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Who crossed the major population thresholds? 129 items analyzed.

10M+35 items
27.1% of all
Tokyo37.4M
Delhi28.5M
Shanghai25.6M
Sao Paulo22.4M
São Paulo21.6M
Mexico City21.6M
Cairo20.1M
Mumbai20.0M
Beijing19.6M
Dhaka19.6M
Osaka19.3M
New York City18.8M
Kinshasa17.1M
Chongqing16.9M
Lagos15.9M
Karachi15.4M
Kolkata15.1M
Buenos Aires15.0M
Istanbul14.8M
Manila14.4M
Guangzhou14.0M
Tianjin13.9M
Lahore13.5M
Rio de Janeiro13.5M
Bangalore13.2M
Moscow12.7M
Shenzhen12.6M
Chennai11.5M
Bogota11.3M
Paris11.0M
Lima10.9M
Bangkok10.7M
Jakarta10.6M
Dongguan10.5M
Hyderabad10.3M
5M+75 items
58.1% of all
Tokyo37.4M
Delhi28.5M
Shanghai25.6M
Sao Paulo22.4M
São Paulo21.6M
Mexico City21.6M
Cairo20.1M
Mumbai20.0M
Beijing19.6M
Dhaka19.6M
Osaka19.3M
New York City18.8M
Kinshasa17.1M
Chongqing16.9M
Lagos15.9M
Karachi15.4M
Kolkata15.1M
Buenos Aires15.0M
Istanbul14.8M
Manila14.4M
Guangzhou14.0M
Tianjin13.9M
Lahore13.5M
Rio de Janeiro13.5M
Bangalore13.2M
Moscow12.7M
Shenzhen12.6M
Chennai11.5M
Bogota11.3M
Paris11.0M
Lima10.9M
Bangkok10.7M
Jakarta10.6M
Dongguan10.5M
Hyderabad10.3M
Seoul10.0M
Nagoya9.5M
Foshan9.5M
Nanjing9.4M
Chengdu9.4M
Tehran9.3M
Ho Chi Minh City9.1M
London9.0M
Luanda8.9M
Wuhan8.6M
Kunming8.6M
Ahmedabad8.4M
Kuala Lumpur8.4M
Hangzhou8.3M
Riyadh7.5M
Hong Kong7.5M
Dalian7.5M
Dar es Salaam7.4M
Baghdad7.3M
Pune7.0M
Suzhou7.0M
Surat6.9M
Santiago6.8M
Madrid6.8M
Toronto6.2M
Khartoum6.2M
Johannesburg6.1M
Belo Horizonte6.0M
Singapore5.9M
Ankara5.8M
Abidjan5.6M
Barcelona5.6M
Alexandria5.4M
Monterrey5.3M
Sydney5.3M
Xiamen5.3M
Guadalajara5.3M
Addis Ababa5.2M
Nairobi5.1M
Melbourne5.1M
1M+113 items
87.6% of all
Tokyo37.4M
Delhi28.5M
Shanghai25.6M
Sao Paulo22.4M
São Paulo21.6M
Mexico City21.6M
Cairo20.1M
Mumbai20.0M
Beijing19.6M
Dhaka19.6M
Osaka19.3M
New York City18.8M
Kinshasa17.1M
Chongqing16.9M
Lagos15.9M
Karachi15.4M
Kolkata15.1M
Buenos Aires15.0M
Istanbul14.8M
Manila14.4M
Guangzhou14.0M
Tianjin13.9M
Lahore13.5M
Rio de Janeiro13.5M
Bangalore13.2M
Moscow12.7M
Shenzhen12.6M
Chennai11.5M
Bogota11.3M
Paris11.0M
Lima10.9M
Bangkok10.7M
Jakarta10.6M
Dongguan10.5M
Hyderabad10.3M
Seoul10.0M
Nagoya9.5M
Foshan9.5M
Nanjing9.4M
Chengdu9.4M
Tehran9.3M
Ho Chi Minh City9.1M
London9.0M
Luanda8.9M
Wuhan8.6M
Kunming8.6M
Ahmedabad8.4M
Kuala Lumpur8.4M
Hangzhou8.3M
Riyadh7.5M
Hong Kong7.5M
Dalian7.5M
Dar es Salaam7.4M
Baghdad7.3M
Pune7.0M
Suzhou7.0M
Surat6.9M
Santiago6.8M
Madrid6.8M
Toronto6.2M
Khartoum6.2M
Johannesburg6.1M
Belo Horizonte6.0M
Singapore5.9M
Ankara5.8M
Abidjan5.6M
Barcelona5.6M
Alexandria5.4M
Monterrey5.3M
Sydney5.3M
Xiamen5.3M
Guadalajara5.3M
Addis Ababa5.2M
Nairobi5.1M
Melbourne5.1M
Cape Town4.8M
Brasilia4.7M
Kabul4.6M
Rome4.3M
Porto Alegre4.3M
Fortaleza4.1M
Recife4.1M
Medellín4.1M
Accra4.0M
Algiers3.9M
Los Angeles3.9M
Durban3.9M
Casablanca3.8M
Berlin3.6M
Santo Domingo3.5M
Athens3.2M
Guatemala City3.0M
Lisbon2.9M
Chicago2.7M
Taipei2.6M
Houston2.3M
San Jose (Costa Rica)2.1M
Havana2.1M
Vienna1.9M
Bucharest1.8M
Warsaw1.8M
Budapest1.8M
Phoenix1.6M
Stockholm1.6M
Philadelphia1.6M
San Antonio1.5M
Dublin1.4M
San Diego1.4M
Copenhagen1.4M
Prague1.3M
Dallas1.3M
Brussels1.2M
Oslo1.1M
500K+123 items
95.3% of all
Tokyo37.4M
Delhi28.5M
Shanghai25.6M
Sao Paulo22.4M
São Paulo21.6M
Mexico City21.6M
Cairo20.1M
Mumbai20.0M
Beijing19.6M
Dhaka19.6M
Osaka19.3M
New York City18.8M
Kinshasa17.1M
Chongqing16.9M
Lagos15.9M
Karachi15.4M
Kolkata15.1M
Buenos Aires15.0M
Istanbul14.8M
Manila14.4M
Guangzhou14.0M
Tianjin13.9M
Lahore13.5M
Rio de Janeiro13.5M
Bangalore13.2M
Moscow12.7M
Shenzhen12.6M
Chennai11.5M
Bogota11.3M
Paris11.0M
Lima10.9M
Bangkok10.7M
Jakarta10.6M
Dongguan10.5M
Hyderabad10.3M
Seoul10.0M
Nagoya9.5M
Foshan9.5M
Nanjing9.4M
Chengdu9.4M
Tehran9.3M
Ho Chi Minh City9.1M
London9.0M
Luanda8.9M
Wuhan8.6M
Kunming8.6M
Ahmedabad8.4M
Kuala Lumpur8.4M
Hangzhou8.3M
Riyadh7.5M
Hong Kong7.5M
Dalian7.5M
Dar es Salaam7.4M
Baghdad7.3M
Pune7.0M
Suzhou7.0M
Surat6.9M
Santiago6.8M
Madrid6.8M
Toronto6.2M
Khartoum6.2M
Johannesburg6.1M
Belo Horizonte6.0M
Singapore5.9M
Ankara5.8M
Abidjan5.6M
Barcelona5.6M
Alexandria5.4M
Monterrey5.3M
Sydney5.3M
Xiamen5.3M
Guadalajara5.3M
Addis Ababa5.2M
Nairobi5.1M
Melbourne5.1M
Cape Town4.8M
Brasilia4.7M
Kabul4.6M
Rome4.3M
Porto Alegre4.3M
Fortaleza4.1M
Recife4.1M
Medellín4.1M
Accra4.0M
Algiers3.9M
Los Angeles3.9M
Durban3.9M
Casablanca3.8M
Berlin3.6M
Santo Domingo3.5M
Athens3.2M
Guatemala City3.0M
Lisbon2.9M
Chicago2.7M
Taipei2.6M
Houston2.3M
San Jose (Costa Rica)2.1M
Havana2.1M
Vienna1.9M
Bucharest1.8M
Warsaw1.8M
Budapest1.8M
Phoenix1.6M
Stockholm1.6M
Philadelphia1.6M
San Antonio1.5M
Dublin1.4M
San Diego1.4M
Copenhagen1.4M
Prague1.3M
Dallas1.3M
Brussels1.2M
Oslo1.1M
Amsterdam920.0K
San Francisco870.0K
Seattle740.0K
Denver710.0K
Boston680.0K
Helsinki660.0K
Las Vegas650.0K
Portland640.0K
Detroit640.0K
Atlanta500.0K
100K+129 items
100.0% of all
Tokyo37.4M
Delhi28.5M
Shanghai25.6M
Sao Paulo22.4M
São Paulo21.6M
Mexico City21.6M
Cairo20.1M
Mumbai20.0M
Beijing19.6M
Dhaka19.6M
Osaka19.3M
New York City18.8M
Kinshasa17.1M
Chongqing16.9M
Lagos15.9M
Karachi15.4M
Kolkata15.1M
Buenos Aires15.0M
Istanbul14.8M
Manila14.4M
Guangzhou14.0M
Tianjin13.9M
Lahore13.5M
Rio de Janeiro13.5M
Bangalore13.2M
Moscow12.7M
Shenzhen12.6M
Chennai11.5M
Bogota11.3M
Paris11.0M
Lima10.9M
Bangkok10.7M
Jakarta10.6M
Dongguan10.5M
Hyderabad10.3M
Seoul10.0M
Nagoya9.5M
Foshan9.5M
Nanjing9.4M
Chengdu9.4M
Tehran9.3M
Ho Chi Minh City9.1M
London9.0M
Luanda8.9M
Wuhan8.6M
Kunming8.6M
Ahmedabad8.4M
Kuala Lumpur8.4M
Hangzhou8.3M
Riyadh7.5M
Hong Kong7.5M
Dalian7.5M
Dar es Salaam7.4M
Baghdad7.3M
Pune7.0M
Suzhou7.0M
Surat6.9M
Santiago6.8M
Madrid6.8M
Toronto6.2M
Khartoum6.2M
Johannesburg6.1M
Belo Horizonte6.0M
Singapore5.9M
Ankara5.8M
Abidjan5.6M
Barcelona5.6M
Alexandria5.4M
Monterrey5.3M
Sydney5.3M
Xiamen5.3M
Guadalajara5.3M
Addis Ababa5.2M
Nairobi5.1M
Melbourne5.1M
Cape Town4.8M
Brasilia4.7M
Kabul4.6M
Rome4.3M
Porto Alegre4.3M
Fortaleza4.1M
Recife4.1M
Medellín4.1M
Accra4.0M
Algiers3.9M
Los Angeles3.9M
Durban3.9M
Casablanca3.8M
Berlin3.6M
Santo Domingo3.5M
Athens3.2M
Guatemala City3.0M
Lisbon2.9M
Chicago2.7M
Taipei2.6M
Houston2.3M
San Jose (Costa Rica)2.1M
Havana2.1M
Vienna1.9M
Bucharest1.8M
Warsaw1.8M
Budapest1.8M
Phoenix1.6M
Stockholm1.6M
Philadelphia1.6M
San Antonio1.5M
Dublin1.4M
San Diego1.4M
Copenhagen1.4M
Prague1.3M
Dallas1.3M
Brussels1.2M
Oslo1.1M
Amsterdam920.0K
San Francisco870.0K
Seattle740.0K
Denver710.0K
Boston680.0K
Helsinki660.0K
Las Vegas650.0K
Portland640.0K
Detroit640.0K
Atlanta500.0K
Miami440.0K
Minneapolis430.0K
Zurich430.0K
New Orleans380.0K
Pittsburgh300.0K
St. Louis290.0K

Milestone summary

35
above 10M+
75
above 5M+
113
above 1M+
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