Largest cities in the world by population

Hello dear readers of the Tyulyagin project! In this article I will again raise the issue of population, but now we will compare not the countries of the world, as I did in the previous article, but the largest and largest cities on the planet. In the article you will find out which cities in the world are the largest by population in 2022. In addition, I will list and provide statistics on the largest cities in Russia.

The difference between a city and an agglomeration and megalopolis

Before I give ratings and lists of the largest cities in the world, let's define some basic terminology. You can often find different lists for the largest cities in the world with different leaders. The difference between lists and ratings is easy to explain; the whole point is how the city’s population is calculated. When counting the population of cities, they can measure the population of not only the city, but also the entire metropolitan area.

An agglomeration is a close cluster of urban settlements that grow together and are united through economic, labor, production and cultural and everyday connections. The most famous example of agglomeration is Tokyo; in Russia there are from 16 to 22 agglomerations (depending on the calculation method).

It is also worth considering another related concept - megalopolis.

A megalopolis is an even larger settlement of people across a territory; it forms when several agglomerations coalesce and unite into one. Instead of the word megalopolis, you can also find the name Megaregion; these two words are synonyms. Megalopolis is often confused with the term Megalopolis. However, a Megapolis is simply a large city with a population of more than 1 million people. Megalopolises often become interstate, for example, the three most famous megalopolises in Europe - blue banana, gold and green - include several states at once.

Therefore, when considering different ones, it is important to consider how the population is counted, within one city or an entire agglomeration. Below I will separately provide a list of the largest cities and a list of the world's largest agglomerations.

Natural toponyms starting with the letter K

Names of islands and peninsulas starting with the letter K

1. The Cayman Islands are a territory in North America owned by Britain.
2. Kalimantan
   (
   Borneo
   ) is the third largest island in the world.
3. Kamchatka is a peninsula in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia.
4. Carinthia.
5. Cyprus is an island state near Greece (Europe).
6. Kola Peninsula.
7. Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea (France).
8. Crete is a territory of Greece (Europe).
9. Kronstadt.
10. Crimea (Tavria, Tavrida) is a peninsula in the Black Sea.
11. Cuba is an island in the Caribbean Sea, part of the Greater Antilles. The Republic of Cuba is located on it.
12. Kuril Islands, Kuriles - an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean north of Japan.

Mountains and ore massifs starting with the letter K

1. The Caucasus is a mountain range between the Black and Caspian Seas.
2. Kazbek is a mountain in the Caucasus.
3. The Carpathians are mountains in western Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
4. Cordillera.
5. Kuzbass - Kuznetsk coal basin.

List of largest agglomerations in the world

As I already wrote above, an agglomeration is a large number of cities and other settlements fused together, without clear boundaries, smoothly flowing with each other. The largest agglomerations in the world are located in the Asian region. The leaders among agglomerations are Tokyo-Yokohama; the population of this agglomeration is (just think about it) more than 38 million people . The largest agglomeration in Europe is Moscow, with a population of about 16.8 million people. Below is a list of the top 50 largest agglomerations in the world for 2022 :

Largest cities by population

If we calculate based on the boundaries of individual cities, then there will be a slightly different picture, although the Asian region will still be the leader. The largest city in the world is the Chinese city of Chongqing, little known in the West, in Russia and other countries. On the Internet you can find many ratings (mostly with outdated data) where Tokyo, Seoul or Mexico City are in first place in the list of the largest cities in the world. However, the real and only leader is the giant city in the center of China - Chongqing . According to official data alone, its number is 30.7 million people, and according to unconfirmed data it reaches a mind-boggling 40 million. In fairness, it is worth noting that the Chinese Chongqing allows its large borders to become a leader, so the official area of ​​the city is 82,403 km², which is approximately equal to the area of ​​Austria. Nevertheless, this is a city and it ranks first in the ranking. The top three also included Chinese cities - Shanghai and Beijing . The top 10 largest cities in the world by population are as follows:

1. Chongqing (China) - 30.7 million
2. Shanghai (China) - 24.2 million
3. Beijing (China) - 21.5 million
4. Chengdu (China) - 16 million
5. Karachi (Pakistan) - 14.9 million
6. Guangzhou (China) - 14.04 million
7. Istanbul (Türkiye) - 14 million
8. Tokyo (Japan) - 13.8 million
9. Tianjin (China) - 12.7 million
10. Moscow (Russia) - 12.6 million

That is, in the top ten, more than half (6) of the cities are from China. The capital of Russia, Moscow, closes the top ten. Moscow is the largest city in Europe. The list of the top 100 largest cities in the world is outlined in the table below.

