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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.

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Growth in Megacit iesa

> 100 mi l l ion

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10-50 mi l l ion

< 10 mi l l ion

Population Growth, 1950-2000

aCities containing more than 10 million inhabitants.

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

19502000 (estimate)2015 (projection)

Population Growth of Largest Cities

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