151,457
|-
|[[Tai'an|Taian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|707,595
|-
|[[Feicheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|244,686
|-
|[[Shen County|Shenxian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|111,749
|-
|[[Yanggu, Shandong|Yanggu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|165,380
|-
|[[Liaocheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|530,299
|-
|[[Chiping, Liaocheng|Chiping]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|167,049
|-
|[[Gaotang County|Gaotang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|108,889
|-
|[[Xiajin County|Xiajin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|127,923
|-
|[[Linqing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|282,112
|-
|[[Dezhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|459,282
|-
|[[Lingcheng, Dezhou|Lingcheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|133,590
|-
|[[Laoling]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|139,848
|-
|[[Binzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|696,958
|-
|[[Dongying]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|772,917
|-
|[[Boxing, Shandong|Boxing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|145,414
|-
|[[Yucheng, Shandong|Yucheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|114,562
|-
|[[Qihe County|Qihe]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|121,109
|-
|[[Jinan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|3,824,875
|-
|[[Zhangqiu, Jinan|Zhangqiu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|310,417
|-
|[[Zouping]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|233,401
|-
|[[Zhoucun, Zibo|Zhoucun]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|235,870
|-
|[[Zibo]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|1,680,283
|-
|[[Huantai County|Huantai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|127,346
|-
|[[Linzi, Zibo|Linzi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|311,247
|-
|[[Qingzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|338,584
|-
|[[Linqu County|Linqu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|280,463
|-
|[[Shouguang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|350,722
|-
|[[Weifang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|961,428
|-
|[[Anqiu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|784,572
|-
|[[Changyi, Shandong|Changyi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|400,490
|-
|[[Gaomi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|599,934
|-
|[[Jiaozhou City|Jiaozhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|472,800
|-
|[[Qingdao]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|4,654,400
|-
|[[Pingdu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|285,946
|-
|[[Laizhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|279,120
|-
|[[Laixi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|206,310
|-
|[[Laiyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|265,847
|-
|[[Zhaoyuan, Shandong|Zhaoyuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|149,782
|-
|[[Longgang, Shandong|Longgang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|114,398
|-
|[[Xinjia, Shandong|Xinjia]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|167,514
|-
|[[Zijingshan, Shandong|Zijingshan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|110,486
|-
|[[Dongcun, Shandong|Dongcun]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|129,215
|-
|[[Rushan, Shandong|Rushan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|183,404
|-
|[[Wendeng, Weihai|Wendeng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|224,206
|-
|[[Rongcheng, Shandong|Rongcheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|174,923
|-
|[[Weihai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|595,386
|-
|[[Muping, Yantai|Mouping]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|181,201
|-
|[[Yantai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shandong]]
|861,617
|-
|Guanqiaocun Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|171,335
|-
|[[Shengze]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|397,791
|-
|Weitang Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|323,164
|-
|[[Yixing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|507,299
|-
|[[Liyang, Jiangsu|Liyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|258,046
|-
|Chunxi Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|148,414
|-
|Honglan Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|157,094
|-
|[[Jurong, Jiangsu|Jurong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|212,225
|-
|[[Nanjing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|8,061,029
|-
|[[Yizheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|193,319
|-
|[[Zhenjiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|750,237
|-
|[[Danyang, Jiangsu|Danyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|327,309
|-
|[[Jintan, Changzhou|Jintan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|254,626
|-
|[[Yangzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|1,115,549
|-
|Jiepai Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|104,714
|-
|[[Yangzhong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|248,444
|-
|[[Taixing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|250,658
|-
|[[Taizhou, Jiangsu|Taizhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|462,307
|-
|[[Jiangyan, Taizhou|Jiangyan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|253,327
|-
|Huangqiao Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|132,148
|-
|[[Hai'an|Haian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|255,199
|-
|[[Rugao]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|176,577
|-
|[[Nantong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|3,061,741
|-
|Juegang Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|151,848
|-
|[[Lüsi|Lusi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|112,386
|-
|[[Qidong, Jiangsu|Qidong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|233,887
|-
|[[Gaoyou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|205,864
|-
|[[Xinghua, Jiangsu|Xinghua]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|231,774
|-
|Zhongyaoba Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|134,581
|-
|[[Dongtai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|272,911
|-
|[[Dafeng, Yancheng|Dafeng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|151,776
|-
|[[Yancheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|1,211,454
|-
|Xucheng Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|112,431
|-
|Qingyang Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|200,896
|-
|[[Baoying County|Baoying]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|240,818
|-
|[[Jianhu County|Jianhu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|270,944
|-
|[[Honggang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|108,059
|-
|[[Huai'an|Huaian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|2,357,132
|-
|Hede Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|135,133
|-
|Zhuma Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|156,638
|-
|Zhongxing Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|158,299
|-
|Dongkan Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|209,833
|-
|[[Suqian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|957,665
|-
|[[Suining County, Jiangsu|Suining]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|240,918
|-
|[[Shuyang County|Shuyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|363,144
|-
|[[Xinan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|137,817
|-
|Yishan Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|120,584
|-
|[[Lianyungang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|1,188,320
|-
|Qingkou Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|199,916
|-
|[[Donghai County|Donghai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|168,297
|-
|[[Xinyi, Jiangsu|Xinyi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|182,063
|-
|[[Pizhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|898,642
|-
|[[Xuzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|1,552,140
|-
|Datun Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|280,967
|-
|Fengcheng Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangsu]]
|114,259
|-
|[[Yangtze Delta|Yangtze Delta Conurbation]] ([[Shanghai]] + [[Suzhou, Jiangsu|Suzhou]] + [[Changshu]] + [[Zhangjiagang]] + [[Jiangyin]] + [[Jingjiang]] + [[Changzhou]] + [[Wuxi]])
|[[Shanghai]] + [[Jiangsu]]
|50,578,473
|-
|[[Chongming, Shanghai|Chongming]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Shanghai]]
|135,058
|-
|[[Huangshan City|Huangshan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|372,354
|-
|[[Anqing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|469,919
|-
|[[Chizhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|332,925
|-
|[[Tongling]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|363,353
|-
|[[Tongcheng, Anhui|Tongcheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|117,455
|-
|[[Lujiang County|Lujiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|140,133
|-
|[[Shucheng County|Shucheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|124,894
|-
|[[Ningguo]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|374,587
|-
|[[Xuancheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|427,032
|-
|[[Wuhu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|2,294,096
|-
|[[Wuwei, Anhui|Wuwei]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|100,155
|-
|[[Chaohu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|243,724
|-
|[[Ma'anshan|Maanshan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|1,290,864
|-
|[[Hefei]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|5,646,049
|-
|[[Lu'an|Luan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|891,648
|-
|[[Chuzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|295,742
|-
|[[Quanjiao County|Quanjiao]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|126,047
|-
|[[Dingyuan County|Dingyuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|131,594
|-
|[[Huainan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|1,478,620
|-
|[[Bengbu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|806,345
|-
|[[Fuyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|1,026,179
|-
|[[Funan County|Funan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|128,555
|-
|[[Linquan County|Linquan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|173,397
|-
|[[Jieshou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|124,500
|-
|[[Taihe County, Anhui|Taihe]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|161,000
|-
|[[Lixin County|Lixin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|114,673
|-
|[[Xiangcheng City|Xiangcheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|231,203
|-
|[[Shangqiu|Shengqiu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|131,352
|-
|[[Dancheng County|Dancheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|116,974
|-
|[[Bozhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|627,970
|-
|[[Guoyang County|Guoyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|131,978
|-
|[[Mengcheng County|Mengcheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|120,365
|-
|[[Yongcheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Henan]]
|334,148
|-
|[[Huaibei]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|886,634
|-
|[[Suzhou, Anhui|Suzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|956,856
|-
|[[Lingbi County|Lingbi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|122,748
|-
|[[Xiao County|Xiaoxian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|136,757
|-
|[[Dangshan County|Dangshan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Anhui]]
|117,452
|-
|[[Longnan, Jiangxi|Longnan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|123,692
|-
|[[Xinfeng County, Jiangxi|Xinfeng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|134,711
|-
|[[Ganzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|2,015,325
|-
|[[Yudu County|Yudu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|223,353
|-
|[[Ruijin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|211,192
|-
|[[Xingguo County|Xingguo]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|168,176
|-
|[[Ningdu County|Ningdu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|159,642
|-
|[[Suichuan County|Suichuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|113,297
|-
|[[Chengjiang, Jiangxi|Chengjiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|121,340
|-
|[[Ji'an|Jian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|473,227
|-
|[[Nanfeng County|Nanfeng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|110,006
|-
|[[Nancheng County|Nancheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|137,937
|-
|[[Fuzhou, Jiangxi|Fuzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|880,318
|-
|[[Dongxiang, Fuzhou|Dongxiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|151,447
|-
|[[Jiangbian, Jiangxi|Jiangbian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|199,842
|-
|[[Huayuan, Jiangxi|Huayuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|133,365
|-
|[[Jinxian County|Jinxian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|152,824
|-
|[[Nanchang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|3,705,530
|-
|[[Fengcheng, Jiangxi|Fengcheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|282,030
|-
|[[Zhangshu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|243,160
|-
|[[Xinyu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|851,536
|-
|[[Fenyi County|Fenyi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|102,339
|-
|[[Yichun, Jiangxi|Yichun]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|1,043,123
|-
|[[Pingxiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|651,470
|-
|[[Wanzai County|Wanzai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|112,366
|-
|[[Shanggao County|Shanggao]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|101,698
|-
|[[Gao'an|Gaoan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|353,080
|-
|[[Chi'an, Jiangxi|Chian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|118,307
|-
|[[Yugan County|Yugan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|177,288
|-
|[[Shangrao]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|894,516
|-
|[[Yushan County|Yushan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|175,567
|-
|[[Poyang County|Poyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|188,396
|-
|[[Leping]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|293,644
|-
|[[Jingdezhen|Jiangdezhen]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|460,993
|-
|[[Nankang, Ganzhou|Nankang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|143,448
|-
|[[Jiujiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|779,301
|-
|[[Ruichang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Jiangxi]]
|113,745
|-
|[[Changxing County|Changxing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|229,339
|-
|[[Huzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|454,276
|-
|[[Pinghu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|237,857
|-
|[[Haiyan County, Zhejiang|Haiyan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|171,909
|-
|[[Jiaxing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|1,019,544
|-
|[[Haining]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|242,761
|-
|[[Deqing County, Zhejiang|Deqing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|141,039
|-
|[[Dipu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|178,292
|-
|Northern Zhejiang Conurbation ([[Hangzhou]] + [[Shaoxing]] + [[Cixi, Zhejiang|Cixi]] + [[Yuyao]] + [[Ningbo]])
|[[Zhejiang]]
|13,189,786
|-
|[[Lin'an, Hangzhou|Linan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|202,844
|-
|[[Fuyang, Hangzhou|Fuyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|397,545
|-
|[[Tonglu County|Tonglu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|137,680
|-
|[[Jiande]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|119,497
|-
|Daping Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|106,638
|-
|[[Jiangshan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|137,838
|-
|[[Quzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|376,285
|-
|[[Lanxi, Zhejiang|Lanxi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|234,286
|-
|[[Jinhua]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|630,207
|-
|[[Yiwu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|1,629,407
|-
|[[Zhuji]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|447,567
|-
|[[Yongkang, Zhejiang|Yongkang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|597,957
|-
|[[Lishui]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|266,877
|-
|[[Shengzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|443,232
|-
|[[Shangyu, Shaoxing|Shangyu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|282,360
|-
|[[Fenghua, Ningbo|Fenghua]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|202,964
|-
|[[Zhoushan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|467,378
|-
|[[Dancheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|170,259
|-
|[[Ninghai County|Ninghai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|264,584
|-
|[[Tiantai County|Tiantai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|145,705
|-
|Chengguan Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|143,074
|-
|[[Linhai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|343,696
|-
|[[Taizhou, Zhejiang|Taizhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|2,544,455
|-
|[[Yuhuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|475,380
|-
|[[Pingyang County|Shuitou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Zhejiang]]
|104,545
|-
|[[Wenzhou]] Conurbation (Wenzhou + [[Longgang, Zhejiang|Longgang]] + [[Rui'an|Ruian]] + [[Yueqing]])
|[[Zhejiang]]
|7,555,974
|-
|[[Fuding]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|165,129
|-
|[[Fu'an|Fuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|160,484
|-
|Songcheng Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|129,786
|-
|[[Ningde]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|208,964
|-
|[[Nanping]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|162,435
|-
|[[Sanming]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|253,422
|-
|[[Fengcheng, Lianjiang County|Fengcheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|139,051
|-
|[[Fuzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|3,746,678
|-
|[[Yong'an|Yongan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|138,080
|-
|[[Tingzhou, Longyan|Tingzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|111,177
|-
|[[Fuqing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|379,236
|-
|Jiangjing Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|162,937
|-
|[[Tancheng, Pingtan County|Tangcheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|197,497
|-
|[[Putian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|1,106,639
|-
|Fengting Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|169,488
|-
|Wangchuan Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|218,196
|-
|[[Luocheng, Hui'an County|Luocheng]] [zh] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|401,701
|-
|[[Tancheng, Pingtan County|Taocheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|145,782
|-
|Bangtou Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|339,181
|-
|Longxun Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|158,318
|-
|[[Longyan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|410,404
|-
|[[Quanzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|4,009,700
|-
|[[Meishan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|120,112
|-
|[[Nan'an, Fujian|Nanan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|118,623
|-
|Guanqiao Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|179,347
|-
|[[Xiamen]] Metropolitan Area (Xiamen + [[Zhangzhou]])
|[[Fujian]]
|5,333,178
|-
|[[Xiaoxi, Fujian|Xiaoxi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|102,593
|-
|[[Nanzhao, Fujian|Nanzhao]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|132,124
|-
|[[Yunling, Fujian|Yunling]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|124,307
|-
|[[Sui'an|Suian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Fujian]]
|106,629
|-
|Xucheng Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|174,341
|-
|[[Leizhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|334,786
|-
|[[Zhanjiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|1,275,720
|-
|[[Lianjiang, Guangdong|Lianjiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|233,624
|-
|[[Huazhou, Guangdong|Huazhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|149,680
|-
|Changqichun Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|108,208
|-
|[[Wuchuan, Guangdong|Wuchuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|320,298
|-
|[[Maoming]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|777,456
|-
|[[Dianbai, Maoming|Dianbai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|144,053
|-
|Liantou Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|112,955
|-
|[[Gaozhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|245,670
|-
|[[Xinyi, Guangdong|Xinyi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|188,044
|-
|[[Yangxi County|Yangxi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|106,092
|-
|[[Yangjiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|445,968
|-
|[[Yangchun]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|207,591
|-
|[[Enping]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|186,156
|-
|[[Luoding]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|224,474
|-
|[[Yunfu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|218,851
|-
|[[Xinxing County|Xinxing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|142,366
|-
|[[Zhaoqing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|635,016
|-
|[[Huaiji County|Huaiji]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|106,623
|-
|[[Qingyuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|587,780
|-
|[[Kaiping]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|308,791
|-
|Danshuikou Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|124,054
|-
|[[Taishan, Guangdong|Taishan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|257,286
|-
|[[Doumen, Zhuhai|Doumen]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|186,767
|-
|[[Lianzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|107,248
|-
|[[Shaoguan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|622,686
|-
|[[Yingde]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|147,103
|-
|Shijiao Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|100,425
|-
|[[Conghua, Guangzhou|Conghua]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|189,903
|-
|[[Heyuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|377,911
|-
|[[Laolong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|152,260
|-
|[[Zijin County|Zijin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|178,960
|-
|[[Huidong County, Guangdong|Huidong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|381,618
|-
|[[Haifeng County|Haifeng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|327,326
|-
|[[Shanwei]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|399,595
|-
|[[Lufeng, Guangdong|Lufeng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|281,116
|-
|[[Jieshi, Lufeng|Jieshi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|171,584
|-
|[[Jiazi, Lufeng, Guangdong|Jiazi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|161,983
|-
|[[Huilai County|Huilai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|515,710
|-
|[[Jiexi County|Jiexi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|111,583
|-
|[[Xingning, Guangdong|Xingning]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|299,117
|-
|[[Shuizhai, Wuhua County|Shuizhai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|194,721
|-
|[[Meizhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|451,530
|-
|[[Raoping County|Raoping]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|116,954
|-
|Qiandong Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangdong]]
|360,868
|-
|[[Chaoshan|Chaoshan conurbation]] ([[Shantou]] + [[Chaozhou]] + [[Jieyang]])
|[[Guangdong]]
|12,663,882
|-
|[[Pearl River Delta|Zhuijiang conurbation]] ([[Hong Kong]] + [[Shenzhen]] + [[Dongguan]] + [[Huizhou]] + [[Guangzhou]] + [[Foshan]] + [[Jiangmen]] + [[Zhongshan]] + [[Zhuhai]] + [[Macau]])
|[[Guangdong]] + [[Hong Kong]] + [[Macau]]
|58,822,480
|-
|[[Haikou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hainan]]
|1,591,695
|-
|[[Danzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hainan]]
|205,199
|-
|[[Qionghai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hainan]]
|129,381
|-
|[[Sanya]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Hainan]]
|452,525
|-
|[[Ruili]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|163,239
|-
|[[Baoshan, Yunnan|Baoshan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|372,209
|-
|[[Dali City|Dali]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|350,945
|-
|[[Lijiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|148,632
|-
|[[Lincang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|125,501
|-
|[[Jinghong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|110,737
|-
|[[Pu'er City|Puer]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|171,436
|-
|[[Chuxiong City|Chuxiong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|282,550
|-
|[[Gejiu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|200,494
|-
|Linan Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|131,545
|-
|[[Kaiyuan, Yunnan|Kaiyuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|133,048
|-
|[[Wenlan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|134,657
|-
|[[Panzhihua Township|Panzhihua]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|199,981
|-
|[[Yangguang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|122,171
|-
|[[Yuxi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|370,446
|-
|[[Miyang, Yunnan|Miyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|111,670
|-
|[[Jinghong|Jinzhong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|129,679
|-
|[[Xuanwei]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|242,147
|-
|[[Qujing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|423,122
|-
|[[Kunming]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Yunnan]]
|3,416,600
|-
|[[Xichang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|281,791
|-
|[[Panzhihua]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|564,730
|-
|[[Yibin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|453,683
|-
|[[Naxi, Luzhou|Naxi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|131,691
|-
|[[Luzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|446,058
|-
|[[Hejiang County|Hejiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|108,127
|-
|[[Longchang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|311,632
|-
|[[Fushun County, Sichuan|Fushun]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|134,380
|-
|[[Zigong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|414,628
|-
|[[Weiyuan County, Sichuan|Weiyuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|106,979
|-
|[[Rong County, Sichuan|Rongxian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|115,131
|-
|[[Neijiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|316,065
|-
|[[Zizhong County|Zizhong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|133,695
|-
|[[Leshan]] Metropolitan Area (Leshan + [[Emeishan City|Emeishan]])
|[[Sichuan]]
|1,320,323
|-
|[[Meishan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|661,443
|-
|[[Ya'an|Yaan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|376,578
|-
|[[Renshou County|Renshou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|142,543
|-
|[[Ziyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|516,028
|-
|[[Anyue County|Anyue]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|110,263
|-
|[[Suining]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|688,125
|-
|[[Daying County|Daying]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|104,125
|-
|[[Shehong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|237,362
|-
|[[Santai County|Santai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|126,749
|-
|[[Zhongjiang County|Zhongjiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|147,271
|-
|[[Mianyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|538,166
|-
|[[Jiangyou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|233,403
|-
|[[Jianyang, Sichuan|Jianyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|381,281
|-
|[[Chengdu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|9,011,452
|-
|[[Shunqing, Nanchong|Shunqing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|1,244,035
|-
|[[Nanbu County|Nanbu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|163,685
|-
|[[Langzhong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|153,417
|-
|[[Yingshan County, Sichuan|Yingshan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|135,900
|-
|[[Guang'an|Guangan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|523,802
|-
|[[Yuechi County|Yuechi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|129,392
|-
|[[Linshui County|Linshui]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|144,401
|-
|[[Dazhu County|Dazhu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|154,612
|-
|[[Qu County|Qu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|132,602
|-
|[[Dazhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|771,803
|-
|[[Xuanhan County|Xuanhan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|109,020
|-
|[[Pingchang County|Pingchan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|135,267
|-
|[[Tongjiang County|Tongjiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|101,743
|-
|[[Bazhong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|848,389
|-
|[[Guangyuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Sichuan]]
|441,909
|-
|[[Qijiang, Chongqing|Qijiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|181,826
|-
|[[Nanchuan, Chongqing|Nanchuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|335,471
|-
|[[Baisha, Chongqing|Baisha]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|171,732
|-
|[[Rongchang, Chongqing|Rongchang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|161,431
|-
|[[Yongchuan, Chongqing|Yongchuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|694,286
|-
|[[Dazu, Chongqing|Dazu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|111,767
|-
|[[Tongnan, Chongqing|Tongnan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|115,520
|-
|[[Chongqing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|11,042,531
|-
|[[Changshou, Chongqing|Changshou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|164,070
|-
|[[Shuanglong, Chongqing|Shuanglong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|157,283
|-
|[[Longqiao, Chongqing|Longqiao]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|110,177
|-
|[[Fuling, Chongqing|Dunren]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|508,301
|-
|[[Fengdu County|Fengdu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|114,070
|-
|[[Zhong County|Zhong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|127,220
|-
|[[Dianjiang County|Dianjiang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|144,892
|-
|[[Wanzhou, Chongqing|Wanzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|537,372
|-
|[[Yunyang County|Yunyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|143,644
|-
|[[Kaizhou, Chongqing|Kaizhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Chongqing]]
|105,588
|-
|[[Xingyi, Guizhou|Xingyi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guizhou]]
|212,962
|-
|[[Liuzhi Special District|Liuzhi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guizhou]]
|104,556
|-
|[[Anshun]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guizhou]]
|635,886
|-
|[[Liupanshui]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guizhou]]
|1,115,228
|-
|[[Weining Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous County|Weining]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guizhou]]
|101,307
|-
|[[Zhijin County|Zhijin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guizhou]]
|111,791
|-
|[[Qianxi, Guizhou|Qianxi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guizhou]]
|199,427
|-
|[[Bijie]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guizhou]]
|610,538
|-
|[[Guiyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guizhou]]
|3,056,829
|-
|[[Duyun]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guizhou]]
|180,494
|-
|[[Kaili City|Kaili]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guizhou]]
|386,453
|-
|[[Zunyi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guizhou]]
|1,297,883
|-
|[[Renhuai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guizhou]]
|106,167
|-
|[[Tongzi County|Tongzi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guizhou]]
|116,111
|-
|[[Tongren]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guizhou]]
|255,612
|-
|[[Beihai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|566,475
|-
|[[Qinzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|205,408
|-
|[[Fangchenggang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|107,515
|-
|[[Dongxing, Guangxi|Dongxing]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|125,104
|-
|[[Luchuan County|Luchuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|135,065
|-
|[[Bobai County|Bobai]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|174,688
|-
|[[Yulin, Guangxi|Yulin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|814,022
|-
|[[Rong County, Guangxi|Rongxian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|113,855
|-
|[[Cenxi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|220,053
|-
|[[Wuzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|460,722
|-
|[[Pingnan County, Guangxi|Pingnan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|152,783
|-
|[[Guiping]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|193,500
|-
|[[Laibin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|139,836
|-
|[[Guigang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|324,439
|-
|[[Binyang County|Binyang]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|214,555
|-
|[[Hengzhou, Guangxi|Fucheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|141,192
|-
|[[Lingshan County|Lingshan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|186,486
|-
|[[Nanning]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|2,591,094
|-
|[[Hezhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|167,042
|-
|[[Guilin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|1,069,415
|-
|[[Liuzhou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|1,451,939
|-
|[[Hechi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|129,833
|-
|[[Baise]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Guangxi]]
|124,358
|-
|[[Yinchuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Ningxia]]
|1,440,105
|-
|[[Dawukou, Shizuishan|Dawukou]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Ningxia]]
|141,933
|-
|[[Wuzhong, Ningxia|Wuzhong]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Ningxia]]
|240,247
|-
|[[Chengguan, Huangyuan County|Chengguan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Qinghai]]
|164,456
|-
|[[Xining]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Qinghai]]
|1,303,058
|-
|[[Hotan|Hetian]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Xinjiang]]
|216,546
|-
|[[Kargilik Town|Kargilik]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Xinjiang]]
|134,157
|-
|[[Kashgar]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Xinjiang]]
|498,252
|-
|[[Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture|Kizilsu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Xinjiang]]
|129,556
|-
|[[Aksu City|Aksu]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Xinjiang]]
|288,264
|-
|[[Kuqa, Xinjiang|Kuqa]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Xinjiang]]
|111,846
|-
|[[Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture|Bayingolin]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Xinjiang]]
|392,233
|-
|[[Hami]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Xinjiang]]
|218,398
|-
|[[Shihezi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Xinjiang]]
|379,563
|-
|[[Huiyuan, Xinjiang|Huiyuan]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Xinjiang]]
|401,027
|-
|[[Karamay]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Xinjiang]]
|245,077
|-
|[[Tacheng]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Xinjiang]]
|101,155
|-
|[[Ürümqi|Urumqi]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Xinjiang]]
|4,539,265
|-
|[[Lhasa (city)|Lhasa]] Metropolitan Area
|[[Tibet Autonomous Region|Xizang (Tibet)]]
|273,179
|}