Social place names starting with the letter K

Names of states starting with the letter K

1. Cape Verde (formerly Cape Verde Islands, Africa).
2. Kazakhstan (Asia).
3. Cambodia, Kampuchea, Khmeria - a state in Indochina.
4. Cameroon (Africa).
5. Canada is a state in North America, a member of the Commonwealth.
6. Karabakh is a new unrecognized state in Transcaucasia.
7. Qatar is a state in Arabia (Asia).
8. Kenya (Africa).
9. Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan (Asia).
10. Kiribati is a state in Oceania.
11. China, or PRC - People's Republic of China (East Asia).
12. Colombia is a country in South America.
13. Comoros (Africa).
14. People's Republic of the Congo (PRC) (Africa).
15. Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (Africa).
16. North Korea, or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a state in East Asia.
17. Korea South (East Asia).
18. Costa Rica is the happiest country in the world (2009 ranking) - a country in Central America
19. Cote d'Ivoire. (Republic of Cote d'Ivoire) - former Ivory Coast
    (Africa).
20. Cuba is a socialist state in the Caribbean (Central America). It occupies the territory of the island of Cuba as part of the Greater Antilles, Isla Juventud and many smaller islands.
21. Kuwait is a state in the Middle East.

Names of internal republics and regions starting with the letter K

1. Kabardino-Balkaria, Kabarda is a republic in the North Caucasus (Russia).
2. The Cayman Islands are a territory in North America owned by Britain.
3. Karakalpakia, Kara-Kalpakiya is a republic in Uzbekistan (Central Asia).
4. Karelia is a republic in the Northwestern Federal District of Russia.
5. Kolyma is the ancient name for Yakutia and the Magadan region in the Far East of modern Russia.
6. Komi is a republic in the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation.
7. Krasnodar Territory (Kuban) is a region within the Southern Federal District of Russia.
8. Crimea is a republic on the peninsula of the same name (Russia).

Capitals of states starting with the letter K

1. Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan (Central Asia).
2. Kazan is the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan in the Volga Federal District of Russia
3. Cairo is the capital of Egypt (North Africa). The largest city on the Black Continent (about 20 million people)
4. Kampala is the capital of Uganda (Africa).
5. Canberra is the capital of Australia.
6. Caracas is the capital of Venezuela (South America).
7. Karachi (Asia).
8. Castries is the capital of Saint Lucia (Central America).
9. Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal (Hindustan).
10. Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa (South Africa).
11. Kemerovo is the center of the Kemerovo region in the Siberian Federal District of Russia.
12. Kigali is the capital of Rwanda (Africa).
13. Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine and the mother of the Russian land
14. Kingstown is the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Central America).
15. Kingston is the capital of Jamaica (Central America).
16. Kinshasa is the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Africa).
17. Quito is the capital of Ecuador (South America).
18. Chisinau (Chisinau) is the capital of Moldova (Europe).
19. Colombo is the capital of the Republic of Sri Lanka (Island of Ceylon) (Hindustan).
20. Conakry is the capital of Guinea (Africa).
21. Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark (Europe).
22. Kostanay (Kustanay) is the center of the Kustanay region of Kazakhstan.
23. Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia (Southeast Asia).

Regional centers and large cities starting with the letter K

1. Kaliningrad is the center of the Kaliningrad region in the Northwestern Federal District of Russia.
2. Kaluga is the center of the Kaluga region in the Central Federal District of Russia.
3. Kolkata is a city in Hindustan (Asia).
4. Canton is a city in China (Asia).
5. Kaunas is a city in Lithuania (Europe).
6. Cologne (Europe).
7. Kiel (?).
8. Kirov is the center of the Kirov region in the Northwestern Federal District of Russia.
9. Kostroma is the center of the Kostroma region in the Central Federal District of Russia.
10. Krakow is a city in Poland (Europe)
11. Krasnodar is the administrative center of the Krasnodar Territory in the Southern Federal District of Russia (the capital of Kuban).
12. Krasnoyarsk is the center of the Krasnoyarsk Territory in the Siberian Federal District of Russia.
13. Kuibyshev is the Soviet name for Samara, the center of the Kuibyshev region.
14. Kursk is the center of the Kursk region in the Central Federal District of Russia.

Regional centers and large settlements (from 20 thousand) starting with the letter K

1. Kavkazskaya is a regional center in the Krasnodar Territory.
2. Kalininskaya (formerly Popovichskaya
   ) is a regional center in the Krasnodar Territory.
3. Kanevskaya is a regional center in the Krasnodar Territory.
4. Korenovsk is a regional center in the Krasnodar Territory.
5. Kronstadt.
6. Kropotkin is a regional center in the Krasnodar Territory.
7. Krylovskaya is a regional center in the Krasnodar Territory.
8. Krymsk is a regional center in the Krasnodar Territory.
9. Kurganinsk is a regional center in the Krasnodar Territory.
10. Kushchevskaya is a regional center in the Krasnodar Territory.

