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Historical urban community sizes; List of largest cities throughout history; List of cities with over one million inhabitants; List of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants; List of largest cities by area
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.
Megacities are a common backdrop in dystopian science fiction, with examples such as the Sprawl in William Gibson's Neuromancer, [58] and Mega-City One, a megalopolis of between 50 and 800 million people (fluctuations due to war and disaster) across the east coast of the United States, in the Judge Dredd comic. [59]
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 ...
This is a list of the most populous municipal corporations of the United States.As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated place includes cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and municipalities.
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.
Urban area Country Built-up land area (km 2) Population Urban population density (per km 2) ; Greater Los Angeles United States 87,940 18,316,743 541.1 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (Bay Area)
Shanghai. This list contains all cities with one million or more inhabitants. Cities are defined in the political-geographic sense (city proper).The population figures given therefore refer to the city or municipality in the political-administrative sense.