An unknown giant to discover

Do you know the biggest city in the world? You will be surprised that it is a city whose name is probably not familiar to you. In terms of administrative city boundaries, it is Chongqing in China. The city is about as big as Austria and has over 30 million inhabitants:

Documentary about the biggest city in the world

The currently 5 largest cities, measured by administrative city boundaries:

  1. Chongqing (China): approx. 31 million inhabitants ( within the administrative city limits)
  2. Shanghai (China): approx. 24 million inhabitants ( within the administrative city limits)
  3. Peking (China): approx. 22 million inhabitants ( within the administrative city limits)
  4. Lagos (Nigeria): approx. 16 million inhabitants ( within the administrative city limits)
  5. Chengdu (China): approx. 16 million inhabitants ( within the administrative city limits)

Status 2019/07. You can see the latest and further list here on Wikipedia.

If one takes the metropolitan regions of cities as a benchmark, however, one finds more well-known names in the resulting list:

The currently 5 largest cities, measured by metropolitan regions:

  1. Tokyo (Japan): approx. 39 million inhabitants (within the metropolitan region)
  2. Jakarta (Indonesia): approx. 34 million inhabitants (within the metropolitan region)
  3. Delhi (India): approx. 28 million inhabitants (within the metropolitan region)
  4. Manila (Philippines): approx. 25 million inhabitants (within the metropolitan region)
  5. Seoul (South Korea): approx. 24 million inhabitants (within the metropolitan region)

Status 2019/07. You can admire the latest and further list here on Wikipedia.

City Trips to the World’s Most Exciting Metropolises

If you want to experience some of the world’s most exciting megacities professionally organized and guided, with a nice group and as a solo traveler in a single room, don’t miss these city tours: