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>San Francisco >Population >City and county 852,469 >Metro 4,594,060 >CSA 8,607,423 > >San Jose >Population >City 1,015,785 >Metro 1,952,872 >CSA 8,607,423 Colloquially, "population" refers to either the metropolitan area population or the CSA population, or something in between. But since different countries have different concepts and definitions for "metro area", it can't be relied on for a global map. The only thing remotely portable in this case is "how many people live within the city limits". And by that measure, San Jose is indeed bigger than San Francisco. San Francisco doesn't even get a mention because its population within city limits is below one million - the cut-off line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California