oftentimes when i travel people tell me that their metro-area is the largest in the world.
so to figure it out for myself i went to worldatlas.com and here’s their list(i was surprised to see good old nyc at #2 in the population parade)-
largest metro areas in the world
toyko, japan 31.2 million
new york city – philadelphia area, usa 30.1 million
mexico city, mexico 21.5 million
seoul, south korea 20.15 million
sao paulo, brazil 19.9 million
jakarta, indonesia 18.2 million
osaka-kobe-kyoto, japan 17.6 million
new delhi, india 17.36 million
mumbai, india (bombay) 17.34 million
los angeles, usa 16.7 million
cairo, egypt 15.86 million
calcutta, india 14.3 million
manila, philippines 14.1 million
shanghai, china 13.9 million
buenos aires, argentina 13.2 million
moscow, russian fed. 12.2 million