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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. [6] [7]
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 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 Mexico: 10 Pakistan: 10 Turkey: 10 11 United States: 9 12 Iran: 8 Nigeria: 8 14 DR Congo
As of 2016, the world had 31 megacities -- cities with 10 million inhabitants or more -- and they are growing, in both size and number. According to the U.N., the world is expected to add 10 new ...
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The total number of megacities in the world varies between different sources and their publication dates. The world had 33 according to UN DESA (in 2018), 25 according to the OCDE, 45 according to CityPopulation.de (in 2023), and 44 according to Demographia (in 2023). A good percentage of these urban agglomerations are in China and India.
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This list of the highest cities in the world includes only cities with a population greater than 100,000 inhabitants and an average height above sea level over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .