World Cities exceeding Two Million Population (1990) Metropolitan areas determined by satilite imaging and statistical density analasis. CONT- 1990 GROWTH PREDICTED CITY COUNTRY INENT POPULATION RATE 1998 POP Tokyo Japan AS 26,952,000 1.08% 29,370,603 Mexico City Mexico NA 20,207,000 3.37% 26,342,560 Sao Paulo Brazil SA 18,052,000 3.53% 23,826,214 Seoul S. Korea AS 16,268,000 3.17% 20,881,496 New York USA NA 14,622,000 0.02% 14,645,412 Osaka Japan AS 13,826,000 0.34% 14,206,573 Bombay India AS-s 11,777,000 2.78% 14,665,727 Calcutta India AS-s 11,663,000 1.99% 13,654,349 Buenos Aires Argentina SA 11,518,000 1.20% 12,671,300 Rio de Janeiro Brazil SA 11,428,000 2.25% 13,654,530 Moscow Russia EU 10,367,000 0.76% 11,014,337 Los Angeles USA NA 10,060,000 0.69% 10,628,909 Manila Philippines OS 9,880,000 2.76% 12,284,280 Cairo Egypt AF 9,851,000 2.49% 11,993,122 Jakarta Indonesia OS 9,588,000 3.02% 12,164,672 Tehran Iran AS-s 9,354,000 4.44% 13,241,350 London UK EU 9,170,000 -0.60% 8,738,973 Paris France EU 8,709,000 0.13% 8,799,987 Delhi India AS-s 8,475,000 3.52% 11,177,220 Karachi Pakistan AS-s 7,711,000 3.85% 10,431,883 Lagos Nigeria AF 7,602,000 5.08% 11,300,258 Essen Germany EU 7,474,000 -0.30% 7,296,496 Shanghai China AS 6,873,000 0.91% 7,389,584 Lima Peru SA 6,578,000 3.54% 8,688,787 Chicago USA NA 6,526,000 0.05% 6,552,150 Taipei Tawan AS 6,513,000 2.76% 8,097,927 Istanbul Turkey AS-s 6,461,000 3.31% 8,383,756 Bangkok Thailand AS 5,791,000 2.79% 7,217,063 Madras India AS-s 5,743,000 2.63% 7,068,601 Beijing China AS 5,736,000 0.44% 5,941,044 Bogota Columbia SA 5,710,000 3.50% 7,518,980 Hong Kong UK/China AS 5,656,000 0.64% 5,952,158 Santiago Chile SA 5,275,000 1.97% 6,165,976 Pusan S. Korea AS 4,838,000 3.45% 6,346,143 Tianjin China AS 4,804,000 0.96% 5,185,585 Milan Italy EU 4,738,000 0.24% 4,829,737 Nagoya Japan AS 4,736,000 1.15% 5,189,659 St. Petersburg Russia EU 4,667,000 0.12% 4,711,992 Bangalore India AS-s 4,612,000 4.04% 6,331,288 Madrid Spain EU 4,451,000 1.39% 4,970,712 Shenyang China AS 4,248,000 0.96% 4,585,421 Lahore Pakistan AS-s 4,236,000 3.26% 5,475,363 Dhaka Bangladesh AS-s 4,224,000 4.52% 6,016,156 Barcelona Spain EU 4,163,000 1.52% 4,696,986 Manchester UK EU 4,050,000 -0.50% 3,890,807 Philadelphia USA NA 4,007,000 -0.10% 3,975,056 San Francisco USA NA 3,958,000 0.72% 4,191,809 Baghdad Iraq AS-s 3,941,000 2.94% 4,969,123 Belo Horizonte Brazil SA 3,683,000 3.43% 4,823,629 Ho Chi Minh CitVietnam AS 3,645,000 2.18% 4,331,364 Ahmadabad India AS-s 3,595,000 3.11% 4,593,092 Kinshasa Zaire AF 3,575,000 4.69% 5,158,431 Hyderabad India AS-s 3,563,000 3.05% 4,531,060 Sydney Australia OS 3,515,000 0.58% 3,681,446 Athens Greece EU 3,468,000 1.13% 3,794,191 Miami USA NA 3,421,000 1.45% 3,838,570 Guangzhou China AS 3,330,000 0.91% 3,580,287 Guadalajara Mexico NA 3,262,000 3.25% 4,213,126 Surabaya Indonesia OS 3,205,000 1.35% 3,567,944 Caracas Venezuela SA 3,188,000 0.92% 3,430,333 Wuhan China AS 3,169,000 0.96% 3,420,716 Toronto Canada NA 3,108,000 1.17% 3,411,104 Berlin Germany EU 3,022,000 -0.03% 3,014,755 Rome Italy EU 3,021,000 0.38% 3,114,069 Porto Algre Brazil SA 3,015,000 3.22% 3,885,064 Detroit USA NA 2,995,000 -0.89% 2,788,282 Naples Italy EU 2,960,000 0.61% 3,107,570 Melborne Australia OS 2,907,000 0.24% 2,963,285 Alexandria Egypt AF 2,899,000 1.43% 3,247,728 Montreal Canada NA 2,896,000 0.68% 3,057,343 Casablanca Morrocco AF 2,891,000 2.81% 3,608,535 Monterrey Mexico NA 2,837,000 3.53% 3,744,459 Rangoon Myamar AS 2,813,000 1.78% 3,239,435 Ankara Turkey AS-s 2,782,000 3.19% 3,576,498 Kiev Ukraine EU 2,751,000 1.62% 3,128,413 Dallas USA NA 2,743,000 1.60% 3,114,408 Singapore Singapore OS 2,695,000 0.88% 2,890,676 Harbin China AS 2,618,000 0.96% 2,825,949 Washington USA NA 2,547,000 0.69% 2,691,037 Taegu S. Korea AS 2,529,000 4.71% 3,654,720 Boston USA NA 2,475,000 0.04% 2,482,931 Poona India AS-s 2,447,000 3.99% 3,346,313 Lisbon Portugal EU 2,396,000 1.26% 2,648,440 Tashkent Kazakhstan AS 2,365,000 2.20% 2,814,740 Chengdu China AS 2,349,000 0.96% 2,535,583 Chongqing China AS 2,339,000 2.36% 2,818,853 Vienna Austria EU 2,313,000 1.35% 2,574,931 Budapest Hungary EU 2,301,000 0.10% 2,319,473 Houston USA NA 2,298,000 1.33% 2,554,197 Salvador Brazil SA 2,209,000 3.97% 3,016,200 Birmingham UK EU 2,170,000 -0.37% 2,106,594 Bucharest Romania EU 2,150,000 0.59% 2,253,600 Havana Cuba NA 2,109,000 1.01% 2,285,554 Kanpur India AS-s 2,076,000 2.53% 2,535,333 Abidjan Ivory Coast AF 2,000,000 Khartoum Sudan AF 2,000,000 Medan Indonesia OS 2,000,000 SOURCE: 1992 Information Please Almanac