United Nations • Department of Economic and Social Affairs • Population Division • www.unpopulation.org Urban Agglomerations 2014 Average annual 2014 population residing Average annual 2014 population residing Average annual 2014 population residing Population rate of change in agglomeration, Population rate of change in agglomeration, Population rate of change in agglomeration, (millions) Rank* (percentage) as percentage of (millions) Rank* (percentage) as percentage of (millions) Rank* (percentage) as percentage of Total Urban Total Urban Total Urban Urban agglomeration Country 1990 2014 2030 1990 2014 2030 2010–2015 2025–2030 population population Urban agglomeration Country 1990 2014 2030 1990 2014 2030 2010–2015 2025–2030 population population Urban agglomeration Country 1990 2014 2030 1990 2014 2030 2010–2015 2025–2030 population population A Hims (Homs)66 Syrian Arab Republic 0.6 1.6 2.5 404 291 245 4.0 2.1 7.3 12.7 Port-au-Prince109 Haiti 1.1 2.4 3.5 213 185 165 2.6 1.9 22.7 39.5 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire 2.1 4.7 7.8 106 77 62 3.2 2.9 22.6 42.3 Hiroshima Japan 2.0 2.2 2.2 120 207 280 0.5 -0.1 1.7 1.8 Portland United States of America 1.2 2.0 2.3 204 229 261 1.5 0.9 0.6 0.8 Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi) United Arab Emirates 0.3 1.1 1.6 459 424 385 5.3 1.8 11.8 13.8 Hohhot67 China 0.6 1.7 2.4 381 269 252 3.8 1.2 0.1 0.2 Porto110 Portugal 1.2 1.3 1.4 209 358 426 0.2 0.7 12.2 19.4 Abuja1 Nigeria 0.3 2.3 4.9 460 191 108 5.9 3.9 1.3 2.7 Hong Kong68 China, Hong Kong SAR 5.8 7.3 7.9 29 44 61 0.7 0.4 100.0 100.0 Pôrto Alegre Brazil 2.7 3.6 4.0 77 107 139 0.7 0.8 1.8 2.1 Accra Ghana 1.2 2.2 3.3 201 194 185 2.0 2.6 8.5 15.9 Houston United States of America 2.9 5.5 6.7 72 65 68 2.5 0.8 1.7 2.1 Praha (Prague) Czech Republic 1.2 1.3 1.4 199 355 428 0.8 0.5 12.1 16.6 Ad-Dammam Saudi Arabia 0.4 1.0 1.3 443 460 455 3.2 1.1 3.6 4.3 Huai'an69 China 0.3 1.9 3.0 461 242 207 5.8 1.2 0.1 0.2 Pretoria South Africa 0.9 2.0 2.7 290 225 224 4.2 1.2 3.7 5.8 Adana Turkey 0.9 1.8 2.4 292 258 258 3.2 1.2 2.3 3.2 Huainan70 China 0.7 1.3 1.7 350 350 375 1.5 1.3 0.1 0.2 Providence United States of America 1.0 1.2 1.3 252 388 452 0.1 1.0 0.4 0.5 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 1.8 3.2 5.9 128 128 85 2.1 4.4 3.3 17.3 Huambo Angola 0.3 1.2 2.5 463 385 240 5.2 4.0 5.4 12.6 Puebla Mexico 1.8 2.9 3.6 129 143 159 1.8 1.1 2.4 3.0 Adelaide2 Australia 1.1 1.2 1.5 241 368 415 0.6 1.3 5.3 5.9 Hubli-Dharwad India 0.6 1.0 1.4 377 487 