Growth in Megacitiesa - University of Texas at Austin...Los Angeles 4,000,000 12,900,000 14,200,000...

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Los Angeles 4,000,000 12,900,000 14,200,000 Dhaka 400,000 10,000,000 19,000,000 Mexico City 3,500,000 17,600,000 19,000,000 New York 12,000,000 16,500,000 17,600,000 Sao Paulo 2,300,000 17,300,000 19,000,000 Buenos Aires 5,250,000 12,200,000 13,900,000 Lagos 1,000,000 12,200,000 24,400,000 Cairo 2,100,000 10,500,000 14,400,000 Karachi 1,100,000 11,000,000 20,600,000 Mumbai 2,800,000 16,900,000 27,400,000 Calcutta 4,450,000 12,500,000 17,300,000 Jakarta 2,800,000 9,500,000 21,200,000 Shanghai 4,300,000 13,900,000 23,400,000 Tokyo 6,200,000 27,700,000 28,700,000 Beijing 1,700,000 11,700,000 19,400,000 Boundary representation is no necessarily authoritative. DI Cartography Center 755197AI 1-01 Growth in Megacities a > 100 million 50-100 million 10-50 million < 10 million Population Growth, 1950-2000 a Cities containing more than 10 million inhabitants. Sources: The National Geographic Society and United Nations. 1950 2000 (estimate) 2015 (projection) Population Growth of Largest Cities I N D I I N D I A N A N O C E O C E A N A N N O R T H N O R T H A T L A T L A N T I C A N T I C O C E O C E A N A N SOUTH SOUTH ATLANTIC TLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN N O R T H N O R T H P P A C I F I C A C I F I C O C E O C E A N A N N O R T H N O R T H P P A C I F I C A C I F I C O C E O C E A N A N S O U T H S O U T H P P A C I F I C A C I F I C O C E O C E A N A N S O U T H S O U T H P P A C I F I C A C I F I C O C E O C E A N A N I N D I A N O C E A N N O R T H A T L A N T I C O C E A N SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN N O R T H P A C I F I C O C E A N N O R T H P A C I F I C O C E A N S O U T H P A C I F I C O C E A N S O U T H P A C I F I C O C E A N

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Page 1: Growth in Megacitiesa - University of Texas at Austin...Los Angeles 4,000,000 12,900,000 14,200,000 Dhaka 400,000 10,000,000 19,000,000 Mexico City 3,500,000 17,600,000 19,000,000

Los Angeles4,000,000

12,900,00014,200,000

Dhaka400,000

10,000,00019,000,000

Mexico City3,500,000

17,600,00019,000,000

New York12,000,00016,500,00017,600,000

Sao Paulo2,300,000

17,300,00019,000,000

Buenos Aires5,250,000

12,200,00013,900,000

Lagos1,000,000

12,200,00024,400,000

Cairo2,100,000

10,500,00014,400,000

Karachi1,100,000

11,000,00020,600,000

Mumbai2,800,000

16,900,00027,400,000

Calcutta4,450,000

12,500,00017,300,000

Jakarta2,800,0009,500,000

21,200,000

Shanghai4,300,000

13,900,00023,400,000

Tokyo6,200,000

27,700,00028,700,000

Beijing1,700,000

11,700,00019,400,000

Boundary representation isno necessarily authoritative.

DI Cartography Center 755197AI 1-01

Growth in Megacit iesa

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Population Growth, 1950-2000

aCities containing more than 10 million inhabitants.

Sources: The Nat ional Geographic Society and United Nat ions.

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