=== Cyprus ===
Data are referred to pre-1974 [[Northern Cyprus|Turkish Army occupation]] boundaries.

Urban population rate: 62% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Nicosia]] Metropolitan Area: 303,412
* [[Limassol|Lemesos]] Metropolitan Area: 191,161

=== Georgia ===
Data are referret to pre-[[Russo-Georgian War|2008 Russo-Georgian War]].

Urban population rate: 60% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Tbilisi]] Metropolitan Area: 988,278
* [[Batumi]] Metropolitan Area: 168,438
* [[Kutaisi]] Metropolitan Area: 132,035

===India===
{{Further|List of metropolitan areas in India}}
{{Further|List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India}}

In [[India]], a metropolitan city is defined as one with a population more than one million.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metropolitan Cities of India |url=http://www.cpcb.nic.in/EnvironmetalPlanning/ground/Chapter3.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210838/http://www.cpcb.nic.in/EnvironmetalPlanning/ground/Chapter3.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2015 |access-date=28 July 2014 |website=Central Pollution Control Board |publisher=National Informatics Centre |page=3}}</ref> In policing jurisdiction, state governments can declare any city or town with a population exceeding one million as a metropolitan area as per the [[Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973]].<ref>{{cite web |date=25 January 1974 |title=The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973 |url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/445276/ |access-date=7 December 2023 |publisher=[[Indian Kanoon]]}}</ref>

Urban population rate: 38% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Delhi]] Metropolitan Area: 31,422,508

===Indonesia===
{{Further|List of metropolitan areas in Indonesia}}

In [[Indonesia]], the [[government of Indonesia]] defines a ''metropolitan area'' as an [[urban agglomeration]] where its [[spatial planning]] is prioritised due to its highly important influence on the country. [[Jakarta]], [[Surabaya]], [[Bandung]], [[Semarang]], [[Medan]], [[Makassar]], [[Palembang]] are important metropolitan area in the country. Currently, there are 10 metropolitan cities in Indonesia that have been recognized by the government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kategori Topik Utama |url=http://tataruang.atr-bpn.go.id/Bulletin/index.asp?mod=_fullart&idart=351 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918052306/http://tataruang.atr-bpn.go.id/Bulletin/index.asp?mod=_fullart&idart=351 |archive-date=2019-09-18 |access-date=2021-06-15}}</ref>

Urban population rate: 52% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Jakarta]] Metropolitan Area: 40,545,126

=== Iran ===
Urban population rate: 76% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Tehran]] Metropolitan Area: 9,363,124

=== Iraq ===
Urban population rate: 72% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Baghdad]] Metropolitan Area: 6,891,722

=== Israel ===
Data are referred to [[1949 Armistice Agreements|1949 Armistice]] boundaries, after 1948 [[Arab-Israeli War of 1948|Arab-Israeli War]].

Urban population rate: 58% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Tel Aviv]] Metropolitan Area: 2,628,335
* [[Jerusalem]] Metropolitan Area (both Israeli and Palestinian part): 1,022,929
* [[Haifa]] Metropolitan Area: 449,588
* [[Ashdod]] Metropolitan Area: 282,181
* [[Beersheba|Beer Sheva]] Metropolitan Area: 205,400

