Cities with a population of more than 3 million people. Megacities of the world. Million cities. An excerpt characterizing the List of cities in the world by population

Historically, the term comes from the presence of a defensive fence around the settlement - a rampart or wall. In Ancient Rus', a city was called any large residential place surrounded by such a fence. They served as a center for the development of crafts, art and technological advances.

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City status

The first cities or, in other words, territorial centers of settlements appeared in the Paleolithic era. Over the course of history, the concept of “city” has changed. And, accordingly, the settlements themselves changed . At different times, the status of the city depended on:

• the size of the territory of simultaneous settlement;
• functions of the settlement center;
• the presence of fortifications;
• population size and so on.

The last parameter is still the main criterion for obtaining city status in many countries.

All settlements are connected to each other by roads. Roads passing through the settlement become streets. The location at the crossroads of trade routes at one time had a significant positive impact on the development of Paris, Venice, Amsterdam, Genoa, Danzig, Veliky Novgorod and other cities.

Today, the territory of a settlement that has this status is usually filled with tall buildings made of concrete and steel. Most of these places have a wide infrastructure with an extensive network of diversified services to people.

The city infrastructure includes:

• organizations providing the population with food and various goods;
• companies that carry out transportation and provide the availability of public transport;
• and many many others.

Calculating the total number is very problematic. Of all the existing reasons that make it difficult to count, two main ones can be identified.

Reason one. In different countries of the world, settlements are assigned city status according to different criteria.

As mentioned above, in many countries the status of settlements depends on the number of inhabitants. But the minimum population level required to obtain such status is established separately in each country. And these values ​​​​in different countries differ greatly from each other.

For comparison, we can give the following example. In Denmark, all settlements whose number of inhabitants exceeds only two hundred and fifty people become cities. In Japan, at least fifty thousand people must live in a populated area! That is, one Japanese city is equal to two hundred Danish ones.

In addition, some countries have no cities at all. This concept does not exist in them. The most striking example of such a state is France. French communes, as geographical units, are close to cities. But they do not depend in any way on the number of people living in them, or on the sphere of activity of the population.

Reason two. The number of cities is constantly changing. Natural disasters sometimes destroy entire settlements. But cataclysms are not the main cause of extinction. The main weapon for both creating and destroying settlements is people. Thanks to the influx of population, new cities are emerging around the world. Due to the outflow of population, they are erased from the map. That is why the number of cities in the world cannot be constant. This means that there is no absolutely exact answer to the main question. At the moment, there is data on almost 2 million 668 thousand places that have city status!

All cities existing in the modern world can be divided into 6 categories. Depending on which category it belongs to, it receives an additional status:

• small,
• average,
• big,
• large,
• the largest
• millionaire

The latter will be discussed below.

Cities with a population of over a million

As the name implies, these are cities in which the number of people living is (or exceeds) 1,000,000 citizens.

In the eighties of the twentieth century, the number of millionaire cities existing on the planet reached approximately two hundred and twenty. Now there are more than three hundred of them. The leading state is China. There are several dozen cities in this country with a population of over one million.

Population over 10 million people

Currently, seventeen cities have a population of over 10 million. Four of them are home to more than 20 million citizens.

Cities with a population of 5−10 million people

More than 9 million citizens live in the Indonesian Jakarta, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Kinshasa and the Chinese Tianjin.

Nine cities around the world have more than 8 million residents - Mexico City, Lima, Bangalore, London, New York, Bangkok, Dongguan, Tehran and Ahmedabad.

Bogota, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong and Baghdad have a population of over 7 million.

In six settlements, the number of residents exceeds 6 million - in Wuhan, Hyderabad, Hanoi, Luanda, Rio de Janeiro and Foshan.

Seven cities with a population of more than 5 million people.

Other millionaires

Fifteen cities on the planet have populations exceeding 4 million people. And with a population of over three million citizens, even more. What can we say about just millions of people. A list of cities by population, their area and other interesting information can be found in the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

The list includes the largest cities in the world with a population of over 1 million people. The largest cities in the world are represented, where the population of the largest cities in the world is more than 1 billion people. Thus, the total population of the world's largest cities is 1,180,485,707 people.

The list shows the largest cities in the world, where the largest cities in the world by population are presented starting from the largest cities - the number of the largest cities in the world, the flag of the country, the name of the country and the name of the continent of each major city are indicated.

Population of the largest cities in the world in relation to the population of the Earth.

The population of the world's largest cities makes up 15.76% of the total world population (7.4 billion people), as of 2017. The largest cities in the world by population on our list begin with the largest city on planet Earth - the city of Chongqing in China with a population of 30,165,500 people. Other largest cities in the world are Shanghai in China (24,150,000 people), Beijing in China (21,148,000 people), Tianjin in China (14,425,000 people), Istanbul in Turkey with a population 13,854,740 people

Top 10 largest cities in the world.

