In 2023, New York led the ranking of the largest built-up urban areas worldwide, with a land area of 11,300 square kilometers. Boston-Providence and Tokyo-Yokohama were the second and third largest megacities globally that year.
Major urban areas worldwide in 2023, by land area
(in square kilometers)
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Wendell Cox Consultancy. (August 31, 2023). Major urban areas worldwide in 2023, by land area (in square kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/912442/land-area-of-megacities-worldwide/
Wendell Cox Consultancy. "Major urban areas worldwide in 2023, by land area (in square kilometers)." Chart. August 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/912442/land-area-of-megacities-worldwide/
Wendell Cox Consultancy. (2023). Major urban areas worldwide in 2023, by land area (in square kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/912442/land-area-of-megacities-worldwide/
Wendell Cox Consultancy. "Major Urban Areas Worldwide in 2023, by Land Area (in Square Kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/912442/land-area-of-megacities-worldwide/
Wendell Cox Consultancy, Major urban areas worldwide in 2023, by land area (in square kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/912442/land-area-of-megacities-worldwide/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Major urban areas worldwide in 2023, by land area (in square kilometers) [Graph], Wendell Cox Consultancy, August 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/912442/land-area-of-megacities-worldwide/
