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The Chinese municipality of Chongqing, which is the largest city proper in the world by population, comprises a huge administrative area of 82,403 km 2, around the size of Austria. However, more than 70% of its 30-million population are agricultural workers living in a rural setting .
This table shows all cities or conurbations with a total urbanised area of at least 5,000 km 2, according to Demographia's annual World Urban Areas [62] publication, that uses a consistent methodology between countries to provide comparable population and area figures.
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.
These are the world's 10 largest urban areas, or "urban agglomerations," based on 2015 data, the most recent released by the U.N's population division. The 10 largest cities in the world Skip to ...
This article lists the 250 largest city squares in the world in descending order of area. The areas given are as noted in the articles and references provided, but ...
This is a list of national capitals, ordered according to total area.Capitals of dependent territories and disputed territories are marked in italics.The area of the capital city only includes the area occupied by the city and not the wider urban/metropolitan district or administrative division created solely for the city.
Area in km 2 People per km 2 Continent Year City definition Chongqing China 32,054,159 82,403 389 Asia 2020 [237] Province-level city: Shanghai China 24,870,895 6,200 4,011 Asia 2020 [238] Province-level city: Beijing China 21,893,095 16,411 1,334 Asia 2020 [239] Province-level city: Chengdu China 20,937,757 12,055 1,737 Asia 2020 [240] Sub ...
The following is a list of the world's major cities (either capitals, more than one million inhabitants or an elevation of over 1,000 m [3,300 ft]) by elevation. In addition, the country, continental region, latitude and longitude are shown for all cities listed.