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Istanbul

It is a common misconception that Turks do things properly, so when you get figures from Turkish Bureau of Statistics (TUIK)’s Address-Based Population Recording System (ADNKS) you would think that is a proper estimate of population. Here are the problems with that: our current official definition of a metropolitan area is simply the entire province, including rural areas sometimes over 100km away from the actual metro area (this was done recently as a gerrymandering tactic by the current government which gets more votes from rural areas). This usually results in overestimation of metro areas. However, in the case of Istanbul there is another problem: Istanbul’s urban sprawl has spilled over to the neighboring provinces decades ago, but those bits don’t count in the official figures. This makes Istanbul underestimated. (plus I think the figure here are 2014, so that adds to the underestimation)

The data I provide below are the official Dec.2015 figures (in thousands) from Turkish Bureau of Statistics’ ADNKS as well, but I am using county-level data under the guidance of GoogleEarth as well as first hand knowledge.

Istanbul province 14657 (i.e. official figure for metropolitan municipality). Substract rural Şile and Adalar from this to get 14608.

Uninterrupted urbanization that conects to this: Çayırova, Darıca, Dilovası, Gebze counties of Kocaeli province and MarmaraEreğlisi county of Tekirdağ province. Total population 720, bringing the total of Istanbul “urban area” or “urban agglomeration” (as defined in the respective wiki pages of these terms) to 15328.

In addition to these, there are towns that have daily commuter relations with Istanbul: Başiskele, Derince, Gölcük, İzmit, Kartepe and Körfez counties of Kocaeli province; Çerkezköy and Çorlu counties of Tekirdağ province. Total population 1375, bringing the total of Istanbul “metropolitan area” (as defined in the wiki page of this term) to 16703.

So the correct figure is 16.7 million at the end of 2015.

Note: I'll post a copy of this to talk pages of other population lists in Wikipedia. Nkt777 (talk) 23:02, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

==~GLARING ERROR!! Los Angeles greater urban area is NOT 179,000,000(sic!) in population, as currently listed!!!

Maybe 17,900,000 ? Sorry, I don't myself have the exact figures, but somebody needs to correct that error ASAP!!!

Bltzfflk (talk) 20:23, 11 May 2015 (UTC)User: bltzflk (talk) 21:22, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong numbers for sq miles / sq kilometers

Seoul total population is 30 Million. Total population of South Korea is 56-60 Million. South Korea population 50 Million mark has been surpassed 7 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Info2beaware (talk • contribs) 03:09, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A square mile is more than a square kilometer so if you measure an area it will have a lower number of square miles than square kilometers. But in the list, many city areas have the opposite relation. Example: Tokyo Japan Japan Asia 34,800,000 2,629/km2 (6,810/sq mi). Which numbers are correct, the sq mi, or the km2? They cannot both be correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.191.185.251 (talk) 15:38, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Is this worth a mention?

The list of megacities is from only one source. I have found two other sources which consider three more cities to be megacities. Firstly [1] which shows that both Shenzhen and Nagoya are cities with populations larger than 10 million and therefore a megacity. Secondly [2] which shows the Rhein-Ruhr with a population over 10 million. Eopsid (talk) 15:30, 30 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Madrid Megacity?

In the list appears Madrid, although Madrid is a big city it doesn't have Megacity Status. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martins (talk • contribs) 00:08, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Contradiction?

In only section it states that there are currently 24 megacities yet later on the page 29 are listed?

New York Gone

Where did New York City go in this list? In the intro it's listed as one of the top megacities in the world, but it's not listed in the "Top 30" (which is actually only 29). Jon VS (talk) 05:33, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pearl River Delta Economic Zone

A report by the World Bank, East Asia’s Changing Urban Landscape, on page 21, characterises the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone as the largest urban area in the world with a population of 42,000,000. What should this article say about that? Batternut (talk) 10:16, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Why is Delhi first???

It has a much smaller population than 15 cities on the list, it should be 16th.

70.27.107.185 (talk) 16:08, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A wrong name of city

Shenzen should be Shenzhen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 星の余韻 (talk • contribs) 12:35, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

São Paulo "is the most populous city in Brazil, the Americas, and in the Southern Hemisphere. The municipality is also Earth's 12th largest city proper by population." Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo. Nevertheless, it is not ranked in this article and should be.

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+São Paulo "is the most populous city in Brazil, the Americas, and in the Southern Hemisphere. The municipality is also Earth's 12th largest city proper by population." <ref></ref> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo. Nevertheless, it is not ranked in this article and should be.
+[[User:Xenon chile|Xenon chile]] ([[User talk:Xenon chile|talk]]) 21:23, 10 January 2017 (UTC)