The 10 largest cities in the world in descending order from the largest: Chongqing, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Istanbul, Guangzhou, Tokyo, Karachi, Mumbai, Moscow. At the same time, the city of Moscow is the only European city among the 10 largest cities in the world and is the largest city in Europe. The largest cities in the world by population on our list are the capitals and major cities of the world with over one million people (1,000,000 people).

Which countries have the most millionaire cities?

An interesting fact to note is that of all the millionaire cities on planet Earth, 15 millionaire cities are located in Russia. The number of the largest cities in the world differs in different countries: 123 cities with a population of over a million are located in China, 54 cities with a population of over one million people are in India, 17 cities with a population of over one million are in Indonesia, 14 cities with a population of over a million are located in Brazil, 12 cities with a population of over a million are located in Japan and 9 cities located in the USA.

List cities world by population with a population of more than 4 million people as of January 2015. There are 3 cities with a population of more than 20 million people and 16 cities with a population of more than 10 million people. The largest cities are Shanghai(24,150,000 people), Karachi(23,500,000) and Beijing(21,150,000). Among the largest cities there are two Russian ones: Moscow(10th place) and Saint Petersburg(43rd place). The table shows the population of cities excluding suburbs.

Cities by population

Today there are only 348 cities in the world where the population is more than 1 million people, of which 16 are Russian cities. At the same time, 2 cities from this list are multimillionaire cities - Moscow, with a population of 12 million 300 thousand people, and St. Petersburg - 5 million 200 thousand people.

According to data as of January 1 of this year, Russia had 15 cities where the permanent population was 1 million or more. According to Rosstat on September 22 of this year, the head of the regional department of the Federal State Statistics Service presented a symbolic certificate to the mayor of Krasnodar about the residence of more than 1 million people in the Kuban capital. This allowed Kuban to take 16th place in the list of Russian cities that have the title of million-plus city. And this list looks like this:

16 cities with over a million people in Russia on the map

The first million-plus cities in Russia appeared at the end of the last century. The population census conducted here in 1897 revealed that St. Petersburg was the leader in this indicator, with a population of 1 million 265 thousand people at that time. Moscow took second place in terms of the number of residents. 1 million 39 thousand people lived here then.

In the coming years, the country will hold an official census, and then the numbers will become real.

How many million-plus cities are there in Russia in 2019?

1. Moscow is the capital city of Russia, which is its political, economic and cultural center, the most populated city in both Russia and Europe. For the majority of residents of Russia and other countries, Moscow is a city ready to provide great opportunities. The infrastructure and way of life of Moscow is in many ways reminiscent of a European capital, and its population is typical of residents of megacities such as London and New York. This is why foreigners in Moscow adapt easily.
   
   
2. St. Petersburg is located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. It was founded by Peter I in 1703. For 2 centuries it was the capital city of Russia, where important historical events took place. The city is often called the “Venice of the North” because of its unique architecture. St. Petersburg has a special/creative atmosphere that cannot but attract lovers of romance, fine art and poetry.
   
   
3. Novosibirsk is a Russian center of science. The city has more than 100 research organizations, an Academic Town, and the Presidium of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian Academy of Sciences). Over 1.5 thousand doctors of science and 3.4 thousand candidates of science live and work here. One of the main attractions of the city is Krasny Prospekt - the central highway of Novosibirsk, the length of which is almost 7 km.
   
   
4. Ekaterinburg is the fourth most populous city in Russia, the capital of the Urals. Located in the central part of the Eurasian continent, more than 1.6 thousand kilometers east of the Russian capital. Yekaterinburg is considered one of the key sports centers in Russia, which has more than 1.7 thousand sports facilities, including 16 stadiums, over 400 indoor gyms, and 45 swimming pools.
   
   
5. Nizhny Novgorod occupies the European part of Russia, located at the intersection of the Volga and Oka rivers. The city was founded in 1221. The distance from Moscow is 400 kilometers. It is one of the most ancient craft and trading cities in the country. The main attraction and pride of the city is the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin. It was built in the 16th century. and served as a military fortress. Today, this unique open-air museum is visited for regular excursions, tours with theatrical performances or quests.
   
   
6. Kazan is one of the oldest cities in Russia. Located on the bank of the river. Volga, 820 km away. from Moscow. Representatives of 115 different nationalities live here. More than half of the total population are Tatars, the second largest number goes to Russians. Tatar and Russian are state and equal languages.
   
   
7. Chelyabinsk is the administrative center of the Chelyabinsk region; in terms of population, it ranks seventh among the million-plus cities in Russia. Located in the central part of the Eurasian continent, in the east of the Ural Mountains, 1879 kilometers from Moscow. Interesting fact: according to geology, one part of Chelyabinsk is located in Siberia, since this part of the city is located in the zone of sedimentary rocks, and the other half is located on granite, which is characteristic of the Urals.
   
