Michelin-starred restaurants per capita by city around the world

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Here is a list of major cities around the world by number of Michelin starred restaurants per capita. It is based on the population of the metropolitan area which is more informative as some cities have huge city limits (e.g. Berlin) while others only consider the historical "intramuros" limits as the municipality (e.g. Paris). Using these official city limits, Berlin is twice more populous than Paris, which is nonsensical.

This list is for cities with a metropolitan area population over 1 million people.
  1. Kyoto Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 3,785,014
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 78
    • Ratio: 20.61 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  2. Antwerp Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 1,200,000 (estimated)
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 17
    • Ratio: 14.17 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  3. Brussels Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 2,120,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 30
    • Ratio: 14.15 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  4. Zurich Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 1,830,000 (estimated)
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 25
    • Ratio: 13.66 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  5. Geneva Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 1,053,436
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 13
    • Ratio: 12.34 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  6. Barcelona Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 5,575,204
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 62
    • Ratio: 11.12 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  7. Lisbon Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 2,870,770
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 31
    • Ratio: 10.80 stars per million people
  8. Oslo Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 1,116,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 12
    • Ratio: 10.75 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  9. Bilbao Metropolitan Area
    • Population: 1,037,847 (Bilbao metropolitan area)
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 11
    • Ratio: 10.60 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  10. Hong Kong Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 7,499,791
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 79
    • Ratio: 10.53 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  11. Paris Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 13,064,617
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 137
    • Ratio: 10.49 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  12. Amsterdam Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 2,480,995
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 24
    • Ratio: 9.67 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  13. Copenhagen Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 2,057,142
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 19
    • Ratio: 9.24 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  14. Lyon Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 2,293,180
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 21
    • Ratio: 9.16 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  15. Naples Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 3,085,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 27
    • Ratio: 8.75 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  16. Vienna Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 2,600,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 22
    • Ratio: 8.46 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  17. Singapore Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 6,089,541
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 51
    • Ratio: 8.37 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  18. Nantes Metropolitan Area
    • Population: 1,012,000 (2025 projection)
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 6
    • Ratio: 5.93 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  19. Heidelberg-Mannheim Metropolitan Area
    • Population: 2.4 million
    • Michelin stars: 14
    • Ratio : 5.83 Michelin stars per million inhabitants
  20. Rome Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 4,342,212
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 23
    • Ratio: 5.30 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  21. Florence Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 1,520,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 8
    • Ratio: 5.26 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  22. San Francisco Bay Area:
    • Population: 9,600,000 (estimated)
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 50
    • Ratio: 5.21 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  23. Stockholm Metropolitan Area
    • Population (2025 projection): 2,400,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 12
    • Ratio: 5.00 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  24. Tokyo Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 37,036,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 183
    • Ratio: 4.94 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  25. Turin Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 2,269,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 11
    • Ratio: 4.85 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  26. London Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 14,257,962
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 66
    • Ratio: 4.63 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  27. Dublin Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 1,299,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 6
    • Ratio: 4.62 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  28. Washington DC Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 5,600,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 25
    • Ratio: 4.46 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  29. Munich Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 6,000,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 26
    • Ratio: 4.33 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  30. Lille Metropolitan Area
    • Population: 1,515,061 (2020 projection for the metropolitan area)
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 6
    • Ratio: 3.96 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  31. Helsinki Metropolitan Area
    • Population: 1,550,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 6
    • Ratio: 3.87 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  32. Berlin Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 6,144,600
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 23
    • Ratio: 3.74 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  33. New York Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 20,100,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 71
    • Ratio: 3.71 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  34. Marseille Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 1,888,788
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 7
    • Ratio: 3.71 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  35. Vancouver Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 2,708,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 10
    • Ratio: 3.69 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  36. Venice Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 2,600,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 9
    • Ratio: 3.46 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  37. Valencia Metropolitan Area
    • Population (2025 projection): 2,600,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 9
    • Ratio: 3.46 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  38. Toulouse Metropolitan Area
    • Population: 1,454,158 (2025 projection)
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 5
    • Ratio: 3.44 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  39. Madrid Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 6,779,888
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 21
    • Ratio: 3.10 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  40. Seoul Metropolitan Area
    • Population (2025 projection): 9,738,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants in Seoul: 30
    • Ratio: 3.08 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  41. Austin Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 2,313,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 7
    • Ratio: 3.03 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  42. Rotterdam Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 2,400,000 (Rotterdam-The Hague metropolitan area)
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 7
    • Ratio: 2.92 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  43. Stuttgart Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 2,787,724
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 8
    • Ratio: 2.87 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  44. Dallas Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 8,100,037
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 21
    • Ratio: 2.59 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  45. Hamburg Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 5,107,429
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 13
    • Ratio: 2.55 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  46. Toronto Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 6,491,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 16
    • Ratio: 2.46 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  47. Bordeaux Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 1,232,550
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 3
    • Ratio: 2.43 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  48. Milan Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 8,098,320
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 19
    • Ratio: 2.35 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  49. Miami Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 6,372,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 14
    • Ratio: 2.20 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  50. Chicago Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 9,442,159
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 20
    • Ratio: 2.12 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  51. Budapest Metropolitan Area
    • Population: 3,300,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 7
    • Ratio: 2.12 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  52. Mendoza Metropolitan Area
    1. Population: 2,000,000
    2. Michelin-starred restaurants in Mendoza: 4
    3. Ratio: 2.0 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  53. Bristol Metropolitan Area
    • Population: 1,006,600 (West of England Combined Authority area)
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 2
    • Ratio: 1.99 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  54. Athens Metropolitan Area
    • Population: 3,150,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 6
    • Ratio: 1.90 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  55. Zagreb Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 1,115,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 2
    • Ratio: 1.79 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  56. Los Angeles Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 12,678,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 22
    • Ratio: 1.74 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  57. Shanghai Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 30,482,000
    • Number of Michelin-starred restaurants: 52
    • Ratio: 1.71 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  58. Cologne Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 3,573,500
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 6
    • Ratio: 1.68 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  59. Frankfurt am Main Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 5,800,000 (Frankfurt Rhine-Main)
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 9
    • Ratio: 1.55 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  60. Beijing Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 22,596,000
    • Number of Michelin-starred restaurants: 33
    • Ratio: 1.46 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  61. Guangzhou Metropolitan Area
    1. Population (2024): 14,590,000
    2. Michelin-starred restaurants in Guangzhou: 20
    3. Ratio: 1.37 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  62. Hangzhou Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 12,000,000
    • Number of Michelin-starred restaurants: 16
    • Ratio: 1.33 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  63. Bremen Metropolitan Area
    • Population: 2,400,000 (2025 projection)
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 3
    • Ratio: 1.25 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  64. Seville Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 1,645,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 2
    • Ratio: 1.22 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  65. Newcastle Metropolitan Area
    • Population: 1,650,000 (Tyneside and surrounding areas)
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 2
    • Ratio: 1.21 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  66. Warsaw Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 2,666,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 3
    • Ratio: 1.13 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  67. Prague Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2024): 2,264,690
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 2
    • Ratio: 0.88 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  68. Düsseldorf Metropolitan Area
    • Population: 11,900,000 (Rhein-Ruhr metropolitan area)
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 10
    • Ratio: 0.84 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  69. Mexico City Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 21,804,515
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 18
    • Ratio: 0.83 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  70. Houston Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 7,582,781
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 6
    • Ratio: 0.79 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  71. São Paulo Metropolitan Area
    • Population (2025 projection): 22,990,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants in São Paulo: 18
    • Ratio: 0.78 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  72. Manchester Metropolitan Area
    • Population (2025 projection): 2,833,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 2
    • Ratio: 0.71 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  73. Chengdu Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 20,937,757
    • Number of Michelin-starred restaurants: 13 (2 Two-Star, 11 One-Star)
    • Ratio: 0.62 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  74. Birmingham Metropolitan Area
    • Population: 4,300,000 (West Midlands Combined Authority area)
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 2
    • Ratio: 0.47 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  75. Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 13,923,000 (2025 projection)
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 5
    • Ratio: 0.36 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  76. Buenos Aires Metropolitan area
    1. Population (2025 projection): 15,752,000
    2. Michelin-starred restaurants in Buenos Aires: 3
    3. Ratio: 0.19 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people

