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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 .
2011 [2] Municipal corporation: Pimpri-Chinchwad India 1,729,359 Asia 2011 [2] Municipal corporation: Bucharest Romania 1,716,961 Europe 2021 [150] County/city Semarang Indonesia 1,688,133 Asia 2022 [78] City Xiangyang China 1,686,403 Asia 2020 [1] Prefecture-level city (urban) Belgrade Serbia 1,685,563 Europe 2021 [151] District: Budapest Hungary
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.
Not all major cities are created equal, with some places around the world holding more influence over global business, culture, and politics than others. The 21 most influential cities in the ...
1.2 Asia. 1.3 Europe. 1.4 North America. 1.5 Central America and Caribbean. 1.6 South America. 1.7 Oceania. 2 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of ...
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; List of cities surrounded by another city; List of ...
Cities portal: This is a list of national capitals, ordered according to population. The population statistics given refer only to the official capital area, and do ...
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.