surrounding metro areas 1. Tokyo Japan 38 million 15.185.502 urban (2014) 2. Shanghai China 34.000.000 (2015) 24.152.700 3. Jakarta Indonesia 30.214.303 10.075.310 (2014) 4. New Delhi India 26.454.000 (2016) 16.349.832 5. Seoul South Korea 25.514.000 (2016) 9.914.381 6. Beijing (Pekin) China 24.900.000 (2015) 18.590.000 7. New York United States 23 million 18.223.567 (2015) 8. Mexico city Mexico 21.892.724 (2015) 9.000.000 9. Sao Paulo Brasil 21.242.939 (2016) 12.038.175 10 Mumbai (Bombay) India 21 million 12. 478.447 (2011) 11 Lagos Nigeria 21 million 16.060.303 (2015) 12 Cairo Egypt 20.439.541 (2017) 18.290.000 13 Dhaka Bangladesh 18.898.000 (2011) 9.254.473 14 Moscow Russia 17 million 13.2 million (2017) 15 Teheran Iran 15.000.000 (2016) 8.846.782 16 Karachi Pakistan 14.910.352 (2017) 17 Instanbul Turkey 14.657.434 (2016) 14.100.000 18 London Great Britain 13.879.757 (2016) 9.787.426 19 Kinshasa R.D. del Congo 11.855.000 (2017) 20 Sydney Australia 5.029.768 metro (2016)