The largest cities in the world 100 years ago

It’s interesting, but a little over 100 years ago the situation in the world for the largest cities in the world by population was completely different. The top 11 cities in the world in 1907 included:

1. London (4.7 - 7.1 million people)
2. New York (4.1 million)
3. Berlin (2.9 million people)
4. Paris (2.7 million people)
5. Chicago (2 million people)
6. Vienna (1.9 million people)
7. Tokyo (1.8 million people)
8. Beijing (1.6 million people)
9. Philadelphia (1.4 million people)
10. St. Petersburg (1.3 million people)
11. Moscow (1.1 million people)

I took this data from the infographics of the atlas of Gickman and Marx. You can see it in full below. This is very interesting data, because in those days urbanization and urban population growth were just beginning.

Number of cities in the world in 1907 from the atlas of Gickman and Marx. Click on the picture to enlarge

Largest cities in Russia by population

Despite the large number of cities in Russia, and according to the latest data there are about 1117 of them, only a few of them are million-plus cities in 2022. There are 16 millionaire cities in Russia :

• Moscow
• Saint Petersburg
• Novosibirsk
• Ekaterinburg
• Nizhny Novgorod
• Kazan
• Chelyabinsk
• Omsk
• Samara
• Ufa
• Rostov-on-Don
• Krasnoyarsk
• Voronezh
• Permian
• Volgograd
• Krasnodar

Perhaps the number of cities with millionaires would have been much higher if it had not been for the cataclysms of the 20th century to which our country was exposed and which worsened the dynamics of population growth in Russia. Below in the table you can see the list of the top 50 largest cities in Russia by population.

Which Russian cities are the best to live in and where the highest standard of living is, I wrote quite recently in this article.

And that’s all for today about the population of cities around the world. I hope the article was useful to you - add it to your bookmarks and subscribe to new articles by e-mail. Good luck friends and see you again on the pages of the Tyulyagin project!

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Cities of Russia. Lists and ratings

The five largest cities in Russia include Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, and Nizhny Novgorod .

In total, there are 15 cities in Russia with a population of more than 1 million people (2020). Krasnodar and Saratov are also approaching cities with populations of over a million.

Cities with over a million people in Russia. List

Cities with a population of more than 1 million people

The ranking of cities was prepared based on Rosstat data for 2020

Rating 2019

Rating of million-plus cities for 2022

The ranking of cities was prepared based on Rosstat data for 2019

Cities of Russia with a population from 100 thousand to 1 million people

The list of cities is compiled based on Rosstat data for 2020

Rating 2019

Rating of Russian cities by population for 2019

The list of cities was compiled based on Rosstat data for 2019

Sources

Reports and bulletins of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation (Rosstat) rosstat.gov.ru

Cities of the "Golden Ring" of Russia

The Golden Ring traditionally includes eight main cities - Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Suzdal, Vladimir , which are located in five regions (Moscow, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Kostroma, Yaroslavl)

In different sources of Soviet and post-Soviet times, the number and composition of the cities of the Golden Ring vary. Sometimes various organizations and tour operators add other settlements to the Golden Ring route such as Uglich, Alexandrov, Bogolyubovo, Gus-Khrustalny, Dmitrov, Gorokhovets, Kalyazin, Kideksha, Murom, Myshkin, Palekh, Plyos, Rybinsk, Tutaev, Yuryev-Polsky, Shuya and so on.

How many cities are there in Russia?

1115 cities on the territory of the Russian Federation

Number of cities in Russia by region

Sources

Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation www.gks.ru

The most comfortable cities for living in the Russian Federation

Rating of large cities of the Russian Federation according to the quality of the urban environment

(based on the urban environment quality index according to estimates by the Government of the Russian Federation, 2022)

The full rating of cities can be found here index-city.rf

The urban environment quality index is a tool for assessing the quality of the material urban environment and the conditions for its formation. The index is formed by the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation.

The quality of the urban environment was analyzed in 1,114 Russian cities, divided by the Ministry of Construction into seven groups based on population. The assessment took into account 36 indicators that characterize housing, road networks, landscaping, public business and social and leisure infrastructure, as well as city space. For example, the proportion of the population living in dilapidated housing, the number of deaths in road accidents, road congestion, the state of green spaces, the concentration of cultural heritage sites, the accessibility of sports facilities, and the proportion of children among the population were assessed. The index methodology states that the Ministry of Construction used its own data, information from Rosstat, Rospotrebnadzor, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, cartographic and geographic systems, as well as information from social networks.

The safest cities in Russia

The real estate service Domofond.ru found out how Russians assess the level of safety in their areas and compiled a rating of 200 Russian cities by safety level. On average across the country, respondents rated the level of security at 6.8 points. The safest among Russian cities was Yeysk (Krasnodar Territory) - 8.6 points, and the least safe - Shakhty (Rostov Region) - 4.5 points.

Rating of millionaire cities by safety level (2019)

Rating of Russian cities by safety level Domofond.ru

domofond.ru/statya

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