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Largest Cities by Different Criteria

Can you name the 25 most populous cities of these 5 different criteria?
Based on this article by Wikipedia and CityPopulation.de
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UN 2018
Population Estimates
Population
Continent
City
37.4M
Asia
Tokyo
28.5M
Asia
Delhi
25.5M
Asia
Shanghai
21.6M
Americas
Sao Paulo
21.5M
Americas
Mexico City
20.0M
Africa
Cairo
19.9M
Asia
Mumbai
19.6M
Asia
Beijing
19.5M
Asia
Dhaka
19.2M
Asia
Osaka
18.8M
Americas
New York City
15.4M
Asia
Karachi
14.9M
Americas
Buenos Aires
14.8M
Asia
Chongqing
14.7M
Multiple
Istanbul
14.6M
Asia
Kolkata
13.4M
Asia
Manila
13.4M
Africa
Lagos
13.2M
Americas
Rio de Janeiro
13.2M
Asia
Tianjin
13.1M
Africa
Kinshasa
12.6M
Asia
Guangzhou
12.4M
Americas
Los Angeles
12.4M
Europe
Moscow
11.9M
Asia
Shenzhen
 
Urban Area
According to CityPopulation.de
Population
Continent
City
46.7
Asia
Guangzhou
40.4
Asia
Tokyo
33.6
Asia
Shanghai
31.3
Asia
Jakarta
30.3
Asia
Delhi
25.7
Asia
Manila
25.1
Asia
Mumbai
24.8
Asia
Seoul
23.0
Americas
Mexico City
22.4
Americas
Sao Paulo
22.1
Americas
New York City
21.0
Africa
Cairo
20.2
Asia
Dhaka
19.8
Asia
Beijing
19.4
Africa
Lagos
18.8
Asia
Bangkok
17.8
Asia
Karachi
17.7
Americas
Los Angeles
17.7
Asia
Osaka
17.3
Europe
Moscow
16.8
Asia
Kolkata
16.4
Americas
Buenos Aires
16.0
Multiple
Istanbul
15.3
Asia
Tehran
14.8
Europe
London

City Proper
Population
Continent
City
30.1M
Asia
Chongqing
24.1M
Asia
Shanghai
21.7M
Asia
Beijing
16.7M
Asia
Delhi
16.0M
Asia
Chengdu
15.5M
Asia
Tianjin
15.0M
Multiple
Istanbul
14.9M
Asia
Karachi
14.4M
Asia
Guangzhou
14.3M
Asia
Dhaka
13.5M
Asia
Tokyo
13.2M
Europe
Moscow
12.5M
Asia
Shenzhen
12.4M
Asia
Mumbai
12.2M
Americas
Sao Paulo
11.4M
Africa
Kinshasa
11.1M
Asia
Lahore
10.8M
Asia
Wuhan
10.7M
Asia
Suzhou
10.6M
Asia
Harbin
10.1M
Asia
Jakarta
9.8M
Asia
Seoul
9.5M
Africa
Cairo
9.4M
Asia
Hangzhou
9.0M
Asia
Tehran
 
 
 
Urban Area
According to Demographia.com
Population
Continent
City
38.5M
Asia
Tokyo
34.3M
Asia
Jakarta
28.1M
Asia
Delhi
25.0M
Asia
Manila
24.3M
Asia
Seoul
23.6M
Asia
Mumbai
22.1M
Asia
Shanghai
21.0M
Americas
New York City
20.9M
Americas
Sao Paulo
20.3M
Americas
Mexico City
20.1M
Asia
Guangzhou
19.4M
Asia
Beijing
18.5M
Asia
Dhaka
17.1M
Asia
Osaka
16.9M
Africa
Cairo
16.9M
Asia
Karachi
16.5M
Europe
Moscow
16.0M
Asia
Bangkok
15.4M
Americas
Los Angeles
15.2M
Asia
Kolkata
15.1M
Americas
Buenos Aires
14.6M
Africa
Lagos
14.6M
Asia
Tehran
13.8M
Multiple
Istanbul
13.1M
Asia
Shenzhen

Metropolitan Area
Population
Continent
City
37.2M
Asia
Tokyo
33.4M
Asia
Jakarta
29.0M
Asia
Delhi
25.5M
Asia
Seoul
24.4M
Asia
Mumbai
21.7M
Americas
Sao Paulo
21.0M
Africa
Lagos
20.8M
Americas
Mexico City
19.3M
Americas
New York City
19.3M
Asia
Osaka
16.2M
Asia
Bangkok
14.5M
Asia
Dhaka
14.3M
Europe
London
14.0M
Asia
Kolkata
13.2M
Americas
Los Angeles
12.8M
Asia
Manila
12.6M
Americas
Rio de Janeiro
12.5M
Americas
Bogota
12.2M
Europe
Paris
11.0M
Asia
Jinan
9.5M
Americas
Lima
9.4M
Americas
Chicago
9.3M
Asia
Nagoya
7.4M
Americas
Dallas
7.2M
Asia
Pune
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