The un figures include a mixture of city proper, metropolitan area, and urban area [1][2][3][4] the united nations department of economic and social affairs (un desa) in its 2018 world urbanization prospects report defines megacities as urban agglomerations with over 10 million inhabitants List of the most populous human settlements over timethe following table lists the most populous human settlements by estimated population at specified points in history according to three sources
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City names are in bold where all three sources agree
These are the world's 10 largest urban areas, or urban agglomerations, based on 2015 data, the most recent released by the u.n's population division. List of cities with over one million inhabitants shanghai this list contains all cities with one million or more inhabitants This is a list of the largest urban areas by continent For comparison purposes, a list of the largest urban areas in the world is also included
List of national capitals by population This is a list of national capitals, ordered according to population The population statistics given refer only to the official capital area, and do not include the wider metropolitan/urban district. This is a list of towns and cities in the world believed to have 100,000 or more inhabitants, sorted by countries
Unless otherwise noted, populations are based on united nations estimates from 2022.
A megacity is a very large city, typically with a population of more than 10 million people
