inhabitants
1,035,000,000
live in 421 cities,
with 1m–10m
inhabitants
2,100,000,000
live in towns and cities
with fewer than 1m
inhabitants
Ten largest cities
Population in millions
1950
2010
Arranged from west to east
20m
Mexico City
Mexico
5m
Chicago
USA
12m
19m
New York City
USA
5m
Buenos Aires
Argentina
18m
São Paulo
Brazil
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32
Urban population
2010
= 10 million people
= 1 million people
RUSSIA
103m
Moscow
UKRAINE
KAZAK.
UZBEKISTAN
KYRGYZSTAN
MOL.
TURK.
TAJIK.
BEL.
Istanbul
GEO.
AZER.
ARM.
TURKEY
IRAN
AFGHANISTAN
SYRIA
LEB.
ISRAEL
IRAQ
KUWAIT
PAKISTAN
64m
PALESTINIAN
TERRITORIES
SAUDI
ARABIA
QATAR
BAHRAIN
YEMEN
OMAN
Karachi
Delhi
Mumbai
INDIA
352m
Kolkata
Urban dwellers as percentage
of total population
90% or more
70% – 89%
50% – 69%
30% – 49%
10% – 29%
MONGOLIA
city with over 10 million
inhabitants 2010
NEPAL
CHINA
601m
Beijing
NORTH
KOREA
JAPAN
85m
Tokyo
Osaka-
Kobe
SOUTH
KOREA
Shanghai
HK
LAOS
BURMA
VIETNAM
Manila
PHILIPPINES
62m
THAILAND
CAMB.
MALAYSIA
INDONESIA
129m
Jakarta
SINGAPORE
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
BANGLADESH
Dhaka
SRI LANKA
There were
1.2
billion
more urban dwellers
in 2010 than
in 1990
8m
London
UK
7m
Paris
France
5m
Moscow
Russia
18m
Karachi
Pakistan
21m
Mumbai
India
22m
Delhi
India
5m
16m
Kolkata
India
19m
Jakarta
Indonesia
4m
19m
Shanghai
China
4m
Osaka–Kobe
Japan
11m
32m
Tokyo
Japan
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Diversity of Cities
The diversity of cities is as great as the diversity
of the world. They hold, display, and generate
great wealth – and equally great poverty. They
are places of danger, and equally of
opportunity, as continued urban