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Appendix A
Urban agglomeration data

The following tables list urban agglomerations with over 5 million inhabitants in 1950
and 2015. It can be seen developing countries will most likely have the most populous
cities by the end of the twenty-first century.

Table A.1 Cities with 5 million or more inhabitants in

1950

Rank Urban area Population (millions)

1 New York 12.3

2 London 8.7

3 Tokyo 6.9

4 Paris 5.4

5 Moscow 5.3

6 Shanghai 5.3

7 Rhein-Ruhr North 5.3

8 Buenos Aires 5.0

Source : United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects:
The 2001 Revision.

Table A.2 Top 35 cities with 5 million or more

inhabitants by 2015

Rank Urban area Population (millions)

1 Tokyo 27.2

2 Dhaka 22.8

3 Mumbai 22.6

4 Sao Paulo 21.2

5 Delhi 20.9

6 Mexico City 20.4

7 New York 17.9

8 Jakarta 17.3

9 Calcutta 16.7

10 Karachi 16.2

11 Lagos 16.0

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