Biggest Cities in the World

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Biggest Cities

NameCountryEst.
population
(in millions)
 1. TokyoJapan34.5
 2. New YorkUSA21.4
 3. SeoulKorea20.3
 4. Mexico CityMexico19.3
 5. Bombay (Mumbai)India19.0
 6. São PauloBrazil18.5
 7. OsakaJapan17.9
 8. Los AngelesUSA16.6
 9. CairoEgypt14.7
10. ManilaPhilippines13.8
11. Buenos AiresArgentina13.4
12. JakartaIndonesia13.4
13. CalcuttaIndia13.2
14. MoscowRussia13.2
15. DelhiIndia12.3
16. LondonUK11.8
17. ShanghaiChina11.8
18. Rio de JaneiroBrazil11.2
19. KarachiPakistan10.8
20. IstanbulTurkey10.6
  I like big cities. Really big cities. And I live in one. Occasionally, I wondered what the biggest cities in the world are. I found the following statistics online, from Thomas Brinkhoff, Principal Agglomerations and Cities of the World. Web: www.citypopulation.de , May 13, 2001.

The list on the left is sort of vague by nature, since it includes in the population the "surrounding urban agglomeration", which is hard to define.

But even if it's vague, it gives you some idea of the size of these cities.

 

Here's another list: http://www.geobop.com/World/Facts/Geography/Cities/

Largest Countries (Land Area)

1Russia 6.6 million mi2 (17 million km2)
2Canada3.9 million mi2 (9.9 million km2)
3China3.7 million mi2 (9.6 million km2)
4United States3.7 million mi2 (9.1 million km2)
5Brazil3.3 million mi2 (8.5 million km2)
6Australia3 million mi2 (7.6 million km2)
7India1.2 million mi2 (3 million km2)
8Argentina1.1 million mi2 (2.7 million km2)
9Kazakhstan1,050,000 mi2 (2.7 million km2)
10Sudan966,000 mi2 (2.4 million km2)

This list from http://geography.about.com/library/misc/bllgcountries.htm

Largest Countries (Population)

1China1,281,000,000
2India1,050,000,000
3United States287,000,000
4Indonesia217,000,000
5Brazil174,000,000
6Russia144,000,000
7Pakistan144,000,000
8Bangladesh134,000,000
9Nigeria130,000,000
10Japan127,000,000
11Mexico102,000,000
12Germany82,000,000
13Philippines80,000,000
14Vietnam80,000,000
15Egypt71,000,000

This list from http://www.prb.org//Content/ContentGroups/Datasheets/wpds2002/2002_World_Population_Data_Sheet.htm

There's another list at:  http://www.countrywatch.com/@school/largest_countries_pop.htm


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