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Name Country Est.
population
(in millions)1. Tokyo Japan 34.5 2. New York USA 21.4 3. Seoul Korea 20.3 4. Mexico City Mexico 19.3 5. Bombay (Mumbai) India 19.0 6. São Paulo Brazil 18.5 7. Osaka Japan 17.9 8. Los Angeles USA 16.6 9. Cairo Egypt 14.7 10. Manila Philippines 13.8 11. Buenos Aires Argentina 13.4 12. Jakarta Indonesia 13.4 13. Calcutta India 13.2 14. Moscow Russia 13.2 15. Delhi India 12.3 16. London UK 11.8 17. Shanghai China 11.8 18. Rio de Janeiro Brazil 11.2 19. Karachi Pakistan 10.8 20. Istanbul Turkey 10.6 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/
1 Russia 6.6 million mi2 (17 million km2) 2 Canada 3.9 million mi2 (9.9 million km2) 3 China 3.7 million mi2 (9.6 million km2) 4 United States 3.7 million mi2 (9.1 million km2) 5 Brazil 3.3 million mi2 (8.5 million km2) 6 Australia 3 million mi2 (7.6 million km2) 7 India 1.2 million mi2 (3 million km2) 8 Argentina 1.1 million mi2 (2.7 million km2) 9 Kazakhstan 1,050,000 mi2 (2.7 million km2) 10 Sudan 966,000 mi2 (2.4 million km2) This list from http://geography.about.com/library/misc/bllgcountries.htm
Largest Countries (Population)
1 China 1,281,000,000 2 India 1,050,000,000 3 United States 287,000,000 4 Indonesia 217,000,000 5 Brazil 174,000,000 6 Russia 144,000,000 7 Pakistan 144,000,000 8 Bangladesh 134,000,000 9 Nigeria 130,000,000 10 Japan 127,000,000 11 Mexico 102,000,000 12 Germany 82,000,000 13 Philippines 80,000,000 14 Vietnam 80,000,000 15 Egypt 71,000,000 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
Created and maintained by Matthew Weathers. Last updated Apr 20, 2006.