433 1.8 2.3 0.1 0.2 Pune (Poona) India 2.4 5.6 8.1 86 61 57 2.9 2.1 0.4 1.4 Agra India 0.9 1.9 2.8 283 238 217 2.7 2.2 0.2 0.5 Huizhou39 China 0.2 2.2 3.3 481 200 180 5.3 1.2 0.2 0.3 Putian111 China 0.3 1.4 2.1 464 340 295 5.6 1.3 0.1 0.2 Aguascalientes Mexico 0.6 1.0 1.3 411 482 462 2.0 1.3 0.8 1.0 Hyderabad India 4.2 8.7 12.8 39 38 28 3.3 2.1 0.7 2.1 Q Ahmadabad India 3.3 7.1 10.5 59 46 38 3.4 2.1 0.6 1.7 Hyderabad Pakistan 0.9 1.7 2.6 277 265 232 2.4 2.6 0.9 2.4 Qingdao112 China 2.1 4.4 5.9 107 83 81 2.9 1.1 0.3 0.6 Ahvaz Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.7 1.2 1.6 360 392 391 2.4 1.3 1.5 2.1 I Qinhuangdao113 China 0.4 1.1 1.5 453 442 421 2.9 1.3 0.1 0.1 Al Kuwayt (Kuwait City)3 Kuwait 1.4 2.7 3.9 174 157 143 5.6 1.8 77.0 78.3 Ibadan71 Nigeria 1.7 3.1 5.5 134 135 91 2.3 3.9 1.7 3.7 Qiqihaer114 China 1.1 1.4 1.8 221 329 346 1.3 1.3 0.1 0.2 Al-Iskandariyah (Alexandria)4 Egypt 3.1 4.7 6.3 66 79 76 2.0 1.9 5.6 13.1 Incheon27 Republic of Korea 1.8 2.7 2.9 130 161 209 1.0 0.3 5.4 6.5 Qom Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.6 1.2 1.6 373 395 396 2.6 1.3 1.5 2.1 Al-Khartum (Khartoum) Sudan 2.4 5.0 8.2 88 72 55 2.5 3.3 12.9 38.4 Indianapolis United States of America 0.9 1.6 2.0 285 287 314 1.9 1.0 0.5 0.6 Quanzhou115 China 0.2 1.3 1.9 484 342 322 4.1 1.3 0.1 0.2 Al-Madinah (Medina) Saudi Arabia 0.5 1.3 1.6 415 363 394 2.9 1.1 4.3 5.2 Indore India 1.1 2.4 3.5 235 184 173 2.7 2.2 0.2 0.6 Querétaro Mexico 0.6 1.2 1.6 396 373 383 2.8 1.2 1.0 1.3 Al-Mawsil (Mosul) Iraq 0.7 1.6 2.6 343 284 233 3.2 2.6 4.7 6.8 Irbil (Erbil) Iraq 0.5 1.1 1.8 414 417 355 2.9 2.6 3.3 4.7 Quetta Pakistan 0.4 1.1 1.7 441 447 362 3.9 2.7 0.6 1.5 Al-Qahirah (Cairo)5 Egypt 9.9 18.4 24.5 11 10 8 2.1 1.8 22.1 51.3 Islamabad Pakistan 0.3 1.3 2.3 456 357 269 5.5 2.7 0.7 1.8 Quito Ecuador 1.1 1.7 2.2 237 274 276 1.5 1.7 10.6 16.7 Aligarh India 0.5 1.0 1.5 431 484 416 3.0 2.3 0.1 0.2 Istanbul Turkey 6.6 14.0 16.7 25 15 20 2.2 0.9 18.4 25.2 R Allahabad India 0.8 1.3 1.8 309 361 357 1.4 2.3 0.1 0.3 Izmir Turkey 1.7 3.0 3.7 133 141 156 2.0 1.1 3.9 5.4 Rabat116 Morocco 1.2 1.9 2.6 208 235 235 1.8 1.5 5.8 9.7 Almaty Kazakhstan 1.1 1.5 1.7 242 313 364 1.7 0.9 9.1 17.1 J Raipur India 0.5 1.3 2.1 434 348 292 4.7 2.3 0.1 0.3 Amman6 Jordan 0.9 1.1 1.4 305 410 447 0.8 1.6 15.3 18.3 Jabalpur India 0.9 1.3 1.8 297 346 348 1.2 2.2 0.1 0.3 Rajkot India 0.6 1.6 2.3 378 302 264 3.2 2.2 0.1 0.4 Amritsar India 0.7 1.2 1.7 347 367 366 1.5 2.3 0.1 0.3 Jacksonville, Florida United States of America 