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Originally Posted by aquablue
City boundaries mean little though as they are defined by politics. What is the population of metropolitan Mexico City compared to the NYC MSA?
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In Wikipedia, they put it as this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._by_population
Rank Metropolitan area Country Population Area (km2) Population Density (People/km2)
1 Tokyo Japan 32,450,000 8,014 4,049
2 Seoul South Korea 20,550,000 5,076 4,048
3 Mexico City[3] Mexico 20,450,000 7,346 2,784
4 New York[4] United States 19,750,000 17,884 1,104
5 Mumbai India 19,200,000 2,350 8,170
6 Jakarta Indonesia 18,900,000 5,100 3,706
7 São Paulo Brazil 18,850,000 8,479 2,223
8 Delhi India 18,600,000 3,182 5,845
9 Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Japan 17,375,000 6,930 2,507
10 Shanghai China 16,650,000 5,177 3,216
The numbers are close to that of real life and measure the metropolitan areas.