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A new United Nations report has found that Indonesia\u2019s capital Jakarta is the world\u2019s largest city with 41.9 million people living there, followed by Dhaka in Bangladesh, which is home to 36.6 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A low-lying coastal city located in the west of the densely populated island of Java, Jakarta rose from second place to replace Tokyo, which had been named the world\u2019s largest city in the UN\u2019s most recent assessment published back in 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Japanese capital\u2019s relatively steady population of 33.4 million saw it fall to third place behind Bangladesh\u2019s densely populated capital, Dhaka, which jumped to second place from ninth and is now projected to become the world\u2019s largest city by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Urbanization Prospects 2025 report from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs also found that the number of megacities \u2013 urban areas with more than 10 million inhabitants \u2013 has increased to 33, four times more than the eight megacities that existed worldwide in 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asia is home to 19 of the world\u2019s 33 megacities, and nine out of the top 10. In addition to Jakarta, Dhaka and Tokyo, the other Asian cities in the top 10 are: New Delhi, India (30.2 million); Shanghai, China (29.6 million); Guangzhou, China (27.6 million); Manila, Philippines (24.7 million); Kolkata, India (22.5 million); and Seoul, South Korea (22.5 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a population of 32 million people, Egypt\u2019s Cairo is the only city in the top 10 that is outside Asia, according to the UN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sao Paulo in Brazil, with 18.9 million people, is the largest city in the Americas, while Lagos in Nigeria also grew rapidly, making it the largest city in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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