In 2023, New York led the ranking of the largest built-up urban areas worldwide, with a land area of ****** square kilometers. Boston-Providence and Tokyo-Yokohama were the second and third largest megacities globally that year.
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Wendell Cox Consultancy. (August 31, 2023). Major urban areas worldwide in 2023, by land area (in square kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/912442/land-area-of-megacities-worldwide/
Wendell Cox Consultancy. "Major urban areas worldwide in 2023, by land area (in square kilometers)." Chart. August 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/912442/land-area-of-megacities-worldwide/
Wendell Cox Consultancy. (2023). Major urban areas worldwide in 2023, by land area (in square kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/912442/land-area-of-megacities-worldwide/
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Major urban areas worldwide in 2023, by land area (in square kilometers) [Graph], Wendell Cox Consultancy, August 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/912442/land-area-of-megacities-worldwide/
