The State of the World Atlas [ff]. Dan Smith

million

      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

      Q 22 Population

      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