Some cities with the population between 400,000 and 1 million people also have high ratios of Michelin starred restaurants per capita.
  1. Basel Metropolitan Area
    • Population (2025 projection): 579,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 27
    • Ratio: 46.63 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  2. Bern Metropolitan Area
    • Population (2025 projection): 448,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 14
    • Ratio: 31.25 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  3. Macau Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 701,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 16
    • Ratio: 22.82 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  4. Nice Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 538,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 8
    • Ratio: 14.87 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  5. Avignon:
    • Population: 480,655
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 7
    • Ratio: 14.56 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  6. Verona Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 636,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 7
    • Ratio: 11.01 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  7. Edinburgh Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 900,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 7
    • Ratio: 7.78 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  8. Strasbourg Metropolitan Area:
    • Population (2025 projection): 490,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 3
    • Ratio: 6.12 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  9. Bologna Metropolitan Area
    • Population: 819,000 (2025 projection)
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 5
    • Ratio: 6.11 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  10. Rennes Metropolitan Area
    • Population: 733,320 (2025 projection)
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 4
    • Ratio: 5.45 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  11. Liège Metropolitan Area
    • Population: 637,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 3
    • Ratio : 4.71 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
  12. Genoa Metropolitan Area:
    • Population: 850,000
    • Michelin-starred restaurants: 3
    • Ratio: 3.53 Michelin-starred restaurants per million people
 
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I have updated the ranking above. There are now 76 metropolitan areas worldwide with over 1 million people and 12 smaller cities.
 
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