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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 .
There is no globally standardised definition of what constitutes a city, and municipal divisions differ from country to country. If only the administrative boundaries of a city were taken into account, Chongqing would be the largest city in the world, with 32 million inhabitants. However, the urban population is significantly smaller at just ...
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.
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.
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.
Map of global cities ranked "alpha +" or higher by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network 2024 rankings. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Caption caption 1 Caption to appear below location map of global cities String suggested Map width width 2 Width of location map displayed Default 500px Example 800px Number suggested Float align float ...
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