Table 5.5 City numbers by region, population range, and period
Region
Population
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035
Upper Eurasia
10,000,000–
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
7,000,000–
9999,999
2
1
1
1
1
1
4,000,000–
6,999,999
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
North America
and Oceania
20,000,000–
1
10,000,000–
19,999,999
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
7,000,000–
9999,999
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
4
4,000,000–
6,999,999
5
8
10
13
13
13
11
10
Latin America
20,000,000–
1
2
2
2
2
2
10,000,000–
19,999,999
4
4
3
2
4
4
4
4
7,000,000–
9999,999
2
2
2
2
1
1
4,000,000–
6,999,999
3
3
4
5
9
1 0
1 0
1 3
Sub-Saharan
Africa
20,000,000–
2
2
10,000,000–
19,999,999
1
2
2
3
2
2
7,000,000–
9999,999
1
2
1
1
1
1
3
5
4,000,000–
6,999,999
1
2
4
6
15
15
17
Mid-latitude arid
region
30,000,000–
1
1
1
1
20,000,000–
29,999,999
1
1
2
3
3
3
10,000,000–
19,999,999
3
4
5
6
5
4
6
8
7,000,000–
9999,999
3
2
3
3
6
8
7
7
4,000,000–
6,999,999
9
11
14
17
18
21
22
22
Monsoon Asia
30,000,000–
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
20,000,000–
29,999,999
1
1
3
2
2
2
10,000,000–
19,999,999
5
6
8
10
10
12
14
16
7,000,000–
9999,999
9
9
10
11
13
11
9
9
4,000,000–
6,999,999
11
11
11
10
11
19
23
20
Populations of cities based on the United Nations (2018) Annual Population of Urban Agglomerations with 300,000 or more inhabitants
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