=== Japan ===
Urban population rate: 72% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Greater Tokyo Area|Tokyo]] Conurbation ([[Tokyo]] + [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]] + [[Yokohama]] + [[Saitama (city)|Saitama]] + [[Chiba (city)|Chiba]] + [[Takasaki]] + [[Isesaki|Isezaki]] + [[Ōta, Tokyo|Ota]])
|34,835,218
|-
|[[Keihanshin]] Conurbation ([[Osaka]] + [[Kobe]] + [[Kyoto]] + [[Nara (city)|Nara]] + [[Sakai]] + [[Himeji]] + [[Wakayama (city)|Wakayama]])
|15,165,176
|-
|[[Chūkyō metropolitan area|Chukyo]] Conurbation ([[Nagoya]] + [[Gifu]] + [[Toyota, Aichi|Toyota]] + [[Okazaki, Aichi|Okazaki]] + [[Yokkaichi]])
|7,890,477
|-
|[[Fukuoka]] Metropolitan Area
|2,213,305
|-
|[[Sapporo]] Metropolitan Area
|1,931,424
|-
|[[Sendai]] Metropolitan Area
|1,269,675
|-
|[[Kitakyushu]] Metropolitan Area
|1,208,935
|-
|[[Hiroshima]] Metropolitan Area
|1,150,148
|-
|[[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] Metropolitan Area ([[Naha]] + [[Okinawa (city)|Okinawa]])
|1,065,339
|-
|[[Okayama]] Metropolitan Area (Okayama + [[Kurashiki]])
|847,111
|-
|[[Kumamoto]] Metropolitan Area
|624,648
|-
|[[Kanazawa]] Metropolitan Area
|527,097
|-
|[[Ōtsu|Otsu]] Metropolitan Area
|514,884
|-
|[[Toyohashi]] Metropolitan Area
|500,228
|-
|[[Kagoshima]] Metropolitan Area
|453,833
|-
|[[Niigata (city)|Niigata]] Metropolitan Area
|437,871
|-
|[[Matsuyama]] Metropolitan Area
|421,736
|-
|[[Numazu]] Metropolitan Area
|374,197
|-
|[[Ōita (city)|Oita]] Metropolitan Area
|363,332
|-
|[[Kōfu|Kofu]] Metropolitan Area
|335,934
|-
|[[Fukuyama, Hiroshima|Fukuyama]] Metropolitan Area
|355,566
|-
|[[Utsunomiya]] Metropolitan Area
|337,161
|-
|[[Fujieda, Shizuoka|Fujieda]] Metropolitan Area
|318,978
|-
|[[Takamatsu]] Metropolitan Area
|314,296
|-
|[[Nagasaki]] Metropolitan Area
|297,631
|-
|[[Asahikawa]] Metropolitan Area
|288,867
|-
|[[Mito, Ibaraki|Mito]] Metropolitan Area (Mito + [[Hitachinaka, Ibaraki|Hitachinaka]])
|284,338
|-
|[[Hamamatsu]] Metropolitan Area
|267,033
|-
|[[Nagano (city)|Nagano]] Metropolitan Area
|264,480
|-
|[[Hakodate]] Metropolitan Area
|263,045
|-
|[[Miyazaki (city)|Miyazaki]] Metropolitan Area
|247,744
|-
|[[Tokushima (city)|Tokushima]] Metropolitan Area
|242,829
|-
|[[Toyama (city)|Toyama]] Metropolitan Area
|239,820
|-
|[[Shizuoka (city)|Shizuoka]] Metropolitan Area
|233,904
|-
|[[Morioka]] Metropolitan Area
|217,880
|-
|[[Kōriyama|Koriyama]] Metropolitan Area
|215,513
|-
|[[Kochi, Japan|Kochi]] Metropolitan Area
|213,691
|-
|[[Akita (city)|Akita]] Metropolitan Area
|211,383
|-
|[[Yamagata (city)|Yamagata]] Metropolitan Area
|206,358
|-
|[[Tsuchiura]] Metropolitan Area
|195,325
|-
|[[Aomori]] Metropolitan Area
|179,937
|-
|[[Marugame, Kagawa|Marugame]] Metropolitan Area
|171,220
|-
|[[Fukushima (city)|Fukushima]] Metropolitan Area
|170,143
|-
|[[Fuji, Shizuoka|Fuji]] Metropolitan Area
|167,426
|-
|[[Kisarazu]] Metropolitan Area
|165,839
|-
|[[Sanda, Hyōgo|Sanda]] Metropolitan Area
|164,419
|-
|[[Hitachi, Ibaraki|Hitachi]] Metropolitan Area
|162,932
|-
|[[Fukui (city)|Fukui]] Metropolitan Area
|161,762
|-
|[[Ube, Yamaguchi|Ube]] Metropolitan Area
|152,722
|-
|[[Takaoka, Toyama|Takaoka]] Metropolitan Area
|144,427
|-
|[[Kushiro]] Metropolitan Area
|143,420
|-
|[[Obihiro]] Metropolitan Area
|140,962
|-
|[[Shūnan]] Metropolitan Area
|137,818
|-
|[[Niihama]] Metropolitan Area
|134,067
|-
|[[Kurume]] Metropolitan Area
|133,391
|-
|[[Matsumoto, Nagano|Matsumoto]] Metropolitan Area
|125,858
|-
|[[Hachinohe]] Metropolitan Area
|124,493
|-
|[[Ōmuta, Fukuoka|Omuta]] Metropolitan Area
|122,197
|-
|[[Tomakomai]] Metropolitan Area
|117,181
|-
|[[Beppu]] Metropolitan Area
|113,901
|-
|[[Hikone, Shiga|Hikone]] Metropolitan Area
|113,437
|-
|[[Yonago]] Metropolitan Area
|112,806
|-
|[[Sasebo]] Metropolitan Area
|104,105
|-
|[[Iwaki, Fukushima|Iwaki]] Metropolitan Area
|103,547
|-
|[[Hirosaki]] Metropolitan Area
|100,073
|-
|[[Muroran]] Metropolitan Area
|100,039
|}

=== Jordan ===
Urban population rate: 83% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Amman]] Metropolitan Area: 6,425,246
* [[Irbid]] Metropolitan Area: 704,577
* [[Madaba]] Metropolitan Area: 104,759

=== Kazakhstan ===
Urban population rate: 66% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Almaty]] Metropolitan Area
|2,315,538
|-
|[[Shymkent]] Metropolitan Area
|1,239,663
|-
|[[Astana]] Metropolitan Area
|1,128,140
|-
|[[Aktobe]] Metropolitan Area
|420,695
|-
|[[Semey]] Metropolitan Area
|291,783
|-
|[[Aktau]] Metropolitan Area
|259,510
|-
|[[Kyzylorda]] Metropolitan Area
|237,992
|-
|[[Pavlodar]] Metropolitan Area
|235,889
|-
|[[Atyrau]] Metropolitan Area
|231,440
|-
|[[Turkistan (city)|Turkestan]] Metropolitan Area
|215,873
|-
|[[Oral, Kazakhstan|Ural]] Metropolitan Area
|208,766
|-
|[[Oskemen|Ust-Kamenogorsk]] Metropolitan Area
|197,281
|-
|[[Taraz]] Metropolitan Area
|192,656
|-
|[[Karaganda]] Metropolitan Area
|191,772
|-
|[[Temirtau]] Metropolitan Area
|154,580
|-
|[[Petropavl|Petropavlosk]] Metropolitan Area
|153,560
|-
|[[Kostanay]] Metropolitan Area
|136,333
|-
|[[Taldykorgan|Taldikorgan]] Metropolitan Area
|131,397
|-
|[[Zhanaozen]] Metropolitan Area
|109,850
|-
|[[Kokshetau|Kokshetav]] Metropolitan Area
|100,846
|}

=== Kuwait ===
Urban population rate: 98% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Kuwait City|Al Kuwait]] Metropolitan Area: 3,703,486

=== Kyrgyzstan ===
Urban population rate: 42% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Bishkek]] Metropolitan Area: 1,428,079
* [[Osh]] Metropolitan Area: 481,389

=== Laos ===
Urban population rate: 43% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Vientiane]] Metropolitan Area (Vientiane + [[Si Chiang Mai district|Si Chiang Mai]]): 166,271

=== Lebanon ===
Urban population rate: 90% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Beirut]] Metropolitan Area: 1,538,386

=== Malaysia + Singapore ===
[[File:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ESA23795482.jpeg|thumb|Satellite view of [[Kuala Lumpur metropolitan area]]]]Urban population rate: 77% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Kuala Lumpur]] Metropolitan Area
|8,851,535
|-
|[[Singapore]] Metropolitan Area (including [[Johor Bahru]])
|7,934,034
|-
|[[George Town, Penang|Georgetown]] Metropolitan Area (Georgetown + [[Kulim District|Kulim]])
|1,513,764
|-
|[[Ipoh]] Metropolitan Area
|861,933
|-
|[[Kota Kinabalu]] Metropolitan Area
|810,843
|-
|[[Kuching]] Metropolitan Area
|587,986
|-
|[[Malacca City|Melaka]] Metropolitan Area
|544,035
|-
|[[Seremban]] Metropolitan Area
|390,884
|-
|[[Tawau]] Metropolitan Area
|354,494
|-
|[[Sandakan]] Metropolitan Area
|337,268
|-
|[[Kota Bharu]] Metropolitan Area
|326,948
|-
|[[Sungai Petani]] Metropolitan Area
|269,176
|-
|[[Kuantan]] Metropolitan Area
|217,879
|-
|[[Alor Setar|Alor Star]] Metropolitan Area
|203,262
|-
|[[Taiping, Perak|Taiping]] Metropolitan Area
|198,018
|-
|[[Miri]] Metropolitan Area
|187,443
|-
|[[Sibu]] Metropolitan Area
|185,385
|-
|[[Kuala Terengganu]] Metropolitan Area
|147,996
|-
|[[Lahad Datu]] Metropolitan Area
|133,110
|-
|[[Kluang]] Metropolitan Area
|109,597
|-
|[[Muar (town)|Muar]] Metropolitan Area
|106,024
|-
|[[Bintulu]] Metropolitan Area
|101,436
|-
|[[Semporna]] Metropolitan Area
|101,230
|}

=== Maldives ===

* [[Malé]] Metropolitan Area: 229,283 (2024).<ref name=":1" />

=== Mongolia ===
Urban population rate: 69% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Ulaanbaatar|Ulaanbataar]] Metropolitan Area: 1,634,097

=== Myanmar ===
Urban population rate: 42% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Yangon]] Metropolitan Area: 6,190,958

=== Nepal ===
Urban population rate: 25% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Kathmandu]] Metropolitan Area: 3,862,697
* [[Biratnagar]] Metropolitan Area (Biratnagar + [[Jogbani]] + [[Inaruwa Municipality|Inaruwa]] + [[Laukahi, Nepal|Laukhi]]): 1,385,038
* [[Pokhara]] Metropolitan Area: 151,399
* [[Bharatpur, Nepal|Bharatpur]] Metropolitan Area: 153,049
* [[Tulsipur, Dang|Tulsipur]] Metropolitan Area: 101,378

=== North Korea ===
Boundaries are referred to the Third [[Inter-Korean summits|inter-Korean summit]] agreement (2018).

Urban population rate: 67% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Kaesong|Kaeseong]] Metropolitan Area
|280,963
|-
|[[Haeju]] Metropolitan Area
|263,992
|-
|[[Sariwon]] Metropolitan Area
|401,117
|-
|[[Songrim|Songnim]] Metropolitan Area
|256,211
|-
|[[Nampo]] Metropolitan Area
|144,643
|-
|[[Gangseo-gu|Kangseo]] Metropolitan Area
|260,531
|-
|[[Pyongyang|Pyeongyang]] Metropolitan Area
|2,868,313
|-
|[[Wonsan]] Metropolitan Area
|370,729
|-
|[[Munchon|Muncheon]] Metropolitan Area
|117,274
|-
|[[Pyongsong|Pyeongseong]] Metropolitan Area
|300,843
|-
|[[Sunchon|Suncheon]] Metropolitan Area
|154,047
|-
|[[Sukchon County|Sukcheon]] Metropolitan Area
|106,846
|-
|[[Anju, South Pyongan|Anju]] Metropolitan Area
|256,943
|-
|[[Kaechon|Kaecheon]] Metropolitan Area
|164,966
|-
|[[Tokchon|Deokcheon]] Metropolitan Area
|152,025
|-
|[[Chongju|Cheongju]] Metropolitan Area
|170,999
|-
|[[Sonchon County|Seoncheon]] Metropolitan Area
|112,903
|-
|[[Kusong|Kuseong]] Metropolitan Area
|108,791
|-
|[[Ryongchon County|Ryeongcheon]] Metropolitan Area
|125,259
|-
|[[Huichon|Huicheon]] Metropolitan Area
|117,534
|-
|[[Kanggye]] Metropolitan Area
|314,915
|-
|[[Chongpyong County|Jeongpyeong]] Metropolitan Area
|108,488
|-
|[[Hamju County|Hamju]] Metropolitan Area
|105,812
|-
|[[Hamhung|Hamheung]] Metropolitan Area
|745,725
|-
|[[Hongwon County|Hongwon]] Metropolitan Area
|116,941
|-
|[[Tanchon|Dancheon]] Metropolitan Area
|114,551
|-
|[[Kimchaek]] Metropolitan Area
|196,760
|-
|[[Kilju County|Gilju]] Metropolitan Area
|108,885
|-
|[[Musan County|Musan]] Metropolitan Area
|106,601
|-
|[[Chongjin|Cheongjin]] Metropolitan Area
|683,870
|-
|[[Rason|Raseon]] Metropolitan Area
|106,938
|}

=== Oman ===
Urban population rate: 78% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Muscat|Masqat]] Metropolitan Area (Masqat + [[Seeb|Al Seeb]] + [[Ruwi]]): 1,339,009
* [[Salalah|Salahah]] Metropolitan Area: 247,073
* [[Sohar|Suhar]] Metropolitan Area: 139,036

===Pakistan===
{{main|List of metropolitan areas in Pakistan}}

[[Pakistan]] has nine metropolitan areas with populations greater than a million. Five of these are entirely in [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] including [[Lahore]], [[Faisalabad]], [[Gujranwala]], [[Multan]]; one ([[Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area|Islamabad-Rawalpindi]] is split between Punjab and the [[Islamabad Capital Territory]]; two are located in [[Sindh]], including [[Karachi]], the largest metropolitan area in the country, and [[Hyderabad, Pakistan|Hyderabad]]; one in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]: [[Peshawar]]; and the final in [[Balochistan]]: [[Quetta]].

Data are referred to 1972 [[Simla Agreement|Shimla Agreement]] borders, after [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1971|1971 Indo-Pakistani war.]]

Urban population rate: 39% (2015)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
!Year
!Notes
|-
|[[Karachi]] Metropolitan Area
|13,150,694
| rowspan="102" |2015
| rowspan="102" |
|-
|[[Lahore]] Metropolitan Area
|10,114,718
|-
|[[Rawalpindi]] Metropolitan Area (Rawalpindi + [[Islamabad]])
|3,738,564
|-
|[[Faisalabad]] Metropolitan Area
|3,563,007
|-
|[[Gujranwala]] Metropolitan Area
|2,788,655
|-
|[[Peshawar]] Metropolitan Area
|2,764,734
|-
|[[Multan]] Metropolitan Area
|2,422,577
|-
|[[Sialkot]] Metropolitan Area
|1,885,761
|-
|[[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]] Metropolitan Area
|1,835,126
|-
|[[Mingora|Mingaora]] Metropolitan Area
|1,057,542
|-
|[[Mardan]] Metropolitan Area
|1,026,217
|-
|[[Abbottabad]] Metropolitan Area
|960,783
|-
|[[Quetta]] Metropolitan Area
|749,960
|-
|[[Sargodha]] Metropolitan Area
|657,394
|-
|[[Gujrat, Pakistan|Gujrat]] Metropolitan Area
|622,644
|-
|[[Wah Cantonment|Wah]] Metropolitan Area
|521,616
|-
|[[Bannu]] Metropolitan Area
|494,277
|-
|[[Haripur, Pakistan|Haripur]] Metropolitan Area
|474,638
|-
|[[Larkana]] Metropolitan Area
|466,569
|-
|[[Mansehra]] Metropolitan Area
|465,955
|-
|[[Nankana Sahib District|Shahkot]] Metropolitan Area
|460,340
|-
|[[Charsadda]] Metropolitan Area
|421,797
|-
|[[Sukkur]] Metropolitan Area
|419,044
|-
|[[Bahawalpur]] Metropolitan Area
|412,812
|-
|Jehangira Metropolitan Area
|392,541
|-
|Dera Ghazi Khan Metropolitan Area
|386,996
|-
|Chakwal Metropolitan Area
|380,689
|-
|Okara Metropolitan Area
|377,333
|-
|Nowshera Metropolitan Area
|376,682
|-
|Kasur Metropolitan Area
|368,064
|-
|Shakargarh Metropolitan Area
|366,175
|-
|Swabi Metropolitan Area
|350,349
|-
|Kohat Metropolitan Area
|349,873
|-
|Jhelum Metropolitan Area
|335,764
|-
|Muridike Metropolitan Area
|332,238
|-
|Sahiwal Metropolitan Area
|331,522
|-
|Muzaffarabad Metropolitan Area
|329,099
|-
|Hazro Metropolitan Area
|325,085
|-
|Chakdarra Metropolitan Area
|312,554
|-
|Shabqadar Metropolitan Area
|306,185
|-
|Jhang Sada Metropolitan Area
|303,289
|-
|Jacobabad Metropolitan Area
|301,179
|-
|Narowal Metropolitan Area
|279,768
|-
|Rahim Yar Khan Metropolitan Area
|274,839
|-
|Takhat Bhai Metropolitan Area
|270,145
|-
|Tangi Metropolitan Area
|254,085
|-
|Hafizabad Metropolitan Area
|252,160
|-
|Muzaffargarh Metropolitan Area
|245,691
|-
|Mandi Bahauddin Metropolitan Area
|240,604
|-
|Wazirabad Metropolitan Area
|232,325
|-
|Qila Khudabadan Metropolitan Area
|221,239
|-
|Shikarpur Metropolitan Area
|221,057
|-
|Mandi Metropolitan Area
|209,396
|-
|Jampur Metropolitan Area
|208,805
|-
|Pattoki Metropolitan Area
|208,708
|-
|Kharian Metropolitan Area
|191,229
|-
|Chunian Metropolitan Area
|178,925
|-
|Tando Muhammad Khan Metropolitan Area
|173,445
|-
|Lala Mosa Metropolitan Area
|171,681
|-
|Khairpur Metropolitan Area
|167,568
|-
|Khandhkot Metropolitan Area
|167,179
|-
|Charman Metropolitan Area
|165,834
|-
|Zangun Metropolitan Area
|164,498
|-
|Dadu Metropolitan Area
|162,534
|-
|Sherpur Metropolitan Area
|160,249
|-
|Sadiqabad Metropolitan Area
|158,903
|-
|Bhara Khao Metropolitan Area
|155,834
|-
|Pakpattan Metropolitan Area
|155,767
|-
|Ghotki Metropolitan Area
|154,294
|-
|Fatehjang Metropolitan Area
|153,965
|-
|Burewala Metropolitan Area
|151,529
|-
|Pindi Gheb Metropolitan Area
|147,718
|-
|Bat Khela Metropolitan Area
|147,435
|-
|Chiniot Metropolitan Area
|146,702
|-
|Chuchar Metropolitan Area
|143,388
|-
|Pasrur Metropolitan Area
|142,975
|-
|Usta Muhammad Metropolitan Area
|137,181
|-
|Khanewal Metropolitan Area
|135,503
|-
|Gojra Metropolitan Area
|134,727
|-
|Shaikh Jana Metropolitan Area
|131,956
|-
|Thul Metropolitan Area
|130,017
|-
|Kahuta Metropolitan Area
|129,479
|-
|Gali Bagh Metropolitan Area
|126,721
|-
|Shujaabad Metropolitan Area
|125,952
|-
|Topi Metropolitan Area
|123,669
|-
|Daroli Metropolitan Area
|116,619
|-
|Attock Metropolitan Area
|113,767
|-
|Sangla Metropolitan Area
|112,475
|-
|Mithankot Metropolitan Area
|111,038
|-
|Thatta Metropolitan Area
|110,185
|-
|Jambar Kalan Metropolitan Area
|109,682
|-
|Dera Ismail Khan Metropolitan Area
|109,448
|-
|Kabirwala Metropolitan Area
|108,910
|-
|Lodhran Metropolitan Area
|108,590
|-
|Moro Metropolitan Area
|108,243
|-
|Havelian Metropolitan Area
|106,307
|-
|Shal Bandai Metropolitan Area
|106,132
|-
|Mehar Metropolitan Area
|106,034
|-
|Arifwala Metropolitan Area
|105,263
|-
|Khanpur Metropolitan Area
|104,403
|-
|Alipur Metropolitan Area
|101,977
|-
|Khot Kakka Shah Metropolitan Area
|100,884
|}

