Friday, January 7, 2011

The Biggest Cities in The World

This is the list of biggest cities in the World.I like big cities. I also like interesting facts, geography, and statistics. 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.









Tokyo


Mexico City





İstanbul



Urban Area /
City Name
Country Estimated
population
(in millions)
1. TokyoJapan 34.2
2. Mexico CityMexico 22.8
3. SeoulSouth Korea 22.3
4. New YorkUSA 21.9
5. Sao PauloBrazil 20.2
6. BombayIndia 19.9
7. DelhiIndia 19.7
8. ShanghaiChina 18.2
9. Los AngelesUSA 18.0
10. OsakaJapan 16.8
11. JakartaIndonesia 16.5
12. CalcuttaIndia 15.7
13. CairoEgypt 15.6
14. ManilaPhilippines 15.0
15. KarachiPakistan 14.3
16. MoscowRussia 13.8
17. Buenos AiresArgentina 13.5
18. DhakaBangladesh 13.3
19. Rio de JaneiroBrazil 12.2
20. Beijing China 12.1
21. LondonEngland 12.0
22. TehranIran 11.9
23. IstanbulTurkey 11.5
24. LagosNigeria 11.1
25. Shenzhen China 10.7
26. ParisFrance 10.0
27. ChicagoUSA 9.8

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