lordroel
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Post by lordroel on Jul 29, 2018 10:34:54 GMT
New Delhi only has a population of 8,521,245, behind Calcutta with 15,579,723 and Bombay with 12,496,817. A so they did not made the list, thanks for the answer. |
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Post by stevep on Jul 29, 2018 11:09:06 GMT
10 Largest Cities in the World 1.) London: 25,379,624 2.) New York City: 24,986,225 3.) Rome: 24,778,254 4.) Paris: 24,289,713 5.) Tokyo: 21,988,673 6.) Constantinople: 20,883,921 7.) Berlin: 18,251,336 8.) Peking: 17,643,232 9.) Mexico City: 17,501,368 10.) Rio de Janeiro: 16,866,475 Many are separated by the tourist population in a good season.
That's interesting. Counting Constantinople and Tokyo [nearly missed that  ] in the 'west' the latter has all of the top 7 places. True its ~1961 and OTL the massive expansion of much of the 'Third World' population was still in relatively early stages but that still seems a rather surprising dominance. Possibly going to change with the next few decades as the greater size of countries means so many undeveloped areas have a lot of capacity to grow. Unless different cultural developments means the massive population surge in OTL is reduced considerably. However with the greater social conservatism I suspect that would be unlikely.
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Post by simon darkshade on Jul 29, 2018 11:17:09 GMT
In 1955 historically, the largest cities were
Tokyo (13.71 million)
New York-Newark (13.22 million)
Osaka (8.62)
London (8.28)
Paris (6.8)
Shanghai (5.85)
Buenos Aires (5.8)
Moscow (5.75)
Chicago (5.56)
Los Angeles-Long Beach (5.15)
The only major absence is Osaka, which is at Number 13 on Dark Earth, just after Moscow and Shanghai.
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Post by stevep on Jul 29, 2018 11:31:46 GMT
In 1955 historically, the largest cities were Tokyo (13.71 million) New York-Newark (13.22 million) Osaka (8.62) London (8.28) Paris (6.8) Shanghai (5.85) Buenos Aires (5.8) Moscow (5.75) Chicago (5.56) Los Angeles-Long Beach (5.15) The only major absence is Osaka, which is at Number 13 on Dark Earth, just after Moscow and Shanghai.
OK thanks. Didn't realise the Japanese had 2 in the top 4, let alone the top 10 then. Or Buenos Aires was that high.
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] in the 'west' the latter has all of the top 7 places. True its ~1961 and OTL the massive expansion of much of the 'Third World' population was still in relatively early stages but that still seems a rather surprising dominance. Possibly going to change with the next few decades as the greater size of countries means so many undeveloped areas have a lot of capacity to grow. Unless different cultural developments means the massive population surge in OTL is reduced considerably. However with the greater social conservatism I suspect that would be unlikely.