   
8. Omsk is considered a major industrial center and transport hub of Russia, the administrative center of the Omsk region. The city is located on the banks of the river. Om and Irtysh, which contributed to the appearance of the name. The Tara Gate is one of the symbols of the city. They are represented by part of the Omsk fortress. They were built in 1792 and led to the convict prison, located in the Stepeny bastion of the fortress. In 1959 the gate was demolished, and in 1991 it was rebuilt as a historical site.
   
   
9. Samara is located in the European part of the country, on the left bank of the river. Volga. The city is considered the center of the aviation and space industry, one of the oldest Russian cities. Football has a special place in the life of Samara. It is here that the base of the famous Russian football club “Wings of the Soviets” is located; matches of different levels are held. In Samara there is the Metallurg stadium, which is one of the most visited in the Russian Premier League. You can learn about the history of Samara football at the city museum.
   
   
10. Rostov-on-Don is a unique ancient but rapidly developing city, 10th in the list of Russian megacities. Its intensive development largely determines its favorable location. A valuable natural attraction of the city is the Botanical Garden, today one of the largest Russian natural and cultural centers. Here you can see more than 5 thousand trees, herbs and shrubs. In addition, on the territory of the garden there is a greenhouse where plants from different parts of the world are grown, and there is also healing mineral water named after Seraphim of Sarov.
    
    
11. Ufa is a large scientific, cultural, industrial city of Russia, the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan. The city is located in a place where two rivers intersect: Ufa and Belaya, 100 km away. from the west of the Bashkir Urals ranges. The area of ​​Ufa is more than 700 square meters. km. The local population reaches a little more than 1 million people. Ufa is a city with residents of different nationalities. Here you can meet Russians, Bashkirs, Tatars, as well as Ukrainians, Jews, Azerbaijanis, Germans, Mari, Belarusians and representatives of other nationalities. The city has both mosques and Orthodox churches.
    
    
12. Krasnoyarsk is located in the east on the banks of the river. Yenisei. This is the capital city of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, whose territory is over 2 million square meters. km., which is tens of times larger than the area of ​​many European countries, for example France, by 4 times. Krasnoyarsk is considered a major industrial, cultural, economic and educational center.
    
    
13. Perm is an eastern city in the European part of the country, located on the coast of the Ural River. Kama. It is the capital of the Perm region, the industrial, scientific and cultural center of the Urals. It ranks third in terms of area of ​​Russian cities. Located more than 1.4 thousand km. from Moscow. Perm is known for its ancient history. There are limestone caves and rushing rivers. The Perm Planetarium is a modern center where the latest digital technology and a solar telescope are installed, with which you can observe the processes occurring on the solar surface.
    
    
14. Voronezh is the administrative center of the Voronezh region, a major transport hub (with railway lines, roads, and an airport). Voronezh today is the center of the economic sector of the Central Black Earth region. The mechanical engineering and chemical industries, aircraft manufacturing, radio engineering, and machine tool manufacturing are developed here. After all, Voronezh is the Cradle of the Russian Navy, the Homeland of the Airborne Forces. Connected with Voronezh. During the Great Patriotic War, the city was destroyed by 92%, from 07/07/1942 to 01/25/1943 (more than 200 days) Voronezh was divided by the front line, defended itself and helped the country, production of the legendary Katyusha and IL-2 aircraft was established here . Currently, Voronezh is a city of industry and students (more than 120 thousand students). With a developed aerospace industry, which made it possible to create the first supersonic aircraft TU-144 and the IL-86 airbus. Communications Center - Concern "Constellation". A bell foundry production has been established. The birthplace of Bunin, Kramskoy, Marshak. There are many theaters, museums, historical monuments: Kostenki - the oldest archaeological site in the World, Divnogorye with its chalk rocks and nature reserves, the Voronezh Biosphere Reserve, which preserved the population of the animal “Beaver”, “Stone Steppe” with its amazing black soil, is exhibited in Paris as a standard. There are countless sights and historical references.
    
    
15. Volgograd is the administrative center of the Volgograd region, located on the banks of the river. Volga. This is one of the longest Russian cities in terms of length. Volgograd received the title of hero city, since it was here that the Battle of Stalingrad took place, which became key during the Second World War. It should be noted that the city changed its name several times, in the period 1589-1925. it was called Tsaritsyn, and in the period 1925-1961. - Stalingrad.
    
    
16. Krasnodar is the administrative center of the Krasnodar Territory, often called the “capital of Kuban” and the “Russian southern capital”. Located on the bank of the river. Kuban, at a distance of 120-150 km. from the Azov and Black Seas. Krasnodar is located on the 45th parallel, i.e. almost in the center between the North Pole and the equator. It is generally accepted that this latitude has the most favorable conditions for life.
    
    

I wonder what the 17th million-plus city in Russia will be like?