

Beijing, China: The Chinese capital is fifth in the UN urban population chart with just below 20 million city dwellers.Ħ. Osaka, Japan: This Japanese city has population just above 20 million and is ranked fourth.ĥ. Mexico City, Mumbai and São Paulo: Each of these cities is ranked third on the population index with around 21 million urban inhabitants.Ĥ. The crossword clue possible answer is available in 5 letters. The UN has projected that the population can swiftly rise to 36 million in 2030.ģ. This crossword clue Third-most populous city in Africa (after Kinshasa and Lagos) was discovered last seen in the at the Crosswords With Friends Crossword. Delhi, India: With 25 million, the Indian capital is the second-most populated city in the world. Though the UN has predicted a decline in the city's population, it will still remain the world's most populous city in 2030 with 37 million inhabitants.Ģ. Tokyo, Japan : Tokyo tops the list and remains the world's largest city with 38 million dwellers. It became the most populous urbanized area in the world in the 1920s and the metropolitan area surpassed 10 million inhabitants in the early 1930s. Here is the list of world's most populated cities as reported by the UN.ġ. New York is the most populous city of the U.S. The UN report predicts that by 2050 India will top the chart with 404 million urban inhabitants while China will come second with 292 million city population and Nigeria will be the third with 212 million urban dwellers. The report also notes that India, China and Nigeria will account for 37% of the world's urban population. The urban population has increased from 746 million in 1950 to 3.9 billion in 2014.Īccording to a report released by the United Nations, 54% of the world's population lives in cities and the number is expected to surpass 66% by 2050. The urban population of the world has grown rapidly in recent years and more than half the population now lives in urban areas across the world. By contrast, Europe is also home to various micro-states such as San Marino, which has a population of just 30 thousand.By 2050, more than 6 billion people will live in urban areas. Within Europe, Russia also has the continents largest population at 145 million, followed by Germany at 83 million and the United Kingdom at almost 68 million.

Including its territory in Asia, Russia is by far the largest country in the world, with a territory of around 17 million square kilometers, almost double that of the next largest country, Canada. Asia has consistently had the largest population of the world’s continents and was estimated to have a population of 4.6 billion in 2020. Prior to the turn of the millennium, Europe was the second-most populated continent, before it was overtaken by Africa, which saw its population increase from 228 million in 1950, to 817 million by 2000. Below are all possible answers to this clue ordered by its rank. We think the likely answer to this clue is TOKYO. Since 1950, the population of Europe has increased by approximately 200 million people, increasing from 550 million to 750 million in this seventy-year period. The crossword clue Worlds most populous city with 5 letters was last seen on the January 01, 1993. Although both Russia and Turkey have most of their territory in Asia, Istanbul and Moscow are located within Europe, with Istanbul famously straddling both continents The Russian capital, Moscow was the second largest city in 2020 at 12.5 million, followed by the capitals of France and the United Kingdom, with Paris at 11 million and London at 9.3 million people. In 2020 Istanbul was the largest city in Europe with an estimated urban agglomeration of 15.9 million people.