=== Palestine ===
Data are referred to [[1949 Armistice Agreements|1949 Armistice]] boundaries, after 1948 [[Arab-Israeli War of 1948|Arab-Israeli War]].

Urban population rate: 78% (2023).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2023,<ref name=":1" /> before the [[Gaza war|Israeli Army invasion]].

* [[Gaza City|Gaza]] Strip Conurbation (Gaza + [[Rafah]]): 1,922,681
* [[Ramallah]] Metropolitan Area: 1,054,623
* [[Hebron]] Metropolitan Area: 414,422
* [[Nablus]] Metropolitan Area: 209,246
* [[Tulkarm]] Metropolitan Area (Tulkarm + [[Tayibe]]): 158,781

===Philippines===
{{main|List of metropolitan areas in the Philippines}}

The [[Philippines]] currently has three metropolitan areas defined by the [[National Economic and Development Authority]] (NEDA). These metropolitan areas are separated into three main geographical areas; [[Metro Manila]] (which is located in [[Luzon]]), [[Metro Cebu]] (which is located in [[Visayas]]), [[Metro Davao]] (which is located in [[Mindanao]]), and [[Greater Manila Area]] (which is the largest metropolitan area of [[Manila]]). The official definition of each area does not necessarily follow the actual extent of continuous urbanization. For example, the built-up area of [[Metro Manila]] has long spilled out of its officially defined borders into the adjacent provinces of [[Bulacan]], [[Rizal (province)|Rizal]], [[Laguna (province)|Laguna]], and [[Cavite]] known as [[Greater Manila Area]]. The number of metropolitan areas in the Philippines was reduced from 13 in 2007 to the current three based from the 2017–2022 Philippine Development Plan by NEDA. The other 10 metropolitan areas were [[Metro Angeles]], [[Metro Bacolod]], [[Metro Baguio]], [[Metro Batangas]], [[Metro Cagayan de Oro]], [[Metro Dagupan]], [[Metro Iloilo–Guimaras]], [[Butuan|Metro Butuan]], [[Metro Naga]], and [[Metro Olongapo]].

Urban population rate: 59% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Manila]] Metropolitan Area (Manila + Angeles + Lipa + Batangas)
|30,565,371
|-
|[[Cebu City|Cebu]] Metropolitan Area
|3,191,585
|-
|[[Davao City|Davao]] Metropolitan Area
|1,651,086
|-
|[[Dagupan]] Metropolitan Area
|973,316
|-
|[[Cagayan de Oro]] Metropolitan Area
|950,102
|-
|[[Bacolod]] Metropolitan Area
|690,717
|-
|[[Zamboanga City|Zamboanga]] Metropolitan Area
|498,587
|-
|[[Iloilo City|Iloilo]] Metropolitan Area
|489,034
|-
|[[General Santos]] Metropolitan Area
|452,060
|-
|[[Baguio]] Metropolitan Area
|451,844
|-
|[[Batangas City|Batangas]] Metropolitan Area
|326,496
|-
|[[Naga, Camarines Sur|Naga]] Metropolitan Area
|291,374
|-
|[[Iligan]] Metropolitan Area
|279,731
|-
|[[Cotabato]] Metropolitan Area
|274,670
|-
|[[Tagum]] Metropolitan Area
|252,700
|-
|[[Tacloban]] Metropolitan Area
|244,458
|-
|[[Lipa, Batangas|Lipa]] Metropolitan Area
|235,919
|-
|[[Legazpi, Albay|Legaspi]] Metropolitan Area
|221,694
|-
|[[Marawi]] Metropolitan Area
|207,205
|-
|[[Cabanatuan]] Metropolitan Area
|198,568
|-
|[[Butuan]] Metropolitan Area
|185,655
|-
|[[Olongapo]] Metropolitan Area
|182,832
|-
|[[Tarlac]] Metropolitan Area
|181,691
|-
|[[San Pablo, Laguna|San Pablo]] Metropolitan Area
|174,317
|-
|[[San Pedro, Laguna|San Pedro]] Metropolitan Area
|172,148
|-
|[[Dumaguete]] Metropolitan Area
|166,127
|-
|[[Guagua]] Metropolitan Area
|160,448
|-
|[[Puerto Princesa]] Metropolitan Area
|156,713
|-
|[[Pagadian]] Metropolitan Area
|145,146
|-
|[[San Fernando, Pampanga|San Fernando]] Metropolitan Area
|134,798
|-
|[[Malolos]] Metropolitan Area
|123,101
|-
|[[Tuguegarao]] Metropolitan Area
|122,965
|-
|[[Tagbilaran]] Metropolitan Area
|120,097
|-
|[[Ozamiz|Ozamis]] Metropolitan Area
|117,388
|-
|[[Roxas City|Roxas]] Metropolitan Area
|108,370
|-
|[[Dipolog]] Metropolitan Area
|108,335
|-
|[[Balanga, Bataan|Balanga]] Metropolitan Area
|108,162
|-
|[[Gapan]] Metropolitan Area
|103,963
|}

=== Qatar ===
Urban population rate: 46% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Doha]] Metropolitan Area: 2,076,720

=== Saudi Arabia ===
Urban population rate: 86% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
* [[Riyadh]] Metropolitan Area: 7,970,319

=== South Korea ===
Boundaries are referred to the Third [[Inter-Korean summits|inter-Korean summit]] agreement (2018).

Urban population rate: 86% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Seoul Capital Area|Sudokwon]] Conurbation ([[Seoul]] + [[Incheon]] + nearby cities in [[Gyeonggi Province]])
|23,366,117
|-
|[[South Gyeongsang Province|South Gyeongsang]] Conurbation ([[Busan]] + [[Gimhae]] + [[Yangsan]] + [[Changwon]])
|4,494,463
|-
|[[Daegu]] Metropolitan Area
|2,300,085
|-
|[[Daejeon]] Metropolitan Area
|1,504,229
|-
|[[Gwangju]] Metropolitan Area
|1,428,492
|-
|[[Ulsan]] Metropolitan Area
|941,217
|-
|[[Jeonju]] Metropolitan Area (Jeonju + [[Iksan]])
|786,341
|-
|[[Cheongju]] Metropolitan Area
|691,161
|-
|[[Cheonan]] Metropolitan Area (Cheonan + [[Asan]])
|504,349
|-
|[[Pohang]] Metropolitan Area
|373,323
|-
|[[Gumi, North Gyeongsang|Gumi]] Metropolitan Area
|286,529
|-
|[[Suncheon]] Metropolitan Area (Suncheon + [[Gwangyang]] + [[Yeosu]])
|265,434
|-
|[[Jinju]] Metropolitan Area
|238,454
|-
|[[Chuncheon]] Metropolitan Area
|229,165
|-
|[[Mokpo]] Metropolitan Area
|228,462
|-
|[[Wonju]] Metropolitan Area
|218,041
|-
|[[Gunsan]] Metropolitan Area
|177,647
|-
|[[Gangneung]] Metropolitan Area
|118,784
|}

=== Sri Lanka ===
Urban population rate: 20% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Colombo]] Metropolitan Area: 4,881,182
* [[Kandy]] Metropolitan Area: 850,450
* [[Matara, Sri Lanka|Matara]] Metropolitan Area: 225,584
* [[Jaffna]] Metropolitan Area: 214,344
* [[Galle]] Metropolitan Area: 197,578
* [[Kalmunai]] Metropolitan Area: 134,013
* [[Batticaloa]] Metropolitan Area: 125,685

=== Syria ===
Urban population rate: 63% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
* [[Damascus]] Metropolitan Area: 3,771,638

=== Taiwan ===
Boundaries are referred to the territories administrated by the [[Republic of China]], after [[Cross-Strait Act]] (1992).

Urban population rate: 80% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|Northern Conurbation ([[Taipei]] + [[Taoyuan, Taiwan|Taoyuan]] + [[Zhubei]] + [[Hsinchu|Hsinshu]] + [[Toufen]])
|10,687,535
|-
|Southern Conurbation ([[Tainan]] + [[Kaohsiung]] + [[Pingtung City|Pingtung]])
|3,595,567
|-
|Central Conurbation ([[Taichung]] + [[Changhua]] + [[Nantou County|Nantou]] + [[Yunlin County|Yunlin]])
|3,447,544
|-
|[[Chiayi]] Metropolitan Area
|460,979
|-
|[[Hualien City|Hualien]] Metropolitan Area
|137,533
|}

=== Tajikistan ===
Urban population rate: 34% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Dushanbe]] Metropolitan Area (Dushanbe + [[Hisar (Tajikistan)|Hisor]] + [[Kofarnihon district|Kofarnihon]]): 1,759,769
* [[Khujand]] Metropolitan Area (Khujand + [[Chkalovsk, Tajikistan|Ckalovsk]] + [[Qistaquz]]): 454,273
* [[Kulob]] Metropolitan Area: 177,692

=== Thailand ===
Urban population rate: 42% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Krung Thep]] Conurbation ([[Bangkok]] and nearby cities)
|19,378,454
|-
|[[Phuket (city)|Phuket]] Metropolitan Area
|742,871
|-
|[[Chiang Mai]] Metropolitan Area
|692,242
|-
|[[Hat Yai]] Metropolitan Area
|436,777
|-
|[[Chonburi]] Metropolitan Area
|263,106
|-
|[[Pattaya]] Metropolitan Area
|253,538
|-
|[[Nakhon Pathom]] Metropolitan Area
|185,771
|-
|[[Si Racha]] Metropolitan Area
|168,554
|-
|[[Phitsanulok]] Metropolitan Area
|165,001
|-
|[[Songkhla]] Metropolitan Area
|162,380
|-
|[[Nakhon Ratchasima]] Metropolitan Area
|159,579
|-
|[[Khon Kaen|Khonkaen]] Metropolitan Area
|154,057
|-
|[[Surat Thani]] Metropolitan Area
|150,127
|-
|[[Udon Thani]] Metropolitan Area
|149,983
|-
|[[Nakhon Si Thammarat]] Metropolitan Area
|146,307
|-
|[[Rayong]] Metropolitan Area
|138,423
|-
|[[Lopburi]] Metropolitan Area
|128,924
|-
|[[Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (city)|Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya]] Metropolitan Area
|126,849
|-
|[[Ubon Ratchathani]] Metropolitan Area
|126,488
|-
|[[Ranong]] Metropolitan Area
|118,553
|-
|[[Yala, Thailand|Yala]] Metropolitan Area
|111,221
|-
|[[Ban Chang (town)|Ban Chang]] Metropolitan Area
|110,390
|-
|[[Kanchanaburi]] Metropolitan Area
|102,628
|}

=== Timor Leste ===
Urban population rate: 36% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Dili]] Metropolitan Area: 381,794

=== Turkey ===
The word metropolitan describes the central municipality governing local services in a province with more than 750.000 residents in [[Turkey]], like [[Istanbul]] and its metropolitan municipality, the [[Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality]]. There are 30 officially defined "metropolitan municipalities" in Turkey.<ref>[[Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey]]</ref> This classification, however, is only used for administrative purposes, and sometimes contradicts the colloquial use of the term "metro area". As an example, Gebze, a district in [[Kocaeli Province|Kocaeli]] province and thus in the jurisdiction of the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, is arguably within the metro area of Istanbul with many of its residents commuting to Istanbul for work and the Marmaray, a commuter rail line, extending into the district. The district however, as previously mentioned, is not a part of Istanbul's provincial limits, and thus not subject to the jurisdiction of its metropolitan municipality. The word metropolitan (municipality) is generally only used as an administrative distinction in Turkey.

