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There are 81 cities in the world with a population exceeding 5 million people, according to 2018 estimates by the United Nations. The UN figures include a mixture of city proper, metropolitan area, and urban area.
The biggest US-city is New York City, which comes 48th in the worldwide ranking. Our comparison lists the populations of the actual cities (no summarized metropolitan areas or districts). See also our ranking of the world's capital cities. What is a megacity?
20 mar 2019 · Watch the race to be the most populous city on earth, from 1500 to the present day. The FT's John Burn-Murdoch looks at how populations have shifted over time and how the emerging markets...
15 sie 2023 · This graphic uses data taken from latest official censuses and projections to rank the largest cities by population.
18 lip 2019 · Ranking the World’s Most Populous Cities. Today’s animation comes to us from John Burn-Murdoch with the Financial Times, and it visualizes cities ranked by population in a bar chart race over the course of a 500-year timeframe. Beijing starts in the lead in the year 1500, with a population of 672,000: Rank. City.
2024 Metro Area Rankings. Rank. City Name. Population. 1. New York City. 19,034,000. 2. Los Angeles.
11 wrz 2024 · Population statistics for countries, administrative divisions, cities, urban areas and agglomerations – interactive maps and charts.
