How many people live in the Tokyo metropolitan area?

Cities easy Data from 2023

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Answer in people. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

37,000,000 people

Roughly 37M.

Greater Tokyo is the largest urban agglomeration on Earth at about 37 million people — more than the entire population of Canada, in an area smaller than Connecticut. Tokyo proper holds around 14 million; the rest live in the surrounding prefectures and commute in.

Where this number comes from

Source United Nations World Urbanization Prospects
Figure refers to 2023
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