City Populations, Largest Cities of the World - Worldatlas.com
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What is the largest city in the world?
Tokyo, with 37.8 million residents, continues to be the largest city in the world in terms of population. It has remained the largest city for over half a century when it displaced New York in 1955. In recent years Jakarta is experiencing a faster population growth than it and may eventually take the number one spot. Tokyo-Yokohama is not only the world's most populous metropolitan area but it is the world's largest urban agglomeration economy.
The numbers shown include population within the recognized metro area of the city, and they also include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city, (the immediate suburbs).
Some population numbers shown are accumulated at-best estimates, as consistent to latest census. Information was last updated on November 14th, 2016.