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. __ ...

* List of cities by continent (or continental region) **

Lists of cities in Africa The following are lists of cities in Africa. Countries *List of cities in Algeria * List of cities in Angola *List of cities in Benin *List of cities in Botswana *List of cities in Burkina Faso * List of cities in Burundi * List of municipaliti ...

** Lists of cities in Asia ** 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 This is a list of cities in North America. For the most populous cities in North America, see List of North American cities by population. Antigua and Barbuda Aruba * Oranjestad Bahamas * Nassau * Freeport City Barbados *Bridgetow ...

** Lists of cities in Oceania **

List of cities in South America This is a list of cities in South America. Largest cities This list includes all South American cities with a population within city limits exceeding 500,000 according to official census figures, estimates or projections as of 2015, the most rece ...

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 st ...

* 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 The following is a list of the world's major cities (either capitals, more than one million inhabitants or an elevation of over ) by elevation. In addition, the country, continental region, latitude and longitude are shown for all cities liste ...

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 metrop ...

* List of cities with the most skyscrapers * List of cities with more than one commercial airport *

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 with ...

List of ghost towns by country The following is a list of ghost towns, listed by continent, then by country. Africa Angola * The settlement of Saint Martin of the Tigers (in Portuguese: ''São Martinho dos Tigres''), situated on a peninsula now known as the Tigres Island ...

* List of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants *

Lists of city flags The list of city flags lists the flags of cities. Most of the city flags are based on the coat of arms or emblems of its city itself, and city flags can be also used by the coat of arms and emblems on its flag. Most of the city flags are flown o ...

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 ge ...

* 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 metropo ...

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 **

List of metropolitan areas in Asia The Asian continent is one of the fastest-growing continents in the World, with increasing urbanisation and a high growth rate for cities. Tokyo in Japan is the world's largest metropolitan area by population. The population of the given cities a ...

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 sepa ...

List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies This is a list of the largest metropolitan areas in the West Indies, based on official population estimates or projections as of mid-2015. Havana has no official definition of its metropolitan area; the population within its city limits is given i ...

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 This article contains A-Z tables of the incidence of intentional homicide in multi-municipal metropolitan areas and standalone municipalities with a predominantly urbanized population. It does ''not'' take into consideration capricious political di ...

Urban areas

Historical urban community sizes This article lists historical urban community sizes based on the estimated populations of selected human settlements from 7000 BC – AD 1875, organized by archaeological periods. Many of the figures are uncertain, especially in ancient times ...

List of the largest urban agglomerations in North America This is a list of the largest urban agglomerations in North America. It includes the 50 most populated urban agglomerations. See also * List of North American metropolitan areas by population * List of the largest metropolitan ...

* List of urban agglomerations in Asia * List of urban areas by population ** List of urban areas in Africa by population **

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 ...

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 populat ...

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 ...