Urban population rate: 73% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Istanbul]] Metropolitan Area
|14,210,222
|-
|[[Ankara]] Metropolitan Area
|5,402,165
|-
|[[İzmir|Izmir]] Metropolitan Area
|2,457,529
|-
|[[Bursa]] Metropolitan Area
|2,366,448
|-
|[[Gaziantep]] Metropolitan Area
|1,681,270
|-
|[[Antalya]] Metropolitan Area
|1,372,672
|-
|[[Konya]] Metropolitan Area
|1,017,329
|-
|[[Mersin]] Metropolitan Area
|800,548
|-
|[[İzmit|Izmit]] Metropolitan Area
|784,331
|-
|[[Kayseri]] Metropolitan Area
|772,654
|-
|[[Adana]] Metropolitan Area
|737,574
|-
|[[Samsun]] Metropolitan Area
|559,413
|-
|[[Denizli]] Metropolitan Area
|537,507
|-
|[[Diyarbakır|Diyarbakir]] Metropolitan Area
|536,794
|-
|[[Eskişehir|Eskisehir]] Metropolitan Area
|528,380
|-
|[[Kahramanmaraş|Kahramanmaras]] Metropolitan Area
|464,945
|-
|[[Van, Turkey|Van]] Metropolitan Area
|451,519
|-
|[[Malatya]] Metropolitan Area
|447,745
|-
|[[Urfa|Sanliurfa]] Metropolitan Area
|431,505
|-
|[[Antakya]] Metropolitan Area
|397,544
|-
|[[Trabzon]] Metropolitan Area
|364,103
|-
|[[Batman, Turkey|Batman]] Metropolitan Area
|363,642
|-
|[[Elazığ|Elazig]] Metropolitan Area
|324,305
|-
|[[Sivas]] Metropolitan Area
|303,202
|-
|[[Sakarya Province|Sakarya]] Metropolitan Area
|269,660
|-
|[[Manisa]] Metropolitan Area
|294,069
|-
|[[İskenderun|Iskenderun]] Metropolitan Area
|256,743
|-
|[[Çerkezköy|Cerkezkoy]] Metropolitan Area
|242,264
|-
|[[Isparta]] Metropolitan Area
|234,121
|-
|[[Osmaniye]] Metropolitan Area
|225,567
|-
|[[Aydın|Aydin]] Metropolitan Area
|210,247
|-
|[[Adıyaman|Adiyaman]] Metropolitan Area
|203,680
|-
|[[Yenice, Çanakkale|Yenice]] Metropolitan Area
|181,480
|-
|[[Çorum|Corum]] Metropolitan Area
|181,012
|-
|[[Ordu]] Metropolitan Area
|180,011
|-
|[[Siverek]] Metropolitan Area
|160,312
|-
|[[Tarsus, Mersin|Tarsus]] Metropolitan Area
|159,692
|-
|[[Zonguldak]] Metropolitan Area
|158,521
|-
|[[İnegöl|Inegol]] Metropolitan Area
|155,697
|-
|[[Giresun]] Metropolitan Area
|147,434
|-
|[[Uşak|Usak]] Metropolitan Area
|141,288
|-
|[[Düzce|Duzce]] Metropolitan Area
|139,560
|-
|[[Yumurtalık|Yumurtalik]] Metropolitan Area
|139,104
|-
|[[Siirt]] Metropolitan Area
|136,101
|-
|[[Tokat]] Metropolitan Area
|134,631
|-
|[[Karabük|Karabuk]] Metropolitan Area
|130,402
|-
|[[Kütahya|Kutahya]] Metropolitan Area
|129,641
|-
|[[Erzurum]] Metropolitan Area
|129,246
|-
|[[Karaman]] Metropolitan Area
|127,506
|-
|[[Aksaray]] Metropolitan Area
|126,210
|-
|[[Turgutlu]] Metropolitan Area
|125,953
|-
|[[Rize]] Metropolitan Area
|123,482
|-
|[[Ağrı|Agri]] Metropolitan Area
|121,725
|-
|[[Yalova]] Metropolitan Area
|120,828
|-
|[[Afyonkarahisar]] Metropolitan Area
|120,660
|-
|[[Fethiye]] Metropolitan Area
|117,452
|-
|[[Keskin]] Metropolitan Area
|114,207
|-
|[[Viranşehir|Viransehir]] Metropolitan Area
|113,091
|-
|[[Kadirli]] Metropolitan Area
|111,158
|-
|[[Silopi]] Metropolitan Area
|105,037
|-
|[[Ereğli District, Zonguldak|Eregli]] Metropolitan Area
|104,760
|-
|[[Cizre]] Metropolitan Area
|104,061
|-
|[[Ceyhan]] Metropolitan Area
|103,840
|-
|[[Elbistan]] Metropolitan Area
|100,020
|}

=== Turkmenistan ===
Urban population rate: 57% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Ashgabat|Asgabat]] Metropolitan Area: 1,144,222
* [[Mary, Turkmenistan|Mary]] Metropolitan Area: 243,436
* [[Türkmenabat|Turkmenabat]] Metropolitan Area: 215,520
* [[Daşoguz|Dasoguz]] Metropolitan Area: 182,056

===United Arab Emirates===
{{main|Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area}}

[[Dubai]]-[[Sharjah]]-[[Ajman]] (DSA) is a metropolitan area in the United Arab Emirates. It consists of the combined, greater urban areas of Dubai, Ajman, and Sharjah. The urban areas at the northeast end of Dubai flow into those of Sharjah, which in turn are contiguous with those of Ajman. The total population is about 5.9 million people as of 2023<ref>{{Cite web |last=Al Qassemi |first=Sooud |date=June 19, 2012 |title=Infinite possibilities for Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman conurbation |url=https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/infinite-possibilities-for-dubai-sharjah-ajman-conurbation-1.1037372 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120053653/https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/infinite-possibilities-for-dubai-sharjah-ajman-conurbation-1.1037372 |archive-date=Nov 20, 2023 |website=Gulf News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bardsley |first=Daniel |date=2022-08-02 |title=Dubai population to surge to nearly 6m in 20 years amid urban transformation |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2022/01/23/dubai-population-to-surge-to-nearly-6m-in-20-years-amid-urban-transformation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402061135/https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2022/01/23/dubai-population-to-surge-to-nearly-6m-in-20-years-amid-urban-transformation/ |archive-date=Apr 2, 2024 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Quest |first1=Richard |last2=Minihane |first2=Joe |date=March 10, 2021 |title=What Dubai looked like before it boomed |url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/dubai-before-it-boomed/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402061134/https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/dubai-before-it-boomed/index.html |archive-date=Apr 2, 2024 |website=CNN}}</ref>

Urban population rate: 87% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Dubai]] Metropolitan Area (Dubai + [[Sharjah]]): 4,565,478
* [[Abu Dhabi]] Metropolitan Area: 1,052,835
* [[Al Ain|Al-Ain]] Metropolitan Area (Al-Ain + Al-Buraymi): 854,940
* [[Ras al-Haymah]] Metropolitan Area: 259,127

=== Uzbekistan ===
Urban population rate: 44% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Tashkent]] Metropolitan Area
|3,874,653
|-
|[[Namangan]] Metropolitan Area
|927,908
|-
|[[Samarkand|Samarqand]] Metropolitan Area
|892,554
|-
|[[Andijan|Andijon]] Metropolitan Area
|792,858
|-
|[[Fergana|Fargona]] Metropolitan Area
|759,423
|-
|[[Qarshi]] Metropolitan Area
|512,027
|-
|[[Jizzakh|Jizzax]] Metropolitan Area
|357,127
|-
|[[Shahrisabz]] Metropolitan Area
|334,628
|-
|[[Kokand|Qoqon]] Metropolitan Area
|303,759
|-
|[[Nukus|Nokis]] Metropolitan Area
|288,240
|-
|[[To‘rtko‘l|Tortkul]] Metropolitan Area
|252,614
|-
|[[Termez|Termiz]] Metropolitan Area
|242,044
|-
|[[Urgench|Urganch]] Metropolitan Area
|215,566
|-
|[[Kattakurgan|Kattaqorgon]] Metropolitan Area
|153,433
|-
|[[Denov]] Metropolitan Area
|146,220
|-
|[[Bukhara|Buxoro]] Metropolitan Area
|137,440
|-
|[[Khiva|Xiva]] Metropolitan Area
|136,679
|-
|[[Oltiariq]] Metropolitan Area
|120,162
|-
|[[Kosonsoy]] Metropolitan Area
|115,631
|-
|[[Quva]] Metropolitan Area
|113,493
|-
|[[Gijduvon]] Metropolitan Area
|110,910
|-
|[[Navoiy]] Metropolitan Area
|110,554
|-
|[[Ibrat]] Metropolitan Area
|101,566
|-
|[[Asaka, Uzbekistan|Asaka]] Metropolitan Area
|101,170
|-
|[[Shahrixon]] Metropolitan Area
|100,375
|}

=== Vietnam ===
Urban population rate: 38% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Ho Chi Minh City|Ho Chi Minh]] (Sai Gon) Metropolitan Area
|15,430,069
|-
|[[Hanoi|Ha Noi]] Metropolitan Area
|7,265,805
|-
|[[Cần Thơ|Can Tho]] Metropolitan Area
|1,652,649
|-
|[[Da Nang]] Metropolitan Area
|1,265,560
|-
|[[Haiphong|Hai Phong]] Metropolitan Area
|1,003,753
|-
|[[Mỹ Tho|My Tho]] Metropolitan Area
|461,520
|-
|[[Long Xuyên|Long Xuyen]] Metropolitan Area
|550,869
|-
|[[Vĩnh Long|Vinh Long]] Metropolitan Area
|484,198
|-
|[[Vũng Tàu|Vung Tau]] Metropolitan Area
|476,737
|-
|[[Nha Trang]] Metropolitan Area
|443,626
|-
|[[Tây Ninh|Tay Ninh]] Metropolitan Area
|436,732
|-
|[[Huế|Hue]] Metropolitan Area
|383,941
|-
|[[Thái Nguyên|Thai Nguyen]] Metropolitan Area
|363,000
|-
|[[Vinh]] Metropolitan Area
|349,192
|-
|[[Thanh Hóa|Thanh Hoa]] Metropolitan Area
|343,001
|-
|[[Quảng Ngãi|Quang Ngai]] Metropolitan Area
|340,820
|-
|[[Buôn Ma Thuột|Buon Ma Thuot]] Metropolitan Area
|316,655
|-
|[[Nam Định|Nam Dinh]] Metropolitan Area
|292,782
|-
|[[Quy Nhon|Qui Nhon]] Metropolitan Area
|282,795
|-
|[[Rạch Giá|Rach Gia]] Metropolitan Area
|276,783
|-
|[[Thái Bình|Thai Binh]] Metropolitan Area
|268,330
|-
|[[Phan Thiết|Phan Thiet]] Metropolitan Area
|243,919
|-
|[[Pleiku|Play Cu]] Metropolitan Area
|199,908
|-
|[[Bạc Liêu|Bac Lieu]] Metropolitan Area
|199,141
|-
|[[Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm|Phan Rang]] Metropolitan Area
|198,679
|-
|[[Da Lat]] Metropolitan Area
|195,370
|-
|[[Cà Mau|Ca Mau]] Metropolitan Area
|193,377
|-
|[[Hạ Long|Ha Long]] Metropolitan Area
|178,597
|-
|[[Lạc Tánh|Lac Thanh]] Metropolitan Area
|177,136
|-
|[[Cao Lãnh (city)|Cao Lanh]] Metropolitan Area
|173,133
|-
|[[Cai Lậy (town)|Cai Lay]] Metropolitan Area
|172,776
|-
|[[Trà Vinh|Tra Vinh]] Metropolitan Area
|159,016
|-
|[[Tuy Hòa|Tuy Hoa]] Metropolitan Area
|158,744
|-
|[[Binh Phuoc]] Metropolitan Area
|155,011
|-
|Cao Mat Metropolitan Area
|149,729
|-
|[[Kon Tum]] Metropolitan Area
|144,425
|-
|[[Sơn Tây, Hanoi|Son Tay]] (Ha Noi) Metropolitan Area
|139,803
|-
|[[Vĩnh Yên|Vinh Yen]] Metropolitan Area
|139,418
|-
|[[Sóc Trăng|Soc Trang]] Metropolitan Area
|133,858
|-
|[[Việt Trì|Viet Tri]] Metropolitan Area
|129,341
|-
|Long Le Metropolitan Area
|125,920
|-
|[[Móng Cái|Mong Cai]] Metropolitan Area (Mong Cai + Dongxing)
|125,104
|-
|[[Cẩm Phả|Cam Pha]] Metropolitan Area
|122,988
|-
|[[Ninh Bình|Ninh Binh]] Metropolitan Area
|122,236
|-
|[[Cái Bè|Cai Be]] Metropolitan Area
|120,234
|-
|[[Tuyên Quang|Tuyen Quang]] Metropolitan Area
|114,216
|-
|[[Phủ Lý|Phu Ly]] Metropolitan Area
|112,705
|-
|Tien Thanh Metropolitan Area
|112,508
|-
|[[Tân Phú district, Ho Chi Minh City|Tân Phú]] Metropolitan Area
|111,991
|-
|[[Lạng Sơn|Lang Son]] Metropolitan Area
|110,770
|-
|Ho Kou Metropolitan Area (Ho Kou + Hekou)
|105,453
|-
|[[Xuân Lộc district|Xuan Loc]] Metropolitan Area
|103,836
|-
|[[Giá Rai|Gia Rai]] Metropolitan Area
|102,299
|-
|[[Yên Bái|Yen Bai]] Metropolitan Area
|102,149
|-
|[[Tam Kỳ|Tam Ky]] Metropolitan Area
|100,935
|-
|[[Vĩnh Tuy, Hà Giang|Vinh Tuy]] Metropolitan Area
|100,364
|}

== Central America and Caribbeans ==

=== Bahamas ===
Urban population rate: 87% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Nassau, The Bahamas|Nassau]] Conurbation: 261,235

=== Barbados ===
Urban population rate: 53% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Bridgetown]] Conurbation: 152,912

=== Costa Rica ===
Urban population rate: 70% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[San José, Costa Rica|San Jose]] Conurbation: 2,461,955

=== Cuba ===
Urban population rate: 80% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
* [[Havana]] Metropolitan Area: 1,632,772

=== Dominican Republic ===
Urban population rate: 75% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
* [[Santo Domingo]] Metropolitan Area: 4,593,164

=== El Salvador ===
Urban population rate: 70% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[San Salvador]] Conurbation: 1,615,741
* [[Santa Ana, El Salvador|Santa Ana]] Metropolitan Area: 205,665
* [[Sonsonate, El Salvador|Sonsonate]] Metropolitan Area: 181,726
* [[San Miguel, El Salvador|San Miguel]] Metropolitan Area: 165,222
* [[Lourdes, El Salvador|Lourdes]] Metropolitan Area: 134,316

=== Guatemala ===
Urban population rate: 57% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
* [[Guatemala City|Guatemala]] Metropolitan Area: 2,900,619

=== Haiti ===
Urban population rate: 63% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
* [[Port-au-Prince|Port au Prince]] Metropolitan Area: 1,733,378

=== Honduras ===
Urban population rate: 59% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Tegucigalpa]] Conurbation: 1,653,509
* [[San Pedro Sula]] Conurbation: 1,547,548
* [[La Ceiba]] Metropolitan Area: 300,948
* [[El Progreso]] Metropolitan Area: 138,954
* [[Choluteca, Choluteca|Choluteca]] Metropolitan Area: 128,127
* [[Comayagua]] Metropolitan Area: 113,060

=== Jamaica ===
Urban population rate: 60% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] Conurbation: 936,134
* [[Montego Bay]] Metropolitan Area: 116,517

=== Nicaragua ===
Urban population rate: 64% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Managua]] Conurbation: 1,690,329
* [[León, Nicaragua|Leon]] Metropolitan Area: 155,985
* [[Matagalpa]] Metropolitan Area: 134,380
* [[Estelí|Esteli]] Metropolitan Area: 113,538
* [[Puerto Cabezas|Bilwi]] Metropolitan Area: 107,012
* [[Chinandega]] Metropolitan Area: 104,366

=== Panama ===
Urban population rate: 80% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Panama City|Ciudad del Panama]] Conurbation: 2,043,187
* [[Colón, Panama|Colon]] Metropolitan Area: 187,546
* [[David, Chiriquí|David]] Metropolitan Area: 126,995

