Is sao paulo brazil the largest city in the world?

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Is sao paulo brazil the largest city in the world?

Answer 1

That seems like an old list, because it seems that I remember Seoul being #1 near the time that they hosted the Olympics and it seems that I heard recently that Mexico City was the largest now.  You might want to check your sources on this before answering definitively.  Another chart I found has Tokyo #1 and still another chart has Bombay, India.  But in none of these is Sao Paulo #1.

Answer 2

no the following list is a list of the most populous cities of the world.

. Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan - 33,200,000

2. New York, United States - 17,800,000

3. Sao Paulo, Brazil - 17,700,000

4. Seoul-Incheon, South Korea - 17,500,000

5. Mexico City, Mexico - 17,400,000

6. Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Japan - 16,425,000

7. Manila, Philippines - 14,750,000

8. Mumbai, India (formerly Bombay) - 14,350,000

9. Jakarta, Indonesia - 14,250,000

10. Lagos, Nigeria - 13,400,000

11. Kolkata, India (formerly Calcutta) - 12,700,000

12. Delhi, India - 12,300,000

13. Cairo, Egypt - 12,200,000

14. Los Angeles, United States - 11,789,000

15. Buenos Aires, Argentina - 11,200,000

16. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10,800,000

17. Moscow, Russia - 10,500,000

18. Shanghai, China - 10,000,000

19. Karachi, Pakistan - 9,800,000

20. Paris, France - 9,645,000

21. Nagoya, Japan - 9,000,000 (tie)

21. Istanbul, Turkey - 9,000,000 (tie)

23. Beijing, China - 8,614,000

24. Chicago, United States - 8,308,000

25. London, United Kingdom - 8,278,000

26. Shenzhen, China - 8,000,000

for surface area the following list

City  ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚†Â“ Country  ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚†Â“ Area km²  ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚†Â“ Area mi²  ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚†Â“ Source  ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚†Â“

Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia Flag of the People's Republic of China China 263,953

Altamira, Pará Flag of Brazil Brazil 178,078 68,758 [1]

City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia Flag of Australia Australia 95,575 36,901.7 [2]

Chongqing Flag of the People's Republic of China China 82,400 31,815 [3]

Mount Isa, Queensland Flag of Australia Australia 43,010 16,606 [4]

Konya Flag of Turkey Turkey 39,000 15,057 [5]

La Tuque, Quebec Flag of Canada Canada 29,696 11,466

Rural City of Mildura, Victoria Flag of Australia Australia 22,087 [6]

Qingyuan, Guangdong Flag of the People's Republic of China China 19,000 7,336

Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Flag of the People's Republic of China China 17,000 6,564

Heyuan, Guangdong Flag of the People's Republic of China China 15,478 5,976

Sitka, Alaska Flag of the United States United States 12,462 4,812

Huizhou, Guangdong Flag of the People's Republic of China China 11,200 4,324

Ürümqi, Xinjiang Flag of the People's Republic of China China 10,989 4,243

Source: Demographia.

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Answer 3

No. It is the third largest:

1. Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan - 33,200,000

2. New York, United States - 17,800,000

3. Sao Paulo, Brazil - 17,700,000

4. Seoul-Incheon, South Korea - 17,500,000

5. Mexico City, Mexico - 17,400,000

6. Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Japan - 16,425,000

7. Manila, Philippines - 14,750,000

8. Mumbai, India (formerly Bombay) - 14,350,000

9. Jakarta, Indonesia - 14,250,000

10. Lagos, Nigeria - 13,400,000