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World's Most Populous Cities 1950

Here is the breakdown of the world's most populous cities in 1950, ranked by population count. Tokyo took the top spot with 12.6M people, followed by New York City at 9.3M and Osaka at 8.0M. London came in fourth with 7.9M, while Kolkata held fifth place with 6.1M. Moscow was sixth with 5.5M, Paris seventh with 5.4M, and Buenos Aires eighth with 4.6M. Los Angeles rounded out the top nine with 4.0M, and Jakarta was tenth with 3.9M. Mumbai sat at eleventh with 3.8M, Mexico City twelfth with 3.7M, and Cairo, Shanghai, and São Paulo tied for thirteenth through fifteenth, each with 3.1M. This data comes from the European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Global Human Settlement Layer.

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World's Most Populous Cities 1950

Here is the breakdown of the world's most populous cities in 1950, ranked by population count. Tokyo took the top spot with 12.6M people, followed by New York City at 9.3M and Osaka at 8.0M. London came in fourth with 7.9M, while Kolkata held fifth place with 6.1M. Moscow was sixth with 5.5M, Paris seventh with 5.4M, and Buenos Aires eighth with 4.6M. Los Angeles rounded out the top nine with 4.0M, and Jakarta was tenth with 3.9M. Mumbai sat at eleventh with 3.8M, Mexico City twelfth with 3.7M, and Cairo, Shanghai, and São Paulo tied for thirteenth through fifteenth, each with 3.1M. This data comes from the European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Global Human Settlement Layer.

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