Cities Making The Top 20 in A List
The numbers after each cell give the ranking of that city in that list. This table is designed to be a way to compare the different lists and discover which cities are well-recognised by all of them, without favouring one list over the others. Rankings in bold are the rankings of the cities in the top 20 of each sources' list. The first four columns are the four different lists used by Wikipedia; after them, external sources are given.
| City | Country | Urban Area | Urban Area (UN) | Metropolitan Area | City Proper | WorldAtlas | World Gazetteer | City Population | Proper density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing | China | 16 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 16 | |
| Bogotá | Colombia | 31 | 30 | 20 | 30 | 36 | 33 | ||
| Buenos Aires | Argentina | 21 | 13 | 17 | 59 | 10 | 16 | 19 | |
| Cairo | Egypt | 11 | 17 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 45 |
| Delhi | India | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
| Dhaka | Bangladesh | 24 | 9 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 38 | |
| Guangzhou | China | 23 | 28 | 26 | 44 | 61 | 2 | ||
| Istanbul | Turkey | 19 | 20 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 22 | ||
| Jakarta | Indonesia | 4 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 11 | |
| Karachi | Pakistan | 18 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 8 | |
| Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 29 | 29 | 17 | 46 | 28 | 31 | ||
| Kolkata | India | 13 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 10 |
| Lagos | Nigeria | 25 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 25 | ||
| Lima | Peru | 30 | 27 | 18 | 26 | 40 | 32 | ||
| London | United Kingdom | 32 | 30 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 20 | 24 | |
| Los Angeles | United States | 15 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 8 | 11 | 12 | |
| Metro Manila | Philippines | 5 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | |
| Mexico City | Mexico | 9 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Moscow | Russia | 17 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 15 | 16 | |
| Mumbai | India | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 23 |
| New York City | United States | 7 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Osaka | Japan | 12 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 14 | ||
| Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 22 | 14 | 27 | 19 | 24 | 23 | ||
| São Paulo | Brazil | 8 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |
| Seoul | South Korea | 3 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Shanghai | China | 10 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 4 | |
| Shenzhen | China | 14 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 29 | |||
| Tehran | Iran | 39 | 35 | 16 | 27 | 21 | 21 | ||
| Tianjin | China | 44 | 32 | 30 | 20 | 52 | 28 | ||
| Tokyo | Japan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
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