0.7 1.2 1.4 340 407 435 1.8 1.0 0.4 0.4 Raleigh United States of America 0.3 1.1 1.5 465 434 405 4.8 1.0 0.3 0.4 Amsterdam Netherlands 0.9 1.1 1.2 281 439 470 0.6 0.5 6.4 7.2 Jaipur India 1.5 3.4 4.9 162 120 110 2.7 2.2 0.3 0.8 Ranchi India 0.6 1.2 1.8 388 374 349 2.6 2.3 0.1 0.3 Ankara7 Turkey 2.6 4.6 5.9 82 80 83 2.6 1.1 6.1 8.4 Jakarta72 Indonesia 8.2 10.2 13.8 17 28 25 1.4 1.9 4.0 7.6 Rawalpindi Pakistan 1.1 2.4 3.8 238 181 149 3.3 2.6 1.3 3.4 Anshan8 China 1.2 1.5 1.9 193 305 332 0.8 1.3 0.1 0.2 Jamshedpur India 0.8 1.4 2.0 315 330 309 1.9 2.2 0.1 0.3 Recife Brazil 2.7 3.7 4.2 79 100 133 1.0 0.8 1.8 2.1 Antalya Turkey 0.4 1.0 1.4 451 459 439 3.3 1.3 1.4 1.9 Jiangmen73 China 0.2 1.6 1.9 482 301 318 1.6 1.3 0.1 0.2 Richmond United States of America 0.7 1.0 1.2 357 477 469 1.5 1.0 0.3 0.4 Antananarivo Madagascar 0.9 2.5 5.1 279 175 101 5.1 4.1 10.5 30.6 Jiddah Saudi Arabia 1.7 4.0 5.0 132 92 105 3.3 0.9 13.6 16.4 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 9.7 12.8 14.2 13 17 23 0.8 0.6 6.3 7.4 74 Anyang9 China 0.4 1.1 1.6 442 436 380 4.9 1.3 0.1 0.1 Jilin China 1.1 1.5 1.9 232 314 337 0.9 1.3 0.1 0.2 Riverside-San Bernardino United States of America 1.2 2.1 2.7 206 210 229 2.4 0.9 0.7 0.8 75 Ar-Riyadh (Riyadh) Saudi Arabia 2.3 6.2 7.9 92 52 58 4.0 0.8 21.1 25.4 Ji'nan,Shandong China 1.9 3.9 5.2 122 95 97 2.9 1.1 0.3 0.5 Rizhao117 China 0.2 1.0 1.4 473 470 427 3.5 1.3 0.1 0.1 Asansol India 0.7 1.3 1.8 346 356 354 1.3 2.2 0.1 0.3 Jining, Shandong76 China 0.9 1.4 1.7 300 338 365 1.4 1.3 0.1 0.2 Roma (Rome)97 Italy 3.4 3.7 3.8 54 102 148 0.7 0.1 6.1 8.8 77 Asunción10 Paraguay 1.1 2.3 3.1 231 190 192 2.9 1.8 33.4 56.1 Jinzhou China 0.6 1.0 1.3 395 478 456 1.9 1.3 0.1 0.1 Rosario118 Argentina 1.1 1.4 1.6 240 339 386 1.2 1.0 3.3 3.6 Athínai (Athens)11 Greece 3.1 3.1 3.2 64 136 189 -0.3 0.3 27.5 35.4 JoãoPessoa Brazil 0.7 1.1 1.3 371 443 459 1.7 1.0 0.5 0.6 Rostov-na-Donu (Rostov-on-Don) Russian Federation 1.0 1.1 1.1 260 430 480 0.1 0.1 0.8 1.0 Atlanta United States of America 2.2 5.0 6.1 101 71 79 2.5 0.8 1.6 1.9 Jodhpur India 0.7 1.3 1.8 369 365 340 2.8 2.3 0.1 0.3 S Auckland12 New Zealand 0.9 1.3 1.6 301 345 392 1.1 0.9 29.2 33.8 Johannesburg South Africa 3.7 9.2 11.6 48 35 34 3.2 1.0 17.3 26.9 Sacramento United States of America 1.1 1.9 2.3 223 244 268 2.1 0.9 0.6 0.7 Aurangabad India 0.6 1.3 1.9 403 351 323 2.8 2.3 0.1 0.3 Joinville Brazil 0.6 1.2 1.5 391 387 424 1.8 0.9 0.6 0.7 Salt Lake City United States of America 0.8 1.1 1.3 320 438 463 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.4 Austin United States of America 0.6 1.6 2.2 402 286 286 4.0 1.0 0.5 0.6 K Salvador Brazil 2.3 3.5 4.1 90 110 138 1.4 0.8 1.8 2.1 B Kabul Afghanistan 1.5 4.4 8.3 156 84 54 4.4 3.6 14.2 54.0 Samara Russian Federation 1.2 1.2 1.2 189 398 477 0.0 0.1 0.8 1.1 Baghdad Iraq 4.1 6.5 9.7 41 50 45 2.4 2.4 18.6 26.9 Kaduna Nigeria 0.8 1.0 1.7 321 466 359 1.2 3.9 0.6 1.2 Samut Prakan Thailand 0.1 1.7 3.1 485 283 191 10.1 1.3 2.5 5.0 Baixada Santista Brazil 1.1 1.5 1.8 228 307 353 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 Kampala Uganda 0.8 1.9 3.9 335 251 141 3.9 5.1 4.8 30.4 SanAntonio United States of America 1.1 2.0 2.5 214 227 243 2.7 0.9 0.6 0.8 Baku13 Azerbaijan 1.7 2.3 3.0 135 189 203 2.8 1.1 24.4 44.8 Kananga Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.4 1.1 2.1 448 422 302 4.4 3.5 1.6 3.8 SanDiego United States of America 2.4 3.1 3.5 89 134 166 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.2 Baltimore United States of America 1.8 2.3 2.5 125 192 237 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.9 Kannur India 0.4 2.0 3.5 438 222 167 6.2 2.2 0.2 0.5 San Francisco-Oakland United States of America 3.0 3.3 3.6 70 122 161 0.1 0.9 1.0 1.3 78 Bamako Mali 0.7 2.4 5.2 337 183 98 5.3 4.5 15.1 38.7 Kano Nigeria 2.1 3.5 6.2 110 112 77 2.2 3.9 2.0 4.2 San Jose United States of America 1.4 1.7 2.0 178 270 313 0.7 1.0 0.5 0.7 Bandung Indonesia 2.0 2.5 3.4 114 173 175 1.2 2.0 1.0 1.9 Kanpur India 2.0 3.0 3.9 119 139 140 0.8 2.2 0.2 0.7 San José119 Costa Rica 0.7 1.2 1.5 341 403 417 0.8 1.5 23.5 30.9 Bangalore India 4.0 9.7 14.8 42 31 21 4.0 2.0 0.8 2.4 KansasCity United States of America 1.2 1.6 1.8 194 296 339 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.6 San Juan120 Puerto Rico 2.3 2.5 2.5 91 177 246 -0.1 0.0 67.0 71.5 Baoding14 China 0.5 1.1 1.4 429 432 440 1.4 1.3 0.1 0.1 Kaohsiung China 1.4 1.5 1.8 179 309 347 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.2 SanLuisPotosí Mexico 0.7 1.1 1.4 365 418 431 1.9 1.2 0.9 1.2 121 Baotou15 China 1.0 1.9 2.5 254 236 242 2.2 1.2 0.1 0.3 Karachi Pakistan 7.1 16.1 24.8 22 12 7 3.3 2.4 8.7 22.7 SanSalvador El Salvador 1.0 1.1 1.3 273 431 466 0.2 1.0 17.2 25.9 122 Barcelona Spain 4.1 5.2 5.7 40 69 89 1.3 0.3 11.1 13.9 Karaj Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.8 1.8 2.4 336 262 254 3.1 1.3 2.2 3.1 Sana'a' Yemen 0.7 2.8 5.1 370 154 102 5.1 3.1 11.3 33.3 79 Bareilly India 0.6 1.1 1.6 390 441 387 2.9 2.3 0.1 0.3 Kathmandu Nepal 0.4 1.1 1.9 445 415 336