=== Trinidad and Tobago ===
Urban population rate: 19% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Port of Spain]] Conurbation: 474,070
* [[Chaguanas]] Metropolitan Area: 131,058
* [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando]] Metropolitan Area: 119,286

== Europe ==
[[File:Metro-Regions-2021.png|thumb|upright=1.1|Map of metropolitan regions by Eurostat in 2021.]]
The [[European Union]]'s statistical agency [[Eurostat]], in partnership with [[OECD]], has created a concept named [[functional urban area]] (FUA). The FUA represents an attempt at a harmonised definition of the metropolitan area, and the goal was to have an area from which a significant share of the residents commute into the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=What is the Urban Audit? |url=http://www.urbanaudit.org/help.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212235821/http://www.urbanaudit.org/help.aspx |archive-date=2009-02-12 |website=Urban Audit}}</ref> The FUA consists of a city and its commuting zone,<ref name="fua">{{cite web |title=European cities – the EU-OECD functional urban area definition |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Archive:European_cities_%E2%80%93_the_EU-OECD_functional_urban_area_definition |publisher=[[Eurostat]]}}</ref> which is a contiguous area of spatial units that have at least 15% of their employed residents working in the city.<ref>{{cite book |author=European Union/FAO/UN-Habitat/OECD/The World Bank |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3859598/15348338/KS-02-20-499-EN-N.pdf/0d412b58-046f-750b-0f48-7134f1a3a4c2?t=1669111363941 |title=Applying the Degree of Urbanisation — A methodological manual to define cities, towns and rural areas for international comparisons — 2021 edition |date=2021 |publisher=Publications Office of the European Union |isbn=978-92-76-20306-3 |location=Luxembourg |page=52 |language=en |doi=10.2785/706535}}</ref>

A further, derived concept is the typology of [[metropolitan region]]s. A [[Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics|NUTS]] 3 region (or a group thereof) is considered to be metropolitan, if at least 50% of its residents live inside a FUA with a population of 250,000 or more. NUTS 3 regions not meeting this criteria are considered to be non-metropolitan regions.<ref name="metroreg">{{cite web |title=Glossary:Metro regions |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Glossary:Metro_regions |publisher=[[Eurostat]]}}</ref>

=== Albania ===
Urban population rate: 61% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Tirana|Tirane]] Metropolitan Area: 995,789
* [[Durrës]] Metropolitan Area: 131,865

=== Austria ===
Urban population rate: 72% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Vienna]] Metropolitan Area: 2,056,565
* [[Graz]] Metropolitan Area: 306,742
* [[Linz]] Metropolitan Area: 243,243
* [[Innsbruck]] Metropolitan Area: 144,226
* [[Salzburg]] Metropolitan Area: 143,452

=== Belarus ===
Urban population rate: 79% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Minsk]] Metropolitan Area
|2,093,512
|-
|[[Gomel]] Metropolitan Area
|571,257
|-
|[[Vitebsk]] Metropolitan Area
|382,195
|-
|[[Mogilev]] Metropolitan Area
|334,165
|-
|[[Brest, Belarus|Brest]] Metropolitan Area (Brest + [[Terespol]])
|326,182
|-
|[[Grodno]] Metropolitan Area
|309,064
|-
|[[Babruysk|Bobruisk]] Metropolitan Area
|197,539
|-
|[[Baranavichy|Baranavici]] Metropolitan Area
|162,854
|-
|[[Pinsk]] Metropolitan Area
|132,029
|-
|[[Barysaw|Borisov]] Metropolitan Area
|112,218
|}

=== Belgium ===
Urban population rate: 98% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Brussels|Bruxelles]] Metropolitan Area: 1,468,754
* [[Antwerp]] Metropolitan Area: 767,652
* [[Liège|Liege]] Metropolitan Area: 373,662
* [[Ghent|Gent]] Metropolitan Area: 250,379
* [[Charleroi]] Metropolitan Area: 222,465

=== Bosnia and Herzegovina ===
Urban population rate: 56% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Sarajevo]] Metropolitan Area: 235,734

=== Bulgaria ===
Urban population rate: 76% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Sofia]] Metropolitan Area: 1,068,057
* [[Plovdiv]] Metropolitan Area: 331,578
* [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]] Metropolitan Area: 286,140
* [[Burgas]] Metropolitan Area: 102,154

=== Croatia ===
Urban population rate: 65% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Zagreb]] Metropolitan Area: 643,962
* [[Split, Croatia|Split]] Metropolitan Area: 215,968
* [[Rijeka]] Metropolitan Area: 115,636

=== Czechia ===
Urban population rate: 78% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Prague]] Metropolitan Area: 1,201,278
* [[Brno]] Metropolitan Area: 313,582
* [[Ostrava]] Metropolitan Area: 150,766
* [[Plzeň|Plzen]] Metropolitan Area: 146,255

=== Denmark ===
Urban population rate: 89% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Copenhagen]] Metropolitan Area: 1,338,887
* [[Aarhus]] Metropolitan Area: 252,649
* [[Odense]] Metropolitan Area: 147,088
* [[Aalborg]] Metropolitan Area: 101,029

=== Estonia ===
Urban population rate: 74% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Tallinn]] Metropolitan Area: 449,861

=== Finland ===
Urban population rate: 88% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Helsinki]] Metropolitan Area (Helsinki + [[Espoo]]): 1,001,125
* [[Tampere]] Metropolitan Area: 153,567
* [[Turku]] Metropolitan Area: 104,248

=== France ===
{{main|Functional area (France)}}

France's national statistics office, [[INSEE]], names an urban core and its surrounding area of commuter influence an {{ill|aire d'attraction d'une ville|fr|aire d'attraction d'une ville|italic=y}} (AAV, literally meaning "catchment area of a city"), plural: ''aires d'attraction des villes''.<ref name="AAV">{{cite web |title=Le nouveau zonage en aires d'attraction des villes |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/4808607 |access-date=2022-04-09 |publisher=[[INSEE]]}}</ref> The official translation of this statistical area in English (as used by INSEE) is "functional area".<ref name="FU">{{cite web |title=Functional areas |url=https://www.insee.fr/en/metadonnees/definition/c2173 |access-date=2022-04-09 |publisher=[[INSEE]]}}</ref> The AAV follows the same definition as the [[Functional Urban Area]] (FUA) used by [[Eurostat]] and the [[OECD]], and the AAVs are thus strictly comparable to the FUAs.<ref name="FU" />

The AAV replaced in 2020 the metropolitan statistical area called ''[[aire urbaine]]'' (AU).<ref name="AAV" /> The AU, which was defined differently than the AAV, has now been discarded by INSEE and replaced with the AAV in order to facilitate international comparisons.<ref name="FU" />

Urban population rate: 88% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Île-de-France|Ile-de-France]] Conurbation
|10,242,434
|-
|[[Lyon]] Metropolitan Area
|1,194,741
|-
|[[Marseille]] Metropolitan Area
|911,934
|-
|[[Lille]] Metropolitan Area (Lille + [[Mouscron]])
|907,123
|-
|[[Toulouse]] Metropolitan Area
|712,882
|-
|[[Bordeaux]] Metropolitan Area
|642,756
|-
|[[French Riviera|Cote-d'Azur]] Conurbation ([[Nice]] + [[Cannes]])
|606,433
|-
|[[Nantes]] Metropolitan Area
|472,262
|-
|[[Strasbourg]] Metropolitan Area (Strasbourg + [[Kehl]])
|419,245
|-
|[[Toulon]] Metropolitan Area
|368,851
|-
|[[Grenoble]] Metropolitan Area
|338,199
|-
|[[Rouen]] Metropolitan Area
|320,960
|-
|[[Montpellier]] Metropolitan Area
|293,865
|-
|[[Rennes]] Metropolitan Area
|227,572
|-
|[[Nancy, France|Nancy]] Metropolitan Area
|213,797
|-
|[[Tours]] Metropolitan Area
|211,591
|-
|[[Dijon]] Metropolitan Area
|208,040
|-
|[[Cambrin]] Metropolitan Area
|207,779
|-
|[[Clermont-Ferrand]] Metropolitan Area
|191,311
|-
|[[Saint-Denis, Réunion|Saint Denis]] Metropolitan Area ([[Réunion|Reunion]])
|189,854
|-
|[[Reims]] Metropolitan Area
|189,743
|-
|[[Mulhouse]] Metropolitan Area
|189,297
|-
|[[Le Havre]] Metropolitan Area
|187,643
|-
|[[Orléans|Orleans]] Metropolitan Area
|179,869
|-
|[[Angers]] Metropolitan Area
|176,839
|-
|[[Saint-Étienne|Saint-Etienne]] Metropolitan Area
|172,766
|-
|[[Caen]] Metropolitan Area
|164,788
|-
|[[Nouméa|Noumea]] Metropolitan Area ([[New Caledonia|New Caleidonia]])
|153,190
|-
|[[Metz]] Metropolitan Area
|151,221
|-
|[[Le Mans]] Metropolitan Area
|147,383
|-
|[[Brest, France|Brest]] Metropolitan Area
|142,527
|-
|[[Amiens]] Metropolitan Area
|136,532
|-
|[[Limoges]] Metropolitan Area
|129,255
|-
|[[Dunkirk|Dunkerque]] Metropolitan Area
|127,529
|-
|[[Mamoudzou]] Metropolitan Area ([[Mayotte]])
|127,511
|-
|[[Perpignan]] Metropolitan Area
|115,845
|-
|[[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]] Metropolitan Area
|112,672
|-
|[[Troyes]] Metropolitan Area
|109,941
|-
|[[Papeete]] Metropolitan Area ([[French Polynesia]])
|109,747
|-
|[[Besançon]] Metropolitan Area
|108,712
|-
|[[Le Port, Réunion|Le Port]] Metropolitan Area ([[Réunion|Reunion]])
|105,572
|-
|[[Annecy]] Metropolitan Area 
|102,728
|-
|[[Nîmes]] Metropolitan Area
|101,743
|-
|[[Valenciennes]] Metropolitan Area
|101,583
|}

=== Germany ===
[[Metropolitan regions in Germany]] by definition, are the eleven urban areas that are the most densely populated areas in the [[Federal Republic of Germany]]. They comprise the major German cities and their surrounding catchment areas and form the political, commercial and cultural centers of the country. For urban centers outside metropolitan areas, that generate a similar attraction at smaller scale for their region, the concept of the Regiopolis and respectively regiopolitan area or region was introduced by German professors in 2006.

Urban population rate: 79% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Ruhr|Ruhr Conurbation]] ([[Bonn]] + [[Cologne|Koln]] + [[Düsseldorf]] + [[Wuppertal]] + [[Dortmund]] + [[Hagen]])
|7,822,542
|-
|[[Berlin]] Conurbation
|3,775,954
|-
|[[Hamburg]] Metropolitan Area
|1,841,656
|-
|[[Munich]] Metropolitan Area
|1,827,704
|-
|[[Frankfurt|Frankfurt am Main]] Conurbation
|1,505,111
|-
|[[Stuttgart]] Conurbation
|1,117,893
|-
|[[Nuremberg|Nurnberg]] Metropolitan Area
|759,135
|-
|[[Hanover|Hannover]] Metropolitan Area
|663,997
|-
|[[Leipzig]] Metropolitan Area
|585,335
|-
|[[Dresden]] Metropolitan Area
|566,233
|-
|[[Bremen]] Metropolitan Area
|559,521
|-
|[[Mannheim]] Metropolitan Area
|456,549
|-
|[[Augsburg]] Metropolitan Area
|312,094
|-
|[[Karlsruhe]] Metropolitan Area
|286,982
|-
|[[Aachen]] Metropolitan Area (Aachen + [[Kerkrade]])
|226,264
|-
|[[Kassel]] Metropolitan Area
|222,869
|-
|[[Bielefeld]] Metropolitan Area
|214,193
|-
|[[Kiel]] Metropolitan Area
|209,786
|-
|[[Münster|Munster]] Metropolitan Area
|207,455
|-
|[[Heidelberg]] Metropolitan Area
|196,429
|-
|[[Magdeburg]] Metropolitan Area
|193,706
|-
|[[Halle (Saale)|Halle]] Metropolitan Area
|185,076
|-
|[[Braunschweig]] Metropolitan Area
|180,612
|-
|[[Freiburg im Breisgau]] Metropolitan Area
|179,912
|-
|[[Rostock]] Metropolitan Area
|168,453
|-
|[[Chemnitz]] Metropolitan Area
|168,021
|-
|[[Lübeck|Lubeck]] Metropolitan Area
|150,413
|-
|[[Saarbrücken]] Metropolitan Area
|146,109
|-
|[[Oldenburg (city)|Oldenburg]] Metropolitan Area
|144,961
|-
|[[Erfurt]] Metropolitan Area
|141,749
|-
|[[Koblenz]] Metropolitan Area
|138,095
|-
|[[Regensburg]] Metropolitan Area
|133,794
|-
|[[Würzburg|Wurzburg]] Metropolitan Area
|121,062
|-
|[[Heilbronn]] Metropolitan Area
|121,015
|-
|[[Bremerhaven]] Metropolitan Area
|116,975
|-
|[[Darmstadt]] Metropolitan Area
|116,051
|-
|[[Osnabrück|Osnabruck]] Metropolitan Area
|105,944
|-
|[[Ulm]] Metropolitan Area
|103,439
|}

=== Greece ===
Urban population rate: 68% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Athens]] Metropolitan Area: 3,166,757
* [[Thessaloniki]] Metropolitan Area: 783,450
* [[Heraklion]] Metropolitan Area: 159,049
* [[Patras]] Metropolitan Area: 146,128
* [[Larissa|Larisa]] Metropolitan Area: 118,892

=== Hungary ===
Urban population rate: 72% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Budapest]] Metropolitan Area: 1,743,875
* [[Debrecen]] Metropolitan Area: 139,471
* [[Pécs|Pecs]] Metropolitan Area: 123,329
* [[Szeged]] Metropolitan Area: 122,060
* [[Miskolc]] Metropolitan Area: 115,425

=== Iceland ===
Urban population rate: 73% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* Reykjavik Metropolitan Area: 206,895

=== Ireland ===
Urban population rate: 69% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Dublin]] Metropolitan Area: 1,310,160
* [[Cork (city)|Cork]] Metropolitan Area: 137,272

=== Italy ===
In 2001 Italy transformed 14 provinces of some of the country's largest cities into ''[[Metropolitan cities of Italy|Metropolitan Cities]]''. Therefore, the territory of the ''Metropolitan City'' corresponds to that of a standard Italian province.

