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List For newer estimates, see Megacity § List of megacities . There are 81 cities in the world with a population exceeding 5 million people, according to 2018 estimates by the United Nations .
[31] [32] A characteristic issue of megacities is the difficulty in defining their outer limits and accurately estimating the populations. Another list defines megacities as urban agglomerations instead of metropolitan areas. [33] As of 2021, there are 28 megacities by this definition, like Tokyo. [34]
This is a list of the 50 largest cities in the Americas by population residing within city limits based on the most recent official census results, estimates, or short-term projections available for all of these cities, which refer to mid-2020 populations.
This article lists the largest human settlements in the world (by population) over time, as estimated by historians, from 7000 BC when the largest human settlement was a proto-city in the ancient Near East with a population of about 1,000–2,000 people, to the year 2000 when the largest human settlement was Tokyo with 26 million.
This list is based on the data from the previous paragraph table. It excludes countries with only one city above one million inhabitants. Country Number of cities 1 China: 130 2 India: 50 3 Russia: 16 4 Brazil: 15 5 Indonesia: 14 6 Japan: 12 7 South Korea: 11 8 Philippines: 10 Mexico: 10 Pakistan: 10 Turkey: 10 12 United States: 9 13 Iran: 8
The following is a list of the 100 largest cities in the Americas by city proper population using the most recent official estimate. [1] [2] [circular reference] São Paulo in Brazil is the most populous city in the Americas, the western hemisphere and also the southern hemisphere. Lima, the capital of Peru, and the second largest city in the ...
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This is a list of the five most populous incorporated places and the capital city in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited territories of the United States, as of July 1, 2023, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau.