What is the population greater los angeles metro area?
<answer> 12.8 million, with 18.5 million living in the CSA. <context> The City of Angels, as it is known, is a global city, and the Los Angeles Combined Statistical Area (CSA) is the third largest in the world, after Greater Tokyo and New York. It's also the 66th most populous city proper in the world, and the metropolitan area is the 18th largest. The greater Los Angeles area is much larger, though, and its metropolitan area has a population of 12.8 million, with 18.5 million living in the CSA. The Greater Los Angeles Area, also referred to as Southland, refers to both the urbanized area and the Combined Statistical Area.