POPULATION OF CITIES WITH 10 MILLION INHABITANTS OR MORE, 1950, 1975, 2001 AND 2015 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1950 | 1975 | 2001 | 2015 | |------------+---------------------+----------------------------+----------------------------| |City |City |City |City | |Population |Population |Population |Population | |------------+---------------------+----------------------------+----------------------------| |1 New York |1 Tokyo |1 Tokyo |1 Tokyo | |12.3 |19.8 |26.5 |27.2 | | | | | | | |2 New York 15.9|2 Sao Paulo 18.3|2 Dhaka | | | | |22.8 | | |3 Shanghai 11.4|3 Mexico City 18.3 | | | | | |3 Mumbai | | |4 Mexico City 10.7 |4 New York 16.8|22.6 | | | | | | | |5 Sao Paulo 10.3|5 Mumbai |4 Sao Paulo | | | |16.5 |21.2 | | | | | | | | |6 Los Angeles 13.3 |5 | | | | |Delhi | | | |7 Calcutta |20.9 | | | |13.3 | | | | | |6 Mexico City | | | |8 Dhaka | 20.4 | | | |13.2 | | | | | |7 New York | | | |9 Delhi |17.9 | | | |13.0 | | | | | |8 Jakarta | | | |10 Shanghai 12.8 |17.3 | | | | | | | | |11 Buenos Aires 12.1 |9 Calcutta | | | | |16.7 | | | |12 Jakarta | | | | | 11.4 13 |10 Karachi | | | |Osaka 11.0 |16.2 | | | | | | | | |14 Beijing |11 Lagos | | | |10.8 |16.0 | | | | | | | | |15 Rio de Janeiro 10.8 |12 Los Angeles 14.5 | | | | | | | | |16 Karachi |13 Shanghai | | | |10.4 |13.6 | | | | | | | | |17 Metro Manila 10.1 |14 Buenos Aires 13.2 | | | | | | | | | |15 Metro Manila 12.6 | | | | | | | | | |16 Beijing | | | | | 11.7 | | | | | | | | | |17 Rio de Janeiro 11.5 | | | | | | | | | |18 Cairo | | | | |11.5 | | | | | | | | | |19 Istanbul | | | | |11.4 | | | | | | | | | |20 Osaka | | | | |11.0 | | | | | | | | | |21 Tianjin | | | | |10.3 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+