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These will be the world's biggest cities in 2030
Business Insider ^ | 07/11/2018 | Leanna Garfield

Posted on 07/11/2018 8:32:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

With over 37 million residents, Greater Tokyo is the most populous metro area in the world today. Urban growth is not unique to Japan. By 2030, the United Nations predicts that the world will have 43 megacities, defined as metro areas with more than 10 million people. Most of them will be in developing regions in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.

The UN recently released its annual World Urbanization Prospects, which estimates which metro areas will have the highest populations by 2030.

On World Population Day this Wednesday, let's take a look at the top 13:

13. Greater New York, New York — 20 million

Population in 2018: 18.8 million

Note: The NY metro area includes New York City, Long Island, and the Mid and Lower Hudson Valley in New York state; Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth, and Edison in New Jersey; and Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, Norwalk, and Danbury in Connecticut.

12. Karachi, Pakistan — 20.4 million

Population in 2018: 15.4 million

11. Lagos State, Nigeria — 20.6 million

Population in 2015: 13.5 million

Note: Lagos State includes eight local municipalities.

10. Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo — 21.9 million

Population in 2015: 13.2 million

Note: Kinshasa includes four districts, which are further divide into 24 communes.

9. Greater Sao Paulo, Brazil — 23.8 million

Population in 2015: 21.7 million

Note: Greater Sao Paulo includes 39 smaller municipalities.

8. Greater Mexico City, Mexico — 24.1 million

Population in 2015: 21.6 million

Note: Mexico City's metro area includes 76 municipalities.

7. Greater Beijing, China — 24.3 million

Population in 2015: 19.6 million

Note: Greater Beijing includes the Beijing and Tianjin municipalities and Hebei Province.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: cities; demographics; electoralcollege; faithlesselectors; megacities; nationalpopularvote; npv; population; top10; trends
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1 posted on 07/11/2018 8:32:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Did not see Ashwaubenon. What happened?


2 posted on 07/11/2018 8:35:08 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: SeekAndFind

UN Agenda 2030 wants to reduce the world population by 85% while Ted Tuner wants 95%. Hard to conciliate.


3 posted on 07/11/2018 8:35:38 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Weren’t we told Japan is dying?


4 posted on 07/11/2018 8:47:09 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: SeekAndFind

#1 Delhi India!

Ever see CBS Amazing Race travel there or anywhere in India ? Overcrowding nightmare and cows.


5 posted on 07/11/2018 8:50:21 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: mountainlion

Well I know how Ted Turner can make a little bit of difference to achieve his goal...

But the arrogant, selfish Left always wants OTHER people to die.


6 posted on 07/11/2018 8:51:08 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (MAGAMarchOnWashington.com)
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To: SMGFan

Hey, those cows are sacred!

Ever watch the series “Outsourced” it was on for a season on CBS or NBC, got cancelled because the executives thought it was insulting to Indians. Anyways it is about an American white male relocating from the US to India to manage a call center for an American Novelty company. It is a hilarious series.


7 posted on 07/11/2018 8:55:27 AM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: SeekAndFind

Article states :
The NY metro area includes New York City, Long Island, and the Mid and Lower Hudson Valley in New York state; Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth, and Edison in New Jersey; and Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, Norwalk, and Danbury in Connecticut.

I work in Danbury, CT and in no way would I consider myself part of Greater New York City. Makes me question the entire article. Waterbury, CT is 100 miles away. 100 MILES and they include ALL of Long Island. Give me a break


8 posted on 07/11/2018 8:56:22 AM PDT by penguinhunter
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I work in Danbury, CT and in no way would I consider myself part of Greater New York City

Consider yourself lucky as well, that DeBlasio doesn't run the "Greater New York City" Region.

9 posted on 07/11/2018 8:58:05 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: yesthatjallen
Weren’t we told Japan is dying?

If you look closer you will see the Tokyo population is shrinking from its 2015 number.

What blows me away is both Tokyo and Greater Delhi (New Delhi) are both larger in population than all of California which practically feels like wall to wall people. They must be stacked on top of each other very high up. I just can't imagine living like that after living in a rural setting for so long now. It would drive me to jump off one of those skyscrapers I think with all the noise, smells, and close proximity of so many human bodies.

10 posted on 07/11/2018 9:01:22 AM PDT by Boomer (Leftism is the Mental/Moral Equivalent of End Stage Cancer)
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To: Trump.Deplorable

Yes I did.

You would think some virus will spread in India due to the water, sanitation etc and wipe millions out.

Ever see their public “facilities” **shudder**


11 posted on 07/11/2018 9:02:57 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: SeekAndFind

pffft! Before 2030 rolls around many cities on that list will just as likely be smoldering ruins.


12 posted on 07/11/2018 9:03:59 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Apparently I voted demoncrat for 40 years. They all wore 'R' jerseys! 'R'atpublicans!)
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To: penguinhunter

I think , technically, government definitions of metro areas pull in big pieces of southwestern Connecticut as part of the NY Metro area. I’m.not sure what the criteria are to determine where those boundaries are.


13 posted on 07/11/2018 9:04:49 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: penguinhunter

They estimate in about 20 years that Dallas-Fort Worth will only be behind New York and Los Angeles in population.

It’s growing like crazy here.


14 posted on 07/11/2018 9:05:51 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

And I live more than 1500 miles from any of them!


15 posted on 07/11/2018 9:09:02 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: penguinhunter
The NY metro area includes New York City, Long Island, and the Mid and Lower Hudson Valley in New York state

An acquaintance of mine lives in Harriman Heights, NY, near Newburgh. The writer would include this as part of greater New York City, since Times Square is about 60 miles away. But although many commuters to the City live there, it is really part of Small Town America.

16 posted on 07/11/2018 9:09:52 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: BlackbirdSST

I’ve heard that by 2030 San Franshitco’s population will be down 27,000.


17 posted on 07/11/2018 9:14:19 AM PDT by .44 Special (Tiamid Buarsh)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

...Did not see Ashwaubenon. What happened?...

Didn’t see Cut and Shoot, Texas or Dime Box, Texas either.


18 posted on 07/11/2018 9:20:36 AM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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To: mountainlion
"UN Agenda 2030 wants to reduce the world population by 85% while Ted Tuner wants 95%. Hard to conciliate."

The quickest and most cost effective way for a government to achieve that is the Stalin/Mao method. Mass starvation.

19 posted on 07/11/2018 9:22:08 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Alas Babylon!

11/18 is Jersey City, until Liberty Park was built.

Near The Godfather “Leave the gun, take the cannolis”

Who let this happen?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/vintage-epa-photos-reveal-what-new-york-city-looked-like-before-the-us-regulated-pollution/ss-AAtoNov?ocid=spartanntp


20 posted on 07/11/2018 9:23:07 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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