US EditionJakarta Surpasses Tokyo as World's Biggest City
Jakarta's population nears 42 million, surpassing Tokyo and Dhaka as Asia dominates with nine of the world's 10 largest cities, per the UN's 2025 report.
- According to the UN, Jakarta has surpassed Tokyo as the world's most populous city with a population of 41.9 million.
- Dhaka is now the third-largest city with almost 37 million residents, and is projected to overtake Jakarta by 2050 with 52.1 million people.
- While 33 megacities exist today, 37 are expected by 2050, with none of the new ones located in Europe.
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Tokyo is no longer the most populous city in the world. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Global Urbanization Outlook 2025 report, which presents official UN estimates and projections of urbanization in 237 countries and areas of the world — and more than 12,000 urban settlements with 50,000 inhabitants or more — for this year, reveals that Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, surpasses the capital of Japan with 4…
UN: Jakarta Overtakes Dhaka as World's Most Crowded City, KL to Become a 'Megacity' by 2050
The United Nations (UN) recently released the latest ‘World Urbanization Prospects‘ via its Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), which revealed that the world is becoming increasingly urban as cities are now home to a whopping 8.2 billion people, 45% of the global population. The report further revealed that Jakarta, Indonesia, is now the most populous city on Earth, overtaking Bangladesh’s Dhaka and Japan’s Tokyo. For illustration …
Jakarta now world's largest city
The United Nations reports that Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, is the world's largest urban area. Almost 42 million people live there, according to its research, more than the 37m living in Dhaka, Bangladesh or the 33m in Tokyo, which was largest when the survey was last performed 25 years ago. — Read the rest The post Jakarta now world's largest city appeared first on Boing Boing.
According to the UN's latest report on urbanisation, the Indonesian capital Jakarta has become the largest city in the world, with 42 million inhabitants. They have been overcome both by...
City with scorching December temperatures now biggest on planet with 42m people - The Mirror
A Southeast Asian nation has leapt from 33rd place in 2018 to become the world's most populous city, surpassing Tokyo and Dhaka with a staggering population of almost 42 million in 2025
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