Urban population rate: 73% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Milan metropolitan area|Milano conurbation]] ([[Milan|Milano]] + [[Monza]] and nearby cities)
|3,579,039
|-
|[[Naples metropolitan area|Napoli conurbation]] ([[Naples|Napoli]] + [[Caserta]] + [[Salerno]] and nearby cities)
|3,415,763
|-
|[[Rome metropolitan area|Roma conurbation]]
|2,799,884
|-
|[[Turin metropolitan area|Torino conurbation]]
|1,243,448
|-
|[[Palermo metropolitan area|Palermo conurbation]]
|720,937
|-
|[[Florence|Firenze conurbation]] ([[Florence|Firenze]] + [[Prato]] + [[Pistoia]] and nearby cities)
|711,105
|-
|[[Catania]] Metropolitan Area
|529,493
|-
|[[Genoa|Genova]] Metropolitan Area
|523,194
|-
|[[Bologna]] Metropolitan Area
|456,780
|-
|[[Bergamo]] Metropolitan Area
|448,364
|-
|[[Bari]] Metropolitan Area
|311,280
|-
|[[Cagliari]] Metropolitan Area
|257,468
|-
|[[Padua|Padova]] Metropolitan Area
|244,498
|-
|[[Brescia]] Metropolitan Area
|243,287
|-
|[[Venice|Venezia]] Metropolitan Area
|222,475
|-
|[[Verona]] Metropolitan Area
|216,582
|-
|[[Pescara]] Metropolitan Area
|212,590
|-
|[[Messina]] Metropolitan Area
|178,836
|-
|[[Trieste]] Metropolitan Area
|178,655
|-
|[[Modena]] Metropolitan Area
|155,015
|-
|[[Como]] Metropolitan Area
|151,878
|-
|[[Livorno]] Metropolitan Area
|149,983
|-
|[[Parma]] Metropolitan Area
|148,518
|-
|[[Taranto]] Metropolitan Area
|136,105
|-
|[[Reggio Calabria]] Metropolitan Area
|128,270
|-
|[[Foggia]] Metropolitan Area
|126,645
|-
|[[Rimini]] Metropolitan Area
|126,273
|-
|[[Vicenza]] Metropolitan Area
|121,637
|-
|[[Reggio Emilia]] Metropolitan Area
|119,756
|-
|[[Bolzano]] Metropolitan Area
|107,197
|-
|[[Massa, Tuscany|Massa]] Metropolitan Area
|101,572
|-
|[[Udine]] Metropolitan Area
|101,454
|}

=== Kosovo ===
Urban population rate: 42% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Pristina]] Metropolitan Area: 218,971

=== Latvia ===
Urban population rate: 72% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Riga]] Metropolitan Area: 516,897

=== Lithuania ===
Urban population rate: 72% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Vilnius]] Metropolitan Area: 339,420
* [[Kaunas]] Metropolitan Area: 236,910
* [[Klaipėda|Klaipeda]] Metropolitan Area: 103,210

=== Luxembourg ===
Urban population rate: 88% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Luxembourg City|Luxembourg]] Metropolitan Area: 161,303

=== Malta ===
Urban population rate: 89% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Birkirkara]] Metropolitan Area ([[Valletta]] and nearby cities): 366,066

=== Moldova ===
Urban population rate: 55% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Chișinău|Chisinau]] Metropolitan Area: 450,581

=== Montenegro ===
Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
* [[Podgorica]] Metropolitan Area: 152,731

=== Netherlands ===
Urban population rate: 86% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Rotterdam]] Conurbation (Rotterdam + [[Delft]] + [[The Hague|Den Haag]] + [[Zoetermeer]])
|2,173,754
|-
|[[Amsterdam]] Conurbation
|1,223,407
|-
|[[Utrecht]] Metropolitan Area
|519,237
|-
|[[Eindhoven]] Metropolitan Area
|293,438
|-
|[[Leiden]] Metropolitan Area
|268,631
|-
|[[Dordrecht]] Metropolitan Area
|252,512
|-
|[[Haarlem]] Metropolitan Area
|207,592
|-
|[[Tilburg]] Metropolitan Area
|206,798
|-
|[[Arnhem]] Metropolitan Area
|194,293
|-
|[[Nijmegen]] Metropolitan Area
|190,473
|-
|[[Amersfoort]] Metropolitan Area
|186,756
|-
|[[Almere]] Metropolitan Area
|185,506
|-
|[[Breda]] Metropolitan Area
|177,734
|-
|[[Alkmaar]] Metropolitan Area
|171,003
|-
|[[Groningen]] Metropolitan Area
|167,782
|-
|[[Willemstad]] ([[Curaçao|Curacao]]) Metropolitan Area
|162,059
|-
|[[Heerlen]] Metropolitan Area
|160,135
|-
|'[['s-Hertogenbosch|s-Hertongenbosch]] Metropolitan Area
|144,486
|-
|[[Apeldoorn]] Metropolitan Area
|133,570
|-
|[[Enschede]] Metropolitan Area
|129,372
|-
|[[Maastricht]] Metropolitan Area
|124,921
|-
|[[Zwolle]] Metropolitan Area
|120,061
|}

=== North Macedonia ===
Urban population rate: 67% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Skopje]] Metropolitan Area: 402,733

=== Norway ===
Urban population rate: 84% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Oslo]] Metropolitan Area: 889,573
* [[Stavanger]] Metropolitan Area: 205,533
* [[Bergen]] Metropolitan Area: 148,237
* [[Trondheim]] Metropolitan Area: 142,104

=== Poland ===
Urban population rate: 68% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Warsaw]] Metropolitan Area
|1,999,986
|-
|[[Katowice urban area|Katowice conurbation]]
|1,408,364
|-
|[[Kraków|Krakow]] Metropolitan Area
|723,413
|-
|[[Gdańsk|Gdansk]] Metropolitan Area
|615,013
|-
|[[Łódź|Lodz]] Metropolitan Area
|582,587
|-
|[[Wrocław|Wroclaw]] Metropolitan Area
|531,845
|-
|[[Poznań]] Metropolitan Area
|531,736
|-
|[[Lublin]] Metropolitan Area
|320,313
|-
|[[Białystok|Bialystok]] Metropolitan Area
|289,226
|-
|[[Szczecin]] Metropolitan Area
|269,836
|-
|[[Wałbrzych|Walbrzych]] Metropolitan Area
|182,732
|-
|[[Rzeszów|Rzeszow]] Metropolitan Area
|180,696
|-
|[[Bielsko-Biała|Bielsko-Biala]] Metropolitan Area
|136,717
|}

=== Portugal ===
Urban population rate: 68% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Lisbon]] Metropolitan Area: 2,443,987
* [[Porto]] Metropolitan Area: 1,060,250
* [[Funchal]] Metropolitan Area: 135,362

=== Romania ===
Urban population rate: 65% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Bucharest]] Metropolitan Area
|1,971,350
|-
|[[Cluj-Napoca]] Metropolitan Area
|321,095
|-
|[[Iași|Iasi]] Metropolitan Area
|304,851
|-
|[[Timișoara|Timisoara]] Metropolitan Area
|288,523
|-
|[[Constanța|Constanta]] Metropolitan Area
|273,012
|-
|[[Craiova]] Metropolitan Area
|260,150
|-
|[[Galați|Galati]] Metropolitan Area
|232,217
|-
|[[Brașov|Brasov]] Metropolitan Area
|230,438
|-
|[[Ploiești|Ploiesti]] Metropolitan Area
|187,350
|-
|[[Oradea]] Metropolitan Area
|156,341
|-
|[[Giurgiu]] Metropolitan Area
|141,675
|-
|[[Brăila|Braila]] Metropolitan Area
|138,888
|-
|[[Pitești|Pitesti]] Metropolitan Area
|132,100
|-
|[[Târgu Mureș|Targu-Mures]] Metropolitan Area
|118,255
|-
|[[Sibiu]] Metropolitan Area
|117,695
|-
|[[Bacău|Bacau]] Metropolitan Area
|117,407
|-
|[[Arad, Romania|Arad]] Metropolitan Area
|112,052
|-
|[[Oltenița|Oltenita]] Metropolitan Area
|108,928
|}

=== Russia ===
Urban population rate: 78% (2024).<ref name=":07">{{Cite journal |last=Ritchie |first=Hannah |last2=Samborska |first2=Veronika |last3=Roser |first3=Max |date=2024-02-21 |title=Urbanization |url=https://ourworldindata.org/urbanization |journal=Our World in Data |language=en}}</ref> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |title=Global Human Settlement - Stats in the city visualisation - European Commission |url=https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/ucdb2024visual.php |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu}}</ref>

* [[Moscow|Moskva]] Metropolitan Area: 14,384,082

=== Serbia ===
Urban population rate: 63% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Belgrade|Beograd]] Metropolitan Area: 1,200,547
* [[Novi Sad]] Metropolitan Area: 286,753
* [[Niš|Nis]] Metropolitan Area: 219,095
* [[Kragujevac]] Metropolitan Area: 140,856

=== Slovakia ===
Urban population rate: 62% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Bratislava]] Metropolitan Area: 310,204
* [[Košice]] Metropolitan Area: 223,173

=== Slovenia ===
Urban population rate: 57% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Ljubljana]] Metropolitan Area: 252,736

=== Spain ===
Urban population rate: 82% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Madrid|Madrid conurbation]]
|5,680,137
|-
|[[Barcelona|Barcelona conurbation]]
|3,908,362
|-
|[[Valencia]] Metropolitan Area
|1,404,208
|-
|[[Bilbao]] Metropolitan Area
|729,222
|-
|[[Seville|Sevilla]] Metropolitan Area
|696,193
|-
|[[Zaragoza]] Metropolitan Area
|624,271
|-
|[[Málaga]] Metropolitan Area
|522,827
|-
|[[Palma de Mallorca]] Metropolitan Area
|467,468
|-
|[[Las Palmas|Las Palmas de Gran Canaria]] Metropolitan Area
|378,494
|-
|[[Granada]] Metropolitan Area
|362,800
|-
|[[Murcia]] Metropolitan Area
|341,431
|-
|[[Alicante]] Metropolitan Area
|331,089
|-
|[[Santa Cruz de Tenerife]] Metropolitan Area
|324,645
|-
|[[Pamplona]] Metropolitan Area
|296,609
|-
|[[Valladolid]] Metropolitan Area
|290,636
|-
|[[Vigo]] Metropolitan Area
|265,407
|-
|[[A Coruña]] Metropolitan Area
|249,861
|-
|[[Gijón]] Metropolitan Area
|229,261
|-
|[[Algeciras]] Metropolitan Area
|215,007
|-
|[[San Sebastián]] Metropolitan Area
|214,645
|-
|[[Santander, Spain|Santander]] Metropolitan Area
|206,816
|-
|[[Vitoria-Gasteiz|Vitoria]] Metropolitan Area
|203,909
|-
|[[Alcalá de Henares]] Metropolitan Area
|184,497
|-
|[[Oviedo]] Metropolitan Area
|170,846
|-
|[[Almería]] Metropolitan Area
|169,121
|-
|[[Castellón de la Plana]] Metropolitan Area
|158,875
|-
|[[Salamanca]] Metropolitan Area
|143,857
|-
|[[Logroño]] Metropolitan Area
|142,370
|-
|[[Ceuta]] Metropolitan Area
|137,945
|-
|[[Girona]] Metropolitan Area
|132,100
|-
|[[Tarragona]] Metropolitan Area
|131,944
|-
|[[Jerez de la Frontera]] Metropolitan Area
|130,424
|-
|[[Cádiz]] Metropolitan Area
|130,037
|-
|[[Melilla]] Metropolitan Area
|126,133
|-
|[[Mataró]] Metropolitan Area
|123,418
|-
|[[Marbella]] Metropolitan Area
|119,627
|-
|[[Burgos]] Metropolitan Area
|117,187
|-
|[[Huelva]] Metropolitan Area
|113,533
|-
|[[Torrevieja]] Metropolitan Area
|105,360
|}

=== Sweden ===
The [[list of metropolitan areas in Sweden]] is collated based on statistics of commuting between central municipalities and surrounding municipalities and taking into account existing planning cooperation in the country's three geographic regions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Geografin i statistiken – regionala indelningar i Sverigelanguage=sv |url=https://www.scb.se/contentassets/e98247b537e14fc4b3f27f203adcce09/ov9999_2004a01_br_x20op0502.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]]}}</ref> They were defined around 1965. In 2005, a number of further municipalities were added to the defined areas.

Urban population rate: 88% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Stockholm]] Metropolitan Area: 1,543,892
* [[Gothenburg]] Metropolitan Area: 599,675
* [[Malmö|Malmo]] Metropolitan Area: 339,007
* [[Uppsala]] Metropolitan Area: 133,611
* [[Helsingborg]] Metropolitan Area: 106,339
* [[Västerås|Vasteras]] Metropolitan Area: 104,147

=== Switzerland ===
Urban population rate: 77% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Zürich|Zurich]] Metropolitan Area: 689,208
* [[Geneva|Geneve]] Metropolitan Area (Geneve + [[Annemasse]]): 433,727
* [[Lausanne]] Metropolitan Area: 288,888
* [[Basel]] Metropolitan Area (Basel + [[Lörrach|Lorrach]] + [[Buschwiller]]): 285,823
* [[Bern]] Metropolitan Area: 193,474
* [[Lucerne|Luzern]] Metropolitan Area: 146,604

=== Ukraine ===
Boundaries are referred to the [[Treaty on the Russian–Ukrainian border]] signed in 2003.

Urban population rate: 73% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Kyiv]] Metropolitan Area
|2,575,199
|-
|[[Kharkiv]] Metropolitan Area
|1,284,380
|-
|[[Odesa]] Metropolitan Area
|977,813
|-
|[[Dnipro]] Metropolitan Area
|761,540
|-
|[[Donetsk]] Metropolitan Area
|690,522
|-
|[[Zaporizhzhia]] Metropolitan Area
|624,951
|-
|[[Lviv]] Metropolitan Area
|604,320
|-
|[[Kryvyi Rih|Krivyy Rih]] Metropolitan Area
|471,275
|-
|[[Mykolaiv|Mikolaiv]] Metropolitan Area
|412,070
|-
|[[Vinnytsia|Vinnitsa]] Metropolitan Area
|383,836
|-
|[[Mariupol]] Metropolitan Area
|363,415
|-
|[[Luhansk]] Metropolitan Area
|342,311
|-
|[[Simferopol]] Metropolitan Area
|338,634
|-
|[[Chernihiv]] Metropolitan Area
|278,668
|-
|[[Cherkasy]] Metropolitan Area
|278,510
|-
|[[Poltava]] Metropolitan Area
|275,189
|-
|[[Khmelnytskyi|Khmelnitskyy]] Metropolitan Area
|259,104
|-
|[[Kherson]] Metropolitan Area
|246,357
|-
|[[Zhytomyr|Zhytomir]] Metropolitan Area
|242,883
|-
|[[Chernivtsi]] Metropolitan Area
|240,725
|-
|[[Ivano-Frankivsk]] Metropolitan Area
|237,552
|-
|[[Rivne]] Metropolitan Area
|228,212
|-
|[[Kropyvnytskyi|Kropivnitskyy]] Metropolitan Area
|225,913
|-
|[[Kamianske]] Metropolitan Area
|223,589
|-
|[[Lutsk]] Metropolitan Area
|218,316
|-
|[[Sumy]] Metropolitan Area
|214,376
|-
|[[Kremenchuk]] Metropolitan Area
|213,125
|-
|Bialitserkva Metropolitan Area
|207,328
|-
|[[Horlivka]] Metropolitan Area
|195,806
|-
|[[Sevastopol]] Metropolitan Area
|189,598
|-
|[[Ternopil]] Metropolitan Area
|187,740
|-
|[[Melitopol]] Metropolitan Area
|166,662
|-
|[[Kramatorsk]] Metropolitan Area
|150,246
|-
|[[Alchevsk]] Metropolitan Area
|139,091
|-
|[[Nikopol, Ukraine|Nikopol]] Metropolitan Area
|132,379
|-
|[[Sloviansk]] Metropolitan Area
|132,301
|-
|[[Uzhhorod]] Metropolitan Area
|124,809
|}

=== United Kingdom ===
The [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Office for National Statistics]] defines "[[travel to work area]]s" as areas where "at least 75% of an area's resident workforce work in the area and at least 75% of the people who work in the area also live in the area".<ref>[http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/beginner-s-guide/other/travel-to-work-areas/index.html Beginners' guide to UK geography - Travel to Work Areas (TTWAs)] Office for National Statistics</ref> The [[European Union]]'s [[ESPON]] group has compiled a separate [[ESPON metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom|list of metropolitan areas]] which covers the UK. Industrial and housing growth in the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries produced many conurbations. [[Greater London]] is by far the largest urban area and is usually counted as a conurbation in statistical terms, but differs from the others in the degree to which it is focused on a single central area. In the mid-1950s the [[Metropolitan Green Belt|Green Belt]] was introduced to stem the further urbanisation of the countryside in [[South East England]]. The list below shows the most populous urban areas in the UK as defined by the [[Office for National Statistics]] (ONS). Different organisations define conurbations in the UK differently for example, [[Liverpool–Manchester Megalopolis|the Liverpool–Manchester or the Manchester–Liverpool conurbation]] is defined as one conurbation by [[AESOP]] in a comparison report published by the [[University of Manchester]] in 2005 found here. The Liverpool–Manchester Conurbation has a population of 5.68 million. 

