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New York, often called New York City [b] or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs , each coextensive with a respective county .
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 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.
City/municipality Municipality status Country Total area (km 2) Population Population density (per km 2) Sermersooq [1] Municipality Greenland: 575,300 24,148 0.04 Avannaata [1] Municipality Greenland: 522,700 10,920 0.02 Nagqu [2] Prefecture-level City China: 353,010 504,838 1 Hulunbuir [3] Prefecture-level City China: 234,545 2,242,875 10 ...
Lima, the capital of Peru, and the second largest city in the Americas. Skyline of Mexico City, the largest city in North America. New York, the largest city in the United States, second largest city in North America, and a global economic hub. A major tourist destination, Rio de Janeiro is Brazil's second biggest city by population.
As of 2025, the New York metropolitan area is the world’s principal fintech and financial center [1] [2] and the largest metropolitan economy in the world, with a nominal gross metropolitan product of over US$2.5 trillion. [3] This is a list of cities in the world by nominal gross domestic product (GDP).
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs , each coextensive with a respective county .
The most populous and largest city by area in the state is by far New York City, home to 8,804,190 people and comprising just over 300 square miles (800 km 2) of land (468.87 square miles (1,210 km 2) including water). The least populous city is Sherrill, with just 3,071 inhabitants.