This is a list of lists of places:

Cities proper

List of largest cities The United Nations uses three definitions for what constitutes a city, as not all cities in all jurisdictions are classified using the same criteria. Cities may be defined as the cities proper, the extent of their urban area, or their metropo ...

Lists of cities by country This is a list of lists on the cities of present-day nations, states and dependencies. Countries are listed in bold under their respective pages, whereas territories and dependencies are not. Disputed and unrecognized countries are italicized. __N ...

* List of cities by continent (or continental region) ** Lists of cities in Africa **

Lists of cities in Asia This is a list of cities in Asia by country. *List of cities in Afghanistan * List of cities in Armenia * List of cities in Azerbaijan * List of cities in Bahrain *List of cities and towns in Bangladesh * List of cities in Bhutan * List of citie ...

** Lists of cities in Central America **

Lists of cities in Europe This is a list of lists of cities in Europe. Lists of countries includes countries that fall to at least some extent within European geographical boundaries according to certain definitions. European Union * List of cities in the European Union by ...

** List of cities in North America ** Lists of cities in Oceania ** List of cities in South America **

Territorial claims in Antarctica Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight territorial claims in Antarctica. These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation and ...

* List of cities surrounded by another city *

List of cities by GDP This is a list of cities in the world by gross domestic product (GDP). The United Nations uses three definitions for what constitutes a city, as not all cities may be classified using the same criteria. Cities may be defined as the cities proper ...

* List of cities by elevation *

List of cities by time of continuous habitation This is a list of present-day cities by the time period over which they have been continuously inhabited as a city. The age claims listed are generally disputed. Differences in opinion can result from different definitions of "city" as well as "c ...

List of cities proper by population The United Nations uses three definitions for what constitutes a city, as not all cities in all jurisdictions are classified using the same criteria. Cities may be defined as the cities proper, the extent of their urban area, or their metropo ...

List of cities with the most skyscrapers The list of cities with most skyscrapers ranks cities around the world by their number of skyscrapers. A skyscraper is defined as a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors and is taller than approximately . Historically, ...

List of cities with more than one commercial airport Many cities are served by more than one airport, typically to avoid congestion, and where there may be factors preventing expansion of existing airports. In other cities, multiple airports may be built to cater for different uses, such as internati ...

List of city name changes This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. ''see also:'' Geographical renaming, List of nam ...

List of largest cities throughout history This article lists the largest human settlements in the world (by population) over time, as estimated by historians, from 7000 BC when the largest populated place in the world was a proto-city in the Ancient Near East with a population of about ...

List of national capitals This is a list of national capitals, including capitals of territories and dependencies, non-sovereign states including associated states and entities whose sovereignty is disputed. The capitals included on this list are those associated wit ...

* List of ghost towns by country *

List of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants By country name A-B • C-D-E-F • G-H-I-J-K • L-M-N-O • P-Q-R-S • T-U-V-W-Y-Z See also * List of largest cities The United Nations uses three definitions for what constitutes a city, as not all citi ...

* Lists of city flags *

World's most livable cities The world's most livable cities is an informal name given to any list of cities as they rank on an annual survey of living conditions. In addition to providing clean water, clean air, adequate food and shelter, a ‘livable’ city must also gen ...

* Global city

Metropolitan areas

List of metropolitan areas by population The United Nations uses three definitions for what constitutes a city, as not all cities in all jurisdictions are classified using the same criteria. Cities may be defined as the cities proper, the extent of their urban area, or their metrop ...

List of largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East This is a list of metropolitan areas in Middle East, with their population according to different sources. The list includes metropolitan areas that have a population of over 1.5 million. List See also *List of cities of the ancient Ne ...

List of metropolitan areas in Africa This is a list of the largest urban agglomerations in Africa. Figures are from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report, as well as from ''citypopulation.de''. Figures for administrative areas are also given. , 3,497,097 (2007)Metr ...

** List of metropolitan areas in Asia **

List of metropolitan areas in Europe This list ranks metropolitan areas in Europe by their population according to three different sources; it includes metropolitan areas that have a population of over 1 million. Sources List includes metropolitan areas according only studies of ...

List of metropolitan areas in the Americas This is a list of the fifty most populous metropolitan areas in the Americas as of 2015, the most recent year for which official census results, estimates or projections are available for every major metropolitan area in the Americas. Where availab ...

List of metropolitan areas in Northern America This is a list of metropolitan areas in Northern America, typically defined to include Canada and the United States as well as Bermuda ( UK), Greenland (Denmark), and St. Pierre and Miquelon (France). Northern America is sometimes listed separate ...

** List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies *

List of metropolitan areas in the European Union by GDP A metropolitan area's gross domestic product, or GDP, is one of several measures of the size of its economy. Similar to GDP, GMP is defined as the market value of all final goods and services produced within a metropolitan area in a given perio ...

* List of metropolitan areas that overlap multiple countries * List of metropolitan areas by intentional homicide

Urban areas

* Historical urban community sizes * List of the largest urban agglomerations in North America *

List of urban agglomerations in Asia This is a list of urban agglomerations in Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass ...

List of urban areas by population The United Nations uses three definitions for what constitutes a city, as not all cities in all jurisdictions are classified using the same criteria. Cities may be defined as the cities proper, the extent of their urban area, or their metropo ...

List of urban areas in Africa by population This is a list of the largest urban agglomerations in Africa. Figures are from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report, as well as from ''citypopulation.de''. Figures for administrative areas are also given. , 3,497,097 (2007)Metr ...

List of urban areas in the European Union This is a list of urban areas in the European Union with over 500,000 inhabitants as of 2022. The data comes from Demographia and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.List of urban areas in the Nordic countries This is a list of urban areas in the Nordic countries by population. The population is measured on a national level, independently by each country's statistical bureau. Statistics Sweden uses the term ''tätort'' (urban settlement), Statistics F ...

List of the largest population centres in Canada A population centre, in the context of a Canadian census, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a popula ...

List of United States urban areas This is a list of urban areas in the United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau, ordered according to their 2010 census populations. An ''urbanized area'' (UA) is an urban area with population of 50,000 or more; an ''urban cluste ...