User:Kevlar67/sandbox/cities References

Rank	Metropolitan Statistical Area (US) or Census Metropolitan Area (Can.)	State(s), Provinces and/or Territory	July 1, 2005 Population Estimate	Rank	Metropolitan area name	Country	Population
1	New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island	NY– NJ– PA	18,747,320	1	Moscow	Russia	14,520,000 (10,425,000 [1])
2	Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana	CA	12,923,547	2	London	United Kingdom	14,534,000 in 2006(E) (7,517,700)^[1]
3	Chicago–Naperville–Joliet	IL– IN– WI	9,443,356	3	Rhine-Ruhr	Germany	11,716,845 in 2005^[2]
4	Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington	PA– NJ– DE– MD	5,823,233	4	Paris	France	11,633,822 in 2006(E) (2,142,800)^[3]
5	Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington	TX	5,819,475	5	Istanbul	Turkey	11,332,000 (8,803,468)
6	Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Miami Beach	FL	5,422,200	6	Randstad	Netherlands	7,500,000
7	Toronto	ON	5,304,600	7	Madrid	Spain	5,843,041 in 2005 (3,155,359)^[4]
8	Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown	TX	5,280,077	8	St. Petersburg	Russia	5,550,000 (4,669,400)
9	Washington–Arlington–Alexandria	DC– VA– MD– WV	5,214,666	9	Rome	Italy	5,304,778 in 2003(2,546,804)^[5]
10	Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Marietta	GA	4,917,717	10	Frankfurt Rhine Main Area	Germany	5,200,485 in 2003(641,076)^[6]
11	Detroit–Warren–Livonia	MI	4,488,335	11	Berlin	Germany	4,935,524 in 2003(3,388,434)^[7]
12	Boston–Cambridge–Quincy	MA– NH	4,411,835	12	Milan	Italy	4,280,820(1,308,500)
13	San Francisco– Oakland–Fremont	CA	4,152,688	13	Stuttgart Region	Germany	4,100,000 (587,152)
14	Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario	CA	3,909,954	14	Hamburg Metropolitan Region	Germany	4,079,032 in 2003(1,726,363)^[8]
15	Phoenix–Mesa–Scottsdale	AZ	3,865,077	15	Athens	Greece	3,894,573 in 2003(745,514)^[9]
16	Montreal	QC	3,635,842	16	Upper Silesian Metropolitan Area	Poland	3,487,000 in 2006 (Katowice 315,123)
17	Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue	WA	3,203,314	17	Kiev	Ukraine	3,200,000 (2,611,000)
18	Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington	MN– WI	3,142,779	18	Barcelona [2]	Spain	3,135,758 in 2005 (1,593,075)^[10]
19	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos	CA	2,933,462	19	Venetian triangle	Italy	3,100,000 ( Venice, Mestre, Padua, Vicenza, Treviso)
20	St. Louis	MO– IL	2,778,518	20	Naples	Italy	3,059,196 in 2003(1,004,500)^[11]
21	Baltimore– Towson	MD	2,655,675	21	Warsaw	Poland	2,870,000 in 2006 (1,692,854)
22	Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater	FL	2,647,658	22	Lisbon	Portugal	2,763,470 in 2003(564,657)^[12]
23	Pittsburgh	PA	2,386,074	23	Budapest	Hungary	2,550,000 (1,775,203)
24	Denver–Aurora	CO	2,359,994	24	Greater Manchester	United Kingdom	2,512,300 in 2003(402,889) ^[13]
25	Vancouver	BC	2,208,300	25	Rhine Neckar Area	Germany	2,500,000
26	Cleveland– Elyria– Mentor	OH	2,126,318	26	Munich	Germany	2,446,014 in 2003 (1,277,537)^[14]
27	Portland– Vancouver– Beaverton	OR– WA	2,095,861	27	Leeds / West Yorkshire	United Kingdom	2,360,655 in 2003(424,194)^[15]
28	Cincinnati– Middletown	OH– KY– IN	2,070,441	28	Birmingham / West Midlands	United Kingdom	2,335,652 in 2003 (965,928)^[16]
29	Sacramento– Arden-Arcade– Roseville	CA	2,042,283	29	Bucharest	Romania	2,300,000 (2,082,000)
30	Kansas City	MO– KS	1,947,694	30	Alma ( Aachen, Luttich, Maastricht, Hasselt)	Netherlands Belgium Germany	2,300,000
31	Orlando-Kissimmee	FL	1,933,255	31	Porto	Portugal	2,089,118 in 2003 (263,131)^[17]
32	San Antonio	TX	1,889,797	32	Belgrade	Serbia	2,000,000 (1,576,124) 2002 sources
33	San Jose– Sunnyvale– Santa Clara	CA	1,754,988	33	Brussels	Belgium	1,975,000 (1,006,749)
34	Las Vegas– Paradise	NV	1,710,551	34	Donetsk	Ukraine	1,925,000 (1,016,000)
35	Columbus	OH	1,708,625	35	Nizhniy Novgorod	Russia	1,925,000 (1,311,200)