Urban population rate: 89% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Population
|-
|[[Greater London Built-up Area|London Conurbation]]
|11,360,327
|-
|[[Manchester]]-[[Liverpool]] Conurbation
|4,876,538
|-
|[[Birmingham]] Conurbation
|2,617,211
|-
|[[Leeds]] Conurbation
|1,776,717
|-
|[[Glasgow]] Conurbation
|1,360,653
|-
|[[Sheffield]] Conurbation
|1,071,442
|-
|[[Newcastle upon Tyne]] Conutbation
|1,037,509
|-
|[[Bristol]] Metropolitan Area
|680,809
|-
|[[Nottingham]] Metropolitan Area
|650,703
|-
|[[Cardiff]] Metropolitan Area
|558,406
|-
|[[Edinburgh]] Metropolitan Area
|530,165
|-
|[[Leicester]] Metropolitan Area
|527,124
|-
|[[Portsmouth]] Metropolitan Area
|480,317
|-
|[[Brighton]] Metropolitan Area
|456,337
|-
|[[Coventry]] Metropolitan Area
|437,237
|-
|[[Belfast]] Metropolitan Area
|437,125
|-
|[[Bournemouth]] Metropolitan Area
|382,597
|-
|[[Southampton]] Metropolitan Area
|374,413
|-
|[[Middlesbrough]] Metropolitan Area
|351,680
|-
|[[Stoke-on-Trent|Stoke on Trent]] Metropolitan Area
|329,688
|-
|[[Kingston upon Hull]] Metropolitan Area
|321,006
|-
|[[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] Metropolitan Area
|273,287
|-
|[[Derby]] Metropolitan Area
|271,899
|-
|[[Luton]] Metropolitan Area
|268,353
|-
|[[Southend-on-Sea|Southend on Sea]] Metropolitan Area
|265,744
|-
|[[Plymouth]] Metropolitan Area
|252,928
|-
|[[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]] Metropolitan Area
|247,682
|-
|[[Northampton]] Metropolitan Area
|219,781
|-
|[[Milton Keynes]] Metropolitan Area
|205,060
|-
|[[Aberdeen]] Metropolitan Area
|193,155
|-
|[[Swindon]] Metropolitan Area
|192,422
|-
|[[Peterborough]] Metropolitan Area
|189,937
|-
|[[Blackpool]] Metropolitan Area
|189,730
|-
|[[Norwich]] Metropolitan Area
|188,535
|-
|[[Ipswich]] Metropolitan Area
|171,226
|-
|[[Oxford]] Metropolitan Area
|168,021
|-
|[[Dundee]] Metropolitan Area
|158,327
|-
|[[York]] Metropolitan Area
|151,629
|-
|[[Swansea]] Metropolitan Area
|150,621
|-
|[[Gloucester]] Metropolitan Area
|145,718
|-
|[[Cambridge]] Metropolitan Area
|136,064
|-
|[[Telford]] Metropolitan Area
|135,270
|-
|[[Margate]] Metropolitan Area
|128,756
|-
|[[Grimsby]] Metropolitan Area
|126,609
|-
|[[Colchester]] Metropolitan Area 
|120,251
|-
|[[Polegate]] Metropolitan Area
|117,257
|-
|[[Cheltenham]] Metropolitan Area
|116,046
|-
|[[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]] Metropolitan Area
|115,775
|-
|[[Torquay]] Metropolitan Area
|111,323
|-
|[[Exeter]] Metropolitan Area
|110,292
|-
|[[Basingstoke]] Metropolitan Area
|109,911
|-
|[[Camberley]] Metropolitan Area
|108,988
|-
|[[High Wycombe]] Metropolitan Area
|108,858
|-
|[[Bedford]] Metropolitan Area
|107,556
|-
|[[Crawley]] Metropolitan Area
|106,964
|-
|[[Chelmsford]] Metropolitan Area
|106,499
|-
|[[Maidstone]] Metropolitan Area
|105,233
|-
|[[Basildon]] Metropolitan Area
|104,556
|-
|[[Worcester, England|Worcester]] Metropolitan Area
|101,123
|}

== North America ==

=== Canada ===
{{Further|List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada}}

In Canada, a ''census metropolitan area'' (CMA) or ''census agglomeration'' (CA) consists of one or more neighboring municipalities centered around a core population. A CMA requires a total population of at least 100,000, with 50,000 or more residing in the core, while a CA requires a core population of at least 10,000. Both are determined using data from Canada's Census of Population Program, and surrounding municipalities must demonstrate strong economic integration with the core, measured by commuting patterns.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2017-11-15 |title=Illustrated Glossary - Census metropolitan area (CMA) and census agglomeration (CA) |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/92-195-x/2021001/geo/cma-rmr/cma-rmr-eng.htm |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=www150.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>

Urban population rate: 85% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Toronto]] Metropolitan Area: 5,566,382

===United States===
{{main|Metropolitan statistical area}}

{{see also|List of U.S. metropolitan areas by GDP}}

As of February 28, 2013, the [[United States]] [[Office of Management and Budget]] (OMB) defined 1,098 [[statistical area]]s for the metropolitan areas of the United States and [[Puerto Rico]].<ref name="OMB_13-01">{{cite web |date=February 28, 2013 |title=OMB Bulletin No. 13-01: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/bulletins/2013/b13-01.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121004708/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/bulletins/2013/b13-01.pdf |archive-date=January 21, 2017 |access-date=April 2, 2013 |publisher=United States Office of Management and Budget}}</ref> These 1,098 statistical areas comprise 929 [[Core-Based Statistical Area]]s (CBSAs) and 169 [[Combined Statistical Area]]s (CSAs). The 929 Core-Based Statistical Areas are divided into 388 [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]]s (MSAs – 381 for the U.S. and seven for Puerto Rico) and 541 [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]]s (μSAs – 536 for the U.S. and five for Puerto Rico). The 169 Combined Statistical Areas (166 for the U.S. and three for Puerto Rico) each comprise two or more adjacent Core Based Statistical Areas.{{citation needed||date=December 2023}}

The Office of Management and Budget defines a Metropolitan Statistical Area as one or more adjacent [[county (United States)|counties]] or [[county-equivalent|county equivalents]] that have at least one [[List of United States urban areas|urban area]] of at least 50,000 population, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of economic and [[social integration]] with the core as measured by [[commuting]] ties. The OMB then defines a Combined Statistical Area as consisting of various combinations of adjacent metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas with economic ties measured by commuting patterns. The Office of Management and Budget further defines a core-based statistical area (CBSA) to be a geographical area that consists of one or more counties (or equivalents) anchored by an urban center of at least 10,000 people plus adjacent counties that are socioeconomically tied to the urban center by commuting.

Urban population rate: 86% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[New York City|New York]] Metropolitan Area (including [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] and [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey]]): 14,197,659

===Mexico===
{{Further|Metropolitan areas of Mexico}}

Metropolitan areas are known as ''zonas metropolitanas'' in Mexico. The National Population Council (CONAPO) defines them as:<ref name="conapo2015">{{cite web |title=Delimitation of Mexico's Metropolitan Areas 2015 |url=https://www.gob.mx/conapo/documentos/delimitacion-de-las-zonas-metropolitanas-de-mexico-2015 |access-date=2020-12-29 |publisher=CONAPO |language=es}}</ref>
* a set of two or more municipalities where a city with a population of at least 100,000 is located, and whose urban area, functions and activities exceed the limits of the municipality.
* municipalities with a city of more than 500,000 inhabitants, or a city of more than 200,000 inhabitants located in the northern and southern border areas and in the coastal zone.
* municipalities where state capitals are located, if they are not already included in a metropolitan zone.
Urban population rate: 82% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Mexico City|Ciudad del Mexico]] Metropolitan Area: 17,639,164

== Oceania ==

=== Australia ===
[[File:Melbourne at night from the International Space Station.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The [[Melbourne]] metropolitan area in Australia seen at night from the International Space Station]]
The [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] uses ''Greater Capital City Statistical Areas'' (GCCSAs), which are geographical areas designed to represent the functional extent of each of the eight state and territory capital cities. They were designed to reflect labor markets, using the 2011 Census "travel to work" data. Labor markets are sometimes used as proxy measures of the functional extent of a city as it contains the majority of the commuting population. GCCSAs replaced "Statistical Divisions" used until 2011.<ref name="ABS">{{cite journal |last1=Australian Bureau of Statistics |author1-link=Australian Bureau of Statistics |date=12 July 2016 |title=GREATER CAPITAL CITY STATISTICAL AREA (GCCSA) |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/1270.0.55.001 |journal=Australian Statistical Geography Standard |location=Canberra, ACT |volume=1 |issue=1270.0.55.001 |access-date=20 June 2021}}</ref>

Other metropolitan areas in Australia include cross border cities or continuous built-up areas between two or more cities that are connected by an extensive public transport network that allows for commuting for work or services.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}
*[[Albury]]-[[Wodonga]]
*[[Canberra]]-[[Queanbeyan]]
*[[Newcastle (New South Wales)|Newcastle]]-[[Sydney]]-[[Wollongong]]
*[[Perth]]-[[Mandurah]]
*[[South East Queensland]]
*[[Melbourne]]-[[Geelong]]
Urban population rate: 91% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Sydney]] Metropolitan Area: 4,375,394

=== Fiji ===
Urban population rate: 58% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Suva]] Metropolitan Area: 242,910

=== New Zealand ===
Urban population rate: 89% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Wellington]] Metropolitan Area: 154,120

=== Papua New Guinea ===
Urban population rate: 12% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Port Moresby]] Metropolitan Area: 442,165
* [[Madang]] Metropolitan Area: 110,610

=== Solomon Islands ===
Urban population rate: 25% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Honiara]] Metropolitan Area: 137,201

==South America==

=== Argentina ===
Urban population rate: 95% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Buenos Aires]] Metropolitan Area: 14,179,912

=== Bolivia ===
Urban population rate: 71% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[La Paz]] Metropolitan Area: 2,063,633

===Brazil===
[[File:ISS-67_City_lights_of_São_Paulo,_Brazil.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Greater São Paulo]] in [[Brazil]] seen at night from the [[International Space Station]]]]
{{excerpt|List of metropolitan areas in Brazil|Definitions|paragraphs=1|this=The following paragraph is}}
The IBGE defines also "Immediate Geographic Areas" (formerly termed [[Microregions of Brazil|microregions]]) which capture the region "surrounding urban centers for the supply of immediate needs of the population".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Regional Divisions of Brazil |url=https://www.ibge.gov.br/en/geosciences/territorial-organization/regional-division/21536-regional-divisions-of-brazil.html?=&t=sobre|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402184832/https://www.ibge.gov.br/en/geosciences/territorial-organization/regional-division/21536-regional-divisions-of-brazil.html?=&t=sobre|archive-date=2021-04-02|access-date=2021-04-02|website=IBGE}}</ref> Intended for policy planning purposes, as of March 2021 census data is not tabulated on the level of these Areas, but instead at the [[Municipalities of Brazil|municipality]] or state level.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Population Census {{!}} IBGE|url=https://www.ibge.gov.br/en/statistics/social/public-administration-political-and-social-participation/18391-2010-population-census.html?edicao=19720&t=sobre|access-date=2021-04-02|website=www.ibge.gov.br}}</ref>

Urban population rate: 89% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[São Paulo|Sao Paulo]] Metropolitan Area: 19,485,158

===Chile===
There are three metropolitan areas in Chile, the biggest and most important one is the Gran Santiago in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. The other two metro areas are Gran Valparaiso in the Valparaiso Region with almost a million inhabitants, and Gran Concepción in the Bio Bio Region, with a population of about a million people living in it.
Smaller "metropolitan" areas are known as conurbations. Conurbaciones tend to have a bit over 200.000 inhabitants to be considered as such. An example is the Conurbacion de Rancagua, which considers the area shared by the city of Rancagua, and the adjacent smaller towns of Machalí, Gultro and Graneros. 

Urban population rate: 92% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" /> 

* [[Santiago]] Metropolitan Area: 6,633,767

=== Colombia ===
Urban population rate: 80% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Bogotá|Bogota]] Metropolitan Area: 10,419,361

=== Ecuador ===
Urban population rate: 72% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Quito]] Metropolitan Area: 2,605,678

=== Guyana ===
Urban population rate: 33% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]] Metropolitan Area: 130,680

=== Paraguay ===
Urban population rate: 68% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Asunción|Asuncion]] Metropolitan Area: 1,175,482

=== Peru ===
Urban population rate: 79% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Lima]] Metropolitan Area: 10,828,104

=== Suriname ===
Urban population rate: 75% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Paramaribo]] Metropolitan Area: 253,626

=== Uruguay ===
Urban population rate: 94% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Montevideo]] Metropolitan Area: 2,619,222

=== Venezuela ===
Urban population rate: 96% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Caracas]] Metropolitan Area: 2,667,322

==See also==
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* [[Developed environments]]
* [[Economic restructuring]]
* [[Metropolitan statistical area]]
* [[Metropolitan economy]]
* [[Urban sprawl]]
* [[Urban heat island]]
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===Lists of metropolitan areas===
* [[List of metropolitan areas that overlap multiple countries]]
* [[List of metropolitan areas by population]]
* [[List of metropolitan areas in Asia]]
* [[List of metropolitan areas in Africa]]
* [[List of metropolitan areas in the Americas]]
** [[List of North American metropolitan areas by population]]
** [[List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas]]
* [[List of metropolitan areas in Europe]]
** [[Larger Urban Zones|List of metropolitan areas (LUZ) in the European Union]]

===Metropolitan planning theories===
* [[New Urbanism]]
* [[Smart growth]]
* [[Transit-oriented development]]
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===Terms===
* [[Amalgamation (politics)]]
* [[Census metropolitan area]]
* [[Combined statistical area]]
* [[Consolidated city-county]]
* [[Conurbation]]
* [[Ecumenopolis]]
* [[Industrial region]]
* [[Larger urban zone]] (LUZ)
* [[Megacity]]
* [[Megalopolis (city type)]]
* [[Metrobus (disambiguation)|Metrobus]]
* [[Metropolis]]
* [[Human overpopulation|Overpopulation]]
* [[Urban sprawl]]
* [[Urban area]]
* [[World's largest cities]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web|title=The World's Cities in 2016|url=https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/urbanization/the_worlds_cities_in_2016_data_booklet.pdf|publisher=[[United Nations]]|date=October 2016}} (page 1 illustrates metropolitan area versus city proper and urban agglomeration)
* [https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20091012202651/http://www.e-geopolis.eu/ Geopolis]: research group, university of Paris-Diderot, France — Urbanization of the world

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