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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.
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.
An aerial view of Mexico City, one of the biggest megacities in the world. - Cesar Rodriguez/Bloomberg/Getty Images. ... Mexico on January 26, 2024. - Raquel Cunha/Reuters.
2024 [128] State/City Minsk Belarus 1,995,471 Europe 2023 [129] Municipality (city) Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 1,982,112 Asia 2020 [130] Federal capital city/federal territory: Sapporo Japan 1,973,395 Asia 2020 [9] Designated city: Khartoum Sudan 1,974,647 Africa 2023 [131] Municipality (city) Khartoum Bahri Sudan 1,968,601 Africa 2015 [132 ...
Europe dominates the 2024 rankings with six cities in the top 10. Madrid is at No.2, Rome and Milan are at No.4 and No.5, Amsterdam is at No.7 and Barcelona is at No.10.
This is a list of cities worldwide by population density.The population, population density and land area for the cities listed are based on the entire city proper, the defined boundary or border of a city or the city limits of the city.
Advisory firm Oxford Economics released its Global Cities Index in 2024, ranking the world's largest 1,000 cities based on 27 indicators across five categories (economics, human capital, quality of life, environment, and governance) with more weight on economic factors. The top ranked cities in 2024 are: [27] New York City; London; San Jose ...