World’s Richest Cities

Tokyo isn’t just the biggest city in the world: It’s the richest, too. It stands to reason that 33 million people might be able to generate a yen or two, but the Japanese hub is also home to some of the world’s most industrious and successful people.

CityMayors.com presents its list of the 150 Richest Cities in the World. The data was compiled by the United Nations and PricewaterhouseCoopers and reflects figures through 2005.

The rankings are based on estimated Gross Domestic Product for cities or metropolitan areas, whichever seemed more logically applicable. Where regions were considered more reflective (Dallas/Fort Worth, San Francisco/Oakland, etc.), those criteria were used.

Who made the Top 10?

Here goes, with GDP in billions of U.S. dollars:

1. Tokyo, Japan — 1,191

2. New York, U.S. — 1,133

3. Los Angeles, U.S. — 639

4. Chicago, U.S. — 460

5. Paris, France — 460

6. London, England — 452

7. Osaka/Kobe, Japan — 341

8. Mexico City, Mexico — 315

9. Philadelphia, U.S. — 312

10. Washington, D.C. — 299

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