Talk:List of cities by GDP

GDP per capita
From having a look at the history of this site I have come to the conclusion that the GDP per capita have been added by various user based on their own calculations and whatever figure for population they found. Therefore I propose to delete that column altogether. Debresser (talk) 21:24, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

In view of the above I have removed all of the fact templates and added the Original research template. Debresser (talk) 21:37, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Please let's hear your opinions. Debresser (talk) 12:41, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I reckon that we should remove the per capita figures altogether unless a source can be found. Cordless Larry (talk) 21:26, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Unsourced "statistics" have no place in an encyclopedia. AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 23:01, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Disagree. If the GDP and population data are adequately sourced, a GDP/capita calculation is straightforward and is already implicit in the dataset. That would be like saying we don't know that 10/2=5 because there's no source. If we have sources for 10 and 2, it is acceptable to divide 10 by 2 and arrive at 5 logically. Emphasis, however, should be placed on gathering quality data for GDP and population estimates. BDS2006 (talk) 22:01, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Done. This will probably put a stop to people constantly adding and changing figures in this column. 23:26, 12 February 2009 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Debresser (talk • contribs)

German cities
The figures quoted for the German cities are completely false and inconsistent with the other cities in the list. If Hamburg proper officially generated a GDP of €89.3 Billion in 2008 (more than $115 Billion), how is it possible that the GDP of its urban area was half that in 2005? The same goes for the other German cities. Munich and Berlin proper had a GDP of € 75.1 Billion ($98 Billion) and €87.4 Billion ($115 Billion), respectively. Frankfurt has the highest GDP per capita of any major European city but doesn't even appear on this list. Overall a very questionable ranking. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shallowjello (talk • contribs) 15:59, 5 September 2009 (UTC)


 * This is likely due to inaccuracies in the population estimates for German metropolitan areas. Anyone with better data on German cities could easily resolve this artifact. BDS2006 (talk) 22:04, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Note: German Rhine-Ruhr region is not included in the list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.51.233.236 (talk) 19:50, 5 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Agreed, the Rhine-Ruhr should be on the list. Gjchan (talk) 00:25, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Megalopolises in China
Hey maybe it’s time to include Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region and Greater Shanghai metropolitan area to table. Pearl river delta has population density of 1500 per sq km which is similar to London metro or Tokyo metro and GDP of 1.9 trillion. It’s unfair we don’t have these metropolitan areas in table just separate cities like Shenzhen and Guangzhou. 84.15.182.142 (talk) 17:11, 27 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Fair point, Is there a consistent definition for Chinese metropolitan areas? Beijing is certainly a huge city, but 110,000,000 seems too high for the urban population around Beijing-Tianjin. We need a consistent classification of metro areas that doesn't include regions that over 217,000 square kilometers in area, with a population density of just 507/km2. "Jingjinji Metropolitan Region" covers a land area larger than that of Belarus! Greater London, by comparison, is much more modest 9,000 square kilometers. Remember, this article is titled, "List of cities by GDP." BDS2006 (talk) 22:29, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Ranking does not correspond to GDP data
Ranking should be determined automatically by the GDP data. For example, both San Francisco and Paris are ranked #8. Furthermore, there two cities ranked 9th and 10th, respectively. Anyone willing to fix this annoying issue? BDS2006 (talk) 22:09, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

List should be sorted by GDP by default
The list is currently sorted alphabetically by default which is not very intuitive. On the Wikipedia app, there is no way to choose other parameters by which to sort the data. Sorting by GDP (descending) would be the most intuitive. BDS2006 (talk) 22:16, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

And the PPP GDP?
First of all, the list must include two versions of the GDP, one nominal and the other PPP, due to a multitude of factors that people who understand economics know, there are cities whose nominal GDP is very misleading and does not reflect the real situation of this city. as if the GDP PPP would do it, in certain cases the difference between nominal and PPP is very high and the latter reflects a more accurate vision of the true power of that city, both should go, obviously with their respective PERCAPITA tables. Second, the article is very outdated and full of errors, please urgently update it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2806:10A6:19:7BDC:A08D:A582:C7D8:A3C0 (talk) 01:01, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Hong Kong, Guangzhou are missing from the list
Someone removed Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area, who should at least do your duty to add those mega cities (or Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region) back to the list if you feel this bay area too large in your understanding... 103.146.82.123 (talk) 16:48, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Inconsistent US Data
Please refer to bea.gov for the most current MSA and CSA GDP data. Also, you report CSA data for NY, LA and Chicago and MSA data for the other areas. The San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland CSA has a GDP of over $1.3T according to the latest data release for 2022, and Chicago's CSA is in the 800B range, Dallas is also only in the 700B range 2601:644:4902:B970:2D7C:EC41:FABB:9BA (talk) 10:38, 9 April 2024 (UTC)