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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 is a list of towns and cities in the world believed to have 100,000 or more inhabitants, sorted by countries. Unless otherwise noted, populations are based on United Nations estimates from 2022. Unless otherwise noted, populations are based on United Nations estimates from 2022.
The population figures refer in the most cases to the respective municipality within its political boundaries, excluding politically independent suburbs. For Chinese cities, the urban population (urban settlement) of the respective city is given at prefecture, county or district level, which usually include large rural areas.
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 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 is a list of towns and cities in the world believed to have 100,000 or more inhabitants, sorted by countries beginning with letters between C and F. Unless otherwise noted, populations are based on United Nations estimates from 2022.
List of largest cities; Lists of cities by country; Lists of cities by continent (or continental region) Lists of cities in Africa; Lists of cities in Asia; Lists of cities in Central America; Lists of cities in Europe; List of cities in North America; Lists of cities in Oceania; List of cities in South America; Territorial claims in Antarctica
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