How many million cities in Russia and in the world?

By standard classification, the city is biglocality. As a rule, the labor activity of its inhabitants is in no way connected with agriculture, and the population is employed in other spheres of life. Previously, the city was called the settlement, around which were defenses. Today, such a settlement has high-rise buildings, developed infrastructure and various institutions for providing services to the population.

Million-plus cities are populated areas where the number of inhabitants exceeds 1 million. In the past century, there were about 220 such cities, today there are more than 300.

The undisputed leader on this list is China,because in the country itself lives about 1.5 billion. The next country in the list of leaders is India, then Brazil and then Russia, Indonesia and Nigeria. The USA is at about the 7th place, since a large number of small settlements dominate in the country, and there are only 9 million cities.

Historical reference

The very first city with a population of 1million was rome. The list also included the city of Alexandria, where such a number of people lived from about I century BC. By the middle of the new era, the Chinese city of Chang'an, the modern name of Xian, became one millionth. And by the end of the millennium Baghdad had become a leader. In 1800, Tokyo was the first on the list, after 50 years there are already 2 cities in the world, and by 1985 - 273 localities.

Russia

The country has 157 thousand inhabitedpoints. The state is in 9th place in terms of population worldwide, with a total population of 146,880,432 (statistics as of January 1, 188).

How many million cities in Russia? Only 15.

Moscow. Unconditional leader in terms of population in the country andis second on the European list after Istanbul. Today 12 506 468 people live in the capital. An interesting fact is that in 1871 only 602 thousand lived in the city.

St. Petersburg. The northern capital of Russia is second on the list.million cities of Russia, today it has 5,351,935 people. Compared to previous years, there has been a slight increase in residents, in 2010 there were 4,879,566 people.

Novosibirsk Large center of Siberia, where 1 604 179 people live. And in 1897 there were only 8 thousand people in the city.

The top five are closed by Ekaterinburg (1 455 904 people) and Nizhny Novgorod, with a population of 1,264,075 inhabitants.

Other million cities of Russia:

Europe

This part of the world is washed by the waters of the North.The Arctic and Atlantic oceans are located in the northern hemisphere of the planet. The occupied area is approximately 10 million square kilometers. According to statistics for 2013, 742.5 million people live in Europe, that is, about 10% of the total number of all inhabitants of the planet.

List of million cities:

Budapest, Warsaw, Vienna and Bucharest, where 1.7 million people live, can be distinguished from the major capitals of the European part of the world.

Asia

It is the largest in population andsquare part of the world. Together with Europe it forms the mainland - Eurasia. The area under Asia is about 43.4 million square kilometers, and about 4.2 billion people, about 60.5% of the total population of the planet. It is in this part of our planet that the rapid development of the economy and industry is observed.

Million cities:

Next on the list are the cities where a little more than 8 million people live. This is Tokyo, Tehran, Bangalore, Bangkok.

In this part of the world today there are 4cities with 7 million inhabitants and all of them are located in the People’s Republic of China: Wuhan, Chengdu, Hangzhou and Chongqing. The list of major Asian settlements closes the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah, where 1 million people live.

Australia and Oceania

This part of the world consists of mainland Australiaand nearby islands included in Oceania. This is the smallest part of the world by area - 8.51 million square kilometers. Australia and Oceania have the least population, only 24.2 million people.

Million cities:

Africa

This is the second largest mainland onthe planet after Eurasia. There are 55 states here, that is, more than on any other continent. The total occupied area, together with the islands, is 30.3 million square kilometers, which is about 6% of all Earth’s land. About 1 billion people live in these areas.

Major cities located in this part of the world, home to more than 3 million people:

North America

Under these lands are employed 24.25 millionsquare kilometers, along with islands, is located in the northern part of the western hemisphere of the planet. On this continent, there are about 500 million inhabitants, that is, about 7% of all people living on the planet. A unique feature of the mainland is that all countries that are located here have access to the sea.

The world's millionaire cities located in this part of the world, where more than 2 million live:

South America

The total area of ​​the mainland is 17.84 million kilometers,it is only 4th place among the rest of the continents. There are many islands in the mainland region. In total, about 387 million people live here.

Cities with a million people:

The rest of the list consists of 9 cities, the most recent in the list is the city of Barquisimeto (Venezuela), where only 1,018 people live.

Some interesting facts

Ученые уверены, что к 2025 году примерно 60% the entire population will live precisely in the cities. And in 1800, the indicator was only at the level of 2%, and after 180 years the number of the urban population increased to 40%. By the same year, more than 90 super-megapolises will appear, that is, huge cities where more than 5 million people will live.

In some countries there are satellite cities.Roughly speaking, these are the “safety valves” of one million people. In the satellites, people live, and work in the city. For example, in the same China, to get to the capital, you will need a special permit.