﻿10 largest cities in the world. More than half of the world's population
that is about 55 percent live in cities. According to the United Nation's Department of Economic and
Social Affairs,this figure is predicted to jump to 68 percent,by 2050. Today about 4.2 billion people
live in cities, with North America, Latin America and the Caribbean making up the most urbanized
regions of the world and Africa remaining the most rural. Here are 10 largest cities in the world.
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our new videos. 10. Beijing, China
In 2017, the Chinese government announced plans to limit the capital's population to 23 million
in an attempt to prevent over crowding and pollution.
According to The Guardian, State-led rules have been effective in controlling population growth.
Migrants have been sent out of the capital and ongoing efforts to make the city look beautiful
have included rebuilding grittier districts, rounding up street vendors, closing or moving
hundreds of markets and bricking up restaurants, bars and shops without licenses, shrinking land
zoned for construction, and moving schools and some government offices to other cities.
9. New York-Newark, USA
New York is the United States largest city in with a population twice the size of Los Angeles,
the country’s second-biggest city. Located 8 miles from New York City, New Jersey’s Newark
is home to the largest collection of cherry blossom trees in the U.S. The city’s Branch Brook
Park has 5,300 cherry trees, which is 1,600 more than in Washington, D.C. The Statue of Liberty
located on Network city's Liberty Island and was constructed in 1886 was a gift from France
to the U.S. The statue was shipped as 350 pieces in 214 crates and took four months to assemble.
8. Cairo, Egypt: Cairo is the capital of Egypt.
Along with Lagos and Kinshasa, Cairo is one of Africa’s largest cities. The city is known for the
Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world still standing.The
ancient city of Cairo is considered a prime example of a large cities in a developing country
whose population growth has outpaced its infrastructure and social services.
The rate of that growth is currently 1.87%, largely accounted for by the city’s surprisingly
low mortality rate of about seven deaths per 1,000 annually and high birth rate of 30 per 1,000.
7. Kinki major metropolitan area (Osaka and Kyoto)Japan:
The city is nicknamed “The Nation’s Kitchen” because of the vital role it played in managing
Japan’s economy and trade during the 17th century. The Japanese city of Osaka,
once the country’s capital, is the birthplace of Bunraku, Japanese puppet theater. The puppeteers
are usually in full view of the audience, but are dressed in all black in order to be “invisible.”
6. . Mumbai, India The city of Mumbai, formerly known
as Bombay, is India's leading financial capital and home to the Bombay Stock Exchange. Employment
opportunities continue to draw newcomers from all over India, and the rapid influx has swept over
city services. In Mumbai, more than 5,000 metric tons of solid waste are generated daily and more
than 40% of the residents of Greater Mumbai are estimated to live in slums. Every day in the city,
more than "200 trains make over 2,000 trips along 300 kilometres (186 miles) of track,
carrying more passengers per kilometre than any railway on earth,"
according to National Geographic. The city offers a "ladies special" train service exclusively
for female commuters to help them travel stress free during the morning and evening peak hours.
5. São Paulo, Brazil The largest city in the
Americas and in the southern hemisphere, São Paulo is notable for its cultural diversity.The
city has the largest Japanese diaspora in the world and boasts more residents of Italian origin
than any city other than Rome and Milan. Currently there is also a significant inflow of Bolivians
who are seeking work in the city’s many garment factories. Urban sprawl is so extensive that the
measured it Expanded Metropolitan Complex is equivalent to what is called a Combined
Statistical Area in the U.S. 4. Mexico City, Mexico
The Mexican city is unique among mega-cities in that it houses more than 6,000 acres of
United Nations-protected ancient farm land within its borders. Mexico City is a major
destination for exiles from all over the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and, increasingly,
Asia. It is estimated that there are about 700,000 U.S. citizens residing in the city. About 20%
of Mexico’s total population lives in the area surrounding the capital, some 4 million of them
in the poverty-stricken town of Neza-Chalco-Itza. Though Mexico City’s population continues to
increase, the rate of growth is comparatively slow compared to that of other large cities.
3. Shanghai, China The world’s most inhabited city, once known as
the “Paris of the East,” Shanghai is considered one of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities
and a key financial capital. Almost 40% of the city’s residents is accounted by long term migrant
workers. Though it has a low birth rate possibly due in part to side effect from China’s one-child
policy in force between 1979 and 2016, it also has one of the highest life expectancies in the world,
at an average of 83 years. Shanghai is home to the world’s longest subway system, which stretches
roughly 400 miles and the world’s fastest train, which can reach speeds up to 267 mph.
2. Delhi, India: Delhi is the second
richest Indian city after Mumbai. Officially called the National Capital Territory of India,
Delhi surrounds the actual administrative and political capital, New Delhi, this northern
Indian metropolis is considered one of the fastest growing major cities in the world. Its population
today is approximately 8 times what it was in 1950, due to both natural growth immigration.
1. Tokyo, Japan As the largest world’s
metropolis,Tokyo has a population that accounts for more than a quarter of all of Japan.Before
the city became an urban area , Tokyo was once a small fishing village. Today, its Tsukiji
Fish Market is the largest fish market in the world, known for its tuna auctions. The intensely
crowded Japanese capital is currently home to more than a tenth of the country’s residents.
Tokyo skyline is the tallest tower in the world and the second tallest structure in the world
after the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. It is primarily a television and radio broadcast site for Japan's
Kanto region but is also a popular tourist site attracting thousands of visitors each month.
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