Table 5.1
City numbers by region, population range, and area
Region
Population
above
Early
ancient
Late
ancient
Early
medieval
Late
medieval Premodern Modern
Cities from annual population of urban
agglomerations with 300,000 or more in
2018 except 2007
3700–
1001 BCE
1000–
299 CE
300–
999 CE
1000–
1499 CE
1500–
1799 CE
1800–
1900 CE 1950 1980 2000 2007 2015 2035
Monsoon Asia
10,000,000–
1
2
6
9
1 2
2 1
4000,000–
9999,999
3
11
17
16
21
29
1,000,000–
3999,999
2
2
16
25
73
70
112
175
400,000–
999,999
1
3
4
1 3
1 5
100,000–
399,999
8
1 0
1 5
2 1
2 8
1 1 9
10,000–
99,999
1
2 1
2 5
4 0
3 4
3 6
Mid-latitude arid
region
10,000,000–
3
3
7
1 2
4000,000–
9999,999
7
12
11
20
29
1,000,000–
3999,999
2
2
3
1
2
15
40
83
90
117
172
400,000–
999,999
5
5
4
8
11
34
100,000–
399,999
3
4 1
4 0
3 3
2 2
4 4
1 5 5
10,000–
99,999
100
77
54
94
66
59
78
N. Fukami