Miscellaneous topics on cities and population

The purpose of this article is to make it easier and more convenient for readers to compare different treatment methods on the ranking of cities / metropolitan areas / urban areas / agglomerations / conurbations / megalopolises by population. Very often different rankings give different figures, as the limits and extends of the agglomerations are not clearly identified.

• Thirty most populous cities in the world
• Largest European metropolitan areas by population
• Largest urban areas of the European Union by population
• Largest cities of the European Union by population
• List of major cities in Brazil
• List of metropolitan areas by population
• Metropolitan areas in the Republic of China (Taiwan)
• Metropolitan areas in France
• Largest Cities (within political borders)

External links

Useful lists

• World Gazetteer - 32 most populous cities
• World Gazetteer - a slightly updated version of the previous
• Citypopulation.de Largest Agglomerations
• US Census Bureau: Population Estimates for Metropolitan Areas and Components
• WorldAtlas.com: Top 100 Cities of the World - ranked by population
• PopulationData.net: all 1M+ unhabitants Metropolitan areas
• Demographia.com: 50 Largest World Metropolitan Areas
• Citypopulation.de: The Principal Agglomerations of the World
• World Gazetteer on urban agglomeration

Others

• All major urban areas with more than one million of population
• Cities with more than two million of population (note: this website is not related with the one above)
• Most populous city of each country
• Number of cities per size category by country
• Part of population of each country living in its most populous city (comparison of data of different years)
• Dictionary of the History of ideas: The City

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