Every populated metropolitan area on Earth, scored across sixteen weighted dimensions. Search, filter by continent or region, and read the leaderboard on the map and in the table.
| Rank | Metro Area | Region | Primary City | State | Population | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | New York | New York | 22.3M | 182.9 | |
| #2 | London | London | Greater London | 16.8M | 180.6 | |
| #3 | Paris | Paris | Île-de-France | 12.9M | 144.0 | |
| #4 | Tokyo | Tokyo | Tokyo | 40.3M | 134.4 | |
| #5 | San Francisco-San Jose | San Francisco | California | 8.0M | 125.4 | |
| #6 | Beijing | Beijing | Beijing | 22.6M | 114.0 | |
| #7 | Shanghai | Shanghai | Shanghai | 50.4M | 113.3 | |
| #8 | Seoul | Seoul | Seoul | 26.0M | 111.8 | |
| #9 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | California | 18.5M | 108.7 | |
| #10 | Guangzhou | Guangzhou | Guangdong | 67.8M | 106.0 | |
| #11 | Washington-Baltimore | Washington | DC | 10.2M | 94.0 | |
| #12 | Chicago | Chicago | Illinois | 9.9M | 90.1 | |
| #13 | Boston | Boston | Massachusetts | 6.8M | 86.6 | |
| #14 | Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe | Osaka | Osaka | 18.1M | 75.3 | |
| #15 | Moscow | Moscow | Moscow | 21.5M | 71.9 | |
| #16 | Toronto | Toronto | Ontario | 7.7M | 71.5 | |
| #17 | Sydney | Sydney | New South Wales | 5.5M | 70.8 | |
| #18 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong Island | 7.4M | 68.6 | |
| #19 | Madrid | Madrid | Madrid | 6.9M | 67.6 | |
| #20 | Houston | Houston | Texas | 8.0M | 66.9 | |
| #21 | Milan | Milan | Lombardy | 7.8M | 66.5 | |
| #22 | Istanbul | Istanbul | İstanbul | 16.3M | 65.6 | |
| #23 | Singapore | Singapore | Central | 6.1M | 64.7 | |
| #24 | Rhine-Ruhr | Cologne | North Rhine-Westphalia | 11.1M | 62.8 | |
| #25 | Mexico City | Mexico City | Distrito Federal | 26.4M | 62.8 |
The spread
Updated 2026-09-13
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