As of 2021, Tokyo-Yokohama in Japan was the largest world urban agglomeration, with 39,105 thousand people living there. New York ranked eleventh in that year, with a population of 20,902 thousand people.
Largest urban agglomerations worldwide in 2021, by population
(in 1,000s)
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Wendell Cox Consultancy. (May 15, 2021). Largest urban agglomerations worldwide in 2021, by population (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 19, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/912263/population-of-urban-agglomerations-worldwide/
Wendell Cox Consultancy. "Largest urban agglomerations worldwide in 2021, by population (in 1,000s)." Chart. May 15, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/912263/population-of-urban-agglomerations-worldwide/
Wendell Cox Consultancy. (2021). Largest urban agglomerations worldwide in 2021, by population (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/912263/population-of-urban-agglomerations-worldwide/
Wendell Cox Consultancy. "Largest Urban Agglomerations Worldwide in 2021, by Population (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/912263/population-of-urban-agglomerations-worldwide/
Wendell Cox Consultancy, Largest urban agglomerations worldwide in 2021, by population (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/912263/population-of-urban-agglomerations-worldwide/ (last visited January 19, 2022)
