Mumbai

Tokyo

Dhaka

27.2

22.8

(Bombay)

22.6 Kolkata Shenyang

5.4
Ahmadabad (Calcutta)
Beijing
16.7
6.6
Shanghai
11.7
Bangalore
13.6
Tianjin
8.4
10.3
Delhi
20.9
Seoul Bangkok
9.8

9.9

Chongqing

Lahore
Istanbul

New York

11.4

17.9

Mexico City
20.4

21.2

9.0

14.5

Paris

9.9
Belo
Horizonte
5.4
London

Chicago
7.6

7.6

Toronto

16.0

Cairo

Hong Kong
Manila

12.6

Jeddah

Jakarta

5.2

17.3

Tehran
8.2

11.5

RhineRuhr
North

Riyadh
7.5

Kabul

6.6

5.7

2015

9.9

Lagos

Sao Paulo

Bogota

Los Angeles

Kinshasa

7.8

16.2

6.6

Osaka

11.0

8.0

Wuhan

Karachi

Baghdad

Moscow
8.1

7.4

8.7

5.4

Abidjan
6.1

Guatemala
City

5.3

Bandung

5.3

Rio de
Janeiro

Buenos
Aires

Surat

11.5

13.2

Lima

Hanoi
5.2
Yangon

5.7

Pune

9.4

(Rangoon)

6.1

Hyderabad
7.5

Santiago
6.5

6.3

Chittagong
6.4
Chennai

Ho Chi Minh City

6.3

(Madras)

Luanda

8.1

5.1

26.4

6.4

16.1

9.6
7.6

13.2

12.4

8.4

16.7

10.0

9.0

6.5

18.1

5.6

9.5

7.0

13.1
12.9
12.5
10.8 9.9 11.0
9.2
10.0

5.2

6.9

5.5
11.0

5.5

2000

7.4

7.0

5.1
6.8

18.0
12.0

8.7
10.7

7.4

5.5

Moscow
5.4

London
8.7

Tokyo

Rhine-Ruhr
North

6.9

5.3

Shanghai
5.3

Paris
5.4

1950

New York
12.3

BURGEONING BIG CITIES

Country with at least one city of
five million or more residents
Country without a city of
five million or more residents
Tokyo

27.2

Buenos Aires
5.0

Population in millions
Cities with populations of
five million or more

Present-day boundaries shown

SOURCE: U.N. POPULATION DIVISION
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAPS

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